HCM EHP5, EHP6 and HR Renewal,Fiori Important links and documents
In this blog, I m going to enlist all the important links for upgrading or customizing EHP5, EHP6, EHP7, HR Renewal ,Fiori and others widely discussed topics.
Before this you need to know and decide are you sticking with JAVA WD (No more enhancement for HCM) or moving towards WebDynpro ABAP based ESS/MSS and UI5 Landing pages etc (recommended approach). Since you are doing Technical upgrade, its better to migrate to latest technology as in both cases testing would be involved and you can get much more out of testing when you plan to migrate.
Please note once you plan to move away from JAVA WD to Newer WDA or UI5 based ESS/MSS, its a project in itself ie
For customers not planning to use WDA ESS/MSS then :
When you upgrade your Portal to NW 7.3 or 7.4 and need new BPs and doesnt want to upgrade ECC ie from EHP4 to EHP6/7, Please check below note
SAP NOTE 1874939 – SAP Business Suite for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 hub systems
you will find any dependency using UDA Tool http://service.sap.com/uda
Need to use this new Business packages for new NW version
BP ESS 1.41
BP MSS 1.41
SAP_ESS 633
SAP PCUI_GP 633
SAP_MSS 630
To understand how the EA HR and SAP HR versions vary in each EHPs
SAP versioning, part 2 (why EHP7 contains SAP APPL 6.17)
Now if customers plans to upgrade or install new EHP5/6/7 HCM, They have two deployments options ie without using Portal or use NWBC
Here are the options and benefits listed.
Moving towards ESS WD ABAP from WD JAVA, would indeed be a reimplementation but customer can preserve their configuration in backend but not in portal if they choose to use new Iviews. If they want to run parallel both JAVA WD and ABAP WD Iviews it ll require two set of roles once they activate switches for ESS and MSS as listed in below notes and links.
Please always familiarize with this new technology and switches, any new functionality in enhancement package is typically done through a switch, only once you activate this switch in SFW5, you ll see this option.
All Business Switches are listed here and their Important documentaion ie what and which functionality each switch brings and also the roles.
Each EHP release, brings its set of roles which you need to use :
Important Notes to consider :
1450179 ESS Based on Web Dynpro ABAP Available as of EHP5
1701634 HR renewal 1.0: Release Information Note
1685257 Portal Upload ie Business Package Deployment EHP6 above and beyond for WDA
Note HR Renewal 1.0 is based on EHP6, ie you can install HR add-on on EHP6 to get HR renewal 1.0 ie effectively it ll make EA HR 607 (EHP6= EA HR 606). Read below the notes.
In similar vein, HR Renewal 2.0 is based on EHP7, But you need to install SAP HR 608, EA HR 608 ! for it, Ie if you install EHP8 directly you get HR renewal 2.0 with EA HR 608 etc, So in a nutshell, HR Renewal 2.0 is a pre-shipment of the HCM content of EHP8, therefore by installing HR Renewal the components EA-HR and SAP_HR will be
upgraded to 608,
1691231 – Release strategy for the ABAP add-on SAP HR renewal 1.0
1691232 – Installing SAP HR renewal 1.0 on ERP 6.0 EHP6
1965692 – HR Renewal 2.0: Release Information Note
1881006 – Release Strategy for the ABAP Add-On HR Renewal > For HR Renewal 2.0. See admin guide below.
https://websmp202.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700000188132014E
HCM, Employee Self-Service on SAP UI5 – Human Capital Management – SAP Library EHP5 ESS (EA HR 605) Switch HCM_ESS_WDA_1
Business Package for Employee Self-Service (WDA) 1.50 – SAP Library EHP6 ESS (EA HR 606) HCM_ESS_WDA_2
HCM, ESS on Web Dynpro ABAP 3 – Human Capital Management – SAP Library Business Switches
ESS with UI5 Landing Pages ie HR Renewal, Now with HR Renewal we have provided functionality in Support package level as opposed to enhancement.
HR Renewal http://help.sap.com/hr_renewal
Configuration guide can be obtained from here (please note this require S user id)
https://websmp210.sap-ag.de/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000746990&
Admin guides which provide information are listed here :
HR renewal is a shipment name for quarterly shipments (also called feature packs ) in the HCM area that belong to the so-called In-Advance Shipments (IAS). With the HR renewal shipments, the software component EA-HR is shipped in advance to the next ERP enhancement package.
i.e.
