Release Notes SAP ERP Corporate Services

Release Notes SAP ERP Corporate Services

SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP ERP 6.0

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Real Estate Management ................................................................................4

Business Function Real Estate .....................................................................4 RE_GEN_CI_1: New Functions ..........................................................................................4 Rent Adjustment Based on Cost Efficiency Analysis (New) ...............................................6 Contract: Lock UI to Retroactive Changes (New) ...............................................................8 Condition Split (New)...........................................................................................................9 Enhancements of CO Integration..................................................................................... 11 Master Data: Graphical Integration (New)........................................................................ 12 Long-Term Seating Arrangements and Move Planning (New) ........................................ 13 Room Reservations (New) ............................................................................................... 14 SCS: Modified Initial Screen (Changed) .......................................................................... 16 Accrual/Deferral: Transfer Posting of Service Charges Not Yet Settled (New) ............... 19 Contract Processing: Multiple Assignment of Objects (New)........................................... 23 Conditions in Foreign Currency (New) ............................................................................. 24 Conditions (Changed) ...................................................................................................... 25 Posting Sales-Based Settlement Using Cash Flow (Changed) ....................................... 26 Accrual and Deferral of Tax Amounts (New).................................................................... 27 Third-Party Management: Statement of Reserve Fund for COA (Changed) ................... 29 Information System: Item Overview for Multiple Contracts (New) ................................... 31

Enterprise Asset Management.......................................................................32 Business Function Project Oriented Maintenance ......................................32

LOG_EAM_POM: Project Oriented Maintenance (New) ................................................. 32 AD_MRO_CI_1/ LOG_EAM_POM Logbook Enhancements (New) ................................ 33 AD_MRO_CI_1/ LOG_EAM_POM Maintenance Event Builder Enhancements (New)... 35 AD_MRO_CI_1/ LOG_EAM_POM Archiving in Hierarchical Task List (New)................. 36

Business Function Enterprise Asset Mgmt Part 2 .......................................37 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Business Function Enterprise Asset Management Part 2 (New)....... 37 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Basic Maintenance Processing (New) ............................................... 38 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Maintenance Maintenance Role (Enhanced)..................................... 39 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Maintenance Planner Role (New)...................................................... 41 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Maintenance Supervisor Role (New) ................................................. 43 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Mass Changes for Equipment and Functional Locations (New)........ 45 LOG_EAM_SIMP: Basic Order View (Enhanced)............................................................ 46

Travel Management .......................................................................................47 Business Function Travel Management......................................................47

FIN_TRAVEL_1: Business Function Travel Management (New) .................................... 47 Business Function Enterprise Services 01..................................................53

HCM_SRV_CI_1: HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (New)................................................... 53 HCM_SRV_CI_1: Personnel Administration (new) .......................................................... 54 HCM_SRV_CI_1: Business Partner Data Management (new)........................................ 55 HCM_SRV_CI_1: Expense and Reimbursement Management (New)............................ 56 HCM_SRV_CI_1: Travel Management (New) ................................................................. 57

Real Estate Management

Business Function Real Estate

RE_GEN_CI_1: New Functions Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), the subfunctions listed below are available in the Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1) business function. You can activate each of the subfunctions below separately inCustomizing . o Rent Adjustment Based on Cost Efficiency Analysis

o Contract: Lock UI to Retroactive Changes

o Condition Split o Enhancements of CO Integration

o Master Data: Graphical Integration

o Long Term Seating Arrangements and Move Planning

o Room Reservations o SCS: Modified Initial Screen

o Contract: Different Posting Term for SC Settlement o Accrual/Deferral: Transfer of Service Charges Not Yet Posted

o Integration with Cash Management and Forecast o Other subfunctions:

- Contract Processing: Multiple Assignment of Objects

- Conditions in Foreign Currency

- Change to Processing of Conditions

- Post Sales-Based Settlement Using Cash Flow

- If you make the necessary settings in Customizing in the master data area, you can use the following additional fields: - In the usage view, the Function field for business entity, building and land - Fields for processing hierarchical location of land

The following functions are automatically available if the business function is switched on:

o Accrual/Deferral of Tax Amounts

o COA: Statement of Reserve Fund

o Information System: Item Overview for Multiple Contracts

o Country Specifics for Austria: VAT Calculation for COA

Effects on Existing Data

Effects on Data Transfer

Effects on System Administration

Effects on Customizing

See also

Rent Adjustment Based on Cost Efficiency Analysis (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can perform rent adjustments based on cost efficiency analysis (Germany).

The cost efficiency analysis (CEA) is used for publicly subsidized apartments. The analysis determines the cost rent, which is the amount of rent that should ensure a positive return on the investment. The cost efficiency analysis is based on the following costs:

o The costs of the parcel of land where the building is constructed

o The construction costs

o The financing plan

o Current expenses (capital and administrative costs)

You can use one of the three types of adjustment measure enhanced especially for this purpose:

o Main cost efficiency analysis (for example, for a business entity (BE) For each main cost efficiency analysis, you are required to use at least one partial cost efficiency analysis. The main cost efficiency analysis is a means of grouping various partial cost efficiency analyses together.

o Partial cost efficiency analysis (for example, for various subsidy programs within a business entity that are dependent on usage categories (residential/commercial)

o Additional cost efficiency analysis (for costs added to or changed from those of the partial analysis, such as costs for a modernization measure)

You have to enter the following data for these adjustment measure types:

o General data for the cost efficiency analysis

o Rental object assignment

o Structures for the costs and financing

o Current expenses The system determines the expense amount from the current expenses per year or per month and measurement for the rental object, which forms the basis for the adjustment. You can call the adjustment run when processing a partial cost efficiency analysis or an additional cost efficiency analysis. Then the system generates a single adjustment run for each partial cost efficiency analysis, including all of the additional cost efficiency analyses that are subordinate to it. When changes are made to the calculation, this run is updated.

To be able to use rent adjustments based on cost efficiency analysis, you have to have defined at least one condition for the rental objects and contracts involved that is assigned to an adjustment rule for cost efficiency analysis (such as, TASKCEA cost efficiency analysis).


To use this function, you have to ensure that the following subfunction(s) are set to active in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX). Choose Basic

Settings -> Activate Subfunctions:

o Cost efficiency analysis (AJCE)

The following adjustment rules are predefined in standard Customizing:

o TASKCEA : Cost efficiency analysis (combined rule)

o TASKMC: Main cost efficiency analysis

o TASKPC: Partial cost efficiency analysis

o TASKAC: Additional cost efficiency analysis

To make settings that differ from the standard, you have to create new adjustment rules. Use the predefined rules as a template.


