SAP Fiori Apps for the
SAP ERP Application PP
How to implement defined Fiori apps on top of the
SAP Best Practices Baseline packages.
Based on the example of US Baseline V3.607
How-to Guide: V1.00
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Contents
SAP Fiori Apps for ERP Baseline – Application PP ................................................................... 6
1
Purpose of SAP Fiori ........................................................................................................... 6
2
Overview Matrix for PP Fiori Apps ...................................................................................... 7
3
Ready-to-Activate / Fully-Activated Version ...................................................................... 11
4
Technical/System Prerequisites for Transactional Apps ................................................... 11
5
Transactional PP Apps ...................................................................................................... 12
5.1
General Configuration .................................................................................................. 12
5.2
Required SAP Notes .................................................................................................... 12
5.3
Technical Data ............................................................................................................. 12
5.3.1
Back-End Components .......................................................................................... 12
5.3.2
Front-End Components: UI5 Application ............................................................... 13
5.3.3
Front-End Server: SAP Fiori Launchpad Components ......................................... 13
5.3.4
Technical Requirements ........................................................................................ 14
5.3.5
Configuration and App Implementation for Baseline Processes ........................... 14
5.3.6
Assign User Roles in the Back-End System ......................................................... 14
5.3.7
Activation of Gateway Service in the SAP Gateway Server with Transaction ...... 15
5.4
Material Requirements Planning .................................................................................. 17
5.4.1
Business Purpose for Material Requirements Planning ........................................ 17
5.4.2
Monitor Material Shortages ................................................................................... 17
5.4.3
Manage Material Shortages .................................................................................. 19
5.4.4
Monitor External Requirements ............................................................................. 20
5.4.5
Manage External Requirements ............................................................................ 21
5.4.6
Supported Scope Items ......................................................................................... 22
5.5
Production Order Handling .......................................................................................... 23
5.5.1
Business Purpose for Production Order Handling ................................................. 23
5.5.2
Production Order Release ..................................................................................... 23
5.5.3
Confirm Production Operations ............................................................................. 24
5.5.4
Confirm Production Orders .................................................................................... 25
5.5.5
Supported Scope Items ......................................................................................... 26
6
Technical/System Prerequisites for SAP Smart Business Apps ....................................... 26
7
Technical/System Prerequisites for Fact Sheets .............................................................. 27
8
Fact Sheets for PP ............................................................................................................ 27
8.1
Fact Sheet for Production Order .................................................................................. 27
8.1.1
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Description ............................................................................................................. 27
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8.1.2
Navigation Targets................................................................................................. 27
8.1.3
Transactions .......................................................................................................... 27
8.1.4
Technical Requirements ........................................................................................ 27
8.1.5
Technical Data ....................................................................................................... 28
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SAP Fiori Apps for ERP Baseline – Application PP
1
Purpose of SAP Fiori
SAP Fiori is a collection of apps that represent the new SAP user experience. SAP Fiori apps
have a consistent design language and make use of a common technical infrastructure. They
provide a consistent end-to-end user experience and can be used across all device types without
creating additional implementation effort.
Organized by user role, the SAP Fiori launchpad is the central entry hub to all Fiori apps where
users access apps via tiles. The launchpad has services for navigation, personalization, single
sign-on, and search. The launchpad and the tiles are flexible and can be adapted to your needs.
You can use the search in the SAP Fiori launchpad to perform a cross-entity search through core
SAP Business Suite applications. The search uses the SAP NetWeaver Embedded Search
technology on a SAP HANA database. New SAP HANA-enabled search models are delivered for
core business objects.
The Fiori apps focus on critical and common activities and are designed around how people work:

Role-based: Fiori apps decompose complex applications into a task-based experience with
one central entry point for each user.

Responsive: Fiori apps adapt to all sizes, devices, versions, and channels to provide a
common user experience across all channels.

Simple: Fiori apps follow the 1-1-3 experience (1 user, 1 scenario, 3 screens). They know and
provide the right context and meaningful data integration.

Coherent user experience with apps that speak the same design language. This implies
coherence for common activities as well as coherence for your brand.

Instant value with a low barrier to adoption, enabling customers to adapt and users to
personalize.

