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    ALM Solution ManagementMay 2013

    Change Request ManagemenOverview & Latest Enhancements

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    Disclaimer

    This presentation outlines our general product direction and should not be relied on

    purchase decision. This presentation is not subject to your license agreement or anywith SAP. SAP has no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this pr

    develop or release any functionality mentioned in this presentation. This presentation

    strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be chang

    time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of a

    express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantab

    particular purpose, or non-infringement. SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or

    document, except if such damages were caused by SAP intentionally or grossly neg

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    Introduction & Overview

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    Change

    Request

    Management

    Change Control ManagementThe whole is more than the sum of its parts

    Quality Gate

    Management

    Change and Transport

    system (SAP / Non SAP)

    Transport

    Analytics /

    Configuration

    Validation

    Transport

    Management

    Retrofit

    Change

    Control

    Management

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    SAP Solution Manager verified for ITIL Service Lifecy

    SAP Solution Mato support proces

    lifecycle phases

    Currently SAP SolIT Management

    owns the ITIL v20

    all 15 processes th

    Management of I

    ITIL is integrated

    and Run SAP like

    The core ITIL bes

    delivered out of t

    Manager

    Service

    Strategy

    Continual Service

    Improvement

    ServiceDesign

    Service

    Transition

    Service

    Operation

    Service Design

    Service Level Management

    Service Catalogue Mgmt.

    Capacity Management

    Availability Management

    IT Service Continuity Mgmt. Service Operation

    Event Management

    Incident Management

    Request Fulfillment

    Problem Management

    Service Transition

    Change Management

    Service Asset & Configuration

    Management

    Release & Deployment Mgmt.

    Knowledge Management

    Service Strategy

    Service PortfolioManagement

    Financial Mgmt. for IT

    Services

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    Change Request Management embedded in Applicatio

    Management

    ALM Capabilities

    Technical Infrastructure

    Transport Management System Enhanced Change & Transport System

    IT Service Management Quality Gate Management Test ManagementProject & Solution

    Directories

    System

    Recommendations

    This presentation and SAPs strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This docum

    without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement

    Change Request

    Management

    SAPSolution Manager

    Request forChange

    ServiceDeskMessage

    DEV

    QAS

    PRD

    Controlled transports

    Controlled transports

    ServiceDesk

    ChangeRequestManagement

    Change

    Transaction

    Feedback

    Requester Service Desk

    Employee

    ChangeManager

    Developer

    Tester

    IT Operator

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    Change Request Management closes gaps between

    Processes and Technical Tools

    Process Layer: Change & Release Management Process

    Technical Layer: Implementation / Execution of Changes

    Create

    Request forChange

    Process

    Request forChange

    Handover to

    Execution

    Manage Change

    Execution

    Coordina

    ReleaseDeployme

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    Change Executi

    Create

    Request for

    Change

    Approve /

    Reject

    Request

    Process

    Request

    Execute & document

    Change

    Test

    Chang

    Request for Change

    Handover

    to Execution

    Create

    ChangeTrans-

    action

    One central process to control change execution

    Requester Change

    Manager

    Approver Change

    Manager

    Developer & IT Staff Tester

    Notificationvia

    WorkflowSAP and non-SAP

    Changes

    Technical & non Technica

    Changes

    IT Assets Admin Ta

    Change Request

    Management supportsall types of changes

    System

    Landscapes

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    Change Request Management Features

    Search & Monitoring Change Documentation Manage Project

    Huge set of search criteria to

    create personalized queries

    Export and graphical display of

    search results

    Common search infrastructure

    for all transaction types

    Separate change request and

    change execution process

    Delivered with predefined

    workflows and processes for

    easy adaption

    Integrated in technical

    infrastructure

    Central manag

    phases via SA

    Manager

    Control transp

    change/releas

    request manag

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    Change Request Management Functionalities

    Request for Change

    Free scope definitio

    change: multiple cha

    Enhanced Approval

    Support of multiple a

    Easy customizable a

    Transport Manageme

    Access to all relevanmanagement activiti

    Fully integrated in ch

    process

    Test Management

    Assign Testplan and

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    Ensure proper testing and reduced downtime

    Iterative testing: Possibility to test changes in Qreleasing origin

    Only original transport will be released - less transports fo

    mean less import times

    Transport of Copies is built-in into standard ChanManagement processes

    PRE DEV QAS

    Original Transport

    of Normal Change

    Transport of Copies

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    Ensure integrity and safety for your IT infrastructure

    Receive warnings before creating potential downsituations or creating a real downgrade!

