Release notes 40A
   Cross-Application Components
      Data Transfer Workbench
      European Monetary Union: Euro
         General Functions
            Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
            Report currencies for Report Writer/Report Painter
            EURO Conversion: Exchange Rate Setting and Legal C
            Translation of local currency amounts into another
            EURO and FI-SL: No pooled table support
            Currency conversion: New Functions in Retail
            Pricing: New Functions in Retail
            Changing the Default Currency to Euro
            European Economic and Currency Union (EECU) in HR
            Currency change for condition records
            EURO: Declaration Currency for Declarations to the
            Currency change for customers
            Additional functions for Changing Currencies in Sa
      Document Management System
         Logistics Basic Data: New Functions for Structure
         Document Management: Additional Information for Ob
         Document Management: Archiving
      Classification System
         Characteristics
            Characteristics Maintenance: New Functions
         Classification
            Classification: Missing Deletion Records in Table
         Object Selection
            Finding Objects: New Functions
      CAD Integration
         CAD interface
      Business Framework Architecture
         Human Resources as a distributed SAP component
         ALE Integration Technology
            <zh>Release Notes for ALE Scenarios and Technology
         BAPI Interface Technology
            Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs
         Web Basis
            R/3 Internet Application Components and Web Techno
            Enhanced functionality in the integrated inbox for
      General Application Functions
         Business Application Support
            Holiday Calendar, Factory Calendar, Appointment Ca
               Extensions to the appointments diary
         Data Transfer Workbench
            Production Planning and Control: Adopt Data
            Data transfer: Direct Input Procedures for Sales D
         Address Management
            Central address management for Release 4.0
         Help Functions
            Info Object Viewer
      Documentation and Translation Tools
         Info Workbench
            Info Object Viewer
            Information Workbench
      Intermediate Document Interface/EDI
         IDoc Processing and Interface Maintenance
            Communication with older releases or subsystems
            Database conversions when switching to 4.0 structu
         IDoc Definition Tools
            Communication with older releases or subsystems
      Computer Aided Test Tool
         CATT Tool
            Not available in this language
            Not available in this language
            Not available in this language
            Not available in this language
      Time Sheet
         Cross-Application Time Recording
   Financial Accounting
      Enhancements to Clearing Open Items
      Enhancements to Credit Management(FI)
      EURO Conversion: Exchange Rate Setting and Legal C
      Extended Withholding Tax
      BAPIs in accounting
      General Ledger Accounting
         Programs for Displaying Change Documents: Display
         Attached Payment Media
         Various Minor Enhancements
         FI Library: Changed Structure
         Financial Accounting
         Minor Enhancements in Line Item Display
         New in FI ABAP Queries
         Document Texts in Recurring Entries and Posting wi
         Transfer of trading partner assignments during cro
         Transaction-related negative adjustment
         Basic Functions
            FI Document Archiving: New Features
            Open Interfaces in Financial Accounting (Open FI)
            Planning
               Planning data integration with Controlling
            Closing Operations
               Display Authorization for Document Type and Busine
               Distribution of tax for cross-company code transac
               Translation of local currency amounts into another
               Advance Return for Tax on Sales/Purchases in Portu
               Enhancements for additional evaluation areas in FI
               New Functions for Balance Sheet Preparation Progra
         Preparation for Consolidation
            Financial Accounting: Preparation for Consolidatio
         Information System
            release note
            Drilldown Reports for FI-SL Tables
      Consolidation
         Transfer of trading partner assignments during cro
         Structural Changes in the IMG for Consolidation (F
         FI-LC: New Features as of Release 4.0A
         Information System
            Reports
               Report Writer / Report Painter
                  release note
      Accounts Payable
         Programs for Displaying Change Documents: Display
         Attached Payment Media
         Various Minor Enhancements
         FI Library: Changed Structure
         Financial Accounting
         Payment Advice Notes for Incoming Payments with Co
         Changes to Automatic Correspondence
         Minor Enhancements in Line Item Display
         New in FI ABAP Queries
         Document Texts in Recurring Entries and Posting wi
         Enhancements in Reporting
         Withholding tax reporting for Belgium using forms
         Withholding tax report 210A with DME for Spain.
         Withholding tax report "Déclarations Honoraires" f
         Basic Functions
            Display Authorization for Document Type and Busine
            Distribution of tax for cross-company code transac
            FI Document Archiving: New Features
            Open Interfaces in Financial Accounting (Open FI)
            Master Data
               Distribution of Customer/Vendor Data: Internal Num
               Archiving Customer and Vendor Master Data: New Fea
               True Reversal and Negative Postings
            Preliminary Posting
               New field </>
            Invoices and Credit Memos
               New field </>
            Bills of Exchange
               Enhancements in Bill of Exchange Processing
            Payment Transactions
               New features of check management
               Instructions in payment transactions
               New formats in payment transactions
               Payment orders
               Changes to automatic payment transactions
               New field </>
            Dunning
               Changes to dunning in 4.0
      Accounts Receivable
         Programs for Displaying Change Documents: Display
         Attached Payment Media
         Various Minor Enhancements
         FI Library: Changed Structure
         Financial Accounting
         Payment Advice Notes for Incoming Payments with Co
         Changes to Automatic Correspondence
         Minor Enhancements in Line Item Display
         Supporting Processing of Payment Cards in Accounti
         New in FI ABAP Queries
         Document Texts in Recurring Entries and Posting wi
         Enhancements in Reporting
         Combining documents using a payment reference numb
         Basic Functions
            Display Authorization for Document Type and Busine
            Distribution of tax for cross-company code transac
            FI Document Archiving: New Features
            Open Interfaces in Financial Accounting (Open FI)
            Master Data
               Distribution of Customer/Vendor Data: Internal Num
               Archiving Customer and Vendor Master Data: New Fea
               True Reversal and Negative Postings
            Invoices and Credit Memos
               New field </>
            Manual Payments
               New field </>
            Bills of Exchange
               Enhancements in Bill of Exchange Processing
            Payment Transactions
               New features of check management
               Instructions in payment transactions
               New formats in payment transactions
               Payment orders
               Changes to automatic payment transactions
            Dunning
               Changes to dunning in 4.0
         Credit Management
            Risk management for receivables
            Credit management in distributed systems
      Bank Accounting
         Financial Accounting
         Payment requests and payment program
         Enhancements to Inbound Processing in Cash Managem
         Cash Balance Management
            Check Management
               Check Deposit
                  Changes to Manual Bank Statement/Check Deposit Tra
         Payment Transactions
            Bank Statement
               Manual Bank Statement
                  Changes to Manual Bank Statement/Check Deposit Tra
               Electronic Bank Statement
                  Enhancements and Changes in Electronic Banking
                  RFEBKATX: An Implementation Tool for the Electroni
                  RFEBKA00: TITO Format (Finland)
      Asset Accounting
         Simplified Implementation Guide
         Basic Functions
            Asset Maintenance
               Mass Changes and Mass Retirements Without Workflow
               Creating Multiple Similar Assets
               Allocation of user-specified numbers on creation o
            Transactions
               Rules for Determining the Default Asset Value Date
               Intercompany Asset Transfer
         Specific Valuations
            Investment Support
               Time-Dependent Percentage Rates for Investment Sup
         Information System
            Translation methods in the value display
            Changes in the Information System
      Special Purpose Ledger
         New Archiving Object 'FI_SL_DATA' for FI-SL
         Archive reporting for user-defined ledgers (FI-SL)
         EURO and FI-SL: No pooled table support
         release note
         Archiving MM follow-up posting data (tables ACCTHD
         Basic Functions
            Conversion of FI-SL Pool Tables to Transparent Tab
            Financial Accounting: Special Purpose Ledger /> <D
            Master Data
               Changes to Customizing settings
               New activities in FI-SL for 4.0A
               Integrated Master Data
                  Automatic Master Data Validation Using Value Table
            Direct Data Entry
               Company Code Authorization in FI-SL Direct Posting
               Target ledgers with direct data entry (GB01/GB11)
            Planning
               User exit in FI-SL planning (SAP enhancement)
            Rollup
               Condition replaced by a rule in rollup substitutio
            Currency Translation
               Ledger-dependent currency translation
            Data Transfer
               Follow-up posting of planning data
               Target ledgers with direct data entry (GB01/GB11)
            Integration Interface
               Line item summary with ledger update
         Validation, Substitution and Rules
            release note