Interactive on desktop, tablet, and mobile platforms
All UIs are built using state-of-the-art technology such as HTML5 and SAP UI5 mobile. Fiori apps
allow you to access the most recent version of your back-end data via OData services. Through
previously defined roles and authorizations, you can specify which apps and which data a user is
allowed to access.
The purpose of this document is to give the user all necessary information around the SAP Fiori
apps for PP to be able to run them on top of the SAP Best Practices MM processes.
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2
Overview Matrix for PP Fiori Apps
The following matrix shows the existing Fiori roles available within the MM application and the
assigned Fiori apps.
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Fiori Role
Fiori App
Short Description
Mapping to Scope
Item
(Baseline Scope
Item) IDs
Fiori
Application
Type
SAP HANA
Mandatory
Material
Requirements
Planner - Buy
Scenarios Only
Monitor
Material
Shortages
You can monitor material shortages in a selected area of
responsibility. You can specify a shortage definition and a time
horizon to determine which materials you want to check. You
can specify a shortage definition and a time horizon to determine
which materials you want to check.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
Manage
Material
Shortages
You can check the coverage of your materials based on the
settings you made in the Monitor Material Shortages app. To
help you solve your shortages, the system proposes different
solutions. You can simulate the solution to preview its effects
and you can apply the solution that best solves your issue.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
Monitor
External
Requirements
You can monitor the uncovered requirements originating from
sales orders and stock transport orders in a selected area of
responsibility. You can specify a shortage definition and a time
horizon to determine which uncovered external requirements
you want to check.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
Manage
External
Requirements
You can check your uncovered and delayed items based on the
settings you made in the Monitor External Requirements app. To
help you cover your external requirements, the system proposes
different solutions. You can simulate the solution to preview its
effects and you can apply the solution that best solves your
issue.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
Confirm
Production
Orders
A production worker can perform partial or final confirmations for
production orders through a simplified and intuitive UI. The app
provides fast order input and simplified order confirmation
procedures that are available for desktop, tablet, and mobile.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
Confirm
Production
Operations
Production workers can view and confirm order operations
released to their work centers. They can search for the next
order operation that they want to confirm by its number or
confirmation number. They can use various sorting and filtering
options that speed up and simplify the search for an order
operation that they want to confirm. Production workers can
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
SAP Production
Planning &
Control
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Fiori Role
Fiori App
Short Description
Mapping to Scope
Item
(Baseline Scope
Item) IDs
Fiori
Application
Type
SAP HANA
Mandatory
partially or finally confirm a production order operation anytime
and from any place using various mobile devices.
Production
Supervisor
Release
Production
Orders
Production supervisors can release production orders using a
highly intuitive and user-friendly application. The browser based
application supports desktop, tablet and mobile devices.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Transactional
No
Production
Order
This fact sheet displays contextual information about the
Production Order. You can navigate to its related entities and
you can access related transactions in operational systems.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Fact sheet
No
Planned Order
This fact sheet displays contextual information about the
Planned Order. You can navigate to its related entities and you
can access related transactions in operational systems, or you
can navigate to related transactional applications.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Fact sheet
No
Process Order
This fact sheet displays contextual information about the process
order. You can navigate to its related entities and you can
access related transactions in operational systems, or you can
navigate to related transactional applications.
Make-to-Stock
Production –
Process Industry
(146)
Fact sheet
No
Resource
This fact sheet displays contextual information about the
resource. You can navigate to its related entities and you can
access related transactions in operational systems, or you can
navigate to related transactional applications.
Make-to-Stock
Production Discrete Industry
(MTS)* (145)
Fact sheet
No
Fact sheet
No
Make-to-Stock
Production –
Process Industry
(146)
Work Center
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This fact sheet displays contextual information about the work
center. You can navigate to its related entities and you can
access related transactions in operational systems, or you can
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Fiori Role
Fiori App
Short Description
Mapping to Scope
Item
(Baseline Scope
Item) IDs
navigate to related transactional applications.
(MTS)* (145)
Make-to-Stock
Production –
Process Industry
(146)
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Fiori
Application
Type
SAP HANA
Mandatory
SAP Fiori Apps for the SAP ERP Application PP
* For Wave 2, the MRP Fiori apps are capable to manage external procurements such as
purchase orders or purchase requisitions. All scope items using procured materials (raw or semifinished) can use these Fiori Apps.

