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S/4HANA Sales: Maximize revenue and cash flow by managing and integrating the order-to-cash processes across all touch points, channels, and functions. Improve outstanding sales with multichannel, role-based access to accurate, real-time information. Learn more about how SAP S/4HANA Sales helps your company to be more connected and how its capabilities simplify your whole sales processes.
Introduction to S/4HANA Sales
In the dynamic landscape of business, S/4HANA Sales emerges as a robust ERP solution designed to streamline and optimize sales processes. It goes beyond traditional ERP systems, offering real-time analytics, simplified data models, and an enhanced user experience. The significance of adopting S/4HANA Sales cannot be overstated, especially in an era where agility and data-driven decision-making define success.
Evolution from SAP ERP to S/4HANA Sales
Understanding the journey from SAP ERP to S/4HANA Sales is crucial. The historical context reveals the need for a more efficient and responsive ERP system. S/4HANA Sales builds upon its predecessor’s foundation, introducing key improvements that cater to the evolving demands of modern businesses.
Key Features of S/4HANA Sales
One of the standout features of S/4HANA Sales is its simplified data model. This not only reduces complexity but also facilitates faster data processing. Real-time analytics empower businesses with actionable insights, enabling them to make informed decisions promptly. The enhanced user experience ensures that navigating and utilizing the system is intuitive and efficient.
Key Functionality of SAP S/4HANA Sales
SAP S/4HANA brings about many innovations, including multiple upgrades to sales functionality over SAP ERP Sales and Distribution.
Most of today’s pain points in this area relate to the lack of real-time analytics and visibility across the entire order fulfillment process. In this blog post, you’ll learn how innovations such as the sales order fulfillment cockpit can help internal sales order representatives significantly in performing more efficient and effective work.
Other areas of innovations are related to the condition contract settlement, which will enable enterprises to be more flexible due to the more rule-based and flexible architecture of the solutions.
New Sales Functions in the SAP S/4HANA 2021 Release
With the Delivery 2021, there are currently astonishing new highlights presented in the Deals region. In this blog entry I will provide you with a fast see of a portion of these points.
Fiori App for order entry
Long expected and presently accessible in the principal rendition, a smoothed out Fiori Application for request section. The VA01 exchange obviously stays the norm for key clients who need the entirety of the definite data and capabilities. However, for more fundamental section prerequisites, the less difficult and instinctive Fiori Application “Make Deals Request” is presently accessible. As per SAP, this is focused on deals representatives in their day to day work.
Figure 1: Fiori App “Create Sales Order” Basic Data
The most important functions and differences with the VA01 are summarized in the following summary.
Figure 2: Functional comparison of S/4HANA applications for order processing
Excel import of sales orders
Numerous clients have exclusively extended their request passage by adding an import interface for Microsoft Succeed tables. This empowers mass request creation involving table layouts as a premise. SAP has now integrated this methodology into the norm, as the “Import Sales Orders” presently gives the format download. A mass import of deals requests can then be performed on this premise. The necessary tests are finished at transfer and the important mistakes are recorded for revision.
Figure 3: Error message during the Excel import of sales orders.
Once the necessary corrections have been made, the sales orders are created in the system and are stored in an import history.
Automated creation of sales orders from PDF files
A further step towards computerization is taken with the new capacity of producing sales orders from PDF documents sent by the client. Indeed, even uninitiated messages with joined client orders can be consequently taken a look at utilizing an iRPA bot and imported to the framework for additional handling and checking. Be that as it may, for this interaction, which is more confounded than it might at first show up, various parts should be utilized. The accompanying flowchart shows how they cooperate.
Figure 4: Creating a sales order from a PDF file
Fiori app for mass changes to sales orders
Notwithstanding the capacity to make mass requests referenced above, you can likewise perform mass changes to sales archives midway with the application “Mass Difference in Deals Reports”. The accompanying sales archives can be changed along these lines:
- sales orders
- sales quotations
- sales contracts
- customer returns
- sales scheduling agreements
- debit and credit memo requests
The changes are planned with a background job and are then carried out.
