newsletter it n°12 · financial information management sp17. fim 10.0 sp 17 patch 01 (09/04/2018)...
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Highlights ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......
• The release of SP07 for SAP Financial Consolidation 10.1.
Release 10.1 SP07 provides support for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SQL Server 2017, .Net
4.7.1, SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.2 SP05
• The release of SAP Hana 2.0 Support Package Stack 03 improves the security.
• The end of mainstream maintenance is extended for SAP Financial Consolidation 10.1,
SBOP BI PLATFORM 4.2, SAP Disclosure MGMT 10.1, and SAP DATA Services 4.2.
Content …………………………………………………………………………………………
Highlights .......................................................................................................... 1
The latest releases around SAP EPM 10 ....................................................... 2
❑ FC 10.1 .......................................................................................................................... 2
❑ FC 10.0 .......................................................................................................................... 5
❑ ICS ................................................................................................................................. 5
❑ FIM ............................................................................................................................... 6
The tips of Syslap.............................................................................................. 7
EPM SAP HANA Compatibility ....................................................................... 8
The Syslap solutions ......................................................................................... 9
End of mainstream maintenance .............................................................. 12
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The latest releases around SAP EPM 10 ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......
FC 10.1
❑ SP 06 Patch03 (28/03/2018)
With the release of SP06 Patch03 from SAP FC 10.1, the following corrections were announced:
• Overall, the SP06 Patch03 makes corrections to the HTML5 web client:
• Customized cell format not applied: ###,##0,.00;-###,##0,.00;"-" (SAPNOTE
2579355)
• Cannot print multi-sheet report with "To be set" grouping mode from list of reports,
favorites or schedules (SAPNOTE 2599359)
• Double-clicking in the "Select a Schedule" dialog box passes on wrong variables
to linked schedules (SAPNOTE 2603955)
• Opening double quotation marks in package schedule comment missing after
importing comment from file (SAPNOTE 2607579)
• Missing rows when importing data from S/4HANA into packages (SAPNOTE 2600108)
• Changing the reporting unit on a saved but not yet posted central manual
journal entry leads to duplicate amounts in the database (SAPNOTE 2604729)
• Versions of manual journal entries are duplicated or there are gaps in the
versions when saving a posted journal entry repeatedly and fast (SAPNOTE 2609180)
• Set of rules not displayed in consolidation definition if "All categories" option not
selected in set of rules (SAPNOTE 2578219)
• The SP06 Patch03 corrects the following problem on the Windows client for Finance:
• Package updated when running Data Link tasks (SAPNOTE 2615457)
• SP06 Patch03 also fixes the following issues:
• "Import zero balances" option does not work correctly (SAPNOTE 2447003)
• "Integrated by" field empty when enabling "Automatic integration after
publication" and publishing from package editor (SAPNOTE 2601269)
❑ SP 06 Patch04 (20/04/2018)
With the release of SP06 Patch04 from SAP FC 10.1, the following corrections were announced:
• The SP06 Patch04 corrects the following problem on the HTML5 web client:
• Dimension member selection incomplete with multiple hierarchies in a report
(SAPNOTE 2625751)
• The SP06 Patch04 provides corrections to the Windows client for Finance:
• When creating or updating a central manual journal entry, the data is not saved
in the database (SAPNOTE 2628568)
• A user not granted with the “change a report bundle” right can change a report
assigned to a report bundle (SAPNOTE 2626023)
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❑ SP 07 (14/06/2018)
Warning: Setting up SP07 requires database migration.
Service Pack 07 provides the following enhancements (SAPNOTE 26 41960):
o Enriched HTML5 Fiori web UI
o Display enhancements and new gadgets
o Enriched scopes
o Improved consolidations
o Enhanced S/4HANA connectivity
o New S/4HANA data monitor tile
o Enhanced connectivity with S/4HANA
o Improved auditability and tracking
o Data update tracking
o Set-up tracking
o Package action tracking
o Platform tracking
o New web service
o Additional platform support
Release 10.1 SP07 provides support for new platform and technology versions:
o Microsoft Azure certification
o Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2017
o Support for .Net 4.7.1
o Support for SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.2 SP05
With the release of SP07 from SAP FC 10.1, the following corrections were announced:
• The SP07 corrects the following problem on the HTML5 web client:
• Values missing in reject file when importing from a table (SAPNOTE 2597957)
• Import status is not reset when file or options are changed (SAPNOTE 2423697)
• Number of selected reports to be printed incorrect (SAPNOTE 2423545)
• Aggregation not calculated for audit ID dimension when multiple amounts are
modified at once (SAPNOTE 2570848)
