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SAP BRIM : Convergent Mediation -an Introduction

  CM is SAP partners Product developed by Digital Route Being used for Data Mediation of Usage and Consumption  which implies Ø a gathering of data from Multiple sources , Ø Filtering, Ø Converting into   formatted data of SAP Mediation Logic or rules for SAP CM are defined in the  Workflow Object CM Connects to SAP CC using two Agents Ø  SAP_CC_Batch Ø  SAP_CC_ONLINE Ø  SAP CM has three types of Agents Ø Collection Ø Processing Ø Forwarding CM Data Flow Collection Agent:  This area captures the Data files  from different files , Databases, Devices and Network Elements. This can be either in RealTime or in Batch  Process Agent: The Data Collected in Collection Agent will be processed in this Agent. This Convert or Format the data into UDR - Usage Data Conversion Data will be validated  for Duplicates, Footprints are removed, Enriched. Forwarding Agent: Data processed and Converted to UDRs will be Forwarded into CC ( or CI based on the Usage and system inter

S4HANA PS: Project Coding Mask

  Normally every Official document in SAP has either Internal Number or External Number Range Internal being dynamically assigned by system and External, user will populate it based on the Number Range assigned. When we deal with Project System,  we Create a Project as part of the Structures which has a certain mechanism to define Project. In SAP S4HANA PS ( ECC-PS), this is called as PROJECT CODING MASK Project Coding mast has two parts PROJECT ID PROJECT ID:  This is the Length of the Coding. This can range from 1-5 characters based on your requirement.  The Characters in this field would be the start of your Project Definition. For example if you enter the Project ID as ABC... Your Project definition would start with ABC and following by Coding Mask. There is a dependency on the Special Characters. CODING MASK: This controls the total length of Project. This is built by Alpha numerical or Numerical. "X" denotes an Alphanumerical Character and  "0" denotes a Numer

S4HANA-Project Systems Operative Indicators in WBS- CJ20N

  Use and Purpose of Operative Indicators in WBS elements When a customer Requests for ATO or ETO process where we create a Project with Integration between SD and PS ( project systems) As a First step we create a Project in CJ20N and under the Project we will Create Multiple WBS elements which has to be set for Operative Indicators This article deals with Operative Indicators in WBS elements. WE Use Operative Indicators to define characteristics of WBS and to specify which tasks WBS can perform during Execution In General, we have three Operative Indicators such as 1. Planning Indicator 2. Account Assignment Indicator 3. Billing Indicator Planning Element: WBS Elements will be set for planning Element,if we we want a plan cost to be enabled For Example, While Creating a Project- Manufacturing an Equipment. We will Create different WBS elements for each Level such as Design, Procurement of components, Production, Assembly and Installation. During Each state some cost is incurred and we

Different Billing processes in SAP- Transformation from Product Based Billing to Subscription based

In SAP while dealing with Customer, we have to Bill Customer for different goods and services we offer to him When selling goods from SAP SD, we create Commercial Invoice on the quantity sold When dealing with Services , we bill the customer for Repair Hour, Accommodation, Travel Hours , Training When dealing with Projects offered to Customer, Billing similar to services is used When dealing with Utility sector, we use Consumption based billing to customer When dealing with Subscriptions we used, Convergent Invoicing to Customer Altogether the billing process depends on the industry sector and type of goods/Services being offered to the customer Lets discuss in Detail each process Commercial Billing for Goods We normally use this process of billing for Goods we sell to the customer, and billing generally depends on the quantity sold to the customer. This normally takes Sales and Billing route. This is required for Legal process as well, depending on rules and Regulation prevailing in t

S4HANA : How to activate Quick Cut and Paste in S4HANA

We are used to "quick cut and paste" option in ECC system to cut and paste. Let us see how this has to be activated in S4HANA In S4HANA, this indicator is not available by default for all Themes. You need to activate it. To activate it in S4HANA, first check the Option from  In the Options menu, choose Theme other than " Belize: such as Corbu or something other than Belize. This will take you to a screen Them and here you can select the Option for Quick Cut and Copy In this way it should be activated in S4HANA system. please try and let me know if you still find difficult in S4HANA