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Release Highlights SAP Integrated Product Development Q1, 2026

2026-01-23T15:13:56.689000+01:00

New year, new features! Welcome to our blog series on the latest developments in the SAP Cloud ERP 2602 release. This blog highlights four innovations in SAP Integrated Product Development, our ready-to-run Cloud PLM software solution. We are starting the year strong, adding more cloud-native technologies that help you manage your business processes end-to-end, for innovation and sustainable products.

In this blog post, I’d like to outline some of the latest features of SAP Integrated Product Development, from releases 2509 through 2602. These are the topics that are covered:

Defining documents for components of the product structure
Defining customer-specific properties for product structure instances
AI-assisted hotspot creation for visualization diagrams
Dynamic data visualization

In case you do not need all the details below and briefly want to get an overview of the release highlights, please watch this video to get a high-level glimpse on these innovations:

Video#1: Release Highlights SAP Integrated Product Development

What's New in Enterprise Product Structure?

Defining documents for components of the product structure

Business Background

Thanks to the integration of document management features into the product structure of SAP IPD, users can now work with documents with more ease, directly from their product structures. This new feature enables users to use a document as describing entity in the Enterprise Product Structure (EPS). They can link documents to a selected level of the product structure and access documents directly from the structure.

Key Features

Search for documents and link them to a selected level of the product structure. Control the validity of different documents, for example, by linking a specific document to a specific product series. Also, access existing documents directly from the Enterprise Product Structure.

Video#2: Defining documents for components of the product structure

Defining customer-specific properties for product structure instances

Business Background

This new feature enables customers to specify customer-specific instance properties with values and units of measure, increasing flexibility and supporting subsequent processes by defined properties and values on instances within product structures. Components automatically inherit the correct set of properties based on their assigned product category. This ensures consistent data, reduces manual setup, and makes it easy to standardize attributes across similar products.

Key Features

Specify product properties with values and units of measure, add map them to instances of the product structure. You can use this feature, for example, to map properties from CAD files via design items to products and product structures.

Video#3: Defining customer-specific properties for product structure instances

And what are new highlights of Visualization?

Now let’s have a look at our latest innovations for Visualization, including the following AI-powered feature:

AI-assisted hotspot creation

Business Background

You can now automatically generate hotspots from 2D drawings, including piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) symbols, and associate them with back-end business data. This significantly improves the efficiency of hotspot creation and business data mapping and helps to reduce human errors resulting from manual processes. Use this innovation to digitalize PDF drawings for asset management and streamline the digital transformation journey of legacy drawings.

Key Features

Use AI to automatically create hotspots from 2D drawings and associate them with back-end business data. The system uses a trained object detection model to recognize piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) symbols and automatically create hotspots for the detected symbols. Then, it lets you map the generated hotspots with the relevant business data.

Video#4: AI-assisted hotspot creation

Dynamic data visualization

Business Background

This new feature enables you to remotely monitor key systems or operations (such as the production line or asset) in real time. Display real-time data (for example, sensor or IoT data) in visualizations to reflect live temperature, pressure, and so on. You can monitor changes to the data, spotting issues as they emerge and empowering them to react instantly to minimize downtime.

Key Features

Visualize changes to key parameters in real time. Administrators can create templates to determine the styling and color of the data to be displayed, and other details of the data mapping. Users can choose a styling, data mapping, and refresh time of the content based on such templates.

Video#5: Dynamic data visualization

If you want to learn more about the latest highlights on Manufacturing in SAP Cloud ERP 2602, read this blog post.

Watch the replays of our SAP Cloud ERP 2602 Early Release Series!

From January 12-16, 2026, we hosted a series of compelling live sessions to highlight the exciting innovations shipped with the SAP Cloud ERP 2602 release. Missed the live sessions? We've got you covered! Take advantage of the entire series or pick and choose the sessions most relevant to you. You can find the recordings of your past sessions on SAP Learning. As a partner, you will find the recording and presentation for Manufacturing as well as other topics of interest via the Empowering SAP partners site.

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Manufacturing in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-01-26T19:54:35.266000+01:00

Hello and welcome to the latest SAP Cloud ERP 2602 release. We are kicking off the year with a significant wave of enhancement in the area of manufacturing and it would be great if you join the ride! Annette and I are happy to guide you through the latest enhancements and innovations. First things first, here is the release highlight video:

Video#1: Release Highlights Overview

Production Engineering

New Features for Production Engineering, including AI

We are proud to introduce our new AI-assisted production routing proposal and copy routing feature. Production engineers and master data specialists know that creating new production routings involves a lot of repetitive data entry, especially when you are creating data for similar products. To solve this issue and speed up the process, we are introducing AI-assisted production routing proposals.

AI-assisted production routing proposal and copy routing feature

The AI engine analyzes existing production routings to find similar routings based on material name, description, and bill of material. Instead of starting from scratch, users can copy and adapt the most relevant routing. This innovation directly translates into significant time savings, a lower risk of data entry errors, and greater consistency across your master data. It helps your teams work faster and smarter.

This demo was given during our Manufacturing Early Release Webinar:

Video#2: Demo AI-assisted production routing proposal and copy routing

As a prerequisite, you need to enable the related ISLM scenario. For information on setting up the ISLM scenario, see this blog post.

New Configuration Activity

Additionally, we are introducing a new configuration activity for the Responsible Capacity Planner Group. Use the new configuration activity Determine Capacity Planning to define the person or group of people who are responsible for planning capacities.

New configuration activity Determine Capacity Planning

If you want to find out about what is coming for product lifecycle management in the Cloud, please refer to this blog post on SAP Integrated Product Development.

New Features for Production Planning & Execution, including AI

The next innovations are particularly relevant for production planners and manufacturing supervisors who are looking to streamline their daily operations, gain deeper insights, and leverage the power of automation and AI. Lets explore the key highlights that will help you optimize your end-to-end processes.

Manage Material Coverage - Navigation to Related Apps

The Manage Material Coverage app has been enhanced to include additional navigation options. These new links provide you with fast and easy access to detailed information on materials and MRP elements directly from your worklist.

Manage Material Coverage - Navigation to Related Apps

This enhancement helps material planners and MRP controllers to quickly analyze situations and make informed decisions without navigating through multiple screens, which significantly streamlines the material analysis process.

To help you analyze and resolve coverage issues more quickly, navigation options were added for the following MRP elements:

Receipt Elements:

Purchase Order
Purchase Requisition
Planned Order
Stock Transport Order
Stock Transport Requisition
Stock

Requirement Elements:

Sales Order
Delivery
Order Reservation
Dependent Requirement
Planned Independent Requirement
Stock Transfer Order Release
Stock Transfer Requisition Release

This demo was given during our Manufacturing Early Release Webinar:

Video#3: Manage Material Coverage - Navigation to Related Apps

Capacity Scheduling Table

With this feature, you can now view a "Missing Components" popup by clicking the Missing Components icon within the Capacity Scheduling Table.

Capacity Scheduling Table

This provides production planners and schedulers with immediate visibility into material shortages that could impact the production schedule. This direct access to critical information allows for quicker problem resolution and more resilient production planning.

Manage Work Center Capacity

The following enhancements were done with the latest CFDs and also the 2602 main release:

2508.1: View the Customer name and ID through the Customer column. You can view this column by clicking the Settings wheel in the Items table in the Operations section.
2508.1: View the Consolidated Shift Capacity and the Remaining Capacity. These columns can be viewed by clicking the Table icon in the Overview section.
2602: View the Utilization in the form of a line micro chart instead of a bar micro chart when you load the app. This enables you to visualize data for a maximum of 750 data points based on the Evaluation Horizon instead of the 28 days limit for the bar micro chart.

Manage Work Center Capacity

For further details and demo you can navigate to this 2508.1 blog post: Enhancing Manufacturing Excellence: What's New in ... - SAP Community

Review Order Progress - Order Selection and Views

In the Review Order Progress - Multilevel View app, the filtering options for order numbers have been improved. Now, depending on the document type you select, different filter fields are provided as mandatory to ensure the order number you specify matches the document type.

Review Order Progress - Order Selection and Views

Furthermore, you can now create and save personalized views of the order components table, allowing you to access your preferred layout and settings quickly.

Check out this demo from our 2602 Manufacturing Early Release Webinar:

Video#4: Review Order Progress - Order Selection and Views

External Scheduling for Planned Orders

This feature enables you to update your SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition system with schedule data from an external scheduler. This is crucial for organizations that use specialized, third-party tools for detailed production scheduling. It ensures that data remains consistent between your planning tools and your system of record, providing a single source of truth for your production plan.

Manage Production Orders - Production Planning and Operations Agent

This feature is currently in the BETA testing phase, which is ending soon. The general availability (GA) for all customers will be officially announced shortly. This feature introduces the ability to start the Production Planning and Operations Agent directly from the worklist of the Manage Production Orders app. A new "Release" button is now available, enabling you to release your production orders assisted by agentic AI technology. This innovation helps production supervisors automate and optimize the order release process, improving efficiency and reducing manual workload.

Manage Production Orders - Production Planning and Operations Agent

What can the agent do for you so far:

Assisting the production planners and supervisors in releasing up to 20 production orders at a time.
The agent automates prerequisite checks necessary for releasing production orders, including component availability and alternatives as well as work center capacity checks.
The agent also proposes rescheduling when the prerequisites for release are not met.
Once all criteria are met, the planner can confirm the proposed order changes, and the agent will complete the production order release.

This feature will not automatically be available in your system but requires that you activate the feature Release with Production Planning and Operations Agent (PP_FIO_SFC_AI297_RELEASEAGENT) in the configuration activity Activate Features (if you are in the BETA testing program).

Watch this demo that was given during the 2602 Manufacturing Early Release Webinar:

Video#5: Manage Production Orders - Production Planning and Operations Agent

Working with AI-assisted features like this is a key part of our innovation strategy. Please note that to access this generative AI feature, an additional entitlement may be required once this feature will be delivered to all customers. Before enabling such features, ensure you adhere to your company's compliance framework regarding the usage of generative AI. You should also acknowledge that the AI-Assisted Smart summarization does not provide the technical capabilities to support the collection, processing, and storage of personal data. Please consult your account executive for more information. Stay tuned for more information soon on this topic.

Combined Order Enablement

A significant efficiency improvement is now available for discrete manufacturing. This feature enables you to combine identical operations from different production orders into a single, consolidated production order. The combination can include either individual operations or entire orders.

Combined Order Enablement

This process, often known as order combination, helps reduce setup times and manufacturing costs by processing similar requirements together. This innovation runs under the new scope item 7TO.

This demo was presented during the 2602 Manufacturing Early Release Webinar:

Video#6: Combined Order Enablement

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Watch the replays of our SAP Cloud ERP 2602 Early Release Series!

From January 12-16, 2026, we hosted a series of compelling live sessions to highlight the exciting innovations shipped with the SAP Cloud ERP 2602 product release. Missed the live sessions? We've got you covered! Take advantage of the entire series or pick and choose the sessions most relevant to you. You can find the recordings of your past sessions on SAP Learning. As a partner, you will find the recording and presentation for Manufacturing as well as other topics of interest via the Empowering SAP partners site.

