Week 3 Unit 1: Planning

Planning
System conversion: planning and system requirements

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Data
Conversion

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Planning
The 3 transition scenarios

New ERP System On-Premise Example: New or existing SAP customer

Implemen- implementing a new SAP S/4HANA system
tation Non-SAP System with initial data load
S/4Cloud

System Example: Complete conversion of an

ERP System On-Premise
Conversion existing SAP Business Suite system to
SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA

ERP System
- Region A - On-Premise
Landscape Example: Consolidation of current regional
ERP System
Transfor- SAP Business Suite landscape into one
- Region B -
mation global SAP S/4HANA system or selective
ERP System data migration
S/4Cloud
- Region C -

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Planning
The S/4HANA Family and Migration Paths
System conversion towards the SAP S/4HANA family

SAP Business Suite SAP S/4HANA family

(e.g. BS7i2013) SAP
S/4HANA
Cloud

SAP CRM
On-Premise
Suite on
SAP HANA
SAP SAP S/4HANA
Business Enterprise
Suite AnyDB Management
On-Premise
SAP ERP
On-Premise

SAP
System Conversion S/4HANA
Finance

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Planning
Transition paths to move to SAP S/4HANA Overview
SAP Business Suite SAP S/4HANA family The transition to SAP S/4HANA does not require
the source system to already be on SAP HANA DB
SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Finance is the first offering under
1610 the SAP S/4HANA product family
1 SAP HANA The decision to go for SAP S/4HANA Finance
3 should be based on the business benefits,
SAP S/4HANA, on-
premise edition 1511 but is not a mandatory prerequisite for any system
SAP HANA conversion
2 SAP S/4HANA
Finance 1605 System Conversion Paths (Basic)
SAP HANA
1 From SAP Business Suite
SAP Simple Finance, (ERP 6.0, EHPxx, AnyDB, or
on-premise edition 1503 SAP HANA DB)
SAP ERP 6.0, EHPxx SAP HANA to SAP S/4HANA

AnyDB or SAP HANA 2 From SAP Business Suite

(ERP 6.0, EHPxx, AnyDB, or
SAP HANA DB)
AnyDB to SAP S/4HANA Finance

One-Step-procedure 3 From SAP S/4HANA Finance

to SAP S/4HANA
Note: One-step procedure to SAP S/4HANA product family supported for SAP ERP 6.0 EHPxx systems
(Unicode-only and AS ABAP-only system [no dual-stack system])
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Planning
Transition paths to move to SAP S/4HANA Details (1)
SAP SAP S/4HANA
Business product family Start Release Target Availability Remarks
Suite SAP S/4HANA Release
4 1610
SAP Simple Finance, Migration to SAP HANA DB
SAP HANA 1 SAP ECC 6.0
on-premise edition
available since:
[if required], installation of
EHP 0-7 Q1/2015
1503 software [EHP7 + sFIN])
3 SAP S/4HANA, on-
Migration to SAP HANA DB
premise edition 1511 SAP ECC 6.0 SAP S/4HANA available since:
2 EHP 0-7 Finance 1605 Q2/2016
[if required], installation of
SAP HANA software [EHP8 + sFIN])

Migration to SAP HANA DB

2 SAP ECC 6.0
SAP S/4HANA, on- available since:
SAP S/4HANA Finance 3 EHP 0-7
premise edition 1511 Q4/2015 [if required], installation of
S4CORE software
1605
SAP HANA Migration to SAP HANA DB
1 SAP ECC 6.0 SAP S/4HANA 1610 available since:
4 EHP 0-8 Q4/2016 [if required], installation of
SAP Simple Finance, S4CORE software
on-premise edition 1503
SAP HANA

