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What's New in SAP Business ByDesign .......................... What's New in Financial Management .......................... What's New in Customer Relationship Management ....

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What's New in Human Resources ................................. 10 What's New in Supply Chain Management ................... 12
What's New in Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics ................................. What's New in Supply Chain Setup Management ................................................. What's New in Supply Chain Planning and Control ............................................ 12 13 14

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What's New in Project Management ............................. 16 What's New in Supplier Relationship Management ...... 18 What's New in Compliance ........................................... 19 What's New in Key User Administration ....................... 20
What's New: Application and User Management .................................................. What's New: Business Configuration ................................................................... What's New: Analytics ......................................................................................... 20 21 23

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What's New: Mobile Applications ................................. 26 What's New: Business Scenarios .................................... 27 What's New: Terminology Changes .............................. 28

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1 WHAT'S NEW IN SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN

This document provides information about what's new in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

What Is New

The following new topics affect the entire solution and are not specific to a work center or area: Whats New: Gold Reflection Theme Role-Based Learning Content The learning concept for SAP Business ByDesign has been changed to role-based learning instead of offering learning content for each view. For more information, see What's New: Help and Learning Content There is a new work center call the Channel Partner Control Center. For more information, see What's New: Channel Partner Control Center SAP Business ByDesign for Large Enterprise Subsidiaries The SAP Business ByDesign for Subsidiaries of Large Enterprises scenario enables a large enterprise (using SAP ERP) to exchange data with its subsidiaries (using SAP Business ByDesign). The Procure-to-Pay and Order-toCash (including Third-Party Order Processing) scenarios are currently supported in which transactional and master data are exchanged between SAP Business ByDesign and SAP ERP. New Country Versions Localized content is now available for Australia and for Mexico.

What Has Changed

The following changed topics affect the entire solution and are not specific to a work center or area:

Whats New: User Interfaces Whats New: Personalization Whats New: Employee Self-Service What's New: Working with Incidents What's New: Microsoft Office Integration What's New: Business Configuration What's New: Analytics What's New: Mashups and Web Services What's New: Output Management What's New: Field Extensibility What's New: SAP Collaboration Window What's New: Business Scenarios What's New: Terminology Changes For information about what's new in a specific area, see: What's New in Financial Management What's New in Customer Relationship Management What's New in Human Resources What's New in Supply Chain Management What's New in Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics What's New in Supply Chain Setup Management What's New in Supply Chain Planning and Control What's New in Project Management What's New in Supplier Relationship Management
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What's New in General Business Data What's New in the Org Structures View What's New: Business Partner What's New: Product Data What's New in Compliance What's New: Application and User Management What's New: Mobile What's New in Service Control Center

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Financial Management

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This document provides information about what's new in the Financial Management area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

Overview

The following functions are new : Intercompany Processes Intercompany processes support transactions affecting more than one company in a group of partner companies. The system posts clearings between the companies involved automatically. These clearing entries identify the receivables or payables that arise between the companies. For more information, see Intercompany Processes in SAP Business ByDesign. Tax Reporting Groups The system now supports tax reporting groups with tax authorities in the United States and Germany. For both countries, the necessary tax events, tax codes, and tax exemption reasons for sales within the tax reporting group are available. For more information, see Tax Reporting Group. Revenue Recognition The system now offers accrual methods for customer projects which allow automatic revenue recognition using the revenue recognition run. Here, the automated revenue recognition depends on whether the sales order item is invoiced with a fixed price or based on the confirmed time and material. For more information, see What's New in Revenue Recognition. Credit Card Processing The credit card processing functionality has been improved. For detailed information on the end-to-end process of customer payments made by credit card, see Customer Payments by Credit Card. Memo Line Analysis Rules You can now create memo line analysis rules to automate the payment allocation process in the system and hence reduce your manual efforts. Using these rules, the system can automatically assign payment transactions based on the information contained in the corresponding memo lines. For more information, see Memo Line Analysis Rules.

What Is New

What Has Changed

The following work centers have been changed: General Ledger For more information, see What's New: General Ledger. Fixed Assets For more information, see What's New: Fixed Assets. Inventory Valuation For more information, see What's New: Inventory Valuation. Payables and Receivables For more information, see What's New: Payables and Receivables. Payment Management For more information, see What's New: Payment Management. Liquidity Management
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For more information, see What's New: Liquidity Management. Tax Management For more information, see What's New: Tax Management. Travel and Expenses For more information, see What's New: Travel and Expenses.

