What is role of a fucntional consultant in upgradation project

hia to all
what is the role of a consultaant in upgradation project

Hi,
Most of the upgrades are techinical, I would say 80%-20% (Tech. to Functional).
One of the most imp. role would be doing integration & regression testing and also documentation of all the changed process, screens, etc.
Also,
Preparing the new BBP would be one of the tasks.
Checking the SAP notes, etc.
Helping the developers by running the upgrade tool & using SPDD & SPAU t-codes (optional).
SKR

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i am in ot my First Upgrade Project.what will be the role of MM consultant when upgrade is happened from 4.6 c to ECC 6.0 from configuration point of view.
can any one guide me regarding this.we are going for Technical Upgrade
regards
subhash

hi subhash,
first you have to see what kind of modified business processes are followed in ECC6 as compared to version 4.6.sure you will get to know which fields are new in MM cycle. then prepare document for technical guys about the same so that they can provide same funcationality by modifing code of 4.6
second some time technical guys not able to under stand which kind of information is requred in perticular case(report) then MM consultant can help them for understand the business requirement.
they can also tell from which table a technical person can fetch the data.
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BR
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What are the responsibilities of Functional consultant in Upgradation?

hai friends
What are the responsibilities of Functional consultant in an Upgradation Project
Are the responsibilites similar to implementation project.if no How does it differ.
Thanks
regards
Krishna

Krishna,
Responsibities for the functional consultant will be differ based on the upgrade which is Technical upgrade and Functional upgrade.
Resp for Technical upgrade: If its a technical upgared your roll will be limited and your involvement will required only for testing ( unit test and Integration testing) . So most of the effort is required only for BASIS consultant.
Resp for Functional upgrade: If there is any add in with your business process (any new functionalites and enhancements) you need to involve for functional design for the new process additionally with the testing.
Cheers!!!
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What is role of a functional consultant in ADP applications integration?

please explain this to me. what an SAP functional does with we are integrating other modules with ADP for payroll.
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Find the company's (client's) requirements, learn the current set-up of SAP (specially HR/OM/Time) and any other related software (such as Kronos or an other "time entry" system), learn about ADP's Payroll (Possibilities, requirements, limitations), help to design the interfaces between SAP and ADP, and between ADP and SAP. This may also involve configuration in SAP and recommendations to change current processes.

Re : Roles of Functional Consultant in upgradation from 4.6b to ECC 6.0

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I need the Roles of Functional Consultant and Technical Consultant in upgradation from 4.6b to ECC 6.0.
Thanks
Anto

Dear Anto,
In Technical SAP,Upgrade from 4.6 to 6.0- the role of any fucntional consultant would involved integrated with the technical Consultant.
The phase starts with the technical Patches apply to the latest stack level which will done by the BASIS Consultants.
Once the System preparation is happened, the next phase is with SPDD phase, Thru this transaction the dictionary Objects-Database elements, database tables and structures of teh latest system can be
compared with the old system.
This results in the version modification results between the old and New versions. During this phase the involvement of the Functional Consultant needed for the tech guy, to identify the functional chnages between the two version (Old and New). Which helps for him either to Reset to Original(ie., adopting the new one) or Adopt Modification in previous system(ie., adopting to older functionality)
Once this is done, the System Upgradation will be done by the BASI, the system will be replaced with new system. At teh end of this phase SPAU phase starts, which inturn reults with version difference in the field namely, Programs, Reports, Screens, Messages, Notes an Function Modules. Here too the involvement of functional consultant neede to determine either reset to original or to go with Adopt modification from the older design, as explained earlier.
At teh end of the, moreover the functional consultant role involved in testing the Entire processes and transactoin in the system for system dump and bugs, in necessity to correct teh same and results with nil errors in production client.
Also the Zprograms invloved in the older versions, needs to be examined for the actual need, and to be justified with adoption in the newer version or by adopting to the updated functionality in the newer version.
Hope this may give better clarity in the involvement of the Functional Consultant in the Updgrade project.
Njoy SAP
Regards,
-Saravanaganesh

Roles of Functional Consultant in upgradation from 4.6b to ECC 6.0.

