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The documentation of the new or enhanced applications in the enhancement packages is heavily oriented on the content of the business functions. This applies for the system documentation and the SAP Library.

Features

SAP Library

In the SAP Library, the documentation of the business functions consists of two areas: The description of the business functions themselves and the related application documentation.

  • Description of the business functions themselves

    This gives you a first overview of which new functions SAP offers with the enhancement packages. It is an introduction to the more detailed documentation and helps you to decide whether to use the business functions.

  • Related application documentation

    In most cases, there is extensive application documentation in addition to the description of the business function.

You can access the description of the business functions that are delivered with the enhancement packages as follows:

  • See SAP Help Portal (help.sap.com) under Start of the navigation path <SAP application of the Business Suite, for example, SAP ERP> Next navigation step SAP Library Next navigation step Business Function Sets and Business Functions End of the navigation path. All business functions are described there. Using the links to the application documentation contained in the documentation of the business functions, you can get detailed information about the content of the business functions.

  • In transaction SFW5 in your ABAP-based system, use the links to the description of the individual business functions. With these links, you can call up the description of the business functions in the SAP Help Portal. You can execute all links to further documentation.

    Note Note

    The originals of business functions can be in different software layers. For example, there are business functions that are in SAP NetWeaver, in the Business Suite layer, or in the application layer. For technical reasons, for example, when you call up the description of a business function that is in SAP NetWeaver, only those business functions that are also in SAP NetWeaver are displayed in the structure in the SAP Help Portal. If you call up a business function of the application itself (for example, SAP ERP), all business functions listed in SFW5 are displayed in the structure of the description.

    End of the note.

  • For information about the contents of the business functions, see the SAP Library connected to your ABAP-based system. You install this using the business functions on your server. In doing so, you only update those parts of your SAP Library that contain information about the new developments in a business function. You can therefore update your SAP Library dependent on the parts of the software you have installed and activated. This means that your SAP Library reflects the level of the software that you have installed and use.

    Note Note

    • For information about the installation of the SAP Library in the context of the enhancement packages, see the documentation DVD that is part of the software delivery (the "Readme" text) or SAP Note 1066110.

    • If you call up the SAP Library on your server, you can get information about all business functions, but you can only execute the links to further application documentation if you have installed the corresponding application documentation for the business function.

      This means that if links do not work here, this is not an error. Instead this is a result of the fact that these links reference to application documentation that describes the content of a specific business function and you have not installed this business function since you do not use it.

    End of the note.

The description of the business functions delivered with the enhancement packages contains echnical data that is explained below.

Explanation of the Technical Data in the Business Function Description

Technical Name of Business Function

The unique technical name of the business function. You can see the technical name in transaction SFW5 in the business function column.

Type of Business Function

Here you receive information about whether the business function is an Enterprise Extension, an enterprise business function, or an industry business function. For more information, see SAP ERP Business Functions and Industry Business Solutions.

Available as of Enhancement Package

Number of enhancement package from which the business function is available.

Technical Usage

Summarization of software components and contents of SAP enhancement package that have to be installed together in order for you to be able to use the developments of a specific business function.

In most cases, the technical usages have a clearly understandable name from which you can recognize the business applications contained therein, forexample, for SAP ERP the technical usage Human Capital Management.

Application Component

Application component for which the new functions in the business function were developed.

Using this information, you can see whether additional implementation effort will be necessary, if, for example, you do not use this application component yet.

Directly Dependent Business Function(s) Requiring Activation in Addition

Business functions that have to be activated in addition to the business function described in order for you to be able to use the new functions.

Note that only the directly dependent business functions are listed in the documentation. If you need a complete overview of the dependencies that need to be considered, use the respective links in the documentation. As soon as you have installed the corresponding software components, you can get information about the complete dependency chain of a business functioin via transaction SFW5.

Software Component

Software components of your ABAP-based system that you have to import to be able to use and activate the business function.

Business Intelligence Content

Release version of the BI content that is part of the business function.

Enterprise Services

Release version and namespace of the Enterprise Services that are part of the business function.

Java Software Components

Software component version of Java developments that are part of the business function. .

Portal Content

Version of the business package that is part of the business function.

SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver component that is not necessary for the full release, but that is required for the use of the business function.

Third-Party Product

Non-SAP application that can be connected using interfaces, for example.

System documentation

The system documentation for the functions that belong to the scope of a business function is only active and visible in your ABAP-based system if you have activated a business function.

This does not include the release notes. Irrespective of the activation of business functions, you can see all releases notes in the software component that you have installed in your system. You can recognize the relevance of a release note for a specific business function from the technical name of the business function in the title.