Migration to Simple Finance downtime

Hi-
assuming that the preparatory steps for a migration to Simple Finance have been completed successfully and assuming a migration from Classic GL, how long approximately will the business downtime of the productive system be?
Best regards
Lutz

Hi Lutz,
You can expect a minimum of 24 hours of production system downtime.
For example, for an actual migration we did, we experienced the following figures:
Data transfer (93 millions rows): 50 mns
Data migration: 11h elapsed time
Overall the elapsed time repartition should roughly work out to be:
Technical install: 10%
GL -> new GL: 30%
sfin data migration: 50%
activate NAA: 10%
Hope it helps,
Arnaud

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Hi experts, We are implementing Simple Finance currently and would like to know if there is a document that lists the changes in tables and functionalities? And in terms of data migration, we'd like to know if there should be a special approach that we need to take note of?
Thanks for your help

Hi Godofredo,
Here is the list of FI/CO tables removed in sFIN v1.0:
Index tables removed:
BSIS
BSAS
BSID
BSAD
BSIK
BSAK
FAGLBSIS
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KNC3
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Also that new tables will be created in the data model to manage historical data.
Finally, this list above is for sFIN v1.0. The new v2.0 will introduce some changes on this list as well.
Regarding migration, it's mostly a technical migration. Althrough keep in mind that the migration to sFIN will migrate you to New GL and new Asset Accounting. Hence some parametrization work will need to take place after the migration if you're starting from Classic GL and/or classic AA.
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Hi Gurus!
With the "S for Hana" appraoch I am wondering if Simple finance includes NewGL Document split combined reporting views?
Will I be able to analyse my line items including FI & CO dimensions before and after GL document split?
In other words, is simple Finance able to give access to BSEG, COEP and FAGLFLEXA? in the same view?
I am also not sure about the reporting tool giving access to these views: I know for sure that Hana live will give this access but would I be able to access these combined views with other reporting tools like ECC querries (SQVI), standard ALV reporting (FAGLL03...)?
Thank you in advance for your help,
Best regards
Pascal

Pascal,
NewGL features available in sfin depends on whether new GL was activated in FICO before the migration to sfin.
If you're migrating from FICO with new GL and document split activated, then the behaviour will be the same in sfin as before.
If you're moving directly from classic GL, there are limitations on the new GL features in sfin: There is no document splitting (to be delivered in the roadmap in Q4) . If you wanted documents split now in sFIN, you would have to migrate first in new GL, activate the document split, and then migrate to sfin.
In sfin v1.0, BSEG, COEP and FAGLFLEXA remain as table. This will however change in v2.0.
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Finally, regarding reporting, some transactions have been replaced by Fiori apps. When this is the case, the transaction is no longer available, and you get a pop up window inviting you to go to the Fiori launchpad. Otherwise, the access to the old transactions remains. With the delivery of the newer versions of sfin, more and more transactions will move to Fiori.
Hope it helps,
Arnaud

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Can anyone tell me from where i can find
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http://service.sap.com/~sapidb/012002523100003773942015E
If you are experiencing issues accessing the link, it may be that you need to install a passport.
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2. Hints for Installation and Upgrade Summary on most important aspects of installing and upgrading to the SAP Simple Finance add-on for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA (e.g. upgrade paths, special hints for checking the technical prerequisites and for the preparation of the installation/upgrade).
Learning Objectives: After this session you will know how to proceed in order to install and upgrade to SAP Simple Finance add-on. This is the ideal starting point for system administrators. Prerequisites: Basic knowledge about installation and deployment procedures

SAP Fiori BW on HANA scenario / Simple Finance

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1. We assume that is impossible to install any Fiori Apps which require the Simple Finance Add-On on the Business Suite (even if they are transactional)
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o Is it correct?
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I believe your understanding is correct.
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Prem

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My system:
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2. Netweaver Gateway installed
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1. I installed the add-on that I got from SMP. The apps seem to be present on the server side.
2. I added the necessary roles to my user so that I could use the apps in Fiori Launchpad.
3. Logged on to Fiori Launchpad and I can see the apps there, however every Tile that appears has a text "Cannot load tile" on it.
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Scott

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has anyone tried to install SAP Simple Finance Add-On on top of the ERP 6.0 Ehp7 on Hana Trial Edition?
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hi Patrick,
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Best regards
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Best regards,
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Pre Requisite components for Simple finance 2.0

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Thanks in Advance.
Regards,
RK.

Hi Rama,
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SAP Simple Finance Add-On for SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA – SAP Help Portal Page
On page 12 of the admin guide.
Andy

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