To do so, make settings in the following IMG activities in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX):

o For general settings for adjustment rules, process all activities under Adjustment Rules - Cross-Method

o Process all activities under Adjustment Measure (Such as, Cost Efficiency Analysis, Modernization)

See also

Contract: Lock UI to Retroactive Changes (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate, (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can lock fields of the contract so that unintended retroactive changes that affect the cash flow, and would lead to receivables or credit memos, are not allowed.

Make sure that you do not lock all fields that can lead to follow-up postings.




To use this function, you have to ensure that the following subfunction(s) are set to active in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX). Choose Basic Settings -> Activate Subfunctions:

o UI for Retroactive Changes (CD01)


See also

Condition Split (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate, General Enhancements (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can distribute condition-based payments to several business partners. This function is also available in the Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) component.

There are two views:

o Vendor view: The payment for a condition is made to several business partners with vendor accounts.

o Customer view: The payment for a condition is made by several business partners with customer accounts.

o You define the distribution in contract processing for the Postings term on the Posting Parameters tab page. If multiple partners are assigned to the contract, then you can activate processing for the condition split by choosing Multiple Partners (Condition Split) in the Partner field. A table appears where you can enter different payment data for the different partners, such as, house bank, partner bank, payment method, dunning block. You then assign these posting terms to different conditions and activate the contracts.

It is not possible to distribute conditions of the following objects:

o Conditions of internal contracts

o Conditions of rental objects

o Conditions of contracts in company codes where withholding tax is active

o Conditions of contracts that are integrated with PSCD

In addition, fields that are relevant for follow-up posting are locked when a change to a field would result in follow-up postings. The locked fields can be processed at the request of the user. Fields that are relevant for follow-up posting are:

o Fields of the posting term:

- Partner

- Tax Type

- Tax Group

- Gross (indicator)

- Tax Jurisdiction

o Fields of the frequency term:

- Frequency

- Frequency In

- Frequency Start

- User-Defined Start

- Prorated

- Amount Reference

- Differences

- Calculation Method

- Fixed Periods

o Fields of the organizational assignment term:

- Tax Jurisdiction

o Fields of the condition:

- All fields except the term fields which do not result in follow-up postings





o Other Enhancements (XX01) To prevent retroactive distribution to partners being made by mistake, we recommend that you activate this subfunction also:

o UI for Retroactive Changes (CD01)


See also

Enhancements of CO Integration Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), if you use the function for transferring planned cash flows to cost element planning, and you have entered FM (Funds Management) account assignments in your contracts, then you can also transfer the FM account assignments when you transfer planned data. Using the appropriate FM function, you can then transfer the plan values from Controlling to the appropriate FM account assignments.





o Enhancements of CO Integration (CO01)

o The indicator has no effect on the user interface but does affect the update of data. You should always set the indicator regardless of whether or not you require the function described.


See also

Master Data: Graphical Integration (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), a new tab page is available as standard in master data processing for displaying a graphic (CAD/GIS) for the object. For a graphic to be displayed on this tab page, you have to activate a graphics system by implementing and activating the appropriate classes (see the technical documentation for the CAD Provider Interface IF_RECA_CAD_PROVIDER).





o Graphical Integration (GI01)


See also

Long-Term Seating Arrangements and Move Planning (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can specify that rooms or other real estate objects can be continuously occupied, and record which employees occupy these objects. You can plan internal moves of employees from one object to another.

The following functions are available:

o You can generate reservation objects from architectural objects.

o For the reservation objects, you can specify the employees who occupy them.

o You can execute move planning.

o As part of move planning, you can manage both plan and actual occupancy.

o You can link to a graphical system to allow a graphical representation of the location of the objects that can be occupied.



o Long-Term Seating Arrangements and Move Planning (ORPO)


Make settings in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX) in all IMG activities underRoom Reservations and Long-Term Seating Arrangements.

See also

Room Reservations (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1) you can reserve rooms and other real estate objects, either for single dates or recurring appointments. In addition, you can book services for the rooms, such as lunch or additional chairs, and also request equipment. You can bill for all of these.

The following functions are available:

o You can use master data of architectural objects to represent the real estate objects.

o You can generate reservation objects from architectural objects.

o You can search for these reservation objects and reserve them, either for single dates or recurring dates.

o You can bill for the room costs based on the room reservation:

- In Controlling

- Using a periodic posting run (for example, based on an outline agreement)

- Using one-time postings

o You can use room reservations and bill for the costs not only for internal users, but also for external parties (for example, for conference rooms in airports and hotels).

o You can link to a graphical system to allow a graphical representation of the location of the objects that can be reserved.


To make use of the functions for room reservations and seating arrangements, you need objects in the system that can be reserved or that can be continuously occupied - in other words, rooms. If you want to reserve a room or record the long-term occupants for it, you can have the system search for the room using an RE search request. You need to make a distinction between this search for rooms and the search for rental objects as part of the usual real estate search. Both to make this distinction and to make the search for rooms possible at all, you need to create an RE search request type for each reservation object type that is needed for room reservations or seating arrangements. For more information, see the Implementation Guide.



o Reservations (ORRS)


Make settings in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX) in all IMG activities under Room Reservations and Long-Term Seating Arrangements.

See also

Use




See also

SCS: Modified Initial Screen (Changed) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), the initial screen for service charge settlement was made more user-friendly.

The Execute/Continue Settlement transaction was broken down into the following partial transactions:

o Execute Settlement

o Continue Settlement

o Store Settlement

In addition, the reports on settlement were converted to a new list display.





o Enhancements for Service Charge Settlement (SC01) Effects on Customizing

See also

Contract: Different Posting Term for SC Settlement (Changed)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package

2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can

enter special posting terms in the contract to be used for posting the

results of service charge settlement. Using these posting terms allows

you to use separate payment methods, dunning data, account

determinations, and so on, when posting the results of service charge

settlement, rather than using your posting rules for advance payments

for service charges.

To do so, you enter a posting term in the contract that differs from the

standard posting term. You enter this posting term in the advance

payment condition as the receivable posting term.

You are only allowed to enter one differing posting term for each

condition type.

In some cases the split indicator may also be set on the receivable

posting term, designating that there is a distribution to several

partners. (This is used, for example, when a subsidizer, such as the

social welfare office, pays a part of the service charges.) In that

case, the receivable amount is split based on the equivalence numbers

you enter (see release information for the condition split).


To use this function, you have to ensure that the following

subfunction(s) are set to active in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate

Management (RE-FX). Choose Basic Settings -> Activate Subfunctions:

o Enhancements for Service Charge Settlement (SC01)

Accrual/Deferral: Transfer Posting of Service Charges Not Yet Settled (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can accrue or defer service charges that were not yet settled.

o Apportionable operating costs are entered in the profit and loss statement within one fiscal year on settlement units. These costs are largely passed on to the tenant at the end of the settlement period as part of the operating costs and heating expenses settlement. This usually happens at a later period, not confined to the given fiscal year. You must defer or accrue these costs (and the advance payments made) in accordance with the applicable accounting principles during year-end closing.

