MISY 5340 - Exam 1 PowerPoint’s
SAP S/4HANA (What's New?) - answer+ Is the next-generation Business Suite
Is the biggest innovation since SAP R/3
+ Connects people, business networks, and devices
+ Works in real-time
+ Represents efficiency, simplicity, and innovation
+ Master Data is managed centrally; for example: Partners, Customers, and Vendors
SAP S/4HANA - answer+ Works with in-memory
+ Has a new and modern design
+ Works with new technology
+ Provides SAP Fiori User Experience (UX) and interface
Traditional Database Architecture - answer+ Normalized data modeling to third normal
form
+ Avoid unwanted redundancies
+ Avoid inconsistencies and anomalies
Disadvantages of Traditional Database Architecture - answer+ Frequent use of
redundant data to increase the performance of e.g. data aggregation
+ Higher effort to update redundant data
Principles of the S/4HANA Data Model - answer+ Storage of data in denormalized form
+ single source of data
+ No longer a need for redundant data storage for tasks such as aggregation
+ Processing of aggregation and analytics on the fly
+ Checks for inconsistencies and anomalies due to denormalization are no longer a
critical task
In-Memory Database - answer+ Column Store
+ In-Memory Processing
+ Compression
+ Parallel Processing
Fiori - answer+ Hardware independence
+ Mobile devices
OLAP + OLTP Together - answer+ Real-time analytics on current data
+ Consolidated forecasts including actual and planned cash data
3 Application Types offered by SAP Fiori - answer+ Transactional Apps
+ Analytical Apps
,+ Factsheet
Transactional Apps - answer+ Application type offered by SAP Fiori
+ Access to tasks like Create, Change, or Display processes with guided navigation
Analytical Apps: - answer+ Application type offered by SAP Fiori
+ Visual overview of business data
Factsheet - answer+ Application type offered by SAP Fiori
+ Reviews essential information about objects and provides contextual navigation
between related objects
Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) - answer+ Enables a company to support and
optimize its business processes
+ Helps the organization run smoothly
+ Real-time environment
+ Scalable and flexible
+ Collections of logically related transactions within
identifiable business functions
Data Types in ERP Systems - answer+ Organizational Data
+ Master Data
+ Transaction Data
Types of Organizational Data - answer+ Company Code
+ Plant
+ Storage Location
+ Distribution Channel
+ Purchasing Organization
Types of Master Data - answer+ Person
+ Material
+ Customer
+ Vendor
+ Work Center
Types of Transaction Data - answer+ Purchase Order
+ Invoice
+ Quotation
+ Sales Order
+ Transportation Order
Organizational Units - answer+ Client
+ Company Code
+ Plant
+ Sales Organization
, + Division
+ Storage Location
SAP Terminology: Client - answerSAP Terminology for Enterprise
SAP Terminology: Company Code - answerSAP Terminology for Company or
Subsidiary
SAP Terminology: Plant - answerSAP Terminology for Plant
SAP Terminology: Sales Organization - answerSAP Terminology for Sales Organization
SAP Terminology: Division - answerSAP Terminology for Business Area, Division, or
Department
Transaction Data - answer+ Transaction data is the system record of a completed
business event.
+ Depending on the business event, different Master Data and Organizational Data will
be referenced
+ For example, during a Sales Order business event, the following data is stored:
→ Organizational Level: Client, Company Code, Sales Area
→ Master Data: Customer, Material, Pricing (Conditions)
→ Situational Data: Date, Time, Person, Amount
Master Data - answer+ Stored for a long time and seldom changed
+ Represents logically grouped data like:
→ Customer Master
→ Material Master
→ Vendor Master
→ General Ledger Accounts
Documents - answer+ Transactions are data sets generated when a business
transaction is executed.