            Validation
               Introduction of the Formula Builder
            Substitution
               Introduction of the Formula Builder
            Rules
               Introduction of the Formula Builder
         Information System
            Drilldown Reports for FI-SL Tables
            Report Writer
            report maintenance
            report execution
            ->
            Changes to Report Writer in 4.0
            Changes to Report Writer in 4.0
      Funds Management
         Financial Accounting: Funds Management
         Structural Changes in the SAP Reference IMG Enterp
         Funds Management under Financial Accounting in the
         Change Message Control
         Basic Data
            Commitment Item Groups
         Budgeting
            Budget Texts
            Periodic Budget Display
            Change in Programs: Reconstructing Distrib.Vals/To
         Postings
            New Funds Reservation Functions
         Actual Update and Commitment Update
            Integration with Plant Maintenance
            Integration with Sales and Distribution
            Allocating FM Account Assignments to a Profit Cent
         Availability Control
            Choice as to How Availability Control Works
         Closing Operations
            Changes to the Budget Carryforward as part of Year
            Reversing the Carryforward of Open Commitment Docu
            Change Documents for Carryforward Rules
         Information System
            New Features in the Information System
      Travel Management
         Change in data structures; cluster TS replacement
         New fields in view "Default Values Dialog" (table
         Delete employee trips
         Revision of menu structure
         Control record period read changed in Travel Manag
         Travel Management for Denmark
         Transfer of trip accounting results to payroll acc
         Default values and maximum rates for expense types
         Travel Management for Spain
         Introduction of the EURO
         New methods for business object EmployeeTrip (Bus2
         Alphanumeric trip provision variant
         New customizing tables for trip expense types
         Travel Management for France
         Usage of expense types in dialog
         Service provider
         Dialog box when leaving trip
         Workflow for approval procedure
         Period statistics enhancements in Travel Managemen
         Complete retroactive accounting ability for miles/
         Revision of application toolbar for coding block
         Matchcode ID P Vendor search via personnel number
         Posting trip costs shares possible without CO rece
         Double scrolling through trip corrections
         Display trip corrections
         Change in simulation of trip from entry transactio
         Suppression of empty screen lines
   Treasury
      Funds Management under Financial Accounting in the
      Cash Management
         Inclusion of cash flows in Value at Risk evaluatio
         Basic Functions
            Input
               Additional Bank Statement Formats
            Information System
               Not available in this language
               release note
               Not available in this language
      Cash Budget Management
         Structural Changes in the Cash Budget Management I
         Access to Cash Budget Management Changed
         Posting
            Integration of Purchase Requisitions
         Information System
            release note
            Treasury: Information System
      Treasury Management
         Payment requests and payment program
         Treasury: Treasury Management
         New exchange rate table for securities and loans a
         Transaction Management
            References between Treasury transactions
            Correspondence
               Optical archive for correspondence - MM/FX/DE
               Master language for correspondence - MM/FX/DE
         Position Management
            Corporate actions
            Securities account overview
            Deleting class master data
            Securities management: New fields in order managem
            Securities management: Collective processing (orde
         Treasury Accounting
            Overview of partner's payment details
            New posting interface
            Posting
               Manual Posting
                  Securities management: Reverse posting
            Payment
               Payment schedule - MM/FX/DE
               Payment Request
                  Securities: Payment requests
            Period End Closing
               Securities management: Period-end closing
            Valuation
               Key-Date Valuation
                  Securities: Key date valuation - reversal, stock e
               Realized Gains/Losses
                  Securities management: Price gain determination an
            Posting Evaluations
               Securities: New posting journal
         Basic Data
            Master Data
               Business Partners
                  New features and evaluations for standing instruct
         Information System
            Not available in this language
            Not available in this language
            Payment schedule - MM/FX/DE
            Securities management: Reporting
      Loans
         Transaction Management
            Dunning functions enhanced in loans management
            Basic data IV in loans master data
            Payment requests for order management in loans
            Correspondence
               New sample letters for text processing in loans
         Portfolio
            Correspondence function available in additional tr
            Alternative effective interest method within condi
         Loans Accounting
            Prepare Debit Position
               Dunning functions enhanced in loans management
            Posting Evaluations
               New functions for account statements via contract
         Information System
            Not available in this language
            Not available in this language
      Risk Management
         New interpretation of term 'scenario'
         Money market linked to P/L evaluation
         Making yield curve changes in scenarios using grap
         Inclusion of cash flows in Value at Risk evaluatio
         Information System
            Not available in this language
            Not available in this language
            Value-at-Risk
               Inclusion of cash flows in Value at Risk evaluatio
         Market Data
            Calculation and display of average yield curves
            'Cubic spline interpolation' for yield curve types
            New read procedure 'Read back directly' for intere
            Interest calculation method currency-independent
            Replacement of 'MCM tables' with 'Interest rate ta
            Scenarios
               New interpretation of term 'scenario'
   Controlling
      Order Processing with CO Account Assignments from
      Changes for postings transferred from Financial Ac
      Archiving CO line items (archiving object CO_ITEM)
      BAPIs in accounting
      Overhead Cost Controlling
         New Developments and Features in Overhead Cost Con
         Cross-Application Time Recording
         BAPIs for manual actual posting in Controlling
          New authorization concept in CO-OM
         Controlling: Overhead Cost Controlling
         release notes for CO groups
         Improvements in Use of Groups and Hierarchies
         customer enhancements for the master data fields
         List display, collective processing, and deleting
         Transfer prices in Overhead Cost Controlling
         Enhancements for Overhead Customizing
         New features for overhead costing
         Summary and Line Item Reports from Archiving
         Cost Element Accounting
            Reconciliation Financial Accounting / Controlling
               Cost Flow Report in the Reconciliation Ledger
               New Field "Reconciliation Account" in Line Items
               Archiving Functions
               Reconciliation Between CO and FI
               Enhanced Account Determination
         Activity Types
            Predistribution of Fixed Costs
            New Variance Category: Output Quantity Variance
            Activity Price Calculation
            Reposting Direct Internal Activity Allocation
            Changes in Posting of Fixed Portions
         Cost Center Accounting
            Cost Center Planning
               Activity Price Calculation
               Planning in CO: More Than One Planning Layout in t
               Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning Without
               Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
               Copy Planning: Enhancements
               Copy Actual to Plan
               Plan Revaluation
               Parameter RPLAN Not Supported in Plan Data Interfa
            Period-End Closing
               Predistribution of Fixed Costs
               Activity Price Calculation
               Allocation
               Segment Corrections
         Activity-Based Costing
            Authorization Checks for Business Processes
            Activity Based Costing with the Process Template
            Structured Business Processes
            Allocation Methods for Business Processes
            Predistribution of Fixed Costs
            New Variance Category: Output Quantity Variance
            Activity Price Calculation
            Allocation
            Segment Corrections
            Process Costs: Plan Postings
               Transfer of SOP for Business Processes from Produc
               Planning in CO: More Than One Planning Layout in t
               Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
         Overhead Orders
            Master Data
               User Interface for Order Master Data
               Printing Internal Orders: Connection to SapScript
               Enhancements to the Order Master With User-Defined
               Changes Through Enhancements to Internal Orders
               Message Type Changeable Through Customizing.
               Name change: "Cost center posted as actual", "Proc
               Order selection by capital investment program posi
               General status management has been enhanced
            Order Planning
               Non-planning integrated orders and projects in loc
               Changes in Posting of Fixed Portions
               Manual Order Planning
                  New Functions in Unit Costing
                  Single-Plant Valuation Variants
                  Planning in CO: More Than One Planning Layout in t
                  Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning Without
                  Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
                  Changes Through Enhancements to Internal Orders
               Order Settlement
                  Changes to the Settlement Rule
            Order Budgeting
               Displaying budget documents for orders.