You can now determine the following for each business entity and service charge group:

o External apportionable costs

o Costs that arise on vacant rental objects

o Costs that arise on your own contracts for internal use

o Costs that cannot be apportioned due to settlement participation

o Advance payments that were already made for these costs, and which are recorded in the balance sheet

o Advance payments that were already made for these costs, and which are recorded in the profit and loss statement ("Advance Payments as Revenue")

o Advance payments that were posted for vacant rental objects

To find the functions for accrual/deferral of service charges, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Flexible Real Estate Management -> Service Charge Settlement -> Settlement -> Accrual/Deferral of Service Charges.





o Accrual/Deferral of Service Charges (SCAL)


Make settings in the following IMG activities in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX):

o Edit all IMG activities of the Service Charge Settlement section under Accrual/Deferral of Service Charges/Display Costs Not Settled

o Defineflow types

o Define the account assignment:

- Assign Account Symbol to Flow Type

- Replace Account Symbols

o Define service charge keys and assign a service charge group to them

See also

Integration with Cash Management and Forecast (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package

2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can use

the integration of RE-FX with the Cash Management and Forecast (TR)

component. This component is part of the SAP Financial Supply Chain

Management component.

Cash management provides a liquidity forecast based on the receivables

and liabilities arising from real estate contracts. This forecast shows

the planned items resulting from the cash flow. These items are

transferred to cash management when you perform periodic posting in

RE-FX.


To be able to use Cash Management, you have to activate it for RE-FX in

the given company code. If you set this indicator later when your system

is already live, then you have to create the necessary cash management

data in the company codes affected (see SAP Note 156239). Make the

necessary settings in the Prepare Productive Startup and Data Setup IMG

activity. This activity is found in Customizing for Financial Supply

Chain Management. Choose Cash and Liquidity Management -> Cash

Management -> Tools.


To use this function, you have to ensure that the following

subfunction(s) are set to active in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate

Management (RE-FX). Choose Basic Settings -> Activate Subfunctions:

o Cash Management and Forecast (TRCM)

The following prerequisites have to be met in order for the cash

management data of a contract to be updated:

o The Cash Management indicator must be active for the company code

that the contract belongs to.

o The contract must have at least one condition that is assigned to a

flow type, for which cash management update is active.

o A planning level must be assigned to the contract type.

o The partner (customer/vendor) must be assigned to a planning group.


To use the functions for cash flow items, you have to make additional

settings in Customizing. In Customizing for Flexible Real Estate

Management (RE-FX), process all IMG activities in the Accounting area

under Cash Management and Forecast.

Contract Processing: Multiple Assignment of Objects (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can assign a rental object to several object groups during contract processing. The time periods of these assignments can overlap. You activate this function on the Objects tab page by choosing @82@ with the quick info text Activate Multiple Assignment.

To use multiple assignment, you create contracts and assign multiple object groups to them. You assign rental objects to the object groups, and define different, overlapping time intervals for them. For the object groups, you create conditions and define distribution formulas that are used to make calculations based on the assigned objects.





o Other Additional Functions in EhP2 (XX01)


See also

Conditions in Foreign Currency (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can enter conditions for contracts, rental objects, or contract offers that are in a currency that differs from the local currency of the company code. You can enter the currency directly when processing conditions. You can also enter a currency translation rule in the posting term. The rule is then used for all conditions to which this posting term is assigned. You specify in Customizing which currency translation rules are allowed for each contract type and usage type. See SAP Note 123819.





o Other Enhancements (XX01) Effects on Customizing

Process all IMG activities in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX) in the sectionConditions in Foreign Currency.

See also

Conditions (Changed) Use

One-Time Conditions with Manual Due Date

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), for one-time conditions, you can enter a valid-to date and you can manually enter a due date that differs from the frequency term. When you create the condition, there are no entries in the fields for the valid-to date and the different due date. If you do not enter a different due date, then the system generates the cash flow using the due date calculated based on the frequency term.

Copy Adjustment Rule for Condition

If you copy proposed conditions to the contract, then you can now also copy the adjustment terms that are assigned to the conditions. In the dialog box for copying the conditions, the Transfer Adjustment Terms indicator now appears. This indicator is set in the standard system.

If you do not copy the adjustment terms, then, depending on your Customizing settings for the condition type, new adjustment terms could be created for the conditions that are adopted in the contract.

Note that this function causes changes to the interface. If an adjustment rule already exists for the rental object, then you do not have to create a new adjustment rule after selecting the condition.





o Other Enhancements (XX01)


See also

Posting Sales-Based Settlement Using Cash Flow (Changed) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can specify in sales-based rent agreements that the receivables resulting from the sales-based rent are posted using periodic posting (transaction: RERAPP).

To make this possible, set the Post Using Periodic Posting indicator in the sales-based rent agreement when processing the sales rule. When the sales-based settlement is posted, the system then adds a plan record to the cash flow of the sales-based rent condition in the amount of the sales-based rent. You can post this plan record with the next periodic posting run.




o Other Enhancements (XX01)


See also

Accrual and Deferral of Tax Amounts (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can accrue or defer tax amounts of conditions, in addition to their net amounts. You can also choose to post the accrued/deferred amounts directly to tax accounts or to clearing accounts.

By implementing the BADI_REEX_AL_ACROBJ BAdI, you can exclude contracts from accrual/deferral.




This function is automatically available if the Business Function is switched on. Check if the business function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1) is switched on. To do so, call transaction SFW5 and check the Current Status field.


Make the following settings in Customizing for Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX) in these IMG activities after choosing Accounting -> Accrual/Deferral. Standard Customizing contains sample settings to assist you:

o Activate Tax Accrual/Deferral per Company Code

o Define Accrual Types

o Assign the accrual types to the tax type and tax code in the

o Assign Accrual Type to Tax Code IMG activity.

o Specify the account determination for the new accrual types (for example, in the Account Determination IMG activity). You can post accrued/deferred tax amounts in two different ways:

- To a tax account: For this approach, enter any tax account in the account determination. The system automatically determines the tax account to be posted. For the tax code, the system uses the tax code of the underlying cash flow item.

- To a tax clearing account: In the account determination, enter the tax clearing account you want to use. Depending on the tax category of the account you use, the accrual/deferral is either posted without a tax code (tax category is blank) or with a tax code (tax category '+' or '-').

o Specify the document type for the new accrual types.

o Define Standard Settings for Accrual Calculation

o Define Posting Control

See also

Third-Party Management: Statement of Reserve Fund for COA (Changed) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can use the following functions for managing condominium owners' associations (COA).

o Statement of reserve fund of a COA (overall view):

- As a report Choose transaction REISMMCAP or choose SAP Easy Access screen -> Accounting -> Flexible Real Estate Management -> Third-Party Management/COA -> Information System -> Statement of Reserve Fund.

