Dear SAP S/4HANA Cloud enthusiasts, welcome to my blog illustrating the latest innovations regarding extensibility, localization, as well as identity and access management. In addition, to my blog on Extensibility, Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Localization with SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2102, we provide many innovations for localization with document compliance for Poland and Australia, as well as the enablement of Time-Dependent Taxes (TDT) for Switzerland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Luxembourg. In addition, we ship new features with the Customs CDS Views app.
This blog covers the following topics:
Localization
Extensibility
Identity and Access Management
If you are interested in what is new with 2105 for Analytics, Machine Learning, Situation Handling, and Enterprise Search check out the blog 'SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105: SAP Analytics, Machine Learning, Situation Handling and Enterprise Search' by Syed Talal Hussain.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud localization enables global expansion of businesses addressing legal mandates and the country/region-specific functionalities. With ‘out-of-the-box’ 43 local versions and 27 languages, the innovations are expanding constantly. You can access the extensive list of country/region-specific functionalities on the SAP Help Portal.
Governments are going digital and businesses need to keep up with the pace of the digital transformation. Here are a few recent innovations addressing these growing needs. SAP Document Compliance supports creation of electronic documents to fulfil the B2G e-invoicing requirement in public procurement in Poland. SAP Document Compliance is an integrated end-to-end process to create electronic documents. You use the Peppol Exchange service to exchange electronic documents between your company and your business partners using the Peppol network.
Fig. 1: With SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105, creation of electronic documents to fulfil the B2G e-invoicing requirement in public procurement in Poland
As part of the overarching Digital Business Plan, e-invoicing has recently been made mandatory for federal procurements by mid of 2022 in Australia and this requirement is addressed via SAP Document Compliance.
SAP Document Compliance is an integrated end-to-end process to create electronic documents. You use the Peppol Exchange service to exchange electronic documents between your company and your business partners using the Peppol network.
Further innovations include enablement of Time-Dependent Taxes (TDT) for Switzerland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Luxembourg, adding further to the list of TDT- enabled countries/regions, and Value Added Tax (VAT) Pro-Rata enablement for countries/regions with Pro-Rata VAT Calculation .The restriction note '3045446 - SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105, Local Versions: Release Information & Restriction Note' provides guidance on specific scope information and any restriction in release 2105 related to country/region-specific features and localized configuration content.
In addition, you can glance through all localization-relevant information in one space and engage with the localization experts on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Localization Community.
With the SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 release, the following features were added:
If you would like to have further information regarding the updates for the Customs CDS Views app, check out the excellent blog 'Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2105 by Andreas Riehl.
As with the last releases, we continue to have this release-specific SAP Note. Attached to this note, there is a central spreadsheet in the form of an Excel file which lists all IAM-related changes that have been introduced since the SAP S/4HANA Cloud release 2102. With IAM-related changes I mean all changes that affect applications, business catalogs, business role templates, and restriction type assignments. Please note that the spreadsheet only shows changed objects, it is not meant as a comprehensive list.
The changes listed in the attached central spreadsheet cover:
Fig. 2: The IAM Change Overview for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 comprises all IAM-related changes compared to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2102
For more information on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, check out the following links:
Follow us via @Sap and #S4HANA, or myself via LinkedIn or @DeissnerKatrin
This blog covers the following topics:
Localization
- Country/Region-Specific Functionality
- Document Compliance
- Time-Dependent Taxes
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Localization Community
Extensibility
Identity and Access Management
If you are interested in what is new with 2105 for Analytics, Machine Learning, Situation Handling, and Enterprise Search check out the blog 'SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105: SAP Analytics, Machine Learning, Situation Handling and Enterprise Search' by Syed Talal Hussain.
Localization
Country/Region-Specific Functionality
SAP S/4HANA Cloud localization enables global expansion of businesses addressing legal mandates and the country/region-specific functionalities. With ‘out-of-the-box’ 43 local versions and 27 languages, the innovations are expanding constantly. You can access the extensive list of country/region-specific functionalities on the SAP Help Portal.
