Business Process Operations

This part of SAP Library gives you an overview of the changes and new features in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP10 since SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP08.

This information is provided as release notes, which are structured by Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) processes. The following table gives you an overview of new, enhanced and deleted functions in the Business Processes Operations process.

Operations Control Center

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
OCC	New	The OCC is a central, on-site IT support entity that proactively monitors the productive SAP environment. The OCC ensures highly automated and proactive operation, resulting in reduced operation costs, improved IT services, and increased business satisfaction.	Operations Control Center

Business Process Analytics

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
SAP Business Process Analytics for SAP HANA	New	SAP HANA can be integrated with SAP Business Process Analytics in several scenarios.	Business Process Analytics

Business Process Operations Dashboard

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
Trend Chart with Rating Lines	New	You can set up a trend chart with rating lines on a panel.	Set Rating Set Up Panel
Detail Panel and Runtime filter	New	You can set runtime filters that define category and drilldown characteristics. The system applies runtime filters during runtime when a panel calls a detail panel.	Set Filter
Show Keys or Show Texts	New	On panel level, you can switch between the technical name and the text description of the values, which are displayed as a legend.	Working with BPO Dashboards as End User
Comment	New	You can add comments to exchange information with colleagues who use the same panel.	Working with BPO Dashboards as End User
Setup Panel — Autorefresh	New	When setting up charts on a panel, you can enable autorefresh of chart data and specify the refresh interval and period.	Set Up Panel
Business Process Operations Dashboard	Enhanced	Editorial changes in documentation	Business Process Operations Dashboard

Data Consistency Management — Cross-Data Comparison

Function	Type of change	Description	More Information
Comparison Groups	New	On the Comparison Group tab page, comparison instances can be grouped according to specific criteria. Yo can use comparison groups, for example, for the following purposes: As a filter for the administration view For a quick assessment of the data distribution from one source system to multiple target systems To assess the data distribution across a chain of systems	Comparison Group Correlate Comparison Group Results
Change Logs	New	You can track which field values in comparison objects and comparison instances were changed, or deleted by whom and when.	Displaying Change Logs for Comparison Objects and Comparison Instances
Context fields	Enhanced	In the comparison run overview, you can display further fields, in addition to the mapped key fields. These fields are not part of the actual comparison scope but can be relevant for you as well.	Displaying Comparison Results
Generic extractor	Enhanced	You can use a generic extractor function module to extract data from managed ABAP systems. It receives the selection criteria from the cross-database comparison application, and can be used for all possible data models.	Creating Comparison Objects
Defining filters	Enhanced	You can define instance filters in source-specific fields nodes to act as dynamic filters on one side of the comparison data model. You can define relative filters for date and timestamp fields to show the delta values between comparison runs.	Assigning Comparison Tables
New authorization roles	New	Four additional roles are available which allow an improved segregation of duties by splitting up typical tasks for different roles.	Cross-Database Comparison
Versioning of comparison object data	Enhanced	You can display and edit old versions of comparison objects.	Editing Comparison Objects
Integration in BPO dashboard	New	The cross-data comparison application is integrated in the BPO dashboard. You can create a dashboard for specific comparison instances.	Business Process Operations Dashboard
Guided Procedure Authoring	New	To provide guidance to investigate the potential root causes of inconsistencies reported in Cross-Database Comparison (CDC), you can create guided procedures.	Guided Procedure Authoring (GPA)

Job Scheduling Management

Function	Type of change	Description	More Information
Job details	New	For jobs scheduled with the SAP scheduler (BC-XBP interface), you can view job details for a selected job from the Recommended Jobs view and from the SAP Scheduler Management view.	SAP Scheduler Management Recommended Jobs
Job monitoring	New	In addition to the Alert Inbox, which displays job monitoring data configured in business process monitoring, the Monitoring view of the Job Management work center has two new subviews: Unified Alert Inbox and Job Monitoring. These views display job monitoring data collected by JobMon monitoring objects, which are based on the Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (MAI).	Job Monitoring and Alerting Unified Job Monitoring
External scheduler management	New	The external scheduler (SMSE) has its own work center view.	External Scheduler Management
SAP scheduler management	New	The SAP scheduler (BC-XBP) has its own work center view.	SAP Scheduler Management
Simple job selection	New	Under Common Tasks, you can use the Select Jobs function to search for BC-XBP jobs in a managed system.	Simple Job Selection
Editorial changes to help	Enhanced	Reorganization of topic structure and other editorial changes	Job Scheduling Management

Business Process Monitoring

Function	Type of Change	Description	More Information
Business Process Monitoring work area	New	A new Business Process Monitoring user interface is available in the Business Process Operations (New) work center.	Business Process Operations Work Center (New)
Alert Inbox	New	Business Process Monitoring uses the MAI Alert Inbox for generating and processing alerts.	Alert Inbox
Process Graphic	Enhanced	The Process Graphic allows you to navigate to Alert Inbox, Solution Directory, Interface Channel Monitor and relevant system monitoring application.	Business Process Monitoring