System conversion from SAP Business

SAP ERP 6.0, EHPxx
Suite to SAP S/4HANA
AnyDB or SAP HANA System conversion from SAP S/4HANA
Finance to SAP S/4HANA
Upgrade within the SAP S/4HANA
product family
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Planning
Transition paths to move to SAP S/4HANA Details (2)
SAP SAP S/4HANA
Business product family Start Target Availability Remarks
Suite SAP S/4HANA Release Release
1610
SAP Simple Finance, SAP S/4HANA, on-
SAP HANA 5 on-premise edition premise edition 1511
available since: Installation of S4CORE
Q4/2015 software
1503
6 5 SAP S/4HANA, on-
7 premise edition 1511 9 SAP S/4HANA available since: Installation of S4CORE
6 Finance 1605
SAP S/4HANA 1610
Q4/2016 software
SAP HANA
SAP Simple Finance,
available since: Installation of S4CORE
7 on-premise edition SAP S/4HANA 1610
Q4/2016 software
SAP S/4HANA Finance 1503
1605 Not supported SAP Simple Finance,
SAP S/4HANA available since: Installation of sFIN
SAP HANA 8 on-premise edition
Finance 1605 Q2/2016 software (upgrade)
1503
SAP Simple Finance,
on-premise edition 1503 8 9
SAP S/4HANA, on-
SAP S/4HANA 1610
available since: Installation
premise edition 1511 Q4/2016 software (upgrade)
SAP HANA

System conversion from SAP Business

SAP ERP 6.0, EHPxx
Suite to SAP S/4HANA
AnyDB or SAP HANA System conversion from SAP S/4HANA
Finance to SAP S/4HANA
Upgrade within the SAP S/4HANA
product family
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Planning
Size is important Minimize source system size

For System Conversion:

Focus on "relevant" tables
Trim down source Trim target operation
Archive data Consider data aging
Check data quality Monitor data growth
Any
DB

Use SAP DVM: Data Volume Management Work Center in SAP Solution Manager
Archived data is still accessible after conversion; data conversion happens during access to archive

i ABAP sizing reports for move to SAP HANA

SAP Business Warehouse: SAP Note 1736976

i Memory sizing report for SAP Business Suite

and SAP S/4HANA: SAP Note 1872170

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Planning
Find Your Path to SAP S/4HANA Where to go for more information

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA

Discover SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Trials Release Info Roadmaps SAP Help Portal

Join the SAP SAP S/4HANA Choose Your Path

SAP S/4HANA FAQ SAP Learning Hub
S/4HANA Community Cookbook to SAP S/4HANA

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Thank you

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constituting an additional warranty.

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or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
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Week 3 Unit 2:
Using the Simplification List
Using the Simplification List
System conversion Simplification list (1)

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Data
Conversion

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Using the Simplification List
System conversion Simplification list (2)

Detailed functional-level descriptions of required changes to individual transactions and solution capabilities in SAP S/4HANA.
Guidance on the activities customers need to complete before, during, and after the conversion to SAP S/4HANA.

Simplification list for SAP S/4HANA 1610 (PDF & XSL), see blog SAP S/4HANA SCN: Further details for selected simplification items
https://blogs.sap.com/2016/10/31/simplification-list-sap-s4hana-1610 (e.g. business partner approach, material field length extension,): Link

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Using the Simplification List
System conversion Simplification list (3)

The simplification list serves three purposes: Currently we have 290 simplification list items. They basically fall
Planning the actual system conversion into three categories:
Reducing efforts during the actual conversion
by enabling individual simplification items to be dealt with in Change of existing functionality: 16%
~16%
advance for those customers intending to migrate in a future project Example: Simplifications of data structure
Implementing SAP S/4HANA-compliant strategic capabilities when (e.g. in Sales & Distribution)
rolling out new capabilities to avoid rework on SAP S/4HANA
(relevant to, for example, customers who still need to finish major Functionality not available within SAP
rollouts prior to converting to SAP S/4HANA) ~59% S/4HANA: 59%
Functional equivalent available in most cases
Customers are supported by:
Example: FI-AR-CR Credit Management
Descriptions of the changes in the simplification list
Pre-checks to establish whether a customer is currently using the Not the target architecture: 25%
changed solutions or technologies Functionality still available
~25%
Custom Code Migration Worklist content to support the customer in Example: Warehouse Management (WM)
adapting custom code for use with SAP S/4HANA, where required
Tools and guidelines on handling the necessary adaptations related Note: Based on our current project experience, on average 30-40
to these changes, for example, reports for automatically migrating simplification items are ultimately relevant for a dedicated customer
data to the new data model during the system conversion

