New features in KPI cloud catalog & updated Business Process Analytics content

As described in my previous blog about new key figure content, since December 7 2015 the new ST-A/PI 01S was released and hence close to 100 new key figures have been shipped for Business Process Analytics and Business Process Monitoring in SAP Solution Manager, and over 100 existing key figures were updated. This blog will deal with new features of the KPI catalog and will summarize which key figure areas were updated. You can access the KPI catalog via

https://go.support.sap.com/kpicatalog

Technical prerequisites for an KPI

Another new feature is the Prerequisites tab. There you can see which software components are required on your managed SAP system (ERP, CRM, SRM, SCM, S/4HANA) in order to be able to execute the respective KPI (version).

KPI versions

All 110 KPIs that got updated with ST-A/PI 01S, now got a new 2nd version. The technical prerequisites that you see per default are always related to the latest available KPI version. If you click on the Versions tab, then you see all different versions available. You also see some short release notes on what has changed in the new version.

Typical changes are

• new selection parameters
• new output fields in the result list
• new group by fields for historic trending
• different program logic to make a key figure more specific/relevant for certain use cases

The version in bold font type, is the one that you are currently looking at. If you click on a different version, then you can also see the technical prerequisites for this older version.

Updated Business Process Analytics & Monitoring content

Main areas of key figure enhancements were the following

• Open & overdue vendor items got more header related BKPF fields and relevant vendor master data
• Open & overdue customer items got more header related BKPF fields
• Additional logic, input and output parameters for Payment runs per day
• Further output fields for bank statement key figures
• Open items FI-GLgot more header related BKPF fields
• Automation rates for vendor/customer payments got additional check for batch input processing
• Open dispute case key figures got value benchmarking activated based on disputed amount
• Open promise to pay case key figures got value benchmarking activated based on calculated open amount
• More input and output fields for Confirmation key figures
• New logic and additional output fields for Stock-level key figures for Inventory Optimization
• Planned order key figures with additional MRP list fields in result list
• Production / process orders key figures with many additional output fields
• New logic and renaming of Exceptions in incomplete purchase orders and Exceptions in MM invoices (status ‘with errors’)
• Additional calculation of invoice receipt quantity for Purchase order items w/o ‘final invoice’ indicator
• New output fields in many purchase requisition and Stock Transport Order key figures
• Additional logic and output fields for MM contract and MM scheduling agreement key figures on item level
• New output fields for SD invoices not posted to FI and Sales invoices with open FI-AR items
• Location type as new selection parameter for planned order and purchase requisition key figures in APO
• New general vendor/customer master data in Generic vendor/customer master check (CompCode level)
• “Category” as new selection and group by parameter in PM/CS order key figures

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
• Business Process Operations dashboards – behind the scenes
• 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
• SAP Business Process Analytics” available for download in Apple’s App Store
• Discrete manufacturing: Mapping BP Analytics key figures to system status
• New key figures for BPMon & Analytics – new content for vendor invoice processing (e.g. Shared Service Center scenarios) and new delta throughput for Order to Cash
• Business Process Analytics: ad-hoc and real time with or without SAP HANA
• New landing page for “Business Process Improvement for SAP solutions”
• New KPI Catalog available in the cloud – Part 1
• New KPI Catalog available in the cloud – Part 2
• New with 7.1 SP14: Dependency Diagrams (KPI trees)
• Virtual characteristics in Business Process Operations dashboards
• Usage Analysis for Business Process Analytics & Dashboards
• New key figures for BPMon & Analytics – new content for Inventory Optimization, commitment items & configuration checks