EMM – SAP Error Messages Management Tool

1. EMM – SAP Error Messages Management Tool OMKAR Solutions Inc. www.omksolutions.com info@omksolutions.com Version 1.0

2. Existing process - EDI / IDoc • EDI transmission is standard, mature, and widely used mechanism to transfer data electronically. • During SAP implementation, EDI interfaces are developed. A middleware is used to convert these EDI transmission/messages into a format that SAP can understand and interpret. • SAP has its proprietary functionality IDoc (Intermediate document) to temporarily house the data before posting appropriate business transaction. • IDoc can be used for many interfacing mechanism.

3. Existing process - Issues • IDoc could fail due to various reasons like incorrect data in transmission (from source system), incorrect data in SAP, and missing master data etc. • Due to time constraints, customer / vendor relationship, or nature of the data it is not always possible to get another EDI transmission from source for the failed data. • At every organization there is a need to edit and re-process IDoc data within SAP. Error Edit Re-process

4. Existing process - Issues • IDoc error monitoring not in place. • IDoc structure too technical for business users. • Using SAP standard tools, IDoc data correction is very tedious, time consuming, and complex effort. • All or None editing access with SAP standard transaction and authorization. • Need for additional expensive custom development to support SAP IDoc interface. • Very limited IDoccontent search capabilities provided by SAP standard transaction. • Mass IDoc update capabilities not available.

5. ERROR MESSAGE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION AND CAPABILITIES

6. Error Message Management - Introduction

7. Error Message Management – Details 1 • Easy to install • User friendly, easy to use, flexible, and easily customizable • Extendible to any number of SAP EDI/IDoc interfaces. • Can be used with ECC, APO, or any other SAP system. • Dynamic validation rules could be defined, updated, and added. • Dynamic selection criteria.

8. Error Message Management – Details 2 • Authorizations can be set to specific process level. • Dynamic summary report for IDoc to be processed. • Business critical IDoc prioritization. • One step process to list the errors, view the errors, fix the errors, edit the data, and finally either post the IDoc.

9. Error Message Management - Details 3 • Requires minimum hand-holding and training to learn and use the tool • All the errors in the IDoc data could be displayed in one go. As error correction is done, error goes away from display. • Provides management reporting / trend analysis. • Delegation of WIP IDocs. • Many other user friendly and business critical functionalities..

10. Error Message Management – Summary • Efficient error monitoring, error correction, and posting. • Flexible and scalable to any number of interfaces with any number of validation. • User friendly, required minimum hand-holding/ training. • Customized validations and error messages. • Management reporting

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