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Customer Relationship Management

3 WHAT'S NEW IN CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

This document provides information about what's new in the Customer Relationship Management area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

What is New

The following function is new: Customer Contracts There is a new Contracts view within the Service Entitlements work center and the Sales Orders work center. This view allows you to create and manage contracts related to services in the framework of your support entitlements or managed services. Contracts are integrated seamlessely with service request and service confirmation processing, allowing you to fulfill and confirm services carried out for a contract. For more information, see What's New: Customer Contracts. Invoice Schedule Processing Logs There is a new Invoice Schedule Processing Logs view within the Customer Invoicing work center. This view allows you to review issues that come up during the execution of background jobs that create a scheduled invoice request from invoice schedules. From the worklist, you can access the application log, analyze the issue and restart the processing. For more information, see Invoice Schedule Processing Logs Quick Guide.

The following views have been changed: Account Management Activities For more information, see What's New in the Activities View. Customer Invoicing Invoice Requests For more information, see What's New in the Invoice Requests View. Invoice Documents For more information, see What's New in the Invoice Documents View. Invoice Runs For more information, see What's New in the Invoice Runs View. Recurring Invoice Templates For more information, see What's New in the Recurring Invoice Templates View. For more information on what has changed in Customer Invoicing, see What's New: Customer Invoicing. Marketing Target Groups For more information, see What's New in the Target Groups View. Campaigns For more information, see What's New in the Campaigns View. For information on what has changed in Marketing, see What's New: Marketing.

What Has Changed

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New Business Leads For more information, see What's New in the Leads View (in New Business). Opportunities For more information, see What's New in the Opportunities View (in New Business). Sales Contracts For more information, see What's New: Customer Contracts. Returns For more information, see What's New in the Returns View. Sales Orders For more information, see What's New in the Sales Orders View. Service Contracts For more information, see What's New: Customer Contracts. Service Confirmations For more information, see What's New in the Service Confirmations View. Service Order Processing For more information, see What's New in the Service Order Processing View. Service Requests For more information, see What's New in the Service Requests View.

The following functions are new or have been changed for specific countries: Form Adoption Austria The system allows you to change customer invoice form layout using EFE (Easy Form Editor). You can print all the partial invoice numbers in the final invoice. You can also hide and display information using the EFE (Easy form Editor). Print Forms India The system displays separate headers for VAT invoice and service tax invoice in the customer invoice forms. The system prints the amount in lakhs and crores in the customer invoice forms. The system allows you to change the customer invoice form and purchase order form layouts using the EFE (Easy Form Editor). You can see the surcharge on VAT in the customer invoice form if the taxes are calculated. You can opt for a separate template for forms. New Tax Fields for United States and Canada New field Tax Jurisdiction Code on item level United States The Tax Jurisdiction Code field has been introduced on item level for taxation in the United States. This will enable the user to control the tax result in the third-party order processing scenario. New field Tax Region Code on item level Canada The Tax Region Code field has been introduced on item level for taxation in Canada. This will enable the user to control the tax result in the third-party order processing scenario. Both new fields are visible in the following views: Sales Orders Sales Quotes Invoice Requests Invoice Documents Contracts Service Order Processing Service Requests Invoice Processing Mexico
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To comply with legal requirements in Mexico, the system can generate paper or electronic invoices, depending on the selections you have made in scoping. For more information, see What's New: Invoice Processing Mexico New One Page Customer Invoice Form with ISR Payment Slip Switzerland For more information, see What's New in ISR Switzerland

See Also

What's New in the Golden Tax View What's New: Flexible Document Numbering India What's New in SAP Business ByDesign

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Human Resources

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This document provides information about what's new in the Human Resources area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

What is New

The following functions are new: Data Privacy Management Work Center The Data Privacy Management work center provides base functionality for this topic and allows you to disclose personal data for employees who request this and remove employee personal data based on complete work agreements that lie outside the retention period of the country of employment. You can also monitor and manage background personal data removal processes using an application log and view logs listing user access to employees' personal data and removal of such data. Two views are delivered in this work center: Personal Data Disclosure Personal Data Removal

Country-Specific Changes

The following functions are new for specific countries: Personnel Administration and Payroll Processing - Australia The following personnel administration processes are available for Australia - hiring, rehiring, transfer, and termination of employees as well as payroll hiring functions such as tax and superannuation data for employees. An XML file based payroll download solution, which can be used by payroll providers, is available. For more information, see Payroll Processing Australia: Payroll XML File Specifications Time and Compensation Management - Australia For Australia, you can define time accounts, work schedules, and so on. You can also define compensation components for employees. Payroll Processing Canada An XML file based payroll download solution, which can be used by payroll providers, is available. For more information, see Payroll Processing Canada: Payroll XML File Specifications Personnel Administration - Mexico The following personnel administration processes are available for Mexico- hiring, rehiring, transfer, and termination of employees. Payroll Processing Switzerland You can maintain payroll-relevant details such as tax, social insurance, and dependents for employees. For more information, see Complete Payroll Data Switzerland