Procurement without QM (130)

Stock Transfer with Delivery (MRP run requires 130) (134)

Make-to-Stock Production – Discrete Industry (MTS) (145)

Make-to-Stock Production – Process Industry (146)
3
Ready-to-Activate / Fully-Activated Version
For the Ready-to-Activate version, the complete content described in this document is relevant.
For the Ready-to-Demo version, you can skip all the chapters which treat configuration topics.
The following subchapters are relevant for each Fiori application:

Description

Key Features

Business purpose

Procedure
4
Technical/System Prerequisites for
Transactional Apps
The prerequisite for using the SAP Fiori transactional apps is implementing the relevant
application independent parts provided by the SAP Fiori apps rapid-deployment solution. This
version of SAP Fiori apps rapid-deployment solution includes new SAP Fiori apps and enables
the implementation of SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP UI5 and any of the SAP Fiori transactional
apps. In general, it is necessary to set up the SAP Fiori system landscape.
The solution includes a description of the general configuration steps required to manually set up
the configuration within the system landscape and information about the software installation. We
have three scenarios for Fiori: transactional apps, analytical apps and fact sheets. Each scenario
has its specific systems or software that need to be installed. By reading through the referenced
documents, you should be able to set up your own Fiori landscape based on your existing system
environment.
The package delivers a description of the SAP Fiori related security configuration. When running
your SAP Business Suite system, you must ensure that your data and processes support your
business needs without allowing unauthorized access to critical information. This document
provides the network safety related system components settings, and based on SAML2.0, SSO2
and X.509, a single point of Single Sign-on authentication configuration.
The SAP Fiori launchpad is the entry point to SAP Fiori apps on mobile or desktop devices and
the Launchpad Designer is the standard tool for configuring the launchpad. The configuration
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guide provides the information for the setup and also explains how to add the different types of
apps to the launchpad.
For detailed information on the technical implementation of the above mentioned prerequisites,
refer to the SAP Fiori Apps rapid-deployment solution on the SAP Service Marketplace (direct
access to the page: http://service.sap.com/rds-fiori-apps).
5
Transactional PP Apps
5.1 General Configuration
In the following the necessary configuration steps for the activation and usage of the app are
mentioned in a short checklist. Details are described in the relevant configuration guides for the
SAP Fiori Apps rapid-deployment solution, SAP HANA Live rapid-deployment solution and SAP
Fiori Infrastructure rapid-deployment solution.
5.2 Required SAP Notes
For Monitor Material Shortages, the following SAP Notes must be implemented:
Back-End/Front-End Server
SAP Note Number
Description
Back-end and front-end
servers
1955289
Release Information Note for SAP Fiori
Apps for Material Requirements
Planning
1931275
Fiori-App: “Release Production Orders”
corrections
1893788
Conversions in SAP NetWeaver
Gateway Framework
5.3 Technical Data
The following tables list technical objects specific to the apps in the production environment.
5.3.1 Back-End Components
OData Service
App
Authorization Role (PFCG Role)
PP_MRP_COCKPIT_SRV (1)
Monitor Material
Shortages
SAP_PP_MATSHORT_MR_APP
Manage Material
Shortages
SAP_PP_MATSHORT_DT_APP
Monitor External
Requirements
SAP_PP_UNCOVSO_MR_APP
Manage External
Requirements
SAP_PP_UNCOVSO_DT_APP
Release
Production
orders
SAP_PP_PRODORD_REL_APP
PP_PRODORDER_RELEASE_SRV
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PP_PRODOPS_CONFIRM_SRV
Confirm
Production
Operations
SAP_PP_PROD_OPS_CONF_APP
PP_PRODORD_CONFIRM
Confirm
Production
Orders
SAP_PP_PROD_ORD_CONF_APP
CB_PRODUCTION_ORDER_SRV
(1)
Fact Sheet for
Production
Order
SAP_PP_TCR_T
5.3.2 Front-End Components: UI5 Application
Component
App
Technical Name
UI5 Application
Monitor Material
Shortages
PP_MATSHORT_MR
Manage Material
Shortages
PP_MATSHORT_DT
Monitor External
Requirements
PP_UNCOVSO_MR
Manage External
Requirements
PP_UNCOVSO_DT
Release Production
Orders
PP_PRODORD_REL
Confirm Production
Operations
PP_PRODOPS_CNF
Confirm Production
Orders
PP_PRODORD_CNF
5.3.3 Front-End Server: SAP Fiori Launchpad Components
App
Component
Technical Name
MRP
Business Role
SAP_PP_BCR_MRPController
Business Catalog
SAP_PP_BC_MRPController
Business Catalog Group
SAP_PP_BCG_MRPController
Technical Role
SAP_PP_TCR_T
Technical Catalog
SAP_PP_TC_T
LPD_CUST Role
UIAPPP01
LPD_CUST Instance
TRANSACTIONAL
Business Role
SAP_PP_BCR_Worker
Business Catalog
SAP_PP_BC_Worker
Business Catalog Group
SAP_PP_BCG_Worker
Production Order
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5.3.4 Technical Requirements
The following software products must be available in your system landscape:

Back-end system (business data)

Required product release: SAP enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0 SP03

Required software components: SAP_APPL 617

UI add-on (front-end components)

Required product release: UI for EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0

Required software components: UIEAAP01 SP01
The SAP HANA database is mandatory for working with SAP Fiori apps for MRP. All restrictions
concerning the handling of materials on an SAP HANA database are also valid for the MRP apps.
For more information about restrictions, see Restrictions.
Mobile devices with small displays are not supported by the MRP apps due to usability issues.
Small displays require condensing the complex MRP data and relevant information to such a
degree that it is no longer possible to work with the MRP apps efficiently. For more information,
see SAP Note 1955289.
5.3.5 Configuration and App Implementation for Baseline
Processes
Before implementing the apps, you must ensure the following:

You have configured the Material Requirements Planning component in the back-end system.
For more information, see the Customizing Production → Material Requirements Planning.

You have installed and configured the app-specific configurations as described in the
chapters below.

You have assigned the authorizations that are required for changing and creating requisitions
or orders to the business users in the backend system.

You have configured the RFC connection SAP_ERP_PP with connection type H and chosen
Trusted Relationship as the Logon Procedure. This RFC connection is used for
navigating to the back-end system to view the stock/requirements list or change material data.
If you use a different name for the RFC connection, you have to change the system alias for
the entries Stock Requirements List and Change Material in transaction LPD_CUST for role
UIAPPP01 and instance TRANSACTIONAL.
5.3.6 Assign User Roles in the Back-End System
Assign the necessary backend role for the Monitor Material Shortages app in the ERP system to
the user used for the launchpad logon.
Procedure
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1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu
Tools → Administration → User Maintenance → Role
Administration → Roles
Transaction Code
PFCG
2. On the Role Maintenance screen, enter the role as mentioned in the table below, and then
choose Change.
Fiori App Name
Role Name
Monitor Material
Shortages
SAP_PP_MATSHORT_MR_APP
Manage Material
Shortages
SAP_PP_MATSHORT_DT_APP
Monitor External
Requirements
SAP_PP_UNCOVSO_MR_APP
Manage External
Requirements
SAP_PP_UNCOVSO_DT_APP
Release Production
orders
SAP_PP_PRODORD_REL_APP
Confirm Production
Operations
SAP_PP_PROD_OPS_CONF_APP
Confirm Production
Orders
SAP_PP_PROD_ORD_CONF_APP
Fact Sheet for Production
Order
SAP_PP_TCR_T
3. On the Change Roles screen, make sure that there is a green light on the Authorization tab
page.
4. Choose the User tab page, enter the User ID as backend user.
5. Save your entries.
5.3.7 Activation of Gateway Service in the SAP Gateway Server
with Transaction
Use
OData Channel implementations retrieve the data from an SAP business system, that is, a
backend system.
Once a service has been defined in the backend system, the service must be registered or
activated in the SAP NetWeaver Gateway system.
This is a generic step that you must only carry out once an SAP Fiori app shall be
activated that is not yet part of this rapid-deployment solution. In this case, the name
of the service must be known, and the service can be activated as stated below.
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In case the apps are configured as part of this package, skip this step. The appspecific service to be activated will be mentioned in the app-specific configuration
guide.
Procedure
1. Access the activity using the following navigation options:
Transaction Code
/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE
IMG Menu
SAP NetWeaver → Gateway→ OData Channel → Administration
→ General Settings → Activate and Maintain Services
2. Choose Add Service.
3. On the Add Service screen, enter the System Alias and choose Enter. A list of services is
displayed.
Field Name
Entry Value
System Alias
<SYSTEM ALIAS of ERP>
4. Choose Get Services.
5. Choose the Technical Service Names.
Field Name
Entry Value
Technical Service Name
PP_MRP_COCKPIT_SRV (1)
PP_PRODORDER_RELEASE_SRV
PP_PRODOPS_CONFIRM_SRV
PP_PRODORD_CONFIRM
Only services that are not yet activated are displayed in this list. To find the Technical
Service Name to be activated, perform a wild card search in the Technical Service
Name field with the Service Name provided in the app-specific configuration guide in
chapter Activation of Gateway Service in SAP NetWeaver Gateway.
Example: Search for *SRA007_BENEFITS_SRV *. The system searches for the
Technical Service Name which may include additional namespace information but
includes the External Service Name.
6. Enter the name of the package being used.
7. Select Standard Mode in the ICF Node section.
8. Select the Set current client as default client in ICF node.
9. Choose Continue (Enter).
Assign your Workbench and Customizing Requests and confirm the displayed messages.
10. Confirm the information message that the metadata was loaded successfully.
11. Choose Back.
12. Select the record you have just created in the list.
13. Choose Gateway Client.
14. Choose Execute (F8).
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The HTTP response is displayed and an XML file appears in the lower right corner. This
indicates that the web service has been configured properly.
To run an SAP Fiori app, it is required that in addition to the above mentioned
services, at least two app-specific services are activated per app. One service
provides the required UI components and the other service establishes a connection
to the backend and provides the required backend data. Which services are required
in this case is described in detail in the app-specific configuration guides.
For web service calls, you must maintain authorization object S_SERVICE. You then
assign the web service operations to a role in transaction PFCG.
Find more information, see Defining Operation-Specific Security Authorizations for
Web Services in the SAP Help Portal.
In case an error message occurs indicating that the http request failed, check the
following:
Does the trusted RFC connection work properly?
Check in the Trust Manager (transactions trust) if the SSL certificates are set up
properly so the gateway system can communicate properly with the respective
backend system.
5.4 Material Requirements Planning
5.4.1 Business Purpose for Material Requirements Planning
In Material Requirements Planning, one of the main tasks of an MRP controller is to monitor the
material shortage situation and solve any issues in time. Another main task is to ensure that
sufficient supplies have been planned to cover your external requirements — whether from sales
orders or stock transfer orders, for example. The goal is to ensure that both customer and
production demand are available on time and to avoid any disruptions due to missing parts. To
enable the MRP controller to fulfil these goals, you can define a material shortage profile and
material shortage definitions in the Customizing. These Customizing settings provide sets of rules
that the system uses for calculating material shortages and uncovered demands (or uncovered
external requirements). These rules define the scope of the shortage calculation meaning the
supply and demand elements to be considered, the conditions that have to be met to be a
relevant shortage, or the priority of the demand elements.
5.4.2 Monitor Material Shortages
5.4.2.1 Business Purpose for Monitor Material Shortages
With the Monitor Material Shortages transactional app, you can monitor material shortages in a
selected area of responsibility. You can specify a shortage definition and a time horizon to
determine which materials you want to check.
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The Material Resource Planner calls the app to monitor the availability for purchased materials
and react on possible underdeliveries for sales orders caused by missing input materials.
5.4.2.2 Key Features
With the Monitor Material Shortages app, you can do the following:

Select an area of responsibility

Select a shortage definition and specify a time horizon to determine which materials you want
to monitor

Narrow down the scope of the material list by using facet filters

View a material list according to the selected shortage definition as well as other selection
criteria

Personalize the table by choosing which table columns are shown and how table entries are
sorted

Display a chart showing the stock availability of a selected material over the next 21 days

Tailor the app to your needs and save the combination of shortage definition, time horizon,
and filters as a variant

Save your personalized variants as tiles on your home page from which you can directly
navigate to the Manage Material Shortages app

View details of the selected materials and check different solutions in the Manage Material
Shortage app
5.4.2.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:
Default configuration settings are provided for this app in the Customizing for Production →
Material Requirements Planning → Apps for Material Requirements Planning → General
Settings. Check if the SAP standard configuration settings in the following Customizing activities
meet your business requirements. If this is the case, no further changes are necessary.
Otherwise, you can tailor the following Customizing settings to your needs:

Define Supply and Demand Profiles:
In this activity, you can create your own supply and demand profiles. Here, you organize your
supply and demand elements into groups that you assign to the material shortage definitions
in a later Customizing step. This filters the supply and demand elements to be used for the
calculations.

Define Material Shortage Profiles:
In this activity, you can create your own material shortage profile. The material shortage
profile contains the individual material shortage definitions that you can select in the app in
the Shortage Definition drop-down box. The shortage definition contains the specific set of
rules for calculating the material shortage or uncovered demand.