    2) Downgrade Protection Check1) Cross-System Object Lock (CSOL)

    Dev System 1

    Client 1Production

    SystemDev System 2

    Client1

    Test

    System

    Cross System Object Lock

    Object A

    Object A

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    Avoid critical situations caused by changes on import

    Define critical objects

    Approve critical objects

    Create a blacklist of critical objects and control ato those sensitive objects with additional approvals

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    Reporting & Tracking Functionalities

    Whichchange requests are inprocess/completed...?

    Howlongdo change requeststake to be completed?

    Whichtransports belong towhich change request and viceversa?

    Whatis the current transportstatus (in which system)?

    How many change requestswere declined?

    Change Request Management - Reporting Change Request Manag

    Sequence Dependency analsequence violations of custworkbench requests.

    Delta Analysis for Change Rbased transports and chang

    W Content

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    Powerful reporting and analytics capabilities based on

    Multiple Filter Values

    to redefine data

    Graphical

    representation of Data:

    Requests for Change by

    Status

    Ta

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    Enhancements of Service Pa

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    OverviewEnhancements in Change Request Manage

    Integration with SAP PPM

    Enhanced Approval Management & Substitution Feature

    Integration with IT Calendar

    New Scenarios and Enhancements for Retrofit

    Pre-Configured Email Notifications based on HTML Mails

    New Import Strategy: Selective Import

    Enhanced Home-Widgets

    Additional minor Usability and UI improvements

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    SAP Portfolio and Project Management and SAP Solution Manage

    PPM = SAP Portfolio and Project ManagementPPM-PFM = Portfolio management of PPM including cross project Resource Management (formerly know as xRPM)

    PPM-PRO = Project management of PPM including project Resource Management (formerly know as cProjects)

    Customers can leverage SAP PPM as the project planning

    and scheduling tool in SAP Solution Manager

    SAP Solution Manager is and remains the project execution

    toolChange Management is now integrated in PPM-PRO

    The PPM/SAP Solution Manager is only available if PPM isdeployed on the SAP Solution Manager

    SAP Solu

    SA

    PPMIT Portfol

    (PPM-PFM

    IT Projec(PPM-PRO

    Project Accounting

    PSP or IO

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    SAP Portfolio and Project Management and SAP Solution Manage

    Scope of Integration

    Provide visibility and functionality to help keep projects o

    Enable role-based resource management for project exa

    Manager

    Drive standardization for a uniform management approac

    Foundation to facilitate IT project portfolio governance

    Remove media-breaks between PMO and Change Mana

    Increase transparency on PMO side, through automatic d

    Enable accounting for changes, based on t imes recorded

    When in the PPM project you can:

    Assign Solution Manager projects to PPM projects

    Automatically crate request for change in SAP

    Solution Manager from a PPM task

    Resources are solely managed in PPM

    Definition of roles

    Staffing of resources

    Resources are transferred to the SAP Solution

    Manager

    When in the SAP Solution Manager you can:

    Find PPM project and task information inside SAPSolution Manager

    Create PPM task out of request for change

    Time recording can be done in the request for

    change and the data is transferred to the PPM task

    Key benefitsScope

    PPM Project

    C

    R

    Man

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    Enhanced Entity Modell (ITSM / Project Management /

    Change Documents(Change Execution)

