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 SRM, Analytics 2

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

SRM_ANALYTICS_2

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP Supplier Relationship Management 7.0

Technical Usage

SRM_SERVER

Application Component

SRM-EBP-REP

Required Business Function

Not relevant

You can use this business function to use a variety of reports and analyses that are now available in the Strategic Sourcing work center. The reports provide detailed information about RFxs against various parameters such as product category, average cycle time, and number of bidders. This information helps you to make strategic decisions and take subsequent action. You can also use a new feature in the Contract Management, Business Partner, and Strategic Sourcing work centers that lets you add your own reports to existing catalogs.

Note Note

You can revert this business function. To do so, perform the following steps:

  1. Check whether there are limitations at Customizing switch level. You can find this information in the business function description and in the documentation of the Customizing switch in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management. If there are no limitations, deactivate the Customizing switch or switches in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management.

  2. Run transaction Switch Framework Customizing (SFW5), select the business function, and deselect the Revertible checkbox. To do this, you need special authorizations.

  3. Save and activate your changes.

End of the note.

Note Note

If you do not deactivate all the Customizing switches assigned to a business function, a warning is issued.

End of the note.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software Component

    SRM_SERVER

    SRM_EXT_FUNC

    Not applicable

    Technical Component

    SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW)

    Strategic Sourcing-Related Analyses

    • Average Cycle Time

    • Number of RFx

    • Bidder Participation

    • Spend from RFx

Features

Strategic Sourcing

The following reports are available in the Strategic Sourcing work center:

  • Average Cycle Time

  • Number of RFx

  • Bidder Participation

  • Spend from RFx

The Customizing switch related to this business function is POWL-Based Reports (SRM_702_POWL_COCKPIT). You can activate this customizing switch in Customizing for SAP Supplier Relationship Management under Start of the navigation path SRM Server Next navigation step Analytics Next navigation step Reports Next navigation step Activate/Deactivate POWL-Based Reports End of the navigation path.

More Information

Analytics for Contract Management and Business Partner Work Centers

Analytics for Strategic Sourcing Work Center