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This document provides information about new, changed, and deleted functions in SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SPS 3.

The information provided here covers changes in SAP Solution Manager Configuration (transaction SOLMAN_SETUP).

General

A new window has been introduced: If you have the editing rights for a setup scenario, but specific rights for a certain activity are missing, the window opens to inform you about this. In the window, you can use the Update User Roles action to create a list with the missing authorizations. You can send this list to your system administrator to enhance your user rights.

Requirements Management

Function

Type of Change

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Start of the navigation path Configure User Interface Next navigation step Define UI Configuration End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to define the WebClient UI configuration

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Start of the navigation path Configure User Interface Next navigation step Adapt Translation of UI Texts End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to adapt the translation of user interface texts in the SAP system

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Start of the navigation path Configure Search Infrastructure End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to configure the search according to Requirements Management needs and its transaction types

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Start of the navigation path Configure Search Infrastructure Next navigation step Configure Embedded Search Next navigation step Check Status General Configuration Embedded Search End of the navigation path activity

New

Automatic activity added to check whether the status of the Embedded Search scenario is finished

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Start of the navigation path Configure Search Infrastructure Next navigation step Configure Embedded Search Next navigation step Define Settings for Parallel Extraction End of the navigation path activity

New

Manual activity added to define the settings that are necessary to extract the data of CRM templates for SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search

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Start of the navigation path Integrate Additional Functions Next navigation step Integrate Project Management Next navigation step Integrate Project Management End of the navigation path activity

Changed

Link to SAP PPM scenario added to enable you to configure the settings for integrating SAP Portfolio and Project Management with your scenario

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Start of the navigation path Integrate Additional Functions Next navigation step Integrate SAP PPM End of the navigation path step

Activities:

  • Map Transaction Types to Task Types

  • Map Task Status to Transaction Status

  • Map Object Types to Roadmap Node Types

  • Connect PPM Project Types to Sol. Doc.

  • Restrict Status Values in Trans. Assgmnt

  • Map SAP Best Practice Package Node Types to Object

Deleted

Integrate SAP PPM step and corresponding activities have been removed.

Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to react to additional use cases and system upgrades

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Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Enable Optional Scope Items End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to enable you to use the IT requirement without maintaining scope items

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Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Assign Flexible Change Cycle End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to specify how flexibly you want to manage the change cycle assignment in your IT requirement

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Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Enable Solution Document Integration End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to enable the integration of solution documentation

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Project Management

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Start of the navigation path Configure Project Management Next navigation step Update Customizing for Project Management End of the navigation path

New

When the default customizing predefined by SAP has been changed in the meantime, or if your previous copy of it was incomplete, you can use this activity to update and complete your own customizing.

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Start of the navigation path Configure Project Management Next navigation step Display Customizing Log for Project Management End of the navigation path

New

This activity allows you to read the log for the copying and updating of the customizing at any time.

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Custom Code Management

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Custom Code Management

Changed

Improved user experience in the guided procedure.

Test Suite

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Test Suite

Changed

The "test management" and "test repository" in SAP Solution Manager was renamed to "test suite", in the UIs and in the documentation.

Test Suite

Partner Test Management

New

A new guided procedure has been introduced for Partner Test Management.

Partner Test Management Configuration

Change Control Management

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Quality Gate Management

Start of the navigation path Change Control Management Next navigation step Quality Gate Management End of the navigation path

New

Introducing a guided procedure for Quality Gate Management

Change Request Management

Start of the navigation path Set up Downgrade Protection and Retrofit Next navigation step Configure CSOL and DGP Next navigation step BAdI: Implement CSOL BAdI activity End of the navigation path

New

BAdI added to allow you to define your own methods for plugging into the processing logic of CSOL and thus customize its behavior. Enhancement /TMWFLOW/CSOL_ENHANCEMENT; BAdI definition is /TMWFLOW/PROJECT_LOCK

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Start of the navigation path Define Change Process Next navigation step Maintain Multilevel Categorization End of the navigation path

