Release-Informationen SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.

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1 - General Enhancements for SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services (Changed) ................................................................................................................................. 2 2 - Structure Change in Customizing (Changed) ............................................................... 3 3 - Integration in SAP Event Management (New) .............................................................. 6 4 - Excise Duty Monitoring with Customs Management (New) ........................................ 7 5 - Processes and Functions in Customs Management (New) ........................................ 8 6 - Processes and Functions in Customs Management (Enhanced) ............................ 10 7 - User Friendliness in Customs Management (Changed / Enhanced) ...................... 12 8 - Customs Management for the U.S. (Enhanced) ......................................................... 13 9 - System Response during Transfer of Packages for Export (Change) .................... 14 10 - Integration in SAP Transportation Management (New)........................................... 15 11 - New Information Architecture in SPL Screening with Web UI (New) .................... 16 12 - Dashboards in Sanctioned Party List Screening (New) .......................................... 18 13 - Comparison Index for SPL Screening with Lifecycle Management (New) ........... 19 14 - Legal Control (Enhanced) ............................................................................................ 20 Preference Processing (enhanced) .................................................................................... 21 16 - Electronic Compliance Reporting (Enhanced) .......................................................... 23

1 - General Enhancements for SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services (Changed)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use the integration of Crystal Reports in table views. The integration of Crystal Reports in SAP List Viewer for SAP GUI (ALV grid), Web Dynpro ABAP ALV, and POWER lists enables a wide variety of options for creating formatted reports. The major functions include report printing and formatting.

See also
For more information on the functional scope of Crystal Reports see the SAP Help Portal http://help.sap.com/ under SAP BusinessObjects -> All Products -> Crystal Reports.

2 - Structure Change in Customizing (Changed)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, the application uses the application area concept as the main element for document-based processing and no longer differentiates the individual product areas into services for customs management. The application areas are grouped as follows:

The system runs the checks for Compliance Management based on replicated documents from the feeder system, which are modeled using the customs document application area. The processes in Customs Management are distributed among the following document-based application areas:

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Customs declaration for imports and exports Customs delivery as replicated feeder system document that the system generated from the inbound delivery. You can use it with additional, customs-specific data as a basis for a customs declaration prior to goods receipt Customs bill of lading as a document for shipment-specific data, which you can use with additional, customs-specific data as the basis for the customs declaration prior to goods receipt Customs shipment to process the transit procedure Presentation Advance declaration to inform the customs authorities of future imports within the ISF (importer security filing) framework Excuse duty monitoring with administrative documents for communication with the authorities to monitor the transportation of goods subject to excise duties Internal customs transaction to document transactions that do not require communication with the customs authorities

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The system executes the processes for restitution in the Advance Notice for Restitution application area, in addition to the application areas in Customs Management.

As a result of these application areas, the following structure changes have been made to the existing Customizing activities under Global Trade Services: New Placement in Structure Former Placement in Structure The definition and assignment under Compliance Management or Customs Management > General Settings -> Document Structure have been eliminated. Separate assignment to the former services is no longer needed, for example Assign Commodity Code Numbering Scheme for Customs Processing and

Setting Define document types and item categories and activate through assignment

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General Settings -> Document Types

The definition and all necessary assignments are in one central location for the entire application.

Assigning numbering schemes for different numbering systems to the individual areas

Global Trade Services -> General Settings -> Numbering Schemes -> Assign Numbering Schemes to Legal Regulations of the Application Areas

The assignment of all numbering schemes has been consolidated in a single Customizing activity and lets you define assignments to all application areas at a central place.

Assign Numbering Scheme of Import List for Legal Control Settings for the document structure n/a in Compliance Management Settings for document structure for document types n/a and item categories in Customs Management These settings have been grouped in the activities for the document structure under General Settings with the document settings for the other product areas. Compliance Management > General Settings -> Document Structure

These settings to define and assign document types and item categories Customs Management -> have been grouped in the activities General Settings -> for the document structure under Document Structure General Settings with the document settings for the other product areas. The structure areas for the transit procedure and customs processing services are obsolete as of this release. The versatility of these application areas requires a combined presentation of the settings for process control. As a result, the settings are now contained in consolidated activities at the highest level in Customs Management. These settings have been grouped in the activities for the document structure under General Settings with the document settings for the other product areas.