Find all our assets

The release 2602 showcases more 130 innovation highlights across the portfolio. Check out our release document for all the details!

We at Cloud ERP and SCM Product Success offer a service as versatile as our product itself. Click on the enablement wheel below and check out the numerous offerings our team has created for you:

SAP PM Tables Word Puzzle

2026-01-28T04:03:31.068000+01:00

This is a word puzzle for SAP PM Tables. You have to search the SAP tables and highlight them. Search the SAP PM table, copy the picture, highlight the SAP PM table in the word puzzle, and paste it in the comments. This word puzzle will help you to revise your SAP PM Tables knowledge.

Answer to puzzle

Environment, Health, and Safety in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-01-28T12:19:03.912000+01:00

Welcome to your one-stop shop to learn and share knowledge about SAP's ready-to-run public cloud ERP software solution.

SAP Cloud ERP is part of SAP Business Suite that brings AI, data, and applications together into a fully integrated system. This community is open for anyone in the cloud ERP ecosystem–customers, partners, and SAP experts.

In this blog post I’d like to outline the innovations for SAP Cloud ERP 2602 Release in the area of Environment, Health, and Safety. These are the topics that are covered:

Cross Functions for Environment Management and Workplace Safety:

Planning and execution of EHS inspections (7Z7)
Improved operational compliance overview page with new task insight metrics (4C8)

Workplace Safety:

Expansion of UK-specific incident regulatory reporting (3FP)
Investigation overview on the investigation object page (3FP)

In case you do not need all the information below and briefly want to get an overview of the release highlights, please watch this video with the top four key innovations:

Video#1: SAP Cloud ERP 2602 for Environment, Health, and Safety

Planning and execution of EHS inspections

Business Background
Organizations are required to conduct inspections to comply with numerous regulations and permits, such as those from OSHA or environmental agencies. A systematic process is essential to identify, document, and correct unsafe conditions and non-conformities, thereby preventing incidents and protecting employees and the environment.

Key Features
This new capability provides a brand-new inspection management process within EHS. It allows users to centrally create and manage checklists and execute ad-hoc inspections on-site using a mobile device. The functionality is fully integrated with foundational task management for planning and tracking corrective and preventive actions that arise from inspection findings.

Video#2: Demo planning and execution of EHS inspections

Improved operational compliance overview page with new task insight metrics

Business Background
To maintain proactive compliance and mitigate risk, environmental managers and other stakeholders need an analytical dashboard to monitor compliance data. An at-a-glance view of task statuses is essential for tracking the fulfillment of various legal and internal obligations.

Key Features
The operational compliance overview page has been improved with new task insight metrics, providing a richer analytical experience. The update introduces new charts, including graphical overviews of overdue and due tasks by location and a list of upcoming tasks. These new visualizations offer immediate, actionable insights and help stakeholders better monitor and manage compliance-related activities.

Video#3: Demo Improved operational compliance overview page with new task insight metrics

Expansion of UK-specific incident regulatory reporting

Business Background
Businesses operating in the United Kingdom face complex regulatory reporting requirements for incidents, governed by regulations such as Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) and the Building Safety Act (BSA). Making this process simpler and more reliable is crucial for ensuring timely and accurate compliance.

Key Features
This innovation significantly enhances regulatory reporting for the UK by expanding on RIDDOR functionalities and introducing new capabilities for BSA. The system now automatically determines the applicability of regulations and generates the necessary forms based on the incident's location. It also supports additional regulation-specific data fields to make the reporting process more robust and streamlined.

Video#4: Demo Expansion of UK-specific incident regulatory reporting

Investigation overview on the investigation object page

Business Background
Following an incident, a thorough investigation is critical for understanding the circumstances and identifying root causes. Investigation teams require a consolidated, high-level overview to effectively track the status and progress of their work, ensuring all activities are completed efficiently.

Key Features
The new investigation object page provides an intuitive and consolidated overview for the investigation team. Key features include a visual timeline of the investigation, a clear list of open and completed activities, the status of root cause analysis, and team responsibilities. This enhancement provides greater visibility and allows for more efficient management of the entire investigation process.

Video#5: Demo Investigation overview on the investigation object page

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For a more in-depth exploration, please note that the EHS & Product Compliance Infodays will be held in Amsterdam from March 24th to March 25th. You can view the agenda and register here.

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Easy Cooking, Part II: When AI Finally Served the Full ABAP Code

2026-02-01T19:22:16.268000+01:00

Three years ago I published a post with a suspiciously delicious title: “Easy Cooking: SM58 LUW_extractor (Extract pdf from logs in SM58 transaction)”. This is the sequel — the second serving — where the same SM58 problem returns to the kitchen, but this time the sous-chef is AI… and it finally knows how to finish the recipe.

Back in 2023, when I first wrote “Easy Cooking: SM58 LUW_extractor (Extract pdf from logs in SM58 transaction)”, I had a very simple plan: get the PDF out of SM58, no matter what it takes. And by “what it takes,” I obviously mean: write it in C#, because my ABAP skill level then (and now) is still proudly parked at “Hello World”. 😄

So yes — I cooked the whole thing in C# first. Not because it was the “correct” SAP-native choice, but because it was the choice that allowed me to actually finish the meal without setting the kitchen on fire. The extractor worked, the PDFs came out, everyone was happy… and my ABAP editor remained untouched and peacefully unused, like a gym membership in January.

Then came the “side quest”: Could this tool live outside of .NET?
With a bit of help from AI, I managed to port the C# logic into PHP. That part was surprisingly smooth — like swapping pasta brands and still ending up with dinner. Different syntax, same recipe, same result.

But ABAP? Oh, ABAP was the boss fight.

At the time, I tried multiple times to translate the same logic into ABAP, again with AI assistance. The result was always the same: I’d get something that looked like ABAP, smelled like ABAP… and then dumped like a dramatic opera singer the moment I pressed “Activate.” The best I could get was a collection of promising fragments — a method here, a structure there, a confident comment like “this should work” — and then I’d spend the rest of the day proving that it did not, in fact, work.

So I did what any reasonable developer would do: I left it alone and pretended it was “not a priority.”

Fast forward ~3 years…

One day, the thought returned: What if I tried again?
Same problem. Same repository. Same C# code sitting on GitHub, looking at me like: “Remember when you said you’d rewrite me in ABAP?”

This time, I decided to make it a proper challenge. I gave AI the GitHub URL and basically said:

“Here’s the C# implementation. Please rewrite it in ABAP.”

And I expected the usual: a motivational speech, a half-solution, and a polite suggestion that I should “consider using standard SAP functionality.”

Instead… AI just went to the repo, read the C# code, and came back like a calm senior developer who had already fixed the issue while I was still explaining it.

It generated the complete ABAP program — not just snippets, not just pseudo-code — an actual, end-to-end translation of the logic. The kind of output that makes you blink twice and check if you accidentally asked a coworker instead of a chatbot.

Of course, I didn’t trust it immediately. (I’ve been hurt before.)
So I did what we all do when something looks too good to be true: I tested it like a suspicious QA engineer with free time and a personal vendetta.

And here’s the plot twist:

It worked… after a few iterations.
Not “first try, perfection, angels singing.”
More like: “Nice attempt… now let’s fix this dump, and that edge case, and the one thing that looked innocent but absolutely wasn’t.”

So yes — there were a couple of back-and-forth rounds with AI and some testing on my side. But the important part is: the core solution was real, the logic was there, and with a bit of iterative seasoning, the ABAP version became fully functional.

The PDF extraction ran cleanly, the output made sense, and the program behaved like it had been written by someone who actually enjoys ABAP (which is definitely not my “Hello World” self).

So this Part II is really the story of that moment:
the same recipe, the same ingredients — but suddenly the kitchen gained a chef.

Figure 1. Shows how rewritten code in ABAP extracts and opens PDF from SM58 LUW's log

Summary

That’s it for Part II of this “Easy Cooking” experiment. If you’ve tried extracting PDFs from SM58 logs (or fought with LUWs in general), I’d love to hear how you approached it — and whether you’d do anything differently. Drop a comment with your thoughts, improvements, or war stories.

The ABAP version (ZSM58_LUW_EXTRACT_ABAP) is available in the GitHub repository, and the AI model used for the rewrite was ChatGPT 5.2. Feel free to test it, break it, improve it — and if you spot a better way, share it with the rest of us.

NOTE:

Bonus idea for Part III (because sequels always happen): instead of the current “save the log → upload → extract” routine, we could make it even more lazy-developer-friendly. Imagine a mode where you just paste the SM58 Transaction ID, hit execute, and the ABAP does the rest — one input field, one click, one PDF… and zero file juggling.

Professional Services in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-02-02T09:07:24.847000+01:00

Welcome to your 2026 updates for the Professional Services industry, here you can learn and share knowledge about SAP's ready-to-run public cloud ERP software solution.

In this blog post I’d like to outline the innovations for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2602 in the area of Professional Services. These are the topics that are covered:

Intercompany cost allocations reconciliation review booklet (16T, 4AN)
View custom fields in the billing elements list of the Manage Project Billing app (4E9)
Enablement of time and expense billing without open billing plan item (4E9)
Archival of Project Billing data (4E9)
Seamless access to Preliminary Billing Document apps on creation of Project Down Payment Request (4E9)
Improving usability for projects managers to adjust internal projects within professional service projects (J11)
Project staffing view for Resource Managers (6JO)
Ability to find resources across resource organizations (6JO)
Custom content in Resource Management apps (6JO)

Here you can have a look at the three top highlights of this release for the professional services industry here:

Intercompany cost allocations reconciliation review booklet (16T, 4AN)

Reconciling intercompany costs is a common challenge that can complicate period-end closing. To provide complete transparency, we have delivered the "Intercompany Cost Allocations Reconciliation" review booklet. This powerful report gives the delivering company a comprehensive, step-by-step view of the entire resource-related intercompany billing process. It bridges the gap between the initial cost (the CO journal entry) and the internal billing document, clearly highlighting any unbilled items. With the 2602 release, the report is further enhanced to trace the process all the way to the corresponding FI journal entry on the receiving company's books, allowing you to quickly identify and close any reconciliation gaps.

This was also a request raised by customers on our Customer Influence Portal, which was resolved with this delivery: https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/idea/285049

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

Please also have a look at Thorsten Seegers blog, he is the product manager experts of this topic.

For even more details, please have a look at the entry of this topic on SAP Help Portal.

Next let's get to the topics we have this release in the project billing area.

Please remember that Andreas Hammerschmidt updates his detailed blog “Project Billing for Customer Projects in SAP S/4HANA Cloud” with every release, so you can find a comprehensive overview of the functionality there.

View custom fields in the billing elements list of the Manage Project Billing app (4E9)

To make truly informed billing decisions, you need the full context. We've enhanced the "Manage Project Billing" app to provide just that. Imagine your business uses custom fields on sales orders to track critical data like a "Project Priority Code," "Geographic Region," or a "Contractual Milestone ID." Now, you can add these fields as columns directly in your billing worklist. This simple change has a powerful impact: you can now sort your billing elements by priority to ensure high-value items are processed first, or filter by region to manage tax-specific requirements. This brings essential data to the forefront early in the process, reducing the need to cross-reference information and helping you prevent billing errors before they happen.