See Also

What's New in Human Resources Analytics What's New in Data Privacy Management What's New in Resource Management What's New in the Resource Management Overview View What's New in the Resource Management Reports View What's New in the Personal Data Disclosure View
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What's New in the Personal Data Removal View What's New in the Personnel Administration Regular Tasks View What's New in the Personnel Administration Employees View What's New in the Personnel Administration Reports View What's New in the Payroll Run View Whats New in the Time Recording View

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Supply Chain Management

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5.1 WHAT'S NEW IN MANUFACTURING, WAREHOUSING, AND LOGISTICS


This document provides information about what's new in the Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions are new: Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics, Internal Logistics, and Execution Confirm as Planned A new button called Confirm as Planned has been added to the Task Control views of the Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics, and Internal Logistics work centers, as well as the Inbound Warehouse Tasks, Outbound Warehouse Tasks, and Internal Warehouse Tasks views in the Execution work center. This means that it is now possible to confirm warehouse tasks according to the planned settings of the warehouse order, using planned quantities, logistics areas, identified stock and logistics units. Tasks that were selected for "confirm as planned", but have missing information (for example, logistics area and identified stock), will be excluded from the action cycle and other selected tasks will be confirmed. The user will receive an error message for the failed tasks. For more information, see: Quick Guide for Task Control (In Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics, and Internal Logistics) Quick Guide for Inbound Warehouse Tasks, Internal Warehouse Tasks, and Outbound Warehouse Tasks (in Execution) Third-Party Order Fulfillment Third-Party Order Fulfillment Work Center For more information, see What's New: Third-Party Order Fulfillment. Internal Logistics and Production Control New Replenishment and New Removal A new Remove Row button is enabled for rows that were manually added in the New Replenishment and New Removal views of the Internal Logistics and Production Control work centers.

What Is New

The following functions have been changed: Inbound Logistics Purchase Orders, Inbound Delivery Notifications, and Inbound Deliveries For more information, see What's New: Inbound Logistics. Outbound Logistics The recording of the movement of goods has changed in particular the point in time at which the goods issue is posted. For more information, see What's New: Outbound Logistics. Automatic Release of Outbound Delivery In FP3.0, the automatic release of the outbound delivery when working with warehouse tasks is now controlled by the settings in the logistics model and not by business configuration. The field (Release Outbound DelivPUBLIC 2011 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12

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ery) controlling this behavior is now in the edit screen for the shipping logistics models and you can set this to automatic or manual. For more information, see Maintaining Logistics Models in Outbound Delivery Processing. Late Order Changes If you reject a delivery proposal in the Delivery Proposals subview for which no partial delivery has yet been carried out, the sales order item can be changed again in the Sales Orders view of the Sales Orders work center. After changing and releasing the line item, a new proposal is passed on to the warehouse execution. Note that even if the priority of the sales order is set to Immediate, in this case, the request must go through the Outbound Logistics Control work center. For more information, see Reject a Line Item of a Delivery Request. Changing Data in Outbound Delivery Before releasing the outbound delivery, you can now change the ship-to party and the ship-to location. That is, you can change the postal address and name, however, note that you cannot change the country. Packing View Spreadsheet In the Packing screen, it is possible to export to a spreadsheet a list of the products to be packed. The spreadsheet header was changed to Pack Delivery: <Delivery Number>. Shipping For more information, see What's New in the Shipments View.

Quality Assurance Changes in the Quality Planning and Quality Control For more information, see What's New: Quality Assurance. Physical Inventory Default Value for Physical Inventory Key Date A default key date is automatically created when a physical inventory count document is created. The default value is the current date according to the storage location's time zone. Logistics Unit Columns Hidden by Default The Logistics Unit column is hidden by default in the Inventory Adjustment and Physical Inventory Task Confirmation screens. Physical Inventory Task Execution In the Confirm Count Task screen, the Save and Close button was removed and the remaining buttons were rearranged in the component toolbar. PI Count Item Results Overview The title of the screen was shortened from PI Count Result Overview: Count Item Result to PI Count Item Result Overview.

5.2 WHAT'S NEW IN SUPPLY CHAIN SETUP MANAGEMENT


This document provides information about what's new in the Supply Chain Setup Management area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

What is New

The following functions are new: Supply Chain Design Master Data Addition of Inventory ID in Equipment and Vehicle Resources A new field, Inventory ID, has been added under the . Individual Materials tab in the Resources view editor for equipment and vehicle resources. The inventory ID is an alternative identifier for an individual material. It is typically an external identifier whereas the individual material ID is an internal identifier. This makes it easier for a customer to enter an inventory ID as opposed to an individual material ID. It is however possible to enter either of the two IDs and then the other one is automatically populated.