Activate determination procedure and Customs legal regulation for Management application areas in Customs Management

Customs Management -> "Transit Procedure" Service and Customs Management -> "Customs Processing" Service

Settings for document structure n/a in Risk Management

Risk Management -> General Settings

The Customizing structure for Global Trade Services has also been changed in the following cases: New Placement in Structure General Settings -> Organizational Structure -> Define Customs ID for Define and Customs Procedures assign customs with Economic Impact IDs and Assign Customs ID of Foreign Trade Organization and Group of Logical Systems Setting Former Placement in Structure The definition and assignment of customs IDs under Customs Management -> General Settings has been eliminated.

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Since the customs ID is an attribute of organizational units, you can define this attribute as part of the organizational structure

Linking numbering schemes to external applications

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These settings have been omitted without replacement because Electronic Compliance Reporting allows direct assignment of the numbering scheme for Intrastat declarations starting in this release. See Customizing activity Global Trade Services -> General Settings > Numbering Schemes -> Assign Numbering Schemes to Legal Regulations of the Application Areas The new General Settings structure node in Customs Management contains only the settings for UI control, incompleteness check, and the control settings for receipt. Starting in this release, all other

The explicit settings for integrating external applications with the previous structure nodes Integration with External Applications under Global Trade Services -> General Settings -> Numbering Schemes -> are no longer needed.

General settings in Customs Management

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Customs Management -> General Settings

previous structure nodes, such as communications processes, data defaulting procedures, and customs code lists appear at the same hierarchy level as the general settings. Define authorizations and securities Depreciation Groups for Licenses in Documents Customs Management -> The definition of these objects has Authorizations and been grouped in a single node. Securities To activate depreciation groups, you Compliance have to assign them during activation Management -> Legal of the item categories. To do so, you Control configure the settings for the document structure. Customs Management -> General Settings

General Settings -> Legal Regulation

See also
For more information about the introduction of application areas, see the Release Note User Friendliness in Customs Management (Changed / Enhanced)

3 - Integration in SAP Event Management (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can transfer events from foreign trade processes in SAP Event Management for SAP's on-premise solution. SAP Event Management lets you track events for individual objects, processes, and partial processes across the entire supply chain. Starting in this release, you can integrate events from SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services in this event tracking. You can use events for customs declarations in export and import processes. Relevant events include, for example, messages from the customs authorities that authorize you to release goods. Based on your specific requirements, you can define which events you want the system to pass on to SAP Event Management for tracking.

Effects on Customizing
To use SAP Event Management and track events in SAP Global Trade Services, you have to activate intersystem communication in Customizing and activate the use of SAP Event Management in the following activities:

General Settings -> Business Add-Ins for Global Trade Services -> BAdI to Activate SAP Event Management General Settings -> Document Types -> Define Document Types for Application Areas

You also have to define the scenarios for tracking. To start the Customizing activities for integrating SAP Event Management with the system and the processes of SAP Global Trade Services, choose Integration with Other SAP Components -> Interface to Event Management In addition to the settings in your system for SAP Global Trade Services, you also have to configure intersystem communication and configure the scenarios in the system with SAP Event Management.

4 - Excise Duty Monitoring with Customs Management (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use monitoring and communications with the authorities in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services for excise duty processing in a retail system. SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services provides the interfaces for integration with the feeder system processes. The European authorities have developed a community system to control the transportation of goods that are liable for excise duties (Excise Movement Control System, EMCS), with which you can monitor the goods movements of products that are liable for excise duties. SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services helps you comply with the requirements for communications with the authorities associated with the transportation of products that are liable for excise duties under duty suspension, as well as their electronic declaration to the authorities. To ensure compliance with the formalities, you exchange electronic messages for excise duty monitoring with the customs system and have all relevant data for a transaction available electronically in the administrative documents in SAP Global Trade Services. The electronic processing of excise duty management delivers the following benefits:

Simplification of the transportation of products liable to excise duties under duty suspension, through electronic communications with the customs authorities and electronic transmission of the administrative documents Safeguarding of the transportation process through verification of the transaction data by the authorities before the actual goods movement and through the speedy conclusion of the business transaction with electronic transmission of the goods arrival Transparency during the entire transaction with the customs authorities, who have the latest information for the transaction at all times

Effects on Customizing
To use excise duty monitoring, you have to configure the process and its technical prerequisites for the Customs Management area in Customizing. The Customizing activities to configure the process are located under Global Trade Services -> Customs Management. The required settings include those that you configure in Customizing under Global Trade Services -> General Settings:

Organizational structure Legal regulations Document structure Numbering schemes for classification

You also have to configure the communication processes under Global Trade Services -> Customs Management.

5 - Processes and Functions in Customs Management (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can extend existing processes with new functions and use the new processes in Customs Management. These include:

Free circulation with prescribed end use - industrial assembly Starting in this release, you can use the benefits of trade preferences for this inventory-managed customs procedure. With this function, SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services supports industrial assembly, for example in the mechanical engineering, automotive, pharmaceuticals and foods sectors. The customs authorities let you calculate the customs duties for imported products as part of a finished product, provided you can document a firm link between the originally imported product and the end product. You can create this firm link with SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services through both the authorization and the installation statement as officially required documentation. You can also perform all further steps for fully compliant processing.

Pre-declarations with Customs Management Starting in this release, you can use pre-declarations to meet the authorities' requirements for stricter security regulations. In the U.S., for example, you must declare future imports in sea transport to the customs authorities within 24 hours before loading, using the system for importer security filing (ISF), to ensure the authorities are notified and can carry out the necessary risk analysis. This pre-declaration in accordance with Security Filing "10+2" from SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services has been certified by the U.S. Customs Office. The pre-declaration is an existing application area in Customs Management that the system uses to control the object functions and processes.

Tax statement Starting in this release, you can view a document that shows the customs duties that the customs authorities have levied for a transaction. To do so, the system analyzes the incoming messages that contain the final tax assessment from the customs authorities and creates a tax statement from them. These tax statements give you an overview of the incurred costs and let you evaluate the customs amount due for an individual transaction at any time. You can use status management for the tax statements for an extended overview, as well as print out the statements. The tax statement is an existing application area in Customs Management that the system uses to control the object functions and processes. The view for tax statements for Germany remains unchanged.

Customs bill of lading Starting in this release, you can record the relevant data from bills of lading in a customs bill of lading in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services and extend it with customs-specific data. You can use this customs bill of lading as an addition data source for creating customs declarations prior to goods receipt and advance declarations. SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services provides an interface for the automatic creation of a customs bill of lading from a feeder system. The customs bill of lading lets you enter transportation-specific data, such as the bill of lading number and shipment data, that contains information about the shipments in a container, for example, or arrival times. You can then create a customs declaration prior to goods receipt from a broad range of data, based on this information and data from the purchase orders. The customs bill of lading is an existing application area in Customs Management that the system uses to control the object functions and processes.

Effects on Customizing
To use the new functions, you have to configure the following settings in Customizing:

Define and assign document types and item categories for each application area To define document types and item categories in Customizing, choose Global Trade Services -> General Settings -> Document types.

Define legal regulations for each application area To define the settings for the legal regulations in Customizing, choose Global Trade Services -> General Settings -> Legal Regulations.

In addition, you must configure the use of the new application areas or the control settings for free circulation with prescribed end use in Customizing under the following path: Global Trade Services -> Customs Management.

6 - Processes and Functions in Customs Management (Enhanced)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use the enhancements to existing functions and processes described below. They let you model the strict requirements in individual industries, for example, whose long-term delivery contracts and mass production place special demands on customs processing. One example of this is the automotive industry.

Enhancements to supplementary customs declarations (SCDs): change SCD: If you are located in a country whose authorities support initial SCDs and change SCDs in customs processing, this release enables you to declare changes to the customs authorities up to the final assessment of the amount due to customs in the tax statement. Accordingly, you can send change SCDs to the customs authorities - in Germany, for example - starting in this release. These changes could be caused by quantity corrections, for example, that result in changes to the underlying customs declarations. You can also use the following functions within the framework of change SCDs:

Postprocessing You can flag an SCD item for manual postprocessing, or the system can demand this postprocessing through official messages. The system provides these postprocessing functions.