               Budgeting can be entered in several currencies
               Changes Through Enhancements to Internal Orders
            Commitments and Funds Commitments
               Document Types and Negative Values in Funds Reserv
            Periodic Order Closing
               Interest Calculation
                  Interest Calculation for Orders Not Referencing Pr
               Order Settlement
                  Changes to the Settlement Rule
                  New Settlement Functions
                  Revaluation of Measures Using Actual Activity Pric
         Overhead Projects
            Non-planning integrated orders and projects in loc
            Project Cost Planning
               Planning in CO: More Than One Planning Layout in t
               Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning Without
               Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
               Changes in Posting of Fixed Portions
            Project Budgeting
               Budgeting can be entered in several currencies
            Periodic Project Closing
               Project Settlement
                  Changes to the Settlement Rule
                  New Settlement Functions
                  Revaluation of Measures Using Actual Activity Pric
         Information System
            Line Item Reports
            New Authorization Checks in the Information System
            Report currencies for Report Writer/Report Painter
            ->
            New Reporting Table for Report Writer/Report Paint
            User settings for executing reports
            Transfer Prices/Parallel Valuation in the Informat
      Product Cost Controlling
         restructuring in CO-PC
         Enhancements for Overhead Customizing
         New features for overhead costing
         Product Cost Planning
            Process Costs in Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC)
            BAPIs in Product Cost Planning
            Enhancements to Costing with Quantity Structure
            Date Control on a Costing Variant Level
            Controlling: Product Cost Planning
            Marking and Releasing Mass Data
            Primary Cost Component Split
            Reference Costing
            Single-Plant Valuation Variants
            Planning in CO: More Than One Planning Layout in t
            Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning Without
            Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
            Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure
               Additive Cost Estimate Using Unit Costing
               Group Costing for Materials
               Costing Versions for Material Cost Estimates
               New Costing Run Functions
               Cost Component Structures can be Time-Dependent
               Costing Co-Products
               Controlling: Product Cost Planning
            Cost Estimate Without Quantity Structure
               Group Costing for Materials
               Costing Versions for Material Cost Estimates
               Cost Component Structures can be Time-Dependent
               Controlling: Product Cost Planning
               New Functions in Unit Costing
            Reference and Simulation Costing
               Controlling: Product Cost Planning
               New Functions in Unit Costing
            Price Update
               New Costing Run Functions
               Controlling: Product Cost Planning
               'Allowing Release' No Longer Available
         Cost Object Controlling
            Controlling: Cost Object Controlling
            Revaluation of Activities at Actual Activity Price
            Single-Plant Valuation Variants
            Changes to the Settlement Rule
            Product Cost by Period
               Valuated Sales Order Inventory
               Explanation Facility for Scrap
               Revaluation of Activities at Actual Activity Price
               Calculation of Variances on the Basis of Modified
               Process Costs in Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC)
               Explanation Facility for Work in Process
               Scheduled Costing of Activities in Networks
               Cost Collector Strategy in Dependency on the Repet
               Production Cost Collectors for Sales Order Materia
               Valuation Variant for Work in Process and Scrap
               Cross-Application Time Recording
            Product Cost by Order
               Valuated Sales Order Inventory
               Explanation Facility for Scrap
               Revaluation of Activities at Actual Activity Price
               Calculation of Variances on the Basis of Modified
               WIP Calculation and Results Analysis in Multiple V
               Process Costs in Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC)
               Explanation Facility for Work in Process
               Scheduled Costing of Activities in Networks
               Valuation Variant for Work in Process and Scrap
               New Functions in Unit Costing
               Cross-Application Time Recording
            Product Cost by Sales Order
               Valuated Sales Order Inventory
               Revaluation of Activities at Actual Activity Price
               WIP Calculation and Results Analysis in Multiple V
               Process Costs in Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC)
               Automatic Costing of Sales Document Items
               Transferring Cost Component Splits in Sales Order
               Update of Actual Costs to Sales Order Items
               Control of Costing of Sales Document Items
               Information on Commitments for Sales Document Item
               Vereinfachtes Customizing
               Postprocessing in Product Costing with Unit Costin
               Production Cost Collectors for Sales Order Materia
               New Functions in Unit Costing
               Cross-Application Time Recording
            Costs for Intangible Goods and Services
               Revaluation of Activities at Actual Activity Price
               Process Costs in Product Cost Controlling (CO-PC)
               New Functions in Unit Costing
               Cross-Application Time Recording
         Actual Costing/Material Ledger
            Controlling: Actual Costing/Material Ledger
            Customizing for Material Ledger
            Actual Costing/Material Ledger
            Conversion of Material Ledger data upon upgrade
         Product Cost Controlling Information System
            Documentation for the CO-PC Information System
            Controlling: Product Cost Controlling Information
            Report Trees
            Line Item Reports
            Product Cost Planning Information System
               Displaying scrap in the Costing Results
            Product Cost by Period Information System
               Product Drilldowns
            Product Cost by Order Information System
               Product Drilldowns
      Profitability Analysis
         New features in Customizing for Profitability Anal
         New features in derivation of characteristic value
         Defining an operating concern
         Data update in two currencies
         Terminology changes in Profitability Analysis
         Master Data
            Realignments
            Valuation
               New functions in valuation using product costing
         Sales and Profit Planning
            Planning using ratios in manual planning and autom
            Plan structures remodeled
            Manual Planning
               New features in manual planning
            Automatic Planning
               New functions in automatic planning
               Plan structure check redesigned
            Integrated Planning
               New interface for data transfers between LIS and C
               Changes and enhancements to assessment to CO-PA in
         Flows of Actual Values
            Transfer of Incoming Sales Orders
               Enhancements for transferring incoming sales order
            Transfer of Overhead
               Changes and enhancements to assessment to CO-PA in
            Periodic Adjustments
               Actual top-down distribution
            Transfer of Sales Agreements
               Transferring budget allotments from Sales and Dist
         Information System
            release note
         Tools
            summarization levels in account-based Profitabilit
   Investment Management
      Capital Investments
         Appropriation Requests
            Appropriation Requests
         Capital Investment Programs
            Maintenance Orders in Investment Management
            Multiple Assignment of Investment Measures
            Program Cost Planning
               Planning Versions
                  Planning Versions for Investment Programs
            Program Budgeting
               Distribution of Annual Values from Investment Prog
         Investment Orders
            Settlement by Amount for Investment Measures with
            Master Data
               Changes Through Enhancements to Internal Orders
            Order Planning
               Manual Order Planning
                  Changes Through Enhancements to Internal Orders
            Order Budgeting
               Changes Through Enhancements to Internal Orders
            Periodic Order Closing
               Settlement of Investment Measures to a Different C
               Creating Assets as Settlement Receivers
               Interest Calculation for Orders Not Referencing Pr
               Order Settlement
                  Changes to the Settlement Rule
         Projects as Investment Measures
            Settlement by Amount for Investment Measures with
            Master Data
               WBS Maintenance
                  Changes to the Settlement Rule
            Periodic Project Closing
               Settlement of Investment Measures to a Different C
               Creating Assets as Settlement Receivers
               Project Settlement
                  Changes to the Settlement Rule
         Information System
            Line Item Reports
            Saved Data for Drilldown Reports Are Lost
            Investment Program Summarization
               IM Informations System with Summarization
            Capitalized Assets
               Depreciation Simulation with Transactions from the
   Enterprise Controlling
      Profit Center Accounting
          New authorization concept in CO-OM
         Changes for postings transferred from Financial Ac
         New authorizatoin concept for Release 4.0
         Enterprise Controlling: Profit Center Controlling
         Transfer prices
         Basic Functions
            Assigning real estate objects and business process
            New key fields "Object class"
            Representative materials
         Account-Based Profit Center Accounting
            Planning
               Planning in EC-PCA using the "Planning Processor"
            Actual Postings
               Direct assignment of down payments to profit cente
               Realtime transfer of balance sheet accounts
               Finding a default profit center for additional bal
      Consolidation
         Information System
            release note
      Executive Information System
         Enterprise Controlling: Executive Information Syst
         Databasis
            New features in the generation of aspects
            Release conversion 3.x -> 4.0
            Transactions for the maintenance of characteristic
            New features in the EIS data entry
         Data Collection
            Changes to the EIS data collection
            Changes in the data transfer
         Planning
            Basic functions of Planning in EIS
         Interactive Drilldown Reporting
            release note
         Report Portfolio
            release note
         Extras
            Archiving in EC-EIS
            Transfer prices
            Processing of transaction data
   Real Estate Management
      IS-RE module as part of 4.0A standard delivery
      Correspondence
         Real Estate: 4.0A Correspondence
      Real Estate Controlling
         Real Estate: 4.0A Controlling
         CO Settlement
            Changes to the Settlement Rule
            New Settlement Functions
            Revaluation of Measures Using Actual Activity Pric
   Logistics - General
      ATP Server, Logistics Planning, LIS and SCPI
      New APIs for Logistics
      Retail: Features specific to Retail
      Purchase order: New functions in the retail sector
      Stock Determination
      Logistics Basic Data: New Functions for Structure
      Logistics Basic Data
         Material Master
            Structured Material: New Functions in Retail
            Functional Differences Between the Industry / Reta
            Retail: New Functions in the Material Master for R
            Industry Material Master: Enhancements to ALE Dist
            Industry Material Master: Direct Input Error Data
            Industry Material Master: New Selection Screen for
            Materials Management
            Industry: Internal Number Assignment Before Materi
            Industry and Retail Material Master: Enhanced Sear