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Using the Simplification List
Maintenance Planner

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Data
Conversion

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Using the Simplification List
Maintenance Planner Overview

Maintenance Planner:
Solution hosted in SAP Support Portal at: http://apps.support.sap.com/sap/support/mp
Simplifies landscape maintenance process to update, upgrade and install systems with ease and efficiency

SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA

Choose system to be upgraded and plan your target version

Entry via Plan for SAP S/4HANA entry tile

Offered to ease transition to new product line
Automatically integrates all building blocks (such as SAP Fiori)

Define changes Maintenance Planner checks

Select files (like you did in Maintenance Optimizer)
Push all required tools, archives and stack.xml to your
download basket
i More information on Maintenance Planner:
http://help.sap.com/maintenanceplanner
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Using the Simplification List
Find Your Path to SAP S/4HANA Where to go for more information

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA

Discover SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Trials Release Info Roadmaps SAP Help Portal

Join the SAP SAP S/4HANA Choose Your Path

SAP S/4HANA FAQ SAP Learning Hub
S/4HANA Community Cookbook to SAP S/4HANA

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Thank you

Contact information:

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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express permission of SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company.

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National product specifications may vary.

These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
affiliated companies shall not be liable for errors or omissions with respect to the materials. The only warranties for SAP SE or SAP affiliate company products and
services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.

In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
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Week 3 Unit 3:
Adapting Your Custom Code
Adapting Your Custom Code
System conversion: custom code migration worklist

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Data
Conversion

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Adapting Your Custom Code
System conversion: custom code-related process

Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Unicode Conversion Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Custom SAP SAP Data Functional Performance
code HANA S/4HANA Conversion
evaluation checks checks adaptation tuning

Remove obsolete code Check SAP HANA-related Check SAP S/4HANA- Adapt custom code to SAP HANA and Tune performance of
based on Usage and changes like ORDER BY related changes like data SAP S/4HANA-related changes critical database queries
Procedure Logging (UPL) model changes
Adapt modifications in SPDD/SPAU

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Adapting Your Custom Code
Custom code: overview

1. Get transparency on your custom code Custom Code Guide

2. Remove waste
3. Analyze the impact and create a plan
4. Make the required custom code changes

Tools:
Custom code lifecycle management
Usage and Procedure Logging (UPL)
Code Inspector
ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC) http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-70449
Custom code migration worklist (new)

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Adapting Your Custom Code
Custom code: custom code migration worklist and Code Inspector
SAP Service Marketplace

SAP S/4HANA Custom SAP Notes

Code Check Content
Import
File
Custom Code Migration Worklist
Custom Code
extract file Custom Code
Import Custom Code Analysis Results
Analyzer
File Simpl. DB
RFC Code Inspector Results
Code Inspector (esp. relevant for MATNR
Variant length extension)
Custom UPL
Code
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.50 or 7.51 system

Any
DB

Source System Note that for target SAP S/4HANA 1610, only the Code Inspector is relevant SAP Solution
Manager
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Adapting Your Custom Code
Prepare Custom code migration worklist (1)

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Adapting Your Custom Code
Prepare Custom code migration worklist (2)

To reduce and prioritize the worklist, use the UPL data collected in SAP Solution Manager

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Adapting Your Custom Code
Find Your Path to SAP S/4HANA Where to go for more information

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA

Discover SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Trials Release Info Roadmaps SAP Help Portal

Join the SAP SAP S/4HANA Choose Your Path

SAP S/4HANA FAQ SAP Learning Hub
S/4HANA Community Cookbook to SAP S/4HANA

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Thank you

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Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.

National product specifications may vary.