• Packages cannot be saved or closed when a package manual journal entry is
open (SAPNOTE 2643629)
• Aggregation does not work in reports and schedules if "Total after / before" has
empty intersection (SAPNOTE 2575208)
• When running reports, displaying complex dimension hierarchies can take
several minutes (SAPNOTE 2644116)
• The SP07 provides this correction to the legacy web client:
• Client freezes after opening a Data Link definition without source file (SAPNOTE
2572387)
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• The SP07 corrects the following problem on the Windows client for Finance:
• Error when displaying trace reports (SAPNOTE 2472646)
• Import in SAP Financial Consolidation with SAP Financial Information
Management when multi-user mode is activated (SAPNOTE 2603914)
• Save button in read-only schedule is enabled when modifying page setup
(SAPNOTE 2615516)
• IF(EXIST(A1) ; 1 ; 2) cell formula returns 1 if the cell A1 contains no data (A1= N/A)
(SAPNOTE 2644522)
• When publishing a package with automatic integration, the "Integrated by"
column is not updated (SAPNOTE 2531932)
• "Not responding" message displayed when importing/exporting packages
(SAPNOTE 2517710)
• Error message is displayed “Syncfusion licensing error” (SAPNOTE 2553751)
• Last connection date of users not updated on time (SAPNOTE 2591532)
• When creating a Data Link definition using a HANA table as source, the
password is stored in plain text (SAPNOTE 2642295)
• Cannot save task scheduler with correct run frequency (SAPNOTE 2626985)
• Workflow level assigned by default to new users is "any level" (SAPNOTE 2634538)
• SP07 also fixes the following issues:
• Excel links web client: Excel stops working when importing cells including merged
cells using Excel 365 (SAPNOTE 2554909)
• Cube Designer: Members are not correctly displayed if manual renaming is
activated (SAPNOTE 2437400)
• Cube Designer: Hierarchies not sorted correctly in BW (SAPNOTE 2596841)
• Cube Designer: Unable to increase End Year value (SAPNOTE 2622023)
• Cube Designer: Live access to metadata not working with historized scopes
(SAPNOTE 2588249)
• Cube Designer: "Reprocess Selected" command is run twice in SSAS (SAPNOTE
2553856)
• Administration console: Migrating data source takes a very long time when using
SAP HANA Reporting with a lot of data access groups (SAPNOTE 2625561)
• Starter Kit for IFRS SP7 now available (SAPNOTE 2655438)
• Starter Kit for Banking SP6 now available (SAPNOTE 2638047)
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FC 10.0
❑ SP 19 Patch 05 (12/27/2017)
The latest support package for SAP Financial Consolidation is the SP19 Patch05. It makes
corrections for:
• Starter Kit for banking SP8 now available (SAPNOTE 2561911)
• With the Windows client for finance, impossible to print multi-sheet schedules to TXT or
CSV files (SAPNOTE 2524127)
• With the Windows and Legacy web clients, Negative amounts not displayed
depending on the cell format (SAPNOTE 2442707)
ICS
❑ ICS 10.0 SP 17 Patch 07 (01/12/2018)
The latest support package for Intercompany 10.0 is the SP17 patch 07. It provides application
functional corrections:
• Emails not sent for Dashboards – Symptom Unlike detailed and summary emails,
dashboard emails are not generated under pickup folder. Error message in the log:
ERROR [Category: DataAccess] [User: XXX] [DSRRootContextID: ] [DSRTransactionID: ]
[DSRConnectionID: ] [DSRCounter: ] The specified string is not in the form required for an
e-mail address (SAPNOTE 2574541)
• Performance issue when generating a report - With SAP Intercompany 10 and the BI 4.1
SP5 (SAP BusinessObjects BI platform .NET SDK) or more, the duration to generate a
report with a huge of data is much longer than with older versions of BI (4.0). Under
Windows Server 2012, the BI 4.1 SP5 (SAP BusinessObjects BI platform .NET SDK) doesn't
work correctly: during the Report generation, the BI engine crashes. A workaround has
been developed for this version (BI 4.1 SP5 Patch08) and higher but when a report is
generated with a huge of data, the workaround causes a bottleneck. The new version
of the BI (4.2 SP5) fixes the crash issue under Windows Server 2012. The Workaround has
been deleted and the duration is again like before. (SAPNOTE 2577693)
• External Authentication issue when the user code is different from the Associated
External Login (SAPNOTE 2543205)
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FIM
The SAPNOTE 2584207 released on 16/01/2018 validates SAP HANA 2.0 support for SAP
Financial Information Management SP17.
❑ FIM 10.0 SP 17 Patch 01 (09/04/2018)
The SP17 also provides application these following corrections:
• Display issue in mapping table after inserting row (SAPNOTE 2618974)
• FIM filter selections - wrong codes when browsing BW (SAPNOTE 2626901)
• Clear content of the mapping table (SAPNOTE 2620881)
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The tips of Syslap ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......
The Syslap team proposes you points of attention on issues encountered on customer IT
Infrastructures, but also our best practices on the SAP EPM products integration.
Below, the most important points:
• SAP FC 10.1: Several problems of printing from the HTML5 Web client with Windows Server
2016.
In order to make PDF 10.1 prints work from the HTML5 client on Windows 2016 I had to
add specific registry keys to the application server. Without these keys when printing the
generated and recordable file was in this format {xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx} and without extensions
(temporary file and not pdf so).
