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Function documentationBusiness Blueprint

 

This function documents the business processes in your company that you want to implement in the system. In a Business Blueprint for Projects, you create a project structure in which relevant business scenarios, business processes and process steps are organized in a hierarchical structure. You can also create project documentation and assign it to individual scenarios, processes or process steps. You then assign transactions to each process step, to specify how your business processes should run in your SAP systems.

The Business Blueprint is a detailed description of your business processes and system requirements. You can print it out.

Integration

You can continue to use the project documentation and the project structure that you create during the Business Blueprint, in the configuration and test organization phases.

  • When you configure your business processes, the system displays the Business Blueprint project structure. You can use the Business Blueprint project structure as a point of reference during configuration.

  • You can also display and edit the project documentation from the Business Blueprint phase, during configuration.

  • You base all test plans that you create during test organization, on the Business Blueprint project structure. The transactions that you assign to process steps in the Business Blueprint are put in test plans during test plan generation, and run as function tests to test the transactions.

Prerequisites

You have created a project in the Project Administration (see Project Administration).

Features

Scope of the Business Blueprint Transaction

Function

Tab

Create a project structure

Structure

Display the following documentation:

  • Documentation delivered by SAP, e.g. scenario descriptions

  • Documents from templates, e.g. from template projects

    To be able to edit general documentation, copy it to the Project Documentation tab.

General Documentation

Assign documents to structure elements

Create, change, upload user documents; including digital signatures

  • General Documentation in template projects

  • Project Documentation in all project types

Input administration data, e.g. project status, team members assigned, planned and actual resources

Administration

Assign transactions and programs to structure elements

Transactions

Create, display, and process messages and change transactions

Service Messages

Display and Create a process graphic

Graphics

Display assigned business functions when structure elements are transferred from the Business Process Repository

Business Functions

Where-used list:

  • Use in user project

  • Use in other projects

  • Go to use by double-click

  • General Documentation

  • Project Documentation

  • Transactions

General Functions

Function

Navigation

User settings, e.g. change the sequence, hide or show tabs or icons

Utilities -> User Settings

Translate project structure

For further information about translating document names for URLs, in your project, see Translating a Template

Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Translation End of the navigation path

You can check the consistency of the attributes (such as countries, industries) assigned to the structure nodes.

Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Check Template Consistency End of the navigation path

Create/print a Business Blueprint document

Start of the navigation path Business Blueprint Next navigation step Create Blueprint Document End of the navigation path

Assign document authorization

Assign authorizations in Role Maintenance (transaction PFCG) and User Maintenance.

Data transfer for automatic configuration in solution builder

(For information about the configuration, see Copying Configuration Contents from Solution Packages.)

Start of the navigation path Utilities Next navigation step Pass Data to Solution Builder End of the navigation path

Activities

  1. Call the transaction Business Blueprint, in the Implementation/Upgrade work center, in the Planning view.

  2. Create a Blueprint structure in the Structure tab, using predefined substructures.

  3. Check the Business Blueprint structure, and the business scenarios, business processes and process steps it contains.

  4. Decide which business scenarios, business processes and process steps you want to include in the Business Blueprint. You can enhance the processes and process steps, or adjust the names of individual processes to suit your company requirements.

  5. Create project documentation to save in the Business Blueprint, in the Project Documentation tab.

  6. Assign transactions to process steps in the Transactions tab. This specifies which transactions in the system correspond to the process steps in your enterprise.

  7. Print the Business Blueprint document.

  8. When the Business Blueprint is complete, you can start to set up the development system landscape.

Result

You have specified the Business Blueprint. You can reuse the Business Blueprint and the project structure to configure and test your business processes.