SAP Activate Content Updates for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (3-system landscape)

The implementation roadmap is updated frequently to contain the latest scope, processes and accelerators. The content updates occur throughout the quarter with final changes coinciding with the cloud solution quarterly release.

This blog summarizes the changes for the roadmap SAP Activate Methodology for S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape.

SAP Activate provides a clear guided methodology to deploy, adopt and extend new capabilities across your organization. The SAP Activate implementation Roadmap Viewer is a tool used by the implementation project team members to navigate the phases, deliverables, tasks and accelerators related to the SAP Activate.

The implementation roadmap is updated frequently to contain the latest scope, processes and accelerators. The content updates occur throughout the quarter with final changes coinciding with the cloud solution release cycle.

This blog summarizes the changes for the roadmap SAP Activate Methodology for S/4HANA Cloud.

December 4 Release Notes

• Changes to the spacing in the Roadmap Viewer user interface to improve reading efficiency.
• Updated the description and procedure step 1 of task Determine the Required Master Data for S/4HANA Cloud. Added accelerators Master Data Overviewand Create Your Own Master Data.
• Updated task Evaluate and Request Test Data Refresh Service with the following changes:
  • Updated the description to simplify the purpose and process of TDR process.
  • Added procedure step 2 to discuss about checklist
  • Added procedure step 3 to guide users about TDR calendar
  • Assigned Accelerator SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Test Data Refresh Schedule

November 20 Release Notes

• Added a new step 2 in task Execute Data Migration Using Staging Tables in SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Replaced accelerator Help – Training Material – SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit with accelerator SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Migration Cockpit – Cookbook. Updated the first procedure note with the new accelerator.
• General procedure usability updates related to converting accelerators to active links. This eliminates scrolling to the accelerator section and cross-referencing titles. The link updates will be phased in over the next several months.

November 6 Release Notes

• Updates to task Review Overview Documentation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition to rename Change IT Contact to Initial Admin User for consistency throughout roadmap.
• Addition of Git-Enabled Change and Transport Management (gCTS App) details into the following tasks:
  • Develop and Transport Developer Extensions
  • Manage Transports
• Addition of deliverable Solution Walkthrough to formally demonstrate the configured solution to the customer project team and management after testing is finalized. This includes the addition of the following tasks:
  • New task Prepare for Solution Walkthrough
  • New Task Conduct Solution Walkthrough
• Refresh to the Align Project Schedule task to incorporate a procedure.
• Updated task Configure Tax Solution in realize phase to reflect the correct steps for integrating external tax calculation engine for Brazil.
• Refresh of task Configure SAP S/4HANA to
  • highlight the CBC configuration activity structure.
  • added use of change log from CBC
  • new note on the usage of system compare on transport and settings
• Removal of the Track Changes in Configuration task as now in 3SL, changes are tracked systematically.
• New accelerator for Help – Implementation Activities added to the following tasks:
  • Transport Configuration. This task was also updated to add a note on compare setting between D, T, P using sIMG.
  • Manage Settings in Test/ Production System. The procedure steps in this task was adjust accordingly.
• Update task Verify Configuration for Fit-to-Standard Workshop to highlight the use of Configuration Activity in CBC to update and adjust.
• Updates to the descriptions in the following Testing Tasks:
  • Execute the Test Cases within SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • Defect Management and Re-testing for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • Test Execution Analysis and Reporting for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • Defect Management and Re-testing
• Refresh of the task Execute the Cloud Mindset.
• Added back accelerator Polish Accounting Art 10 Documentation Sources to task Create Cutover Plan
• Refresh of task Set Up Integrations in the Test Tenant.

October 23 Release Notes

• Added a link to the Customer User Stories related to SAP Activate to the Overview page.
• Updated the accelerator Project Status Report for SAP Activate/S/4HANA in task Define Project Communications and Reporting.
• Updated the accelerator Project Kick-off Template in task Conduct Kickoff Workshop.
• Refresh of task Execute Data Migration Using Staging Tables in SAP S/4HANA Cloud to include an additional procedure note and new accelerators:
  • Blog : Guide for Proposed Migration – SAP Business ByDesign to S/4HANA Public Cloud
  • Blog – Data Migration Accelerator: SAP Business ByDesign to SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud 
• Updates to procedure notes in task Select Key Integrations for Fit-to-Standard.

October 9th Release Notes

• Remove tasks, Complete SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Learning Courses, Access the SAP Enterprise Support Value Map for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and Join the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Implementation Learning Room. Added task Access the SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition Support Value Map and Implementation Learning Room.
• Completed accelerator simplification for the Testing Workstream. Several accelerators were removed, and procedures updated to include existing accelerators.
• Removed the following Organizational Change Management Tasks:
  • Organizational Change Management Plan
  • Organizational Change Management Impact Analysis
  • OCM Alignment Activities
  • OCM Execution Activities
  • OCM Continuous Change Management Activities
• Added the following Organizational Change Management Deliverables and Tasks:
  • Prepare phase
    • Change Concept (deliverable)
      • Define organizational change management roles
      • Staff organizational change management resources
      • Define organizational change management set-up
    • Change Plan (deliverable)
      • Determine action areas for organizational change management
      • Develop first version of the change plan
      • Establish updating procedure for the change plan
    • Stakeholder Analysis (deliverable)
      • Identify stakeholders
      • Assess stakeholders
      • Derive stakeholder engagement activities
    • Communication Analysis and Plan (deliverable)
      • Analyze communication channels
      • Analyze communication needs
      • Create communication plan
  • Explore phase
    • Communication Plan Execution (deliverable)
      • Prepare communication activities
      • Deliver communication activities
      • Update communication plan
  • Realize phase
    • Detailed Change Impact Analysis (deliverable)
      • Prepare change impact workshops
      • Conduct change impact assessment
      • Manage change impacts
      • Added a new tag, Organizational Change Management.
• Update to the content in the Quality Gate – S/4HANA Cloud accelerator in task Conduct Project Quality Gate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Renamed task Create Test Plan for SAP S/4HANA Cloud to Create Test Plan. Updated the description to highlight the use of SAP Cloud ALM. Added a new accelerator Help – SAP Cloud ALM Test Plans.

