SAP Solution Manager Support Pack 07

Scope Definition in SAP Solution Manager Support Pack 07

Requirement Management - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Assigning IT requirements or change transactions to projects	New	If you are using Project Management together with Requirements Management and Change Request Management to plan software innovations or changes in projects, you can assign IT requirements, requests for change, or change documents to projects.
Selecting scopes for the assignment of Solution Documentation elements	New	You can now use scopes as selection criteria when assigning Solution Documentation elements to IT requirements.
Scope binding for IT requirements assigned to projects	New	By assigning a Solution Documentation element from a scope to an IT requirement, the IT requirement will be restricted to this scope, if the following prerequisites are met: The scope is assigned to the project Change control is enabled for the branch
Searching IT requirements by project name	New	In the WebClient UI, you can search for IT requirements that are assigned to a project by entering the project name as a search criterion. If you have integrated SAP NetWeaver Enterprise search, you can also use the scope as a search criterion.

Project Management - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Header-based integration of projects with business transactions	New	As an alternative to the assignment of project task and business transaction as a task-based integration, you can also choose a header-based integration. Header-based integration means an assignment of business transactions (such as IT requirements, requests for change, or change documents) to the project header. While the task-based integration includes data synchronization of project tasks and transactions, the header-based integration has no data synchronization.
Scope assignment	New	You can assign scopes, if you already assigned a solution and a branch. This is also possible if the project is already released. One scope belongs to exactly one solution.

Process Management - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Unification of views and scopes. Scope integration with change request management	New	The entities View and Scope have been revised and unified. All view-related functions have been enabled for scopes. For the migration of existing views, there is a mandatory automatic activity in SAP Solution Manager Configuration, scenario Process Management, step Configure Solution Documentation Model.
Enhanced list view	New	You can enhance the List and the Search Result view with inherited library elements by marking the new checkbox Include Originals. So you get an overview on all relevant part of the Solution Documentation for a specific context (for example a process) without navigating to each library element individually.
Reporting and Exporting in background for mass operations	New	You can perform reports for large scopes (for example, an entire solution) in batch mode. The report result is automatically downloaded to a file. You can perform content exports (such as an entire branch) in batch mode.
Assigning IT requirements or change transactions to projects	New	If you are using Project Management together with Requirements Management and Change Request Management to plan software innovations or changes in projects, you can assign IT requirements, requests for change, or change documents to projects.
Graphical Editor: Site enablement of test suite integration	New	Now you can double-click a pool on the canvas, and add custom text to the dialog box that pops up. The custom text then appears before the pool name. Example pool label: Local Travel Only < Travel Reimbursement Process > For the above example, “Local Travel Only” is the added custom text and “Travel Reimbursement Process” is the name of the pool
Graphical Editor: Duplicate object function for universal diagrams	New	Now you can select a right-click option to duplicate a selected object on the canvas. This copies the object in its current form, to include its formatting changes, and pastes it on the canvas. You can duplicate a single object or multiple selected objects simultaneously.
Graphical Editor: Mass object formatting for universal diagrams	New	Now you can select multiple objects on the canvas and open formatting options. You can adjust the size, color, and other standard formatting features for the selected objects all at the same time. This is useful for standardization efforts.

Custom Code Management - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Access Custom Code Library	New	The Access Custom Code Library applications replace the View Custom Code Library. You can now enter objects, systems, contracts, and owners directly, when authorized adequately.
Access Custom Code Library – ObjectsSAP Fiori app	New	This SAP Fiori app replaces the View Custom Code Library – Objects tile. The main screen of the app is called Custom Code Objects List.

Test Suite - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Mass maintenance of tester assignments	New	In the Assign Tester app, you can maintain tester assignments for several test plans or test packages with little effort.
Scope attribute for Test Suite	New	Scope replaces view and can now be used as an attribute in the following functions of test suite: Test Plan Management, Personalization, Test Suite – Analytics and reporting
Site attribute for test suite	New	The Solution Documentation can now be differentiated into several sites, which can use their own set of systems or also share systems. In Test Suite, site has been integrated in the following functions: Test Plan Management, Test Suite – Analytics and reporting.
Project in test suite	New	You can now specify a project to be added to your test plan. If you do so, values for branch and solution that have been previously maintained in Solution Documentation will be derived as set for the project. In Test Suite, the entity project has been integrated in the following functions: Test Plan Management, Test Suite – Analytics, My Tasks – Tester Worklist.
Traceability Matrix	New	This matrix helps, for example, project and quality managers to get maximum transparency of the development and changes in business and IT requirements: Software requirements expressed by the business departments Implementation and configuration activities Availability and status of test cases for software changes Assigned defects, their status and priority
Direct access to test documents	New	You can now access the test document overview directly from the test plan or test package level to view and sign a test note or test result.
BPCA – Business Process Change Analyzer Site-dependency attribute for TBOMs	New	You can now display additional details for change impact analyses of type Change Transaction.
BPCA – Business Process Change Analyzer Displaying additional details for change transactions	New	The Solution Documentation can now be differentiated into several sites, which can use their own set of systems or also share systems. So now also TBOMs can be valid for one, several, or all sites, depending on your settings.
BPCA – Business Process Change Analyzer Displaying additional details for change transactions	New	You can now display additional details for change impact analyses of type Change Transaction.
SEA – Scope and effort analysis Scope and effort analyses	New	You can now select a scope as part of the Solution Documentation settings. The scope will reduce the Solution Documentation analyzed by the scope and effort analysis.
Partner Test Management Multiple association per branch to different partner projects.	New	Associations refer to a one-to-one mapping of a partner project to a combination of branch and one or multiple scopes.

