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For SAP ERP, you have access to some special features in transaction SFW5. Here you have access to enterprise business functions, enterprise extensions, and industry business functions.

Features

Business Functions

For SAP ERP, transaction SFW5 covers the following types of business functions:

  • Enterprise Extensions

    These business functions are available for full releases of SAP ERP (up to SAP ERP 6.0). You use them to activate a number of industry-independent and industry-specific applications and business processes for each business function.

  • Enterprise Business Functions

    Using these business functions, you can activate software developments that SAP provides within the framework of enhancement packages. For a description of how the enterprise business functions work, see Business Functions.

    SAP ERP contains both industry-independent and industry-specific enterprise business functions. The enterprise business functions are grouped together in the general business function set BLANK.

  • Industry Business Functions

    The industry business functions contain functions that belong to the industry enhancements introduced with SAP ERP 6.0, along with the new developments from the enhancement packages. The industry business functions are part of the industry business function sets.

Business Function Sets

The business functions are grouped in business function sets in your ABAP-based SAP ERP system. There are two types of business functions sets:

  • For most industry business solutions, there is one business function set for each industry. You use this set to change over a client of your SAP ERP system to the applications and solutions tailored for the particular industry. A business function set includes all industry business functions that can be used exclusively for an industry solution on one system or one instance. These industry-specific contents and modifications are also available with SAP ERP, without your having to install an add-on.

  • In addition to the industry-specific business function sets, there is a general business function set. This contains the enterprise business functions and the enterprise extensions. These contain functions for the standard applications of Accounting, Logistics, Human Capital Management, and some additional industry-specific applications.

    The technical name of the general business function set is BLANK. The enterprise business functions and enterprise extensions contained in it are also included in the industry business function sets. Therefore, you can also use the functions that are not industry-specific, if you have set up your system for a certain industry.

A business function set is activated when you activate at least one of the related business functions. We therefore recommend that you activate the business function set when you start configuring your system, since the required industry-specific or non-industry-specific view of your Implementation Guide is not created until you have activated the related business function.

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After an upgrade, the business function sets that you previously activated are automatically activated again.

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You cannot activate industry business functions of an industry business function set in an ABAP-based system or an ABAP-based instance, in parallel with the industry business functions of another industry business function set. You can only activate one business function set for each instance. You cannot reverse the activation. Therefore, some business function sets are available where the requirements of several industries are linked with one another, for example, the SAP Oil and Gas with Utilities business function set.