September 25th Release Notes

• Replace references to SAP One Support Launchpad with SAP for Me in accelerator SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Presentation.pptx in task Review Overview Documentation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. SAP One Support Launchpad is obsolete.
• Added task Review Tax Processing Solution to deliverable Fit-to-Standard Analysis Preparation. Tax setup should be reviewed in the fit-to-standard.
• Updated the procedure in tasks Finance – Conduct Workshop and Configure Tax Solution. Tax setup should be reviewed in the fit-to-standard.
• Revised the procedure in task SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Learning Courses.
• Updated Finance – Conduct Workshop with the following changes.
  • Put some information into Pre-requisite and in Procedure Notes.
  • Expanded step 1 to direct customer to pay attention to the activation and perquisite information under Description of the solution process in Signavio Process Navigator.
  • Expanded on step 3 and added additional examples.

September 11th Release Notes

• Several tasks were revised to eliminate accelerators that were not included in the procedure or procedure notes. Several tasks were updated to include accelerators that previous were not listed in the procedure or procedure notes. This is part of a larger effort to simplify the accelerator listed in the tasks.
• Updated task, Prepare and Install a Content Development Tool, with a procedure note referring to the Set Up of Web Assistant for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
• Updated task, Set up OCM Team and OCM Concept, with a procedure note referring to the Blog – Accelerate SAP Cloud Solution Adoption With New Templates In SAP Activate
• Added the accelerator, Blog – SAP Cloud Identity Services Administration for first time implementers in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, to task, Request SAP Cloud ALM Tenant. Updated the procedure notes to reference the new accelerator.
• Updated accelerator Agile Project Team Roles and Responsibilities in task, Establish Project Governance.
• Added a procedure step 3 to task, Self-Enable on Two-Tier ERP with SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Added a procedure step 6 to task, Self-Enable on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Embedded Analytics.
• Updated procedure step 5 in task, Determine Scenario Options for Integrations.
• Added accelerator, Key User Onboarding Guide, to task Review Overview Documentation. Updated procedure step 1.
• Refresh of description to task Test Preparation.
• Updates to text in task Prepare Testing Prerequisites.

August 28th Release Notes

• Relocated deliverable, SAP Supporting Implementation Tools Access, to after deliverable, Getting Started with your SAP Implementation.
• Updated the Chinese translation version of the roadmap.
• Added new procedure step in conduct Workshop by Business Process Area task to review application-workshop list.
• Removed the Professional Service – Conduct Workshop This is now covered under a general task, Conduct Workshop by Business Process Area.
• Updated the procedure in task, Self-Enable on SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, to include actions for accelerators in the accelerator list. Eliminated redundant accelerators.
• Removed redundant accelerators from task, Develop the Data Migration Approach and Plan.
• Updated the procedure notes in task, Determine Migration Cockpit Field Structures for S/4HANA Cloud.
• Added a procedure note to task, Execute Data Migration Using Staging Tables in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, to refer to accelerator, Help – Release Comparison of Migration Object Templates. Removed accelerator, Help – Data Migration.
• Updated task, Create Cutover Plan and Documentation, to reference the accelerators in the procedure. Removed unnecessary accelerators.
• Addition of procedure note #2 to task Self-Enable on SAP BTP Apps.
• Consolidation of the tasks in deliverable, Fit-to-Standard Analysis Documentation from 10 tasks to 1, Document Requirements. This task contains the elements of the other 10. Other procedural information was disseminated to other related tasks.
• Various updates were made to several existing tasks to include references to the industry cloud apps. These app reside on the Business Technology Platform.
• Updated the accelerator links related to the SAP Cloud ALM expert portal in several tasks in the Testing workstream.
• Added the procedure note on Fiori App Reference Library to the Create Initial Application – Workplace List task.
• IAM related procedure notes are added to Plan and Design Identity and Access Management.
• Updated Activate New Scope or Country/Region task in Realize/Run phase to include more details on how to locate the activation transport from CBC for release in one of the procedure steps.
• New accelerator on Help – Import a software collection for automation settings included in the Transport Configuration task.
• Addition of new accelerator SAP Note 3313681 Retail Setup Instructions to tasks Verify Configuration for Fit-to-Standard Workshop and Verify Data and Setting for Fit-to-Standard Workshop tasks.
• Refresh of the accelerator Starter System Provisioning Process & User Onboarding accelerator
• Removed the reference to task Transfer configuration from Development System to Test System in task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Test System. Information is now procedure step #2 in the Initial Access to the Test System

August 14 Release Notes

• Revised assignments of the 2^nd Wave Project/Rollout Project
• Added procedure step 3 to task, Self-Enable on SAP Business Technology Platform. Added a new accelerator, Integration Architecture Guide for Cloud and Hybrid Landscapes.
• Added the following new task, Review the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Journey, to phases Explore, Realize, and Deploy. Different accelerators are used in each phase.
• Updated procedure step 4 in task, Configure Analytics in the Test System.
• Updated the procedure note in task, Review Scope Items and Requirements for Embedded Analytics.
• Removed task, Analyze Reports for Efficiency and Maintenance.
• Consolidated tasks, Determine Extension of Reports and Determine Details for Customer-Driven Analytics into one task, Determine Details for Customer-Driven Analytics and Extension of Reports.
• Several accelerators updated to current SAP branding standards.
• Added a new accelerator, Not Supported API.xlsx, to task, Execute the Test Cases.