Business Process Operations - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Job Management Obsolete status	New	When you set the higher version as active version, the status of the lower versions automatically changes to Obsolete.
Job Management Transaction types for processing a job request in IT Service Management.	New	Job Management is integrated with IT Service Management to process job requests from end users. A job request can be created with one of the following transaction types: Incident Service request
Job Management Solution Documentation ID and Solution Documentation Description search criteria	New	You use Quick Criteria Maintenance to restrict the query results list by various criteria, including the technical system description, role, priority, lifecycle status, and business partner. Solution Documentation ID and Solution Documentation Description are two new search criteria that you can use to restrict the query results.
Business Process Monitoring Variant Management	New	You can save a set of selections while selecting the scope as a variant to retrieve it in a later session.
Business Process Monitoring Search and select in Process Diagram page	New	You can search and select any process steps of the business process.
Business Process Monitoring Search in Metric page	New	You can search and select any process steps of the business process.

Change Control Management - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Change Control Management Creating critical objects from transport requests	New	You can select objects in a transport request and flag them as critical objects:
Change Control Management Critical Objects: Temporary Activation	New	In the Administration Cockpit, you can specify the validity period of one or more critical objects: You can specify the date on which the critical objects become active and the date on which they become inactive again. The validity period determines whether the object is checked as a critical object.
Change Control Management Locking systems for the creation, export, and import of transport requests	New	You can block the creation, export, or import of transport requests for individual systems in the system landscape of a change cycle or QGM scenario.
Change Control Management Sorting and filtering of transport requests in the Import Transport Requests dialog box	New	When importing transport requests, you can use the column headers in the table that displays the transport requests in the Import Transport Requests dialog box to sort and, if you are using a selective import strategy for transport requests, to filter the transport requests. This makes it easier to search for specific transport requests and, if you are using a selective import strategy, to select the individual transport requests to be imported.
Change Control Management Integration of upon-saving checks in ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse	New	The upon-saving transport-related checks for managed ABAP development systems are now integrated in ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver (ADT) in Eclipse.
Change Control Management ATC Central Check System for Retrofit from ERP to SAP S/4 HANA	New	Now you can select a right-click option to duplicate a selected object on the canvas. This copies the object in its current form, to include its formatting changes, and pastes it on the canvas. You can duplicate a single object or multiple selected objects simultaneously.
Change Request Management Creating white list objects from transport requests	New	You can select objects in a transport request and add them to the white list:
Change Request Management Linking IMG projects to change cycles	New	You can link IMG projects to change cycles. Prerequisites: The IMG project must not yet be assigned to a CTS project. The change cycle has an active task list.
Change RequestManagement Assigning IT requirements or change transactions to projects	New	If you are using Project Management together with Requirements Management and Change Request Management to plan software innovations or changes in projects, you can assign IT requirements, requests for change, or change documents to projects.
Change Request Management Selecting scopes for the assignment of Solution Documentation elements	New	You can now use scopes as selection criteria when assigning Solution Documentation elements to change transactions. You can use the following types of scope created in the Solution Documentation: If the change transaction is assigned to a project and if the project has scopes assigned, you can select a scope assigned to the project If the change transaction is not assigned to a project, or if the project does nothave a scope assigned, you can select any scope created in the Solution Documentation. You should use a scope that is public. You can select Show All, to view the complete Solution Documentation content.
Change Request Management Scope binding for IT requirements or change transactions assigned to projects	New	By assigning a Solution Documentation element from a scope assigned to a project to an IT requirement or change transaction, the IT requirement or change transaction will be restricted to this scope, if the following prerequisites are met: The scope is assigned to the project Change control is enabled for the branch
Change Request Management Searching for change transactions by project name	New	In the WebClient UI, you can search for requests for change or change documents that are assigned to a project by entering the project name as a search criterion. If you have integrated SAP NetWeaver Enterprise search, you can also use the scope as a search criterion.
Change Request Management Status Deleted in the Solution Documentation assignment block of the WebClient UI for Solution Documentation elements that are to be deleted from the production branch.	New	In the WebClient UI in the Solution Documentation assignment block, the Change Status column displays the status Deleted for assigned Solution Documentation elements that will be deleted after processing the change document.
Change Request Management Integration of Change Request Management tasks into the My Inbox SAP Fiori app	New	You can use the following Change Request Management tasks in the My Inbox SAP Fiori app : Change Request Mgmt Urgent Change Approval Approve the import of urgent changes into the production system or reset the change document to the status “In Development”. Change Request Mgmt Preliminary Import Approval Approve the preliminary import of normal changes or change the status of the change document Change Request Mgmt Critical Object Approval Approve or reject the critical objects in the transport requests of change documents Change Request Mgmt Whitelist Object Approval Approve the white-list objects in the transport requests of a change documents Change Request Mgmt RfC Approval Approve or reject requests for change
Change Request Management Change Transactions: Copy URL to Clipboard	New	In change transactions, you can now copy the specific URL to your clipboard: Select More→ Copy URL into Clipboard. The URL in the browser address bar only leads to the Change Request Management landing page.
Change Request Management Change Transactions: Copy URL to Clipboard	New	In the Solution Documentation assignment block of a change document, you can use the new Release Check pushbutton to open the Release Changes view of the Release Changes dialog box of Solution Documentation. In this view, you can check whether possible conflicts arise for the assigned Solution Documentation elements when the change is released.
Change Request Management Change Transactions: Copy URL to Clipboard	New	In the Solution Documentation, change documents can be displayed and reported as Related Documents of Solution Documentation elements that have been manually assigned to the change documents.
Quality Gate Management Change Transactions: Copy URL to Clipboard	New	In the Administration Cockpit, you can display an overview of the task lists of QGM scenarios. On the Task Lists tab, you can do the following activities for task lists of QGM scenarios: Display details for each task list Perform a configuration check Change the CTS switches Lock or activate task lists Lock or unlock task groups
Quality Gate Management Change Transactions: Copy URL to Clipboard	New	n the Administration Cockpit, you can analyze transports in QGM scenarios. On the Transport Analysis tab of the Administration Cockpit, you can do the following: System Analysis tab: Display an analysis of all transport requests between two systems Request Analysis tab: Display an analysis for a single request including detailed information and transport status QGM Scenario Analysis tab: Display an analysis of all transports in a selected QGM scenario
Quality Gate Management Change Transactions: Copy URL to Clipboard	New	In the Administration Cockpit, you can display an overview of the scheduled import jobs for a selected QGM scenario. On the Job Scheduling tab, you can search and display the background jobs scheduled for importing transport requests in a QGM scenario. You can perform the following activities for the background jobs in the search result table: Display a variant or log for a job Delete a job Cancel a job Re-schedule a background job based on an exist one

