What is SAP SOLUTION MANAGER

Objective(s)

• Define "SAP Solution Manager"
• State the general purpose of SAP Solution Manager
• Identify the multiple usage scenarios of SAP Solution Manager
• List the benefits of using SAP Solution Manager

Solution Manager Definition

The SAP Solution Manager is the central application management platform that customers can run in their solution landscape to help them efficiently implement, operate, monitor, and support their SAP solutions.

SAP Solution Manager is thus used for both Implementation and Operational Functions.

The SAP Solution Manager provides tools, content, and a gateway to SAP that helps to:

• Optimize the management of your SAP solution
• Ensure reliability of your SAP solution
• Ensure efficient operations
• Ease implementation and upgrades
• Continuously adapt and improve your solution

Customer's System Landscape

The SAP Solution Manager is a separate, complete Web Application Server installation that is connected to all systems in your solution landscape. These various systems are calledsatellite systems.

In this way, SAP Solution Manager acts as the central system of your solution landscape, allowing business processes to be implemented, tested, and even monitored in an integrated manner, thus avoiding duplication of effort and information and streamlining your activities.

Why Solution Manager?

• Faster implementation and more efficient operation of solutions
• All available implementation and upgrade content is included
• Optimal access to all support services
• Optimal support of all operations, maintenance and improvement activities
• Faster issue resolution through collaboration with Active Global Support

Overview why Solution Manager:

There are several reasons to implement SAP Solution Manager.

First, SAP Solution Manager enables the customer to have a faster implementation of SAP solutions and helps optimize operations once implementation is complete.

Second, implementing SAP Solution Manager gives the customer access to all available implementation and upgrade content.

Third, customers have easy access to all support services that are relevant to operations, maintenance, and improvement activities. This leads to faster issue resolution through close collaboration with Active Global Support.

Solution Manager Usage Scenarios

There are many scenarios in which SAP Solution Manager can be used. Each scenario occurs in one of the three life cycle phases, implementation, operations, and optimization. This is also known as the cycle of continuous improvement.

There are six common scenarios for Solution Manager. They are:

• Implement SAP Solutions
• Monitor SAP Solutions
• Manage the Service Desk
• Link to SAP Services
• Manage Change Requests
• Upgrade SAP Solutions

IMG step:Work Schedule Rule (V_T508A)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Work Schedule Rules and Monthly Work Schedules ® Set work schedule rules and work schedules

ES grp	1	1	1	1	1	1
ES grpg for WS	Industrial workers	Industrial workers	Industrial workers	Industrial workers	Industrial workers	Industrial workers
Holiday calendar	GE	GE	GE	GE	GE	GE
PS grouping	08	08	08	08	08	08
Work schedule rule	20-WK	40-WK	SHIFT-1	SHIFT-2	SHIFT-3	STD-WK
From	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990
To	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999
Daily working hours	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00
Weekly working hours	39.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	39.00
Weekly workdays	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Monthly working hours	169.00	173.33	173.33	173.33	173.33	169.00
Annual working hours	2028.00	2080.00	2080.00	2080.00	2080.00	2028.00
Addnl monthly working hrs
Rule for day types	01	01	01	01	01	01
Grpg for daily WS	08	08	08	08	08	08
Period work schedule	20WK	40WK	SHF3	SHF3	SHF3	WRKS
Ref. date of PWS	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990
Start point in PWS	001	001	001	008	015	001
WS rule for RWH
Alt. work schedule
Shift premium
Sickness indicator

Work Schedule Rule Cont.

ES grp	2	2	2	2
ES grpg for WS	Salaried staff	Salaried staff	Salaried staff	Salaried staff
Holiday calendar	GE	GE	GE	GE
PS grouping	08	08	08	08
Work schedule rule	20-WK	40-WK	GB-FL01	STD-WK
From	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990
To	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999
Daily working hours	4.00	8.00	7.50	8.00
Weekly working hours	20.00	40.00	37.50	39.00
Weekly workdays	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Monthly working hours	86.50	173.33	162.50	169.00
Annual working hours	1038.00	2076.00	1950.00	2028.00
Addnl monthly working hrs
Rule for day types	01	01	01	01
Grpg for daily WS	08	08	08	08
Period work schedule	20WK	40WK	GBFL	WRKS
Ref. date of PWS	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990
Start point in PWS	001	001	001	001
WS rule for RWH
Alt. work schedule
Shift premium
Sickness indicator