2308 Release Notes

• Updated the accelerator, Design and Configuration Template.docx, in task, Document Requirements, to include rollout project references.
• Renamed task, Self-Enable on My Fiori Apps Reference Library for Embedded Analytics, to Review My Fiori Apps Reference Library for Embedded Analytics. Relocated the task to deliverable, Analytics Planning and Design.
• Added task,Setup and Enable Embedded Analytics, to deliverable, Analytics Configuration in the Development Tenant.
• Added new accelerator, Business Driven Configuration Questionnaire – Retail.xlsx, to task, Perform Initial Business Process Assessment for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Simplification of all the system access tasks. The system access tasks are now pointing to the updated Help Guide: Initial System Access to SAP S/4HANA Cloud in Your 3-System Landscape
• Added a new task, Review Reports for Release Update, under the deliverable, Release and Update Cycles for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, in both Realize and Run phases.
• Removed the following accelerators due to end of support in the Process Navigator. Master Data (CO) and Master Data (FI).
• Added and new procedure step #7 to task, Self-Enable on SAP Business Technology Platform, and a new accelerator, Help – SAP BTP Guided Answers.
• Updates to accelerator SAP S4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape Starter System Provisioning Process in task Request SAP S/4HANA Cloud Starter System.
• Updates to the description text in task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Production System with a reminder that the Starter system decommissioning can’t be undone once Production provisioning is triggered.
• Additional procedure step added to task Self-Enable on Transport Management to include Cloud ALM – ATO integration functionality.
• Updated release specific accelerators.
• General usability updates and corrections.

July 3 Release Notes

• Refresh of task Initial System Access for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Starter System to references to other tasks and addition of new accelerator SAP Note 3298955 – Demo Data for Starter System.
• New procedure step and accelerator Landscape Modelling Recommendations for Selected Business Technology Platform (BTP) Apps added to task Setup SAP BTP Global Account .
• Removed the following tasks related to the Analytics workstream: Review Scope Items and Requirements for Strategic Analytics, Configure Strategic Analytics in the Quality System, and Configure Strategic Analytics in the Production System.
• Added task, Configure Initial Analytics Settings, to deliverable, Analytics Planning and Design.
• Several tasks in workstream, Technical Architecture and Infrastructure, were consolidated to provide a simplified experience relating to accessing the SAP S/4HANA cloud tenants. Ten tasks were removed. Key information from the tasks were added to the official SAP Help Guide: Initial System Access to SAP S/4HANA Cloud in Your 3-System Landscape
• Removed the following tags for simplification: Professional Services (no differences from standard roadmap), SAP Central Business Configuration (only 3 entity differences from the standard roadmap).
• Removed references to the SAP ONE Support Launchpad in several tasks and replaced them with SAP for Me. Updated related accelerator titles and descriptions. SAP for Me is your digital companion to easily interact with SAP and get immediate guidance to the best solution for you.

June 19 Release Notes

1. Refresh of task, Prepare for Fit-to-Standard Workshops, to be applicable to several solutions but still allow for solution specific accelerators.
2. Renamed Discover task, Perform a business scenario and solution mapping, to Perform a digital Value Discovery Workshop. Renovated the task to replace the Discovery Card Game with the SAP Persona Value Discovery function.

June 5 Release Notes

• Enhanced the How to Approach Remote Fit-to-Standard Workshops accelerator in task, Self-Enable on the Fit-to-Standard Process. The template was updated along with general usability improvements.
• Updated the name of the accelerator API Hub to Business Accelerator Hub. This accelerator is used in serval tasks such as Create Initial Integration and API List.
• Updated references to the Backlog template in task, Handover of Requirements for Extensions to Developer.
• Removed deliverable, Setup Instructions for Customer Driven Integrations, and related task, Write Setup Instructions for Customer Driven Integrations. The procedure was added to task, Set Up Integrations in the Test System.

May 22 Release Notes

• New tag “2nd Wave Project / Rollout Project” to easy identify tasks relevant to the 2nd wave/rollout
• Refresh of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape Onboarding Presentation
• Updates to accelerator SAP S4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape Starter System Provisioning Process with information on the new Onboarding email notification in task Request SAP S/4HANA Cloud Starter System
• Updated the description and procedure in task, Conduct Final Data Quality Assessment.
• Updated several references to the SAP Best Practices Explorer to SAP Signavio Process Navigator. This impacts in tasks, accelerator names and accelerator contents. Updates will continue in the next release sprint.
• Added Analytics as on output to the task, Conduct Workshop by Business Process Area.
• Added a procedure note to task, Review Scope Items and Requirements for Embedded Analytics.
• Added a procedure step 3 and procedure note to task, Determine Details for Customer-Driven Analytics.
• Task Self-Enable on SAP Business Technology Platform updated with additional BTP content and guidance
• Updated the accelerator, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Presentation.pptx (SAP Customer), in task, Review Overview Documentation.
• Added procedure step 5 to task, Self-Enable on SAP S/4HANA Cloud Embedded Analytics. Added a new accelerator, Help – SAP Learning Journeys.

May 8 Release Notes

• New task Solution Standardization Board and accelerator template to assist customers in governance of developer and side-by-side extensibility
• Updated task Verify Configuration for Fit-to-Standard Workshop initial, in 2nd procedure note, with additional mentioning to “follow SAP guidelines” when making changes to pre-configured settings.
• Updated accelerator BDC Questionnaire – Finance in task Perform Initial Business Process Assessment for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Updated the procedure in task, Self-Enable on the Fit-to-Standard Process, so that it is applicable to multiple cloud products.
• Created a new deliverable, Analytics Approach and Plan, and associated new task, Develop the Analytics Approach and Plan, to better guild the planning of testing in the prepare phase.
• Added a new filter tag, 2^nd Wave Project / Rollout Project, to allow for reduction of the roadmap for projects on systems that have already gone live. This tag eliminates the provisioning tasks as well as other not relevant tasks.
• Renamed task, Correct and Re-run Test Plan, to Defect Management and Re-testing. Improved the guidance.
• Removed task, Edit Action Data and Change the Visibility of the Test Process, from deliverable, Test Execution for SAP S/4HANA Cloud. It is redundant with help documentation.
• Added a procedure note to task, Determine Process Scope, to emphasize that scope from the Discovery Assessment can be loaded into SAP Cloud ALM.
• Updated the procedure note of task, Create Cutover Plan and Documentation, to allow for coverage of multiple SAP Cloud products.