IT Service Management - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Incident Trace – ITSM Lifecycle Report

New

This dashboard provides a lifecycle trace report of IT Service Management transactions.

It shows incidents that need follow-up processes, such as problem management, change management and transport request management. You can trace down into the complete flow of the solution-providing process.

The trace starts from an incident. Depending on which transaction is associated in the application, the traceability matrix shows its document flow and the relations between the transactions.

You can start this tile from the IT Service Management launchpad group.

Assigning ITSM transactions, IT requirements, or change transactions to projects

New

If you are using Project Management together with IT Service Management, Requirements Management and Change Request Management to plan software innovations or changes in projects, you can assign ITSM transactions, IT requirements, requests for change, or change documents to projects.

Once you have assigned a transaction to a project, all follow-up documents can be automatically assigned to the same project.

Selecting scopes for the assignment of Solution Documentation elements

New

You can now use scopes as selection criteria when assigning Solution Documentation elements to ITSM transactions, IT requirements, or change transactions:

Application Operations - SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP07

Technical Administration System Administrator – Overview app	New	System administrators can use this SAP Fiori app to get an overview of the system status.
Technical Administration Access to Non-SAP Solution Manager users	New	Access to SAP IT Calendar application in SAP Solution Manager system to non-SAP Solution Manager users.
Technical Administration Contractual Maintenance Period (CMP) visible on IT Calendar	New	CMP created for any entity in Service Availability Management application is visible on the IT Calendar.
Technical Administration E-mail notification with link to service outage overview	New	You can send an e-mail notification that contains a link to the service outage overview to anyone who needs to know the outage details from the Create Service Outage screen.
Technical Administration Changing the recipeints of e-mail notification	New	You can change the list of e-mail auto-notification in the auto-notification settings.
System Monitoring Search	New	You can search for systems, hosts, and instances in the search bar at the top of the screen.
System Monitoring Grey systems are hidden by default	New	Systems with grey status are displayed as per user preference. Otherwise, by defaut the grey systems are not displayed.
System Monitoring Selecting scopes for the assignment of Solution Documentation elements	New	Canceling the postponement of an alert is an action now included in action logs.