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Because the IT department quickly lost a noticeable amount of pressure thanks to Salt Solutions' extensive SAP expertise, support was quickly expanded. In June 2018, Salt also took over support for SAP BW in Wuppertal. Other sites added: in June 2018 the plant in Bergisch Gladbach, and at the end of 2018 the site in China.
The tool records specific process steps, while the user operates the SAP R/3 4.6C application we use. Here's how. Together with the user of a department, a transaction is triggered in the ERP system. The recording of the process takes place simultaneously in the background. It can then be displayed as often as you like in the "see it mode" of the ondemand software. An extension is the playback in the "Try It" or "Do It" mode. In this case, the tool moves the end user to the appropriate input fields of the mask during the SAP session with the cursor. It does not matter whether the user works in a test environment or in the production system for self-training. The Do It variant shows the ERP user in a small window, where the next step in the SAP application has to be taken. In this form of knowledge transfer, the specialist user works independently according to the workflow scheme configured in the SAP system. The advantage: After a basic instruction, the other intensive support is almost completely eliminated. If there are changes in the process flow, the recorded film can be adjusted in the right place. After republishing the sequence, it will be available to ERP users. In our company, we have stored and published the complete instructions on the intranet. All SAP users can view the films recorded in XML format. If the employee has appropriate permissions, he or she will be guided through the transactions. If he has any questions, he has an online help. If it is not enough, the records can also be published as a Word file. For 18 different reports in the SAP module for project control, Word documents in a volume of about 100 pages are generated automatically by the ondemand tool. These files are available with full table of contents, page formatting, screen screens and, if necessary, reports (in Excel format). In about four weeks we recorded all SAP modules using the Personal Navigator and documented them as described. The offer can be revised and extended at any time. After a rollout, users often want more advanced functions that go beyond the standard runs. The tool is also suitable for documenting these. For a later integration test, the records shall be used to compile the documentation.
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What are we doing here to achieve automation? How do we make these worlds work smoothly together? Simple: In principle, each of the participants stays in his world, which does not have to leave it, because by integrating SAP support into the IT support or the ITSM tool (SAP-ITSM integration), we manage to ensure that the SAP user does not have to go into another system to report a problem, but can ask for help and give his comments on it at the push of a button. On the other hand, support will receive the correct information to respond appropriately to the problem or failure. He sees the user information, runtime information, screenshots, everything that is technically necessary to classify this ticket correctly and of course to solve it quickly. A classic win-win situation has thus arisen.
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By delegating your SAP application management to a trusted AMS vendor, you enable your internal IT department to focus on its core competencies and realise innovation. This way, you can relieve the burden on your professionals and give them the opportunity to focus on more strategic tasks.
A useful product - "Shortcut for SAP Systems" - is available for SAP Support employees.
For example, SAP ActiveEmbedded and SAP MaxAttention for on-premise solutions can be supplemented with premium support offerings from SuccessFactors or Ariba for cloud solutions.
SAP Basis is the foundation of any SAP system. You can find a lot of useful information about it on this page: www.sap-corner.de.
Running an IT infrastructure is complex.