    End User Self

    Service Portal

    E-Mail /

    Phone

    Mobile App / 3rd party

    Help Desk

    Application Lifecycle Management

    CTS+, Root Cause Analysis,

    ALM Process

    Integration

    Software Infrastructure

    Operations (with SAP ITSM )

    Incident

    Request for

    Change

    Kn

    A

    Service

    Request

    P

    Request for

    Change

    cProjects

    Project

    Task

    TaskRequest for

    Change

    Portfolio

    Item

    Portfolio

    1

    1

    11

    1

    n

    1

    n

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    either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement

    1

    IT PPM (with SAP PPM)

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    OverviewNew Integration Features with SAP PPM

    SAP PPM Project can be linked with SAP Solution Manager project

    Project Management specific information are set to read-only in SOLAR_PROJECT_

    PPM Tasks can create Request for Change

    Link between Task and CRM Transaction will be established

    Relevant data is transferred from PPM Task to Change Transaction

    1:1 relationship between Task and CRM document

    Time Recording / Effort Feedback from Change to PPM Task

    Recorded effort will be transferred back to PPM for Project Management Office (PMO

    Task status shall reflect status of CRM Document

    This presentation and SAPs strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document i

    either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement

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    Screenshots - Integrated Project- and Change Manage

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    Pre-Configured Email Notifications for HTML Mailing

    Change Request Management now

    pre-configured Email NotificationsBased on HTML Mail functionality of

    Easy to adapt with own HTML Templ

    Triggering based on Actions and Con

    Preconfigured for Standard Transa

    Actions & Conditions already created

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    Enhanced Home Widgets

    Home Widgets now fully customizable

    Create individual worklists for End-Users and

    Power-Users

    Multiple filters available for Partner, Transaction

    Types and Status

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    New Import Strategy: Selective Import

    Freely select the changes and transports,

    that shall be imported into a systemAdditional variant: Intelligent pre-selection

    based on status

    Note: SAP only recommends to use the

    selective import if all changes and transports

    are not related to each other and have nointerdependencies

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    Overview: Import Strategies for Change Request Mana

    Change Documents

    with Applicable Status(define in customizing)

    Change Documents

    with Non-Applicable Status T

    wtoOriginal Transport

    RequestTransport of Copies

    Standard strategy

    (Import all transport

    requests)x x x

    Status-Dependent

    Import x xSelective Import x(selectable) x(selectable) x(selectable)

    Status-Dependent

    Selective Import x(selectable) x(selectable)

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    Approval Procedure

    Step 1 General Approval Approver A

    Step 2 System Approval Approver B

    Enhanced Approval Management: Business Partner C

    Additional security and authorization checks

    Business Partner check for approvals, integrated with delegates functionality

    Approver A

    Approver B Substitute

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    Integration of Substitutes

    Define substitutes for business partners

    Integrated into Request for Change Approval Process

    Valid-From and Valid-To Date

    Multiple substitutes are possible

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    Approval Procedure

    Step 1 General Approval Approver A

    Step 2 System Approval [Group ABC]

    Enhanced Approval Management: Group Approvals

    Delegate approval decisions to groups

    Any member of the group, can perform the approval step

    Approver A

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    IT Calendar Integration

    Change Request Management is now integrated with the IT calendar of SAP So

    Establish a central ITcalendar for all your

    changes, projects, work

    modes and downtimes

    Create a common

    Release calendar, and

    visualize the project

    schedules of your projectcycles

    Create a Change

    calendar to show all

    planned changes for a

    certain time

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    IT Calendar IntegrationCustomizing Options

    Detailed Customizing possibilities to define what shall be displayed in IT calen

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    New Scenarios and Enhancements for Retrofit

    Two additional retrofit scenarios

    You can activate the manual and Business Warehouse-specific scenarios in Customizing

    You can define object types, that are applicable for one

    of these new scenarios

    If you define an object type for one of these retrofit

    scenarios, the objects are set to manual processing

    Implementation Projects

    Maintenance Projects in Cycles

    DEV TST

    Con QAS

    Via new additional functio

    Place a transport in the impo

    the retrofit was not successfu

    Create retrofit data again, if a

    during the creation of the ret

    Additional consistency check

    To ensure consistency and security when executing the

    retrofit, the system performs an automatic recheck of

    the retrofit classification

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    Minor UI and Usability Improvements