Create
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Cartesis\Magnitude\PrintPDF]
"WebPDFMode"=dword:00000001
Value 1 indicates that you are using the new 10.1 print mode
The value 0 indicates Active PDF
"WebPDFFilesRetention"=dword:00000002
Specifies the keeping mode of temporary files from temporary printing
Value 1 indicates the retention of EMF files
Value 2 indicates the retention of all files (EMF/HTML/JPG)
Value 4 indicates the retention of HTML files
"WkHtmlToPDFTimeoutSeconds"=dword:00000300
The indicated value corresponds to the maximum time of expiration of printing (timeout)
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EPM SAP HANA Compatibility ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......
The following is a summary of the compatibility of SAP EPM application stacks with SAP HANA.
Solution EPM Version Support SAP
HANA 1.0
Support SAP
HANA 2.0 Sources
Financial
Consolidation 10.1
SPS 12
revision
122_12
(1.00.122.12)
SPS 02 revision
020_00
(2.00.020.00)
HANA 1.0 : 1.00.122.08 with SP05 1.00.122.12 with SP06
Warning: If you use SAP FC with BI components (Cube
Designer), you must use SPS11. There is some major issues
with SPS12.
HANA 2.0 : Supported since SAP FC 10.1 SP06 (SAP FC Master
Guide)
Financial
Consolidation 10.0
SPS 11
revision 111
and higher
NO
HANA 1.0 : SAP Help Portal (Master Guide SAP FC 10.0 SP19)
HANA 2.0 : No Support
Intercompany
Server 10.0 NO NO
Financial
Information
Management
10.0 SPS 10 YES
HANA 1.0 :
https://support.sap.com/content/dam/launchpad/en_us/p
am/pam-essentials/SBOPFINANCINFORMMGMT10.pdf
HANA 2.0 :
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#notes/2584207
Data Services 4.2
YES YES
https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#notes/1600140
Consult SAP
Note for
exact details
of supported
version
Consult SAP Note
for exact details
of supported
version
IPS 4.2
YES YES
https://support.sap.com/content/dam/launchpad/en_us/p
am/pam-essentials/SBOP_BI_42.pdf
Consult PAM
documentati
on for exact
details of
supported
version
Consult PAM
documentation f
or exact details of
supported version
Support of direct connectivity between SAP S/4 HANA and SAP FC Datalink:
• S/4 HANA must run on top of SAP HANA version 1.0 SPS 12 revision 122_08 (1.00.122.08)
The list of Operating systems supported by SAP HANA is describe in the following SAPNOTE
SAPNOTE 2235581.
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The Syslap solutions ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......
Password Manager
Before presenting the description of this solution, a little reminder of its genesis. It was created
by Syslap in 2012 when the first major customer arrived on our hosting offer.
Before going into production, we then had several issues related to password management:
• How to communicate to a user his initial password?
• How to make users autonomous in renewing their password when not connected to our
Active Directory Infrastructure (and thus avoid opening an incident from our Support Team)?
• How to make sure that the end user is the only one to know his password?
❑ What is it for?
The Password Manager solution is used to manage the password of an account
autonomously (self-service) with a Microsoft Active Directory.
As long as you have direct access to the Active Directory via a PC that is related to it, it’s not
very complicated to change his password.
But if the Active Directory storing your account and your password is distant or different from
that of your PC, it becomes more complicated.
Password Manager allows, via a web application (without additional prerequisites for
workstations), to manage this remote Active Directory problem.
It offers user two choices:
1. Reset your password (for example if you forget it)
2. Change your password
The Password Manager solution complies with security requirements of the password policy
❑ How does it work? The Password Manager solution is installed on a server with Microsoft IIS server. Once installed
and configured, it’s accessible via a browser.
The home page looks like this:
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❑ Reset password By clicking on the link "Reset my password", the user is sent to a form where he must enter his
email address.
If the user's email address is known from the Active Directory, then an email is automatically
sent. This email contains a reset address for his password. The link has a lifetime of 15 minutes.
By clicking on the link, the user is redirected to a page where he can enter his new password
that respect your password policy
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❑ Changing the password By clicking on the link "Change my password", the user is redirected to a page where he must
first identify himself with his account Active Directory.
Once authentication is successful, the user has access to a password change form.
❑ Who can use this solution? Any company with a Microsoft Active Directory.
It’s mandatory that each Active Directory account has an associated email to ensure the
proper password reset.
❑ Some references This solution is used by:
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End of mainstream maintenance ……………………………………………………………………………………………….......
• SAP Financial Consolidation 10.0: End of mainstream maintenance the12/31/2020
• SAP Financial Consolidation 10.1: End of mainstream maintenance the 12/31/2024
• SBOP BI PLATFORM 4.2 : End of mainstream maintenance the 12/31/2022
• SAP Disclosure MGMT 10.1: End of mainstream maintenance the 12/31/2024
• SAP DATA Services 4.2 : End of mainstream maintenance the 12/31/2022
• SBOP INTERCOMPANY 10.0 : End of mainstream maintenance the 12/31/2020