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

For even more details, please have a look at the entry of this topic on SAP Help Portal.

Enablement of time and expense billing without open billing plan item (4E9)

Your ability to generate cash flow shouldn't be held up by administrative hurdles. To accelerate your time-to-bill, we've introduced a major flexibility enhancement for Time and Expense or Usage-Based billing. Consider a scenario where ad-hoc consulting work is completed and time is recorded, but a specific billing plan item for that exact period doesn't exist yet. Instead of waiting for a plan to be created, billing specialists can now immediately create a Billing Document Request for this work. The system intelligently handles the backend process by automatically generating a new billing plan item with a due date set to the current date. This ad-hoc billing capability, enabled via a feature toggle, ensures that you can invoice for completed work the moment it's ready, directly improving your cash flow.

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

For even more details, please have a look at the entry of this topic on SAP Help Portal.

Archival of Project Billing data (4E9)

Maintaining a lean, high-performing system is crucial for long-term operational excellence. To support this, we've expanded our data archiving capabilities. When a sales order tied to a customer project is closed and archived, the system now intelligently archives all associated Project Billing data along with it. This ensures that the complete historical record of a project is stored together in a secure, accessible archive. For system administrators, this means a reduced data footprint and better application performance. For compliance and auditing, this provides a clear and complete trail. An auditor-role user can easily view the count of archived entries, and the application log provides full transparency, confirming exactly which project billing requests were archived as part of the process.

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

For even more details, please have a look at the entry of this topic on SAP Help Portal.

Seamless access to Preliminary Billing Document apps on creation of Project Down Payment Request (4E9)

A smooth workflow is a fast workflow. We've optimized the process for creating project down payment requests to eliminate unnecessary steps and keep you moving. Previously, after submitting a down payment request, the confirmation dialog would only link to the billing document app. This created a disjointed experience, forcing you to manually navigate to other apps to continue your work. With the 2602 release, the success dialog has been enhanced. It now includes direct navigation links to both the "Create Preliminary Billing Document" and "Manage Preliminary Billing Documents - Services" apps. This means you can flow from one logical task to the next without interruption, saving clicks and maintaining your focus.

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

For even more details, please have a look at the entry of this topic on SAP Help Portal.

Improving usability for projects managers to adjust internal projects within professional service projects (J11)

A great user experience is paramount. We've rolled out several enhancements to make project administration more intuitive and flexible. This includes new, streamlined Fiori apps like "Manage Projects – Professional Services Projects" for creating internal projects and "Manage Work Packages" for maintaining work-package demands. We've also listened to your feedback to provide more flexibility. You can now assign a resource to a project responsibility even if their work agreement starts in the future, allowing for better forward planning. Furthermore, the Project Control app now provides a complete financial picture by displaying all related Purchase Orders and Purchase Requisitions, giving you a single source of truth for all project commitments. This flexibility even extends to how you find information, as you can now edit certain SAP-delivered search models and publish them to your catalog, tailoring the search experience to your team's needs

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

For even more details, please have a look at these two entries for this topic on SAP Help Portal

Project staffing view for Resource Managers (6JO)

Effective resource management requires a bird's-eye view of project needs. The new "Manage Request Assignments" app delivers exactly that. It provides resource managers with a consolidated, project-centric dashboard showing all resource requests and their assignment status. Instead of digging into individual requests, you can now see the entire staffing picture for a project at a weekly or monthly level. This makes it easy to spot upcoming resource shortfalls or identify overstaffed areas at a glance. From this central view, you can directly navigate to the "Staff Resource Request" or "Manage Resource Utilization" apps to make proactive adjustments, ensuring optimal staffing across your entire project portfolio.

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

For even more details, please have a look at the entry of this topic on SAP Help Portal.

Ability to find resources across resource organizations (6JO)

In a global or matrixed organization, talent can be anywhere. Our latest update breaks down internal silos to help you find the best person for the job, regardless of their home department. Resource Managers can now use the new "Resource Organization" filter in the "Staff Resource Requests" app. This powerful filter allows you to expand your search and view matching resources from multiple resource organizations you are authorized to access. The results will clearly display the "Resource Organization" for each candidate, empowering you to build the best possible project team by tapping into a wider, more diverse internal talent pool.

Have a look at this demo to get a better understanding of the system:

Custom content in Resource Management apps (6JO)

We understand that every business has unique data needs for making staffing decisions. To accommodate this, you can now add custom sections and content to Resource Management apps using our built-in UI extensibility tools. For example, you could add a custom section to the Resource Request page to display an employee's "Security Clearance Level," "Industry Certifications," or "Language Skills." This ensures that all critical decision-making information is available in one place. This level of customization is supported by our robust framework, which includes a library of released CDS views like `I_LglCntntMCntntTypeTxtAPI01` (Document Content Type - Text), giving your developers stable, SAP-approved objects to build upon.

More Information

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Production supply to next PSA in Cloud ERP

2026-02-03T09:32:53.913000+01:00

In many production environments, semifinished products are used immediately as components for a subsequent production step. Instead of putting these materials away into the warehouse after production, they can be supplied directly to the next production line upon goods receipt.

With Warehouse Production Integration with Synchronous Goods Receipt (Scope Item 5HO), SAP Cloud ERP enables exactly this scenario:
Warehouse tasks are created automatically during goods receipt, ensuring a seamless and efficient material flow from production to the next production supply area (PSA).

Why Use This Scenario?

Implementing this process offers several key benefits:

Reduced effort for end users, as fewer manual system steps are required
Elimination of errors caused by manual warehouse task creation
Faster processing due to reduced physical movements
A lean and streamlined production supply process

Overall, this approach significantly improves efficiency and transparency in production logistics.

Relevant scope item: Warehouse Production Integration with Synchronous Goods Receipt (5HO)

Configuration Overview

To enable this scenario, the following configuration steps and master data settings are required:

Activation of synchronous goods movements in the production scheduling profile
Maintenance of target PSA, destination bin, and warehouse in the production version of the product
Setup of automatic warehouse task creation upon goods receipt using the warehouse process type determination indicator in the warehouse product
Configuration of SSCUI 104392 – Determine Warehouse Process Type
Maintenance of a control cycle for the target PSA, including the destination bin

All these elements work together to ensure that the warehouse task is created automatically and the material is routed correctly.

Configuration:

Activation of synchronous goods movements in production scheduling profile
- Target PSA and Destination bin and warehouse maintained in the production version of the product
Setup of automatic warehouse task creation upon receipt using warehouse process type determination indicator in warehouse product and setup
- SSCUI 104392 – Determine Warehouse Process Type

Control Cycle for target PSA with destination bin

Example Scenario:

1. Step: Create Production Order

Material: SG424
Production Order: 1077350
- Make sure to select the correct Production Scheduling Profile.
- Goods Receipt Location must be WM-managed Storage Location

2. Step: Confirm Production Order

Click on "Goods Movement Overview"
As you can see, there are two entries for goods movement. Goods receipt posting for material SG424 with movement type 101 and goods issue posting for component RM124 with movement type 261.
Scrolling to the right, you will find the corresponding information about EWM Storage Bin, Target PSA and EWM Target Bin.
After posting the goods movements, in the production order you will find the material document.
After posting goods receipt, there is an automatic warehouse task created to next production supply area
As maintained in the production version, after posting goods receipt, the material will be on PR-AREA. The destination bin is maintained in the control cycle.

In conclusion, this use case demonstrates how semifinished products can be seamlessly transferred from production directly to the next production supply area without being put away into the warehouse. By automatically creating warehouse tasks upon goods receipt, manual steps are eliminated and the risk of errors during warehouse task creation is significantly reduced.

The article showed how the interaction of the relevant configuration steps and master data—such as the production scheduling profile, production version, control cycle, and warehouse process type determination—is essential to enable this scenario successfully. When these settings are correctly maintained, the synchronous goods receipt process ensures a fast, reliable, and efficient material flow.

As a result, customers can achieve a leaner production supply process, reduce physical movements, save valuable time, and work more efficiently in real-life production environments.

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Asset Management in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-02-04T15:06:17.711000+01:00

Welcome to the blog post for asset management in SAP Cloud ERP 2602 release! This release introduces significant innovations in maintenance management, designed to enhance productivity for maintenance experts, improve safety and compliance protocols, and provide more actionable, centralized data.

Below, you’ll find a curated selection of release highlights from our core product management team. Before diving in, I invite you to watch the release highlights video, featuring a digital version of me! 😀

Table of Contents

New Asset Overview SAP Fiori app (+demo)
Permit to work: new scope item (7Z4) (+demo)
Enhancements to the Manage Maintenance Notification app (+demo)
Further innovations
SAP Asset Performance Management
More information/additional links

New Asset Overview SAP Fiori app

To address the challenge of navigating multiple screens to gather asset information, the 2602 release introduces the Asset Overview app. This SAP Fiori application provides a single, unified interface for maintenance experts to view and interact with the complete hierarchy of their enterprise assets. Access to this application requires EAM - Asset Overview (SAP_EAM_BC_AOVW_MNG_PC) business catalog, which is included in role templates such as Maintenance Planner (SAP_BR_MAINTENANCE_PLANNER), Maintenance Technician (SAP_BR_MAINTENANCE_TECHNICIAN), and Maintenance Supervisor (SAP_BR_MAINTENANCE_SUPERVISOR).

Key features and capabilities:

Unified hierarchy visualization: The app offers a comprehensive top-down and bottom-up view of your asset structure, combining functional locations and the equipment installed within them into a single, traversable tree. Users can expand individual nodes or the entire hierarchy to its lowest level with a single click. A powerful search function allows users to isolate a specific asset and display its complete branch up to the top-level parent.

The new app aims to provide asset-centric data access, focused on:

Flexible column layout: This feature allows a user to select an asset in the hierarchy on the left-hand panel and view its detailed information on the right-hand panel without leaving the main screen.
Master and transactional data: The detail view displays crucial master data, such as manufacturer and model number, alongside visual indicators for warranty status (e.g., color-coded for active, expired or not maintained). It also provides direct access to related transactional data, including open maintenance notifications and orders associated with the asset.

Integrated maintenance actions: The app is not just for viewing data; it enables immediate action. Users can create maintenance notifications directly from the asset detail page through two methods:

Quick create: A simple form requiring a description to generate a notification.
Joule, SAP’s AI Copilot: Users can leverage the integrated digital assistant, Joule, to create a notification using natural language prompts without leaving the app.

Learn more watching the demo below:

Permit to work: new scope item (7Z4)

The 2602 release introduces the Permit to Work functionality under scope item 7Z4. This feature provides a standardized process for issuing permits for high-risk maintenance activities, ensuring work is performed in a safe, secure, and compliant manner. It is particularly critical for industries such as manufacturing, oil and gas, mining, and utilities.

At its core, the Permit to Work process serves as a formal authorization system. It's designed to foster close collaboration between your maintenance, operations, and safety teams, ensuring everyone is aligned on the required precautions to minimize risks.

Initially, this scope item is available for Germany and the US. Availability for other countries will follow in subsequent updates, with a target for all standard countries by the 2702 release.

Prerequisite scope items include Reactive Maintenance (4HH), Proactive Maintenance (4H), Operational and Overhead Maintenance (4BT), and Maintenance Resource Scheduling (4WM).

