This document discusses Business Function Prediction, a tool that provides tailored recommendations on which new functionality within SAP enhancement packages may be relevant for a customer's business processes based on their existing system usage. It outlines the steps to generate a specific recommendation report, which analyzes a customer's transaction usage data and activated functions to identify new functions of relevance, interest, or that could improve current transactions. The results are presented in an online or downloadable report organized by business focus areas to help customers identify new functionality to evaluate further.

1. Business Function Prediction
Now more simplified discovery of new functionality
Bhanu Kamma Chavala
Maintenance GTM Solution Management

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Innovate Better
Quickly meet business requirements for growth and competitive advantage
Accelerated Innovation
Enablement
 Evaluate innovation
capabilities of the latest
SAP enhancement package
 Information on how to deploy
to meet business process
requirements
EHP EHP
Switch
Framework
 Activate the relevant business
function sets within SAP
enhancement packages
 Additional SAP Enterprise
Support services available
Enhancement Package
Installation
 EHP installer
 Business process change
analyzer (included in
SAP Solution Manager)
 Specific services for
installation, upgrade,
downtime, etc. available
Business Function
Prediction
 Find the enhancement
package functionality that is
right for your landscape
 Reports based on actual
system usage data
Find what‘s new... ... and what you get, ... ... install innovations, ... ... activate and use them!
EHP EHP
ActivationInstallationPlanning

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Do You Need Some Guidance When It Comes To Selecting
The Relevant EHP functionality?
Currently there are 650+ business
functions available.
Wondering which enhancement
package functionality could be
relevant for you?

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How to discover new functionality?
The Business Function Prediction is the answer…
BFP Report from SAP Service
Marketplace
YOU
.. what’s new
and relevant for
my business ?

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Business Function Prediction for SAP ERP
SAP simplifies the discovery of new functionality
Now receive your report in minutes!
 Tailored recommendation: discover more
easily the SAP ERP business functions
relevant for your business
 New version delivers your recommendation
 faster – because it runs as a self-service
 simpler – because of major usability
enhancements
 smarter – with a new download option
 Over 8,000+ satisfied customers have
used the previous version and more than
170 already used the new version since
the March 2013 go-live
 Generate your free report at http://service.sap.com/bfp today!
Customer
Popularity
Rating
Improvement
Potential
Must-Have
Project
Information

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Prediction of relevant enhancement package functionality based on your
existing system usage:
Customer SAP ERP Application
SAP transactions
used
SAP transactions not
used
For a complete overview
of new enhancement
package functionality use
the solution browser tool*
or the enhancement
package infocenter*
How Does This Technically Work?
VA01
* Both can be accessed via SAP Service Marketplace at www.service.sap.com/erp-ehp
FB50
MM01
MMBE
PA30
= Newly available and relevant
business functions

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Target Customers
Current release: Project type: Information Source:
+
SAP ERP 6.0
(SAP ECC Server)
With or without
enhancement
package
SAP R/3 4.6C
SAP R/3 Enterprise
SAP ERP 2004
(SAP ECC Server)
+
You are planning
or executing an
enhancement
package
implementation
Upgrade &
integrate
the latest
enhancement
packages

Business function
prediction:
Get tailored
recommendations
for functionality


Business function prediction:
Get tailored recommendations
for functionality
Generic information for
functional delta below SAP ERP 6.0
 solution browser tool*
* Access the solution browser tool via SAP Service Marketplace: www.service.sap.com/erp-upgrade

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Access the BFP in SAP Service Marketplace
Access the BFP in
SAP Service Marketplace:
http://service.sap.com/BFP
Click on

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Generate or manage your report
Access Options:
1. Generate Report
Generate a new
recommendation based
on business functions in
use
2. Manage Report
Access a previously
created report for online
viewing or download for
internal discussions

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Generate Report
Access Options:
1. Generate Report
Generate a new
recommendation based
on business functions in
use
2. Manage Report
Access a previously
created report for online
viewing or download for
internal discussions

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 1: Select a System
Select the system for
reporting on in the business
function prediction
Additional features:
1. Filter by
Reduce the list of options by
setting a filter against:
- Customer name
- System ID
- System name
- Installation
- Product version
2. Support in finding a
productive system
If productive system is not
listed, maintain the system
status on your system data
maintenance page