Completion period A completion period in the authorization lets you control when an SCD to close a transaction is ready for the final tax statement.

Item status To ensure seamless traceability, a separate status lets you track the processing status of declaration items that you declare to the authorities in SCDs starting in this release. This lets you track the declaration items up to receipt of a tax statement.

Quantity changes in customs import declarations If your feeder system supports quantity changes in goods receipts, you can make these correction postings in the customs declaration after goods receipt for release to free circulation starting in this release. You can make these correction postings compliant, subsequent to prior communications with the authorities. To post these quantity changes, you can define the point up to which you want the system to make the stock posting, dependent on process progress.

Value changes in customs import declarations Starting in this release, you can modify the customs declaration up to final assessment of the customs duties due such that the system takes changes in the goods value into account when calculating the customs value. SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services provides the necessary interfaces for modifying the calculation base of the customs value.

Enhancements for re-imports after outward processing To claim the trade preference during the re-import of components in compensating products after outward processing, you have to document the ratio of installed components to compensating products in the bill of product (BOP) information. Previously, the system exploded the BOP when a customs declaration was created. Starting in this release, you can define the time the required BOP is exploded based on the authorization, ensuring that even complex supply chains remain compliant with customs regulations.

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License check in customs import/export declarations Starting in this release, the system checks license requirements of declaration items and the validity of assigned licenses directly in the customs declaration. This ensures that the system is using the latest data for the last process step in the supply chain. The system runs the checks for import and export licenses in legal control when you save the customs import/export declarations. As a result, you now have an additional check point in the system to supplement the legal control checks for order, inbound delivery, outbound delivery, and purchase order. You can view the log with the check results for each declaration item from within the customs declaration, to view the control data and make sure the declared values from the customs declaration agree with the depreciated values from the license.

Enhancements in classification Starting in this release, you can define specific worklists for classification in the feeder system and transfer them to SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services for prioritized processing. This means you can group current business transactions whose document items are missing product classification together into specific worklists. You can then carry out classification specifically for these time-critical transactions based on these worklists. You can also go from classification directly to the additional data for products in this release, to use all available data for classification. If additional information is available in separate documents, you can assign them as attachments in product classification.

Customs value calculation Starting in this release, you can decide whether you want to use the existing mechanisms of the Transaction Tax Engine (TTE) to calculate the European import turnover tax (ITT) in customs value calculation or determine the ITT directly in customs value calculation. If you decide to calculate the ITT directly during customs value calculation, without the TTE, you can prepare for long-term developments in ITT calculation. To directly calculate the ITT in customs value calculation, you can enter the appropriate duty types, configure the control settings in the duty structure, and enter the tax rates.

Modification of product classification for changed codes from other governmental agencies (OGA) Starting in this release, you can assign changes to official codes, which you receive from other governmental agencies (OGA) than the customs authorities and enter in the system, to the classified products automatically. In this process, the system checks which tariff numbers of classified products have changed OGA codes and then adjusts them. You can use these modifications for OGA codes in the U.S., for example, or for NZE codes in Switzerland.

Effects on Customizing
To declare the import and export licenses to the customs authorities in customs declarations, you have to configure legal control and enter the licenses in the customs code list for documents. You also have to activate the legal regulation for the license check in legal control for customs declarations in Customs Management. You configure these Customizing activities under the following paths:

Global Trade Services -> Compliance Management -> Legal Control Global Trade Services -> Customs Management -> Customs Code Lists Global Trade Services -> Customs Management -> Activate Legal Regulations for Customs Processing and Advance Declarations

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7 - User Friendliness in Customs Management (Changed / Enhanced)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use the changed menu navigation in Customs Management. The menu navigation is based on the separation of the various application areas within Customs Management and replaces the previous control concepts for the "Customs Processing Service" and "Transit Procedure Service". Each of the application areas has documents for the various customs processes, which the system can fill with data from the feeder systems and which you can use to start activities for processing with the customs authorities. Customs Management includes the following application areas: Previously Covered by Service Customs procedures Customs processing Transit procedure Transit procedure n/a Customs processing