Assign Material Shortage Profile to Users:
In this activity, you can assign the material shortage profile to your users. This controls the
material shortage definitions the user can choose from in the app. If you make no changes
here, the system automatically uses the SAP standard material shortage profile for all users.
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5.4.3 Manage Material Shortages
5.4.3.1 Business Purpose for Manage Material Shortages
With the Manage Material Shortages transactional app, you can check the coverage of your
materials based on the settings you made in the Monitor Material Shortages app. To help you
solve your shortages, the system proposes different solutions. You can simulate the solution to
preview its effects and you can apply the solution that best solves your issue.
5.4.3.2 Key Features
With the Manage Material Shortages app, you can do the following:

View a list of your materials with shortages

View details of material shortages as a table or a chart

View additional MRP information

Navigate to the back-end system to view the stock/requirements list or change material data

Select a shortage to check the different solutions proposed by the system

Preview the effects of the proposed solutions as a table or a chart

Choose a solution to apply the changes
5.4.3.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:

You have configured the Material Requirements Planning component in the back-end system.
For more information, see Customizing for Production → Material Requirements Planning.

You have installed and configured the Monitor Material Shortages app. For more information,
see App Implementation: Monitor Material Shortages.

You have assigned the authorizations that are required for changing and creating requisitions
or orders to the business users, in the back-end system.

You have activated the Gateway service PP_MRP_COCKPIT_SRV 0001 (Version 1) in the
Gateway system.

You have configured the RFC connection SAP_ERP_PP with connection type H and chosen
Trusted Relationship as the Logon Procedure. This RFC connection is used for
navigating to the back-end system to view the stock/requirements list or change material data.
If you use a different name for the RFC connection, you have to change the system alias for
the entries Stock Requirements List and Change Material in transaction LPD_CUST for role
UIAPPP01 and instance TRANSACTIONAL.
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5.4.4 Monitor External Requirements
5.4.4.1 Business Purpose for Monitor Material Shortages
With Monitor External Requirements, you can monitor the uncovered requirements originating
from sales orders and stock transport orders in a selected area of responsibility. You can specify
a shortage definition and a time horizon to determine which uncovered external requirements you
want to check.
5.4.4.2 Key Features
With the Manage Material Shortages app, you can do the following:

Select an area of responsibility.

Select a shortage definition and specify a time horizon to determine the scope of the
uncovered external requirements you want to check.

Narrow down the scope of the requirements list by using facet filters.

View a table of sales orders and stock transport orders according to the selected shortage
definition as well as other selection criteria.

Personalize the table by choosing which table columns are shown and how table entries are
sorted.

Tailor the app to your needs and save the combination of shortage definition, time horizon,
and filters as a variant.

Save your personalized variants as tiles on your home page from which you can navigate
directly to the Manage External Requirements app.

View details of selected materials and check different solutions on the Manage External
Requirements app.
5.4.4.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:

You have configured the Material Requirements Planning component in the back-end system.
For more information, see Customizing Production → Material Requirements Planning.

You have assigned the authorizations that are required for displaying the Stock/Requirements
List (transaction MD04) to the business users, in the back-end system.

Default configuration settings are provided for this app in the Customizing Production →
Material Requirements Planning → Apps for Material Requirements Planning → General
Settings. Check if the SAP standard configuration settings in the following Customizing
activities meet your business requirements. If this is the case, no further changes are
necessary.
Otherwise, you can tailor the following Customizing settings to your needs:

Define Supply and Demand Profiles:
In this activity, you can create your own supply and demand profiles. Here, you organize
your supply and demand elements into groups that you assign to the material shortage
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definitions in a later Customizing step. This filters the supply and demand elements to be
used for the calculations.

Define Material Shortage Profiles:
In this activity, you can create your own material shortage profile. The material shortage
profile contains the individual material shortage definitions that you can select in the app
in the Shortage Definition drop-down box. The shortage definition contains the specific
set of rules for calculating the material shortage or uncovered demand.

Assign Material Shortage Profile to Users:
In this activity, you can assign the material shortage profile to your users. This controls
the material shortage definitions the user can choose from in the app. If you make no
changes here, the system automatically uses the SAP standard material shortage profile
for all users.
5.4.5 Manage External Requirements
5.4.5.1 Business Purpose for Monitor Material Shortages
With Manage External Requirements, you can check your uncovered and delayed items based
on the settings you made in the Monitor External Requirements app. To help you cover your
external requirements, the system proposes different solutions. You can simulate the solution to
preview its effects and you can apply the solution that best solves your issue.
5.4.5.2 Key Features
With the Manage Material Shortages app, you can do the following:

View a list of your uncovered and late external requirements.

View details of external requirements as a table or as a chart.

View additional MRP information.

Navigate to the back-end system to view the stock/requirements list or change material data.

Select an uncovered item to check the different solutions proposed by the system.

Preview the effects of the proposed solutions as a table or a chart.