            Industry: Enhancements to Interfaces Due to Extend
            Industry Material Master: Customer Exits for Mater
            Industry: Enhancement for Editing the Display of M
            Industry and Retail: New Checks for the Use of Ref
            Industry: Archiving - Preparation No Longer a Sepa
            Industry: Displaying Archives for Materials and Sp
            Industry Material Master: Period Initialization
            Industry Material Master: Material Status / Sales
            Industry and Retail: Step Loop Screens Switched to
            Industry and Retail: Alternative User Interface wi
            Industry and Retail: Configuring the Customized Ma
            Industry: User Setting for Industry Sector Now in
            Manufacturer Part Number (MPN)
         Business Partners
            Customer Master
               Partners for one-time customers can now be copied
               Currency change for customers
            Vendor Master
               Vendor Master: New Functions in Retail
         Bills of Material
            Engineering Change Management: Release Procedure f
            Bills of Material: History Requirement
            Production Planning and Control: Bills of Material
            BOMs: changed functions
            Bills of Material: Item Groups and Item Variants
         Serial Numbers
            Material Serial Number as a Reference Object in Se
            Refurbishment of Materials Using PM Orders
            Tab Page Technique for Equipment and Serial Number
            Serial Numbers in Production and Refurbishment Ord
            Serial Numbers: Automatic Assignment
            Serial Numbers in Inventory Management
            Serial Numbers: Configuration
            Serial Numbers: Transfer of Partner Data into the
            Serial Numbers: Customer Exits
         Product Catalog
            Product Catalog: New Functions in Retail
         Plant Master
            Currency conversion: New Functions in Retail
            Vendor Master: New Functions in Retail
            Plant Master: New Functions in Retail
         Material Groups
            Material Group: New Functions in Retail
         Assortment
            Assortment List: New Functions in Retail
            Assortment: New Functions in Retail
         Retail Pricing
            Currency conversion: New Functions in Retail
            Pricing: New Functions in Retail
         Promotion
            Currency conversion: New Functions in Retail
            Promotion: New Functions in Retail
         Season
            Currency conversion: New Functions in Retail
            Season: New Functions in Retail
      Batches
         Logistics - General: Batch Management
         Batch Determination
            Logistics - General: Batch Management
         Active Ingredient Management
            Logistics - General: Batch Management
            Active Ingredient Management
      Environment Management
         Product Safety
            Renaming and functionality in the R/3 component En
            Environment Management
         Dangerous Goods Management
            Using the </> component
      Variant Configuration
         Variant Configuration: New Functions
         Variant Configuration: Exploding the BOM in the Sa
         Variant Configuration: Create Task List from Confi
         Purchasing: Price Determination for Configured Mat
         Activity for variant pricing
      Engineering Change Management
         Logistic Applications
         Production Planning and Control: Change Management
         Engineering Change Management: Archiving
         Engineering Change Management: Release Procedure f
         Logistics Basic Data: New Functions for Structure
         Production Planning and Control: Change Management
         Bills of Material: History Requirement
      Logistics Information System (LIS)
         LIS - Purchasing Information System: New Event ML
         LIS - Purchasing Information System: New Communica
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
         Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
         LIS: New Application
         RIS: New Functions in Retail
         Sales Support Interface to the Sales Information S
         Reporting
            Fusing characteristics
         Planning
            Flexible Planning: Characteristics Planning Inform
            Flexible Planning: Interface with Profitability An
            Flexible Planning: Synchronized Transfer of Data t
            Flexible Planning: Drilling Down in Consistent Pla
            Flexible Planning: Extended Selection Screen for P
            Flexible Planning: Saving Key Figures with Fixed V
            Flexible Planning: New Forecasting Functions
            Product allocation: Macro-operations in flexible p
            Flexible Planning: Change to Logic of Macro Calcul
            Flexible Planning: New and Changed Functions in Ma
            Flexible Planning: Available Materials in Resource
            Flexible Planning: Improving Performance
            Flexible Planning: Determining Plants for Transfer
            Flexible Planning: Flexible Planning Periods
            Flexible Planning: Excluding Objects from the Plan
            Flexible Planning: Variable Base Quantity in Rough
            Flexible Planning: Annotations Icons for Long Text
         Data Collection
            LIS - Sales Information System: New Update Groups
            LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
      Supply Chain Planning Interfaces (SCPI)
         Logistics - General: Supply Chain Planning Interfa
      Additionals Management
         Additionals: New Functions in Retail
      Retail Information System (RIS)
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
         Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
         LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
         Functional Differences Between the Industry / Reta
         Retail: New Functions in the Material Master for R
         Industry and Retail Material Master: Enhanced Sear
         Industry and Retail: New Checks for the Use of Ref
         Industry and Retail: Step Loop Screens Switched to
         Industry and Retail: Alternative User Interface wi
         Industry and Retail: Configuring the Customized Ma
   Sales and Distribution
      ATP Server, Logistics Planning, LIS and SCPI
      Serial Numbers: Automatic Assignment
      Serial Numbers: Transfer of Partner Data into the
      Partners for one-time customers can now be copied
      Delivery group correlations in bills of material
      Sales and Distribution
      Master Data
         Material Maintenance
            Item Proposal
               Renaming of product proposal to item proposal
         Conditions
            Transferring budget allotments from Sales and Dist
            Currency change for condition records
         Agreements
            Transferring budget allotments from Sales and Dist
            Customer-Material Information
               Not available in this language
      Basic Functions
         Free Goods
            Free goods
         Pricing and Conditions
            Not available in this language
            Activity for variant pricing
         Availability Check
            Product allocation: Macro-operations in flexible p
            ATP: New Features in Availability Checking
         Credit Management
            New functions for automatic credit control
            Enhancements for deriving the credit control area
            Risk management for receivables
            Credit management in distributed systems
         Output Determination
            Delivery Interface
            Output Selection
            Changes to the Goods Receipt/Issue Slip and Shippi
         Taxes
            Tax determination and chain transactions
            Plants abroad: Sales-specific settings
      Sales
         Automatic Costing of Sales Document Items
         Single-Plant Valuation Variants
         Information on commodity code
         Plant Master: New Functions in Retail
         Replenishment: New functions in Retail
         Using the ABAP List Viewer to Create Lists in Sale
         Deriving sales area from sold-to/ship-to party
         Data transfer: Direct Input Procedures for Sales D
         Reference to quotations and contracts
         New User Interface for Sales Documents
         Delivery times in contracts - Commitment date in s
         Delivery group correlations in bills of material
         Status Overview in Sales Documents
         Creating sales documents via ship-to party
         Store Order: New Functions in Retail
         Customer Inquiries / Quotations
            Account determination in quotations
         Outline Agreements (Customer)
            Customer Contracts
               Contract Grouping
               Authorized Partners for Release Orders
               Value contract
               Refer to contract in sales order
            Customer Scheduling Agreement
               Delivery Order Processing
               Planning Delivery Schedule Processing
         Sales Orders
            Changes to the Settlement Rule
            Changes to the Project Account Assignment in Sales
            Changes to the Sales Order Update
            Assembly Processing with Networks/Projects
            Down payments for sales orders
            Optimizing order quantity in the sales order
            Purchase order data enhancement in order processin
            Enhancement to sales order entry on the Internet
            Additional functions for Changing Currencies in Sa
            Refer to contract in sales order
            Sales Orders: New Functions in Retail
         Complaints
            Invoice correction request
      Shipping
         Using the ABAP List Viewer to Create Lists in Sale
         Effects of the Central Address File on Delivery Ou
         New Organizational Structures in the Warehouse
         Changes to the Goods Receipt/Issue Slip and Shippi
         Prices in the Stock Transport Order
         Warehouse Management System
         Basic Functions
            Enhancements in the Route Definition
         Delivery Processing
            Delivery from the Project System
            Change Documents - Delivery
            Controlling System Messages in Delivery Processing
            Incompletion Log in the Delivery
         Picking
            Picking Waves
         Packing
            New Functions in Packing
            Automatic Packing Proposal
         Goods Issue
            Cancelling Goods Issue for Delivery
         Decentralized Shipping
            Delivery Interface
            Load Weight Specifications in Delivery
      Transportation
         Changes to the Goods Receipt/Issue Slip and Shippi
         Transportation Planning and Processing
            Enhancements in the Route Definition
            Enhancements in shipping activities
         Freight Processing
            Shipment cost processing
      Foreign Trade
         Basic Functions
            A.E.S. Automated Export System - United States of
            Conversion of data relevant to foreign trade
            Data service: Commodity code / Import code number
            Information on commodity code
            Information on import code number
            Consistency check: Vendor master: General foreign
         Legal Control
            Legal control: Change documents in the license mas
            Legal control: Several countries of destination in
            Legal control: Several partner functions in the li
            Legal control: Texts in the license master
            Legal control: License master for the affiliated c
            Consistency report: Customer master: Export contro
         Preference Handling
            Consistency check: Material master: Preference rel
         Declarations to Authorities
            Declarations to the authorities - Declaration excl
            Declarations to the authories - incompletion log a
            Declarations to the authorities - country specific
            Declarations to the authorities - SD dispatch - In
            Declarations to the authorities - SD - Exclusion o
            Declarations to the authorities - processing datas
            Declarations to the authorities - summarize
            Declarations to the authorities - Process dataset
            SD/MM - Declarations to the authorities in the EU
            EURO: Declaration Currency for Declarations to the
         Communications/Printing
            A.E.S. Automated Export System - United States of
            Extended IDoc - Intermediate Document - for foreig
            Communication - printing export documents - certif
            Import simulation
            Information on commodity code
            Information on import code number
         Documentary Payment Guarantee
            Documentary payments - letter of credit processing
            Consistency report: Customer master: Documentary p
         Import Processing
            Import simulation
      Billing
         Using the ABAP List Viewer to Create Lists in Sale
         Determining the document type for FI via the billi
         Transfer of costs from sub-items to main item.