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In previous releases it was possible to add an individual material only by entering the individual material's internal ID. This was cumbersome for customers, now in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0, it is possible to enter either the individual material ID or the inventory ID. Addition of Costing Relevance Indicator in Resource Group A costing relevance indicator has been added to the Resource Group editor in the Resources view. If the Relevant for Material Costing check box is marked, it indicates which of the subordinate resources are to be considered in material costing. The cost rate of a subordinate resource, which is marked as costing relevant, is used in the determination of the cost of a finished product that uses that specific resource group in the production model. Only one resource in a resource group can be marked as costing relevant. For more information, see Quick Guide for Resources (in Supply Chain Design Master Data) Warehousing and Logistics Master Data Setting Release of Outbound Deliveries from the Logistics Model A new field, Release Outbound Delivery, has been added to the Logistics Model screens in the Logistics Models view. You can choose from the following two values: Automatically or Manually. You can decide if the outbound delivery is released automatically upon creation or manually at a later point in time. Upon release of the outbound delivery, the goods issue is automatically posted. For more information, see Maintaining Logistics Models in Outbound Delivery Processing.

The following functions have been changed: Planning and Production Master Data Change in Landing Tab of Production Models Editor The first tab that is opened on the Production Models editor in the Production Models view is the . BoO Structure tab under the . Bill of Operations tab instead of the . General tab. Business Configuration for Planning and Production Master Data Change of Available Activity Categories for Bills of Operation In this release, the list of activity categories only contains activities that are relevant for production. For more information, see Changed: Activity Categories for Bills of Operation. Business Configuration for Supply Chain Design Master Data Change in the List of Fact Sheets Assigned to Supply Chain Design Master Data Views The list of fact sheets required for each Supply Chain Design Master Data work center view has been analyzed. In SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0, only those that are required for a specific work center view are now assigned to that view. According to a user's access rights, a user will only be able to view the factsheets relevant to the work center views assigned to that user. Business Configuration for Warehousing and Logistics Master Data Change in Deviation Codes for Warehousing An additional option has been added for the assignment of Deviation Codes for Warehousing. For more information, see Changed: Deviation Codes for Warehousing.

What Has Changed

5.3 WHAT'S NEW IN SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING AND CONTROL


This document provides information about what's new in the Supply Chain Planning and Control area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions are new: Supply Planning

What Is New

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Update Source of Supply Checkbox Added to Confirmation Update Run The Update Source of Supply checkbox has been added to the Confirmation Update Run screen. For more information, see Whats New in the Confirmation Update Run View. Supply Control Introduction of a New Third-Party Order Processing Scenario Several fields and columns have been added for the new third-party order processing scenario. For more information, see Whats New in the Monitor Purchase Requests View and Whats New in the Monitor Purchase Orders View. Outbound Logistics Control Introduction of a New Third-Party Order Processing Scenario Several fields and columns have been added for the new third-party order processing scenario. For more information, see Whats New in the Customer Demand View. Update Source of Supply Checkbox Added to Confirmation Update Run The Update Source of Supply checkbox has been added to the Confirmation Update Run screen. For more information, see Whats New in the Confirmation Update Run View.

What Has Changed


Demand Planning

The following functions have been changed: Uploading History Data The selection of key figures that may be uploaded to a demand plan has been extended. In the previous release, it was only possible to upload the key figure Final Actuals, whereas now it is possible to upload the following key figures to a demand plan: Final Actuals Final Forecast Distribution Factor

Supply Planning Checkbox Name Changed on Confirmation Update Run The checkbox on the Confirmation Update Run screen has been renamed to Products with AvailabilityRelevant Changes Only. For more information, see Whats New in the Confirmation Update Run View. Outbound Logistics Control Authorization for Product Planning Details Screen from Delivery Due List View In previous releases, it was always possible to access the Product Planning Details screen from the Delivery Due List screen. Now the Product Planning Details screen can only be accessed if the user has the relevant authorization from the Products view of the Supply Planning work center. Checkbox Name Changed on Confirmation Update Run The checkbox on the Confirmation Update Run screen has been renamed to Products with AvailabilityRelevant Changes Only. For more information, see Whats New in the Confirmation Update Run View.

