Its time to start your migration to SAP S/4HANA, using this all-in-one resource! Get to know the migration paths, processes, and tools. First, explore on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployment scenarios. Then, understand the steps involved in new implementations and system conversions. Finally, get step-by-step instructions for all the relevant migration tools. From basic concepts to implementation processes, youll find everything you need to plan, prepare, and kickstart your SAP S/4HANA migration!Highlights include:1) Cloud, on-premise, and hybrid scenarios2) SEAMAP3) Brownfield migration (system conversion)4) Greenfield implementation (new implementation)5) Data migration6) RISE with SAP7) Software Update Manager (SUM)8) SAP Discovery Center9) SAP AppHaus10) SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)11) SAP S/4HANA Cloud12) Hyperscalers

... Who This Book Is For ... 19 ... Structure of This Book ... 20 1.1 ... Future Business Challenges ... 28 1.2 ... The Pledge of SAP S/4HANA ... 37 1.3 ... Summary ... 42 2.1 ... Comparing the Available Solutions: SAP S/4HANA and the Digital Core ... 43 2.2 ... Simplification ... 45 2.3 ... New Data Model and the SAP HANA Database ... 47 2.4 ... SAP Fiori User Interfaces ... 53 2.5 ... Interfaces ... 59 2.6 ... SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics ... 60 2.7 ... Summary ... 61 3.1 ... Overview of Operating Models ... 64 3.2 ... The SAP S/4HANA Product Family ... 68 3.3 ... Comparing the Operating Models ... 75 3.4 ... RISE with SAP ... 80 3.5 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 82 3.6 ... Extensibility of SAP S/4HANA ... 98 3.7 ... Summary ... 108 4.1 ... Basic Considerations ... 111 4.2 ... The Three Migration Scenarios ... 116 4.3 ... Summary ... 131 5.1 ... Overview of Procedures and Input Helps ... 133 5.2 ... Creating Your Own Roadmap ... 140 5.3 ... The Most Important Criteria for Your Decision ... 155 5.4 ... Summary ... 158 6.1 ... The SAP S/4HANA Trial System ... 160 6.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Fully-Activated Appliance ... 162 6.3 ... Solution Scope of SAP S/4HANA Fully-Activated Appliance ... 165 6.4 ... SAP Discovery Center and SAP AppHaus ... 168 6.5 ... Summary ... 179 7.1 ... Overview of the System Conversion Project ... 183 7.2 ... System Requirements and Checks ... 191 7.3 ... Summary ... 224 8.1 ... Using Software Update Manager ... 225 8.2 ... Activities after SUM ... 230 8.3 ... Estimating and Reducing the Downtime ... 242 8.4 ... Conversion Target Hyperscaler ... 250 8.5 ... Insights from Previous Customer Projects ... 254 8.6 ... Summary ... 256 9.1 ... SAP Activate Content ... 260 9.2 ... SAP Activate Phases ... 271 9.3 ... Summary ... 274 10.1 ... Installation ... 276 10.2 ... Deploying Production Systems with SAP Cloud Appliance Library ... 283 10.3 ... Summary ... 286 11.1 ... Objective and Overview ... 289 11.2 ... System Landscape ... 291 11.3 ... Defining the Solution Scope ... 296 11.4 ... Configuration Management ... 306 11.5 ... SAP Central Business Configuration with SAP Activate and SAP Cloud ALM ... 311 11.6 ... Summary ... 313 12.1 ... Data Migration Using SAP Activate ... 316 12.2 ... Data Migration Phases ... 322 12.3 ... Project Planning Using SEAMAP ... 338 12.4 ... Tools for Data Migration Planning ... 346 12.5 ... Summary ... 352 13.1 ... Data Migration Using the SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit ... 355 13.2 ... Transfer Option 1: Migrate Data Using Staging Tables ... 361 13.3 ... Transfer Option 2: Migrate Data Directly from SAP System (Direct Transfer) ... 448 13.4 ... Performance Considerations ... 473 13.5 ... Complementing Applications ... 475 13.6 ... Summary ... 498 14.1 ... General Structure of the SAP S/4HANA Migration Object Modeler ... 500 14.2 ... Modeling for Data Migration Using Staging Tables ... 504 14.3 ... Modeling for Data Migration Using Staging Tables in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition ... 544 14.4 ... Modeling for Directly Transferring Data from SAP Systems ... 545 14.5 ... Additional Useful Sources of Information ... 560 14.6 ... Summary ... 562 15.1 ... Tools ... 563 15.2 ... Architecture ... 565 15.3 ... Migration Content ... 568 15.4 ... Connecting to Source Systems ... 575 15.5 ... Data Profiling ... 578 15.6 ... Field Mapping ... 581 15.7 ... Value Mapping and Conversion Tables ... 587 15.8 ... Data Validation ... 594 15.9 ... Importing Data ... 597 15.10 ... Monitoring ... 599 15.11 ... IDoc Performance Optimization ... 601 15.12 ... Summary ... 604 16.1 ... Comparing Data Migration Tools ... 605 16.2 ... Comparing Modeling Tools ... 612 16.3 ... Advantages and Disadvantages of Data Migration Tools ... 614 16.4 ... Conclusion ... 615