Solution Directory - Business Scenario

Hello,
I am trying to find the job management - job monitoring scenario under SAP ERP. I had everything set up under SAP ECC and still can see it there. But now that I switched my systems to SAP ERP, I would like to select it there, but cannot find it. I can still see the job management to be selected for SAP ECC.
Where do these scenarios (Business process repository) come from? We are on Solution Manager SPS 20.
Thanks,
Ingrid

One possible solution is to enable the checkin and checkout process with approval workflow active to ensure that misuse of access does not occur.

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Solution Directory--Business process --Check in /Out option

Dear Friends,
I am working in Solution directory (t.code: DSWP). I have created one maintenance project. In this maintenance project i have maintained the following business process.
1. Sale Order Processing
2. Production Order Processing.
These two business processes are currently running in my R/3 production process.
In SOLAR01 , "admin" tab i have assigned project team member as "ZSRAGHU" for business process 'Sale Order Processing"
Like the same way, for business process "Production order Processing" i have assigned the project team member as "ZSRAO".
In SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN t.code, i have checked in the box "Restrict changes to nodes in project to assigned team members" so that only assigned team member can edit the business process.
Now i have assigned this maintenance project to my Solution. (The name of my Solution is "TEST")
As per the help.sap.com document, if the business process has been "checked Out" from Solution directory by the project lead, then only the team mmeber can edit the process in SOLR01.
Am i right?
But in my system, the team members are possible to edit the business process (In SOLAR01..."Structure" tab) before the business process are being "Checked Out" from Solution directory.
I want to restrict this option to my team members.
My requirement is:
If the Business process been "Checked out" in Solution, then only the team member can able to edit the business process in SOLAR01 otherwise i can not preserve my production business process....
Please guide me to achive this & will be very much rewarded.
Note:
In "SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN" under "Scope" tab, check in the box "Edit structures" will NOT help to map this requirement as all aware.
Regards
Senthil

Dear Senthil,
By Business Process 'Check Out', I hope you are talking of the 'Document' attached at Process level and not the Process itself, as in the structure.
I can understand your frustration about the indicator "Restrict changes to nodes in project to assigned team members" not working.
As mentioned in the online help, did you try to work your way through Authorisation Object "AI_SA_TAB" ?
Is it due to some other authorisation that users have, which 'supersedes' this authorisation object ? Did you check any SAP Note for this object ?
If nothing else works, can you try to introduce a 'Custom Status' and use the following IMG setting to restrict it by users:
SAP Solution Manager -> Configuration -> Scenario-Specific Settings -> Cross-scenario Settings -> Document Management -> Status for Documents -> Assign Status Values for Read Authorisation
This may be a workaround !
Regards,
Srini

Integration Directory - Business Scenarios organization

Hi,
In the Integration Directory for configuration, the business scenarios are the highest level for configuring a scenario.
After creating many scenarios, it is becoming hard for me to manage logically related business scenarios. I am resorting to structured naming to keep logically related scenarios grouped together.
Is there a better way that can be suggested ? Is SAP planning for similar grouping concept like software components / versions / namespaces for the configuration aspect too ?
thanks,
Manish

The link ...
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sapportals.km.docs/documents/a1-8-4/sap xi 2.0 customer developments modif. in integration rep.pdf
still works !
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Homiar.

