EMM – SAP Error Messages Management Tool OMKAR Solutions Inc. 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 Re-process Edit

4  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 IDoc content search capabilities provided by SAP standard transaction.  Mass IDoc update capabilities not available. Existing process - Issues

ERROR MESSAGE MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION AND CAPABILITIES

6 Error Message Management - Introduction

7  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. Error Message Management – Details 1

8  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. Error Message Management – Details 2

9  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.. Error Message Management - Details 3

10  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 Error Message Management – Summary

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