- In the master data of the mandate, choose the Overviews tab page.

o A detailed view for each assessment contract and owner, showing the reserves and cash of a COA:

- As a report Choose transaction REISMMCAPD or choose SAP Easy Access screen -> Accounting -> Flexible Real Estate Management -> Third-Party Management/COA -> Information System -> Statement of Reserve Fund Details.

- In the master data of the assessment contract, choose the Overviews tab page.

o A new correspondence activity called Statement of Reserve Fund


This function is automatically available if the business function is active. Check whether the Real Estate business function (RE_GEN_CI_1) is active in transaction SFW5 in the Current Status field.


If you are using the electronic bank statement function, then you need to assign flow types to these flows in Customizing, so that these cash inflows and outflows can be displayed in reports for the reserve fund statement.

Information System: Item Overview for Multiple Contracts (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Financials, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-FIN 602), Business Function Real Estate (RE_GEN_CI_1), you can use the newItem Overview report to evaluate information on open and cleared items for multiple customer contracts.

You can use the Business Entity field to create subtotals and group items for business entities. To access the report, in the SAP Easy Access menu, choose Accounting -> Flexible Real Estate Management -> Information System -> Accounting ->Item Overview.

Enterprise Asset Management

Business Function Project Oriented Maintenance

LOG_EAM_POM: Project Oriented Maintenance (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Industry Extension, Enhancement Package 2, the business function Project Oriented Maintenance (LOG_EAM_POM) is available. With this business function, you can use the following A&D functions:

o Logbook

o Maintenance Event Builder

o Hierarchical Task List

For more information, see the following release notes:

Logbook Enhancements

Maintenance Event Builder Enhancements

Archiving in Hierarchical Task List


You must have activated the business function PLM Extension (EA-PLM).

See also

For more information, see SAP Library under SAP Discrete Industries and Mill Products -> SAP for Aerospace & Defense.

AD_MRO_CI_1/ LOG_EAM_POM Logbook Enhancements (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Industry Extension Discrete Industries & Mill Products, Enhancement Package 2, Business Function A&D Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (AD_MRO_CI_1), Logbook has the following enhancements:

ALV Grid Enhancements in Component List

o Storage Location and Plant You can enter the details of the storage location and plant in the ALV grid rather than branching to Change Maintenance Order (transaction IW32) to enter the same. The storage location entered is validated against the plant and the material. The value of the storage location is required at the time of posting a component.

o Special Stock Indicator You can assign a special stock indicator to the component from the ALV grid. In the materials management process, special stock types are used for different business scenarios including borrowed/loan cases, flight packs, customer aircraft maintenances and consignment stock usages. Fields like WBS Element, Sales Order Number and Vendor Account Number are also linked with the special stock type. These fields are available in the ALV grid when a special stock indicator is assigned to a component. Based on the special stock indicator mentioned, the respective field becomes editable in the ALV grid.

o Provision to Add and Modify Customer specific fields A new BAdI Implement Customer-Specific Fields is provided to add or modify customer specific fields in the same way as the other fields in the ALV grid. The values mentioned in the customer specific fields are stored in the database.

Toggle between Display and Change Mode

You can change the processing mode of the logbook application from Display to Change and vice versa for all the application objects at the same time. So once a toggle button is pressed to go to change mode, any application object navigated to will be in change mode until the status permits.

Display Warranty Details of Technical Object in a Log Notification

You can view the master warranty details of a technical object attached to the log notification at any time while processing the defect.

Collective Search Help for Revision

You can search an appropriate revision for a log notification using the following search helps:

o Revision by technical object

o Revision by work center

o Revision selection screen.

Archiving within Logbook

In the maintenance and repair overhaul (MRO) business many PM/CS notifications and orders are created daily, a lot of them being generated and/or used by special A&D functionalities like Logbook. Archiving of such notifications and orders lead to undesirable consequences in the Logbook application. Hence, it is necessary to handle archived notifications and orders in Logbook.

Archiving within Logbook includes the following:

o Enhance the Log Entry Object and Restrict Archiving of Log Entry

o Handle Archived Notifications and Orders in Logbook


To use this function, you must activate the business function A&D Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (AD_MRO_CI_1) or Project Oriented Maintenance (LOG_EAM_POM).

The Customizing for Logbook can be found under Plant Maintenance and Customer Service -> Maintenance and Service Processing -> Logbook..

You can use the BAdI Implement Customer-Specific Fields to add customer specific fields to the existing component list in the Logbook application. You can also add and maintain data in these fields which are available on the Component List ALV grid if desired.

See also

For more information, see SAP Library under SAP for Aerospace and Defense -> Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) -> Maintenance Planning ->Maintenance and Service Processing ->Logbook.

AD_MRO_CI_1/ LOG_EAM_POM Maintenance Event Builder Enhancements (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Industry Extension Discrete Industries & Mill Products, Enhancement Package 2, Business Function A&D Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (AD_MRO_CI_1), Maintenance Event Builder (MEB) has the following enhancement:

Within the planning board the capacities of work center are shown in a graphical way A new planning tree for displaying the capacity view of a planning board is available.

The following features are available:

o Switching between the planning board and an ALV planning tree is available in the Settings option of the Edit toolbar. You can select between the old planning board and the new ALV tree.

o New ALV planning tree is provided for the capacity chart from the planning board. If you select the option of new planning tree, then it is displayed in the MEB application. The new ALV tree replaces the planning board's capacity view.



See also

For more information, see SAP Library under SAP for Aerospace and Defense -> Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) -> Maintenance Planning -> Work Packaging and Sequencing -> Maintenance Event Builder.

AD_MRO_CI_1/ LOG_EAM_POM Archiving in Hierarchical Task List (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Industry Extension Discrete Industries & Mill Products, Enhancement Package 2, Business Function A&D Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (AD_MRO_CI_1), Hierarchical Task List has the following enhancements:

With hierarchical task list (HTL) maintenance, task lists have been enhanced to be able to reference other task lists, thereby building a hierarchy of task lists. In this way, the structure of work to be performed is reflected by the task list hierarchy. Archiving within HTL includes the following:

Parameter in the archiving selection screen

You can set the new parameter Archive Subordinate HTL. Once this parameter is set, it is possible to archive all the subordinate HTL's of the parent HTL.

Multiple use BAdIs

You can implement your own logic for archiving an HTL. However, these implementations work on top of the standard logic provided by SAP and does not replace any of the standard functionality provided by SAP.

Additional checks before archiving a task list and a hierarchical task list

You can perform the following checks for a standard task list (TL):

o Check if the TL is used in another HTL

o Check if the TL is used in maintenance plan definition documents

For HTL, the following checks are implemented:

o Check for usage of HTL in maintenance plan

o Check for usage of HTL in notifications

o Check for usage of HTL in maintenance plan definition documents

o Check for usage of HTL in another HTL



See also

For more information, see SAP Library under SAP for Aerospace and Defense -> -> Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) -> Maintenance Planning -> Work Packaging and Sequencing ->Maintenance Task List Hierarchies.