These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
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services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
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In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
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Week 3 Unit 4: Executing the System
Upgrade and Database Conversion
Executing the System Upgrade and Database Conversion
System conversion: technical conversion

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Data
Conversion

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Executing the System Upgrade and Database Conversion
Simplification in SAP S/4HANA

Simplification of data model

New data model powered by SAP HANA
New tables and new applications (and new UI: SAP Fiori)

Conversion tasks for Software Update Manager (SUM): PAS Host

Database migration: Provide SAP HANA database SUM

Software update: Provide new applications and new tables
Any
Data conversion: Conversion of table content to new data model DB

Source DB Host Target DB Host

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Executing the System Upgrade and Database Conversion
SUM is the tool for the technical conversion to SAP S/4HANA

Source system is on SAP HANA database: simply use SUM

Source system is not on SAP HANA database: use DMO of SUM

Software Update Manager (SUM) 1.0

The tool for update, upgrade, combined update & migration, system conversion,
Part of the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 (see support.sap.com/sltoolset)
SUM 1.0 SP 18 is available (a new SP is provided ~ 3 times / year)

Database Migration Option (DMO)

Option in SUM to include the migration from AnyDB to SAP HANA DB
Available for migration to SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA and for system conversion

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Executing the System Upgrade and Database Conversion
Standard approach (high level)

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List
SAP S/4HANA On-Premise

System update (SHD) SPDD System update Data

& migration (application data) Conversion
(FIN, ML) Postprocessing Uptime
Shadow System Table replacement, kernel switch
AIM / XPRAS, SPAU
Pre-transformation checks
Uptime Processing Downtime Processing
Uptime Processing (dev lock)
Data Migration

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Executing the System Upgrade and Database Conversion
Find Your Path to SAP S/4HANA Where to go for more information

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA

Discover SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Trials Release Info Roadmaps SAP Help Portal

Join the SAP SAP S/4HANA Choose Your Path

SAP S/4HANA FAQ SAP Learning Hub
S/4HANA Community Cookbook to SAP S/4HANA

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Thank you

Contact information:

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Some software products marketed by SAP SE and its distributors contain proprietary software components of other software vendors.

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These materials are provided by SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company for informational purposes only, without representation or warranty of any kind, and SAP SE or its
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services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services, if any. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting an additional warranty.

In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be changed by SAP SE or its affiliated companies at any time
for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place
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Week 3 Unit 5: Tips and Tricks
for Your Conversion
Tips and Tricks for Your Conversion
Overview on agenda sequence and on SAP S/4HANA

Discovery / Prepare Phase Realize Phase

t1 t2 t3 t4 t5 t6 t

System Maintenance Custom Code Software Update Application-Specific

Pre-Checks
Requirements Planner Migration Worklist Manager (SUM) Follow-On Activities

Simplification List Database

SAP S/4HANA On-Premise Migration
Software
Update
Data
Conversion

Start early!

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Tips and Tricks for Your Conversion
Joint project setup

Always use latest version of SAP Notes,

Simplification List, and tools like Software Update
Manager & R3load
Project has to be a joined setup of technical and
business colleagues (tech & biz)

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Tips and Tricks for Your Conversion
Start today! Even if transition is not yet in sight

Check Simplification List to map existing business

processes to SAP S/4HANA innovations
Start UPL now to have your statistics based on a long phase
Check custom code: Which parts are obsolete?
What is offered by SAP meanwhile?
Reduce your DB size, e.g. by archiving / using SAP DVM
Consider Unicode Conversion
Consider Readiness Check
Read the System Conversion Guide
Use Maintenance Planner:
get familiar, and use checks early
Run Pre-Transition Check reports

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Tips and Tricks for Your Conversion
Find Your Path to SAP S/4HANA Where to go for more information

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA

Discover SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Trials Release Info Roadmaps SAP Help Portal

Join the SAP SAP S/4HANA Choose Your Path

SAP S/4HANA FAQ SAP Learning Hub
S/4HANA Community Cookbook to SAP S/4HANA

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In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related presentation, or to develop
or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated companies strategy and possible future
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for any reason without notice. The information in this document is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. All forward-
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