April 24th Release Notes

• New accelerator, Backlog Template, included in tasks Prepare for Fit-to-Standard Workshops and Confirm Backlog in the Explore phase.
• Updated task, Execute Data Migration Using Staging Tables, to include an additional procedure step 2 for verifying the migration results. Updated the accelerator, Data Migration – Approach and Strategy Template, to include high level data migration scheduling.
• Renamed task, Configure Customer Specific Fiscal Year Variant, to show that it is optional.
• Added a new task, Monitor Functional Usage Adoption and Consumption, to deliverable Value Management in the Run phase.
• Added new task, Attend the Onboarding Welcome and Introduction Workshops, and task, Engage with the SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Build team, to deliverable, Getting Started with your SAP Implementation in the Prepare phase.

April 10th Release Notes

• Additional of new procedure note to create the subaccount structure in task Setup SAP BTP Global Account
• Updated the procedure in task, Self-Enable on Extensibility, with a new step. Added accelerator, SAP Extensibility Explorer
• Updates to the column headers of the Business Driven Configuration Questionnaires in task, Perform Initial Business Process Assessment for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Addition of new task, Self-enable on Transport Management, to help users become familiar with the Transport Management process.
• Refresh of accelerators in tasks: Review Overview Documentation, Access Partner Demonstration Landscape (Partner), and Develop and Transport Key-user Extension
• Updated Evaluate and Activate Feature from Continuous Delivery task to include a new overview accelerator of Continuous Delivery for S/4HANA Cloud
• Refresh to accelerator How to Set up a Naming Convention for Business Roles, Spaces and Pages in task Plan and Design Identity and Access Management

March 27th Release Notes

• Addition of new task, Request Knowledge Assessment, under deliverable Customer Team Enablement . This new task introduces the the Continuous Quality Check (CQC) for transformation assessment service. This service is included in in your SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition contract and is highly recommended.
• Updates to the graphics on the SAP Activate for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (3-system landscape) Overview Page 
• Renamed iRPA to SAP Build Process Automation in several tasks. Prepare System for SAP Build Process Automation, Deploy SAP Build Process Automation scripts in Production Tenant, plus others.
• Added new accelerators to task, Create Initial Artificial Intelligence List.
• Renamed deliverable, Data Migration Approach and Strategy, Data Migration Approach and Plan, Updated description text to be consistent. Renamed task, Develop the Data Migration Approach and Strategy, Develop the Data Migration Approach and Plan, Updated the description text to be consistent with the new title.
• New accelerator, Sprint Plan Template, added to task Plan the Sprint.
• Standardize the wording on downward compatibility around Transports in various tasks.
• Updates to the task Conduct Workshop – Finance, including the Finance BDC questionnaire accelerator.
• Addition of procedure note to task Verify Configuration for Fit-to-Standard Workshop and Document Configuration Values in Explore phase.

March 13th Release Notes

• SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, now offers a sandbox tenant. The official name is “SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, sandbox tenant“. A new task, Evaluate the Need for a Sandbox Tenant, was created and added to the Realize and Run Phase. In addition, a new accelerato, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, sandbox tenant Factsheet (3-system landscape), was created and added to the above tasks.
• A new task: Manage Transports, was created and added to the Realize Phase. The new task provides an overview on managing transports in Realize phase.
• One new tag, Transport Management, was created and applied into SAP Activate
• Added to procedure step 4 of task, Determine the Required Master Data for S/4HANA Cloud, the text ‘The list can be downloaded into spreadsheet and extended to be used as a tracking tool.’
• Task Verify Data and Settings for Fit-to-Standard Workshops was updated to include the new accelerator SAP Note 3298955 – Demo Data for Starter System.
• Added task, Self-Enable on My Fiori Apps Reference Library for Embedded Analytics.
• Updated the accelerator name, Help – User Onboarding for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, to Help – Initial System Access to SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Added to procedure step 4 of task, Determine the Required Master Data for S/4HANA Cloud, the text ‘The list can be downloaded into spreadsheet and extended to be used as a tracking tool.’
• The “Initial Admin” User is the first user to receive all system access to the System and perform the initial transport. We no longer refer it to the IT contact. This has been adjusted in all relevant tasks.
• Updates to the procedural steps in task Request Cloud test, demo, and development for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

February 14th Release Notes

• Refresh of SAP Activate Methodology graphics on Overview page
• Text updates to task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Production System to include additional detail when the P system has to be requested in accordance with the release schedule.
• Refresh of text and accelerators in Create Test Strategy
• Addition of recommendation to request the T system only when the transports are ready to be released from D-System and ready to be imported into the Test system for Testing to task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Test System
• New procedure note into task Transport Configuration to the Test System  that SAP strongly advises the customer to do the initial transport within a specific release
• Refresh of the text and addition of new accelerator Help – Unit Testing with ABAP Unit to task Develop and Transport Developer Extensions
• Addition of procedure note and accelerator Help – Export Software Collection to task Configure Identity and Access Management in the Development System . The new procedure Note related to release update and the restriction with business roles not being able to be exported and imported on two systems that are on different release version.
• Updated task, Create Test Strategy, and task, Determine test scope, to include references to 2 tier scenarios.
• Added two accelerators, SAP Best Practices – SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Hybrid Deployment and SAP Best Practices Explorer for S/4HANA Cloud, to task, Set Up Integrations in the Test Tenant. Added a procedure note referencing previous task related outputs.

