Business Process Analytics in SAP Solution Manager went mobile. Since 28.11.2013 the new app “SAP Business Process Analytics” is available for download in Apple’s App Store (see https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/sap-business-process-analytics/id765620530?mt=8). The app itself is only designed for iPad and requires iOS 6.0 or higher. It comes free of charge and provides some demo mode so that you can get an idea how the app works even if you are not connected to any SAP Solution Manager system yet.If you want to see your own Business Process Analytics data on the iPad then you require SAP Solution Manager 7.1 with support package 10 or higher and SAP NetWeaver Gateway 2.0 or higher.
The mobile app does not support all features of the desktop application but it supports the benchmarking and trend analysis based on InfoCube data.
So you can either select key figures or stored variants (as they exist within the desktop application).
You can then use the benchmarking or trend analysis features and drill-down to certain characteristics.
If you then see something exceptional that you want to share with colleagues, you can annotate and send the finding via email.
As data is cached locally on the iPad you can even use the data offline and analyze your key figures, although you are not connected to the corporate network.
A short PDF on how to get the App running can be found at (login required) https://service.sap.com/bpimp > Media Library > Technical Information > Setup Guide – Analytics Mobile App.pdf.
A detailed Administration Guide can be found at (login required) https://service.sap.com/instguides > SAP Components > SAP Mobile Applications > SAP Solution Manager > Administrator’s Guide SAP Business Process Analytics.pdf
Further reading
You can find all necessary information about Business Process Analytics in this document. More information on Business Process Improvement for SAP solutions can be found here.
Frequently Asked Questions about Business Process Monitoring and Business Process Analytics are answered under http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/FAQ+Business+Process+Monitoring and
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SM/FAQ+Business+Process+Analytics respectively.
The following blogs (in chronological order) provide further details about Business Process Analytics and Business Process Monitoring functionalities within the SAP Solution Manager.
- New Business Process Monitoring functionalities in SAP Solution Manager – ALE / IDoc Monitoring
- New Business Process Monitoring functionalities in SAP Solution Manager – qRFC Monitoring
- Best Practice: Business Process Monitoring for Manufacturing
- Best Practice: Business Process Monitoring for Procure to Pay
- Best Practice: Business Process Monitoring for Order to Cash
- Typical Use Cases for Business Process Monitoring in SAP Solution Manager
- New key figure catalog for Business Process Monitoring available
- Why SAP offers different tools for Business Process Monitoring & Business Process Optimization
- Create your own auto-reaction messages in Business Process Monitoring via BAdI exit
- Protect your SAP ERP investment & improve your core business processes
- Create your own customer-specific key figure for Business Process Monitoring within 5 minutes
- Best Practice: BW Process Chain monitoring with SAP Solution Manager – Part 1
- New key figures for Business Process Monitoring in SAP Solution Manager, especially for CRM Marketing
- New functionality “Business Process Analytics” – how to improve your business processes
- New key figures for Business Process Monitoring in SAP Solution Manager, especially Lead Time measurements
- Traditional Business KPI approach vs Business Process Monitoring
- Systematic errors vs real exceptions or improving efficiency vs effectiveness
- Before you get started with SAP HANA…you should also consider cleaning-up your backend system first
- Best Practice: Business Process Monitoring for CRM Sales
- Business Process Operations dashboards – ALL AT A GLANCE
- Customer testimonials on Business Process Analytics
- Customer Exit: Create your own key figure for BPMon AND Business Process Analytics
- Heads-up: Setup environment of BPMon & Analytics changes with SolMan 7.1 SP5
- New key figures for BPMon & BP Analytics, especially for working capital improvement
- New Business Process Monitoring functionalities in SAP Solution Manager – BPMon Alert Reporting Analysis
- New Business Process Analytics features with SAP SolMan 7.1 SP5
- New Business Process Analytics – The filter sequence makes the difference
- New key figures: Analyzing/Monitoring exceptions during delivery due processing
- New key figure: Analyzing/Monitoring exceptions during billing due processing
- Enhanced key figures: Analyzing/monitoring SD invoices not transferred to FI
- New key figures: Analyzing/monitoring exceptions in CRM Sales or Service documents, Business Activities or Tasks
- New keyfigures: Analyzing/monitoring exceptions from APO planning runs
- New key figures for BPMon & BP Analytics – new exception and automation rate key figures for ERP plus new content for FSCM, APO and CRM
- New key figures: Analyzing/monitoring exceptions during Period End Closing
- New key figures: Analyzing/monitoring exceptions in Controlling (CO-PC)
- Enhanced key figures: Bridging the organizational gap between SD and FI-AR
- Business Process Analytics: Types of key figures and their respective use cases
- Business Process Analytics: Types of functions and their respective features & purposes
- New key figures for BPMon & BP Analytics – new content for Travel & Expense Management, Banking and Utilities
Hi Volker,
Fantastic blogs on BPMon and BPA.
In regards to the Analytics mobile application for iPad, are you able to provide or link to detailed configuration on the Solution Manager side?
Generally, the other Solution Manager apps have such guides, but I am unable to find the same for the Analytics app.
Regards,
-Rohan
Post authorHi Rohan,
thank you for asking. I updated the blog accordingly and you should find what you are looking for at https://service.sap.com/instguides > SAP Components > SAP Mobile Applications > SAP Solution Manager > Administrator’s Guide SAP Business Process Analytics.pdf
Regards
Volker
Hi Volker,
I would like to confirm as per the guide, that the minimum SAP Solution Manager version should be SP10 and any lower, the services are not available for activation for the BPA app.
Our landscape is currently on SP7 and I could not see the BPA relevant services for the Gateway.
Could you advise or provide a contact that can confirm this please?
Regards,
-Rohan
Post authorHi Rohan,
your assumption is correct.
Regards
Volker
Hello Volker
Thanks for the excellent blog
I am getting an error while loading a BPAnaytic on my ipad, a warning with a popup says as below
“Attention No Data available for selected currency; default currency is used! ((null)) ”
The app doesn’t pull the trend chart in it but the it shows the correct current backlog value.
For your information we are using currency in AED(used in UAE) and I cannot find this currency in the app settings, please provide your expert suggestion
Reagrads
Khaja
Post authorHi Khajas,
unfortunately we have some known glitches in our current iPad app especially with iOS 8.x. My colleagues just finished with a new app version. This version will contain respective corrections and is going through our approval process now. Due to Apples review process we don’t know the release date of the upcoming update. But we’re looking forward that the next update will fix your issues with the missing trend chart.
Regards
Volker