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Project Management

6 WHAT'S NEW IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT

This document provides information about what's new in the Project Management area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions are new: Introduction of Customer Projects with Full Sales and Financial Integration A new category of project was introduced. It is now possible to set up customer projects with full integration into the sales and financial processes. The main differentiation to customer projects in previous releases is that the linkage of the project with a sales order is now mandatory, and the financial-posting logic is adjusted to support full revenue recognition, for example all postings to the project are redirected to the sales ledgers. It is possible to activate the customer project process in the solution configuration, when you can also set up appropriate project types or use the pre-defined project type. You can also set up the sales order and project linkage according to the Sell Project-based Services business scenario to use automatic cost and revenue postings, as well as the necessary follow-up financial processes. To activate customer projects, you need to select Sell Project-Based Services in scoping. You find this activity under Sales Product and Service Portfolio for Sales. For more information, see Customer Projects and Changed: Sell Project-Based Services. Linkage Between Sales Documents and Project Tasks for Customer Projects The setup of a customer project requires both a sales order and a project with the project type customer project. You can link the project to the sales document and start with the execution of the project. You can also link sales quotes against the project. The linkage is displayed in the maintenance screen of the project on the . Sales Tracking tab, as well as from within the sales document. Project Cost and Revenue Planning The user is now able to plan project-related costs and revenues. Previously, project costs could only be planned for travel-related costs using expense products. The planning of project revenues is now supported. This offers more flexibility for the cost and revenue planning of projects by using any G/L Account. Pre-delivered content for planning costs and revenues is also available. Enhanced Reporting for Customer Projects The following reports have been enhanced to allow reporting on customer projects: Project Costs and Revenues - Line Items This report has been enhanced to display costs and revenues on customer projects. Project Cost and Revenue by Project The Project Costs and Revenues Overview report has been renamed to Project Cost and Revenue by Project. Many new key figures have been added to see the performance of multiple projects at one place. This report allows the analysis of costs, revenues and margin. This report is available in the Project Management work center. Project Cost and Revenue by Project Structure Many new key figures have been added to see the performance of a single project and all its project tasks. This report allows the analysis of costs, revenues and margin. This report is available in the Project Management work center. Project Plan Data Details The Project Cost Estimate report has been renamed to Project Plan Data Details. Planned revenue has been added to the report. Sales Document Line Items

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The project has been added as a free characteristic. Sales Accruals The project has been added as a free characteristic. The following reports are new and have been made available in the Cost and Revenue work center to allow project cost and revenue management. Project Cost and Revenue Details by Project This report is identical to the Project Cost and Revenue by Project report but offers two more views which allow the financial analyst to displays cost and revenue deferrals and accruals. Project Cost and Revenue Details by Project Structure This report is identical to the Project Cost and Revenue by Project Structure report but offers two more views which allow the financial analyst to displays cost and revenue deferrals and accruals.

What's New in the Project Management Projects View Whats New in the Time Recordings View of Project Management Approvals What's New in the Project Management Time and Expenses View Overview of Reports in Financial Management Overview of Reports in Project Management

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Supplier Relationship Management

7 WHAT'S NEW IN SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

This document provides information about what's new in the Supplier Relationship Management area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions are new: Customer Contract as Account Assignment Type In addition to cost centers, project tasks, sales orders, and service orders, you can now assign shopping carts, goods and services receipt, purchase orders, and supplier invoices also to customer contracts. For more information, see Account Assignment in Purchasing. Third-Party Order Processing You can use third-party order processing to coordinate and monitor the direct shipment of a product to your customer by a supplier rather than your own company. For more information, see Third-Party Order Processing.

What Is New

See Also

What's New: Shopping Carts What's New in the Purchase Orders View What's New in the Receipts and Returns View What's New in the Invoice Entry View

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Compliance

8 WHAT'S NEW IN COMPLIANCE

This document provides information about what's new in the Compliance area of SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions are new: Intrastat You can now automatically declare spare parts used in services in Intrastat declarations. If the outbound delivery and the service confirmation take place in the same period (for example, in the same month), then the spare parts used in the service (repair or maintenance) are declared as a part of the Intrastat declaration for the current period. If only the outbound delivery takes place (without service confirmation) then these details are marked as pending. The spare parts declared only when the service is confirmed. For more information, see Intrastat Declaration Quick Guide. Material Classification You can now export unclassified materials to Microsoft Excel, assign commodity codes to them, and upload the assigned materials to the system. For more information, see Material Classification Quick Guide.

What Is New

The following functions have been changed: Central Bank Reporting Austria For central bank reporting in Austria, you are only required to report cross border services and transit trade goods to Statistik Austria. In the Central Bank Reporting view, the status of any document line items related to non-transit trade goods can be automatically set to 'Not relevant" for reporting. To enable this, the user must first create the appropriate rule in the Central Bank Code Determination activity. For more information, see Configuration Guide for Central Bank Code Determination - Austria

What Has Changed

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SAP Business ByDesign What's New in Key User Administration

9 WHAT'S NEW IN KEY USER ADMINISTRATION

9.1 WHAT'S NEW: APPLICATION AND USER MANAGEMENT


This document provides information about what's new in Application and User Management in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