January 25th Release Notes

• The SAP Activate 2208 content for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape will be available in the Roadmap Viewer during the upgrade period. This is to support users who work on their development and production environments after their test systems have been upgraded to 2302. The availability of this content is intended to help users navigate and work on the 2208 release-based systems.
• Refresh of text and procedure notes in task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Production System to detail when the P system has to be requested following the release schedule.
• Task updates to task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Test System to recommendation to request the T system only when the transports are ready to be released from D-System and ready to be imported into the Test system for Testing.
• Addition of procedure note to task Transport Configuration to the Test System to note that SAP strongly advises customers to do the initial transport within a specific release.
• Refresh of accelerators in the task Plan and Design Identity and Access Management. This includes the addition of new accelerator Set Up a Naming Convention for Business Roles, Spaces and Pages (3-system landscape).

January 2nd Release Notes

• Updates to procedure steps in task Determine Scenario Options for Integrations
• Refresh of text and accelerators in Determine Details for Customer-Driven Integrations
• New task Self-Enable on Two-Tier ERP with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  under deliverable Customer Team Self-Enablement to help customers become more familiar with the Two-Tier deployment strategy.
• Addition of the tag Hybrid Deployment (Two-Tier ERP) to the following deliverables and tasks to increase two-tier visibility:
  • Conduct Final Data Quality Assessment
  • Create Cutover Plan and Documentation
  • Execute Cutover Tasks per the Cutover Plan

December 19th Release Notes

• Addition of new accelerator, Extend SAP S/4HANA in the cloud and on premise with ABAP based extensions to tasks Collect Details for Extensions and Self-Enable on Extensibility
• Refresh of procedure steps and accelerators in task Develop and Transport Developer Extensions
• Updates to accelerator Cloud test, demo, and development for SAP S/4HANA Cloud (SAP Partner) to reflect updated tasks and content links.
• Updated task, Determine Process Scope, for more emphasis on SAP Cloud ALM
• Updates to procedure steps in tasks Set Up Integration in the P-Landscape using Cloud Integration Automation Service (CIAS) and Set Up Integration using Cloud Integration Automation Service (CIAS) (Test Landscape)
• Updated the accelerator, Data Migration – Approach and Strategy Template, in task, Develop the Data Migration Approach and Strategy, to include references to interfaced data and two-tier.
• New procedure note for tasks Finance – Conduct Workshop & Conduct Workshop by Business Process Area
• Refresh of the procedure steps and notes in task Prepare and Process Upgrade 
• New accelerator, Business Driven Configuration Questionnaire – Two Tier added to task Perform Initial Business Process Assessment for SAP S/4HANA Cloud
• A procedure note has been added to the task Set Up Starter Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration task.
• New procedure Note to tasks Set Up Starter Development Tenant and Starter Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Configuration, to remind customers that only the Evaluation Project in CBC gets connected to the Starter System.
• Added new screenshots related to the selection of the IAS while provisioning Cloud ALM, CBC, and S/4HANA Cloud Starter.
• New accelerator SAP Intelligent RPA Store added to task Install Robotic Process Automation components
• New accelerator SAP Business Technology Platform Onboarding Resource Center added to task Setup SAP BTP Global Account
• Added a new accelerator, Business Driven Configuration Questionnaire – Two Tier.xlsx, to task, Perform Initial Business Process Assessment for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, to assist with Two-Tier implementations.
• Updated the accelerator, Data Migration – Approach and Strategy Template, in task, Develop the Data Migration Approach and Strategy, to include references to interfaced data and two-tier.
• Updated the Product field of tasks related to SAP Cloud ALM so they are more easily identifiable.
• Updated the roadmap viewer search results page to allow for filtering by Phase, Deliverable, Task, and Accelerator.
• Updated task, Perform Data Cleansing Activities, to include cleansing of source data related to interfaced or two-tier scenarios.
• Added tag, Hybrid Deployment (Two-tier) , to deliverable Integration Setup in the Test System and task, Set Up Integration using Cloud Integration Automation Service (CIAS).
• Updates to task procedures and accelerators in task Develop and Transport Key-User Extensions
• Addition of procedure notes in task Develop and Transport Side-by-Side Extensions

November 21st Release Notes

• Updated task, Handover of Requirements to Integration Expert, to include references to SAP Cloud ALM functionality.
• Text refresh for task Document Extensibility requirements
• Task Transport Configuration to the Test System updated based on customer feedback.
• Removed the requirement of submitting a Service Incident from the procedure of task, Set Production System to Live. This is no longer required.

November 7th Release Notes

• Addition of new task Assign Resources and Refine Project Tasks in SAP Cloud ALM. This task details the process of assign teams or people to tasks in SAP Cloud ALM.
• Task Direct and Manage Project Execution was refreshed in the Explore, Realize and Deploy Phases to address handling of project monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM.
• Creation of new deliverable Sprint Planning and Execution to document the overall sprint handling process. This includes the creation/refresh of the following tasks and updates to existing accelerators:
  • New task Plan the Sprint including accelerator Agile Release Planning 
  • New Task Execute the Sprint including accelerators:
    • Agile Release Planning
    • Agile Sprint Burndown and Task Board
    • Agile Sprint Retrospective Template
  • Refresh of  task Close the Sprint and accelerator Agile Sprint Retrospective Template
• Updates to procedure steps and notes to task Activate New Scope or Country/Region
• Refresh of task details, including accelerators, for task Verify Data for Fit-to-Standard Workshop .
• New task Maintain Data and Setting for Treasury Management (Optional) created and added to deliverable Required Configuration Before System Use – SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Updated task Conduct Workshop by Business Process Area to simplify procedure steps and further enhance the CALM related content.
• Task Document Data and Setting Requirements updated to include additional steps to highlight all types of data & setting including used for configuration setting in transports, one time initiation, etc.
• Refresh of procedure steps in task Finance – Conduct Workshop.
• Accelerator updates in task Organizational Structure – Conduct Workshop.
• Updates to task Create Manual Test Cases with SAP Cloud ALM.
• Addition of the topic XM Transformation to the following areas:
  • Deliverables:
    • Operations Readiness
    • Value Management
  • Tasks:
    • Self-Enable on Experience Management
    • Conduct Readiness Assessment Survey
    • Deliver Program Goal Alignment
    • Execute Solution Validation Survey
    • Assess Project Performance
    • Establish Readiness for User Acceptance Test
    • Assess Training Satisfaction
    • Tracking Goals
    • Assess Solution Performance
  • Accelerators:
    • XM Transformation Survey Questions_public Cloud.xlsx (Public)
    • XM Transformation Procedures.pptx (Public)
    • Introduction to Experience Economy and XM.pptx (Public)