Business Function Enterprise Asset Mgmt Part 2

LOG_EAM_SIMP: Business Function Enterprise Asset Management Part 2 (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), the business function LOG_EAM_SIMP is available to you. You can use this Business Function to simplify the use of maintenance processes for your users.

The Business Function provides you with two new roles and an enhanced role in the enterprise portal, as well as a simplified maintenance process for damage processing in the enterprise portal.

For more information, see the following release notes:

o Basic Maintenance Processing (New) o Maintenance Technician Role (Enhanced) o Maintenance Planner Role (New) o Maintenance Supervisor Role (New) o Attachment Configuration (New) o Mass Changes for Equipment and Functional Locations (New) o Basic Order View (Enhanced)


You have activated the Business Function LOG_EAM_CI_1.

See also

For more information, see SAP Library and choose Business Function Sets and Business Functions -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics.

LOG_EAM_SIMP: Basic Maintenance Processing (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), business function LOG_EAM_SIMP you can run basic maintenance processes using a simple Web Dynpro interface. This process is fully integrated in the Plant Maintenance (PM) component.

The interface is integrated with the Portal.


You can specify general conditions for the process using the ILM_BE_ENHANCEMENTS BAdI.

LOG_EAM_SIMP: Maintenance Maintenance Role (Enhanced) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), business function LOG_EAM_SIMP further functions for the maintenance technician role are available to you in the enterprise portal.

The following addition is available in the overview:

o Work overview

- You can call detailed information for each of the items below the worklist.

The following existing functions have been extended:

o Technical structure view The following additional functions are available:

- Create after-event recording for a technical object

- Output maintenance history of technical objects as PDF

- Improved selection options for the technical structure view

- Expand/collapse all structure levels with one click

- Enter measurement documents for technical objects directly from the structure

- Create document attachments for technical objects (generic object services)

- Selection of notification types when creating technical objects

- Selection of order types when creating technical objects

- Display of material availability at storage location level

o Notifications The following additional functions are available:

- Improvements to layout, for example simplified selection of object codes and damage codes

- Create and process tasks and activities within notifications

- Select reference object via structure search

o Orders The following additional functions are available:

- Improvements to layout, for example in the combined order and notification entry, and display of address data

- Availability check for components

- Select general maintenance task lists in the operation list

- Selection of components via Web catalogs (open catalog interface)

o After-Event Order Recording The following additional functions are available:

- Improvements to layout, for example additional input options and selection of additional order types

- After completion of after-event recording: create measurement documents and enter goods issues for serialized material

o Object Information

The following additional function is available:

- More flexible layout, improved personalization options

You can use the following new functions:

o Create measurement documents


With this role, the maintenance technician gets access to further relevant data. This means data from the back-end ERP system, such as maintenance and service orders, maintenance and service notifications, pieces of equipment, and functional locations.


The system administrator can define default settings for various Web applications within the maintenance technician role, for example, for worklists, orders, notifications, and confirmations.


Make the general settings for the maintenance technician role in Customizing for Integration with Other SAP Components -> Business Packages/Functional Packages -> Maintenance Roles.

You make the settings for the personal object worklist in Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> General Application Functions -> Generic SAP Suite Functions -> Personal Object Worklist.

You make the settings for the personalization in Customizing for Cross-Application Components -> General Application Functions -> Generic SAP Suite Functions -> Help Functions in the Personalization Environment -> Personalization Data: Individual Processing.

Personalization dialogs:

o Notification (DIA_MT_NOTIFICATION)

o Object (DIA_MT_OBJECT)

o Object list (DIA_MT_OBJLIST)

o Order for after-event order recording (DIA_MT_ORDER_AER)

o Order for technical structure view (DIA_MT_ORDER_STRUCTURE)

o Plant (DIA_MT_PLANT)

o Reporting (DIA_MT_REP)

See also:

For further information, see our Help Portal under help.sap.com.

LOG_EAM_SIMP: Maintenance Planner Role (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), business function LOG_EAM_SIMP the maintenance planner role is available to you in the enterprise portal. This role with the work area Maintenance Planning contains many functions for the daily tasks of a maintenance planner. The planner can find all the information he or she needs to do his or her job quickly and easily.

Overview

o The Work Overview provides a personal object worklist containing maintenance and service notifications, maintenance and service orders, operations, order task lists, confirmations, and purchase orders. From here you can also call all other functions that are relevant to maintenance planning. In addition, you can call detailed information for each of the items below the worklist.

o You can use the Technical Structure View to display the structure of technical objects and to dismantle, install, or exchange pieces of equipment. In the technical structure view, you can also see the next planned maintenance date for a technical object and the quantity of spare parts currently available at the plant. The technical structure view gives you an overview of the notifications and orders for each technical object. You can directly create measurement documents, notifications, and orders with reference to a technical object. You can also create document attachments for technical objects and after-event order recording.

o The Master Data offers you worklists for functional locations, pieces of equipment, measuring points, maintenance plans, maintenance items, and general maintenance task lists. You can create, change, or display information about pieces of equipment, functional locations, bills of material, maintenance plans, and general maintenance task lists, and make mass changes to technical objects. You can also display or change technical objects and bills of material by direct access.

Reports

The reports enable you to call a large range of maintenance reporting functions.

Service Map

The service map groups all jumps to applications that are relevant for the maintenance planner. You can use the following functions:

o Create and process orders and notifications

o Process confirmations

o Create and process technical objects and bills of material

o Create and process measuring points and measurement documents

o Check and process data from Materials Management

o Create and process maintenance plans and task lists


With this role, the maintenance planner gets access to all the relevant data. This means data from the back-end ERP system, such as maintenance orders, maintenance notifications, bills of material, pieces of equipment, and functional locations.


The system administrator can define default settings for various Web applications within the maintenance planner role, for example, for worklists, orders, notifications, and confirmations.


Make the general settings for the maintenance planner role in Customizing for Integration with Other SAP Components -> Business Packages/Functional Packages -> Maintenance Roles.











See also:


LOG_EAM_SIMP: Maintenance Supervisor Role (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), business function LOG_EAM_SIMP the maintenance supervisor role is available to you in the enterprise portal. This role with the work area Maintenance Monitoring contains many functions for the daily tasks of a maintenance supervisor. The supervisor can find all the information he or she needs to do his or her job quickly and easily.