Core components and configuration

New applications: This functionality is delivered with two new SAP Fiori apps:

Manage Work Permit Template (F4692): Allows for the creation of reusable templates with pre-defined information. This reduces the time required to create new permits and ensures that minimum safety and data standards are consistently met.
Manage Work Permits (F6579): The primary application for creating, processing, and managing the lifecycle of individual work permits. Permits can be created with reference to a maintenance order, an existing permit, or a pre-configured template.

Process overview

1. Initiation: A planner identifies a maintenance activity that requires a permit and initiates its creation, selecting a permit type such as hot work, cold work, or confined space.
2. Approval: The permit is submitted for review. In the initial 2602 release, the permit is automatically set to a "Ready for Issue" status. Flexible workflow capabilities are planned for future releases.
3. Issuance: An authorized user, such as a supervisor, issues the permit to the designated technician.
4. Execution and return: The technician completes the work and returns the permit to the issuer.
5. Closure: The issuer verifies the work site, normalizes the technical object, and formally closes the permit in the system. The system supports actions to "retain and close" or "retain and deactivate" the permit if work needs to be suspended and resumed later.

Learn more watching the demo below by Ebin Joseph, from product management:

Enhancements to the Manage Maintenance Notification app

The Manage Maintenance Notification (F5777) app has been updated with several new features to improve usability and provide deeper insights.

Situation handling: The app now uses situation handling to deliver instant alerts to the maintenance team when a new notification is created or a key status is updated. For example, an alert can be triggered when a notification is automatically generated due to a condition-based maintenance threshold breach, enabling a proactive response.

Advanced filtering: The list report now includes "Asset Location" and "Sort Field" as filter criteria. This allows users to more effectively narrow down the list of notifications to the specific assets or areas for which they are responsible.

Visual charts for measurement documents: For notifications generated from a measurement document threshold breach, the header now includes a chart. This provides a clear visual representation of the measurement readings against their defined thresholds, allowing for quicker analysis.

Reference order tracking: A "Reference Order" field has been added as a filter and a column in the list report. This enables maintenance teams to easily identify and track all notifications that were created as a follow-on work request from a technician in the field.

Conversational AI: Similar to the Asset Overview app, users can now create maintenance notifications directly within this app using natural language conversations with Joule AI Copilot.

Learn more watching the demo below by Syed Kader Abdul Wahab, from product management:

Further innovations

Perform Maintenance Jobs app - Long text formatting: Clarity in work instructions is critical for maintenance technicians. Long text fields for maintenance orders and jobs can now be formatted. This enhancement allows for the use of bolding, bullet points, and other formatting options to structure text, which improves the readability and organization of detailed instructions and notes.

Manage Maintenance Plans app - Deletion of sort fields: To improve data quality and efficiency, the Define Sort Fields for Maintenance Plans configuration activity now includes a delete option. You can now remove outdated or invalid customized sort field values. This ensures that only accurate and relevant sort field values are available in the Maintenance Plan application, improving accuracy in plan management.

Centralized processing of maintenance order workflows in SAP Task Center: Efficiency in approval processes is a key driver of productivity. Maintenance Order workflow attributes are now accessible in SAP Task Center, allowing for centralized processing of approvals. The following attributes are included: Order Description, Order Type, Planner Group, Planning Plant, Basic End Date, Basic Start Date, Priority, and Technical Object. This centralization helps managers and approvers process tasks from a single, unified inbox.

SAP Asset Performance Management

SAP Asset Performance Management integrates with SAP Cloud ERP and empowers asset owners, plant managers, and reliability engineers to optimize maintenance strategies, measure and improve asset performance, and follow through on your sustainability objectives. The 2601 release highlights include bulk activation and deactivation of system elements, more flexible risk and criticality assessment outcomes, CAP-based reliability assessment applications with extensibility, configurable RCM consequence questionnaires, validity periods for assessments, time-window–based rule processing, and embedded analytics dashboards. Read the complete blog post by Kate Dowle: What's New in SAP Asset Performance Management 2601.

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Build a Winning IT Operating Model for Your S/4HANA Investment

2026-02-06T13:52:17.725000+01:00

Werde zum Value Partner: Entfessele das volle Potenzial der S/4HANA-Investition mit dem richtigen IT Operating Model!

Die digitale Transformation ist immer noch für viele Unternehmen ein zentrales strategisches Ziel – und SAP S/4HANA spielt dabei in vielen Unternehmen eine Schlüsselrolle. Ein maßgeschneidertes IT Operating Model (ITOM) ist die Voraussetzung dafür, dass die Potenziale von S/4HANA voll ausgeschöpft werden können. Dieser Beitrag zeigt, worauf es beim Aufbau eines ITOM im SAP-Kontext ankommt – und welche strategischen Entscheidungen dabei zu treffen sind.

Ausgangslage

Ein wirksames ITOM entsteht nicht im luftleeren Raum. Vielmehr hängt es entscheidend vom Reifegrad der bestehenden SAP-Landschaft und Organisation ab:

SAP bereits umfänglich im Einsatz: Wenn SAP bereits tief in der Organisation verankert ist, existieren in der Regel klare Verantwortlichkeiten, Prozesse und ein grundlegendes Verständnis für die SAP-Anwendungen und Technologien.

SAP als Nischenlösung: Wird SAP nur in einzelnen Bereichen z.B. in der Buchhaltung eingesetzt, sind die Erfahrungen mit SAP zu arbeiten mit etwas Geschick auch auf andere Bereiche z.B. Produktionsplanung, Logistik übertragbar. Schließlich weiß die Organisation bereits, wie SAP "tickt".

SAP als Neuland: Hier muss sich erst ein breites Verständnis für die SAP-Anwendungen und Technologien entwickeln im Projektverlauf und nach dem go-live im Betrieb. In Unternehmen ohne SAP-Vorerfahrung ist zusätzlich in Change-Management, Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen und kulturelle Integration zu investieren.

Je nach Ausgangssituation müssen IT-Verantwortliche ihr ITOM gezielt ausrichten – sowohl organisatorisch als auch kulturell. Der enge Schulterschluss mit den Fachbereichen ist essenziell. In allen drei Ausgangssituationen hat die S/4 HANA-Einführung eine Vielzahl von Implikationen z.B. auf die Governance,  auf die Skalierbarkeit, auf den Einsatz neuer Technologien, Arbeitsweisen und Prozesse.

Kritische Erfolgsdimensionen für das ITOM

Beim Design des Operating Models müssen verschiedene Schlüsselbereiche berücksichtigt werden. Viele Darstellungen beschränken sich auf die 3 Dimensionen Prozesse, Technologie und Mensch. Erfahrungsgemäß lohnt sich eine genauere Aufteilung der Schlüsselbereiche

Architektur: Häufig bereits zu Projektbeginn definiert, bildet sie eine feste Rahmenbedingung – sollte aber regelmäßig auf strategische Passfähigkeit geprüft werden.

Tooling & IT-Prozesse: Von DevOps über Monitoring bis hin zu Support-Prozessen – effiziente Toolchain und klar definierte Prozesse z.B. nach ITIL sind unerlässlich.

Organisationsstruktur: Ob zentralisiert, dezentral oder hybrid – die Struktur muss zur operativen Realität passen.

Prozessansatz: Funktionale oder End-to-End-Ausrichtung oder beides? Der gewählte Ansatz hat direkte Auswirkungen auf Verantwortlichkeiten und Schnittstellen.

Way of Working: Agile, klassische oder hybride Arbeitsweisen beeinflussen das Design der Rollen und Aufgabenverteilung.

Change Management, Ausbildung, Kompetenz: Mit Unsicherheiten und Skepsis in der Belegschaft sollte offensiv umgegangen werden. Eine fokussierte Change-Begleitung ist sehr zu empfehlen für den Gesamterfolg der Transformation.

Nicht alle dieser Bereiche sind frei gestaltbar – viele sind durch bestehende IT-Strategien oder Unternehmensvorgaben determiniert. Daher ist es essenziell, zu Beginn des ITOM-Designs zwischen fixen Rahmenbedingungen und flexibel gestaltbaren Elementen zu unterscheiden. Mit einer S/4HANA Transformation besteht die unbedingte Möglichkeit, Strukturen zu hinterfragen und "alte Zöpfe" neu zu ordnen.

Wie sich die verschiedenen Schlüsselbereiche in den Projekt- und Betriebskontext einordnen lassen und welche Aufgaben der/die ITOM-Verantwortliche währende die S/4 HANA Einführung hat, zeigt die folgende Tabelle in einer Übersicht.

Schlüsselbereiche für den CCOE Aufbau

Strukturierter Aufbau: Vorgehensmodell zur ITOM-Entwicklung

Folgende Schritte haben sich in der Praxis bewährt:

1. Benennung eines verantwortlichen ITOM Leads:

Sicherstellung klarer Verantwortlichkeiten für Design und Umsetzung des Operating Models.

Verankerung der Rolle auf ausreichender Hierarchieebene (z. B. direkt unterhalb der CIO-/IT-Leitung).

Aufbau eines schlagkräftigen Kernteams mit Vertretern aus relevanten Domänen (z. B. Architektur, Betrieb, Prozesse).

2. Definition von Zielbild, Prioritäten und Vision

Erarbeitung eines klaren Zielbilds für das zukünftige ITOM: Rolle, Beitrag zur Gesamtstrategie, Abgrenzung.

Festlegung von Leitzielen wie z. B. Skalierbarkeit, Automatisierung oder Business-Alignment.

Identifikation und Priorisierung der größten Hebel und Handlungsfelder – z.B. auch die Etablierung neuer “Spielregeln” wie Clean Core, SAP BTP first bei Erweiterungen, durchgängige Tool Chain

(3. Optional) Bestandsaufnahme des aktuellen TOM (As-Is)

Erhebung vorhandener Rollen, Prozesse, Tools und Strukturen (ggf. durch Interviews, Workshops, Dokumentenanalyse).

Bewertung der Reifegrade in den einzelnen ITOM-Dimensionen.

Identifikation von Redundanzen, Lücken, Pain Points oder auch Best Practices im aktuellen Setup.

4. Definition zentraler Aufgabenbereiche (Building Blocks siehe Grafik)

Clusterung aller ITOM-Aufgabenbereiche nach strategischen, Governance- und operativen Fähigkeiten - z.B. Sourcingstrategie, Business- und IT-Zusammenarbeit, Applikations- und SAP-Basis Betrieb

Orientierung an IT-Prozessen und –Funktionen sowie der Business- und IT Zusammenarbeit.

Klare Abgrenzung der Aufgabenbereiche zur Vermeidung von Verantwortlichkeitslücken.

Aufgabenbereiche im S/4 HANA Betrieb

5. Erste Zuordnung von Rollen zu Aufgabenbereichen (High-Level)

Benennung von Rollen pro Aufgabenbereich – z. B. Produkt Owner, Architekt, Applikations-/Prozess-Experte.

Berücksichtigung vorhandener Rollen in der Organisation zur Vermeidung von Doppelstrukturen.

Differenzierung zwischen Rollen und Stellen.