Application Area Customs declaration Customs delivery Presentation Customs shipment Customs bill of lading Internal customs transaction Advance declaration Excise duty monitoring

Goods Direction Import/export Import Import Inbound/outbound Import Import

New Menu Entry Import or Export or Special Procedures Import Import Import or Export Import or Export or Special Procedures Import Excise duty monitoring

Import n/a Inbound/outbound n/a

The new application areas help improve clarity in the user interface and simplify processing for users. Since the application areas allow clear delimitation of the process-specific needs, the documents of an application area contain the exact document fields that are needed for the process. In addition to the new entry points in the area menu and the simplification of the document UI, you can can also navigate directly between document processing and the relevant views for master data, classification, and system monitoring.

Effects on Customizing
The changes to the control concept have no effect on existing Customizing settings. With the introduction of the application areas, you can use the modified Customizing structure to configure new processes and adapt existing ones. For more information, see the Release Note Structural Change in Customizing (Changed ).

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8 - Customs Management for the U.S. (Enhanced)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use the following enhancements in Customs Management that are relevant for customs processing in the U.S.:

Reconciliation The American customs authorities help you fulfill your customs processing obligations by allowing you to estimate or omit individual values in the customs import declaration (entry summary) if you do not have the necessary data. You have to correct these estimations in a subsequent declaration, however. Starting in this release, you can flag individual values in an entry summary as estimations or missing, in line with customs requirements, and send a reconciliation for a specific transaction to the authorities.

10+2 pre-declaration for Importer Security Filing (ISF) Starting in this release, you can use pre-declarations to notify the customs authorities of future goods imports. This helps you comply with ISF rules, which require you to report planned imports within the officially defined periods to the customs authorities, together with the necessary data. SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services lets you generate pre-declarations based on two logistics documents: purchase orders or inbound deliveries. You can also use the new customs bill of lading as an additional source of information. The system can use document references in the supply chain to take data from the original documents in the feeder systems and other data from the goods receipt posting in the feeder system to create the customs declaration. This customs declaration lets you close the transactions from advance declarations. This pre-declaration in accordance with Security Filing "10+2" from SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services has been certified by the U.S. Customs Office.

Periodic Monthly Statement, PMS Starting in this release, you can receive periodic monthly statements in addition to your daily statements to optimize your payment processes.

Prior notice for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) When you import goods into the U.S. that are FDA-relevant, you have to send specific data to the customs authorities for monitoring by the FDA in the customs declaration as "FDA Prior Notice". You can send this data to the customs authorities in the customs declaration. The registration number from the FDA is contained in the reply message for the customs declaration. You can view it, together with the respective status, in the status overview and the status history for the customs declaration.

Modification of product classification for changed codes from other governmental agencies (OGA) Starting in this release, you can assign changes to OGA codes, which you receive from the authorities and enter in the system, to the classified products automatically. In this process, the system checks which tariff numbers of classified products have changed OGA codes and then adjusts them. In the special case of the FDA as the government agency with relevant OGA codes, you can check any time to see which products are subject to classification with FDA codes and verify assignment of the codes.

See also
For more information about the customs bill of lading, see the Release Note Processes and Functions in Customs Management (New).

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9 - System Response during Transfer of Packages for Export (Change)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, the system responds with an error when the mapping of package types is missing in export processing for customs export declarations or customs shipments for opening transit procedures. If a logistics document in the feeder system has a packaging material type without an assignment to a package type in SAP Global Trade Services, the system cancels creation of the document in SAP Global Trade Services, to avoid sending an incorrect declaration to the customs authorities. This system response applies to integration processes in feeder systems that can create a customs declaration or a customs shipment for a transit procedure in export processing, such as the following:

Billing document integration with SAP ERP Freight order with SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) Customer invoices with SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM)

Effects on Customizing
You have to define a package type in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services for each packaging material type in the feeder system and assign the types in the feeder system to the package types in SAP Global Trade Services. The activities to assign the package types are located in Customizing under Global Trade Services -> Customs Management -> Customs Code Lists -> Assignment of Packaging Material Types from Feeder Systems.