         Cash account determination using condition techniq
         Combining documents using a payment reference numb
         Determining reconciliation account using the condi
         Transaction-related negative adjustment
         Set value date for credit memos
         Customer number in the interface to Financial Acco
         Processing Billing Documents
            A.E.S. Automated Export System - United States of
            Declarations to the authorities - summarize
            Display billing document from archive
            Payment Cards
               Payment Card Processing
            Billing Plan
               Rate in the billing plan
            Down Payments
               Down payments for sales orders
            Intercompany Billing
               Prices in the Stock Transport Order
         Rebate Processing
            Updating rebate-relevant data for release 4.0
            Partial settlement for several rebate agreements
      Sales Support
         Change Documents in Sales Support
         Crossmatching Sales Activities and Sales Promotion
         Searching for Address Selection Reports and Report
         Converting INDX Entries
         Enhancements to Sales Summary
         Sales Support Interface to the Sales Information S
         Enhancement of List Functionality in Sales Support
         Sales Promotions
            Address List Management
            Enhancements to Sales Support Documents
         Sales Activities
            Enhancements to Sales Support Documents
      Information System
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
         Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
         LIS: New Application
         Data Collection
            LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
      Electronic Data Interchange
         New functions in sales
         Delivery Interface
         Inbound Message Processing
            Load Weight Specifications in Delivery
      POS Interface
         POS Interface - Outbound: New Functions in Retail
         POS Interface - Inbound: New Functions in Retail
   Materials Management
      Controlling: Actual Costing/Material Ledger
      Customizing for Material Ledger
      Actual Costing/Material Ledger
      Conversion of Material Ledger data upon upgrade
      Changes for postings transferred from Financial Ac
      Empties processing: New functions in Retail
      Customizing for Materials Management - General set
      Archiving MM follow-up posting data (tables ACCTHD
      Consumption-Based Planning
         Replenishment: New functions in Retail
         Material Requirements Planning for Structured Mate
         Defining the Docuement Type for Purchase Requisiti
         Changes in the MRP and stock/requirements lists
         Consumption-based planning: Changes in IMG structu
         Enhancements to Reorder Point MRP with External Re
         Replenishment up to Maximum Stock Level: New Calcu
         New variant for calculation of days' supply
         Special procurement keys (revised functions)
         Processing Planned Orders (see PP-MRP)
            New Functions in the Collective Display for Planne
            Converting Planned Orders into Purchase Requisitio
      Purchasing
         Information on import code number
         Order Processing with CO Account Assignments from
         Purchasing: New Customer Exits
         Changes to Structure of Purchasing IMG
         ALE: Transmission of Release Documentation in Dist
         Changes in Customizing for Purchasing
         New User Interface in Purchasing
         Change in the Account Assignment Category
         Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs
         Changing the Default Currency to Euro
         Manufacturer Part Number (MPN)
         Procurement Process in the Intranet
         Enhancements in Partner Determination
         Purchasing: New SAP Transactions
         Basic Functions
            Addresses in Purchasing Linked to the Central SAP
            Intra-European Import and Export
               Intrastat Declaration: Enhancements Enhancements t
               Plants In Foreign Countries
               EURO: Declaration Currency for Declarations to the
            Confirmation Control/Shipping Notification
               Receipt of Confirmations (Acknowledgments etc.) vi
               Enhancements to Shipping Notification
               Delivery Interface
            Release (Approval)
               Release of Requisitions
                  Price in the Purchase Requisition as Optional Entr
                  Purchasing: Overall Release of Purchase Requisitio
                  Release of Requisitions and Purchase Orders in the
               Release of Purchase Orders
                  Release of Requisitions and Purchase Orders in the
         Vendor-Material Relationships and Conditions
            User Exit in the Case of Price Determination for S
            Changing the Default Currency to Euro
            Purchasing: Price Determination for Configured Mat
            Info Record
               Dynamic Price Determination in Info Records and Ou
            Subsequent Settlement
               Currency conversion: New Functions in Retail
               Subsequent (End-of-Period Rebate) Settlement: New
            Conditions
               Conditions: New functions in Retail
               Purchasing: Change in Values for Subtotal
               Conditions: Changes in Standard System Supplied
               Dynamic Price Determination in Info Records and Ou
         Sources of Supply
            Source Determination: New Enhancement
            Source List
               New Program Name for Source List in the Case of Ba
         RFQ/Quotation
            Conditions: Changes in Standard System Supplied
            Object Services for Purchase Requisitions and Exte
            Dynamic Price Determination in Info Records and Ou
         Outline Purchase Agreements with Vendors
            Entry Aids for Items Without a Material Master Rec
            Enhancements to Shipping Notification
            Scheduling Agreement with Release Documentation (L
            Scheduling Agreement with Link to Centrally Agreed
            New G/L Account Determination in the Case of "Repe
            Object Services for Purchase Requisitions and Exte
            Dynamic Price Determination in Info Records and Ou
            List Displays: Enhancements
            Contract
               Object Services for Purchase Requisitions and Exte
               New Output Field in List Displays for Contracts
               Purchasing: Shared Lock for Contract Release Order
            Scheduling Agreement
               Purchasing: Cumulative Quantities in Scheduling Ag
               JIT Delivery Schedules (Issued Against Scheduling
               New Print Program for Scheduling Agreement Release
               Administration of Scheduling Agreements
               Conditions: Changes in Standard System Supplied
               Object Services for Purchase Requisitions and Exte
               Availability Check as Menu Function
         Purchase Requisitions
            Price in the Purchase Requisition as Optional Entr
            Purchasing: New Message in the Case of Purchase Re
            Purchase Requisition: New Enhancement
            Batch Input for Purchase Requisitions: Enhancement
            Purchasing: Overall Release of Purchase Requisitio
            Procurement Process in the Intranet
            New G/L Account Determination in the Case of "Repe
            Object Services for Purchase Requisitions and Exte
            List Displays: Enhancements
            Availability Check as Menu Function
            Changing the Currency in the Purchase Requisition
         Purchase Orders
            Declarations to the authorities - summarize
            Purchase order: New functions in the retail sector
            Purchasing: Changing the Document Currency in the
            ALE: Transmission of Release Documentation in Dist
            Receipt of Confirmations (Acknowledgments etc.) vi
            Entry Aids for Items Without a Material Master Rec
            Enhancements to Shipping Notification
            SD Delivery for Input Materials Provided for Subco
            Simplified Procurement Using Blanket Purchase Orde
            Purchasing: QM Control Key Changeable
            Invoicing Plan for Recurrent Procurement Transacti
            Extension of Purchase Order Through Integration of
            Returns with Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS)
            Reasons for Ordering
            Procurement Process in the Intranet
            New G/L Account Determination in the Case of "Repe
            Object Services for Purchase Requisitions and Exte
            List Displays: Enhancements
            Enhancements Involving Purchase Orders and Deliver
            Availability Check as Menu Function
            Output for Shipping Notification for Purchase Orde
            Prices in the Stock Transport Order
         Allocation
            Stock allocation: New functions in Retail
      External Services Management
         Cross-Application Time Recording
         Changes in Customizing for Purchasing
         Simplified Procurement Using Blanket Purchase Orde
         External Services Management: New User Parameters
         Screen Layout Enhancements: External Services
         Purchasing: External Services Management: Formulas
         Changes in Customizing for External Services
         Service Specifications in Subcontract Orders
         Enhancements Involving the Entry of Services Perfo
         Value Limits: Enhancements
         Linkage of External Services Management to LIS
         New List Displays for External Services
         External Services Management; Extension of the "Se
         Object Services for Service Master Record
         External Services Management: Model Service Specif
         Price Determination for External Services: Variabl
         Accelerated and Simplified Processes for External
         Taxes at Individual Service Level
         MM-SRV: Standard Service Catalog (SSC)
         Adoption of Contract Overfulfillment Tolerance in
         Purchasing: External Services Management: New User
         Invoice Verification for External Services: New Fe
         External Services Management: Material Group at th
         Service Entry
            Integration of Time Management (PT) and External S
            Maintenance Plans for External Performance of Serv
      Inventory Management
         Inventory Management: New functions in Retail
         Valuation: New functions in Retail
         Customizing for Valuation and Account Assignment:
         Stock Determination
         SD Delivery for Input Materials Provided for Subco
         Serial Numbers in Inventory Management
         Basic Functions
            Displaying archived material documents using index
            Valuated sales order and project stock
            Conversion of consignment price segments to info r
            Storage location authorization for goods movements
            Changes in the function module MB_CREATE_GOODS_MOV
            Negative stocks for materials with moving average
            Customizing for Inventory Management: new in 4.0A
            New report design in Inventory Management
            Report for list of stock values in the Inventory M
            Enhancements to output determination in Inventory
         Goods Receipt
            Goods receipt;. new functions in Retail
            Automatic generation of purchase order for goods r
            Control of batch creation for goods movements
            Parallel currencies for goods movements
            Changes to purchase account management
            Automatic resetting of the "delivery completed" in
            Field selection for goods movement initial and hea
            Reason for movement as a default for document item
            MB_CREATE_GOODS_MOVEMENT now with subcontracting
            Suggest zero lines on initial screens
            Enhancements to optical archiving
            Goods Receipt with Reference to Shipping Units
         Goods Issue and Return Delivery
            Field selection for goods movement initial and hea
            Reason for movement as a default for document item
