Series of Technology Essentials for Moving to SAP S/4HANA – tip #15: Integration Analysis - Are Existing Interfaces Impacted by the Move to SAP S/4HANA?

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This is a series of blogs written by SAP subject matter experts to prepare you for your journey to SAP S/4HANA. Ready? Let’s go!

Topic #15 is about the integration analysis in SAP Readiness Check

For the transition to SAP S/4HANA, a selection of follow-up activities in the area of integration is required due to certain simplifications in different application areas.

The Integration Analysis in SAP Readiness Check
The Integration Analysis in SAP Readiness Check provides insights on the following interface types:

• SAP Business Warehouse extractors


• IDoc interfaces


• Web service interfaces


• RFC/BAPI interfaces


• OData interfaces


• SLT replication

The result of the analysis reveals interfaces that have the following characteristics and require your attention:

• Belong to (or depend on) functionality that is either unavailable or used differently in the target SAP S/4HANA release (Functionality Unavailable)


• Consume ABAP artifacts that are blocked in the target SAP S/4HANA release (Blocked)


• Contain structures (such as RFC signatures or IDoc segments) that become binary incompatible upon conversion or upgrade (Serialization Issue)

To provide you with a lot more information on this topic, we have created this blog series:

• Extended Integration Analysis in SAP Readiness Check Is Now Live 


• Extended Integration Analysis in SAP Readiness Check – Prerequisites and Data Collection – What you need to install and why; what data is collected and transmitted to perform the analysis; and what option you have if you prefer to limit the data submitted for analysis.


• Extended Integration Analysis in SAP Readiness Check – Impact Analysis in Detail – How the new Integration check analyzes your system; which data sources are considered; how impact types are defined, and what they mean from a practical perspective.


• Extended Integration Analysis in SAP Readiness Check – Findings, Next Steps, and Examples – How to interpret and address the findings; we will walk through the next steps proposed by SAP Readiness Check using real examples.


• SAP Readiness Check for SAP S/4HANA: Integration Analysis Now Supports OData Services and SLT Replic... - Additional interface types covered in the Integration Analysis.

 

Make a smooth move

With this blog, we conclude our series of technology essentials for moving to SAP S/4HANA. Thank you for staying with us.

Earlier blogs of the series:

tip #1: Check Your Add-ons. Now.

tip #2: Check Your Finance Data Quality

tip #3: Don’t Just Rework Custom Code. Rethink it!

tip #4: How to Build Custom Extensions

tip #5: Plan Ahead with Compatibility Packs

tip #6: Gain Insight to Build a Solid Business Case

tip #7: Hardware Planning and Data Volume Management

tip #8: Curate Your Master Data before Deployment

tip #9: Understand the Functional Impact

tip #10: Fix Issues Without Bogging Down Conversion

tip #11: Optimizing Downtime in Conversions

tip #12: Find Relevant SAP Notes

tip #13: Accelerate your Rollout with Test Automation

tip #14: Implementing SAP Fiori