ReleaseLetter

Trufa4.1.16

2016-04-22

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Content1 Summary.......................................................................................................................................3

2 What’sNew?.................................................................................................................................3

2.1 BusinessDriversDependencyWheel..................................................................................3

2.2 RawDataSynchronizationFacility......................................................................................4

3 Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................6

3.1 TrufaAccessPoints.............................................................................................................6

3.2 TrufaRawDataSynchronizer(RDS)....................................................................................6

3.3 TrufaSourceERPSystem....................................................................................................7

3.4 TrufaServerPlatform..........................................................................................................7

4 CompatibilityandLimitations.......................................................................................................8

4.1 Compatibility.......................................................................................................................8

4.2 Limitations..........................................................................................................................8

5 Documentation.............................................................................................................................9

6 Availability...................................................................................................................................10

7 TrufaServiceDesk.......................................................................................................................11

7.1 CreatingaTrufaServiceDeskAccount.............................................................................11

7.2 UsingtheTrufaServiceDesk............................................................................................12

8 Howtogetfurtherhelp?.............................................................................................................15

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1 SummaryAsoftoday,TrufahasreleasedTrufa4.1.16,thelatestupdateofourtruefinanceapplicationforoperationaldecisionsupportbasedonfreecashandprofitabilityanalytics.

Trufa4.1.16deliversanewwaytoidentifyyourperformancedrivers.Youcanexploreallyourrelationshipsbetweenyourmetricsandyourratiosviaaninteractivedependencywheelgraphicnow.

InconjunctionwithTrufa4.1.16wearelaunchingtheTrufaRawDataSynchronizer(RDS).Applyingthisfacilityinyourenvironmentwouldenablereal-timeenoughmonitoringofyouractualbusinessprocessexecution.Inaddition,yourbusinessperiodunderinvestigationwouldbegrowingindependentlyofarchivingfromnowon.

Moreover,Trufa4.1.16deliversmultipleenhancements,correctionsandperformanceimprovements.

2 What’sNew?

2.1 BusinessDriversDependencyWheelA dependency wheel graphic allows the interactive exploration of relationships.

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2.2 RawDataSynchronizationFacilityRDSfeaturesaveryhighspeeddeltasynchronizationmechanism.Itrunsunattendedundernormalcircumstances.

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ComprehensivedocumentationcanbefoundintheTrufaServiceDeskKnowledgeBase.

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3 Prerequisites

3.1 TrufaAccessPointsTrufasupportsmultipleaccesspointswhichcanbeusedasdesiredaswellasinparallel.

TrufainBrowser

• AnymodernPC/MACbrowsersuchasChrome,Firefox,Safari,Opera,IE11andMicrosoftEdgeaswellasIE10.

TrufaonWindows

• Minimum1.0GHzCPU(recommended:Inteli5orAMDA-8),1GBRAM(recommended:8GB),500MBoffreeharddrivespace,MicrosoftDirectX9compatiblegraphicsdevice(recommended:DirectX11),1024x768pixeldisplay(recommended:1920x1080),Internetconnectivity

• Windows7orhigher,.NETFramework4.5.1

TrufaoniPad,iPhoneandAppleWatch

• iOS9.1orhigher

3.2 TrufaRawDataSynchronizer(RDS)TheTrufaRawDataSynchronizer(RDS)requiresaWindowsserver.Thespecificationisasfollows:

• Hardware:o 2CoreCPUo 8GBMemoryo 20GBfreediskspace

• Software:o OperatingSystem:WindowServer2008ornewer,64-Bito .NetFramework:4.5.2o HanaClient:HanaClient64Bit,Version1.00.102.01.xxxxo WinSCP

• Connectivity:o ReachableviaRDP(RemoteDesktopProtocol)inVPN;thatrequiresTCP/Port

3389beingopeno RFCconnectiontotheSAPERPSystem

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o IPconnectiontotheTrufaServer

3.3 TrufaSourceERPSystem

• SAPERPRelease4.6Corhigher

3.4 TrufaServerPlatform• AmazonWebServices(AWS)orVMwareonhardwareasspecified

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4 CompatibilityandLimitations

4.1 Compatibility• AllTrufacomponentsmustmaintainthesamerevisionlevel.Therefore,allTrufaclient

accesspointsneedtobeupdatedassoonastheTrufaServerisupdated.Theupdatenormallyhappensautomaticallyassoonasthenewversionsareavailable.

4.2 Limitations

• TrufaRDSwillbeinstalled,configuredandexecutedbyTrufapersonnel.• DependingonyourstartingpointtheusageofTrufaRDSmightrequireamigrationfrom

theearlierTrufaDataCollectortothenewprocedure.Trufawillapproachallcustomersinquestioninordertofacilitatethismigration.

• TheDependencyWheelinDriversdoesn’trendercorrectlyinSafari.Butitisworkable.

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5 DocumentationApartfromthisReleaseLetter,thefollowingdocumentationisavailablefromtheTrufaServiceDeskKnowledgeBase(servicedesk.trufa.net):

• TrufaHowtoGetStarted• TrufaConcepts&Facilities• TrufaGlossary• TrufaUserManagerGuide• TrufaEditorUserGuide• TrufaDataServices

o DataSynchronization–FrequentlyAskedQuestionso DataProvisioning–DescriptionofExtractedData

Note:Documentationwithoutversionnumberisnottiedtothespecificreleaseversion.Fromtimetotime,itmaybesupersededbynewerversions.Suchupdateswillbemadeavailableatthelocationsprovidedabove.

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6 Availability• AvailabilityofTrufaGo!fromtheAppleAppStoreisdependingonAppleapproval.

• ForcompletedeploymentoptionsanddownloadinformationpleaserefertotheTrufaHowtoGetStartedguide.

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7 TrufaServiceDeskTheTrufaServiceDeskenablesthehandlingofrequestsandthesearchingoftheTrufaKnowledgeBase.

7.1 CreatingaTrufaServiceDeskAccountWhenusingtheTrufaServiceDeskthefirsttimeyouneedtocreateyourselfanaccount.

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7.2 UsingtheTrufaServiceDeskTheTrufaServiceDeskhastwofunctions.

YoucaneithersearchtheTrufaKnowledgeBaseorreportrequests.

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SearchingtheTrufaKnowledgeBase

Justenterthesearchtermsyouareinterestedin.

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ReportingRequests

ClickGetTrufaHelp,fillintheformandCreatetheincident.

TrackingYourRequests

Youcantrackyourrequestsintheupperrightcorner.

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8 Howtogetfurtherhelp?ContactTrufaSupportanytimeviatheTrufaServiceDesk (servicedesk.trufa.net).

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