New Tools To Simplify Time And Payroll Config

New Tools to Simplify SAP Payroll and Time Management Configuration

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What We’ll Cover … Introduction Detailed Configuration Comparison Comprehensive Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Superior Error Detection and Reporting Versatile Log Analysis Wrap-up

What Are SAP Change Management Products?

SAP Change Management for Payroll/Time makes new and existing payroll and time installations more stable, less expensive to operate, and easier to configure

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What Are Its Key Benefits? „ Reduces operational risks „ Minimizes payroll and time system downtime „ Lowers the cost of consolidation efforts „ Decreases chances of missing payroll cycle audit window „ Improves transport conflict resolution „ Improves third-party consultant productivity while reducing costs „ Implementation time is minimal (1 hour to 1 day) „ Support for existing R/3 systems (4.6C +, Enterprise), mySAP ERP „ No changes to existing payroll and time configuration „ Improves application accessibility with offline capability © SAP AG 2007, 4

What Are the Key Features? „ Versioning and configuration difference reporting „ Configuration error detection and reporting „ Cross-reference and instant impact analysis „ Versatile log analysis

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What We’ll Cover … Introduction Detailed Configuration Comparison Comprehensive Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Superior Error Detection and Reporting Versatile Log Analysis Wrap-up

Detailed Configuration Comparison

Summary report on comparison of differences „ Report on payroll and time configurations with selectable ranges „ Summary report can be drilled down into „ Changes are highlighted for focused testing and assessment

Multiple instance-capable A fast and detailed comparison speeds up payroll operations „ Check configuration changes of the same instance over time „ Ensure proper transport of changes in the SAP landscape „ Consolidate instances „ Verify Legal Change Patches (LCP) changes „ Upgrade and migrate SAP versions

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Detailed Configuration Comparison (cont.) Tabulated report on the differences

Action menu to check details of differences, or to follow up on respective references

All cells are selectable for drill down to details References to changes can be checked directly

Summary view highlights the exact differences, details view shows diff in context, differences view shows line by line comparison © SAP AG 2007, 8

Versioning and Synchronization Management Built-in Version Control Support „ Complete payroll configuration can be versioned ‹ Different

payroll instances/clients (DEV, QA, PROD)

‹ Snapshots

of the same client at different time

„ Support teamwork

USA in rnzr3 client 800 Configuration extracted on Dec. 12, 2006

Same Configuration extracted on Dec. 13, 2006

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What We’ll Cover … Introduction Detailed Configuration Comparison Comprehensive Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Superior Error Detection and Reporting Versatile Log Analysis Wrap-up

Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Cross-referencing greatly simplifies understanding configurations „ Most configuration objects are cross-checked ‹ ‹ ‹

Numeric values are linked to their text explanations automatically Invalid values are reported A configuration object display includes its attribute definitions

„ Grouping tables and MODIF groupings „ Wage type tables cross-referenced to create simple wage type view „ Rules and inputs cross-referenced to simplify understanding

“Slice and Dice” any configuration tables Grouping browser eases checking of employee subgroup and personnel subarea Impact analysis on a configuration change „ All references to a changed object are listed ‹ ‹

Schema, rule Configuration tables, etc.

„ Comprehensive view on selected referencing object ‹

Code info, documentation, outline, associated references

„ Impact analysis of LCP changes, massive configuration changes ‹

Result analysis using enhanced log analysis

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Wage Type View with All Relevant Information Quick navigation

Alerts and error summary

References

All payroll/time objects Configuration settings are aggregated in one single view Individual delimitation

Documentation on selected attributes

Additional Properties

Quick Search

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Rule View with All Relevant Information

Outline view with all referenced configuration objects

Documentation and composition for individual operation

Operation line separated into command and parameters

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Comprehensive Cross-Referencing — Config Listings

Objects in item listing of comparison report are cross-referenced

Objects in references view are crossreferenced Objects in browsing item listing are crossreferenced

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Comprehensive Cross-Referencing — Details

Most configuration settings are crossreferenced

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Context sensitive cross-referencing in diff view

Comprehensive Cross-Referencing — Groupings

ESG and PSA groupings are crossreferenced

MODIF groupings are cross-referenced

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Comprehensive Cross-Referencing — Logged Tables WPBP for organizational configuration

TIP for time type configuration, status, Time ID, etc.

IT for wage type configurations

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“Slice and Dice” Drag and Drop any attributes to the GroupBy window to group the objects by them

Drag and Drop any attributes to the Display window to highlight them in the list view

Answer is just a click away!

So, which “additional payment” wage types are counted for eligible earnings for pension?

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Grouping Browser

Want to find out what organization units are affected by PCR 3 and WS grouping 10? The grouping browser gives you the answer right away!

