Demand and Supply Planning with SAP APO

This is your one-stop shop for SAP APO in SAP Supply Chain Management! Get the latest on the current SAP SCM 7.04 release while you learn how to use DP and SNP to forecast demand and capture demand patterns for tactical supply planning. Blending big-picture descriptions with step-by-step instructions, this book covers everything from implementing SAP APO to using interactive, characteristic-based, and collaborative planning. Carried by an in-depth case study, you'll discover quickly how to translate your demand and supply requirements into technical processes. Everything you need to know in one place!Highlights include:•Demand Planning (SAP APO-DP)•Supply Planning (SAP APO-SNP)•Interactive planning•Collaborative planning•Reporting•SNP optimizer •Capable-to-Match•Inventory planning and optimization•Characteristic-based planning• SAP APO•SAP HANA Highlights: Demand Planning (SAP APO-DP) Supply Planning (SAP APO-SNP) Interactive planning Collaborative planning Reporting SNP optimizer Capable-to-Match Inventory planning and optimization Characteristic-based planning SAP APO SAP HANA

Enhance SAP APO functionality using SAP HANA

Autorentext
Sandeep Pradhan is an SAP solution architect in the supply chain management field and has more than 18 years of professional experience. He specializes in supply chain applica-tion advisory services and has achieved results by helping clients understand, architect, select, and implement the SAP supply chain solutions required to run their businesses. He has worked on numerous full lifecycle SAP APO-Demand Planning and Supply Network Planning implementations, and has written three SAP PRESS books.

Zusammenfassung
Your one-stop shop for SAP APO in SAP Supply Chain Management. Blending big-picture descriptions with step-by-step instructions, this book covers everything from implementing SAP APO to using interactive, characteristic-based, and collaborative planning.

Inhalt

... Foreword by Bernd Leukert ... 17

... Introduction ... 19

... Acknowledgments ... 23

PART I ... Getting Started ... 27

1 ... Introduction to SAP Gateway ... 29

1.1 ... Modern Business Applications ... 30

1.2 ... SAP Gateway for Modern Business Applications ... 42

1.3 ... Installation and Deployment ... 48

1.4 ... SAP Gateway and Related Products ... 54

1.5 ... Summary ... 62

2 ... Introduction to OData ... 65

2.1 ... OData and REST ... 65

2.2 ... Structure of an OData Service ... 74

2.3 ... OData Operations ... 84

2.4 ... OData Query Options ... 88

2.5 ... OData in SAP Solutions ... 105

2.6 ... SAP Gateway OData Features ... 113

2.7 ... What's New with OData 4.0? ... 115

2.8 ... Summary ... 119

3 ... Architecture and Integration ... 121

3.1 ... Gateway Principles ... 121

3.2 ... Architecture ... 123

3.3 ... Integration with Other Technologies ... 133

3.4 ... Summary ... 138

4 ... Deployment Options, Installation, and Configuration ... 139

4.1 ... Introduction to SAP Gateway Deployment ... 139

4.2 ... Preparing for Installation and Configuration ... 152

4.3 ... Quick Start Guide ... 154

4.4 ... Installation and Configuration in Detail ... 161

4.5 ... Summary ... 175

PART II ... Service Creation ... 177

5 ... Introduction to OData Service Creation ... 179

5.1 ... Methods for Creating an OData Service ... 180

5.2 ... Service Creation Process Overview ... 183

5.3 ... SAP Gateway Toolset ... 187

5.4 ... Steps in the Service Creation Process ... 198

5.5 ... OData Channel Development Paradigm ... 219

5.6 ... Summary ... 225

6 ... Service Development ... 227

6.1 ... Data Model Definition ... 228

6.2 ... Service Registration in the SAP Business Suite System ... 258

6.3 ... Service Stub Generation ... 264

6.4 ... Service Maintenance ... 267

6.5 ... Incremental Service Implementation and Model Enhancement ... 272

6.6 ... Summary ... 344

7 ... Service Generation ... 345

7.1 ... Generation via RFC/BOR Interface ... 348

7.2 ... Generation via Search Help ... 384

7.3 ... Generation via CDS Views ... 387

7.4 ... Generation via Redefinition ... 404

7.5 ... Summary ... 423

PART III ... Application Development ... 425

8 ... SAPUI5 Application Development ... 427

8.1 ... Building Blocks of Web Application Development ... 428

8.2 ... Introduction to SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 ... 429

8.3 ... Installing SAPUI5 ... 436

8.4 ... Creating an SAPUI5 Application ... 437

8.5 ... Summary ... 445

9 ... SAP Web IDE ... 447

9.1 ... Installation and Access ... 448

9.2 ... Connecting to SAP Gateway ... 456

9.3 ... OData Sample Services ... 459

9.4 ... Developing SAPUI5 Applications ... 461

9.5 ... SAP Fiori Reference Apps ... 467

9.6 ... OData Model Editor ... 470

9.7 ... Summary ... 474

10 ... Extensibility ... 475

10.1 ... Redefining and Extending OData Services ... 475

10.2 ... Extending SAPUI5 Applications ... 482

10.3 ... Extending SAP Fiori Applications ... 485

10.4 ... Summary ... 520

11 ... Mobile Application Development ... 521

11.1 ... Overview ... 523

11.2 ... Native Application Development ... 524

11.3 ... Hybrid Application Development ... 524

11.4 ... Summary ... 553

12 ... Social Media Application Development ... 555

12.1 ... PHP ... 556

12.2 ... Facebook ... 560

12.3 ... Twitter ... 567

12.4 ... Sina Weibo ... 571

12.5 ... Summary ... 582

13 ... Enterprise Application Development ... 583

13.1 ... SAP Gateway for Microsoft ... 584

13.2 ... Microsoft Excel ... 606

13.3 ... Microsoft SharePoint/Office 365 ... 610

13.4 ... Microsoft LightSwitch ... 617

13.5 ... Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) .NET ... 622

13.6 ... Summary ... 623

PART IV ... Administration ... 625

14 ... Lifecycle Management: Testing, Service Deployment, and Operations ... 627

14.1 ... Testing ... 628

14.2 ... Service Deployment ... 637

14.3 ... Operations ... 646

14.4 ... Summary ... 656

15 ... Security ... 657

15.1 ... Network and Communication Security ... 657

15.2 ... User Management and Authorizations ... 667

15.3 ... Single Sign-On and Authentication Options ... 669

15.4 ... Recommended Authentication Options ... 678

15.5 ... Read Access Logging ... 694

15.6 ... Summary ... 697

PART V ... Roadmap ... 699

16 ... Recent and Future Developments ... 701

16.1 ... Cloud Computing: HCI OData Provisioning ... 701

16.2 ... Gamification ... 705

16.3 ... Internet of Things ... 707

16.4 ... API Management ... 708

16.5 ... Summary ... 709

... Appendices ... 711

A ... Advanced Topics ... 713

B ... SAP Gateway and SAP API Management ... 743

C ... The Authors ... 769

... Index ... 773