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Function documentationSolution Administration

 

The solution administration provides an overview over existing solutions. You can display and maintain solutions. Furthermore, you can create and define new solutions.

A solution contains the complete business description, comprising the complete system landscape, all business processes and branches for the versioning of Solution Documentation. Only one solution should be used for the whole business, but it is possible to use several solutions, for example in large companies with several separated areas.

Recommendation Recommendation

As a starting point, familiarize yourself with the new terms and concepts related to process management in SAP Solution Manager. Even familiar terms already used in former releases may have different meaning in this release. See Basic Terms and Concepts.

End of the recommendation.

Prerequisites

Configuration of Process Management in SAP Solution Manager Configuration

In SAP Solution Manager Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP), you have to do the following:

  • You have to configure all applications-relevant subscenarios in Cross Scenario Configuration.

  • You have to configure all subscenarios in Mandatory Configuration.

    For a correct graphical representation of solutions, you have to configure the scenario Infrastructure Preparation, step Enable Gateway Services. In the list of gateway services for Process Management you have to activate the services AGS_GBC_ODATA_BPMN_SRV (Graphical Component BPMN Gateway Service), AGS_GBC_ODATA_GOM_SRV (GBC GOM Gateway Service), and PROCESSMANAGEMENT (SAP Solution Manager APIs for third party tool integration).

  • You have to configure the scenario Embedded Search in order to establish the connection between Embedded Search and TREX or SAP HANA.

  • You have to configure the process management in the scenario Process Management. Refer to the scenario documentation to learn more.

Features

The solution administration offers the following functions, related to the following areas:

  • systems landscape related

    • You can define logical component groups.

    • You can assign technical systems.

    • You can define change control landscapes.

    • You can define sites.

  • branch related

    • You can define branches.

    • You can assign a system landscape and logical component.

    • You can enable the change control.

  • process and library related

    • document types

      • You can define the scope of relevant document types.

      • You can define document types.

      • You can define usage and completeness rules.

    • library generation

      • You can generate the executable library.

      • You can generate the development library.

    • SAP Best Practice Packages

      • You can download SAP Best Practice Packages from the SAP Service Marketplace.

      • You can import SAP Best Practice Packages into a Solution/Branch.

Furthermore, you can trigger an update of the search index, a calculation of derived attributes and an update of the remote element text buffer.

A selected solution with its branches is displayed in the table view. All details of this solution are displayed in the tabs below. Depending on the selected solution and branch, the following tabs are available:

Tab System Landscape

This tab displays in a graphical representation the main administrative information about the system landscape with their elements that are assigned to the solution: logical component groups, logical components, branches, sites, and system roles. Learn more in System Landscape.

Tab Branches

This tab display all information about branches. Learn more in Branches.

Tab Change Control Landscapes

This tab displays the change control landscapes that are a subset of the whole system landscape. These change control landscape are used for the setting of Change Request Management. You can create a new change control landscape via the context menu in the table of change control landscapes. Choose New and enter a name and a technical name for the new change control landscape. From the list of all logical components groups that belong to the system landscape, you can select the logical components groups that you want to assign to the change control landscape. With the radio buttons All and In Scope you can toggle the view of the logical components groups. With the option All, you can display all logical components groups that exist in the system landscape. You can mark the logical component that you want to use for the selected change control landscape with the indicator Scope. With the option In Scope, only the logical components groups are displayed that are assigned to the selected change control landscape.

See also Change Control Landscapes.

Tab Document Types

This tab displays the documents types that are assigned to the solution. You need document types if you want to use documents in the Knowledge Warehouse. You can create only documents with the document types that are listed here.

With the radio buttons All and In Scope you can toggle the view of the document types. With the option All, you can display all document types that are available. You can mark the document types that you want to use for the selected solution with the indicator Scope.

With the option In Scope, only the document types are displayed that are assigned to the selected solution.

If you need to create further document types for your solution, you open the document type administration via the entry Document Type Administration in the Global Functions menu. In the Document Type Administration, you can create and maintain all document types.

Tab SAP Best Practices Packages

This tab displays the imported SAP Best Practices Packages with its details. You can import SAP Best Practices Packages via the entry Import in the Global Functions entry. The systems opens a new windows in which you can select the target branch and the SAP Best Practices Packages for import. See Import and Export of Content.

Tab Properties

This tab displays the basic information of a solution: In the left area Solution you see the name, the technical name, date and time of creation, created by, date and time of change, changed by. You can change the name and the technical name of a solution. However, be careful when you change the technical name of a solution that is already used in authorization objects. Doing so could impact existing authorizations for users.

In the right area Solution Settings you see whether the site handling is enabled or disabled. With the link Edit you can open a dialog in which you can change this setting. Furthermore, the content languages for the Solution Documentation content are displayed. With the link Edit you can open a dialog in which you can add and remove further content languages. See for more information Multi Language Handling.

Further Functions in the Global Functions Menu:

Library Generation Cockpit

You can open the Library Generation Cockpit with the entry Library Generation Cockpit in the Global Functions menu.

Navigating from Solution Administration to Solution Documentation

After finishing the setup of a solution in solution administration, you navigate to the Solution Documentation content of a selected branch via the link Open. The system opens a new window and displays the Solution Documentation content in the corresponding version.

Activities

You can start the solution administration with transaction code SOLADM or via the SAP Solution Manager launchpad.

Displaying and Maintaining a solution

You can select an existing solution via drop down list for displaying and maintaining it.

Creating a new solution

You can create and define a new solution via the entry Create Solution in the Global Functions menu. (see also Creation of a Solution).