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 2: Prerequisites
Understand the
prerequisites for generating
your specific
recommendation.
 Workload statistics containing
used transactions and
executable programs
 Industry-specific business
function set (e.g. DIMP)
activated?
 Business functions or enterprise
extensions activated?
 Industry functionalities in use
(e.g. Automotive)?
Note: Each s-user related to your
company can generate and view
the recommendation report.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 3: Transaction
Upload system usage
data around the
transactions and
executable programs
being used.
Note: You can access the
step-by-step for details on
how to generate the ST03N
file.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 4: Function Set
Choose the applicable
activated business
function set.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 5: Business Functions Activated
Exclude the activated
business functions from
the analysis.
This ensures new non-
activated functions are
prominently shown in
results.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 5a: Business Functions Activated
Note: Business functions
can only be selected from
version SAP ERP 6.0 or
newer.
Otherwise nothing can be
selected and the
following screen would
appear.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 6: Industry
Select the industry
functionalities of interest.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 7: Results
Access the results:
View online and access
recommendation anytime in the
future*
Download report for reusing the
recommendation content in internal
discussions
Find further recommendations for
next steps
* Or until a new report is generated.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 7a: Results Online
Access the results:
View online and access
recommendation anytime in the
future*
Download report for reusing the
recommendation content in internal
discussions
Find further recommendations for
next steps
* Or until a new report is generated.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 7a: Results Online
Results are structured by tabs based
on business focus areas.
Please note: Click through to view the
hidden tabs via the outer arrows.

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Understanding the Results – 1/4
Description: The name of the business function with
access to a detailed description for the business function
Relevance: Relevancy of the business function for
those you are using more frequently. This provides an
opportunity for you to prioritize the implementation and
activation of the business functions
EHP: Specific SAP enhancement package number;
A filter can be set for hiding earlier package releases

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Understanding the Results – 2/4
Improved Transaction Codes: The number
of transactions in use that would be improved
if the business function is activated.
Popularity Ranking: Shows the business function
usage in relation to other productive customers

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Understanding the Results – 3/4
Documentation (Doc), Presentation (Pres), Release Notes, and Test
Catalog: Listing of relevant assets for the business function,
when available
Technical Business Function Name: Unique identifier which is visible in the Switch
Framework (or transaction SFW5)
Technical Usage: Set of software components that must be installed in order for the business
function to be ready for activation in the system

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Understanding the Results – 4/4
Related Information: Links to
services and educational content
offered by the SAP Enterprise Support
Academy and some specific general
education courses
Filter by: Functions can be filtered by
sub area and enhancement package to
fine-tune the recommendation results

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 7b: Results Download
Access the results:
View online and access
recommendation anytime in the
future*
Download report for reusing the
recommendation content in internal
discussions
Find further recommendations for
next steps
* Or until a new report is generated.

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Steps to Generate Your Specific Recommendation –
Step 7b: Results Download
Get your results in a storable and
printable form for internal
discussions
Get direct access to the last online
version via link

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Recommended Next Steps after a BFP
Drive Recommendation Into Action
Send a link of this report to your colleagues to share the results.
Contact us for tailored advice or more information. You can find a region-specific contact
here.
Schedule a workshop within your organization to discuss the results and to identify
business functions.
Our recommendation:
Order the service: “Functionality Assessment for SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Packages”
and evaluate with senior experts the benefits and dependencies of selected business
functions. More information about the scope of this service found here.
If you would like to order this service you can find a region-specific contact here.
Optional for customers with an SAP Enterprise Support contract:
Once you identified relevant functionalities please request an Accelerated Innovation
Enablement session to learn more. For more information about this live expert sessions
click here.
A wide range of additional services and educational content around upgrades and
implementations are offered by the SAP Enterprise Support Academy.

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Business Function Prediction
Our Customer Experience with the Previous Version
Customer
Popularity
Rating
Improvement
Potential
Must-Have
Project
Information
“Business function prediction is a great tool. It is easy to use,
free of charge and saves a lot of time.”
Dr. Marco Lenck, CIO,
Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH
“We used the business function prediction offering from SAP to
identify the specific and relevant functionalities we needed from
the SAP enhancement package. It pulled all the documentation
we needed together in one place.”
Mike Ayars, SAP Project Manager,
Powell Electronics Inc.
“We are very satisfied with the business function prediction that
helped us a lot to identify innovation in SAP enhancement
packages. We definitely recommend this offering to our
customers.”
Sylke Clemens, Servicemanagerin,
GISA GmbH

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