IMG step:Assign Personnel Subarea to Public Holiday Calendar (V_001P_M)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Work Schedule Rules and Monthly Work Schedules ® Define groupings for the public holiday calendar

Personnel area	Personnel subarea	Holiday
GB01	0001	GE
GB01	0002	GS

IMG step:Employee Subgroup Grouping for Work Schedules (V_503_D)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Work Schedule Rules and Monthly Work Schedules ® Define employee subgroup groupings

Employee group	Employee subgroup	ES grouping
1	GA	1
1	GB	1
1	GC	2
1	GD	2
1	GE	1
1	GF	2
1	GO	2

IMG step:Period Work Schedule (V_T551A)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Period Work Schedules ® Define period work schedules

Grouping	Period WS	Period WS text	Week number	Day 01	Day 02	Day 03	Day 04	Day 05	Day 06	Day 07
08	20WK	20 hour week	001	PDAY	PDAY	PDAY	PDAY	PDAY	FREE	FREE
08	40WK	40 hour week	001	NDAY	NDAY	NDAY	NDAY	NDAY	FREE	FREE
08	GBFL	Flexitime (GB)	001	GB01	GB01	GB01	GB01	GB01	FREE	FREE
08	SHF3	3-weekly shift	001	MORN	MORN	MORN	MORN	MORN	FREE	FREE
08	SHF3	3-weekly shift	002	AFTN	AFTN	AFTN	AFTN	AFTN	FREE	FREE
08	SHF3	3-weekly shift	003	NGHT	NGHT	NGHT	NGHT	NGHT	FREE	FREE
08	WRKS	39-hour week	001	SDAY	SDAY	SDAY	SDAY	SDAY	FREE	FREE

IMG step:Daily Work Schedule – Details for Variant (V_T550A)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Daily Work Schedules ® Define daily work schedules

Grouping for daily work schedule	08
Daily work schedule	SDAY
Daily work schedule variant	S
Planned working hours	7
Start of planned working time	8:00
End of planned working time	16:00
Work break schedule	LNCH
Reaction to overtime	W (warning)
Daily work schedule class	1

IMG step:IMG step: Daily Work Schedule (V_T550A)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Daily Work Schedules ® Define daily work schedules

Grouping	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08	08
DWS	AFTN	FREE	GB01	MORN	NDAY	NGHT	PDAY	SDAY	SDAY
Variant									S
Start date	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990	01.01.1990
End date	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999	31.12.9999
Text	Afternoons	Time off	Flexitime	Mornings	Normal day	Nights	Part-time day	Standard day	Standard day
DWS sel. rule	01		01	01	GB	01	GB	GB
DWS class	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Start of work	14:00	00:00	08:00	06:00	08:00	22:00	08:00	08:00	08:00
End of work	22:00	08:00	18:00	14:00	17:00	06:00	12:00	17:00	16:00
Break	AFTB		GBP1	MRNB	LNCH	NGHB		LNCH	LNCH
WrkHrs	8.00	0.00	8.50	8.00	8.00	8.00	4.00	8.00	7.00

IMG step:Rules for Daily Work Schedule Variant (V_T550X)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Daily Work Schedules ® Define rules for variants

Rule	No	Holiday class b123456789	Hol.cl.subs.day b123456789	Weekday 1234567	Variant
GB	01	X……………	XXXXXXXXXX	…….X...	S

IMG step:Work Break Schedule (V_T550P)

IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Daily Work Schedules ® Define break schedules

Grpg	Break	No	Start	End	Unpaid	Paid
08	AFTB	00	18:00	18:30		0.50
08	GBP1	00	10:30	10:45		0.25
08	LNCH	00	13:00	14:00	1.00
08	MRNB	00	10:00	10:30		0.50
08	NGHB	00	9:30	10:00		0.50

IMG step:Assignment of PS Grouping for Work Schedules to Daily WS (T508Z)

Assignment of PS Grouping for Work Schedules to Daily WS (T508Z)
IMG step: Personnel Time Management ® Work Schedules ® Personnel Subarea Groupings ® Set groupings for the daily work schedule

PS grouping	Grpg for daily WS
08	08