Choose a solution to apply the changes.
5.4.5.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:

You have configured the Material Requirements Planning component in the back-end system.
For more information, see the Customizing Production → Material Requirements Planning.

You have installed and configured the Monitor External Requirements app. For more
information, see App Implementation: Monitor External Requirements.

You have assigned the authorizations that are required for changing and creating requisitions
or orders to the business users, in the back-end system.
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To implement the app, you must specify which contact person function is relevant for this app.
You make this setting in the Customizing Production → Material Requirements Planning →
Apps for Material Requirements Planning → General Settings → Specify Functions of Vendor
Contact Person. You can then view data for the contact person with the function you have
specified when opening a solution card in the app.
5.4.6 Supported Scope Items
The transactional apps for Material Resource Planning can support the scope item Make-to-Stock
Production (145). You can make use of the following materials.
Material Type
RAW
Purchasing Org
1000
Purchasing Group
100
Vendor
300000
Plant
1000
MRP Controller
101
Material
R13, R14, R16; R27
Material Type
RAW
Purchasing Org
1000
Purchasing Group
103
Vendor
300000
Plant
1000
MRP Controller
101
Material
R17
Material Type
RAW
Purchasing Org
1000
Purchasing Group
102
Vendor
300001, 300005
MRP Controller
101
Plant
1000
Material
R18
Material Type
RAW
Purchasing Org
1000
Purchasing Group
101
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Vendor
300000
MRP Controller
101
Plant
1000
Material
R20, R122, R128
Material Type
RAW
Purchasing Org
1000
Purchasing Group
101
Vendor
300001, 300003, R300008
MRP Controller
101
Plant
1000
Material
R120
5.5 Production Order Handling
5.5.1 Business Purpose for Production Order Handling
With Release Production Orders, production supervisors can release production orders using a
highly intuitive and user-friendly application. The browser based application supports desktop,
tablet and mobile devices. The confirmation of the production can be similarly done by the shop
floor worker either on header or operations level.
5.5.2 Production Order Release
5.5.2.1 Business Purpose for Production Order Release
With Release Production Orders, production supervisors can release production orders using a
highly intuitive and user-friendly application. The browser based application supports desktop,
tablet and mobile devices. The confirmation of the production can be similarly done by the shop
floor worker either on header or operations level.
5.5.2.2 Key Features
The Production Order related apps have the following capabilities:

Provide an overview of production orders to be released based on individual variants

Give end-users immediate overview of missing parts

Detailed screen that provides end users with decision-critical information (date and time,
system and user status, relevant work centers, missing part information for operations, and so
on)

Search engine to identify and filter production orders

Provides the ability to perform the material availability check on one or more production
orders
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
Navigation to the stock requirement list from the material description from the detail screen or
from the missing parts overview screens

Columns in the overview table can be sorted in ascending or descending order

Availability check can be performed to find missing parts that is displayed with an alert box
displaying the number of missing parts
5.5.2.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:

You have created one or several variants in the back-end using transaction Create Variant for
Production Order Selection (RPSPOR1).

The variants must be assigned to a user in transaction Assign Variant for Production Order
Selection to User (RPSPOR2).
5.5.3 Confirm Production Operations
5.5.3.1 Business Purpose for Confirm Production Operations
With Confirm Production Operations, production workers can view and confirm order operations
released to their work centers. They can search for the next order operation that they want to
confirm by its number or confirmation number. They can use various sorting and filtering options
that speed up and simplify the search for an order operation that they want to confirm. Production
workers can partially or finally confirm a production order operation anytime and from any place
using various mobile devices.
5.5.3.2 Key Features
The Confirm Production Operations app has the following capabilities:

Displays order operation released to the user’s work center

Enables search for a production order operation by its number or confirmation number

Allows to partially or finally confirm an order operation

Provides access to goods movement information during confirmation

Allows to sort and filter the list of order operation by status and time frame

Also allows to sort and filter by operations defined as milestone in the SAP ERP back-end
system

Provides graphical progress bar to view confirmed quantities

Runs on SAP HANA, as well as on any other database

Is a web-based application that can be easily enhanced using HTML5

Enables direct navigation to Material fact sheet
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Offers an intuitive and user-friendly navigation
5.5.3.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:

Personnel number is entered under Human Resources.
To do this, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Human Resources → Personnel
Management → Administration → HR Master Data → Personnel Actions. You can also use
transaction PA40 to create a personnel number.