6. Detaillierung von Rollen und Verantwortlichkeiten

Detaillierung der Aufgabenbereiche und Erstellung eines RACI-Modells zur klaren Aufgabenverteilung (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed).

Beschreibung der Rollenprofile inklusive benötigter Kompetenzen, KPIs und Zielbilder.

Validierung der Rollenzuordnung mit Fachbereichen, Betriebs- und Projektorganisationen.

7. Identifikation von Lernbedarfen und Kompetenzlücken

Ableitung von Trainingspfaden für bestehende Mitarbeitende basierend auf neuem Rollen- und Skillbedarf.

Aufbau von Lernformaten - z. B. learning journeys, E-Learnings, SAP Learning Hub.

Identifikation von Bedarf an Neueinstellungen oder externem Know-how - z. B. in Architektur, DevOps.

8. Definition der Zielorganisation und Teamstrukturen

Entwicklung eines Organisationsdesigns inkl. Teamgrößen, Berichtslinien und Verantwortlichkeiten - z.B. was gehört in das SAP CCOE und was nicht.
Entscheidung über Betriebsmodelle - z. B. zentral vs. dezentral, Inhouse vs. Outsourcing.

Verankerung der ITOM-Strukturen im Operating Model der Gesamt-IT.
Organisatorischer Umgang mit neuen Themen z.B. Künstliche Intelligenz

Ein iterativer, faktenbasierter Ansatz stellt sicher, dass das Operating Model nicht nur auf dem Papier funktioniert, sondern im operativen Alltag tragfähig ist.

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Fazit

Ein zielgerichtetes Operating Model für SAP S/4HANA ist ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor für die digitale Transformation der IT-Landschaft. Es ermöglicht nicht nur einen stabilen und skalierbaren Betrieb der SAP-Plattform, sondern schafft auch die Grundlage für Innovation und Agilität. IT-Verantwortliche sollten die Gestaltung des ITOM daher als strategische Aufgabe begreifen – mit klarer Vision, strukturierter Umsetzung und konsequenter Verankerung in der Organisation.

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Torsten Scheffler ist selbständiger Berater und hat über 200 CCOE Projekte durchgeführt.

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Useful links:

https://community.sap.com/t5/enterprise-architecture-blog-posts/building-high-performing-sap-it-organization-the-art-of-organizational/ba-p/13464999

Efficient Document Inbound Processing in SAP Cloud ERP with SAP Document AI: March 12, 2026

2026-02-09T21:12:08.498000+01:00

Managing incoming documents efficiently is critical for business operations. SAP Cloud ERP, powered by SAP Document AI, offers pre-delivered use cases to automate and optimize document processing across Sales, Finance, and Quality Management.

In this live session, we’ll explore how SAP Document AI enhances document inbound processing, reducing manual effort and improving accuracy. You’ll see live demos of end-to-end workflows and learn how to activate these capabilities in your system.

Key Takeaways:

Discover pre-built document processing use cases in SAP Cloud ERP.
See live demos of end-to-end workflows for Sales, Finance, and Quality Management.
Learn how to activate and extend these capabilities for your business needs.

Who Should Attend? Project managers, consultants, business users, and administrators looking to improve document processing efficiency.

Register Now!

Announcing: Enhancements to Quality Gates and Embedded Launch Activities for SAP Cloud ERP and HCM

2026-02-10T09:00:00.021000+01:00

Enhancing Project Success: New CQC Reports and Embedded Launch Activity support for Quality Gates

There's a lot that needs to be done, done correctly, and done at the right time for your SAP solution deployment to go smoothly. SAP created the SAP Activate Methodology to guide project teams through the most essential tasks for successful implementation, but how can you check that you're on track as you go? This is what quality gates are designed to do. Quality gates are periodic checkpoints that focus in on the most essential tasks that should be completed before moving onto the next phase. Multiple teams in SAP have come together in 2025 to improve the quality gates, and in this blog I go through the 3 major improvements to Quality Gates in HCM and SAP Cloud ERP (SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition).

Refreshed Quality Gate Content
Automated Risk Analysis via CQC Reports in SAP Cloud ALM
1:1 Quality Gate Support available via Embedded Launch Activities

Quality gate execution is a collaborative milestone, driven by a joint effort between partner and customer project teams and led by their respective project managers. These checkpoints empower teams to demonstrate systematic due diligence and clear, tangible progress toward solution adoption and realized business value.

See the sections below for details on each of these enhancements.

1. Refreshed Quality Gate Content

All quality gate questions for all SAP Activate phases have been reviewed and refreshed. Key improvements are:

All checklist questions have been refreshed to be applicable to the latest SAP concepts, products, and assets
Relevant supporting links and assets have been added to the question documentation (e.g. explanatory links of what the Digital Discovery Assessment (DDA) is have been linked in checklist questions that address the DDA)
New supporting assets created to articulate the concept of quality gates, why they're important, and the CQC reports now available (Quality Gate Overview Deck, Quality Gate Execution - Detailed Walkthrough Deck, SAP Activate & Quality Gate Introductory Video)
Language has been harmonized across the business suite - i.e. roles and terms will be more consistent across roadmaps from different solution areas such as HCM, ERP (Public and Private), Concur, SCM, BTP etc.

The best way to access and review Quality Gate Questions is via SAP Cloud ALM, but you can also view the refreshed list of questions via the SAP Activate Roadmaps accelerators linked here (HCM | SAP Cloud ERP)

2. Automated Risk Analysis: The CQC Report for Quality Gates

The biggest hurdle in a Quality Gate isn't just answering the questions - it's knowing what to do when an answer reveals a risk.

When you complete your Quality Gate checklists directly in SAP Cloud ALM, you can now generate a Continuous Quality Check (CQC) for Implementation Gates report*. This is a tailored advisory document generated within one business day.

*As of 2026-02, this report is available to request in SAP Cloud ALM for the Prepare and Explore Phase Quality Gates for SAP Cloud ERP and HCM. It will be rolled out for Realize, Deploy and Run in Q2 2026 for SAP Cloud ERP and HCM. It is already available for all phases for SAP Cloud ERP Private. Availability for other solution areas is under development for 2026.

What the CQC Report delivers:

Management Summary: A high-level view for stakeholders on project readiness.
Individualized Action Plan: Trackable tasks in SAP Cloud ALM to course-correct identified risks.
Detailed Recommendations: Direct links to SAP accelerators and documentation to help your team resolve gaps.

By using this self-service report at the end of the Prepare and Explore phases, you mitigate early-stage risks like unvalidated financial structures or incomplete integration designs before they impact your delivery timeline.

3. Personalized Guidance: Enhanced Embedded Launch Activities

We know that digital tools are most effective when paired with expert human insight. That’s why we are enhancing our Embedded Launch Activities - the onboarding services many of you already utilize.

Starting with new customer contracts as of March 1, 2026 we are including 1:1 Onboarding Advisor support for one of your Quality Gate checklists. This means you can have a dedicated SAP expert walk through the checklist with you. The onboarding advisor will be able to support with on the spot clarifications of concepts, resources etc., helping the team to ensure that your "Yes" answers are truly backed by best practices and that your "No" answers have a solid mitigation plan in place.

Why This Matters for Your Project

Quality Gates occur at every major transition point - from the end of Prepare through to Run (where they repeat every 6 months). They are designed to be "health checks," not performance reviews.

By utilizing the new CQC reports and Advisor support, you achieve two primary things:

Confidence: That the project team has completed the most essential tasks, is aware of the most essential assets, and knows what you need to know to move forward, or course correct.
Speed: You're more likely to achieve your goals on time by doing it right the first time - and the checklists help to safeguard that.

Next Steps: How to Get Started

Access your project in SAP Cloud ALM: Ensure your Quality Gate checklists are being completed digitally rather than in manual spreadsheets to unlock report functionality. Follow this detailed guide to begin utilizing quality gates in SAP Cloud ALM.
Request your CQC Report: For SAP Cloud ERP and HCM projects for Prepare & Explore Phases, once the checklist is complete, use the “Request SAP Assessment Service” button. Your report will be available in SAP Cloud ALM and SAP for Me within 24 hours.
Book your Advisor Session: For new customer contracts as of March 1st, reach out to your onboarding advisor to schedule your 1:1 session for your chosen Quality Gate milestone.

Let us know your thoughts or questions in the comments below!

Migration Cockpit in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-02-10T11:30:54.985000+01:00

I am a product expert for SAP S/4HANA Cloud. I am delighted to share some exciting innovations from our latest SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2602 release. This update brings significant enhancements to the SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, designed to make your data migration projects smoother, more transparent, and more efficient. These new features are particularly relevant for data migration experts, project managers, and business teams guiding their organizations through the transition to our intelligent cloud ERP.

Migration Cockpit Release 2602 enhances data migration by enabling deeper exploration of migration objects, leveraging staging tables as structured intermediate storage, and introducing transfer lists for better control and transparency during data loads. With increased file size limits, it ensures faster, more efficient handling of large data volumes—reducing complexity, improving reliability, and accelerating system transition projects.

Migration Cockpit

Explore Migration Cockpit
Using Staging Tables as Intermediate Storage
Transfer List
Increased File Size Limits for an Efficient Data Load

Explore Migration Objects: A New SAP Fiori App for Enhanced Project Planning

A successful data migration relies on meticulous planning and a deep understanding of data dependencies. With the 2602 release, we are introducing the SAP Fiori app, "Explore Migration Objects," to bring a new level of clarity to your project preparation.

This app provides crucial insights into migration object dependencies and their relationships to specific scope items. It empowers your project team to efficiently plan data migration projects by ensuring that all mandatory and optional predecessor objects are correctly identified and migrated in the proper sequence. Through interactive graphs, you can now visualize how migration objects are interconnected. The app allows for detailed dependency analysis, differentiating between mandatory and optional predecessors, and provides focused search and direct access to migration object documentation. By visualizing these relationships, your team can make informed decisions, ultimately reducing project risks and optimizing timelines. Please note that this initial version of the app currently supports migration objects built for the "Migrate Data Using Staging Tables" approach.

Enhanced Flexibility with Staging Tables for Direct System Migration

For customers using the "Migrate Data Directly from SAP System" approach, the 2602 release introduces a powerful new capability: the use of staging tables as intermediate storage. This feature is designed to facilitate the adjustment of selected data before it is loaded into SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.

This enhancement significantly increases transparency and provides robust validation capabilities for your selected data. It gives your team more flexibility to adjust and cleanse application data from the source SAP system before the Now, data adaptation is performed within ETL tool prior to loading the data into the migration cockpit’s staging tables. Once the data is prepared and validated, you can transfer the ready-for-processing data to the SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit for further processing, ensuring higher data quality in your new cloud environment.

Check the blog written by Philipp Kreutzheide

Streamline Your Migration Troubleshooting with the New Transfer List

Transfer List

In any complex data migration project, ensuring data is transferred accurately is paramount. When issues arise during the simulation or migration phases, pinpointing the root cause can be time-consuming. To bring greater transparency to this process, we are introducing the Transfer List for the migration approach "Migrate Data Directly from SAP System." This feature is designed for data migration specialists and project teams who need deep visibility into the data transfer process for effective and efficient troubleshooting.