More Information
Document Compliance
Governments are going digital and businesses need to keep up with the pace of the digital transformation. Here are a few recent innovations addressing these growing needs. SAP Document Compliance supports creation of electronic documents to fulfil the B2G e-invoicing requirement in public procurement in Poland. SAP Document Compliance is an integrated end-to-end process to create electronic documents. You use the Peppol Exchange service to exchange electronic documents between your company and your business partners using the Peppol network.
Fig. 1: With SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105, creation of electronic documents to fulfil the B2G e-invoicing requirement in public procurement in Poland
As part of the overarching Digital Business Plan, e-invoicing has recently been made mandatory for federal procurements by mid of 2022 in Australia and this requirement is addressed via SAP Document Compliance.
SAP Document Compliance is an integrated end-to-end process to create electronic documents. You use the Peppol Exchange service to exchange electronic documents between your company and your business partners using the Peppol network.
More Information
Time-Dependent Taxes
Further innovations include enablement of Time-Dependent Taxes (TDT) for Switzerland, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Luxembourg, adding further to the list of TDT- enabled countries/regions, and Value Added Tax (VAT) Pro-Rata enablement for countries/regions with Pro-Rata VAT Calculation .The restriction note '3045446 - SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105, Local Versions: Release Information & Restriction Note' provides guidance on specific scope information and any restriction in release 2105 related to country/region-specific features and localized configuration content.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Localization Community
In addition, you can glance through all localization-relevant information in one space and engage with the localization experts on the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Localization Community.
Extensibility
New Features in Customs CDS View App
With the SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 release, the following features were added:
- Supported Capabilities are attributes of SAP views that can be used as data sources in custom CDS views. Supported capabilities describe how a view is supposed to be used. There are two capabilities that are particularly relevant when building custom CDS views. These are “Modelling Data Source” and “Association Target”. From 2105 onwards, you will be guided to use data sources that are suitable for modelling according to these capabilities.
- Publishing was enhanced to update adjacent views where seamlessly possible (e.g., to promote updates to the access protection that were done in underlying SAP views).
- Checks on Data Type Compatibility were reworked and enhanced to also allow comparisons with different data types. This feature was also downported to the 2102 release.
- The Overview Page has been extended with
- the publishing and generation status
- the column 'Exported'
- Color Coding available for
- issues in existing custom CDS views (rework or checks)
- adding data sources (suitability of data sources)
- tabs (for easier identification of issues)
- Log
- Was moved to a tab and can therefore be reached at any time
- Now displays changes to adjacent views if there are any
- Now reflects the publishing or check status in its color
- The Dimension Scenario now allows to adapt key attributes to enable the usage of custom BOs in analytical dimensions.
If you would like to have further information regarding the updates for the Customs CDS Views app, check out the excellent blog 'Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2105 by Andreas Riehl.
More Information
- SAP Help Portal: Custom CDS Views
- Blog 'Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2105 by Andreas Riehl
Display Publishing Processes App
With this app you can monitor publishing processes for custom communication scenarios and business catalog extensions. You can use the app to filter for a certain status, such as 'Successful' or for a certain object type, such as a custom communication scenario. In addition, you can view the details of the publishing process or restart a publishing process if required.
More Information
Identity and Access Management
IAM Change Overview for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105
As with the last releases, we continue to have this release-specific SAP Note. Attached to this note, there is a central spreadsheet in the form of an Excel file which lists all IAM-related changes that have been introduced since the SAP S/4HANA Cloud release 2102. With IAM-related changes I mean all changes that affect applications, business catalogs, business role templates, and restriction type assignments. Please note that the spreadsheet only shows changed objects, it is not meant as a comprehensive list.
The changes listed in the attached central spreadsheet cover:
- New, renamed, deprecated, or deleted apps
- New, renamed, deprecated, deleted, or dependent business catalogs
- New and renamed business role templates
- Renamed business groups
- Restriction type assignments
- New and renamed business role templates
Fig. 2: The IAM Change Overview for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2105 comprises all IAM-related changes compared to SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2102
More Information
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- Early Release Webinar Series here
- Inside SAP S/4HANA Podcast here
- openSAP Microlearnings for SAP S/4HANA here
- Best practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud here
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Community: here
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- What’s New here
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