How to migrate changed Business Scenarios from Template Project to Solution

SAP Solution Manager - How to migrate changes in Business Scenarios from Template Project to Solution?
Our Global ASAP strategy is based upon a Template Project, Implementation Project, Maintenance Project and Solution with Business Scenarios.
Changes in the Template Project for existing and new Business Sceanarios, etc. are correctly executed. Up till now we have successfully implemented our Template Project and secondly extended our Business Scenarios from 4 to 14. Our 3rd upcoming change will be changes on Business Scenarios as well. These planned changes for the Business Scenarios need to be consistent, possibly without manual intervention.
During a Proof of Concept (PoC) in our Sandbox (SXB) we have identified a possible serious problem when trying to publish these changes in Business Scenarios in the Template Project to the Solution. SAP Solution Manager (SSM) does not seem to support a scenario where Business Scenarios in the Solution can be refreshed or updated with changed Business Scenarios in the Template Project.
We have identified 2 possibillities:
1.     Manual project upgrade
1.1.     Synchronize the changes for the Template Project normally;
1.2.     Delete the changed Business Scenarios from step 1.1 in the Solution;
1.3.     Add the changed Business Scenarios from step 1.1 into the Solution.
For this scenario we foresee a big problem because all Content and Issues connected to the old Solution Business Scenarios loose their coupling with the Solution.
For the Content this may not be a real problem because the Content is also available in the Template Project.
However the Issues are loosely coupled to the Solution Scenarios and therefore need to be coupled manually to these processes.
2.     Manual changes using Maintenance Project
2.1.     Synchronize the changes for the Template Project normally;
2.2.     Publish all changes from step 2.1 in the Template Project
2.3.     Add all new Content from step 2.1 to the structure of the Maintenance Project;
2.4.     Relocate Content and Issues when the Business Scenario has been relocated.
Because SSM does not support this activity we need to delete this Business Scenario first and secondly re-create it again on the correct spot.
Our question: How has SAP done this in other customer projects?
We need to have a working solution by the end of March, 2009.
Best regards,
Peter Hendriksen

Peter,
Did you get an anwer to this question from SAP?
Rgds,
Eamonn.

Sol. Landscape - Business Scenarios from Temp. Project: Compare & Adjust ?

Hi,
In SOLMAN_DIRECTORY, within Business Scenarios, if I were to copy Business Scenarios from a Template Project, is it supposed to help me use the 'Compare and Adjust' functionality ?
I see the icon for this utility, but invariably greyed out at all levels.
The idea is to hold Template Project as the master content provider, even for Support side.
The workaround could be (yet to fully test) to use a Maintenance Project, to compare and adjust and check it in again.
Any ideas welcome - especially, on why the 'Compare and Adjust' icon appears greyed out, in the Solution.
Best regards,
Srini

Hi Andreas,
The news that your colleague has tested it successfully is very encouraging and gives me hope.
That's the way I was testing as well, with limited success. I couldn't finish testing because the the buttons for Check Out/ Check In Requests disappeared from SOLMAN_DIRECTORY suddenly. Then, I got into SAP Notes search etc.
Can you/ your colleague please confirm if my following understanding is correct and suggest changes where it's wrong:
(1) First, create a Solution and Maintenance Project in the same project language (to get the KW context right)
(2) Create a few Business Scenario Names in Solution Directory (e.g. Procure to Pay, Order to Cash etc.) - as manya s required
(3) Later, assign the Maintenance Project concerned to the Solution, in the tab 'Solution Settings'
Note: (2) is done before (3) since the assignment of a Maintenance Project renders the section greyed out. If it is greyed out, there is nothing to check out at the first place.
(4) Check out the Blank Scenarios to Maintenance Project
(5) In SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN, I would have already pre-selected the relevant scenarios under 'public' Templates, so that they are available in Maintenance Project's SOLAR01/02 under the Business Scenarios folder
(6) Now, when I open the Maintenance Project in say SOLAR02, it would list me the scenarios copied from Template in the usual way (as in say, any normal Implementation Project), and below those folders, it would also list the 'Checked Out' name sake Scenarios from the Solution Directory
(7) I will 'copy' and 'paste' the right Business Processes from the first set of Scenarios (from Template Project) into the Solution Directory blank Scenarios - while doing so, I will retain the right to 'refer' documents and not copy them
(8) I would Check In the structure back into Solution Directory
(9) In say, a months time or so, the Process in Template Project have undergone changes (more process steps added under a process, more documents added/ removed/ changed etc.)
(10) I would open the Maintenance Project after running SA_PROJECT_UPGRADE for the maintenance project. I would do the 'Compare and Adjust' function in the regular Scenarios to get the content adjusted