October 24th Release Notes 

• Renamed the roadmap from ‘SAP Activate Content Updates for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape’ to ‘SAP Activate Content Updates for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition (3-system landscape) to adopt the official public Cloud name.
• Updated task, Document Integration Requirements, to include addition SAP Cloud ALM instructions.
• Updated task, Document Extensibility Requirements, to include addition SAP Cloud ALM instructions.
• Updated task, Handover of Requirements for Extensions to Developer, to include a procedure step for using the SAP Cloud ALM app, Requirements, and User Story functionality. Added a procedure note pointing to the Export Portal accelerator and additional documentation.
• Removed outdated tags from task Correct and Re-run Test Plan.
• Updated accelerator links in the following Extensibility task Collect Details for Extensions.
• Added a procedure note to the task Set Up Starter Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration: The main purpose of the customizing tenant of Starter System is to run through standard business processes during fit to the standard workshop”.
• Updated description of deliverable Initial System Access for SAP Central Business Configuration and Initial System Access for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Starter System, to reflect the main purpose of the usage of each tenant:  Starter Customizing tenant is designed to run through standard business processes during fit to standard workshop. The recommended use of the Starter Development tenant is mainly for exploring available APIs, CDS view and released developer objects
• Bundled all the starter systems access under one deliverable, “Request Initial System Access.” 

• Task Access Starter System updated with a note about the 30-day decommissioning of the starter system.
• Note added about the 30-day decommissioning of the starter system added in task Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Production System.
• Updates to prerequisite steps and procedure notes in task Initial Access to SAP for Me 
• Addition of  a prerequisite step in the task Request SAP Cloud ALM and Request SAP Central Business Configuration.
• Task Request SAP Central Business Configuration Tenant updated with a statement that customers can only see the  Starter Customizing tenant in SAP for Me only after the CBC is provisioned and the workspaces for Starter and Dev projects are available.
• The user onboarding process in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud starter system has been updated and improved in the following tasks:
  • Create Users in the Starter System
  • Create Users in the Development System 
  • Create Users in the Test  System
  • Create Users in the Production System
• Added a procedure note to task, Define the Implementation Strategy, to direct new customers to the documentation on SAP Cloud ALM during the Discover phase.
• Add deliverable, Solution Scope, and task, Determine Process Scope, to accommodate the scoping process and highlight the benefit of using SAP Cloud ALM for scoping.
• Updated the task, Confirm Backlog, with two new procedure notes that reference the requirements functionality in SAP Cloud ALM.
• Addition of new task Complete the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Onboarding Learning Courses.
• Delivable Customer Team Enablement enhanced with two new tasks: Access the SAP Enterprise Support Value Map for SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Join the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Implementation Learning Room .

September 26th Release Notes

• Consolidated several Conduct Workshop tasks under deliverable, Fit-to-Standard Analysis, into one task, Conduct Workshop by Business Process Area. Include the business areas and a common procedure in the task text.
• Updates to the SAP for Me – Customer Dashboards > Systems and Provisioning accelerator. This accelerator can be found in the followings tasks:
  • Request SAP Cloud ALM
  • Request SAP Central Business Configuration
  • Request SAP S/4HANA Cloud Starter System
  • Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Test System.
  • Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Production System
• Sequence of tasks under deliverable Request Initial System Access adjusted accordingly
• Procedure updates to task Transport Configuration to the Test System
• New task Document Extensibility Requirements added to help capture extensibility requirements in a newly created extensibility template. The new template, Extensibility Functional Specifications Template, is available as an accelerator in the new task.

September 12th Release Notes 

• Updated task Correct and Re-run Test Plan with new procedure notes and new accelerator SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation Expert Portal – Defect Management.
• Addition of new task Set Up and Integrate the Automation Tool. This task discusses using SAP Cloud ALM Tool for setting up and using the Test Automation Tool. Alternatively, provide guidelines for setting up Third-Party Testing Tools.
• New task Setup Output Management added to Deliverable Solution Configuration 

August 29th Release Notes 

• Added a link to the E-book – Migrating to SAP S/4HANA Cloud in task Develop the Data Migration Approach and Strategy.
• Refresh of accelerator SAP Cloud ALM Test Preparation in task Create Manual Test Cases.
• Task Request the IFRS 15 “Bundling Functionality” (Optional) moved from Prepare phase to Realize phase under Solution Configuration.
• New consistency check procedure note added to task Set Up Customizing Tenant in SAP CBC.
• New recommendation of release CBC transport in time added to procedure note of  task Set Up Starter Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration.
• Rephrased foreign key check to consistency check in task Transport Configuration to Test System task
• Added new procedure step 6 to highlight the deployment step and moved the procedure note of foreign key check (rephrased to consistency check) to the procedure step in task Activate New Scope or Country/Region.
• Rephrased foreign key check to consistency check with procedure step 4 in Review and Process Hotfix Collection for business content updates.
• Differentiated the auto release of transport request vs. scheduling of the import, forward in Test and Production in task Review and Process Hotfix Collection
• Updated task Evaluate New Functionality with new procedure step to reference the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Release Restriction accelerator (existing accelerator used in task Review Overview Documentation ).  Also added procedure step to initiate project planning when introducing new feature and function to users.

