Business Example
Your company is in the CD manufacturing business and has enhanced an existing product line. Recently there have been some quality issues with one of your supplier's packaging materials. The head of procurement has asked you to add a new supplier that can be used as an alternative provider.
In this exercise, when the values include ##, replace the characters with the number your instructor assigned to you.
Search for a Supplier
1. Check that the new supplier with a postal code of 68* has not already been created.
a) On the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen, in the Command field, enter NWBC.
b) Choose Enter.
c) On the Launch SAP NetWeaver Business Client screen, choose /nwbc.
d) On the SAP Business Client screen, on the Workcenter toolbar, choose Supplier Governance.
e) In the navigation panel, choose Change Requests → Supplier Processing → Search Supplier.
f) On the Search Supplier screen, in the Search Method drop down menu, choose Address Data.
g) In the Postal Code search attribute field, in the search value field, enter 68*.
h) Choose Search.
2. Narrow your search to include only suppliers located in the city of Hockenheim.
a) At the end of the search attribute fields, choose the Insert New Row button.
b) In the new row, in the first field for search attributes, in the drop-down menu, select City.
c) In the search value field, enter Hockenheim.
d) Choose Search.
Create a New Supplier
1. Create a new organization using the data in the following table.
Dialog Box Field Value Available Change Request
Type
List of Available Change Request Types
Due Date Select tomorrow's date.
Organization: $<Number>,
Name 1 Konrad ## Kartonagen
Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/
D-68799
Search Terms ● In the first field, enter ##.
● In the second field, enter Konrad.
Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/
D-68799
Street/House Number ● In the first field, enter Speyer Strasse
● In the second field, enter
##.
Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/
D-68799
Postal Code/City ● In the first field, enter 68799
● In the second field, enter Hockenheim
a) In the Search Results table, choose New → Organization.
b) Complete the Available Change Request Types dialog box using the data from the table.
c) Choose OK.
d) On the Organization: $<Number>, (No Description Available) screen, enter the data from the table.
e) Choose Save.
2. Select a role for the business partner called FLVN01 in the account group Vendors.
a) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 screen, in the Roles section, choose New.
b) In the new row, in the BP Role column, choose the drop-down button.
c) In the Search: BP Roles dialog box, select FLVN01.
3. Create a vendor for the business partner using the data from the following table.
Field Value
a) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 screen, in the ERP Vendors Section, choose New.
b) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 - ERP Vendor screen, in the ERP Vendor: Company Codes section, choose New.
c) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 - ERP Vendor - Company Code screen, in the ERP Vendor: Company Code section, in the Company Code field, enter the data from the table.
d) In the ERP Vendor Company Code: Accounting Information section, in the Reconciliation field, enter the data from the table.
e) In the Planning Group field, enter the data from the table.
f) In the ERP Vendor Company Code: Payment Data section, in the Terms of Payment field, enter the data from the table.
g) In the ERP Vendor Company Code: Automatic Payment Transactions section, in the Payment Methods field, on your keyboard, press CTRL, and then select the options from the table.
h) Choose Done.
4. Add the SAP ERP purchasing organization details using the data in the following table and return to the Change Request screen.
Lesson: Processing Parallel Workflow Steps
Field Value
Purchasing Organization 1000
Order Currency EUR
Terms of Payment 0003
Incoterms ● In the first field, enter CIF
● In the third field, enter Hockenheim
a) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 - ERP Vendor screen, in the ERP Vendor: Purchasing Organizations section, choose New.
b) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/ D-68799 - ERP Vendor - Purchasing Organization screen, in the Purchasing Organization field, enter the data from the table.
c) In the ERP Vendor: Purchasing Organization: Conditions section, in the Order Currency field, enter the data in the table.
d) In the Terms of Payment field, enter the data from the table.
e) In the Incoterms row, enter the data from the table.
f) Choose Done.
g) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 - ERP Vendor screen, choose Done.
5. Check the change request, submit it for approval, and note the change request number.
Note the change request number.
Answers will vary.
a) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 screen, choose Check.
b) Choose Submit.
c) Note the change request number.
d) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen.
Approve the Create Vendor Change Request
1. Approve the creation of the business partner data object.
a) On the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen, in the Command field, enter NWBC.
b) Choose Enter.
c) On the Launch NetWeaver Business Client screen, choose /nwbc.
e) On the Change Requests tab, choose your change request.
f) Choose Approve.
g) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Business Client screen.
2. Refresh the Change Request tab.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Refresh.
3. Finalize the company code dependent data.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Process Change Request <Number>:
SUPPLIER (Standard) Data of Company Code.
b) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim screen, choose Finalize Processing.
c) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Business Client screen.
4. Refresh the Change Request tab.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Refresh.
5. Approve the company code dependent data.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Process Change Request <Number>:
SUPPLIER (Standard) Data of Company Code.
b) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim screen, choose Approve.
c) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Business Client screen.
6. Refresh the Change Request tab.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Refresh.
7. Finalize the purchasing organization dependent data process.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Process Change Request <Number>, SUPPLIER (Standard) Data of Purchasing Organization.
b) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim screen, choose Finalize Processing.
c) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Business Client screen.
8. Refresh the Change Request tab.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Refresh.
9. Approve the purchasing organization dependent data.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Approve Change Request <Number>:
SUPPLIER Data of Purchase Organization.
b) On the Organization $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim screen, choose Approve.
c) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Business Client screen.
Lesson: Processing Parallel Workflow Steps
Review the Change Request
1. Open the new business partner and note the Business Partner ID and ERP Vendor number.
Note the Business Partner ID. You will use this ID in other exercises.
Answers will vary.
Note the ERP Vendor number.
Answers will vary.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Change Requests → Change Requests and Documents → My Change Requests.
b) In the My Change Request table, choose your change request ## New Supplier.
c) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Karatonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim screen, in the Supplier Details section, note the business partner ID.
d) In the ERP Vendor section, note the ERP Vendor number.
2. View the workflow log details.
a) On the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim screen, choose Workflow Log.
b) On the Workflow Log for Change Request screen, view the workflow log details.
c) Choose Close to close the Workflow Log internet browser window.
d) Choose Close to close the Organization: $<Number>, Konrad ## Kartonagen/D-68799 Hockenheim internet browser window and return to the SAP Business Client screen.
Review Key Mapping Information
1. Search for the business partner number you noted earlier using the data in the following table.
Field Value
Object Type Business Partner
Object Identifier Business Partner Number
ID Value Enter the business partner ID you noted
earlier.
a) On the SAP Business Client screen, choose Data Exchange → Data Replication → Search Key Mapping.
b) On the Search Key Mapping screen, enter the data from the table.
c) Choose Search Objects.
d) In the search results table, view the results.
e) Choose Close to close the internet browser window and return to the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen.
View the New Data in SAP ERP
1. Change the business partner's vendor data to display in the BP role AAA MDG: FI Vendor (CVI).
a) On the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen, in the Command field, enter BP.
b) Choose Enter.
c) On the Maintain Business Partner screen, in the Business Partner field, enter the business partner ID you noted earlier.
d) Choose Enter.
e) On the Display Organization: <Number> screen, in the Display in BP Role drop-down menu, choose AAA MDG: FI Vendor (CVI).
f) On the Display Organization: <Number>, role AAA MDG: FI Vendor (CVI) screen, choose the Vendor: General Data tab.
g) In the Vendor Number field, locate the vendor number.
h) Choose Back until you return to the SAP Easy Access - User Menu screen.
Lesson: Processing Parallel Workflow Steps
LESSON SUMMARY You should now be able to:
● Process parallel workflow steps for supplier records