Support Package 03 = Feature Pack 1
Support Package 05 = Feature Pack 2
Support Package 10 = Feature Pack 3
Support Package 14 = Feature Pack 4 UI5 based Landing Pages for ESS/MSS and few services launched.
Related blogs on this are :
Steps to configure HR Renewal Landing Page
Configuration of Suite Page Builder (UI5)
HR Renewal – Useful Information and important links > HR Renewal 1 and 2 Different Features in each Feature Packs
HR Renewal 2.0 FP details :
An overview of latest functionality in HR Renewal 2.0 Feature Pack 1
Tips & Recommendations for customizing ESS Menu (WD ABAP)
Embedding WD ABAP Self Services in custom buit pages and external portals
Adding custom pages (HTML or simple text) in ESS Homepage/Areapages (WD ABAP)
SAP Note 1943809, to call custom role ie ZESS in your Application etc
Important Customisation links Launchpad and Notes LPD_CUST, BADI Usage and Dynamic rendering
Application Parameters – Business Package for Employee Self-Service (WDA) 1.50 – SAP Library
How to hide Help Center, Personalization, Map, Directory and Index options from ESS Overview Screen
Addition of custom infotypes or additional standard Infotypes in ESS
Adding any Info Type IN ESS in EHP5/6 through WebDynpro Configuration
Dummies Guide: Configuring Overview Screens in Personal Profile
Exciting Enhacements to ESS Personal Information Profile in Enhancement pack 6
You can check delta of functionality between different releases using the SAP Solution Browser
For MSS we have called MSS ADD ON
1588625 Release information for Manager Self-Services Add-On 1.0
1582553 Release strategy for the ABAP add-on EA-HR_MSS
1582460 EA-HR_MSS: Overview note
Check the help links here first to understand the functionality :
SAP Library – Manager Self-Service (WDA)
What’s New in MSS HR Renewal 2.0
Configuration of ZMSS role or calling custom role in MSS :
Manager SelfService – How to customize team view application Hierarchy in NWBC HTML
MSS Reports
What happened to HR Reporting and Analytics in EHP6 and HR Renewal 1.0?
Reporting on Operational Data Providers (ODP)
Workforce Viewer
HR Renewal 1.0 Feature Pack 4: New Org Chart functionality – The Workforce Viewer
POWL or UWL
Most often there is a confusion that POWL uses SWFVISU, It doesnt . Information on configuring POWL can ve accessed here
To hide unnecessary queries from the POWL use trabnscation code POWL_COCKPIT and delete those queries from the inbox you are using.
MSS POWL Inbox config (EHP5 & above) – LAUNCHPADHANDLER action
POWL Inbox configurations for Manager Self-Service EhP5 and above
Let’s Crowd Source a POWL Based Universal Worklist Design for ERP
Leave request single level approval TS21500003for WDA, This WF should be used
Muliple level approval configuration as of HR Renewal FP3 Configurations for enabling Multiple approvers for Leave Request
SAP Notes for customisaiton of Leave request and Working time approval
1773641 ESS LEA: Web Dynpro ABAP based Leave Request use in UWL
1800335 CATS WDA: Web Dynpro ABAP based CATS use in UWL
Fiori and HR Renewal
Fiori apps are designed to work on desktop, tablet and smartphones using the same code and based on SAPUI5.
SAP Fiori does not replace HCM UX renewal, which is an in-depth renovation across all HR processes. SAP Fiori focuses on simplification for the most broadly and frequently used business functions for enterprise users. Fiori includes HR apps, but has a broad scope, including not only employee and manager but also purchasing agent and sales reps. Fiori doesnt require extra licensing costs and is available free with software licenses.
Fiori Apps can be used in conjunction with your HR Renewal footprint or as a standalone if these new released apps meets your requirement
What everyone in HR (or anywhere) should know a… | SCN
Wave 7 FIORI Introduction:
Wave 9 Fiori : (New Fiori Roles for Manager and Employee to launch services)
Just Released – New Fiori Apps for HCM in Wave 9
Fiori Wave 9 enabling Concurrent and Global Employment
My Time Events – The New Fiori App for Clock-in/Clock-out (Fiori Wave 8)
HCM Processes and Forms
HCM Processes & Forms: My Blogs
HCM Processes and Forms with new User Interface
HR Renewal 1.0: HCM P&F – Creating a Basic FPM Form
HCM Processes & Forms: Why pick ONE form UI?…we have OPTIONS!