August 15th Release Notes 

• Updated accelerator SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape Starter System Provisioning Process accelerator, available in task Review Overview Documentation. The accelerator has been enhanced to simplify the understanding of the provisioning process.
• Refresh of task Ensure Project Team Members have access to the SAP Support Portal, SAP Best Practices Explorer, and SAP Customer Communities to include information on how to create an SAP Universal ID.  In addition new accelerator SAP Universal ID was created and added to the task.
• New accelerator SAP S/4HANA Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) Release Activities – Action Required added to the following task Revise Business Roles and Business Catalogs in the Realize and Run Phases. The procedural notes in this task were updated accordingly.
• Added a new procedure note to tasks, Execute Data Migration Using Staging Tables and Create Cutover Plan and Documentation. Maintenance downtimes on the weekends should be considered when planning data migration processes. In addition, a new accelerator, SAP Note 3024158 – Blue-Green Deployment for Hotfix Collection for RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, was added to both tasks.
• Refresh of accelerators in task Access SAP Cloud ALM and Create Users
• New accelerator, Create Manual Test Case, added to task Create Manual Test Cases.
• Refresh of following tasks in Analytics Workstream
  • Review Scope Items and Requirements for Embedded Analytics
  • Review Scope Items and Requirements for Strategic Analytics (Optional)
  • Determine Extensions of Reports
  • Determine Details for Customer-Driven Analytics
  • Review and Customer Sign off for Analytics
  • Document Analytics Requirement
  • Handover of Requirements of Analytics Expert 
• New Tasks were added to provide guidance on implementation and integration of SAP BTP Apps:
  • Setup SAP BTP Global Account
  • Self-Enable on SAP BTP Apps
• Task Set Up Integration using Cloud Integration Automation Service updated with additional guidance related about using CIAS procedures for SAP BTP apps.
• New accelerator, Treasury Workshop Planning, added to task Prepare for Fit-to-Standard Workshops
• Streamlined the accelerators in task, Self-Enable on the Fit-to-Standard Process, by consolidating information. Updates were made to accelerator  How to Approach Fit-to-standard

2208 Release Notes 

• Task Develop and Transport Developer Extensions updated with addition guidance(including new accelerators) on using ATC and ABAP unit for testing of extensibility development objects
  • New Accelerators
    • Help – Unit Testing with ABAP Unit
    • Help – Checking Quality of ABAP Code with ATC
• Task Create Users in the Development System was updated to reflect the reference to app, Import employee, to app, Manage Workforce. The app, Import Employee, was depreciated
• Updated procedure steps in task, Change Test Data Using Data Variant, to improve flow and readability.

July 1st Release Notes 

• New partner demo landscape content created to support the SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape solution. Partners can leverage this demo environment to support and offer more to their customers.
  • Two new deliverables, tasks and accelerators added in the Discovery Phase Partner Demonstration Landscape and Access Partner Demonstration Landscape.
• Additional guidance on Transportation Management in the S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape. Review and update of text, procedures and accelerators related to transport management throughout the entire methodology
• Initial transport from CBC for scope activation and org structure setup will be subject to automatic foreign key check upon deployment to S/4HANA Customizing Tenant of Development System. The following tasks are enhanced with a procedure note when this check is applicable:
  • Transport Configuration to Test System for the initial activation
  • Activate New Scope or Country/Region for additional scope and country activation.
  • Review and Process Hotfix Collection for business content updates
• Provided link to the separate Upgrade of SAP S/4HANA Cloud roadmap in Prepare and Process Upgrade
• Highlighted new behavior of content update and upgrade deployment from SAP Central Business Configuration to S4HANA Cloud systems in Review and Process Hotfix Collection and Deploy Upgraded Business Content for business content upgrades
• SAP Cloud ALM can now be requested via SAP for Me. In SAP for Me customers can request system access, view and understand product entitlements, find relevant triggers for actions or further exploration.
  • Procedure updated in task Request SAP Cloud ALM Tenant.
  • Updated accelerator Help – Requesting SAP Cloud ALM.
  • New SAP for Me accelerators added:
    • Help – SAP for Me User Help (Public)
    • SAP for Me (Public)
    • SAP for Me – Customer Dashboards > Systems and Provisioning (Public)
  • Key 3-system landscape accelerators added to task Review Overview Documentation
    • SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape Onboarding Presentation (Public)
    • SAP S/4HANA Cloud 3-system landscape Starter System Provisioning Process (Public)

May 9th Release Notes 

• New task Set Up Employee Central Integration (JB1)added to the deliverables Integration Setup in the Test System and Integration Setup in the Production System.
• Refresh of task Set Up Starter Development Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration to update procedure steps and include accelerator SAP Note 3088062 – Identifying local APIs for S/4HANA Cloud (Public)
• Update to procedure steps for Development tenant tasks based on customer feedback:
  • Detail Design for Developer Extensibility
  • Set Up Development Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration
  • Develop and Transport Developer Extensions
• Updated text and procedure steps for task Develop and Transport Key-User Extensions
• Refresh of task Develop and Transport Developer Extensions with updated procedure steps and new accelerator Help – Transport Organizer.
• New accelerator Blog – Accelerate SAP Cloud Solution Adoption With New Templates In SAP Activate added to task Set up OCM Team and OCM Concept
• Update to the text for task Transport Configuration to distinguish the Customizing Tenant of Development system
• New accelerator Chart of Account Configuration – Overview added to the following tasks:
  • Prepare for Fit-to-Standard Workshops
  • Finance – Conduct Workshop
  • Chart of Accounts – Conduct Workshop
  • Configure SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • Adapt Chart of Accounts
  • Maintain Additional G/L Accounts
• Addition of a procedure notes to indicate the users who should be working in the Development tenant in tasks:
  • Create Users in the Starter System
  • Create Users in the Development System
• Updated the procedure in task, Document Identity and Access Management.  Added new accelerator, Help – Manage Your SAP S/4HANA Cloud – Identity and Access Management.
• Addition of procedure note to notify customers that some configuration values cannot be changed in CBC once the system is active to the following tasks:
  • Set Up Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration 
  • Set Up Development Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration
• Refresh of task Access SAP Central Business Configuration Tenant with updated procedure steps for Identity Authentication Service
• Updates to procedure steps in task Configure Identity and Access Management in the Development System to clarify that the business roles template can be used in the Quality System for testing only and that SAP strongly recommends the creation of Custom business roles to be used in the production system
• Refresh of task Transport Configuration to the Test System to update procedure steps and include accelerator Help – 3-System Landscape and Transport Management.