Overview

o The Work Overview provides a personal object worklist containing maintenance and service notifications, maintenance and service operations, tasks, and confirmations. From here you can create new notifications and orders, and call after-event order recording. In addition, you can call detailed information for each of the items below the worklist.

o You can use the Technical Structure View to display the structure of technical objects and to dismantle, install, or exchange pieces of equipment. In the technical structure view, you can also see the next planned maintenance date for a technical object and the quantity of spare parts currently available at the plant. The technical structure view gives you an overview of the notifications and orders for each technical object. You can directly create measurement documents, notifications, orders, and after-event order recording with reference to a technical object. You can also create document attachments for technical objects.

Reports

The reports enable you to call a large range of maintenance reporting functions.

Service Map

The service map groups all jumps to applications that are relevant for the maintenance supervisor. You can use the following functions:

o Create and process orders and notifications

o Process confirmations

o Display technical objects and bills of material

o Display measuring points

o Display data from Materials Management


With this role, the maintenance supervisor gets access to all the relevant data. This means data from the back-end ERP system, such as maintenance orders, maintenance notifications, bills of material, pieces of equipment, and functional locations.


The system administrator can define default settings for various Web applications within the maintenance supervisor role, for example, for worklists, orders, notifications, and confirmations.


Make the general settings for the maintenance supervisor role in Customizing for Integration with Other SAP Components -> Business Packages/Functional Packages -> Maintenance Roles.











See also:


LOG_EAM_SIMP: Mass Changes for Equipment and Functional Locations (New)

Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), business function LOG_EAM_SIMP you can make mass changes to pieces of equipment and functional locations. You can change data in the following areas:

o General data (for example, description or object type)

o Organizational data (for example, business area or maintenance planner group)

o Location data (for example, location or room)

When you make mass changes, the inheritance of data is taken into account:

o In the case of changes to fields without inheritance, the changes are made to all selected objects.

o In the case of changes to fields with inheritance, the changes are only made subject to the rules for inheritance. For detailed information, see the message log for mass changes.

Some fields are intentionally not offered for mass changes, because a change may lead to problems due to interdependencies between fields.

All technical objects that are below a selected technical object in the hierarchy are changed by mass changes. Because of the large number of objects involved, the program may terminate due to inheritance (for example, if an object is currently being processed). To postprocess the objects that could not be changed, you can use transaction IL21.

Objects where the program terminated due to inheritance are repaired the next time you make a mass change.


You can use authorization object I_MASS to control the authorizations for mass changes.

See also


LOG_EAM_SIMP: Basic Order View (Enhanced) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension PLM, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-PLM 602), business function LOG_EAM_SIMP you can use additional screen areas in the basic order view. This means that you can determine which fields appear on the tab pages of an order. The following screen areas are new:

o Cost overview

o Cost details

o System condition and planning indicator

o Organization

o Parameters, administrative data, reservations/purchase requisitions

o Location data

o Sales data for location

o Account assignment

o Object list

o Customer enhancement for order header

In addition, the Relationships tab page is new in the operation detail.


You have defined the following settings in Customizing:

o You have defined view profiles.

o You have assigned the view profiles to the order types.

Travel Management

Business Function Travel Management

FIN_TRAVEL_1: Business Function Travel Management (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Travel Management Extension, enhancement package 2 (EA-TRV 602), you can use the business function Travel Management. This business function encompasses the new and extended functions of the Travel Management (FI-TV) component described below.

New User Interface in SAP Enterprise Portal

The extended travel management applications in Employee Self-Service (ESS) of SAP Enterprise Portal are based on Web Dynpro ABAP technology. If you activate this business function, SAP Enterprise Portal no longer launches the Web Dynpro Java applications, but rather the new Web Dynpro ABAP applications. Users require new authorization profiles, which are defined in the new standard roles. The following Web Dynpro ABAP applications are available in ESS:

o My Trips The Personal Object Worklist (POWL) for travelers lists the travel requests, travel plans, and travel expenses for each individual traveler. Travelers run applications from within the POWL; for example, to create a new travel plan using the data from a travel request, or to change the expense report. Travelers also can launch the applications for creating travel requests, travel plans, and expense reports, directly in ESS.

o My Employees The POWL for travel assistants lists the travel requests, travel plans, and travel expenses for all employees assigned to the assistant. Travel assistants can perform tasks such as creating and changing travel plans for employees, and copying travel plans from other employees.

o Create Travel Request

o Create Travel Plan

o Create Expense Report

o Travel Profile

o Route Planning

o Unlock Personnel Number

If certain conditions are given, you can implement the new Web Dynpro ABAP application for the following standard role in Manager Self-Service (MSS):

o Approving Manager To implement this new application in SAP Enterprise Portal, you need to provide an iView. This application enables you to perform the approval process without SAP Business Workflow and Organizational Management. For more information, see the section that follows.

New User Interface: SAP NetWeaver Business Client (NWBC)

Users can run the following role-based Web Dynpro ABAP applications in the NWBC, independent of the new standard roles assigned to those users:

o Traveler The POWL and applications are the same as the My Trips application in SAP Enterprise Portal. The POWL also provides access to the applications Travel Profile, Route Planning, and Unlock Personnel Number.

o Travel Assistant The POWL and applications are the same as the My Employees application in SAP Enterprise Portal. The POWL also provides access to the applications Travel Profile (for all employees), Route Planning, and Unlock Personnel Number (for all employees).

o Approving Manager The POWL for approving managers lists the travel data requiring approval for all employees assigned to the manager. Approving managers can approve or reject travel expenses, and send explanatory comments to the employees via e-mail. The POWL enables approving managers to define substitutes for limited periods of time, and to act as a substitute for other approving managers.

o Travel Policy Administrator Users with this role can execute the following Customizing applications for managing travel policy:

- Change Predefined Addresses

- Define Maximum Rates and Default Values for Expense Types

- Define Maximum Amounts for Hotel Nights

- Define Hotel Catalog

- Define Customer Programs

- Define Agreements Between Travel Service Providers on Customer Programs

Integration of Travel Requests and Travel Planning

Travel requests, travel planning and travel expenses are fully integrated in the new Web Dynpro ABAP user interface. You can transfer data from travel requests to travel plans or travel expenses, and from travel plans to travel expenses. The POWLs show the status of the trips and provide users with quick access to the subsequent actions that are possible based on that status. For example, when a travel request is approved, the user can create a travel plan.

When you create a new travel plan, the system displays a list of open travel requests. You can then select a travel request and copy its data to the new travel plan.

When you create a new expense report, the system displays a list of open travel requests and travel plans. You can then select one of those and copy its data to the new expense report.

Integration of Travel Services and Travel Preferences in Travel Requests

In travel requests, you can specify which travel services are required for the following modes of travel (but you cannot reserve or book them here):

o Flight

o Hotel

o Car rental

o Rail

o Other travel services For more information, see the section that follows.

The system displays the preferences of a traveler based on his or her travel profile. At a later date, you can transfer the data a travel request to a travel plan, and book your trip. Alternatively, you can transmit the travel request to a travel agency, which then books the trip for you.