    New Status Overview assignment block

    Visualize the status scheme of your transactions

    Ignore all for Downgrade Protection available

    Manage large amounts of conflicts through multi selection and central Ignore function

    New search criteria

    Additional search criteria have been created

    New search criteria are mostly available for

    both: Requests for Change and

    Change Documents

    f S

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    UI Enhancement for Scope Assignment Block

    Define Document Description for each Scope Item

    Document description will be taken over automatically, when creating change

    During scop e defin i t ion

    Af ter change docum

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    Enhancements of Service Pa

    D d Ch k

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    Downgrade Checks

    Multiple Downgrade Checks:

    At Change Recording (CSOL)

    Before Export

    When Reassigning Change

    Before Import

    Receive warnings beforecreating potential downgrade situa

    or creating a real downgrade!

    I d Fl ibilit f Ch R t M t

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    Improved Flexibility for Change Request Management

    Reassign Changesto other Projects

    Project A Project B

    Decouple / Assign TransportsChange Document

    Transport A

    Transport B

    Addexisting transports to change documents

    Decoupletransports from change documents

    Changes can be easito anotherChange R

    Management project!

    Preliminar Import of Normal Changes

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    Preliminary Import of Normal Changes

    Solution Manager

    Project 1

    Normal Chan. 2

    Status:

    InDevelopment

    Normal Chan. 3

    Status:

    Successfully

    Tested

    Tasklist/

    Maintenance Cylcle 1

    P

    Buffer of Production

    System

    Normal Chan. 1

    Status:

    Authorized for

    Import

    Import in PRD

    Trigger Preliminary Import

    Flexible Import Options: Status driven Import

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    Flexible Import Options: Status driven Import

    The Import-Job imports transports of

    Normal Changes (and Urgent

    Changes) which are in a certain state

    (not all TRs)

    e.g. all transports are imported to

    production which belong to Normal

    Changes in status Successfully Tested

    Solution Manager

    Project 1

    Normal Chan. 2

    Status:

    In Repair

    Normal Chan. 3

    Status:

    Successfully

    Tested

    Maintenance Cycle 1

    P

    Buffer of Production

    System

    Normal Chan. 1

    Status:

    Successfully

    Tested

    Import in PRD

    Transport Status & Risks

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    Transport Status & Risks

    Landscape Assignment Block has been enhanced to display a status overview

    transports of the Change Document:

    With SP5, Change Request Management also introduces transport risks knoGate Management:

    Missing Synchronization OTransport ErrorsMissing Transports

    ? ? ?

    Enhanced Reporting Capabilities

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    Enhanced Reporting Capabilities

    New BW Content for IT Service Management

    Predefined KPIs based on SAP NetWeaver BI

    technology

    Dashboard Apps for Change Request

    Management

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    Enhancements of Service Pa

    New Features in Change Request Management

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    g q gSupport for multiple change documents

    New Request for Change supports multiple change documents

    Definition of scope for a request for change scope is done via scope assignment block

    All kinds of change documents can be combined without restriction

    Scope assignment block gives instant overview about all change documents and their status

    Add Scope Item

    Define

    New Features in Change Request Management

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    Support for Templates

    Create templates for reoccurring changes

    Use templates to create new requests for change

    Template support for Requests for Change

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    Template

    Multiple

    Requests for Change

    New Features in Change Request Management

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    Approval Procedures

    Support for easy customizable approval procedure

    Process flow for request for change approval - easy customizable

    Approval procedure determination via rules framework

    Integration to SAP Workflow:Approvers can be informed via workflow item

    New Features in Change Request Management

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    Request for Change with new process

