SAP Solution Manager – Marc O. Schäfer and Dr. Matthias Melich

SAP Solution Manager
By Marc O. Schäfer and Dr. Matthias Melich

About this book

SAP Solution Manager has quickly become one of the most important and all-encompassing tools needed by clients today. But what can it really do for you? How can it help you with project implementation or operation of the final solution? What is important for users to know, whether they are an administrator or project team member? What functions has SAP expanded in the new 7.1 release, or developed from scratch?

The answers to these and many other questions can be found in this book. The authors discuss every functional area of SAP Solution Manager, explain its features, and use screenshots to illustrate the many aspects of the software. Whether you are interested in implementation and documentation; maintenance and testing; or monitoring, technical operation, and management problems, after reading this book, you will understand what SAP Solution Manager can do for you!
724 pp., 2011
ISBN of printed version: 978-1-59229-388-9

Table of Contents
• Foreword from the Chief Operating Officer of SAP AG 19
• Foreword by Andreas Oczko Deputy Chairman of DSAG Board Area: Operations/Service & Support 21
• Introduction 23
• 1 Concept of SAP Solution Manager 7.1 29
• 2 Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 55
• 3 Effective and Efficient Operation 75
• 4 Solution Documentation in SAP Solution Manager 91
• 5 Implementing Solutions 137
• 6 Template Management 193
• 7 Test Management 219
• 8 Change Control Management 279
• 9 Application Incident Management 359
• 10 Technical Operations 417
• 11 Business Process Operations 529
• 12 Maintaining an SAP Solution Landscape 575
• 13 Support for Upgrade Projects 593
• 14 SAP Landscape Transformation 613
• 15 Custom Code Management: Efficient Management of Custom Code 653
• Appendices 691
• Index 717