Solution Directory - How to lock a business process for a implement project

We have Solution Directory assigned to a maintenance project and I understand the checkout/checkin process and how it locks the business process in the Solution. What is the best practice when you are starting a new IMPLEMENTATION project that will impact existing business processes that are in the Solution? I know that I can copy from the solution to build the new project, but it doesnu2019t lock the BP from the solution.
I have a new Implementation project, that i want to checkout/pull existing business processes for the Solution Directory.
*How can these Business Processes be "locked" in Solution Directory as they are with a Maintenance project?*

Kelly,
You would use the maintenance project to make daily modifications.
Consider the case of a O2C business scenario. You need to almost make daily configs etc, which get pushed through, such things will go into a maintenance project.
But if you plan to enhance O2C with a CRM front end or include a better planning solution or TPM or something, then you are looking at an implementation project.
Rule of thumb. Short Scale changes : Maintenance Project, Long term/major enhancements : Implementation Projects.
Also In this case to speak about the lock down. Well the Solution Directory kind of takes care of that for you.
I am assuming that you have a solution populated with business processes. So now if you want to enhance it with a new functionality, you would use an implementation project. So when you define the implementation project, and then navigate to Solar01, and try to add business scenarios , ensure that on the Structure tab you select the Solution as the source. This ensures you are copying content from your current, updated, productive solution. Once you do that, the implementation continues on its track, whilst daily support processes are managed with the check-in / check-out functionality of the Solution and the Maintenance Project.
You technically do not need to lock the business processes down, since the Compare and Adjust functionality of a solution will help you identify the deltas between the Solution and the implementation project and you can always make those adjustments post go-live and thus just update the Solution at one shot. Also remember that with SolMan 7.1 the Compare and Adjust functions can be used with Template, Implementation and Solutions in any permutation-combination.
Hope this helps.
Plz let me know if you need any additional information
Cheers!!

Compare and adjust business processes to a solution directory

Dear all,
I'm having truble with viewing changes that I have made in my maintenance project, using the compare and adjust function. Can you please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
These are the steps I took:
1. I chose a solution using transaction SOLUTION_MANAGER.
2. I have made the solution settings, including creating a maintenance project, and enabling the check out/ check in & history functions.
3. Added business scenarios to the solution directory (some I chose from a project, and some I have created manualy).
4. Checked the Scenarios out to the maintenance project.
5. Made some changes in the maintenance project, including adding documents and transactions (transaction SOLAR01).
6. Changed my user-specific settings to comparison mode - "display changes made in original".
7. Checked the edited business scenarions back into the solution directory. I have checked, and the changes I've made in the maintenance project apeared now in the solution directory.
Now starts the trouble...:
8. I checked the scenarios out again from the solution directory to the maintenance project.
9. Went to transaction SOLAR_PROJECT_ADMIN, marked the maintenance project line, and did "compare and adjust" of a "new version of original" .
10. Went back to SOLAR01 and try to view the changes I have made in the maintenance project. I CAHNGES I'VE MADE ARE NOT MARKED...
Sorry for the long description. Can you please help?
Thank you,
Adi

Adi,
Did you find a resolution to this problem? we are faced with the exact type scenario.

Solution not allowing us to import business scenarios from Project

Hi,
We have a Solution that we are trying to update with a project which has gone live.
I have gone into the "Change Solution Directory" area and clicked on Business Scenarios. However, the Insert/Delete Row icons are greyed out and I can't click on them (and yes, I am in Change mode).
Any suggestions on why this is happening?
Regards
Shaun

Hi Shaun,
Goto Solman_directory - select solution. right side in Solution setting check if the below checks are done,
"Enable Checkin/checkout of Solution structure"
"Send email after check-out status change"
"Enable change Request Managent"
"Enable History"
Also check if any of the business process is Checked out i.e showing Right Arrow in the tree.
If this is the case it causes Lock on the solution as you have checked out the structure element into a maintenance project,
This could cause you such practical problems .
Regards
Sonal Kumar

Solution Manager - MAM business Scenario/ECC 6.0

Experts,
Our environment: ECC 6.0, xMAM 3.0, SM 4.0.
Issue: I am facing an issue when adding scenario related to Plant Maintenance. When I add the "Enterprise Asset Management" for ECC 6.0 which is under SAP Service & Asset Management, I am not able to see processes related to Mobile Asset Management.
Any pointers?
Note:
In our Dev ECC, MAM is available under Plant Maintenance and Customer Service (SPRO).
Solution Manager Path: Business Blueprint/Adding a Business Scenario.