            New movement types for purchase orders
            Return delivery with delivery note
         Stock Transfer / Transfer Posting
            Displaying cross-company-code stock in transit
            Parallel currencies for goods movements
            Field selection for goods movement initial and hea
            Reason for movement as a default for document item
            New movement types for transfer postings
            One-step procedure for stock transport orders
            Price differences for stock transport orders with
            Stock transport orders of material valuated <-> no
         Reservations
            Changes to the management of reservations
            Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs
            Procurement Process in the Intranet
         Physical Inventory
            Physical inventory: New functions in the retail se
            Improvements in physical inventory
         Balance Sheet Valuation Procedures
            Sequence of consumption using LIFO and FIFO
            Lowest value determination based on market prices
            Lowest value determination based on range of cover
            Evaluations in balance sheet valuation
      Warehouse Management
         WM: Lean WM - Using a Transfer Order as a Pick Ord
         New Organizational Structures in the Warehouse
         Warehouse Management System
         Master Data
            WM: Picking Strategy for Fixed Bins
            Materials Management: Warehouse Management
            WM: Active Capacity Check
            WM: Storage Section Search and Check
            WM: Several Storage Locations for Warehouse Number
            WM: Unit of Measure Control at the Material Level
            WM: Putaway Strategy K (Near Picking Bin)
            WM: Storage Types, Storage Bin Types, Storage Unit
         Planning and Monitoring
            Not available in this language
            WM: Warehouse Activity Monitor
         Stock movements
            WM: 2-Step Picking
            WM: SU-Managed Bulk Storage with Partial Pallets a
            WM: Picking Strategy for Fixed Bins
            WM: Stock Search
            WM: Background Processing for Inspection Lot Putaw
            WM: Putaways in Bulk Storage
            WM: Customer Exit for Stringent FIFO
            WM: Customer Exit for Replenishment to Fixed Bins
            WM: Batch Program for Transmitting Incentive Wage
            WM: Storage Section Search and Check
            WM: Lean WM - Using a Transfer Order as a Pick Ord
            WM: Jump to LT06 (Create TO for Material Document)
            WM: Function Module for Creating TOs with Multiple
            WM: Planned Replenishment
            WM: Enhancements to the PP-Interface
            WM: New Confirmation
            WM: Transfer Order Splitting
            WM: Putaway Strategy K (Near Picking Bin)
            WM: Strategy M Cascadable through Rounding Quantit
            WM: Update Transfer Requirements when Discrepancie
            WM: Processing Posting Changes from within WM
            WM: Stock Transfers from a List of Materials
            WM: Prepicked Shipping Units
         Inventory at the Storage Bin Level
            WM: Cycle Counting: New Developments
            WM: Monetary Limit for Inventory Recount
            WM: Reorganization and Archiving
         Interfaces
            WM: New Developments for Interfaces WM-LSR, MM-MOB
         Other Functions
            release information for printing
            WM: Actual Performance Data and Incentive Wage Dat
            WM: Enhancements to the PP-Interface
            WM: Planned TO Processing Time
            WM: Processing Posting Changes from within WM
            WM: Usability activities
            WM: Free Packaging in WM
      Invoice Verification
         General Functions
            Invoice Verification: Consignment settlement
         Vendor Invoice
            Invoice Verification: Quantity check if goods rece
            Preliminary Posting
               Invoice Verification: Posting date for parked docu
         Logistics Invoice Verification
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Payment data in do
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Differences
            Logistics Invoice Verification: EDI
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Preliminary postin
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Manual invoice red
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Goods-receipt-base
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Evaluated Receipt
            Invoice Verification: Quantity check if goods rece
            Logistics Invoice Verification: Message (output) d
            Logistics Invoice Verification: unplanned delivery
            Simplified Procurement Using Blanket Purchase Orde
            Invoicing Plan for Recurrent Procurement Transacti
            Entry
               Logistics Invoice Verification: Entry profile and
            Invoice Verification in Background
               Logistics Invoice Verification: Invoice Verificati
            ERS
               Returns with Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS)
         G/L Clearing Account Maintenance
            GR/IR account maintenance
      Information System
         Purchasing Information System
            LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
            Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
            LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
            LIS: New Application
            Data Collection
               LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
         Inventory Controlling
            LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
            Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
            LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
            LIS: New Application
            Reporting
               Fusing characteristics
            Data Collection
               LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
      Electronic Data Interchange
         Inbound Message Processing
            Logistics Invoice Verification: EDI
            Invoicing Plan for Recurrent Procurement Transacti
   Quality Management
      Logistic Applications
      QM: Development Items for Release 4.0A
      QM: New Authorizations
      QM: New Customer Exits
      QM: Tables in Delivery Class G - Reserved Namespac
      QM: BAPI / BOR
      QM: Using the ABAP List Viewer (ALV)
      QM: Table Control in the User Interface
      manufacturer processing
      QM: Quality Inspections for Externally Processed O
      Quality Planning
         QM: Mass Changes for QM Inspection Data
         QM: New User Interface for Catalog Processing
         QM: Optional Unit of Measurement for Quantitative
         QM: New Features for Sample Determination and Dyna
         QM: Enhancements in Inspection Planning
         QM: Printing Out Inspection Plans for a Material
         QM: New Features for QM in Procurement
      Quality Inspection
         QM: Printing the Sample-Drawing Instruction and In
         QM: Sample Management
         QM: Inspection Specifications from the Variant Con
         QM: Several Inspection Lots for a Single Run Sched
         QM: Inspections for Goods Receipt in Blocked Stock
         QM: Inspection lots and Inventory Management
         QM: One-Time Inspection for Several Goods Movement
         QM: Cancelling the Sample Calculation
         QM: Print Function for the Inspection Lot
         QM: Enhancements in Results Recording
         QM: Results Recording for Single Units (Units to b
         QM: Graphics in Results Recording
         QM: Variants for Completing Inspection Points
         QM: Proposal for a Batch Status Change When Making
         QM: Additional Pushbuttons in Results Recording
      Quality Control
         QM: New Types of Quality Control Charts
         QM: SPC - New Functions for Quality Control Charts
         QM: Evaluating Inspection Characteristics
         QM: Summarizing Inspection Results in the QM Infor
         QM: QM-STI - Interface for Evaluating Inspection R
         Information System
            LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
            Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
            LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
            LIS: New Application
            Reporting
               Fusing characteristics
            Data Collection
               LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
      Quality Certificates
         QM: Creating Certificate Profiles Using a Copy Mod
         QM: Deleting Certificate Profiles
         QM: New Functions for the Certificate Profile
         QM: Characteristic Data from Materials in the Prod
      Quality Notifications
         QM: Notifications and Action Log
         QM/PM/SM: Items, Tasks, Activities in Notification
         QM/PM/SM: Linking Notifications to the Document Ma
         QM/PM/SM: Classification of Notification Items
         QM/PM/SM: Creating a Notification Using a Copy Mod
         QM/PM/SM: Enhanced Flexibility of the Catalog Prof
         QM/PM/SM: Copying/Displaying a Long Text for a Cod
         QM: Displaying Statistical Key Figures
         QM: New Initial Screens for Creating a Quality Not
         QM: Enhancements in the Data Structure of the Qual
         QM: New Features in the Business Workflow for Qual
         QM: Creating One Quality Notification Per Inspecti
         QM: Notifications and the Action Log
      Test Equipment Management
         QM/PM: Test Equipment Management and Enhanced Insp
   Plant Maintenance
      Main Development Areas for 4.0A
      Conversion of List Editing Function to General Lis
      Variable View of the Reference Object in Notificat
      Enhancements for Data Transfer
      Link to New Address Management
      Table Control for Displaying Overview Screens
      Equipment and Technical Objects
         Functional Enhancements for Permits
         Equipment
            Action Log
            Tab Page Technique for Equipment and Serial Number
            Enhancements for Reference Equipment (Individual a
            Display Equipment: Display Current Master Record
            Changes When Processing Equipment and Functional L
            Enhancements to Partner Interface
            Customer Exits for Equipment
            Customer Exits for Functional Locations and Equipm
         Functional Locations
            Action Log
            Changes When Processing Equipment and Functional L
            Customer Exits for Functional Locations and Equipm
         Additional Functions
            Functional Enhancements for Permits
            Measuring Points and Counters
               Archiving Measurement Documents
      Preventive Maintenance
         Maintenance Task Lists
            Changes in Customizing of the Work Center Type
            New Features for the Maintenance of Shift Definiti
            Assignments to Objects in the Human Resources Mana
            Relationships and Strategy-based Maintenance Task
            Archiving and Deleting of Maintenance Task Lists
            Configurable General Maintenance Task Lists
         Maintenance Plans
            Automatic Equipment Assignment Using Functional Lo
            New Variants of Maintenance Plans
            Cycle Set for Multiple Counter Plans
            Maintenance Plan Categories and Status Management
            Maintenance Plans for External Performance of Serv
            Detail Data at Maintenance Item Level
            Enhancement of Maintenance Scheduling Overview Gra
            Scheduling Period with Time Unit
            Scheduling Overview as List
            Processing Maintenance Plans
            Scheduling with Start in the Cycle
            Customer Exit for Planned Dates of Maintenance Pla
            Simple Processing of Maintenance Plans
      Maintenance Order Management
         Refurbishment of Materials Using PM Orders
         Capacity Requirements for PP Work Centers for PM T
         Common Processing of Notifications and Orders
         Monitoring Function for Notifications and Orders
         Functional Enhancements for Permits
         Workflow Template for Orders
         QM/PM: Test Equipment Management and Enhanced Insp