This function is available only in the new Web Dynpro ABAP user interface.

Copying of Travel Requests

You can copy travel requests.

Other Travel Services

In travel requests, you can now specify (but not reserve or book) other travel services. Other travel services include the following:

o Ferry

o Helicopter

o Airport shuttle

In Customizing you determine which other travel services are displayed and which entries can be made by users. See Other Travel Services.


Saving of Drafts of User Entries

The Save Draft function allows you to temporarily save your entries in the applications. The system saves the incomplete entries with the status Open.

Travel Expense Types per Trip Schema

To each trip schema, you can assign those travel expense types that need to be available in the respective trip schema. If you do not specify any travel expense types for a trip schema, then all expense types stored in the system apply to that trip schema. You can use this function to create a trip schema for miscellaneous receipts, which enables employees to enter receipts that are not directly related to a specific trip. These might be expenses for phone costs, office supplies, or promotional gifts on behalf of consultants or sales staff. See Restrict Travel Expense Types for Trip Schemas.

Advanced Passenger Information

In travel plans, you can enter additional passenger data for Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS). When a flight is booked, this data is transmitted to the airlines via a Global Distribution System (GDS). In Customizing, for each country key you can determine whether travelersare required to enter APIS data, and which data items are required. See Define Data for Advanced Passenger Information

System.


Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

The following functions have been extended to ensure audit ability of statutory rules, such as those prescribed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act:

o Credit Card Receipts in Travel Expenses

- You can define in Customizing that users cannot delete credit card receipts. See the field documentation under Set Up Feature TRVPA for Travel Expenses Parameters.

- In travel expense reports, you can itemize your private expenses as separate receipts and allocate them to private expense types (for example, use of mini-bar). This documents the personal portion of travel expenses in the system.

o Additional Receipt Information in Travel Expenses When entering travel expenses, you can specify internal and external participants of an entertainment event in the form of a table under additional receipt information. You can evaluate this information in reporting. In Customizing, for each trip provision variant and travel expense type, you can determine whether users are required to enter such participants. See Field Control for Additional Receipt Information.

Use of Scanned Receipts and Adding of Attachments

If you use optical archives for Travel Management, in travel expenses you can display receipts that are scanned into the system. When scanned receipts are allocated to an expense report, the system shows them in the POWLs for travelers, travel assistants, and approving managers.

Travelers can add attachments to their expense reports (for example, the agenda of a convention). This can be done when creating an expense report or in the POWL. Attachments are linked to the trip number and can be viewed by travel assistants and approving managers.

Flights: Amadeus Master Pricer

You can determine whether the Amadeus reservation system should apply Value Pricer or Master Pricer in fare-driven flight availability queries. You do this with the MASTERPRICER attribute in table TA20SWITCH. See Define Enterprise-Wide Control Parameters.

Flights: Extended Availability Display

The system sorts best-price query results by price, but groups different flight combinations that have the same price. Within these groupings, you can select any combination of outbound and return flights.

If you have set up a direct connection to a flight reservation system such as TRAVELfusion (in addition to GDS), availability queries then display the available one-way flights or return flights for both reservation systems.

Rail: Enhancements in Bookings at Deutsche Bahn (DB)

Train reservations using NVS (Amadeus) have the following new functions:

o You can book tickets for multiple passengers. You can specify whether each individual passenger has a BahnCard. For international trips, you can enter the age of each passenger, for example, to receive a discount for people under the age of 26.

o You can book tickets, reserve seats, or both.

o When booking a trip, you can request a Bahn-Tix. Then, prior to departure you can pick up the train ticket at any DB ticket machine for intercity rail traffic. At the ticket machine you can identify yourself with your BahnCard, credit card, Eurocheque card, or the order number shown in the booking data.

Hotels: Extended Sort Options for Availability Displays

You can sort hotels according to different criteria such as price, star rating, or distance from the address.

Generic XI Interface to Rail Portals

As an alternative to using a global distribution system (GDS) to include rail connections in Travel Planning, you can instead use rail portals for this purpose. Using SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (XI), Travel Planning provides a generic interface for connections to rail portals. One such connection is the Deutsche Bahn Corporate Portal (also referred to as Bahn Internet Booking Engine = BIBE).

Generic XI Interface to Flight Reservation Systems

As an alternative to using a global distribution system (GDS) to include flights in Travel Planning, you can instead use flight reservation systems for this purpose. Using SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure (XI), Travel Planning provides a generic interface for connections to flight reservation systems. This enables you to book flights with low-cost carriers (LCC) and Web fare deals on the Internet. Travel Planning displays LCC and Web fare offers in the fare-driven flight availability list, together with offers from a GDS.

Enterprise Services

Report programs and BAdIs (Business Add-ins) are available for the new Enterprise Services for the following process components:

o Expense and Reimbursement Management

o Travel Management

o Business Data Management

o Personnel Administration

For more information, see HCM_SRV_CI_1: HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (New).


You can continue using existing travel data without restrictions.


The following IMG activities are new:

o If you want to implement the other travel services in the Travel Request component, perform the IMG activities under Travel Request.

o To adjust the processes for the integration of rail portals, use the Business Add-in (BAdI) Adjust Processes for Integration of Rail Portals.

o To configure APIS, perform the IMG activities Define Data for Advanced Passenger Information System andBAdI: Adjust Creation of APIS Elements.

o To assign travel expense types to trip schemas, perform IMG activity Restrict Travel Expense Types for Trip Schemas.

The following IMG activities have been extended:

o To define that users may not delete credit card receipts, perform IMG activity Set Up Feature TRVPA for Travel Expenses Parameters.

o To extend the additional receipt information with the participants in entertainment, perform IMG activity Field Control for Additional Receipt Information.

o To use Master Pricer, perform IMG activity Define Enterprise-Wide Control Parameters.

See also For more information, see the SAP Library under Business Function Sets and Business Functions -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Accounting -> Travel Management.

Business Function Enterprise Services 01

HCM_SRV_CI_1: HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Human Capital Management, enhancement package 2 (EA-HR 602) you can use the business function HCM, Enterprise Services 01.

This business function provides enterprise services to enable you to control communications between your human resources management system and your travel management system, and to exchange data with external reservation systems or the database systems of travel agencies. Enterprise services let you implement business processes regardless of whether the travel management system or human resources management system you use is an SAP product or a non-SAP product. Enterprise services support your business processes if you use your SAP Travel Management system as a stand-alone application.

In addition to using these enterprise services to exchange data between different systems, you also can use them to develop custom applications and user interfaces, for example, to merge the functions of your travel management and human resources management applications.

If you use SAP Travel Management, you can use the enterprise services of this business function to exchange the travel profiles of your employees with external reservation systems (such as a global distribution system (GDS)) or with the profile databases of your travel agencies.