Hi
I need the Roles of Functional Consultant and Technical Consultant in upgradation from 4.6b to ECC 6.0.
Thanks
Anto

In Technical SAP,Upgrade from 4.6 to 6.0- the role of any fucntional consultant would involved integrated with the technical Consultant.
The phase starts with the technical Patches apply to the latest stack level which will done by the BASIS Consultants.
Once the System preparation is happened, the next phase is with SPDD phase, Thru this transaction the dictionary Objects-Database elements, database tables and structures of teh latest system can be
compared with the old system.
This results in the version modification results between the old and New versions. During this phase the involvement of the Functional Consultant needed for the tech guy, to identify the functional chnages between the two version (Old and New). Which helps for him either to Reset to Original(ie., adopting the new one) or Adopt Modification in previous system(ie., adopting to older functionality)
Once this is done, the System Upgradation will be done by the BASI, the system will be replaced with new system. At teh end of this phase SPAU phase starts, which inturn reults with version difference in the field namely, Programs, Reports, Screens, Messages, Notes an Function Modules. Here too the involvement of functional consultant neede to determine either reset to original or to go with Adopt modification from the older design, as explained earlier.
At teh end of the, moreover the functional consultant role involved in testing the Entire processes and transactoin in the system for system dump and bugs, in necessity to correct teh same and results with nil errors in production client.
Also the Zprograms invloved in the older versions, needs to be examined for the actual need, and to be justified with adoption in the newer version or by adopting to the updated functionality in the newer version.
Hope this may give better clarity in the involvement of the Functional Consultant in the Updgrade project.

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Hi Anand,
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Abaper role in Upgradation project

Pls let me know the Role and Responsibilities of ABAPER in Upgradation project.

Murugesh,
are we people here for only replying your qns?
we all have own work at our desk also.it is not nesseccery for us to ans your qns.please dont say like this as you are saying.it is community you have to understand how can servive in community.please dont xpect here from anyone to spoon feeding to you.please support SDN.
Go through this info.
SAP Implementation:
SAP Implementation is the whole of processes that defines a complete method to
implement SAP software in an organization. It is based on best practices and case studies from various literature sources and presents a collection of processes and products that make up a complete implementation method to allow any organization to plan and execute the implementation of SAP (ERP) software. The SAP implementation process is made up out of four main phases, i.e. the project preparation where a vision of the future-state of the SAP solution is being created, a sizing and blueprinting phase where the solution stack is created and training is being performed, a functional development phase and finally a final preparation phase, when the last tests are being performed before the actual go live.
ABAP Developer Role is to prepare the Technical Specification (based on a Functional Specification given by a Functional Consultant), build the code, Review the code and finally to prepare the Unit Test Cases. Sometimes ABAPer may be asked to do a technical research for an optimal solution.
SAP Support:
After a go live, the application needs a maintenance/support to resolve the issues/tickets raised by the users when using the application. Ticket is like a request for changes/bug fixing or a request for a new ABAP Developer Role includes bug fixing/change the existing code due to new requirements/build a new code etc.
SAP Upgrade:
SAP Upgrade is nothing but upgrading the software with a superior version which has got more advantages when compared to the earlier version.
ABAP Developer Role is to go through transactions SPAU/SPDD to compare the old and new version of the change and finally need to activate the relevant one. Some times might need to work on SAP notes too.
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b8d163a7-0301-0010-d9b0-98f692ea3c60
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/2e8e5288-0b01-0010-2ea8-bcd4df5084a7
Go through this link.I think you don't need any other doc.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/index.htm
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/472443f2-0c01-0010-20ab-fbd380d45881
https://websmp102.sap-ag.de/upgrade-bw
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Rgds,
Amit

What is XI ? What are the role of an XI Consultant ?

Hi Everybody,
I am presently working as an ABAP Consultant since 3 years.Thinking for XI.
Can anybody tell me about XI.
What are the role of an XI Consultant ?
Is it a good option for an ABAPer ?
Reward is assured
Thanks in advance
Srikanta Gope

What is SAP XI?
SAP Exchange Infrastructure is SAPs platform for process integration based on the exchange of XML messages.
1. It provides a technical infrastructure for XML based message exchange in order to connect SAP components with each other as well as with non-SAP components.
2. It delivers business process integration knowledge to the customer in the form of SAP pre-defined business scenarios.
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Such as SAP CRM and utilizes the Adapter Framework to integrate 3rd Party solutions
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It's a good option to switch to XI
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What's the role of a Technical Consultant (ABAPer) in BPC/OutlookSoft?