Figure 5: Mass change of sales orders
Utilizing numerous addresses of the colleague in the request to-cash process
Figure 6: Example of business partner with multiple addresses
With the new capability, the saved addresses can be utilized in the altering system of the sales archives. For this reason the location outline can be gotten to and the ideal location can be chosen. Here is a model from the production of a sales request.
Figure 7: Example of address selection in the sales order
It’s exciting to see how this new function is being adopted by SAP customers and how it works with the existing capabilities and may even replace them.
The complete list of latest SAP Notes for SAP S/4HANA Sales which got released in May 2023.
Following is the rundown of How To’s delivered that gives bit by bit directions or direction on the most proficient method to play out a particular undertaking or achieve a specific objective inside the SAP framework.
| 1636749 | Sender E-Mail address is overwritten |
| 3138834 | How to delete unnecessary MARC entries? |
| 3276107 | Credit check with order/requested quantity instead of confirmed quantity (FSCM) |
| 2764257 | Credit blocked documents missing from VKM1 |
| 2743292 | Display credit account from the sales order in SAP Credit Management (FSCM) |
| 2689991 | “Next date” (VBAK-CMNGV) is not updated after changing the sales document |
| 2207394 | FSCM less credit checks in OVA8 |
| 2725532 | Field ADRDA in table VBPA is not updated |
| 3237691 | Basics on SD document header pricing fields |
| 3250335 | VAT number is missing in billing document if GB is involved |
| 2873874 | Unable to send plant and storage location values using IDOC_INPUT_ORDERS |
| 2694876 | Sales document creation with reference to billing document is not supported using FM IDOC_INPUT_ORDERS |
| 3330672 | Field KONP-ZAEHK_IND not filled if condition record is created via IDoc. |
| 2895702 | Changing Sales Orders in Transaction MASS (BUS2032) |
| 1613527 | Viewing Archived Text from VA03 |
| 3332652 | WBS element field is greyed out in the sales order line item |
| 3329271 | Usage of Import Parameter LOGIC_SWITCH in SD BAPIs |
Upgrade Information
| 2267348 | S4TWL – Simplification in SD Analytics |
Others
| 3291178 | Missing CO-PA documents from global trade ( LO-AB ) or SD billing |
| 118125 | Transfer billed quantity to CO |
| 3337394 | SD/FI-CA: Incorrect document flow for integration with invoicing in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable |
| 3328297 | SD/FI-CA: Tax items in accounting document are not summarized |
| 3336892 | PO can be created from PR (based on SO) despite Sales Order status should not allow PO creation |
| 504161 | Transaction DP90: The dump BCD_FIELD_OVERFLOW occurs in LVPKSDF20 |
| 3328671 | DP93: Error message DPICB004 or DPICB007 |
| 3041858 | DP91 with billing plan: Items are processed without billing plan date |
| 3007320 | DP93: Not possible to influence selection criteria to source “Intercompany – Line Items” |
| 204874 | Settled costs in resource-related billing |
| 3338068 | Displaying ATP quantity in sales order II |
| 3328399 | Displaying ATP quantity in sales order |
| 3266835 | ATP: No storage location check during batch determination |
| 3090858 | Message “Availability check was carried out” not displayed after pressing the “Check item availability” icon |
| 3301737 | V_V2 : Variant lost when back from ALV-list |
| 3314758 | FSCM credit block messages are not displayed for blocked sales order due to the field – gv_no_popup being set to ‘X’ |
| 3087209 | DCD remains open after the credit release |
| 3048220 | Credit overview and Credit master sheet menu grayed out in VKM1/VKM4 or Manage Credit Decisions Blocked SD Documents APP in S/4 HANA |
