Unit 4: Integration Principles for the Intelligent

Unit 4: Integration Principles for the Intelligent

Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA

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Integration Principles for the Intelligent Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA

Integrated end-to-end business processes for the entire value chain

ODATA

Lead-to-Cash

Total Workforce Management

Design to Operate

Source-to-Pay

Intelligent Enterprise

Manufacturing &Supply Chain

HR

Sales

Marketing

Spend Management

Service &Support

Finance

Front OfficeBack Office

XDATA

Seamless Customer & Employee Experience


Architecture Standards

Core Integration Application Lifecycle

Management

Security & Identity

Management

Reference

Architecture

Experience Analytics

Lead-to-Cash

…S/4

C/4

Source-to-Pay

…S/4

Total Workforce

…

S/4

Design-to-Operate

…

S/4

IBP

AIN DMC


SAP integration DNA – Adoption of architecture standards* along key end-to-end processes

* Architecture standards used within SAP to form a consistent Intelligent Suite

Customer

Experience

Spend

Management

People

Engagement

Manufacturing &

Digital Supply Chain



Reference architecture: end-to-end process models – Descriptive & linked to runtime artifacts

Example: Total Workforce Management (Hire to Retire)

Objective

▪ Provide a consistent overview on E2E processes

supported by the Intelligent Suite

▪ Describe how the software products collaborate with

each other

Use Cases for Enterprise Architects

▪ Explore how E2E scenarios break down into

applications, modules, business services, technologies

and integrations

▪ Map out the roadmap to adopt the solution and

transition from current solution landscape to target

▪ Implement E2E scenarios which are connected with

runtime artifacts

▪ Link to runtime-relevant artifacts like APIs, integration

flows …

Reference

Architecture



Core integration: out-of-the-box integration based on harmonized APIs and domain models

Objective

▪ Simplify SAP-to-SAP integrations for the Intelligent

Suite by aligned domain models and common

integration patterns

Approach

▪ Semantic alignment of domain models across SAP

applications will result in aligned APIs in SAP API

Business Hub

▪ Central master data services on SAP Cloud Platform to

simplify the synchronization of master data across SAP

applications

▪ Simplified, pre-packaged integrations based on

standardized integration patternshttps://api.sap.com

Core

Integration

https://api.sap.com/


Approach▪ SAP Cloud Platform Master Data for workforce delivers consistent people data to enable digital end-to-end business processes across

solutions in the Intelligent Enterprise.

▪ Designed as a centralized service on SAP Cloud Platform, it is a key part of our Intelligent Enterprise software architecture that

enables comprehensive integration and drives the employee experience.

▪ SAP Cloud Platform Master Data for workforce provides a subset of employee master data for integration which is commonly

required by (primarily non-HRIS) applications such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fieldglass, SAP Concur, and other (non-HRIS) future SAP

Cloud Platform applications.

Core

IntegrationIntegration Principles for the Intelligent Enterprise with SAP S/4HANA

Intelligent sharing of master data in the cloud – Example: workforce

Employee

Central 1

SAP S/4HANA

SAP Fieldglass

sols.

SAP ...

Master data owner

3rd Party ...

Modular service repository Master data consumer

1. Other core HR systems (SAP or 3rd party) are possible.

Master data services

Workforce

Products

Bus. partners

...

SAP Cloud Platform

3rd Party ...



Application lifecycle management: optimized and harmonized across the Intelligent Suite

Example: Cloud Integration Automation Service

Objective

▪ Provide a consistent application provisioning and

operations approach across the Intelligent Suite

▪ Ensures reliable data exchange processes at

application level in cloud-only and hybrid scenarios

Approach

▪ Automated provisioning of SAP applications and

automated setup of integration scenarios

▪ Centralized integration monitoring infrastructure

▪ Harmonized release and maintenance schedules

Application

Lifecycle

Management



SAP Cloud ALM for operations – Integration monitoring and alerting

MonitoringWhat is the status of my integration scenario?

AlertingAre there any integration scenario-related issues?

Application

Lifecycle

Management



Simplify integration by artificial intelligence – SAP Cloud Platform Integration Advisor

Leverage machine learning and crowd sourcing to reduce integration development efforts by 60% or more.

Core

Integration

B2B/A2A

Libraries

Proposal Service for

Interface Customizing

Proposal Service for

Interface Mapping



Enable central identity provisioning and authentication across the Intelligent Suite

Objective

▪ Enable a seamless and consistent identity provisioning

and authentication procedure for the Intelligent Suite

Approach

▪ Single sign-on for business users to execute all steps

end-to-end for a specific business process

▪ Define which users have access to which applications

in a single place

▪ Ensure compliance by changing or revoking user

access centrally

John Smith

Single-Sign-On Experience for the Intelligent Suite

Security &

Identity

Management



Consistent user experience across the Intelligent Suite – Example: central workflow inbox

Federation from

tasks across the

Intelligent Suite

Navigation into

target applications

Planned as service

for SAP Cloud

Platform

My Tasks app for

use with central

Fiori launchpad

Public APIs for 3rd

party integration

Experience



Analytics – One technology for dashboards and reporting across the Intelligent Enterprise

Objective

▪ Provide one consistent approach for all analytical use

cases of the Intelligent Suite with SAP Analytics Cloud

Approach

▪ Embedded analytics: Users can get analytical insights

on the outcomes and progress of business transactions

from within the applications.

▪ Cross-application analytics: Get insights/data from

multiple applications, aggregating across process steps

and regional organizations.

SAP Analytics Cloud

Analytics


SAP C/4HANA

Marketing Cloud

SAP C/4HANA

Sales Cloud


Embedded analytics across the Intelligent Suite – Outlook and examples

Future Direction

Analytics



SAP S/4HANA embedded SAC analytics – Offering for the business user

Overview PagesSmart Business KPIs

▪ Consolidated view on a certain domain, e.g. Purchasing

▪ Information presented in analytical tables and charts

▪ Take action in the same place or navigate to other apps

▪ Save personal variants

Analysis Path Framework Multidimensional Reports

▪ KPI monitoring on the SAP Fiori launchpad

▪ Drill down into further analytical or transactional apps


▪ Interactive drilldown to explore data and influencing factors

▪ Create sequences of analytics steps with charts or tables


▪ Generic approach to mix analytical and transactional activities

▪ Display table or chart or a combination

▪ Take action directly in the same app or navigate to other apps


▪ Embedded data analyzer

▪ Analyze and visualize data from multiple dimensions

▪ Display PivotTable or chart or a combination


Dashboards

▪ Optional, additional content for SAP S/4HANA

▪ Stories/dashboards (S/4 data only) are shipped via SAC

content repository

▪ Queries supplying the data are shipped with SAP S/4HANA

▪ Used as templates, customers will copy and adapt

Analytical List Page

Analytics


SAP Cloud Platform – Technical Services

Cloud Platform IntegrationSSO Identity Access GovernanceWorkflow

LoB Business Applications

SAP S/4HANASAP SuccessFactors SAP Fieldglass SAP Concur

SAP Analytics Cloud

SAP Cloud Platform – Business Services

Master Data Service for Workforce Cost Center Service Timesheet Service

Provisioning Customer Setup & Configuration Integration Qualities & Operations

Unified User Experience


Summary: integrated business processes – Total workforce management

Hire-to-Retire Travel-to-Reimburse External Workforce

Total Workforce Management

Integration



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