Experts,
1) What's the role of a Technical Consultant (ABAPer) in BPC/OutlookSoft?
2) Do ABAPers perform the Conversions/Transformations/Mappings etc?
3) Are the data imports and exports done by ABAPers?
NW

>
NW wrote:
> Experts,
>
> 1) What's the role of a Technical Consultant (ABAPer) in BPC/OutlookSoft?
> 2) Do ABAPers perform the Conversions/Transformations/Mappings etc?
> 3) Are the data imports and exports done by ABAPers?
>
> NW
Some of the planning functions require script writing or coding. ABAper is helpful in creating such codes.
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The functional / business users do upload and download of data (imports and exports) wherever required.

While doing fi integration with mm & sd what is the role as a fi consultant

Dear Friends Good Morning,
While doing FI Integration with MM & SD what is the role as a FI Consultant?
Plese let me know what is the configuration need? plese reply me as early as possible
its veryhelpful for me.
Thanks in advance,
babu

Hi
As a FI Consultant should know the FI-MM & FI-SD Integration process. The following Q&A will be useful and FI Consultant has to configure both MM & SD related process based on the requirement.
FI-MM-SD Integration
FI MM account determination:
FI MM settings are maintained in transaction code OBYC. Within these
there are various transaction keys to be maintained like BSX, WRX,
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A: They are at the chart of accounts level.
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If you define valuation at the plant level then you can have different
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defined above determine the GL account during posting.
We can group together different materials with similar properties by
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All materials with same material type are assigned to just one valuation
class.
Different materials with the same material type can be assigned to
different valuation classes.
Materials with different material types
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mention the settings to be done in the u2018Automatic postingsu2019 in SAP
for the specific G/L accounts.
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Q: How do you configure FI-SD account determination?
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c. Customer AAG/Account type
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All the best.
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Hi Friends,
I'm an ABAP consultant, I've worked on Implementation Projects till now. Last one was on ECC 6.0.
I have been assigned to an upgrade project (from 4.6 to ECC 6.0).
So can anybody let me know what is the role and what are the responsibilites of an ABAP consultant in an Upgrade Project?

Hi,
Role of technical consultant:
1) Code fixes and bugs for upgrade objects
2) SPAU / SPDD corrections
3) removal of obselete statements by checking through the code inspector or EPC
4) replacing the BDC on enjoy transactions with BAPI
5) replacing the call transaction on obselet transactions with the corresponding new transactions.
Few of them are listed above..
Reward if useful
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Shiva

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The role of a Security consultant in any SAP product implementation (not just GRC) is wide enough and it's hard for anyone to sum up on a single forum post. Still I can give you some pointers.
Security consultants come from different backgrounds, some from networking, database administration, infrastructure and even development like me. They contribute enormously to any product implementation from scratch (landscape design) to go-live (and continuous maintenance) so they are active on every phase of the implementation.
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there are many such activities that a security consultant perform on day to day basis. Please do not interprete the above mentioned activities (entirely) as a criteria for any security consultant profile. There are many many possibilities for a security consultants to work from pen testing to SoD violation remediation. That's why I said it's not easy to sum up security.
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You may also be interested to know what it takes to become a forensic security specialist. Take a quick look at [http://amudee.com/?p=378|http://amudee.com/?p=378]
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SAP MM Functional Consultant's role in a Upgrade Project from 4.6C to 6.0

Hi Guys,
I will be thrown into a SAP Upgrade Project. I would appreciate if someone could shed some light on what a SAP MM Functional Consultants role would be in this kind of Project.
I would appreciate a comprehensive guide where it includes role within each stage of the ASAP methodology for Upgrades.
Thanks guys.

> I will be thrown into a SAP Upgrade Project. I would appreciate if someone could shed some light on what a SAP MM Functional Consultants role would be in this kind of Project.
- defining the core processes
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> I would appreciate a comprehensive guide where it includes role within each stage of the ASAP methodology for Upgrades.
Since each project is different and each system has a different customizing/configuration it's not possible to generate a step-by-step guide what you have to do. The requirements are usually defined by the business.
Your project leader should be able to give you a project plan (e. g. by using Solution Manager Upgrade Project) where you can get an idea based on the system you're going to upgrade.
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