Hi Amit,
Thanks for your quick reply.
We are on ST-ICO 10, which is the latest. Still not showing up.
I have a question on the version that shows up in the scenarios.
When we add the scenario, under SAP Service and Asset Management/Enterprise Asset Management, I don't see the ECC 6.0 option. i see that option for FI, HR, and other processes. I just see the ECC 5.0 option.

How to connect steps in business scenario

Hello,
After creating a project in Solution Manager, creating a business scenario in that project and creating a custom business process in my scenario, Iu2019ve defined the necessary steps that I want in my process. These steps involve 2 different logical components, a component specified for a SAP XI/PI system and a logical component for SAP ECC system.
The business process will involve interaction between the two logical components where Idocs will be exchanged. My first issue is, in transaction SOLAR01 when I click the tab Graphic, Iu2019m able to see the two separate components each with their steps but with no connection or relation between them or with any step order. Where can I define the order and flow for the steps in the business process? After defining the flow, will the connections be presented in the graphic?
One other question, if this business process involve interfaces, should I define this as a business scenario or as an Interface Scenario? What is the main difference between these two objects? Canu2019t I have only business scenarios and define the steps as interfaces?
Thank your for the attention.
Best regards,
Goncalo Mouro Vaz

Hello,
please be aware that only business process maintained in the operations part of SAP Solution Manager. i.e. the Solution Directory, are available for Business Process Monitoring. Processes defined within SOLAR01 are in the project part and hence not directly available for monitoring. But those processes can be copied into the Solution Directory.
For BPMon only "Business Scenraios" are of interest. "Interface Scenarios" need not be maintained but can be used for additional documentation purposes.
Please refer to http://service.sap.com/bpm > Media Library > Technical Information > Setup for Interface Monitoring.pdf
You may also visit the FAQ page http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/FAQBusinessProcess+Monitoring
Best Regards
Volker

Compare and adjust functionality for Solution Directory

Hello all,
I am trying to use the Compare and Adjust function with a Solution Directory. There is a previous discussion about how to do this between a Master Template and Implementation Project. Now that the Solution Directory exists, I would like to do the same thing. I.e. take scenarios from the Solution Directory into individual projects to extend them before putting them back into production. Together with the check in/out function, I would like to use the Compare and Adjust (SA_PROJECT_UPGRADE) function to identify differences periodically. The button for this appears in the transaction SOLMAN_DIRECTORY, but I can't seem to activate it - i.e. it is faded out. For projects, you must first run SA_PROJECT_UPGRADE to activate this button. However, you cannot select a Solution when running the project upgrade transaction. Does anyone know how to do this? Is anyone using the Solution Directory in a similar way and have advice?
Regards,
Marcel

Hi Marcel,
Funnily enough I have the exact same question.
Is there a way to compare changes between a maintenance project (business scenarios checked out this project) and the solution. This way the person approving the check in can see the changes before approving.
Have you had further information on this?
Referring back to your question, ideally once you've checked out a business scenario to a maintenance project you wouldn't continue to maintain it. It is the responsibility of that project to maintain it. In the meanwhile if you have a support issue that requires that business scenario to be updated, this will have to assessed and handled by either the project or the solution administrators.
Cheers
Ganesh