For more information about which enterprise services are used, see the following Release Notes:

o Enterprise services for personnel administration:

- Personnel Administration

- Business Partner Data Management o Enterprise services for travel management:

- Expense and Reimbursement Management - Travel Management

See also

For more information, see the SAP Library under Business Function Sets and Business Functions -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Human Capital Management -> HCM, Enterprise Services 01.

HCM_SRV_CI_1: Personnel Administration (new) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Human Capital Management, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-HR 602), Business Function HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (HCM_SRV_CI_1), the following enhancements are available for the Personnel Administration process component:

New Operation

Business object Personnel Leaving:

o Service interface Personnel Leaving Out

- Operation Notify of Personnel Leaving

If an employee leaves the company, you can use this outbound operation to send the relevant data to external systems.

If you have also activated the Travel Management business function (FIN_TRAVEL_1) and you use your SAP Travel Management as a standalone system, you can use this operation to send an employee's data to external systems. If an employee has left the company, a notification must be sent with the leaving date to ensure data consistency between the systems.


The following reports are available to set up the initial settings and trigger the outbound operation:

o PAD_SE_LEAVING_NOTFIC_SETUP Initial Settings for Personnel Leaving Notification

o PAD_SE_LEAVING_NOTIFICATON Trigger for PersonnelLeavingNotification_Out

For more information about the reports, see the Customizing for Personnel Administration and choose Enterprise Services -> Personnel Administration.

The Business Add-In (BAdI) PAD_SE_LEAVING_NOTIF_CONV for the enhancement spot PAOC_PAD_SE_PROXY is available for this outbound operation. This allows you to map customer fields from the back-end system to the corresponding fields of the outbound operation, or to make changes to the standard fields of the operation.

For more information, see the Customizing for Personnel Administration and choose Enterprise Services -> Personnel Administration ->

o Initial Settings for PersonnelLeavingNotification

o Trigger for PersonnelLeavingNotification_Out

o BAdI: Mapping for PersonnelLeavingNotification

See also

For more information, see the Enterprise Services documentation for the Personnel Administration process component.

HCM_SRV_CI_1: Business Partner Data Management (new) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Human Capital Management, Enhancement Package 2 (EA-HR 602), Business Function HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (HCM_SRV_CI_1), the following enhancements are available for the Business Partner Data Management process component:

New Operations

Business object Employee

o Service interface Employee E-Mail Data Management In

- Operation Maintain E-Mail Address You can use this operation to create or delete an employee's e-mail address.

o Service interface Employee Payment Card Management In

o Operation Create Payment Card Details You can use this operation to create the credit card data for an employee.

o Operation Cancel Payment Card Details You can use this operation to delete the credit card data for an employee. If you have also activated the Travel Management business function (FIN_TRAVEL_1) and you use your SAP Travel Management as a standalone system, you can use these operations to transfer the e-mail address and credit card data from external systems. In Travel Management, this data is necessary for notifications from external reservation systems, for example.


The following Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) are available for these operations:

o PAD_SE_SUBTY_CONV Subtype-Mapping for E-Mail and Credit Cards

o PAD_SE_EECDATAEMAILADD_CONV BAdI: Mapping for EmployeeCommunicationDataEMailAddressRequest_In

o PAD_SE_PAYMENTCARD_CONV BAdI: Mapping for Credit Cards

For more information about these BAdIs, see the Customizing for Personnel Administration and choose Enterprise Services -> Business Partner Data Management ->

o BAdI: Subtype Mapping for E-Mail and Credit Cards

o BAdI: Mapping for EmployeeCommunicationDataEMailAddressRequest_In

o BAdI: Mapping for Credit Cards

HCM_SRV_CI_1: Expense and Reimbursement Management (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Human Capital Management, enhancement package 2 (EA-HR 602), business function HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (HCM_SRV_CI_1), you can use the following new operations for the process component Expense and Reimbursement Management (in the namespace http://sap.com/xi/Travel/Global2):

o ExpenseArrangementExternalInputTransmitConfirmation_Out

o ExpenseArrangementExternalInputTransmitRequest_In


You can use the following Business Add-in (BAdI) for the aforementioned operations:

BAdI: Mapping for ExpenseArrangementExternalInputTransmitRequest (PTRM_SE_EXPARR_CONV)

For more information about this BAdI, see Customizing for Travel Management under Enterprise Services -> Expense and Reimbursement Management.

HCM_SRV_CI_1: Travel Management (New) Use

As of SAP ECC 6.0, Enterprise Extension Human Capital Management, enhancement package 2 (EA-HR 602), business function HCM, Enterprise Services 01 (HCM_SRV_CI_1), you can use the process component Travel Management with the following operations (in namespace http://sap.com/xi/Travel/Global2):

o TravelPlanningArrangementCarRentalArrangementCreatedNotification_In

o TravelPlanningArrangementCustomerLoyaltyProgrammeCreatedNotification_In

o TravelPlanningArrangementEmployeeNotification_Out

o TravelPlanningArrangementFlightArrangementCreatedNotification_In

o TravelPlanningArrangementHotelArrangementCreatedNotification_In

o TravelPlanningArrangementTrainArrangementCreatedNotification_In


You can use the following programs for your initial settings, the initial upload, and the delta upload:

o Initial Settings for TravelPlanningArrangementEmployeeNotification (PTRM_SE_PLAN_ARRANGMNT_SETUP)

o Initial Upload for TravelPlanningArrangementEmployeeNotification (PTRM_SE_PLAN_ARRANGMNT_INITIAL)

o Delta Upload for TravelPlanningArrangementEmployeeNotification (PTRM_SE_PLAN_ARRANGMNT_DELTA)

For more information about these programs, see Customizing for Travel Management under Enterprise Services -> Travel Management.

You can use the following Business Add-ins (BAdIs) of enhancement spot PTRM_SE_PROXY for these operations:

o BAdI: Subtype Mapping for E-Mail and Payment Card (PTRM_SE_SUBTY_CONV)

o BAdI: Mapping for TravelPlanningArrangementEmployeeNotification (PTRM_SE_TPAEE_CONV)

o BAdI: Mapping for TravelPlanningArrangementCarRentalArrangement (PTRM_SE_TPACARRNARR_CONV)

o BAdI: Mapping for TravelPlanningArrangementFlightArrangement (PTRM_SE_TPAFLTARR_CONV)

o BAdI: Mapping for TravelPlanningArrangementHotelArrangement (PTRM_SE_TPAHOTELARR_CONV)

o BAdI: Mapping for TravelPlanningArrangementTrainArrangement (PTRM_SE_TPATRAINARR_CONV)

o BAdI: Mapping for TravelPlanningArrangementCustomerLoyaltyProgramme (PTRM_SE_TPACLP_CONV)

For more information about these BAdIs, see Customizing for Travel Management under Enterprise Services -> Travel Management.

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