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1 Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 1

2 Prerequisites .............................................................................................................................................. 2

3 Source System Notes ................................................................................................................................ 2

3.1 SAP notes to enable source system for cFIN scenarios .................................................................................. 2
OSS Notes Search............................................................................................................................................... 2
OSS Notes Installation Approach ...................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 SAP notes for SLT communication ...................................................................................................................6
3.3 SAP notes for JVA ............................................................................................................................................... 7

4 SLT Notes.................................................................................................................................................... 7

5 Central Finance Notes ...............................................................................................................................8

5.1 Central Finance Notes ........................................................................................................................................8
5.2 Central Finance Notes for JVA ...........................................................................................................................8

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 1 Overview

This document describes the note installation approach for the source systems, SLT system and Cen-
tral Finance system.

Additional coding is required in the source system(s) to enable the transfer of posting data from source
system(s) to Central Finance. This coding is delivered via support package and/or SAP Note installation. SAP
Note 2323494 - Overview of Notes relevant for source system provides the initial list of relevant source system
SAP Notes. For the full list of notes required in the source system, please follow the current guide (chapter 3.1).

If source system(s) are on older support pack levels, it is suggested to upgrade to recent/latest sup-
port pack as this can significantly decrease the number of required Notes.

SLT system is used as a middleware to transfer data from the source system to the Central Finance
system. The DMIS Add-on is required to be installed in all involved systems (for the S4HANA systems, this is
part of S4CORE component). In order to facilitate the replication via SLT, it is recommended to install all rele-
vant DMIS notes by following the described approach in chapters 3.2(Source system) and 4(SLT system) of
current guide.

For the Central Finance system, it is recommended to apply the most recent notes on component FI-
CF and its subcomponents to avoid encountering problems which have already been solved (see chapter 5.1).

For customers who are using Joint Venture Accounting, an additional category of notes should be in-
stalled in source systems and Central Finance system in order to be able to replicate Joint Venture Master Data(
Joint Venture, Joint Operating Agreement, Joint Venture Partners) and JVA Documents(see chapters 3.3 and
5.2).

Note: Please be aware that some SAP Notes are complex and include manual pre/post steps, prereq-
uisites, side effects, etc. It is important to thoroughly read each Note during the implementation process. A
rule of thumb is to start implement the oldest (lowest number first) and work your way up. SNOTE takes care
of properly maintained dependencies. The best way is to implement only one note per step – not two or more
notes that are shown in the SNOTE popup as prerequisite note.

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 2 Prerequisites
In order to facilitate the replication via SLT, the DMIS component has to be installed in all involved
systems. SLT is technically an ABAP Add-on to the SAP NW ABAP-Stack. Therefore, several installation options
are technically possible:

➔ On the SAP ABAP-based source system with SAP Basis 7.0.2 or higher
➔ On a separate SAP NW ABAP Stack with SAP Basis 7.0.2 or higher (recommended)
➔ On the Central Finance System (SAP Basis 7.0.2 or higher) (DMIS Add-on is part of the S4CORE
component)

Recommendation: In order to separate workload, a separate SLT Server system is the most preferable
option for productive use. Especially when to expect high data transfer rates and/or to keep independent
patch/release cycles.

For the synchronization of DMIS Add-on Version between all involved systems, please follow the SLT
setup guide. Once DMIS is installed and synchronized between systems, the DMIS relevant notes can be in-
stalled – chapters 3.2 and 4 of current guide.

3 Source System Notes

3.1 SAP notes to enable source system for cFIN scenarios

OSS Notes Search

The below steps should be followed to find the required notes relevant for source system, to enable
them for cFIN Scenarios:

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 a) Get the software component version of SAP_APPL and SAP_FIN (if exists): System->Status->De-
tails

b) Open the Fiori Launchpad to search for notes (Expert Search):

c) Enter the following filters:

➔ Components (Start With): FI-CF*
➔ System: System ID of Source System (if this field can be populated)
➔ Release Status: Released for Customer

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 If the system ID cannot be populated, get one list relevant for component SAP_APPL and another list
relevant for SAP_FIN, merge the two lists and delete the duplicates, if any.

Filters for SAP_APPL list:

➔ Components (Start With): FI-CF*

➔ Soft. Comp.: SAP_APPL
➔ Soft. Comp. Version: Release number from point 3.1.1.a) of SAP_APPL component
➔ Support Package (Greater than): Support package from point 3.1.1.a) of SAP_APPL com-
ponent
➔ Release Status: Released for Customer

Filters for SAP_FIN list:

➔ Components (Start With): FI-CF*

➔ Soft. Comp.: SAP_FIN
➔ Soft. Comp. Version: Release number from point 3.1.1.a) of SAP_FIN component
➔ Support Package (Greater than): Support package from point 3.1.1.a) of SAP_FIN com-
ponent
➔ Release Status: Released for Customer

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 A separate list of notes with the status “Pilot Release” can be built similarly based on the project re-
quirements.

