The core of digital transformation is business agility, and that’s because digital technologies represent the most viable way to speed up processes and ultimately, growth. The majority of companies have already achieved some digital transformation, although not many have gone far enough.
SAP S/4HANA is making their services even better with the new features. SAP S/4HANA 1709 was introduced on 15th September 2017. The achievement of SAP S/4HANA 1709 got accelerated with the success of the previous release named SAP S/4HANA 1610 that also provides its services in the field of finance, procurement, sales, and business.
The new version of SAP S/4HANA is the next-generation business application. This application is SAP S/4HANA 1709, which is a robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to deal with bulk data using AI, Machine Learning and Analytics. The intention behind the addition of SAP S/4HANA 1709 bring more capabilities and offering available in Cloud and on-premise. SAP S/4HANA 1709 runs on SAP HANA in-memory database and uses the Linux operating system.
This article will provide you with guidance getting started with SAP S/4HANA.
Some Notable Highlights of SAP S/4HANA 1709 Capabilities:
It wouldn’t possible to relate every aspect here is this article; however, we have some of the essential details about SAP S/4HANA 1709 few capabilities. But, we will let you know about some of the convincing and crucial points that will help you get started, this includes but not limited to;
• Finance
• Supply Chain
• Manufacturing
• Sales
• Professional Services
• R&D and Engineering
• Procurement
• Assets Management, and much more.
The Architectural Evolution of SAP S/4HANA 1709
This new release is now available for the public. The version is compatible with the SAP HANA 2, which is the second generation of SAP HAHA, according to its database platform. SAP S/4HANA 1709 offers you a more efficient capability to keep your customers more updated regarding the database.
Earlier, SAP R/3 and SAP ERP was the former SAP enterprise resource planning, SAP S/4HANA was introduced with some additional features. Moreover, SAP S/4HAHA is better than SAP R/3 and SAP ERP due to the following reasons;
• Intelligent ERP system for modern business
• Consumer-grade across devices
• Real-time advanced analytics
• 100 times quicker reporting
• Implanted AI technology and Machine Learning
• SAP HANA power the database
• Offered both on-premise and Cloud
• 50% decrease in data footprint
• Agile deployment choices
• Modest edge and improved workflow
• Streamlined data display
On the other hand, the concept of five-dimensional performance has considerably increased the speed of SAP S/4HANA. Further adding to the implementation of SAP S/4Hana, more than 1000 companies are utilizing the new SAP S/4HANA 1709, so it indicates that the product is worth experiencing.
Similarly, if compared with the SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA comprises only a single block that was 26 in case of SAP ERP, as on the diagram below;
Figure 1: Traditional Disk-based ERP – SAP S/4HANA In-Memory ERP
What Is User Experience In SAP S/4HANA 1709?
In the last release of SAP S/4HANA 1610, Fiori 2.0 was added to it for better user experience. This time, Fiori is more competitive and efficient. This is a significant additional benefit that falls in the lap of SAP S/4HANA 1709. Moreover, here are some of the essential facts associated with SAP S/4HANA 1709 due to Fiori;
• CoPilot is accessible with this release
• You can write notes, and CoPilot relates these notes
• Screenshots can be taken and shared
• It performs swift action.
• SAP S/4HANA utilizes Fiori user interface
• SAP S/4HANA contains simplified models of data
• SAP S/4HANA has guided configuration
Moreover, it is a Cloud-based solution, and at the same time, you can run it on-premise.
SAP S/4HANA 1709 and Machine Learning:
It provides you with the SAP cash application. This application intelligently collects historical financial clearing data from the past and automatically and automatically pair invoices with incoming payments. Therefore, a lot of your burden gets removed in your convenience in making your user experience much better.
Installing Manually:
1. Perform the general steps for installing SAP Commerce but do not initialize it.
2. Add the platform extensions to the localextensions.xml file. To see the extensions typically used for each scenario, see SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP: Extensions and AddOns. For instructions on installing theData Hub extensions, proceed to the next step.
3. Start the server, and then in SAP Commerce Administration Cockpit initialize SAP Commerce.
4. Install Data Hub on your Tomcat server.
5. Copy the required Data Hub extensions from / bin/ext-integration/datahub/extensions/sap to /webapps/datahub-webapp/WEB-INF/lib.
Summary
If compared based on logical arguments as we presented above, it has become clear that SAP S/4HANA is a much better choice than SAP ERP. It’s a modern and multi-dimensional platform. SAP S/4HANA 1709 allows its user to enjoy more promising features than the previous model of SAP S/4HANA 1610.
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Jones Anderson
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