March 14 Release Notes

• New task Select the Right Cloud Partner added to the Deliverable Cloud Mindset Assessment.
• Refresh of task Manage Settings in Test / Production System to update procedure steps and include accelerator Help – Local Setting in a 3-system Landscape.
• Updates to the following tasks to include the newly released Foreign key check automation:
  • Transport Configuration from Development System to Test System 
  • Activate New Scope or Country/Region
• New task Document Business Process Target State added to the Fit-to-State Process.
• New accelerator SAP Note 3139304 – Automatic Activation of Advanced Valuations added to task Activate New Scope or Country/Region in the Explore, Realize, and Run Phases.
• Updates to procedure steps for task Perform Initial Business Process Assessment for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• Refresh of task  Activate New Scope or Country/Region to update procedure steps and reassign accelerators
• Update to procedure steps for task Forward initial configuration from Test System to Production System to ensure testing occurs in Test System prior to transport to Production System
• Refresh text for deliverable Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Production System to clarify when to request the Production System.
• New tasks Change Test Data Using Data Variant and Create Test Plan added to Deliverable Test Preparation for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
• New accelerator Blogs – SAP Central Business Configuration Search in the SAP Community added to tasks Self-Enable on SAP Central Business Configuration and Access the SAP Central Business Configuration.
• Addition of accelerator Help – Key User Extensibility to tasks
  • Detail Design on Key-User Extensibility
  •  Extend User Interfaces
  • Add Fields & Business Objects
• Refresh of task Check External Tax Partner Interface with updated procedure steps and new accelerator Help – Manage External Tax Postings.
• Removed the Solution Adaption workstream deliverable, Enablement Assessment, and related tasks.
• Updated text and procedure steps for task Conduct Enablement Strategy Research and Interviews.
• Addition of two new accelerators: RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Service Partner Selection Guidance accelerator help customers get more insight on the process of selecting the right partner for a Cloud-centric implementation and SAP Partner Finder tool to help search and select the right cloud implementation partner. Both can be found in task Select the Right Cloud Partner.

February 28 Release Notes

• Update of text of task Access Test System based on Early Preview feedback.
• Refresh of text and accelerators for task Document Expert Configuration. Note addition of accelerator Configuration Activity.
• Text updates for task Document Configuration Values.  Also includes addition of accelerator Configuration Activity.xlsm.

2022 Release Notes

• Consolidated multiple testing accelerators into one accelerator link, Help – Testing in SAP S/4HANA. This accelerator is used in multiple Testing workstream.
• Refresh of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud provisioning emails to incorporate new design provided by marketing.
• Addition of new accelerator, SAP for Me – Customer Dashboards > Systems and Provisioning, added to tasks Request the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Development System / Initial Setup and Request SAP Central Business Configuration.
• New accelerator, Open SAP course – Introduction to ABAP in the Cloud, added to task Self-Enable on Extensibility
• SAP Central Business Configuration tasks updated with new accelerator Help – Project Experience – User Guide (3-System Landscape).
• Procedure steps updated with detail instructions for ticket creation for faster and more accurate routing of the ticket:
  • Transport Configuration from Development System to Test System
  • Review and Process Hotfix Collection
• Updated text for task Set Up Starter Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration.
• Task Set Up Customizing Tenant in SAP Central Business Configuration enhanced with new descriptive text.
• Addition of Foreign Key Check details into task Deploy Upgraded Business Content.
• New accelerator Intelligent Situation Handling added to task Identify Business Processes for Situation Handling.
• Updated accelerators in task Document Identity and Access Management.
• Refresh of text and accelerators in task Configure Identity and Access Management in the Development System.
• Add a procedure note to task Review Hotfix Collection Information on how to determine the corrections included in a hotfix collection.
• Refresh of text and accelerators to task Transport Configuration.
• Added task Self Enable on BTP Integration Suite to help users become familiar with use of BTP Integration Suite for customer driven integrations. Included in the task are new accelerators to help provided additional guidance.
• Added accelerator S/4HANA Cloud – Integration Scope Items in SAP Best Practices Explorer to the task Document Integration .
• New accelerator, Discover and request SAP S_4HANA_APIs, added to task Determine Details for Customer-Driven Integrations.
• Added a new accelerator, Blog SAP API Business Hub, to task Determine Details for Customer-Driven Integrations.
• Procedure notes added to task Set Up Integrations in the Test Tenant.
• Task Set Up Integrations in the Production System enhanced with additional procedure steps.
• Addition of accelerator Blog: SAP S/4HANA Extensibility: A Learning Journey to task Check for Sample Scenario in SAP Extensibility Explorer
• New accelerator, SAP Tutorials for Developers, to task Develop and Setup of Classic Extension in the Development Landscape
• Additional guidance on setting up SAP Central Business Configuration provided in new accelerator, Help: Project Experience – User Guide (3-System Landscape). This new accelerator can be found in SAP Central Business Configuration tasks.
• Updated accelerator links in task Detail Design for Developer Extensibility.