         Maintenance Notifications
            Automatic Equipment Assignment Using Functional Lo
            Action Log
            Default Values in Order and Notification
            QM/PM/SM: Items, Tasks, Activities in Notification
            QM/PM/SM: Linking Notifications to the Document Ma
            QM/PM/SM: Classification of Notification Items
            List of Activities for the Notification
            Customer Exits for Notifications
            Automatic Inclusion of Task Lists when Creating Or
            QM/PM/SM: Creating a Notification Using a Copy Mod
            QM/PM/SM: Enhanced Flexibility of the Catalog Prof
            QM/PM/SM: Copying/Displaying a Long Text for a Cod
         Maintenance Orders
            Scheduled Costing of Activities in Networks
            Changes in Customizing of the Work Center Type
            New Features for the Maintenance of Shift Definiti
            Assignments to Objects in the Human Resources Mana
            Maintenance Orders in Investment Management
            Automatic Equipment Assignment Using Functional Lo
            Refurbishment of Materials Using PM Orders
            Action Log
            Serial Numbers in Production and Refurbishment Ord
            Address in maintenance and service orders
            Default Values in Order and Notification
            Order-related Shift Planning
            Order Lists per Settlement Receiver
            Material Where-used List
            Printing Orders
            Customer Exits for Changing the Purchase Requisiti
            Workflow for Changing Address in the Purchase Requ
            Transfer Net Price from Purchase Requisition into
            Creating Order with Reference of Existing Order
            Resetting the Status "Technically Completed"
            Automatic Inclusion of Task Lists when Creating Or
            Relationships and Operation Selection including Ta
            Additional Assignments to the Order
         Capacity and Resource Planning
            Changes in Customizing of the Work Center Type
            New Origin for Formula Parameters in Work Centers
            New Features for the Maintenance of Shift Definiti
            Order-related Shift Planning
         Completion Confirmations
            Cross-Application Time Recording
            New Functions for Collective Confirmation
            Completion Confirmation of Standing Orders by Ente
            New Functions for Postprocessing Completion Confir
            Setting Status for External Operations for Goods R
            List Display of Completion Confirmations
            Disconnection of Confirmation Processes
      Service Management
         Material Serial Number as a Reference Object in Se
         Customer Exits in Service Management
         Installation Management
            Action Log
            Tab Page Technique for Equipment and Serial Number
            Enhancements for Reference Equipment (Individual a
            Display Equipment: Display Current Master Record
         Call Management
            Refurbishment of Materials in Service Management
            Service Notifications
               Action Log
               Default Values in Order and Notification
               SM: Notifications and incoming calls
               QM/PM/SM: Items, Tasks, Activities in Notification
               QM/PM/SM: Linking Notifications to the Document Ma
               QM/PM/SM: Classification of Notification Items
               Customer Exits for Notifications
               QM/PM/SM: Creating a Notification Using a Copy Mod
               QM/PM/SM: Enhanced Flexibility of the Catalog Prof
               QM/PM/SM: Copying/Displaying a Long Text for a Cod
            Service Orders
               Changes in Customizing of the Work Center Type
               Cross-Application Time Recording
               Action Log
               Differentiating Between Cost Elements
               Generation of a Service Order from the Sales Order
               Address in maintenance and service orders
               Sales Organization in the Service Order
               Default Values in Order and Notification
               Order-related Shift Planning
               Printing Orders
               Flexible Inclusion of Task Lists in Maintenance Or
      Information System
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
         Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
         LIS: New Application
         Data Collection
            LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
   Production Planning and Control
      ATP Server, Logistics Planning, LIS and SCPI
      Basic Data
         PP- Basic Data: Main Developments in Release 4.0a
         Bills of Material (See LO-MD-BOM)
            Production Planning and Control: Change Management
         Work Center
            Supply/Demand Match: Available Capacity Planning
            Changes in Customizing for Work Center Categories
            New Origin for Formula Parameters in Work Centers
            New Features for the Maintenance of Shift Definiti
            Assignments to Objects in the Human Resources Mana
            Flow Manufacturing: Line Design
         Routing
            Maintenance of Time- and BOM-dependent Routing Par
            Routings: Changes in Change Document Evaluation
            Routings: Cumulating Standard Values
            Routings: Data Transfer
            Routings: Extendend Authority Check
            Routings: Provision
            Routings: Quality Inspection
            Routings: Table Controls
            Routings: Omitting Suboperations
            Flow Manufacturing: Line Design
            Variant Configuration: Create Task List from Confi
      Sales and Operations Planning
         Flexible Planning: Transfer to Activity-Based Cost
         Flexible Planning: Interface with Profitability An
         Flexible Planning: New and Changed Functions in Ma
         Flexible Planning: Variable Base Quantity in Rough
         Changes to the Structure in the IMG for Sales and
         Distribution Requirements Planning
            DRP: Distribution Resource Planning, New Component
      Master Planning
         Demand Management
            BAPIs in Demand Management
            Demand Management: Changes to the Interface
            Production Planning and Control: Demand Management
         Master Production Scheduling
            Using the Manual Firming Date
         Long-Term Planning (Simulation)
            Long-term Planning: New Functions
            Using the Manual Firming Date
      Capacity Requirements Planning
         PP - Capacity planning: Key developments in Releas
         Scheduling
            New transactions to maintain scheduling parameters
            New transactions to maintain scheduling parameters
         Capacity Loads
            Capacity Requirements for PP Work Centers for PM T
         Capacity Leveling
            Material availability check (ATP) for production o
            Extended evaluation
            Display maintenance tasks at work centers
            Mass processing
            Material stock curves in the capacity planning tab
            New planning functions for planned orders
            Planning functions on the planning tables for capa
            New displays and display functions on the planning
            Check report for capacity leveling
            Planning functions taking account of setup time
            New locking properties of planning tables in chang
            Selected changes in Customizing for capacity level
            New enhancements (user exits) for capacity levelin
            Capacity planning table in temporary save mode (re
      Material Requirements Planning
         MRP: Changes in IMG structure SIMG_OPP1
         Basic Data
            Enhancements to Reorder Point MRP with External Re
            Replenishment up to Maximum Stock Level: New Calcu
            Special procurement keys (revised functions)
         Planning Execution
            MRP: Discontinued Parts Enhancements
            MRP: Planning for Components to be Provided in Sub
            Single-Item, Multi-Level Planning in Simulative Mo
            Planning Run: Creating Total Records for Dependent
            Displacing the Stocking Level (new functions)
         Procurement Proposal
            MRP: Defining the Document Type for Purchase Requi
            Storage Location and Supply Area Determination in
            Scheduling Agreements for Make-to-Order Production
            Using the Manual Firming Date
            New Functions in the Collective Display for Planne
            Collective Availability Check for Components of Pl
            Converting Planned Orders into Purchase Requisitio
         Planning Evaluation
            Customers and Vendors in the MRP and Stock/Require
            Planning Table - Additional Planning Tool for MRP
            New variant for calculation of days' supply
      Production Orders
         Production orders (PP-SFC): Overview 4.0A
         Adjustment of existing batch input folders
         Copy from collective orders
         Creating orders using the "copy from" function
         Cumulating standard values
         Enhancement of order information system
         More flexible display of lists and overviews
         Order header data and operation detail screens on
         Mass processing
         Define properties of system messages
         Planning plant
         Read master data
         Providing components for external processing
         New user exits
         Order Planning
            Single-Plant Valuation Variants
            Serial Numbers in Production and Refurbishment Ord
            Conversion of planned orders
            Components
               New functions in stock determination
               Extended user exit
         Order Processing
            Automatic creation of batches to be produced
            Changes to scheduling
            Order Printing
               Changes to order printing
            Goods Movements
               Automatic goods receipt using production scheduler
               Changes to PP-WM interface
            Confirmations
               Logistics/HR Integration: Communication Channel 2
               New functions in order confirmation
               Decoupling of confirmation processes
         Order Closing
            Changes to the Settlement Rule
      KANBAN
         Storage Location and Supply Area Determination in
         Control Cycle - KANBAN
            KANBAN: Automatic Calculation of Kanban Circulatio
            KANBAN: Multi-Control Cycle Collective Kanban Prin
            KANBAN: New Evaluation: Control Cycle and Kanban O
            KANBAN: User-Exit for Automatic Kanban Calculation
            KANBAN: User-Exit for Maintainig Your Own Fields i
         KANBAN Control
            KANBAN: Event-Driven KANBAN
         Evaluations
            KANBAN: New Evaluation: Control Cycle and Kanban O
      Repetitive Manufacturing
         Cost Collector Strategy in Dependency on the Repet
         Production Cost Collectors for Sales Order Materia
         Planning Run: Creating Total Records for Dependent
         Repetitive Manufacturing: Changes to IMG Structure
         Planning for Repetitive Manufacturing
            Single-Plant Valuation Variants
            Repetitive Manufacturing: Sequencing
            Report for Converting the Planning ID 1 to Product
            New Developments in the Planning Table for Release
         Backflushing
            Storage Location and Supply Area Determination in
            Repetitive Manufacturing: Optional Scrap Backflush
            Repetitive Manufacturing: High Volume Backflush
            Repetitive Manufacturing: Individual Documents for
      Production Planning for Process Industries
         Costing Co-Products
         Single-Plant Valuation Variants
         PP-PI: Core Developments in 4.0A
         Production Planning and Control: Process Industrie
         Basic Data
            Resources
               Changes in Customizing for Work Center Categories
               New Origin for Formula Parameters in Work Centers
               New Features for the Maintenance of Shift Definiti
               Assignments to Objects in the Human Resources Mana
