Using SAP S/4HANA

Get to work in SAP S/4HANA with this introductory guide! Learn how to navigate your user interface, manage and report on your data, customize your reports, and tailor the system to your preferences. Then walk through daily tasks for several key lines of business: procurement, sales, and finance. With details on special functions and troubleshooting, this is the complete guide to your SAP S/4HANA workday! In this book, you'll learn about:a. User Operations Get started in your new system! Learn how to log in, navigate, and display, maintain, and report on your company's data. b. Customization Options Use SAP S/4HANA according to your specifications and preferences! Adapt your reporting settings and personalize your user interface so that it works for you, whether you're using the new UI (SAP Fiori) or the classic look of SAP GUI. c. Business Processes See how to complete day-to-day tasks in key lines of business. Perform procurement activities in materials management, ordering and invoicing in sales, and business transactions in finance such as displaying open items or a balance sheet. Highlights Include: 1) Logon and navigation2) Reporting 3) Personalization 4) Procurement5) Sales 6) Financial accounting7) Special functions 8) Troubleshooting 9) SAP Fiori applications10) SAP GUI transactions

Personalize your user interface, whether it's SAP Fiori or SAP GUI

... Foreword ... 17... Preface ... 19... Target Groups ... 20... Objectives and Parts of the Book ... 21... How to Work with This Book ... 22... Data for Training in the System ... 22... Test Access for SAP Fiori ... 22... Acknowledgments ... 23... Introduction ... 25... What Does SAP S/4HANA Have to Offer? ... 25... SAP GUI and SAP Fiori User Interfaces ... 29... Company Structure in the SAP System ... 32... Master Data and Documents in the SAP System ... 35... Summary ... 37... Using SAP GUI ... 391 ... First Steps with SAP GUI ... 411.1 ... Log On and Off of SAP GUI ... 411.2 ... Select Display Themes and Colors ... 501.3 ... Explore the SAP GUI Screen Elements ... 531.4 ... Display Transaction Codes ... 601.5 ... Create a Favorites Menu ... 631.6 ... Set User Data Appropriately ... 661.7 ... Summary ... 682 ... Displaying and Maintaining Data with SAP GUI Transactions ... 692.1 ... Start a Transaction ... 692.2 ... Navigate in a Transaction ... 732.3 ... Record Data ... 782.4 ... Use Value Help to Show Input Options ... 832.5 ... Use Search Help to Find Documents and Master Data ... 862.6 ... Use the Field Help ... 932.7 ... Work with Multiple Windows ... 962.8 ... Summary ... 993 ... Reporting with SAP GUI ... 1013.1 ... Find and Call Reports ... 1013.2 ... Find the Right Data by Selection ... 1053.3 ... Working with Lists: Find and Filter Data ... 1113.4 ... Print Lists or Save as PDF Files ... 1153.5 ... Download Lists ... 1163.6 ... Summary ... 1214 ... Changing SAP GUI Reports ... 1234.1 ... Save Default Values in a Report Variant ... 1234.2 ... Call Up a Report Variant ... 1274.3 ... Maintain Report Variants ... 1294.4 ... Get Creative: Design the Layout ... 1324.5 ... Save a Layout ... 1384.6 ... Call a Layout ... 1424.7 ... Maintain Layouts ... 1434.8 ... Summary ... 1495 ... Personalizing and Optimizing SAP GUI ... 1515.1 ... Optimize the Favorites Menu ... 1525.2 ... Save Typing with Default Values (User Parameters) ... 1575.3 ... Personal Value Lists ... 1635.4 ... Summary ... 168... Using SAP Fiori ... 1696 ... First Steps with SAP Fiori ... 1716.1 ... Log On and Off with SAP Fiori ... 1716.2 ... Customize the Appearance ... 1756.3 ... Your New Home: The SAP Fiori Launchpad ... 1786.4 ... Find and Run SAP Fiori Apps ... 1846.5 ... Add and Remove SAP Fiori Apps ... 1886.6 ... Summary ... 1927 ... Displaying and Maintaining Data with SAP Fiori Apps ... 1937.1 ... Legacy Apps and Real SAP Fiori Apps ... 1937.2 ... Launch and Navigate an SAP Fiori App Faster ... 1977.3 ... Navigate in a Transactional SAP Fiori App ... 1997.4 ... Make a Change ... 2067.5 ... Create Data ... 2097.6 ... Find Field Values with Value Help ... 2107.7 ... Find Master Data and Documents ... 2137.8 ... Enterprise Search for Global Search ... 2177.9 ... Help for Self-Help ... 2217.10 ... Work Optimally with the Browser ... 2237.11 ... Summary ... 2258 ... Reporting with SAP Fiori Apps ... 2278.1 ... Find and Launch SAP Fiori Apps with Tables ... 2278.2 ... Filter Tables in Header ... 2308.3 ... Print Tables or Save Them as PDF Files ... 2368.4 ... Download Tables ... 2378.5 ... Visualize Data with Analytical SAP Fiori Apps ... 2398.6 ... Summary ... 2489 ... Customizing SAP Fiori Reports ... 2499.1 ... Views for Filters ... 2499.2 ... Customize Tables in Transactional Apps ... 2579.3 ... Customize Tables in Analytical SAP Fiori Apps ... 2669.4 ... Create Your Own SAP Fiori Apps ... 2709.5 ... Summary ... 27210 ... Personalizing and Optimizing SAP Fiori ... 27310.1 ... Optimize the Homepage with Tile Groups ... 27310.2 ... Edit Tiles ... 27910.3 ... Set Default Values for Real SAP Fiori Apps ... 28710.4 ... Settings for Legacy Apps ... 28910.5 ... Summary ... 291... Running Core Business Processes ... 29311 ... Materials Management: Coordinating Procurement ... 29511.1 ... Purchase-to-Pay Process ... 29611.2 ... Organizational Units for Procurement ... 29711.3 ... Presets and Training Data ... 29811.4 ... Supplier as a Business Partner ... 30111.5 ... Display Purchasing Data in the Material Master ... 30811.6 ... Display the Material Stock ... 31511.7 ... Create an Order ... 31811.8 ... Display the Order and Output It as a PDF ... 32211.9 ... Enter a Goods Receipt ... 32411.10 ... Enter a Supplier Invoice ... 32811.11 ... Display a Supplier Invoice ... 33211.12 ... Summary ... 33512 ... Sales and Distribution: From the Order to the Invoice ... 33712.1 ... The Order-to-Cash Process ... 33712.2 ... Organizational Units ... 33912.3 ... Preferences ... 34012.4 ... Customer as a Business Partner ... 34312.5 ... Display Sales Data in the Material Master ... 34912.6 ... Create a Sales Order ... 35212.7 ... Show Order List and Order Confirmation ... 35512.8 ... Create an Outbound Delivery ... 36012.9 ... Confirm Picking and Post Goods Issue ... 36212.10 ... Create the Outgoing Invoice ... 36512.11 ... Display the Invoice and Output It as a PDF ... 36812.12 ... Summary ... 37113 ... Financial Accounting: Posting and Evaluating Business Transactions ... 37313.1 ... Organizational Units ... 37313.2 ... Components of the Financial System ... 37513.3 ... Default Settings for Financial Accounting and Controlling ... 37613.4 ... General Ledger ... 37813.5 ... Business Partner in Finance ... 38413.6 ... Accounts Receivable ... 38713.7 ... Accounts Payable ... 40113.8 ... Summary ... 406... The Authors ... 407... Index ... 409