| 2742146 | RVKRED77: Incorrect open delivery value |
| 2655276 | Enable Change Logs for transaction OVA8 |
| 2473178 | Checked Credit Value and Open Credit Amount in DCD – FSCM |
| 3315535 | D11339 – Condition Change Log Report for sales – GETWA_NOT_ASSIGNED_RANGE |
| 3335770 | Check for Multiple Partner Address in NAST |
| 1870783 | Error SSFCOMPOSER034 during print preview |
| 3336894 | Runtime error during processing of OPPS response occurs (ITAB_ILLEGAL_SORT_ORDER) |
| 3335838 | Alternative Partnersuche auf der Positionsebene |
| 3329388 | Auftragsbezogene Adresse: Abfrage der Adressnummer |
| 362861 | ALV variant: Field not filled in partner dialog box |
| 3308135 | Incorrect currency conversion during transfer of shipment costs from shipment |
| 3055955 | Sales Order Pricing conditions become greyed out in create/change mode after manual change |
| 1954566 | Data exchange from CRM to ERP : Conditions with Interval scales are lost |
| 3322660 | Brexit NIP: Alternative Tax Countries in Sales |
| 72692 | SD-FI reference number without leading zeros |
| 3295118 | Empties Management and Down Payment processing leads to duplicates in the stock entries |
| 3331957 | Dump in CL_SDBIL_VBRP_ANALYTICS when creating invoice lists 2 |
| 3214284 | Dump GETWA_NOT_ASSIGNED Occurs in Transaction VF26 (Cancel Invoice Lists) |
| 3338348 | Report RVV05IVB nicht für EBDR |
| 3337603 | In one step STO process, VPRS condition value is determined wrongly by adding up preceding GR and GI values. |
| 3331243 | Search help in VF02/VF03 changed in S4HANA compared to ECC |
| 3283428 | Transfer price not transferred for batches |
| 3208287 | Error log missing upon navigation to item selection |
| 214623 | Cancelation: Billing document with a different document currency |
| 3144862 | Milestone billing plan cannot be copied from one sales document to another document successfully |
| 3319329 | S4 Pricing API: GETWA_NOT_ASSIGNED in Price details of Search Opportunities App |
| 3016665 | Status is set to A for FAS dates even though billing has already taken place |
| 3337659 | Cancellation of intercompany billing cannot get triggered by RVIVAUFT in order-related intercompany billing scenario |
| 3334242 | Advanced Intercompany: Pro forma invoice for billing as part of an Advanced Intercompany Sales process |
| 3326194 | (Advanced Intercompany Sales) Support of Company-Specific Supplier Numbers |
| 833115 | Pro forma invoice for order-related intercompany billing |
| 3326970 | Billing document request (EBDR) can not be created due to error VF016-the document is not relevant for billing |
| 3328405 | Payment Card CVV data entry issue |
| 3335691 | Operational Load: Authorisation check before selection criteria input |
| 3329211 | Short dump MESSAGE_TYPE_X in RAR Inbound Processing |
| 3167019 | Incorrect Invoice RAIs for SD Invoice in CI scenario |
| 2512943 | Settlement2Invoice: Wrong Accrual reversal for multiple settlements in one BDOC |
| 619498 | Transfer of quantity fields and value fields |
| 3336552 | In Fiori app ‘Create Billing Documents’, generic error is raised instead of specific error like using transaction VF01 before |
| 3297059 | Manage billing documents Performance issue with fuzzy search |
| 3329415 | Successor for deprecated F5309 Fiori app (Sales Order Fulfillment – Analyze Issues) |
| 3284751 | Sales Volume – Flexible Analysis App (F1250) does not display the Customer Reference field for all sales orders |
| 3138511 | Sales document types are not available for creating new document when using relevant SD fiori apps |
| 3332809 | INTRASTAT: Invoice items with no value and no quantity should be skipped |
| 3328364 | INTRASTAT: Commodity code must be valid in the reporting country |
| 3327975 | INTRASTAT: Currency key is not assigned correctly in transactions VE01 and MEIS |