SAP_CORBU Theme
New Visual Identity – Corbu Theme for ESS/MSS
Application Parameters and URL Parameters – Reference – SAP Library
ie WDTHEMEROOT to set SAP_CORBU theme in WD_GLOBAL_SETTING Web Dynpro ABAP application
SAP Note 1679127 – Transfer style sheets (themes) to Web Dynpro applications
Testing of ESS/MSS application in SE80:
Want to access ESS/MSS WD applications without portal?
Translation in ESS/MSS:
** TEAM FPM ** – All about Translation and Texts of FPM applications
We delivered Max Attention services to maximize the potential of your upgrade to HR Renewal and understand which functionality can be implemente . Please contact us if you need further information on how you can leverage these services for the smooth and successful implementation.
Interested to hear how SAP MaxAttention can help HR Renewal implementation in your company? We’re happy to help! Email us at sapinnovationzone_coena@sap.com
Hi Raj
This is excellent blog to bring all HR renewal stuff in one stop.. Really appreciate your effort and time..You are the only one who deserve to own this blog.
Thanks
Kamal
many thanks Kamal for the encouraging words, hope it helps you 🙂
Hi Siddharth,
Thanks a lot for posting such a good information.
But I confused with all below names.........
WD Java, (I think first implemented, no flexible for configuration)
WD ABAP,
Netware WDA,
U15
NWBC portal
what is the different between above 5........
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Anoku Raj
WD JAVA is flexible for configuration too but if you need code level changes then you would require NWDI for changing for JAVA, With WDA, you can directly use SE80. So it depends which configuration you are looking at and its preferred for new implementation to go with WDA/UI5, to get started above links are exhaustive and if you need more specific information, do get back to us
Dear Siddarth,
Thank you for your replay. I got it.
Recently my project (ESS/MSS) has started.
Client employee base is around 1100.
But there requirement looks full customizing (I think It is not possible to implement a few services in ESS/MSS)
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So that I can send document to you.
Then replay whether it can be possible in ESS/MSS or not.
It is very urgent please........
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Regards
Anoku Raj
Please raise a thread with the specific information you need
Hi Siddharth,
We would be upgrading to SAP NW 7.4 portal with EHP 7 functionalities. Are fiori apps provided automatically once we upgrade to EHP 7? Is there any place from where we can get list of fiori applications that we would get specifically for HCM once we upgrade to EHP7?
Regards,
Navya.
FIORI has separate licensing costs and doesn't come Automatically and you can use them in your enviornment as you are on higher technical landscapes as it ll Utilize gateway http://help.sap.com/Fiori for more information http://scn.sap.com/community/erp/hcm/blog/2013/06/19/sap-fiori-for-hcm
Hi Siddharth,
NW 7.4 comes with embedded netweaver gateway and UI5 capabilities. So in order to use fiori apps in NW 7.4 portal will there be any additional licencing cost i.e. apart from the basic licencing cost that we pay. is there any place from where i can get the licencing information for a particular version of portal?
Regards,
Navya.
Licensing costs doesn't change per your technical landscape There is a fixed price for the apps you can use ie 100 or 150 usd per user I assume but I m not sure best way would be to contact your account executive as they can offer More insights on it Above link which I shared did talk about the licensing costs
Navya Just to let you know FIORI is available in the SAP software licensee ie you don't need to pay extra to get this now :).
Hi Siddharth,
Thanks for the info. Did you get any supporting document/link for this? For configuration of FIORI apps will it be pre delivered with NW 7.4 portal as in if we upgrade to 7.4 portal the folders for FIORI apps would these be available in Content Administration ->Portal Content folder?
Regards,
Navya.
You need to get it from RKT material, as it ll contain implementation documentation which ll be detailed as mentioned in above links. Refer here https://help.sap.com/saphelp_fiori/fiori10_install_en.pdf
Thank you for bundling all up nicely into one single blog. This info is like a user map for upgrade and new implementation for EHp5 EHp6 and HR-Renewals
Many Thanks Linkin
HI,
these all document at one place is good to find ....thank you
Regards,
mukesh
Siddharth ...gud documents .