What Has Changed

The following functions have been changed: Incidents View In the Incidents view, new features have been added and some existing features have been enhanced. For more information, see What's New: Incidents. User and Access Management View In the Business Users subview, the following has changed: For business users that are deleted due to expiration of the minimum retention period, the user ID is changed and term "DELETED" is added to the user ID. In the user attributes editor, the Password Locked checkbox has been added. This checkbox is automatically set after too many failed logon attempts. In the user attributes, you can unlock the password by deselecting the Password Locked checkbox. In the user attributes editor, the Security Policy field has been added This field enables you to assign different password policies to the users. This might be necessary if your company has different password security requirements for specific work areas and departments. Hierarchical list for work center and view assignment In the access rights editor, under You Can Also, you can now toggle between a hierarchical list and flat list for assigning work centers and views. For more information, see User and Access Management Quick Guide. The new Security Policy subview has been added, comprising the following changes: The term password policy has been changed to security policy. The Edit Password Policy common task has been removed. You can manage security policies in the new Security Policies subview. In the Security Policies subview, you can manage more than one security policy containing different settings for password complexity and validity according to the security requirements of your company. You can view, edit, create, copy, and delete security policies. For more information, see Security Policies Quick Guide. Input and Output Management View In the Communication Systems subview, the term business instance has been changed to system instance. For more information, see Communication Systems Quick Guide. In the Communication Arrangements subview, the following has changed: The creation of communication arrangements has been simplified. A guided activity is now provided, which you can use to create communication arrangements. You can now create communication arrangements on the basis of predefined communication scenarios. Each communication scenario contains all the relevant services that are required for electronic data exchange for a certain business process. For more information, see Communication Arrangements Quick Guide. Business Flexibility View In the Master Template Maintenance subview, the following has changed:

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For form master templates, the Assign Companies button has been renamed to Assign . It is now possible to assign form master templates to companies, org units, and/or output channels. For form master templates, the Check Assignment button has been added. This allows you to check which template will be used by the system for a given combination of company, org unit, and output channel. When a form master template is set as default, any existing assignments are kept but not displayed. If in the future you set a different form master template as default, then the assignments are still available. For form master templates, a Details section has been added to show the template assignments. In the Form Template Maintenance subview, the following has changed: You can edit interactive forms by selecting Adobe LiveCycle Designer from the Open menu. You can also download and upload interactive forms. In the advanced search you can now search by template name. In Easy Form Editor, the refresh icon has been replaced with a Refresh button, which has been moved to the left of the preview section. The sample data section has also been enhanced. On the . Layout tab in Easy Form Editor it is now possible to specify the logo height and width in millimeters or inches. The text Number of Active Footer Blocks has been replaced with the text Number.

The following functions are new:

Country-Specific Changes
Template for Upload of Additional Structured Reports to ERV-JAb file Austria You can upload additional structured reports to the electronic year-end closing (ERV-JAb) file using a Microsoft Excel template that you download from the system. This template enables you to upload external data that is not previously available from the SAP Business ByDesign system. You can download the template, called Define ERV-JAb Optional Files Content Austria, from Application and User Management Business Flexibility Office Template Maintenance view. In the spreadsheet, you enter information as required that pertains to your company, convert it to XML, and upload it as an attachment to the ERV-JAb file. For more information, see Electronic Export of Year-End Closing File Template for Upload of Payroll Data to Golden Audit File China You can extract specific payroll data for your company from the system, group it together in a file, and upload it as an attachment to the golden audit file that you will export to the Chinese legal authorities. You enter the payroll data in a new template, called Define Payroll File Report Content for Chinese Golden Audit, that is available for you to download from Application and User Management Business Flexibility Office Template Maintenance . For more information, see Golden Audit Payroll File China Template for Upload of Owner Equity Data to Golden Audit File China If you specify the creation of a general ledger file for inclusion in the golden audit report, you must report information on owner equity. You enter the owner equity data in a new template, called Define Owners Equity Report Content for Chinese Golden Audit, that is available for you to download from Application and User Management Business Flexibility Office Template Maintenance. For more information, see Quick Guide for Golden Audit Export Files

9.2 WHAT'S NEW: BUSINESS CONFIGURATION


This document provides information about what's new in Business Configuration in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

What Is New

The following functions are new: Implementation Project Templates You can use an implementation project template as the basis for the scope of your SAP Business ByDesign solution. An implementation project template is a solution profile that contains scoping elements to suit specific

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requirements and business needs. SAP and its partners create these templates that are usually designed for specific industries or lines of business. You can procure implementation project templates through the SAP Store and apply them in the Business Configuration work center as part of your first implementation project. After the implementation project template is applied, you can further refine your solution before you go live. For more information, see Implementation Project Template. Add-On Solution Search Filter You can include add-on solutions available from the SAP Store in your search even if you have not procured them from the SAP Store and they are not yet installed in your SAP Business ByDesign solution. If you select the Include SAP Store Add-On Solutions not installed checkbox, these will be included in your search query. If you do not select this checkbox, only the add-on solutions that are already procured and installed as part of your SAP Business ByDesign solution are included in your search query. For more information, see the Learn About Specific Configuration Elements task in the Overview Quick Guide. Expand the Complete Hierarchy of Scoping Elements When you edit your first implementation project or change project, you can expand the complete hierarchy of scoping elements in the Scoping and Questions steps of the guided activity by clicking Actions and then selecting Expand All. It is still possible to expand the hierarchy per business area, if preferred. For more information, see steps 4 and 5 in Prepare the First Implementation Project and Prepare a Change Project. Request Migration Tenant for First Implementation Project You define the migration settings for tool-supported migration before you migrate your legacy data to your production system. By requesting a migration test system, you can define these settings in an environment that does not affect your production system. This is now possible for both first implementation projects and change projects. For more information, see Request Migration Test System.