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10 - Integration in SAP Transportation Management (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can create customs export declarations in Customs Management based on transportation orders from SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) 8.0. This lets you delay transportation execution in SAP TM until the customs authorities release an export, making sure your logistics processes are compliant with all local laws. This integration between SAP TM and SAP's on-premise solutions lets you create customs export declarations instead of generating them with a pro forma billing document in SAP ERP. The system takes the primary data for creating a customs export declaration from the outbound delivery and transportation order. In addition to creating the customs export declaration, you can also request cancellation of the customs export declaration from within SAP TM. The data is exchanged between SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services and SAP TM through SOA services. In addition to transferring the data from SAP TM to create the customs declaration in SAP Global Trade Services, the data is also transferred back to TM to improve the traceability of processing progress. This re-transferred data includes the document reference and registration number of the customs export declaration from the customs authorities. The export accompanying document (EAD), which you receive from the customs authorities through message interchange, can be sent as an e-mail attachment or printed out directly using the functions in SAP Global Trade Services. For the system to derive the customs ID for compliant inventory management for customs monitoring of customs procedures with economic impact, you also have to install the add-on SAP Enterprise Services 6.0 Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP and integrate it in the process flow with SAP TM.

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11 - New Information Architecture in SPL Screening with Web UI (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use the full range of functions for SPL (sanctioned party list) screening in a completely revised form. The new features encompass the following areas:

Information structure and user navigation The functions for SPL screening are available in a new, improved user navigation to better support sanctioned party list screening in your business transactions. In the new version, the system groups logically related functions into guided procedures. This approach emphasizes the relationships between the various settings. To support the analysis of blocked documents and business partners, the block information is classified by importance and displayed in a clear structure. This supports you in processing and (possibly) releasing blocked documents and business partners. In addition, the new information structure enables a clearly visible delimitation of areas of responsibility and the clear definition of communication and escalation paths during the release of blocked documents and business partners. The functions for SPL screening are divided into several work centers: One work center contains tasks, functions, and information for the configuration and management of sanctioned party lists.

Managing the SPL master In management of sanctioned party lists, you can create the lists manually or upload them from an XML file and then edit the master data. You can define comparison terms for a sanctioned party list.

Analysis of sanctioned party lists In the analysis function, you can display sanctioned party lists and the comparison terms. You can also analyze the upload logs. Control settings for SPL screening

In the control settings, you can configure the settings for SPL screening, for example, for the comparison terms and XI inbound data management. You can reset the buffer for the application and Customizing, and assign business partners to a foreign trade organization. Another work center contains all the functions for analyzing the results of SPL screening, as well as exception management. This workspace also contains the functions for managing business partners, workflows, and audits.

Processing blocked business partners and documents The system displays an overview of the documents or business partners who were blocked by SPL screening. You can check these blocks and release them where appropriate.

Sanctioned party list screening You can run SPL screening for business partners and business transactions.

Managing business partners You can maintain the positive and negative lists for business partners.

Simulation and execution of SPL screening You can start SPL screening offline or run it directly.

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Audits for SPL screening You can perform audits for the SPL screening of business partners and documents and analyze the release reasons.

Web user interface (Web UI) SPL screening and the new information structure are available in a new Web UI. The content is structured using the provided transaction-based user roles for the application. You can call up this Web UI with the SAP NetWeaver Business Client. The system also supports the SAP NetWeaver Business Client for Desktop, which you can install locally. Alternatively, occasional users can use the browser-based SAP NetWeaver Business Client for HTML, which does not require a local installation on the front end. You can also use these provided user roles to create content for the SAP NetWeaver Portal, to call SPL screening together with your other work centers in the SAP NetWeaver Portal.

New authorization concept Starting in this release, SPL screening has a new authorization concept that is based on authorization groups. In turn, these authorization groups reflect application areas such as master data or exception management. You can use these authorization groups to delimit work areas. You can take the provided authorization groups and adapt them to your specific needs.

