7.2    Configuring SAP S/4HANA Cloud

As we mentioned in previous sections, you’ll have to configure your system by defining the Customizing. Although mentioned in Section 7.1, this section describes this step in more detail. In general, configuration is a separate subproject. In our example, we’ll use the configuration item CustomerClassification-configure to demonstrate the required steps for configuration. This configuration item defines the classes into which you’ll categorize your customers. SAP provides classes A, B, and C. In this example, we will add class D to the customer classes. If you use another customer classification in your enterprise or want to change the preconfigured names, perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the End to End Implementation Experience group and start the Manage Your Solution app (see Figure 7.9).
  2. Then, select the Configure Your Solution function.
  3. The system now displays an overview of the individual configuration apps (see Figure 7.10). Depending on the project phase (explore, prepare, realize, or deploy), different configuration apps are available. In the first two phases, you can usually access all configuration applications. As shown in Figure 7.10 and Figure 7.11, our sample configuration is in the fourth phase, Deploy, and only a few configuration apps are displayed.
    “Manage Your Solution” and the SAP S/4HANA Guided Configuration

    Figure 7.9    “Manage Your Solution” and the SAP S/4HANA Guided Configuration

    Overview of Configuration Apps in the Deploy Phase

    Figure 7.10    Overview of Configuration Apps in the Deploy Phase

    [»]  Activating Help Texts for Configuration Apps

    You can use the help button inline image at the top right next to the search button to activate the help texts for this screen. The system will then highlight the areas for which help texts are available. By clicking on the help button again, you’ll deactivate the help texts. Figure 7.11 shows the overview screen with help texts enabled.

    Activated Help Texts

    Figure 7.11    Activated Help Texts

  4. Select the desired configuration app, CustomerClassification-configure, and click on Start.
  5. Next, in the detail overview screen (shown in Figure 7.12), you’ll add further items, customer classes in our example, using the link Add.
    Detail Screen of the Configuration App for Customer Classification

    Figure 7.12    Detail Screen of the Configuration App for Customer Classification

  6. In the following entry screen, enter an additional Customer Class and its Description and save these values using the Save button (see Figure 7.13).
    Adding a Value to a Configuration Item

    Figure 7.13    Adding a Value to a Configuration Item

You have now maintained a new customer class, and the system returns you to the detail screen, which displays an overview of all customer classes. You can maintain further customer classes or use the back button inline image to return to the configuration app overview.