    New standard process for Request for Change

    New status for validation of RfC by change manager

    Approval procedure with SAP Workflow integration

    New status while RfC is being implemented

    Possibility to extend the scope of a change request while in Implementation

    New

    Change

    Document

    Change ManagerRequester

    Change Manager

    Create

    ChangeRequest

    Handover to

    Development

    Add System

    Details

    Approve

    ChangeRequest

    Validate

    Change

    Request

    mult. Approvers

    Notification

    via

    Workflow

    Scope

    New Features in Change Request Management

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    Transport & Task Overview

    Enhanced transparency for transport requests

    List of all related transports and tasks of a change document

    Detailed information about status, owner and much more

    Central access to transport rele

    Overview about all

    related tasks

    Direct access to

    transport logs

    Infocri

    Display details about transportof copies

    New Features in Change Request Managementf

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    Enhanced Logging Information

    Increased transparency between backend and change document

    New Assignment Block Application Log

    Overview about executed backend & task list actions

    Detailed information about each action (Parameters, Messages) easily accessable

    New Features in Change Request ManagementS t L d & T k O i

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    System Landscape & Track Overview

    Get instant overview about system landscape and project track

    New Assignment Block Landscape for change documents and project transactions

    Overview about all systems of current track, including system type and relevant flag

    Direct logon possibilities to all systems

    1) Initial display mode

    Only current relevant system is display

    2) Extended display mode

    All systems of landscape and track are displayed

    New Features in Change Request ManagementB tt ALM I t ti

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    Better ALM Integration

    Assign testpackages and testplans to change request andchange documents

    Access testpackages directly via change requests and

    change documents

    Use Change Request ManagementQuality Gate Management

    Define quality gates with QGM

    Approve & control your changes wi

    Management

    Integration to Test Management Integration to Quality Gate Ma

    Test Workbench

    Change Request / Document

    Quality Gate Management Cha

    New Features in Change Request ManagementE h d C S t Obj t L k (CSOL)

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    Enhanced Cross System Object Lock (CSOL)

    Customizing settings can be done in normal and expert mode

    Expert mode provides functionalities to allow individual configuration of CSOL settings

    Additional option warning only introduced

    Expert Mode for Cross System Object Lock

    New Features in Change Request ManagementEnhanced Retrofit functionality

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    Enhanced Retrofit functionality

    Better object support with Retrofit in Change Request Management

    Automatic Import for Objects of transport requests into the Retrofit system

    Support of 100% of transportable objects!

    Automatic categorization of objects (Auto Import, Retrofit and Manual)

    Detection of technical sequence dependencies

    Implementation Projects

    Maintenance Projects in Cycles

    DEV TST

    Con QAS PRD

    New Features in Change Request ManagementSupport for non system related changes

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    Support for non-system related changes

    A general change document can be created during all phases of a project. The change document General Changeproject and can even be used without a project.

    General change documents provide a abstract status scheme for the implementation of those kind of changes.

    Use Case: The general change document supports the documentation of all non-system related changes (e.g. printeother legacy systems changes

    IT Assets

    SAP Solution Manager

    Request for

    Change

    Service Desk

    Message

    ServiceDesk

    ChangeRequest

    Management

    General Change

    Feedback

    Requester

    Service

    Desk

    Employee

    Change

    Manager

    IT Staff

    General Change*

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    User Interface & Configura

    IT Service Management on SAP Solution ManagerITSM Roles and predefined UIs

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    ITSM Roles and predefined UIs

    1stLevel Support

    Self ServicePortal

    Incident &

    Problem

    Management

    Root Cause

    Analysis,

    Knowledge

    Management,

    ITSM 1stLevel

    Support

    Incident Pre-Clarification,

    Search, Dispatching

    Phone

    Call

    E-Mail

    IT Service DeskTelephony

    Integration / E-Mail /

    Chat /

    EnterpriseSupport

    Pricelist

    component

    ServiceRequests

    Incidents

    SOLMANREQU -

    Solution Manager

    ITSM End User

    ITSM Profe

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    without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpo

    Change

    Management

    + ChangeManagement

    A

    IC_AGENT -

    InteractionCenter Agent

    SOLMANDSPTCH - Solution

    Manager ITSM Dispatch

    SOLMANPRO - Solutio

    Enhanced with auth

    WebClient FrameworkPersonalizing the User Interface

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    Personalizing the User Interface

    General Settings

    Date and time format

    Enabling the UI Configuration

    Enable Favorites

    Dropdown Listbox settings

    Personalize Layout

    Navigation Bar (Direct Link Groups)

    Layout (Skin, Text Size)

    Home Page Set-up

    Application Links

    Widgets

    Web Links

    Personalize User Data

    Password settings

    User Information

    More Information : Online Documentation

    WebClient FrameworkPersonalizing Incident Management

    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm70/helpdata/en/c2/e9753fe8b846cf97a0d9e22b538994/frameset.htmhttp://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm70/helpdata/en/c2/e9753fe8b846cf97a0d9e22b538994/frameset.htm
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    Personalizing Incident Management

    Personalize Overview Page

    Display/Hide Assignment Blocks

    Change Order

    Personalize Tables / Result Lists

    Display/Hide Columns

    Change Order of columns

    Change width of column (relative (%) , absolute (pixel))

    Change number of visible rows before scrolling

    Change number of rows before paging

    Online Documentation : Personalizing Tables

    WebClient FrameworkUI Configuration

    http://ldai2sd7.wdf.sap.corp:50089/sap(bD1lbiZjPTIwMCZkPW1pbg==)/bc/bsp/sap/crm_ui_start/default.htmhttp://ldai2sd7.wdf.sap.corp:50089/sap(bD1lbiZjPTIwMCZkPW1pbg==)/bc/bsp/sap/crm_ui_start/default.htm
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    UI Configuration

    Configure the UI directly from the

    Incident Management

    Via Show Configurable Areas The configurable areas are highlighted, and you start the

    configuration of the related view by clicking one of the

    configurable areas.

    Via Configure Pages

    Used to configure superior views such as the Home page, work

    center page, and overview page.

    Configuration possibilities

    Adding Fields

    Removing Fields

    Changing Position of Fields

    Adding Blank Rows

    Changing Field properties

    Online Documentation : UI Configuration

    ITSM implementation guided by SAP Solution Manag

    Configuration

    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm70/helpdata/en/7c/178c3d29e0420c9c10f7dda4b4cef4/frameset.htmhttp://help.sap.com/saphelp_crm70/helpdata/en/7c/178c3d29e0420c9c10f7dda4b4cef4/frameset.htm
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    Configuration

    Standard

    configurationOptional

    ConfigurationLandscape

    configurationAdminstration

    steps

    SAP Solution

    Manager Basic

    Configuration

    Manual &

    automatic

    configuration steps

    Managed system

    connection

    Copy ITSMtransaction types &

    profiles &

    dependencies

    Create template

    users

    Setup notifications

    Adjust status-, text-,

    action- or

    date profile

    Configure Interactive

    Reporting

    Set up T-Rex search

    Prepare External

    integration

    Select Managed

    systems

    Create users and

    business partner

    Create

    Organizational

    model

    IT Service ManagementConfiguration steps in SOLMAN SETUP

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    Configuration steps in SOLMAN_SETUP

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    More Information

    IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager10 steps to make yourself an expert

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    SAP Helphttp://help

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    SAP Trainings

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    ALM overviewhttp://service.sap.com/ALM

    SAP Whitepapers Overview, D

    http://service.sap.

    Implementation

    Services

    3

    More information needed?

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    Visit our IT Service Management Wiki

    in the SAP Community Network

    Presentations, Information, Demos around IT

    Service Management and Change Request

    Management

    Content is targeted and tailored for Managers,

    End-Users and Administrators

    Link: http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SAPITSM

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    Thank You!

    Tobias HaukALM Solution ManagementITSM, Change Request Management

    SAP AGDietmar-Hopp-Allee 16

    D-69190 Walldorf

    [email protected]