            Master Recipe
               Master Recipes: Enhanced Authorization Check
               Master Recipes: Changes in Change Document Evaluat
               Master Recipes: Recipe Creation by Copying Referen
               Master Recipes: Checking Automatically Generated P
               Master Recipes: Allocating Recipes to a Plant
               Master Recipes: Assigning Test Equipment to Inspec
               Process Instruction Assistant
         Process Order
            Process Order: Automatic Creation of Batches to be
            Not available in this language
            Process Order: New Functions in Release 4.0A
            Order Processing
               Process Messages on Material Flow Between Process
               Process Data Documentation: Batch Record
               Process Instruction Assistant
               Confirmation of Secondary Resources Using Process
         Process Flow Scheduler
            Connecting the Process Flow Scheduler (PFS)
         Process Management
            Process Management: Enhanced Authorization Check
            Process Message
               Process Messages on Material Flow Between Process
               Process Data Documentation: Batch Record
               Process Management: New Functions for Message Proc
               Confirmation of Secondary Resources Using Process
            PI Sheet
               Logistic Applications
               PI Sheet: Batch Determination and Batch Check
               PI Sheet: Changes in Maintenance
               Process Instructions for the R/3 PI Sheet: New Fun
               Process Instruction Assistant
         Process Data Documentation
            Process Data Documentation: Changes in 4.0A
      Flow Manufacturing
         Flow Manufacturing: Line Design
         Repetitive Manufacturing: Sequencing
         Process Sheet
            Flow Manufacturing: Line Design
         Sequencing
            Repetitive Manufacturing: Sequencing
      Information System
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selecting and Sorting Key
         Extended Selection Screen: Selection using Hierarc
         LIS: Standard Analyses - Selection Versions
         LIS: New Application
         Reporting
            Fusing characteristics
         Data Collection
            LIS: Self-Defined Information Structures - Attribu
   Project System
      General Changes in the Project System
      New Functions in the Project System in Release 4.0
      Deleted modules in the Project System IMG structur
      New Features in Customizing the Project System
      Structures
         Operative Structures
            Simplified Maintenance of WBS Elements and Network
            Project Definition
               Changes in the Company Code No Longer Passed On
               Automatic Validation/Substitution
            Work Breakdown Structure
               Changes in the Company Code No Longer Passed On
               Debit-Side Billing Plan for WBS Element
               Deriving the Hierarchy from the WBS Element Number
               New Foields for Investment Projects
               Generating WBS element groups
               Changes in Status Management
               Searching in the WBS Overview
               Automatic Validation/Substitution
            Network and Operation
               Changes in Customizing for Work Center Categories
               New Origin for Formula Parameters in Work Centers
               New Features for the Maintenance of Shift Definiti
               Assignments to Objects in the Human Resources Mana
               Customer Enhancements in the Project System Graphi
               Changes in Deleting Orders and Network Activities
               Execution Factor in the Network Header
               Networks
               Sales Document Number for Network Assignment
               Customer Enhancements in the Project System
            Project Planning Board
               Customer Enhancements in the Project System Graphi
               Project Planning Board: Changes in Release 4.0A
         Templates
            Standard Work Breakdown Structure
               WBS Elements can be Deleted after the Standard WBS
         Interface to External Project Systems
            BAPIs in the Project System
      Document
         Not available in this language
      Costs
         Planning in CO: More Than One Planning Layout in t
         Planning Layouts for Cost Element Planning Without
         Planning in CO: Freely-Definable Currency (for exa
         Costs
            Copying Plan Versions for Orders and Networks
            Costing
               Scheduled Costing of Activities in Networks
               New Functions in Unit Costing
               Single-Plant Valuation Variants
               Asynchronous Network Costing
         Budget
            Budgeting can be entered in several currencies
         Actual Costs
            Document Types and Negative Values in Funds Reserv
         Automatic and Periodic Allocations
            New Features in Period-End Closing
            Overhead
               Variant from before Release 4.0A can no longer be
            Interest
               New Features in the Interest Calculation
            Settlement
               Changes to the Settlement Rule
               New Settlement Functions
               Revaluation of Measures Using Actual Activity Pric
               Variant from before Release 4.0A can no longer be
      Revenues and Earnings
         Changes to the Project Account Assignment in Sales
         Changes to the Sales Order Update
         Results Analysis
            WIP Calculation and Results Analysis in Multiple V
         Subprojects
            Cross-Company Code/Business Area Fixed Prices
      Payments
         Changes in Project Cash Management
         Calculating the Planned Payment Flow in Projects
      Material
         Material in the Project System
         Assembly Processing with Networks/Projects
         Valuated Project Stock
         Customer Enhancements in the Project System
         Delivery
            Delivery from the Project System
      Confirmation
         Time Sheet
            Cross-Application Time Recording
            Confirmation:New Features
      Simulation
         Project Planning: Simulation
      Progress
         Statistical Key Figures
            Copying Statistical Key Figures to Networks
      SAP Business Workflow Connection
         Workflow in the Project System
      Information System
         release note
         Changes in the Project Information System
         Logical Database for Project System
         Variant from before Release 4.0A can no longer be
         Project Reports
            Technical Reports in the Information System: Chang
            Accounting
               New Features in Commercial Reporting
         Graphics
            Customer Enhancements in the Project System Graphi
         Responsibility Accounting
            Project Summarization
               Improved Performance when Calling up Summarization
   Personnel Management
      HR: Changes in the Application Component Hierarchy
      Human Resources as a distributed SAP component
      Personnel Management, Personnel Time Management, P
      4.0A Development in IPA
      Changes to Planned Compensation Infotype
      Change in English HR Terminology for 4.0A
      Recruitment
         Enhancements Recruitment Japan
         Applicant activities in infotype 4003
         Faxing and E-Mailing Applicant Letters via SAPconn
         IAC "Employment Opportunities in the Internet" & P
         Logical database for applicant master data
         Contacting an applicant via SAPphone
         HR: Enhancement concept for Personnel Administrati
      Personnel Administration
         Changes to Planned Compensation Infotype
         New modification group for infotype screen control
         BAPIs in Personnel Administration
         New infotype 'Additional Actions' (0302)
         European Economic and Currency Union (EECU) in HR
         HR: Enhancement concept for Personnel Administrati
         Integration of external applicant administration s
         Effects of the new longer fields on the maintenanc
         New user interface layout in Personnel Administrat
         Number of periods for annual salary calculation is
         Periodicity of basic pay changed
         HR: New check table for HR infotypes
         Belgium
            Personal Data
               Infotype </>(0002): Extension of name fields
         Switzerland
            Not available in this language
         Germany
            Not available in this language
         Spain
            Personal Data
               Not available in this language
            Payroll Data
               Not available in this language
               Not available in this language
         France
            Payroll Data
               Lower SI assessment threshold for part-time work (
         Japan
            Enhancements Recruitment Japan
            Payroll Data
               Changes to Infotype "Year End Adjustment Data"
               Santei/Geppen Functional Enhancement
            Organizational Data
               Service Year Calculation Function
         Mexico
            Not available in this language
         New Zealand
            Payroll Data
               New Zealand Payroll
         Singapore
            Personal Data
               Data Conversion for Infotype Identification Card I
         Taiwan
            Personnel Administration - Taiwan
            Payroll Data
               Employment Stabilization Fund
               Employee Welfare Fund
               Labor Insurance
               National Health Insurance
               Savings Plan
               Taxation
         USA
            Organizational Data
               EEO Reporting
         General
            Not available in this language
            Bases
               HR: No Namespace Extension for Repository Objects
            Tools
               Data Transfer Workbench
      Benefits
         Benefits Menu
         Release Note
         COBRA
         FSA Claims Processing
         Evidence of Insurability (EOI)
         BAPIs
         User Exits
         Administration
            Events
            Standard plans
            Prerequisite and Corequisite plans
            Currency
            Administrative Parameters
         Plans
            General plan data
            Employer contribution rules
            Rules and Formulas
            Combined Limits
            Miscellaneous plan category
      Personnel Development
         IAC "Employment Opportunities in the Internet" & P
         "Changes in the Personnel Development component"
         Personnel Development
         Qualifications and Requirements
            "Changes in the Personnel Development component"
            Personnel Development
         Career and Succession Planning
            "Changes in the Personnel Development component"
            Personnel Development
      Organizational Structure
         Not available in this language
         Bases
            Basic Transactions (PP01, PP02, POnn): Enhancement
            HR: No Namespace Extension for Repository Objects
            Changed method names
            Generation of accounting infotypes
            Enhancement of the infotype copy function in Perso
            Ad Hoc Query in Personnel Management
            Scheduler for cross-system reporting (program RPMR
            New fields in structural authorization
            Data Transfer Workbench
            Transport Using Object Lock (Repair Flag)
            HR: New check table for HR infotypes
      Compensation Management
         Release Note
         Administration
            Changes to Planned Compensation Infotype
         Personnel Cost Planning
            Changes to Personnel Cost Planning for 4.0A
   Personnel Time Management
      HR: Changes in the Application Component Hierarchy
      Human Resources as a distributed SAP component
      Personnel Management, Personnel Time Management, P
      Change in English HR Terminology for 4.0A
      Personnel Time Management: Main Developments for R
      Application Link Enabling (ALE): Scenarios in Time
      BAPIs in Time Management
      New Telephone Function in Time Management
      Form-Based Workflow: Proc