This appendix explains how to check what release you are using and find and

activate the relevant business functions.

C How to Find and Activate

Business Functions

This book is illustrated with screenshots from test and demo systems on SAP
enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0. To know whether you can use the fea-
tures described, it’s important to know which release you’re using and whether
your organization has implemented the relevant business function (assuming it’s
available in that release).

C.1 Release Levels

To find out what release you’re on, select System • Status. This will take you to
the System: Status popup shown in Figure C.1.

The entry in the Component Version field tells us that this system is on SAP ECC
6.0, but not what enhancement package we’re on. To see the enhancement package,
click on the icon under Component Version and scroll to the entry for the software
component SAP_APPL, shown in Figure C.2. Here you can see that SAP_APPL is
on Release 605, which tells us that this is equivalent to SAP enhancement package
5 for SAP ERP 6.0.

Now that you know what release you’re using, you can check whether certain
functions have been activated.

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Figure C.1 System Status

Figure C.2 Release Level of SAP_APPL

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C.2 Enterprise Extensions and Business Functions

The enterprise extensions and business functions are activated using Transaction
SFW5. Normally end users don’t have access to this transaction, so you’ll have to
talk to an administrator about activating the business function you need. Since
the business function controls what menus are visible, what functions are active
within a transaction, and what fields are shown, if the screen you see looks different
from the one in this book, there’s a chance that you have not activated a business
function (or that other business functions are active that were not switched on in
our example).

Figure C.3 shows the warning message when you call Transaction SFW5.

Figure C.3 Accessing the Switch Framework

The switch framework was used for the first time in Release 4.7. You’ll find the
enterprise extensions in the first folder. The business functions were used for the
first time in the context of enhancement packages for SAP ERP 6.0. If you’re using
an industry-specific system, you’ll find a third folder for industry enhancements
(not active in our demo system).

Figure C.4 shows all the enterprise extensions. You’ll need to activate the financials
extensions (EA_FIN) to use the following functions described in this book.

E Alternative Valuation Run (Chapter 7, Section 7.3.3)

E Revaluation of Consumption (Chapter 7, Section 7.3.2)
E Distribution of Usage Variances (Chapter 6, Section 6.2)
E Manually Change Actual Cost Component Split (Chapter 7, Section 7.3.2)

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E Valuated Quantity Structure (Chapter 2, Figure 2.21 and Chapter 6, Figure

6.23)
E Closing Cockpit (Chapter 12)

Financials Extensions EA-FIN

Before activating the financials extensions, make sure that you read the documentation
carefully and talk with the rest of your Financials team, since EA_FIN also activates func-
tions in Asset Accounting and Financial Accounting.

Figure C.4 Enterprise Extensions

Now open up the Enterprise Business Functions folder. Figure C.5 shows some
of the business functions in an enhancement package 5 system. Note that they’re
much smaller than the enterprise extensions, where EA_FIN activates multiple
functions in SAP ERP Financials. If multiple enhancements have been made to a
business function over the course of several enhancement packages you’ll see two
business functions with similar names, so FIN_ACC_LOCAL_CLOSE contains the
enhancements to the Closing Cockpit in enhancement package 3, and FIN_ACC_
LOCAL_CLOSE_2 contains the enhancements to the Closing Cockpit introduced in
enhancement package 5 (see Chapter 12). Activating FIN_ACC_LOCAL_CLOSE_2
will automatically activate FIN_ACC_LOCAL_CLOSE.

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Figure C.5 Business Functions

You’ll need to activate the following business functions to use certain features
described in this book.

Business Function Description Reference Available

CO_ALLOCATIONS CO, allocations Chapter 6, Section EhP4

6.3

ERP_NWBC_ROLES ERP, roles for SAP Appendix A EhP5

NetWeaver Business
Client

FIN_ACC_LOCAL_ Local close Chapter 12, Sections EhP3

CLOSE 12.1.9 and 12.2

FIN_ACC_LOCAL_ Local close 2 Chapter 12, Sections EhP5

CLOSE_2 12.1.9 and 12.2

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Business Function Description Reference Available

FIN_CO_CCMGMT CO, cost center Chapter 10, Section EhP6

management 10.2

FIN_CO_COGM CO, parallel Chapter 7 EhP5

valuation of cost of
goods manufactured

FIN_CO_MSSBUA_ Roles for Manager Appendix A EhP5

NWBC Self-Service and
business unit
analysis

FIN_GL_CI_3 New General Ledger Chapter 3, Section EhP5

Accounting 3 3.1

FIN_MDM_ACC Financial master Chapter 9, Section EhP4

data management, 9.2
charts of accounts

FIN_MDM_ORG SAP Master Data Chapter 9, Section EhP5

Governance 9.2
for Financials,
organizational units

FIN_MDM_SOA_CU SAP Master Data Chapter 9, Section EhP5

Governance for 9.2
Financials, SOA
chart of accounts

FIN_MDM_SOA_ SAP Master Data Chapter 9, Section EhP5

ORG Governance for 9.2
Financials, SOA
organizational units

FIN_REP_SIMPL_1 Reporting Financials Chapter 2, Chapter EhP3

8

FIN_REP_SIMPL_2 Reporting Financials Chapter 2, Chapter EhP4

2 8

FIN_REP_SIMPL_3 Reporting Financials Chapter 2, Chapter EhP5

3 8

FIN_SSC_AIC_1 FI, enablement for Chapter 9, Section EhP5

financial shared 9.4
services

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Business Function Description Reference Available

FIN_SSC_ISS_1 Internal Self- Chapter 9, Section EhP5

Services, 9.4
enablement for
financial shared
services

LOG_EAM_OLC Operation account Chapter 4, Section EhP5

assignment 4.3

LOG_MM_OM_1 Outsourced Chapter 6, Section EhP4

manufacturing in 6.3.1
ERP operations

LOG_MM_SIT Materials Chapter 6, Section EhP5

Management, Stock 6.5
in transit and actual
costing

LOG_PP_PROD_ Enhancements Chapter 6, Section EhP4

ORDER_SPLIT for splitting of 6.3.1
production order

C.3 Business Function Details

Transaction SFW5 contains links to much that will support your decision to activate
a business function, including a release note, the relevant documentation, and a
link to a test catalog that will guide you through how to test the new function.

Figure C.6 shows the test catalog for business function FIN_CO_COGM (discussed
throughout Chapter 7). Clicking on the icons will take you into a description of
how to test in your own system.

Figure C.6 Test Catalog for Business Function FIN_CO_COGM

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C.4 Summary

Having read this chapter, you’ll know what to do if menus or screen fields refer-
enced in the text are not visible in your system.

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