| 3039285 | INTRASTAT: double reporting for countries IT and FR |
| 3013986 | The Intrastat relevance flag is set although the document is not relevant for the Intrastat declaration |
| 3323703 | Popup für Auswahl der Konditionstabellen zeigt zu wenige Tabellen an |
| 3333203 | Unable to a add new item in the advance shipment |
| 3327797 | Kurzdump DYNPRO_MSG_IN_HELP nach Fehler V1392 |
| 3324643 | SDOC: Transaction Manager Downport |
| 3203749 | No document detailed data in My INBOX fiori app when clicking the sales document workflow item |
| 2784152 | V1028 is raised with type ‘information’ instead of ‘Error’ even though material status is ‘B(Error Message)’ in TVMS |
| 3304896 | LORD API – CSL ASSERTION_FAILED Dump |
| 3302774 | A2X Sales Order API – Long text line break |
| 3298532 | A2A Sales Order API – Message sent when you have multiple provider systems |
| 3289066 | A2A Sales Order API – Customer with credit block has V1(849) as error |
| 3319371 | Customizing can be changed in transaction VOVS, even though the client has the status “Not Modifiable”. |
| 3278680 | Incorrect net value of the order during data exchange |
| 3317274 | Sales – Status management – Standard behaviors guide and How-to scenarios |
| 3332385 | Materialvariante wird nicht zur Auswahl für Ersetzung des konfigurierbaren Materials angeboten |
| 1639529 | Missing Configuration (CUOBJ) in VA01: error message V1469 |
| 3334134 | Document Type Column displays only description of the field in Mass Change of Sales Order Without Charge |
| 3323470 | Reject not working properly for Mass Change of Sales Documents |
| 3303994 | Adjustments of Shipping Point in Mass Change of Sales Documents |
| 3303277 | Actions not working when extension fields are added by modifying the structure |
| 2954507 | VA32 dump: DBSQL_DUPLICATE_KEY_ERROR; SAPSQL_ARRAY_INSERT_DUPREC |
| 3326997 | API_ReturnsInspection_2: Error MSR_INSP_MESSAGES 358 after selecting valid follow-up activity |
| 3236473 | Inspection API: Target product now available for FLU “Transfer to Specified Stock” |
| 2723385 | Performance of serial numbers |
| 3321050 | F4 Help of Sales Unit field not transferring the selected value |
| 3317036 | V23 – Delete Billing blocks – Authority-check not called |
| 2684337 | How first date (RV45A-ETDAT) is determined in Sales Documents |
| 1485562 | Short dump DDIC_TYPES_INCONSISTENT in sales or shipping |
Benefits of Adopting S/4HANA Sales
The benefits of adopting S/4HANA Sales are multi-faceted. Improved efficiency is a direct outcome of streamlined processes and real-time analytics. Businesses experience enhanced decision-making capabilities, thanks to the system’s ability to provide accurate and timely insights.
Conclusion
In conclusion, S/4HANA Sales is not just a software upgrade; it’s a strategic move towards a more agile, efficient, and data-driven future. Businesses that embrace this transformative ERP solution position themselves for sustained success in an increasingly competitive market.
FAQs
- Is S/4HANA Sales suitable for small businesses?
- Yes, S/4HANA Sales can be scaled to meet the needs of small businesses, providing a tailored solution for growth.
- How long does it take to implement S/4HANA Sales?
- The implementation timeline varies based on the complexity of the business processes, but it is generally a phased approach.
- Can existing SAP ERP users seamlessly transition to S/4HANA Sales?
- Yes, SAP has provided tools and resources to facilitate a smooth transition for existing ERP users.
- What kind of training is recommended for employees using S/4HANA Sales?
- Comprehensive training covering system navigation, data input, and interpretation of analytics is recommended for employees.