OSS Notes Installation Approach

Because some of the notes which have to be installed are very complex as they contain several manual
steps or have a lot of prerequisite notes, it is very important to install them in the correct order, to avoid issues
during installation. Additionally, after the notes are installed, it is important to have a final list of notes for each
SAP source system with the correct installation sequence, manual steps and related notes which have to be
installed in central finance system. For this reason, the below steps are recommended to be followed:

a) Create an excel file with 4 sheets: “Initial List”, “Sequence example”, “Hierarchy”, “Final List”. The
deliverable from this exercise will be only the “Final List” sheet for each Source System.
b) “Initial List” sheet will contain the OSS notes found at point 3.1.1. One additional column should be
added “Sequence Example”
c) “Sequence example” sheet will contain the information from the CFin_List_of_SAP_Notes.xlsx file.
This excel file contains an example of “Final List” of notes with the correct sequence installation.
(check the CFin_List_of_SAP_Notes.xlsx file). Disclaimer: the list of provided notes in the
CFin_List_of_SAP_Notes.xlsx is only an example.
d) “Hierarchy” sheet will be only a sheet to help you to install the notes in the correct sequence, in
case the note has prerequisite notes not installed yet.
e) “Final List” sheet will be the deliverable document. It should contain the same columns as “Se-
quence Example” sheet.
f) Populate in the “Initial List” sheet the column “Sequence Example” using “VLOOKUP” functional-
ity between “Initial List” and “Sequence Example” sheets. The column should be populated with
the value from “Sequence” column. It could be that some of the notes from “Initial List” will not
have any correspondent in “Sequence Example”.
g) Start the installation of notes from the “Initial List” sheet from the lowest “Sequence Example” to
the highest. In the end, install the notes without any “Sequence Example”
h) Before starting the installation of a note, read carefully the note text
i) In case the note has prerequisite notes, which are not yet installed, stop the installation of the note.
Add in the “Hierarchy” the note number and its prerequisite. Start the installation from its note
prerequisites, one by one, and in the end install also the current note.
j) Once a note is installed, add the note with the required details in the “Final List”

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3.2 SAP notes for SLT communication

After the required DMIS Add-on version is installed in the source system, perform the following steps
to install the SAP Notes relevant for SLT communication:

a) Install note “2596411 - Note Analyzer for ABAP-based Migration and Replication Technology
(DMIS2011; DMIS2018; S/4HANA)”. This note will install report DMC_NOTE_ANALYZER
b) Start report DMC_NOTE_ANALYZER in SE38 transaction
c) Mark the radio buttons as in below figure and execute

d) The report will display the notes which are relevant for SLT communication and their status (im-
plemented, not implemented yet, incompletely implemented).

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 e) Start the implementation of the missing notes either directly from the report (click on note num-
ber) or from SNOTE transaction.
f) The notes installed in this step should be captured in sheet “Final List” from point 3.1.2.a)

3.3 SAP notes for JVA

In case Joint Venture Accounting is activated in the source system, additional coding is required to
facilitate the transfer of the following data to Central Finance system:

➔ Joint Venture Master

➔ Joint Operating Agreement
➔ Joint Venture Partner
➔ Joint Venture Document

The complete list of notes which installs the coding relevant for this category can be found in note
“2941357- Notes for the cFIN-JVA integration”. For the source system, only the notes mentioned under “Sender
System” are relevant. The notes installed in this step should be captured in sheet “Final List” from point 3.1.2.a).

4 SLT Notes

After the required DMIS Add-on version is installed in the SLT system, perform the following steps to
install the SAP Notes:

a) Install note “2596411 - Note Analyzer for ABAP-based Migration and Replication Technology
(DMIS2011; DMIS2018; S/4HANA)”. This note will install report DMC_NOTE_ANALYZER
b) Start report DMC_NOTE_ANALYZER in SE38 transaction
c) Mark the radio buttons as in below figure and execute

d) The report will display the notes which are relevant for SLT communication and their status (im-
plemented, not implemented yet, incompletely implemented).

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 e) Start the implementation of the missing notes either directly from the report (click on note num-
ber) or from SNOTE transaction.
f) The notes installed in this step should be captured in a separate “Final List” document relevant for
SLT Notes

5 Central Finance Notes

5.1 Central Finance Notes

For the Central Finance system, it is recommended to apply the most recent notes on component FI-
CF and its subcomponents to avoid encountering problems which have already been solved. The OSS Notes
Search steps are the same as the ones described in chapter 3.1.1, but this time using the software component
S4CORE from your cFIN system.

Similar as Source System notes and SLT notes, please create a “Final List” document with the notes
installed in cFIN System for future reference.

5.2 Central Finance Notes for JVA

Similar as in the source system when JVA is used, in order to facilitate the transfer JV Master Data and
Transactional Data to cFIN system, an additional category of notes should be installed. The complete list of
notes can be found in note “2941357- Notes for the cFIN-JVA integration”. For the cFIN system, only the notes
mentioned under “Receiver System” are relevant. The notes installed in this step should be captured in sheet
“Final List” from point 5.1.

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