Thank you ,
G.M.Jwala.
ESS MSS.
Many thanks Jwala and Mukesh!
Thanks Sid for share it.
I have a question with this:
Transport Content SAP NW 7.0 to SAP NW7.3 Using new Installation
Transport Content SAP NW 7.0 to SAP NW7.3
How they have done this who have updated portals?
Thanks
Regards
i m sorry I didn't get your question?
Hi.
We are working with SAP NW portal 7.01 and want update to 7.4-
In the implementation initial. We copy the role of ESS&MSS of the role standard delivered in the Business Package 1.41
Now that we want update the portal, we want know if we must export this roles created in the portal SAP NW 701 and import in portal SAP NW 7.4
In the portal we will create a new installation.
I know that I need install this BP in the new portal 7.4
BP ESS 1.41
BP MSS 1.41
SAP_ESS 633
SAP PCUI_GP 633
SAP_MSS 630
My question is because we have created personalizations(Ctrl+****+Right Clic )and new roles copied of the roles standard for ESS&MSS BP 1.41
Thanks
http://scn.sap.com/thread/3543182 You can use import and export, You need to deploy correct BPs for 7.4 which you listed. are you not planning WDA ?
In this moment the client not want update to WDA.
We have modified the component of personal information. because my country not have services delivered by SAP.
The steps to follow are: Install the portal 7.4 and install the following package:
BP ESS 1.41
BP MSS 1.41
SAP_ESS 633
SAP PCUI_GP 633
SAP_MSS 630
Deploy apply XSS packages modificated.
Export content SAP NW 701 (folder ESS copied of the folder standars) to SAP NW 7.4?
Thanks
Regards
Awesome Sid!!!
Thanq for sharing such a wonderful bunch of Info ℹ in a single Doc. It surely helps us alot.
Keep posting more as we always await for ur docs.
Cheers 😉
Pradyp
Thanks Sid for your efforts in putting all these important links and information together.
Regards,
Abhi
Hi SID,
Many thanks, working on ESS & MSS from early 2012 on Ehp5 & 6 versions only with the help of basic documents created by people such as Sagar Gadre, Sagar Joshi & You and a few seniors, those documents made a pavement to learn ESS & MSS on our own. And you people made SCN really a reliable source with utmost quality and introducing latest feature to us on time.
I haven't get a chance to work on new emerged technologies like HR Renewal & Fiori yet. Hope I can startup working on those in leisure times with the help of this document.
Best Regards,
Srikanth Naidu. A
Thanks Srikanth, UI5 and HR Renewal is very interesting to work with as well
Hi Sidh,
This one really helps, if we refer to this blog we can find all the required info for ESS and MSS in one place.
Thanks a lot Sidh for taking time and composing this.
We do appreciate all your efforts and contributions. Your contributions has helped me multiple times. I would like to take this opportunity and want to thank you for such a great work.
Regards
Yugandhar Reddy
Many thanks Yugandhar for encouraging words 🙂
Good Work Sid.. ..It is very informative, useful and comprehensive.Thanks for collating all the links & documents.
Best wishes
V
Many thanks Vinitha for your kind words 🙂
Hi Sid,
Great repository of links thanks for sharing with us.......
Regards,
Mithun K
Many thanks Mithun.
Hi Siddharth,
it seems very good blog , need a valuable assistance from you , i have experience working in the R/3 System. now i want to implement the ESS and MSS module,
What is the first step i should study on this. can you throw more on light on this. to understand which does what??? i put some questions but still i get more advanced replies from experts.
Thanks
Sriram
Thanks, You need to know first which Enhancement package you are implementing and accordingly browse the above documents and learn from it, practice would be ideal along with learning from these are you posting your queries in SCN for ESS? I ll see if I can answer them
Hi Siddharth,
This is what i am expecting, see you have given a path for me now that i must check the which enhancement package as a first step which i am gonna implement, they have asked me to implement EHP 6,
What could be the next step. i posted my question already here. one of SAP experts routed me to your blog. so i am raising it with you , here my blog
http://scn.sap.com/thread/3564074
Thanks
Sriram
there are guides available in the links above, read all the notes unfortunately there is no simple guide available, you still need to read through many links and docs which are all listed above and encapsulate all your information
Hi Siddharth,
thank you so much, will do the same.