Dashboards for additional analysis functions New dashboards give you a quick overview of the latest results of SPL screening.

Content Lifecycle Management for creating comparison indexes Starting in this release, you can use CLM (Content Lifecycle Management) to configure the control settings for creating comparison indexes and managing the settings. These settings include delimiters as separators, exclusion texts, and aliases. CLM lets you manage the settings for the comparison index at different times as separate versions and analyze the differences between the different versions. You can also use CLM to distribute content between different systems in your landscape, by downloading them from one system and uploading them to another.

This new presentation of sanctioned party list screening is available in addition to the existing access to the SPL screening functions, through the SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services area menu. Therefore, you can choose which access point for SPL screening you want to use.

See also
For more information about the dashboards, see the Release Note Dashboards in Sanctioned Party List Screening (New). For more information about CLM, which you can call both from the new Web UI and from the existing user interface, see the Release Note Comparison Index for SPL Screening with Lifecycle Management (New).

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12 - Dashboards in Sanctioned Party List Screening (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, enhanced dashboards are available to analyze the results of sanctioned party list screening. The dashboards show all the relevant information the system used as the basis for the sanctioned party list screening, that was responsible for the screening result, on a single screen. A dashboard lets you see the most important information for one or more analysis targets; the system can display this information graphically to give you the big picture. They are integrated in the roles in sanctioned party list screening and can be called directly from the work center in the new Web UI for SPL screening.

Effects on Customizing
For the system to display the information for the results of sanctioned party list screening, you have to configure SPL screening first. You will find these settings under Global Trade Services -> Compliance Management -> Sanctioned Party List Screening. You also have to activate use of the dashboards.

See also
For more information about the functions for sanctioned party list screening in the new Web UI, see the Release Note New Information Architecture in SPL Screening with Web UI (New).

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13 - Comparison Index for SPL Screening with Lifecycle Management (New)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can manage the settings for the comparison index in SPL (sanctioned party list) screening using the tool for Content Lifecycle Management (CLM). This tool lets you enter your settings for the general and phonetic parameters for the comparison indexes centrally, as well as distribute them by downloading them from one system and uploading them into another. The central entry of content, such as in a test environment, makes it possible for you to test the content first and then transport the tested settings for the comparison index to all relevant systems. You can also use CLM to analyze content from different systems in your SAP Global Trade Services. You can compare different content versions directly with one another and then decide which content of a version you want to use in another system, following testing. In addition, CLM assigns a unique identifier to each content version, which means you have a precise history of your content and can select your activities based on this version management.

Effects on Customizing
If you have installed the CLM software component on the system with your SAP Global Trade Services, you can reach the settings for CLM in Customizing under the following path: Global Trade Services -> General Settings -> Content Lifecycle Management

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14 - Legal Control (Enhanced)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use the following enhancements for legal control:

Scheduling agreement integration in import control If you integrate import control with the logistics processes in your feeder system, you can check the items of scheduling agreements for necessary import licenses starting in this release. The system can depreciate values and quantities from a license for scheduling agreement items. If licenses are missing, or quantities or values for depreciation of licenses are insufficient, the system interrupts the process in the feeder system and blocks the scheduling agreement for follow-on activities. This helps you ensure that your supply chain is legally compliant and undertake any necessary measures promptly.

Import and export control in customs declarations Starting in this release, you can configure the system to run import and export control again for each customs declaration, instead of using the statement for legal control from previous documents in the supply chain. By running legal control again, you get the current statement on license requirements for declaration items. The system assigns existing licenses to any declaration items that need them and depreciates the values and quantities in accordance with your settings. If licenses are missing, the system blocks the customs declarations from further processing.

See also
For more information about the enhancements in Customs Management, see the Release Note Processes and Functions in Customs Management (New)

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15 - Preference Processing (enhanced)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, preference processing features new user navigation, as well as functional enhancements with the following features:

Change of meaning for the "rule set" concept Starting in this release, rule sets are used only to group different types of preference rules together. They no longer directly control differentiation between rules under the the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the European Union. Through the assignment of rule sets to preference agreements, the preference agreements assume control of which preference rules are relevant. This means the separation between the NAFTA and EU-specific user interface is no longer needed. In addition, you can now assign all preference agreements worldwide to the rule set types contained in the delivery.