Activities:

  • Activate Categorization Scheme

  • Assign Transaction Types to Catalog Categories

  • Assign Transaction Types to Catalog Categories

  • Define Categorization Schemas

  • Define Proposals for Related Transactions

  • Define RFC Destinations for Schema Import

Changed

Converted into optional activities

Start of the navigation path Configure User Interface Next navigation step Define UI Configuration Option Next navigation step Copy UI Config Option Into Customer Namespace End of the navigation path activity

Changed

Converted into optional activities

Start of the navigation path Configure User Interface Next navigation step Configure WebClient UI Next navigation step Configure Status-Dependent UI Element Control End of the navigation path activity

Changed

Change of activity name; old name: Adjust UI Objects by User Status

Start of the navigation path Set up Embedded Search Next navigation step Check Status General Configuration Embedded Search End of the navigation path activity

New

Automatic activity added to check whether the status of the Embedded Search scenario is finished

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Start of the navigation path Set up Embedded Search Next navigation step Define Settings for Parallel Extraction End of the navigation path activity

New

Manual activity added to define the settings that are necessary to extract the data of CRM templates for SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search.

See Display activity text

Start of the navigation path Integrate Additional Functions Next navigation step Integrate Project Management End of the navigation path activity

New

Link to SAP PPM scenario added to enable you to configure the settings for integrating SAP Portfolio and Project Management with your scenario

See Display activity text

Start of the navigation path Integrate Additional Functions Next navigation step Integrate Project Management End of the navigation path

Activities:

  • Map Transaction Types to Task Types

  • Map Task Status to Transaction Status

  • Map Object Types to Roadmap Node Types

  • Connect PPM Project Types to Sol. Documentation

    Restrict Transaction Assignment to Status Values

  • Map SAP Best Practice Package Node Types to Object

Deleted

Activities have been removed.

Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Enable Optional Scope Items End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to enable you to use the request for change without maintaining scope items

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Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Assign Flexible Change Cycle End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to specify how flexibly you want to manage the change cycle assignment in your request for change

See step help text

Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Enable Solution Document Integration End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to enable the integration of solution documentation

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Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Enable Mandatory Transports End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to make the assignment of transport requests to change documents mandatory for urgent changes, normal changes, and defect corrections

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Start of the navigation path Employ Additional Use Cases Next navigation step Improve Normal Change Process End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to configure the settings for assigning and maintaining consistency checks to improve the process of a normal change

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Managed System Setup

Start of the navigation path Configure Change and Transport System (CTS) End of the navigation path step

Changed

Change of step name; old name: Configure Transport Management System

Start of the navigation path Configure Change and Transport System (CTS) Next navigation step Configure Transport Management System Next navigation step Copy System for Pre-Production System End of the navigation path activity

New

Manual activity added to copy the system for the pre-production system

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Start of the navigation path Create User Master Data End of the navigation path step

Changed

Change of step name; old name: Create User and Roles

Start of the navigation path Configure Extended Function (Local) End of the navigation path step

Changed

Change of step name; old name: Configure Essential Transport Management Functions

Start of the navigation path Configure Extended Function (Local) Next navigation step Configure CSOL and DGP Next navigation step BAdI: Implement CSOL BAdI End of the navigation path activity

New

BAdI added to allow you to define your own methods for plugging into the processing logic of CSOL and thus customize its behavior. Enhancement /TMWFLOW/CSOL_ENHANCEMENT; BAdI definition is /TMWFLOW/PROJECT_LOCK

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Start of the navigation path Configure Extended Function (Local) Next navigation step Set up Transport-Related Checks End of the navigation path step

New

Step added to make the required settings to configure the transport-related checks:

  • ABAP test cockpit (ATC)

  • Code inspector

  • Use "BAdI: Custom Check" (/TMWFLOW/TRANS_DEFINED_) with different methods

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Application Operations

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Exception Management

Exception Management scenario

New

This scenario has been added. The configuration of single-step exceptions has been moved from the application to SAP Solution Manager Configuration.