What Has Changed

The following function has changed: Your Requirements Tab Removed The Your Requirements tab has been removed from the scoping guided activity. You can still enter requirements and other free text using . Your Notes .

See Also

New: GST Calculation Australia New: VAT and IEPS Calculation Mexico New: Withholding Tax Calculation Mexico New: Withholding Tax Code US New: Direct Posting to Partner Companies New: Overviews for Account Management New: Intercompany Supplier Invoicing with Automatic Financial Postings New: Third-Party Procurement of Materials New: Business Configuration for Customer Contracts New: Business Configuration for Invoice Schedule New: Customer Contract Reports New: Customer Contracts New: Invoice Processing Methods Mexico New: Sell Entitlements New: Service Confirmation for Customer Contracts New: Journal Entry Voucher to Partner Companies

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Changed: Charts of Accounts, Financial Reporting Structure, Account Determination Changed: Edit Chart of Accounts Changed: Maintain Settings for Reconciliation Accounts Changed: Profit Center Derivation Changed: Tax Codes Canada Changed: Accrual Method Determination Changed: Reports for Accounts Changed: Deviation Codes for Warehousing Changed: Create Invoice Requests Using File Input Changed: Customer Invoice Processing for External Invoice Request Changed: Invoice Requests Upload Changed: Number Ranges for Sales Orders, Customer Contracts, and Customer Returns Changed: Sell Project-Based Services Changed: Upload of Invoice Requests Changed: Activity Categories for Bill of Operations

9.3 WHAT'S NEW: ANALYTICS


This document provides information about whats new in Analytics in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions have changed for business users: Working with Variables Making Value Selections for Variables The variables are now in place above the report in the content area. By default, when you open a browserbased report in a Web browser, the Selections area appears, containing the variables that are available with a report. On the . Edit tab page, you can show or hide descriptions for value selections. Examples: For the Supplier variable, the value MC2000 is displayed. For the Invoice Month / Year variable, the value Last 3 Months is displayed. By clicking Show Text , the system displays a description of the values to the right of the variables, such as AMS Suppliers and 03.2010 - 02.2011. Managing Variables You can manage variables on the . Manage tab page in the Selections area above the report in the content area. Note that any value you select as filter values are now saved. Relative Selections Descriptions for relative selections are available. Working with Reports in a Web Browser Functions in the toolbar have been rearranged. First Level Toolbar The following list shows the order of the functions from left to right and provides an overview of the changes. Close Has been moved to the far left of the toolbar. View Settings Has been moved from the navigation pane to the toolbar and now also contains table and chart settings. Selections

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Shows the variables available with a report.


Add Fields

Print Export Send Second Level Toolbar The following list shows the order of the functions from left to right and provides an overview of the changes. The View and Variables dropdown lists have been moved to the second level toolbar. Set As Default Table and Chart The functions to switch the display of a report to table or chart are now displayed as buttons. Undo Last Step and Back to Last Saved State have been moved to the second level toolbar. The Report Header icon has been moved to the second level toolbar. Details Shows the technical information about a report that was previously available in the report header. Table Settings The Content Display section now only contains the Display Repeated Texts checkbox. Inverse Hierarchy is now called Invert Hierarchy. Arrange As Hierarchy The system arranges characteristics in rows and in columns as a hierarchy. The row or column further left serves as the tree structure into which characteristics to the right are inserted. For more information, see Table Settings. In the navigation pane, you can collapse the lists for Columns and Rows. By default, the Not Currently Shown list is collapsed. For more information, see Working with Reports in a Web Browser. Working with Reports and Plans in Microsoft Excel View Pane You can search for key figures, characteristics, and characteristic attributes. You can display and select characteristics and characteristic attributes in a hierarchy. You can set a report view as your personal default. Variables You can set filter values by selecting values in the report and clicking the Filter icon in the Variables group. To remove the filter, click the corresponding icon. The following functions have changed for key users for Analytics: Add Fields When key users for Analytics open a report from the Design Reports work center view of the Business Analytics work center and click Add Fields , they see more fields related to the data source which serves as the basis for the report than business users. This includes more characteristics, characteristic attributes, and key figures. Extension Fields You can also add extension fields as characteristics and key figures. The extension field must be added to the corresponding data source before it can be available for reports. Fore more information, see Add a Field to a Report.