Support for multiple agreements Starting in this release, you can use changes in the control settings for preference processing in which the preference agreement plays an even more important role. This makes it possible to do the following:

Assign several rule sets to an agreement You can group the preference rules that apply for a preference agreement in a rule set. If countries in a preference agreement have different instances of the preference rules, you can assign the different country-specific rule sets to a preference agreement. By assigning different rule sets to an agreement, you can model the flexibility that preference agreements make possible through country-specific versions of preference rules.

Agreement-specific forms for an administrative unit Since the preference agreement has assumed the central role starting in this release, you can create agreement-specific forms for all vendor-based long-term vendor declarations and LTVDs for customer's purpose for an administrative unit. This lets you request vendor declarations that comply with the specific rules of the agreement. You can also issue vendor declarations based on the rules in the agreement you use to confirm preference eligibility for your customers. If you use preference agreements from different preference zones within an administrative unit, you can determine the relevant forms based on the location of your business partner.

Freely definable preference indicators With the expansion of the preference agreement, you can assign schemas for preference indicators in which you group freely definable preference indicators together in the rule sets. The system uses these preference indicators in the vendor declarations. The system also uses the preference indicators of an agreement in the user interface. Therefore, agreement-specific preference indicators are used both internally in the system and in communications with vendors and customers.

Currency Starting in this release, you have to enter the currency and the exchange rate type, which the system requires for preference determination, at the administrative unit level.

Close ties between process steps and underlying master data Starting in this release, the master data that belongs directly to a work area in preference processing is stored in that direct area. This makes it possible, for example, to use the assignment

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of vendor to an administrative unit as the relevant master data for processing vendor-based longterm vendor declarations. This merger of master data and functions for the processes also applies to the master data in preference determination and for processing LTVDs for customer's purpose.

Personalization in preference processing Starting in this release, you can personalize the view of the processing transactions. This makes it possible, for example, to limit your workspace to specific administrative units. The system then shows all the information in all processing transactions based on your personalization settings. This lets you optimize your processing and implement organizational boundaries more easily.

Web UI for entering long-term vendor declarations Starting in this release, you can create vendor-based long-term vendor declarations directly in the system for your business partners or units in your corporate group. A Web UI is provided where you can enter a link and the appropriate access data to request entry of a vendor-based long-term vendor declaration. The system saves the data entered here in a worklist; you can transfer the information to preference processing from there.

Effects on Customizing
To use freely definable preference indicators and group them into schemas, you have to carry out the following Customizing activities under path Global Trade Services -> Risk Management -> Preference Processing -> Vendor Declarations:

Define Preference Indicators Assign Schema for Preference Indicators to Agreements by Rule Set

To define the agreement-specific forms, carry out the following Customizing activities under path Global Trade Services -> Risk Management -> Preference Processing -> Vendor Declarations:

Control Settings for Vendor-Based Long-Term Vendor Declarations Control Settings for Long-Term Vendor Declarations for Customer's Purpose

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16 - Electronic Compliance Reporting (Enhanced)

Use
Starting in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 10.0, you can use Intrastat declarations for the following new countries in Electronic Compliance Reporting:

Bulgaria Romania

This means you can report the information on your company's goods traffic in these two countries that is required for goods traffic with other nations or statistical regions of the European Union. The system provides country-specific support for entering all required information in the statistical declarations for intraEU trade and transforming it to the correct data format for the respective country authorities. In the Intrastat declarations for Bulgaria and Romania, you provide information about receipts and dispatches of duty-paid products (community goods) in intra-community trading, which lets the statistical, national, and community authorities and organizations analyze trading activities. You can also display information for customs products in the worklist for creating Intrastat declarations for new and existing country versions. This lets you establish the link to the master data for the customs products in your system within the worklist.

Effects on Customizing
If you want to configure Intrastat Declarations for Bulgaria and Romania, carry out the Customizing Activities under Global Trade Services -> Electronic Compliance Reporting -> Special Settings.

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