+ Is a record of the business transaction
+ Includes all relevant predefined information from the Master Data and from other
organizational entities
+ Examples:
→ Sales Document
→ Purchasing Document
→ Material Document
→ Accounting Document
Document Flow - answer+ Allow the review or setting of the Status at any point in time
+ SAP revises the Status every time a change takes place in a document
+ Original Documents can be reviewed from the Document Flow by selecting a
document and then clicking Display Document
SAP S/4HANA (What's New?) - answer+ Is the next-generation Business Suite
Is the biggest innovation since SAP R/3
+ Connects people, business networks, and devices
+ Works in real-time
+ Represents efficiency, simplicity, and innovation
+ Master Data is managed centrally; for example: Partners, Customers, and Vendors
SAP S/4HANA - answer+ Works with in-memory
+ Has a new and modern design
+ Works with new technology
+ Provides SAP Fiori User Experience (UX) and interface
Traditional Database Architecture - answer+ Normalized data modeling to third normal
form
+ Avoid unwanted redundancies
+ Avoid inconsistencies and anomalies
Disadvantages of Traditional Database Architecture - answer+ Frequent use of
redundant data to increase the performance of e.g. data aggregation
+ Higher effort to update redundant data
Principles of the S/4HANA Data Model - answer+ Storage of data in denormalized form
+ single source of data
+ No longer a need for redundant data storage for tasks such as aggregation
+ Processing of aggregation and analytics on the fly
+ Checks for inconsistencies and anomalies due to denormalization are no longer a
critical task
In-Memory Database - answer+ Column Store
+ In-Memory Processing
+ Compression
+ Parallel Processing
Fiori - answer+ Hardware independence
+ Mobile devices
OLAP + OLTP Together - answer+ Real-time analytics on current data
+ Consolidated forecasts including actual and planned cash data
3 Application Types offered by SAP Fiori - answer+ Transactional Apps
+ Analytical Apps
,+ Factsheet
Transactional Apps - answer+ Application type offered by SAP Fiori
+ Access to tasks like Create, Change, or Display processes with guided navigation
Analytical Apps: - answer+ Application type offered by SAP Fiori
+ Visual overview of business data
Factsheet - answer+ Application type offered by SAP Fiori
+ Reviews essential information about objects and provides contextual navigation
between related objects
Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP) - answer+ Enables a company to support and
optimize its business processes
+ Helps the organization run smoothly
+ Real-time environment
+ Scalable and flexible
+ Collections of logically related transactions within
identifiable business functions
Data Types in ERP Systems - answer+ Organizational Data
+ Master Data
+ Transaction Data
Types of Organizational Data - answer+ Company Code
+ Plant
+ Storage Location
+ Distribution Channel
+ Purchasing Organization
Types of Master Data - answer+ Person
+ Material
+ Customer
+ Vendor
+ Work Center
Types of Transaction Data - answer+ Purchase Order
+ Invoice
+ Quotation
+ Sales Order
+ Transportation Order
Organizational Units - answer+ Client
+ Company Code
+ Plant
+ Sales Organization
, + Division
+ Storage Location
SAP Terminology: Client - answerSAP Terminology for Enterprise
SAP Terminology: Company Code - answerSAP Terminology for Company or
Subsidiary
SAP Terminology: Plant - answerSAP Terminology for Plant
SAP Terminology: Sales Organization - answerSAP Terminology for Sales Organization
SAP Terminology: Division - answerSAP Terminology for Business Area, Division, or
Department
Transaction Data - answer+ Transaction data is the system record of a completed
business event.
+ Depending on the business event, different Master Data and Organizational Data will
be referenced
+ For example, during a Sales Order business event, the following data is stored:
→ Organizational Level: Client, Company Code, Sales Area
→ Master Data: Customer, Material, Pricing (Conditions)
→ Situational Data: Date, Time, Person, Amount
Master Data - answer+ Stored for a long time and seldom changed
+ Represents logically grouped data like:
→ Customer Master
→ Material Master
→ Vendor Master
→ General Ledger Accounts
Documents - answer+ Transactions are data sets generated when a business
transaction is executed.
+ Is a record of the business transaction
+ Includes all relevant predefined information from the Master Data and from other
organizational entities
+ Examples:
→ Sales Document
→ Purchasing Document
→ Material Document
→ Accounting Document
Document Flow - answer+ Allow the review or setting of the Status at any point in time
+ SAP revises the Status every time a change takes place in a document
+ Original Documents can be reviewed from the Document Flow by selecting a
document and then clicking Display Document