A Clear View for Faster Resolution

The Transfer List provides a detailed view of the data exactly as it is passed to the target API that creates the records in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
This capability is particularly beneficial when you need to troubleshoot the simulation or migration process. For example, your team can now analyze the Transfer List to definitively determine whether an issue lies with the target API itself or if it is related to a problem in the structure or field mapping. This clarity helps you isolate problems faster, reduce resolution time, and keep your migration project on track.

To use this feature, the simulation or migration process must first be completed for the relevant migration object instance. Once complete, you can access the Transfer List with the following steps:

1. From the Migration Project screen, select the "Instances" link for your object.
2. On the Migration Object Instances screen, select the instance you wish to investigate.
3. Choose the "Transfer List" button.

On the subsequent screen, you can view the target parameters, fields, and their corresponding values that were used in the transfer, providing your team with the precise information needed for analysis. This enhancement empowers you to resolve issues with confidence and precision, ensuring a smoother transition to SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Check the blog written by Philipp Kreutzheide

Increased File Size Limits for an Efficient Data Load

To further streamline your data migration activities, we have increased the file size limits for the "Migrate Data Using Staging Tables" approach. This practical update allows for more efficient handling of large data volumes.

When you upload your data using XML files, you can bundle multiple files into a single zip file for a more convenient upload. With this release, the maximum size for each individual XML file contained within the zip file has been increased to 400MB. This allows you to process larger data sets in a single file. Please be aware that while individual files can be larger, the total size of the zip file itself should not exceed 100MB upon upload to the migration cockpit. This improvement simplifies the data loading process and reduces the number of uploads required for extensive data sets.

I hope you're as excited about these updates as I am! To learn more, I encourage you to explore the SAP Help Portal and join the conversation on the SAP Community.

What is New?

Check Migration Cockpit Community

SAP Help Data Migration

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PLMSI 3.0 FP04 – What You Need to Know About the Latest Release

2026-02-11T12:50:03.469000+01:00

Another year has started and we have seen the birth of another feature pack for PLM System Integration for SAP S/4HANA.

Find out what's new and why it matters.

Extended characteristic mapping for Product and Document exchange outbound scenario

Release 3.0 FP04 introduces a more flexible outbound mapping layer for product versions (PV) and document versions (DV).
In addition to class-based characteristic exchange, consultants can now configure:

Outbound class assignments, including class numbers and class types, per product version
Mappings of class characteristics to target fields in the Domain Model, or to extension fields of the product version
Conversion routines, default values, and value mapping tables

This gives solution architects a finer‑grained control mechanism to harmonize master data between SAP and external PLM systems, which proves very useful in multi-system engineering landscapes.

For more information, see Map DM Product Version to SAP Material Master.

Likewise, this feature is available for Document Version Integration.

For more information, see Map DM Document Version to SAP Document Info Record.

Outbound maintenance requests for classification changes

FP04 adds the ability to trigger outbound maintenance requests for PV as material master, DV as document info record, CO as change request, and CO as engineering change master, based on:

Class assignments
Characteristic value updates
Value changes

Change Object Integration: In the new view Define Classification Conditions for Outbound in the Customizing for Map DM Change Object to SAP Change Master or Map DM Change Object to SAP Change Record, you can now control which characteristics trigger outbound data transfer to an external PLM system when updated in the SAP system. Specify a Class Number, Class Type, and Characteristic to define outbound-relevant classification conditions.

For more information, see Map DM Change Object to SAP Change Master or Map DM Change Object to SAP Change Record.

The same feature is available for Document Version Integration (see Map DM Document Version to SAP Document Info Record) and for Product Version Integration (see Map DM Product Version to SAP Material Master).

For integration architects, this significantly improves synchronization accuracy and reduces the chances of missed updates for downstream processes.

Product and structure version compatibility support in version-controlled BOMs

PLMSI now supports product versioning at both header and item level for version-controlled BOMs.

With the new BOM Header Unlimited Validity checkbox, consultants can enable perpetual header validity (defaulting to Jan 1, 1900), simplifying BOM maintenance and reducing the need for repeated header creation. This is particularly relevant for customers with high-frequency engineering iterations and complex BOM structures.

For more information, see Map DM Structure Version to SAP Classic BOM.

Transfer of iPPE: PVS from an external PLM system

Feature Pack 04 expands structure integration capabilities by adding support for transferring Integrated Product and Process Engineering (iPPE) – Product Variant Structures (PVS). You can now configure inbound processing for:

Access nodes & variants
Structure nodes & node relationships
Component variants

A new integration pattern (SAP_SVasPPECMPPVS) and several supporting BAdIs provide robust extension points for customizing the mapping logic.

For more information, see Map DM Structure Version to SAP CMP Product Variant Structure.

What Else is New in PLM system integration for SAP S/4HANA?

The release delivers additional BAdIs across POL, SV, and change handling scenarios.
Notably, you can now leverage the MPO Value Control Structure, which boosts flexibility when working with extension fields and custom mappings. For teams implementing tailored integration logic, this significantly improves maintainability and robustness. For detailed information, see our What's New Viewer. Please make sure to select the latest version 3.0 FP04 to filter for the most recent updates.

Expand Your Range

We are happy and proud that another members of our PLM system integration family has released a new versions of its product:

PLM system integration, add-on for 3DEXPERIENCE has published its new version 3.3. Check out the Release Notes.

Business Content

As for each feature pack, we have updated our comprehensive set of business content (BC) sets to help you configure your system with ease. For details, see Initial Configuration.

For a comprehensive list of our new and enhanced features for release 3.0 FP04, check out our What's New Viewer.

All relevant information on PLM system integration is also available via the links below:

SAP Help Portal: PLM system integration for SAP S/4HANA
SAP Product Availability Matrix (SAP login required): Matrix for PLM system integration 3.0 for SAP S/4HANA
SAP Roadmap Explorer: PLM system integration

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Business Partner Master Data in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-02-12T13:12:31.201000+01:00

In today's fast-paced digital economy, the integrity, security, and accessibility of master data are paramount to operational excellence. High-quality Business Partner data forms the foundation of countless critical processes, from procurement and sales to finance and compliance. I am pleased to share some of the latest innovations within SAP S/4HANA Cloud that are designed to elevate your business partner master data management strategy.

To strengthen security and data integrity, we implement header-level authorization checks and proactive duplicate detection to prevent unauthorized access and ensure high-quality, reliable data from the outset. At the same time, onward replication across multisystem landscapes and conversational AI through Joule enable seamless synchronization and intuitive access to information, driving efficiency, transparency, and faster decision-making across the enterprise.

This post will provide an overview of four significant new features:
1. Enhanced security through header-level authorization checks.
2. Proactive data quality management with an API-based duplicate check.
3. Streamlined data synchronization via onward replication in multisystem landscapes.
4. Efficient data access using our conversational AI, Joule.

1. Enable Business Partner Header-Level Authorization Checks Based on Data Controller and Purpose

Data privacy and compliance are non-negotiable. To provide more granular control over sensitive information, we have introduced the ability to enable authorization checks at the business partner header level based on the combination of a Data Controller and a Purpose.

Feature Scope:
This feature allows for the assignment of specific data controller and purpose combinations directly to a business partner record. Subsequently, the system can enforce authorization checks based on these assignments.

Key Benefits:
The primary advantage is a significant enhancement in access control. With this feature activated, a user must be explicitly authorized for the specific data controller and purpose assigned to a business partner to gain access to that record. This ensures that only relevant personnel can view or process sensitive data, strengthening your data governance and compliance posture in line with regulations like GDPR.

Business partner: assignment of purposes along with data controllers

2. Business Partner A2X OData API Operation for Duplicate Check

Maintaining a clean and duplicate-free master data repository is a constant challenge, especially in integrated environments. To address this proactively, we have extended the capabilities of our core Business Partner OData service.

Feature Scope:
A new operation for performing a duplicate check has been added to the `API_BUSINESS_PARTNER` A2X OData service. This operation can be invoked for Business Partners, Customers, and Suppliers.

Key Benefits:
This new functionality empowers external applications to identify potential duplicates before a new master data record is created via the API. By embedding this check into the creation process, organizations can prevent the introduction of redundant data at the source. This is a crucial step toward retaining high master data quality, reducing downstream cleanup efforts, and ensuring process consistency across the enterprise.

Please refer to following Blogs:

Duplicate Check in Business Partner A2X

3. Business Partner Integration: Onward Replication in a Multisystem Landscape

For organizations managing complex system landscapes, ensuring data consistency across all systems is a major undertaking. Our new onward replication capability simplifies this process significantly.

Feature Scope:
This feature allows you to trigger the onward replication of incoming business partner data from your SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP system to all other connected systems in your landscape. Activation is managed through a simple self-service configuration user interface (SSCUI).

Key Benefits:
This innovation enables your SAP S/4HANA Cloud system to function as a true master data hub. When a business partner is created or changed, the system automatically distributes these updates to all subscribed downstream systems. This automated synchronization ensures data consistency across the entire landscape, reduces manual integration efforts, and minimizes the risk of data-related process failures.

Onward Replication of Business Partner Master Data in SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP

Community Blog: Onward Replication of Business Partner master data in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

4. Joule as Efficient Access to Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier Master Data

In our pursuit of a more intelligent and user-friendly ERP experience, we have integrated our conversational AI, Joule, with master data management.

Feature Scope:
Joule now allows users to efficiently access attributes of Business Partner, Customer, and Supplier master data objects using natural language queries.

Key Benefits:
This feature fundamentally streamlines the process of data retrieval for business users. Instead of navigating through multiple Fiori apps and screens, a user can simply ask Joule a question, such as "Show me the addresses for Business Partner 100345" or "What are the dunning data details for Customer XYZ?". The key benefits include:

- Enhanced Productivity: Immediate access to necessary data saves time and effort, allowing analysts to focus on decision-making rather than data retrieval.
- Reduced UI Clicks: Joule provides extremely quick information about attributes without requiring users to open dedicated applications.
- Intuitive Interaction: Natural language input makes data access more accessible to a wider range of users.
BP, Customer, Supplier Master Data in SAP Joule

Joule can provide details ranging from a business partner overview, roles, and relationships to specific customer sales area data and supplier purchasing organization details.

Community Blog; Exploring Business Partner Master Data with SAP Joule, the AI Co-pilot

These four features represent a significant step forward in making master data management more secure, intelligent, and efficient within SAP S/4HANA Cloud. By enhancing security, improving data quality at the point of entry, simplifying landscape-wide synchronization, and accelerating user access, we are empowering our customers to build a more robust and reliable data foundation for their enterprise.

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Benefits of Maintenance Planning Overview Fiori Application

2026-02-13T03:30:44.142000+01:00

In the fast-paced world of industrial asset management, the difference between a high-performing plant and a costly bottleneck often comes down to how quickly a maintenance planner can identify and react to issues.

In the legacy SAP environment, this meant digging through multiple transaction codes (T-codes) to find overdue orders or missing parts. With SAP S/4HANA, the Maintenance Planning Overview (App ID: F2828) Fiori application changes the game by consolidating critical data into a single, proactive dashboard.

Here is an overview of why this app is becoming the "command center" for modern maintenance planners.

What is the Maintenance Planning Overview App?