Global template and rollouts vs. Solution Directory

Hello,
I would like to know what is the best way to maintain the global template and the related rollouts documentation.
I know the functionality of Solution Directory, ie. it should be the primary place to maintain a solution in production, changes should be done using maintenance project, checking out scenarios etc. However, my customer is running into a couple of challenges. The current situation is as follows:
- The global template phase I has been finished (containing financial template).
- The global template phase II development is starting (containing logistics template).
- The phase I template has been rolled out to five countries which all are in production.
- The phase I template will continue with new rollouts coming.
- All the country-specific rollouts are actually in one physical SAP system so there is only one system to be maintained.
I see it somehow impossible to try to maintain the template + rollout documentation in one single solution in Solution Directory. There is only one Documentation tab in the solution and if we put all the country-specific documentation there it is a mess. Furthermore, all the rollout projects are separate, it would be difficult to manager rollout projects with one maintenance project. Not to add the fact the compare and adjust functionality applies only to template projects not solution.
I have the feeling that we would need continue maintaining the global template and rollout projects in SolMan Implementantion projects (template + rollout projects, template versions, compare and adjustment etc.). Only if I want to start process monitoring I would use solution but otherwise it cannot be very much utilized at the moment.
Any comments? Have I missed something here now? I would appreciate any practical experiences about this.
Br,
Timo

Hi Timo -
The situation you are experiencing is similar to what I have seen. And that is...ensuring Solution Directory is the "Single source of the Truth". It is almost impossible when you have two parallel activities going on between 1) SAP implementation projects and 2) SAP maintainence/sustain activities in production.
Solution Manager seems to be a great tool for companies that are in a sustain mode, resolving issues when found in production. We recently decided to change our approach from SAP's recommended and best practice of using the Solution Directory connected to a Maintainence project and implementation projects being seperate rollout initiatives managed seperately. Instead, we have changed our "Solution Manager Landscape" to encompass all activites into a 1 template project. We now don't plan on going back to the SAP best practice of Solution Manager until we are completely done implementing SAP and we have identified what our true business processes are. For example: creating the Business Process Hierarchy.

How many Solutions entries in Solution Directory?

What is the best practice for setting up Solutions in the Solution Directory?
Should we have one for all business processes?
Should we have maybe something like the following?
1. Campaign to Cash Business Processes
2. Employee Business Processes
3. Solution Manager -- ITIL Business Processes
Are there any disadvantage to having multiple solution entries?
I searched service.sap.com and this forum for an answer before posting this question.
Regards,
Mel Calucin
Bentley Systems

Hi Mel,
I will try to answer your questions:
1. New and to-be-modified business processes are developed and tested using Solution Manager Projects and are never developed or tested using Solution Manager Solutions; CORRECT!
therefore, Solution Manager Solutions only contain production business processes.
CORRECT! you can transfer the business processes in a project to a Solution to used for example "Business Process Monitoring scenario"
2. When a Solution Manager Project is completed, business processes in that Project are copied to one or more Solution Manager Solutions; consequently, the business processses become production business processes.
Correct!
3. The structure of a Solution Manager Solution is the same as a Solution Manager Project; however, some tabs in a Solution Manager Solution are not modifiable and can only be populated when a business process in a Solution Manager Project is copied to the Solution Manager Solution.
You can transfer the data from a project to a Solution, and in this case you will get the same business scenario structure that you had in SOLAR01, but you can change this structure in order to delete scenarios, or add new once.
Also you can create a clean solution and add this Business Scenarios manually comming from different projects if you like.
4.
5. The business processes defined under a Solution or Project must be linked to a Logical Component
Correct!
The business scenarios that you define in your solutions are only use for "Business Process Monitoring" scenario.
Usually other customer creates Solutions and add the logical components that ate included in the solution.
6,7, 8 Logical component definition
A logical component define the different systems, with different roles involved in a
usual DEVclient->QUA_client->PRD_client landscape for a specific version and installation type.
For example, a usual logical component would be:
Z_ECC60: DEV 100 QUA 200 PRD 300
You can also enter other system roles in this logical component
This DEV 100,etc, has previously defined in SMSY and RFC connection created to these satellites.
9. Correct! because the processe take place in logical components finally, in SAP or not SAP systems.
"Given the above statements are true, the goal would be to document all business processes in Solution Manager Solutions. It is unnecessary to create Solution Manager Solutions based on system roles e.g. one for Solution Manager Solution for Production, one Solution for QA, one for Dev or combinations of system roles e.g. Dev->QA->Production. By defining one Solution Manager Solution, the system roles are also defined for the business processes contained in the Solution Manager Solution."
The goal is to have the documentation of the business processes in the SOLMAN system.
The Solution are mainly created for Administration and monitoring activities, based on system "basis" site, so usually Solution are created for these purposes usually after the Go live of the project.
I mean, Solution are used for the technical part of the project.
Although for Service Desk and Change request management scenarios more than
technical roles must be involved.
So, do you want to generate a report with the response times for all your productive systems? if yes, you will need to define a Solution that includes all
the logical components available in your landscape, but only "Put in Solution" the production systems.
Do you want to see the alerts from only want system, instead of seeing a graphic with 10 systems, you will need to create a Solution with only this system.
Usually to have a Solution with all system is not operational, unless you have few systems.
I have to insist in the idea that the Solution is not used by "Functional" team, mainly for "Technical" team.
!"My quesiton is: Is it better to have one Solution Manager Solution for all business processes or to divide the business processes into multiple Solutions. If it is better to break up the business processes into multiple Solutions, what is the best way to break them up? Does SAP offer a best practice for this?"
Usually customer even not define the Business Scenarios in their Solution for the Operational scenarios, because these Business Scenarios are not used.
Hope this clarify your questions, best regards,
Dolores