Hi Siddharth,
Have raised an query on ITS version. Would you please help me. i have raised an thread. but no response yet from,
Could you please help me?
ESS - Query
Thanks
Sriram
Hi Siddharth,
Great work! Thanks for sharing all the important information at one place.
Regards
Sahil Kohli
Hi Siddharth,
Great job man!!. Appreciated.
Regards,
Priti
Hi Sid,
Thank you for writing a good blog.
It helped me a lot.
Your blog has updated my knowledge after reading thrice.
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Regards
Somu
Hi Siddharth
Great work! Thanks for sharing all the important information at one place. I am bit confused about the upgrade of my nw portal from 7.01 to NW 7.31/NW 7.4 and we have already upgraded our ECC to EHP6 SP07 few months back. We have the following components in our portal and for now we are thinking of staying with WD JAva and was confused as to what versions i need to go for the upgrade.
BP_ERP5*** 1.0
BP_ERP5COM 1.41
BP_ERP5ESS 1.41
BP_ERP5HRA 1.41
BP_ERP5MSS 1.41
BPERPTMS 1.40
SAP_ESS 603 ------------------------------> SAP_ESS 633 ???
SAP_MSS 600 --------------------------------> SAP_MSS 630 ???
SAPPCUI_GP 603 ------------------------------> SAPPCUI_GP 633 ???
Thanks and any more help is greatly appreciated
Regards
Haritha G
yes it should be 633 versions to run on NW 7.3, its in the link above and some notes it references.
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERP6/SAP+Netweaver+7.3x+hub+systems+upgrade
Thanks Siddharth. One more question Should we upgrade to the versions to 633 before we start the upgrade or after the upgrade is done.
Regards,
Haritha.
It should be a part of upgrade, so before or after doesn't matter
Siddharth
My client wants us to go to WD ABAP (ECC version already at EHP6 for ECC 6.0)and upgrade portal from 7.01 to Portal 7.3/7.4 for frontend. I am trying to figure out as to what will be the upgrade path.
Upgrade Portal to 7.4
Switch Business functions of WD ABAP in ECC (sfw5)
Do i need to install any Business Packages for ESS and MSS?
BPERPESSWDA 1.50
BP_ERP5COM 1.51
BP_ERP5MSS 1.51
and if you wanted WDJ and WD Abap to coexist in portal, we should also upgrade the following
SAP_ESS 603 ------------------------------> SAP_ESS 633 ???
SAP_MSS 600 --------------------------------> SAP_MSS 630 ???
SAPPCUI_GP 603 ------------------------------> SAPPCUI_GP 633 ???
Thanks
Haritha
Yes i You should use :
SAP_ESS 603 ------------------------------> SAP_ESS 633
SAP_MSS 600 --------------------------------> SAP_MSS 630
SAPPCUI_GP 603 ------------------------------> SAPPCUI_GP 633
Regards
For JAVA Business packages Juan has correctly replied, for WDA you don't need to deploy business packages, you can do via portal role upload as mentioned above via PFCG SAP Note #1685257 Portal Upload ie Business Package Deployment EHP6 above and beyond for WDA
Siddharth,
This is simply ultimate Blog ... Very comprehensive... Informative and easy to understand.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.
Regards
Priya
Employee Self Service (ESS/MSS) - EHP 7 - Leaves Application Notes
add this also in ur list it would be helpful
Dear Sir,
Now I can give the user id and password of HR Renewal link, but after giving the login credential only processing the screen, not showing any changes in the screen and the same screen is showing blank.
http://eccdev.XXXXXXX.com:8000/SAP/BC/UI5_UI5/SAP/HRPAO_LPB_JS/MAIN.HTML?page=PAO_HRPROFESSIONAL
I have raised the thread : IN HR Renewal -2 Implementation.
Please suggest for the same.
Regards,
Santosh Shivane
Hi Siddharth,
Excellent work!... Very comprehensive... Informative and easy to understand.
Thanks for sharing all the important information at one place.
Regards,
Khaja.
Hi Siddharth,
This is really gorgeous work.
Regards
Emre
Many thanks Mehmet.