The Maintenance Planning Overview is an analytical Fiori application designed as a "one-stop shop" for Maintenance Planners. Built on the SAP Fiori Overview Page (OVP) floorplan, it uses interactive "cards" to display high-level KPIs and real-time data visualizations.

Instead of searching for problems, the problems are pushed to you. The app analyzes factors like open notifications, missing spare parts, and overdue orders based on a reference period (e.g., "This Week" or "Next Week") that you define.

Key Features: Your Planning Toolkit

The app is organized into task-oriented cards. Each card serves a specific purpose in the maintenance lifecycle:

1. Planning & Backlog Management

Orders for Planning: Identifies maintenance orders that have been created but not yet released. It visualizes these by priority or order type using pie charts.
Outstanding Notifications: Shows notifications that haven't been assigned to an order yet, allowing you to catch work requests before they fall through the cracks.

2. Material & Procurement Visibility

Purchase Requisitions/Orders Not Approved: Tracks non-stock materials required for maintenance. You can see which parts might cause delays because the requisition hasn't been approved or the purchase order hasn't been sent.
Non-Stock Materials Not Available: A critical card that flags ordered parts that will not arrive by the required start date of the maintenance order.

3. Execution Tracking

Overdue Orders: Highlights released orders where the end date has passed but the operations haven't been finally confirmed.
Orders Not Technically Completed: Provides a list of orders that are physically finished but haven't been closed out in the system, which is vital for accurate financial reporting.

The app typically includes the following standard Fiori cards:

1. Maintenance Order Cards

Orders for Planning: Visualizes maintenance orders that have been created but not yet released. It usually breaks them down by Priority or Order Type.
Overdue Orders: Analyzes released maintenance orders where the basic end date has already passed, but the operations have not been finally confirmed.
Orders for Completion: Specifically highlights orders where all operations are confirmed (CNF) but the order header has not yet been set to Technically Completed (TECO).
Jobs (Order Operations): Displays a list of upcoming or current maintenance "jobs" (operations) that require attention or execution within the defined reference period.

2. Maintenance Notification Cards

Outstanding Notifications: Displays notifications that have been created but are not yet assigned to a maintenance order. This helps prevent a backlog of unaddressed work requests.
Recently Created Notifications: Gives a quick look at the newest requests entering the system, categorized by their processing status.

3. Procurement & Material Cards

Non-Stock Materials Not Available: This is a high-value card that flags non-stock components (parts ordered specifically for an order) that are not expected to arrive by the order's start date.
Purchase Requisitions Not Approved: Identifies PRs linked to maintenance orders that are stalled in the approval workflow, which could delay planned repairs.
Purchase Requisitions Not Converted: Shows approved requisitions that have not yet been turned into formal Purchase Orders (POs).

4. Technical Object Cards

Technical Object Damages: Often used to visualize which assets are experiencing the most frequent issues, categorized by damage codes or object parts.

Key Features of These Cards

Filter Sensitivity: All cards react to the global filters at the top of the app (e.g., Planning Plant, Planner Group, or Time Period).
Drill-Down Capability: Clicking the header of a card takes you to a detailed list view (like the "Manage Maintenance Orders" app), while clicking a specific data point (like a slice of a pie chart) filters that list further.
Personalization: Users can hide cards they don't need or rearrange them on the dashboard to put the most critical KPIs at the top

Validation Messages: CBS and IBS Configuration

2026-02-13T12:55:58.563000+01:00

As part of the transition to the new CBS (Contribuição sobre Bens e Serviços) and IBS (Imposto sobre Bens e Serviços) tax structure, SAP has introduced three new validation messages when you receive inbound electronic fiscal documents.

Understanding the New Messages

The messages address common discrepancies that may arise when processing XML documents under Brazil Tax Reform:

J1B_NFE660: Expected CBS/IBS tax rate is X but tax rate in XML is Y

This message alerts users when there's a mismatch between the expected tax rate configured in the system and the rate specified in the incoming XML document.

J1B_NFE661: CBS/IBS tax not available in XML for purchase order item X

This validation triggers when the required CBS/IBS tax information is missing from the XML for a specific purchase order item.

J1B_NFE663: Tax group CBS/IBS from XML not available in the current Tax Code

This message appears when the tax group referenced in the XML document cannot be found in the system's current tax code configuration.

You can configure each message to appear as either Warning or Error, depending on your business requirements. For detailed instructions on configuring these messages through transaction OBMSG, please refer to Configuring Messages 660, 661, and 663 in OBMSG and OBA5.

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Localization in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-02-16T09:27:54.330000+01:00

In today's interconnected world, running a global business can feel like navigating a vast ocean. Each country is a new port with its own unique set of rules, regulations, and customs. With the 2602 release, we're not just giving you a better map; we're upgrading your entire navigation system, ensuring you can sail smoothly and confidently, no matter the destination.

Let’s dive into the exciting new features that will help you go global while staying perfectly local.

A Single Source of Truth: The Intuitive Tax Register
Mastering Global Complexity: Country-Specific Highlights
Universal Innovations for Global Business
AI campaigns

A Single Source of Truth: The Intuitive Tax Register

Imagine a world where your tax data isn't scattered across different ledgers and reports, but lives in one, centralized, and transparent place. This world is here with the new Tax Register for SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This is a true game changer for tax accountants.

We are providing a single source of truth for all your indirect tax operations. This powerful tool allows you to:

1) Visualize the entire lifecycle of each tax line, from posting to reporting and payment.
2) Gain centralized insights and a real-time view of your tax position, company wide.
3) Increase flexibility by making tax operations independent from accounting.
4) Effortlessly reconcile and ensure you are always audit-ready.

Initially rolling out for VAT in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Oman, the Tax Register is your new command center for managing tax payables and ensuring comprehensive compliance.

Display Tax Items (ID: F4756):
- View and analyze posted tax items with tax-specific attributes.
- Track the lifecycle of tax items.
- Navigate to related documents for detailed insights.

Display Tax Items (ID: F4756)

Manage Tax Payable (ID: F4755)
- Create, post, and cancel tax payable documents.
- Automatically generate documents when reports reach Content Accepted by Government status.
- Option to manually create tax payable documents if required.

Manage Tax Payable (ID: F4755)

Migrate Tax Items(ID: F6715): Migrate tax items posted prior to Tax Register activation from the standard database table (BSET) to the new table (TAX_REG_ITEM) for reporting and analysis.

Migrate Tax Items (ID: F6715)

Mastering Global Complexity: Country-Specific Highlights

Every region has its own complexities, and our 2602 release delivers targeted solutions to make your life easier.

Turkey: Taming Foreign Exchange Gains

Navigating the nuances of foreign currency in Turkey just got a whole lot simpler. Businesses know the challenge of the (Kur fark) foreign exchange gain invoice required when exchange rates shift between invoicing and payment. Our update automates the creation of billing documents for these gains in Convergent Invoicing. The system automatically calculates the gain, ensures correct VAT treatment, and generates the necessary invoices and accounting documents, saving you invaluable time and minimizing errors.
(Kur fark) foreign exchange gains

Brazil: Unprecedented Flexibility and Extensibility

Brazil's fiscal landscape is famously dynamic, and we're putting more power than ever into your hands. This release introduces a suite of enhancements for Brazil, including:

a. Self-Service for External Tax Engines: A new configuration interface allows you to map custom tax type codes to an external tax engine, enhancing flexibility in sales processing.
b. Extensible Nota Fiscal Models: You can now extend and adapt nota fiscal models for sales processes, allowing you to meet specific requirements not covered by the standard version.
c. Multiple Account Assignments: We now enable external tax calculation for multiple account assignment distribution during invoice verification, enhancing customer satisfaction and accuracy.

Universal Innovations for Global Business

Compliance is a global theme, and some of our most powerful new features are designed to work across borders.

1) Business Partner Certificates (Cross-Country): Managing customer certificates and their validity dates is a critical compliance task. You can now configure and maintain these certificates directly in the business partner master data, making the information readily available for processes like invoicing and payments. This improves compliance and reduces manual effort across all your regions of operation.

Business Partner Certificate

2) Expanded Scope Item Availability (Cross-Country): Our global family is always growing! We are thrilled to announce the availability of more scope items for dozens of SAP-delivered standard local versions. From Argentina to Australia, from Canada to Colombia, and from Singapore to South Africa, we are making it easier than ever to steer your business operations globally using SAPs standard, automated, and compliant processes.

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We’re excited to invite you to participate in the beta testing program for innovative new capabilities:

AI-Assisted Incoming Bills of Exchange Posting. Ready to get involved? Click the Register button at the top left to secure your spot. Together, let's make handling Bills of Exchange more efficient and straightforward!
EASYFIT: AI-Assisted Easy Entry of Treasury Financial Transactions: Get a preview of how AI can simplify the process of recording financial transactions in Treasury and Risk Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition while ensuring compliance with country specific regulations.

Delta localization information on new, changed or deleted features as well as legal changes in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition 2602 for your country? Check the Help documentation country/region specific section What’s new

Check Localization Community

The 2602 release for Localization is more than just a list of features; it's our steadfast commitment to helping you navigate the complexities of global commerce with confidence and ease. We handle the local complexities so you can focus on what you do best: grow your business.

I hope you're as excited about these updates as I am! To learn more, I encourage you to explore the SAP Help Portal and join the conversation on the SAP Community.

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Two-Tier ERP with SAP Cloud ERP - 2602 Release Highlights

2026-02-18T03:59:52.499000+01:00

I am pleased to share the new addition from Two-Tier ERP as part of the 2602 release for SAP Cloud ERP through this blog. I will be walking you through the scenarios from this release through the release video. We're delivering effective ways to enhance strategic flexibility, streamline complex processes, and build an agile enterprise for you.

Let's dive into the highlights,

The Strategic Foundation: Mastering Your Data in a Two-Tier ERP World

Many organizations operate in a Two-Tier ERP landscape, with headquarters running on SAP Cloud ERP Private (SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition). and agile subsidiaries operating on SAP Cloud ERP, i.e., SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition.

In a product-centric two-tier ERP setup, master data objects such as customer and product master data become critical prerequisites for both tiers. This is where SAP Master Data Governance provides a strategic foundation.

By running SAP MDG at headquarters, organizations establish a single source of truth where all master data is created, validated, and approved before being distributed to target systems.

This approach follows a simple but crucial principle:

Create and govern master data centrally. Consume it locally.

Subsidiaries running on SAP Cloud ERP receive governed, high-quality master data, ensuring clean, compliant operations. This not only strengthens group-level reporting but also significantly accelerates the onboarding of new acquisitions. As your organization grows, your master data remains a stable and trusted asset.

For a deeper exploration of this topic, I recommend the blog post “SAP Master Data Governance in a Two-Tier ERPLandscape with HQ & Subsidiary Approach” by Abhijit Bolakhe.

Advanced Warehousing Meets Cloud Agility

Another flexible architectural approach we support is integrating a decentralized SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) system with SAP Cloud ERP. This hybrid model allows you to maintain a clean-core cloud ERP while leveraging the rich, mature, and highly configurable functionalities of a full-scale EWM for your complex warehouse operations.