Usage Solution Manager Solution Directory

Hi,
Does anyone knows what is the purpose or usage of Solution Manager Solution Directory?
Please and thanks
Kumar

Hi Kumar,
In the solution directory you can manage your solutions.
One of the challenges you face in production after completing a project successfully is preserving the knowledge gained from the project and keeping it up to date during operations. SAP Solution Manager's solution concept is designed to help you do this. A solution contains information about system, software components and business processes(scenarios), which you can transfer from your project to SAP Solution Manager. You thereby ensure that all of the information can still be accessed and consolidated further after the project has been completed.
You manage solutions in the Solution Directory. Solution offer the following advantages:
- All assignments in the SAP Solution Manager project are available;
- The scenario and business process structures are transferred to the solution;
- Configuration object assignments are readily available;
- You can use test cases in the structure to effectively test changes that have been made;
- You can reuse e-learning materials from projects in the solution;
- The solution has the same system landscape concept as the project, which means you can reuse the structure when upgrading.
Regards,
Daniel.

Authorization for specific business scenario or business step in solar01

Dear all,
we have an issue regarding solution manager blueprinting management restricting an access to specific nodes. Our goar is to have several substructures devided by modules like: FI, SD, PS and etc. And each team member according his position in a company should have an access only to his substructure and all the related documentation below that. Saying an access means a change mode not a display access.
Please find the steps have been performed during the configuration of project below:
All the configuration around system landscape has been done properly.
A new project for solution was created in solar_project_admin.
A correct logical componens has been assigned.
All the required users have assigned as a team members of a project.
At the projec. team member tab a box has been checked in for: restrict changes to nodes in project to assigned team members.
A proposed structure of nodes has been created within Tx solar02.
The right team members have assigned to specific node. So that only they suppose to have a change permission within that nodes. All others read only access.
Every user has sap_solar01_all role assigned to him. We have tryed assigning varios roles according to http://help.sap.com/saphelp_sm310/helpdata/en/db/a1033b2a98f46ae10000000a11402f/content.htm
However as a result we are having a change permission allowed for every node within the structure. Like FI responsible member can access to any node from a tree. And he can make a change for SD related documentation.
Please assist regarding this issue.
Kind regards,
P.S.
I found a thread with a similar problem which was solved by activating a checkbox which is already activated in our system and actually doesn't solve that problem for us.
Authorization for specific business scenarios in Solar01/02
Edited by: Artjoms Nikulins on Mar 11, 2010 3:37 PM

Hi
As far my knowldege goes this is not possible to do within same project or making the same.
You can have project specific access given to member but you cannot go module wise authorization.
Ofcourse there satellite system authorization will be different but not in solman.
In addition check this security guide
https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=00200797470000075728&_OBJECT=011000358700007187872005E
Hope it ans ur query.
Regards
Prakhar
Edited by: Prakhar Saxena on Mar 12, 2010 3:22 AM

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