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EarlyWatch Alert Management

Define Scope step

Changed

In the Saved Searches list, you can also choose a global search that has been created for all users. You can maintain these global searches in the Technical System Searches application.

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Display Diagnosis step

New

You can check the status of the self-diagnosis function SAP EarlyWatch Alert and the SDCCN status of ABAP technical systems.

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Start of the navigation path Configure EWA Content Next navigation step Business Process Analysis End of the navigation path step

Changed

You can change the data collection settings and transfer them to the managed system.

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Maintain Recipients step

Changed

You can adapt the subject and body text of the e-mail template to your needs.

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Interfaces and Connection

Start of the navigation path Configure Infrastructure Next navigation step Housekeeping End of the navigation path step

Changed

In the Housekeeping step, you configure how long data is stored in the alert store and the event store for Interface and Connection Monitoring.

What you configure in this step is now specific to Interface and Connection Monitoring. This configuration has no impact on other applications.

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Job Monitoring

Start of the navigation path Job Monitoring End of the navigation path Configure Jobs

New

If you have added a lot of monitored objects and you want to monitor them, you can generate and activate them together by selecting all of the required objects and clicking on Mass Generate & Activate.

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Business Intelligence

Start of the navigation path HANA and BI Monitoring Next navigation step Business Intelligence Next navigation step Monitoring and Alerting Next navigation step Configure Jobs End of the navigation path

New

If you have added a lot of monitored objects and you want to monitor them, you can generate and activate them together by selecting all of the required objects and clicking on Mass Generate & Activate.

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Data Readiness

Start of the navigation path HANA and BI Monitoring Next navigation step Data Readiness End of the navigation path

New

A new guided procedure is introduced for Data Readiness Monitoring

Data Readiness Monitoring Configuration

Process Integration

Start of the navigation path Integration Monitoring Next navigation step Process Integration End of the navigation path

New

You can disable monitoring and alerting or maintain specific settings for a Process Integration (PI) domain or a PI technical system during specific work modes such as planned downtime or regular system maintenance.

Integrating Work Mode in Process Integration Monitoring

IT Service Management

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Start of the navigation path Check Status General Configuration Embedded Search Next navigation step Configure Embedded Search Next navigation step Check Status General Configuration Embedded Search End of the navigation path activity

New

Automatic activity added to check whether the status of the Embedded Search scenario is finished

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Business Process Operations

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Start of the navigation path Business Process Operations Next navigation step Basic BPO Configuration Next navigation step Configure Infrastructure End of the navigation path step

New

The Configure Infrastructure step has been added to the Basic BPO Configuration scenario.

In this step, you configure the E2E monitoring and alerting infrastructure for the Business Process Operations tools.

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Start of the navigation path Business Process Operations Next navigation step Basic BPO Configuration Next navigation step Configure Solution Manager Next navigation step Downtime Activities End of the navigation path step

New

The Downtime Activities step has been added to the Basic BPO Configuration scenario.

In this step, you can execute activities in case of a system downtime, for example, you can activate or deactivate monitoring for the solution.

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Functions under "Related Links"

Function

Type of Change

Description

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Project Management Enablement

New

This function was previously included in the guided procedures for the solution documentation content activation. It now is a separate activity to be executed after the content activation, in SAP Solution Manager 7.2.

Guide for Solution Documentation Content Activation, at http://service.sap.com/instguidesInformation published on SAP site Start of the navigation path SAP Components Next navigation step SAP Solution Manager 7.2 Next navigation step Upgrade End of the navigation path

Setting Up Project Management

Business Process Operations Migration

New

After an upgrade from SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to SAP Solution Manager 7.2, this guided procedure leads you through steps that are necessary for the migration of business process operations data created in the SAP Solution Manager 7.1 versions of Business Process Analytics, Business Process Operations dashboards, or dependency diagrams to the new version of SAP Solution Manager.

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