Along with the configuration objects that process or use the groupings

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Impact Analysis: Start with the Configuration Change

Comparison shows wage type D100 is changed

Summary pane shows Processing Class 6 is changed to 0 from 1

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Checks for configurations in mysap1 using processing Class 6 in Popup

Impact Analysis: Follow the References

Summary of matches

Both payroll and time configurations are checked

All configuration objects using processing Class 6

Selecting an object to check for the impact of change

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Impact Analysis: Analyze the Impact of Change Processing Class 6 spec is listed

With configuration and code meanings readily available, understanding X006 is much simpler, impact on the change is assessed much faster

Checking out how the change affected rule X006

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Precise documentation on selected “code” line

What We’ll Cover … Introduction Detailed Configuration Comparison Comprehensive Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Superior Error Detection and Reporting Versatile Log Analysis Wrap-up

Superior Error Detection and Reporting Capabilities In-depth error reporting „ Dedicated problems view reports on configuration errors „ Check for configuration errors within operations and rules

In-line configuration error reporting „ Errors are clearly highlighted

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Superior Error Detection and Reporting

Checking Configuration Errors is as easy as clicking on the button

Problems view lists all the errors for the selected configuration

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Superior Error Detection and Reporting (cont.)

Options to show errors

Errors reported by categories

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Superior Error Detection and Reporting (cont.)

Exact error locations are marked

Wage type used does not exist! Passed R/3 checks.

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Superior Error Detection and Reporting (cont.)

Exact error locations are marked

Brazilian rules used for US payroll! Passed R/3 checks.

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What We’ll Cover … Introduction Detailed Configuration Comparison Comprehensive Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Superior Error Detection and Reporting Versatile Log Analysis Wrap-up

Versatile Payroll Run Analysis Interactive run replay „ Debugger interface allows close examination of payroll run state ‹ ‹ ‹

Selection of tables (IT, OT, RT, WPBP), schemas, rules, functions Exposure of headline rows assists analysis of operations Stepping, break-pointing

„ Non-intrusive, no changes to payroll driver

Data-centric view of wage type flow „ Each wage type, through every single payroll step, can be easily traced ‹

Used, deleted, created, updated

„ Change-only view reduces display entries by 99% ‹

Greatly simplifying problem finding

„ Simplify diagnostics of incorrect pay calculation

Log Difference view „ Assess runtime impact of changes „ Compare payroll logs side-by-side with logic and data differences „ Very helpful in tracking down hard-to-pinpoint errors © SAP AG 2007, 30

Interactive Run Replay Log Replay console

Log play controls to step through logs

Log can be cached for later use without R/3 connection

Both payroll and time logs can be inspected

Source code displayed at current execution point

Period by period

Table view of payroll tables

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Interactive Run Replay (cont.) Selecting an operation step

Rule Source code shows the exact operation code

Table view shows content at selected operation step

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Interactive Run Replay (cont.) When an operation changes a field

Rule Source code shows the exact operation code

Table view highlights the changes, simplifies understanding of rule logics

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Data-Centric View — Wage Type Explorer Shows any wage type changes through a payroll run

Organized by Payroll period

In sync with log analyzer for analysis beyond wage type

Number of Processing steps are reduced from hundreds to a handful for checking wage type changes

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Show Changes only eliminates payroll steps not changing a wage type

Functions and operations that process the wage type are displayed chronologically in the payroll run

Selected wage type state is shown in details view

Log Difference Explorer Comparing two different periods

Data different in payroll run is marked

Payroll logic differences at runtime

Rows that differ are marked Tables with differences are marked

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What We’ll Cover … Introduction Detailed Configuration Comparison Comprehensive Cross-Reference and Impact Analysis Superior Error Detection and Reporting Versatile Log Analysis Wrap-up

Summary „ Change Management (CM) greatly improves productivity of payroll and time operations „ Rich feature set complements current tools „ Eliminates many runtime errors at configuration time „ Speeds up error diagnosis „ No performance impact on production runs „ Easy to implement and learn „ Works with all supported R/3 (4.6C +), R/3 Enterprise, and mySAP ERP releases

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7 Key Points to Take Home „ Use saved comparison results to reduce time „ Take configuration snapshots judiciously to save storage „ Close unneeded perspectives to save memory „ Use “by type” to list all objects that contain the same error „ “Slice and Dice” will help you eliminate many errors „ Wage type explorer linked with log player simplifies fixing wage type errors „ Go to the end of payroll run, you have a nice view of all payroll result tables

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Your Turn!

Q&A For further information, contact:

Jack Cai [email protected] On SDN http://sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/cm-payroll-time

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