SAP name is assigned to the personnel number.
To do this, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Human Resources → Personnel
Management → Administration → HR Master Data → Maintain. In the Direct Selection
section, in the Infotype field, enter 105, and in the STy field enter 0001 as the subtype.

Personnel number is assigned to work center under Logistics.
To do this, from the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics → Production → Master Data
→ Work Centers. You can also use transaction CR01 to create a work center or transaction
CR02 to change a work center.
After you have created or changed a work center, choose Basic Data HRMS to assign the
personnel number to the work center.

Production orders exist and are released in SAP ERP.
5.5.4 Confirm Production Orders
5.5.4.1 Business Purpose for Monitor Material Shortages
With the Confirm Production Orders, a production worker can perform partial or final
confirmations for production orders through a simplified and intuitive UI. The app provides fast
order input and simplified order confirmation procedures that are available for desktop, tablet, and
mobile.
5.5.4.2 Key Features
The Confirm Production Orders app has the following capabilities:

Search for a production order by its number

Display a list of orders based on the variant configured for the production order and assigned
to the user in SAP ERP

Perform partial or final confirmation for a production order

Access goods movement information during confirmation

Provides graphical progress bar to view planned and confirmed quantities

Runs on SAP HANA as well as on any other database

Is a web-based application that can be easily enhanced using HTML5
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Direct navigation to Material fact sheet

Offers an intuitive and user-friendly navigation
5.5.4.3 Prerequisites for Configuration
Before implementing the app, you must ensure the following:

Production order variant is created in SAP ERP (transaction code RPWPORDC1)

Production order variant is assigned to the user (transaction code RPWPORDC2)

Production orders exist and are released in SAP ERP
5.5.5 Supported Scope Items
The transactional apps for Material Resource Planning can support the scope item Make-to-Stock
Production (145). You can make use of the following materials.
Master / Org. Data
Value
Master / Org. Data Details
Material
F126
Finished Good MTS
S21
Semi-finished Good Repetitive Manuf.
S22
Semi-finished Good Phantom
S23
Semi-finished Good Subcontracting
S25
Semi-finished Good Ext. Procurement
S124
Semi-finished Good Subassembly
Plant
1000
Plant 1 - Production Plant
Storage Location
1020
Production storage location
1030
Shipping Storage location
1050
Stores Storage location
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Technical/System Prerequisites for SAP Smart
Business Apps
The prerequisite for using the SAP Smart Business for Sales Order Fulfillment is implementing
the SAP Fiori Design Infrastructure rapid-deployment solution. This solution enables SAP
customers and partners to deploy, configure, and validate the landscape components required for
the enablement of SAP Fiori designs on top of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. The
solution delivers deployment and configuration guidelines which are relevant for all SAP Fiori
apps or for a specific SAP Fiori archetype such as the SAP Smart Business apps. It focuses on
SAP Fiori landscape, security and networking settings, launchpad setup, personalization topics,
KPI framework setup, KPI Modeler and search models configuration.
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Technical/System Prerequisites for Fact
Sheets
SAP Fiori has three app types, each distinguished by their focus and infrastructure requirements.
The below mentioned document is to describe generic enablement configuration activities for
each App Type. The document also describes the configuration for fact sheets.
These fact sheets display contextual information about central objects used in your business
operations. They are designed to be intuitive and harmonized fact sheets and allow navigation
from one fact sheet to other related fact sheets. For example, you can navigate from master data
like customer or material to related documents like sales order, delivery, billing document or vice
versa.
Fact sheets run only on an SAP HANA database and require an ABAP stack.
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Fact Sheets for PP
8.1 Fact Sheet for Production Order
8.1.1 Description
This fact sheet displays contextual information about the Production Order. You can navigate to
related entities and access related transactions in operational systems.
8.1.2 Navigation Targets
You can navigate to the following apps, for example:

Release Production Order

Confirm Production Order

Sales Order

Material

Customer

WBS Element

Work Center
8.1.3 Transactions
You can access the following transactions, for example:

Display Production Order

Pegged Requirements Production Order
8.1.4 Technical Requirements
The technical requirements are:

SAP enhancement package 7 for SAP ERP 6.0 SP02
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UI for EHP7 for SAP ERP 6.0
8.1.5 Technical Data
Front-End Components
Component
Technical Name
UI5 Application
BCSBN_PRODUCTIONORDER_ANNO.XML
Business Role
SAP_PP_BCR_PRODSUPERVISOR
Business Catalog
SAP_PP_BC_PRODUCTIONSUPERVISOR
Business Catalog Group
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