You can now select characteristics and key figures to add to reports.

The following functions are new for business users: The Selections Area When you open a report in a Web browser, the variables are in place above the content area of the report. The Selections area consists of the variables available with a report. The value selection help for variables consists

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of three tab pages: Filter, Basic Select, and Advanced Select. Depending on how content has been defined or whether you have set quick filter values, the value selection help for variables changes accordingly. You can define the start option of the report, indicating whether the Selections area is displayed. By default, the Selections area is displayed, but the report is not started. Note that if you set the start option to Hide selection area and start report, the next time you start the report, the system uses the existing set of variables with the current value selections. For more information, see Working with Selections. The following functions are new for key users for Analytics: Joined Data Source A joined data source is a type of data source that contains characteristic values that match from the data sources to be joined along with any key figure values. You can have more than one join, that is, the characteristic that joins the data sources, in your joined data source. The more joins there are in a joined data source, the more restricted the data that is available for reports. For more information, see Create and Edit a Joined Data Source. Upload and Download of Analytical Objects Key users for Analytics can upload and download objects that they have created, such as data sources, key figures, and reports. For more information, see Upload and Download an Object.

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10 WHAT'S NEW: MOBILE APPLICATIONS

This document provides information about whats new in mobile applications in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following functions are new: Project Time Recording for Mobile Applications A new set of views for consumption on a mobile device enable users who are working on their mobile device using a supported SAP Business ByDesign mobile application to create time recordings of projects' tasks. Project team members can record their time in the context of tasks, services, and purchase orders. Quality Inspection for Mobile Applications A new set of views for consumption on a mobile device enable users who are working on their mobile device using a supported SAP Business ByDesign mobile application to choose a quality inspection document and process it (for example, add and update defects, record a quality decision, and upload pictures of defects). To see if this functionality is supported on your SAP Business ByDesign mobile application, refer to the mobile application's documentation.

What Is New

The following functions have been changed: Accounts for Mobile Applications The Accounts functionality for users who are working on their mobile device using a supported SAP Business ByDesign mobile application has been enhanced so that users can create new private and corporate accounts from the mobile application. In addition, an Ignore Duplicates action was added to the Private Account and Corporate Account quick activities. This action allows users to ignore a duplicate entry if one exists (for example, if accounts have a similar name or the same name). Access Rights for Mobile Applications The process for managing access rights to mobile content has changed for all mobile applications other than the SAP Business ByDesign Warehouse Application for Mobile Devices. Many of the permissions previously set by a key user are now automatically applied for mobile applications. The process is as follows: Some work center views in Business ByDesign have corresponding views for use on mobile devices through dedicated mobile applications. If you assign such a view to a user, you now also automatically assign the corresponding mobile view to the user. The view authorization is required to enable the corresponding mobile functionality, as supported by the SAP Business ByDesign mobile application. For more information, see User and Access Management and the documentation of the SAP Business ByDesign mobile applications. BlackBerry Mobile Application The Contacts functionality in the SAP Business ByDesign mobile application for BlackBerry has been enhanced so that users can upload a picture of a contact when editing the contact's details or creating a new contact. The Reports functionality in the SAP Business ByDesign mobile application for BlackBerry has been enhanced so that users can edit the sorting and filtering criteria of a report. To see if this functionality is supported on your SAP Business ByDesign mobile application, refer to the mobile application's documentation.

What Has Changed

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11 WHAT'S NEW: BUSINESS SCENARIOS

This document provides information about what's new in business scenarios in SAP Business ByDesign Feature Pack 3.0.

The following business scenarios are new: Customer Contract Management The Customer Contract Management business scenario enables you to create and manage contracts related to services in the framework of your support entitlements or managed services. For more information, see Customer Contract Management. Order-to-Cash (Third-Party Order Processing Material) The Order-to-Cash (Third-Party Order Processing - Material) business scenario enables your company to create sales orders that are used to ship products with or without a product specification to your customer directly from a supplier rather than from your own company. For more information, see Order-to-Cash (Third-Party Order Processing Material). Product Development The Product Development business scenario provides you with comprehensive functions to develop new products or to significantly improve the quality of products and processes. For more information, see Product Development. Supplier Return Management The Supplier Return Management business scenario enables you to send back stock products to your supplier. Before, this was part of the Procure-to-Pay (Stock) business scenario. For more information, see Supplier Return Management.

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This document provides a summary of the most important terminology changes for SAP Business ByDesign.

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The following important terminology changes have been implemented in FP 3.0: Terminologienderungen: Deutsch

The following important terminology changes have been implemented in FP 3.0: Modification de la Terminologie: Franais

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The following important terminology changes have been implemented in FP 3.0:

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