Let's look at a typical process. For inbound goods, a purchase order in SAP Cloud ERP creates an inbound delivery that is sent to your decentralized EWM. EWM then orchestrates the entire physical process from unloading to put-away. Once complete, confirmations flow back to the cloud ERP, perfectly updating stock and financials.

Similarly, for outbound, a sales order triggers the process, with EWM managing everything from picking to loading, and finally sending the goods issue confirmation back to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This integration offers a flexible yet perfectly balanced approach, combining advanced warehouse power with cloud simplicity.
The 2602 release for SAP Cloud ERP continues our commitment to providing a flexible, intelligent ERP. For wider types of industry, these updates deliver the strategic control, process efficiency, and commercial agility needed to thrive.
Please make it a point to deep dive into these EWM integration scenarios. We have two blog posts by Sahil Grover The SAP Extended Warehouse Management Integration with SAP Cloud ERP - Part 1 and The SAP Extended Warehouse Management Integration with SAP Cloud ERP - Part 2

I hope this overview has been insightful.

Thank you for reading.

Core Logistics in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

2026-02-19T15:23:58.388000+01:00

Welcome to the 2602 release of SAP Cloud ERP where we have introduced a set of enhancements focused on strengthening day-to-day supply chain execution and planning. These updates help streamline key logistics activities and improve user experience, so teams can execute faster, improve material visibility, and make more reliable, data-driven decisions across the end-to-end logistics flow. In this blog post, you'll find an overview of the key new innovations and highlight features being rolled out with this release.

Short on time? The below video gives a summary of the top 3 highlights from this release.

Inventory Management

In the inventory management area, new features and apps have bene introduced to improve efficiency and accuracy when managing and moving physical inventory.

Streamlining Physical Inventory Management with new app "Manage Physical Inventory Item List"

Managing physical inventory is about far more than counting stock: it’s about ensuring every item is tracked, verified, and processed correctly across potentially hundreds or thousands of line items, multiple locations, and multiple documents. In this kind of environment, speed and accuracy are critical. With this in mind, in the 2602 release of SAP Cloud ERP, SAP introduces the new Fiori app Manage Physical Inventory Item List (F8634)—giving inventory managers one clear, powerful place to manage physical inventory items across all relevant documents. The new app is designed to bring clarity and structure to this time-sensitive process by offering intuitive, user-friendly list reports and comprehensive status visibility so users can immediately see what needs attention and what’s already complete.

When you open the app, you start with flexible filtering options that let you tailor the list to the exact scenario you’re working on—such as narrowing down by plant and storage location to generate an overview for a specific area. Filters can be expanded easily, making it simple to adapt the screen to different use cases. From the resulting list, you can select items for further processing and execute key follow-up actions directly in the same place—including posting, triggering a recount, or printing—without jumping between applications. This is where the app really shines: it enables managers to filter physical inventory items by processing status (for example, showing only Counted items) so they can focus on the next required step and move work forward efficiently across multiple inventory documents.

A typical end-to-end scenario highlights the productivity gains. After physical inventory documents have been created and warehouse staff have completed counting, the inventory manager can filter by planned count date and then refine the list by status—such as showing only counted items. From there, it’s easy to review count details, identify quantity differences, and decide the right follow-up action. Items with no difference can be mass-selected and posted in just a click. Items with large discrepancies can be selected and sent for recount, where the user defines a recount date and (if needed) adds header information—automatically generating a new physical inventory document so warehouse teams know exactly what to recount. For marginal differences, the manager can still proceed with posting based on business rules, and if the system is configured with reason codes, the app prompts users to select the appropriate code during posting—supporting compliant, auditable processing aligned with company requirements. Finally, managers can confirm outcomes by filtering for posted items and, when needed, navigate directly from the list to the created material documents for review and further processing.

Overall, Manage Physical Inventory Item List (F8634) increases inventory transparency and helps teams complete inventory processing faster and with fewer errors. By combining comprehensive list reporting, efficient cross-document processing, and status-driven filtering in a single, streamlined experience, the app supports inventory managers with the clarity they need to keep physical inventory moving from count to resolution—accurately, quickly, and with full control.

Supporting Intra-Plant Stock Transfer Reservations

In many plants, materials have to be moved between storage locations to keep production and operations running—often at short notice and under time pressure. While these movements are typically planned using reservations (created manually or generated by MRP), execution has historically required warehouse staff to switch between apps or rely on classic processing such as MIGO—adding effort and increasing the risk of mistakes. With this new enhancement, intra-plant stock transfers become significantly easier and faster: warehouse teams can now use the Manage Reservation Items app to post stock transfers directly from a reservation for both manual and MRP-generated reservations using movement type 311, all in one place.

In practice, users filter and review the relevant reservation items, select multiple lines at once, and create the goods movement as a single, streamlined action—completing any missing details as needed before posting. Once posted, the system automatically creates two material document entries—one for the goods issue and one for the goods receipt—so the transfer is fully captured and traceable without extra steps. The result is clear business value: mass posting of several reservation items in one go, improved usability through integrated goods movement posting, and more time-efficient processing for busy warehouse teams.

Monitor Material Documents More Effectively : Material Documents Overview Enhancements

SAP S/4HANA Cloud ERP’s Material Documents Overview app (F1077) is a modern SAP Fiori replacement for the classic MB51 experience—built to help you review and analyze goods movements with a smoother, more intuitive UX while closing remaining functional gaps step by step. In one place, users can search, filter, sort, and drill into material documents to understand what moved, when it posted, and how it impacts operations and stock. This transition is more than “nice to have”: moving to the new app is essential because legacy options will ultimately be deprecated, and SAP is actively enhancing F1077 based on real customer feedback to make switching worthwhile.

Driven directly by customer input, SAP has been evolving the app’s functional scope and usability to better match how supply chain and warehouse teams actually work. Recent enhancements include the availability of additional fields—notably amount in local currency and sales value—to make financial and commercial context visible alongside logistics data. The app also now supports signed quantity, reducing the mental gymnastics of interpreting directionality across receipts and issues. And for users who regularly pivot between quantity-focused and value-focused analysis, SAP introduced a variant that displays amounts and values, making it easier to switch perspectives and tailor the overview to different roles and reporting needs.

In the 2602 release, the app takes a more visual and analytical leap forward with two planned improvements that make high-volume review work noticeably smoother. First, color coding for selected quantities (such as Signed Quantity)helps users identify the right figures at a glance, reducing errors and speeding up interpretation during daily checks. Second, sums for quantities and values add instant rollups for quick validation and comparison—particularly useful when reconciling multiple postings or checking totals across filtered selections. Together, these 2602 features continue the push to improve usability while enhancing the functional scope in the goods movement process, keeping the Material Documents Overview app firmly positioned as a practical tool for operational control in SAP Cloud ERP.

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Handling Unit Management

Effective Handling Unit Management is fundamental to an integrated and transparent supply chain. Our latest updates to SAP Cloud ERP introduce significant enhancements in this area, designed to increase operational flexibility, improve system integration, and ensure alignment with global standards

Terminology Alignment with Global Standards for SSCC

To promote clarity and ensure consistency with global industry practices, we have updated the terminology used in the configuration activities for Serial Shipping Container Code (SSCC) numbering. The term "ILN basis number" has been replaced with "GS1 company prefix." This alignment with current GS1 standards helps reduce ambiguity during system setup and ensures your organizations handling unit identification is compliant with international norms. This change enhances usability for global enterprises without altering any underlying system logic.

Interface Support for Empty Handling Unit Creation

To provide greater flexibility for integration scenarios, the OData API for Handling Unit Management now supports the creation of empty handling units. This enhancement enables external systems or custom applications to first create a handling unit container and then subsequently manage the packing of materials into it. This capability allows organizations to model real-world logistics processes more accurately, where containers are often prepared before their contents are finalized. This facilitates more sophisticated and responsive integration with warehouse automation systems and third-party logistics platforms.

New Business Event for Handling Unit Creation

We are introducing a new business event that is triggered upon the creation of a handling unit within an Inventory Management-managed storage location. This event-driven mechanism enables real-time communication with external systems, such as parcel service providers or transportation management platforms, instantly notifying them when a handling unit is ready. This capability allows organizations to automate downstream processes, improve the timeliness of data exchange, and enhance end-to-end visibility, thereby reducing manual coordination and improving overall supply chain responsiveness.

Integration with External Output Management Systems

This release introduces a new feature that allows for the integration of Handling Unit Management with external, best-of-breed output management systems. By enabling the external channel in your output parameter determination, you can now send raw data for handling unit labels and documents directly to a preferred third-party solution. This provides organizations with maximum flexibility to design complex form layouts, manage specialized printing hardware, and utilize advanced output channels. The external system processes the output and sends a status confirmation back to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, ensuring full process traceability and control.

Further Services to Support Partial Goods Receipt for Inbound Delivery with Third-Party Logistics Warehouse Management (Release 2508.2)

We are excited to introduce a significant enhancement to our warehouse logistics capabilities: the ability to post partial goods receipts for inbound deliveries from your third-party Warehouse Management System (WMS). This feature directly addresses a common bottleneck at the receiving dock by empowering your warehouse staff to begin the putaway process immediately after unloading parts of a delivery, rather than waiting to check the entire shipment. This new flexibility accommodates a wide range of scenarios, allowing you to process complete or fractional quantities for single or multiple delivery items, both with and without handling units. This ultimately accelerates inventory availability and dramatically improves warehouse throughput.

To ensure seamless data integrity, this process is supported by robust, automated communication between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and your WMS. For every partial receipt posted, a confirmation is sent to the WMS, and a straightforward process allows for the cancellation of any erroneous postings. Once all parts of the delivery have been received, the inbound delivery in SAP S/4HANA Cloud is automatically updated to reflect the final, accurate totals for quantity, weight, and volume. A final confirmation is then sent to the WMS, guaranteeing that your core ERP system is perfectly synchronized with the physical reality documented by your warehouse partner.

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What's New in Supply Chain in SAP Cloud ERP 2602?

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In this blog, we're excited to introduce you to some of the most impactful updates for Supply Chain in the Cloud ERP 2602 release. This update is all about empowering you with greater visibility, streamlined processes, and enhanced flexibility across your entire supply chain. Whether you work in inventory, warehousing, or transportation, these new features are designed to make your daily work more efficient and intelligent. Below, you'll find a summary of the main highlights from each area of our supply chain solution, and if you follow the links, you'll find a comprehensive overview of further new features in each area from our expert product managers.

2602 Release Highlights Overview

To kick things off, we've put together an overview of our top supply chain highlights in the 2602 release of SAP Cloud ERP.

Warehouse Management in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

One fresh Warehouse Management feature we're keen to highlight is the new Joule capability to assist with your Warehouse Management Operations, which we'll look at below. Of course, there's much more to come - make sure to check out @Christian_Ries blog for the full scope of release highlights in Warehouse Management in the 2602 release.

Joule Enablement For Outbound Delivery Orders & Warehouse Tasks

Building on recent enhancements, we continue to expand the capabilities of Joule, our generative AI assistant. Now, Joule can assist users in accessing and managing key business objects in Warehouse Management using natural language. You can use simple conversational language to process delivery orders and warehouse tasks, ask questions, display data, and receive navigation links to relevant applications. Joule can also perform actions such as creating and updating business objects. This functionality simplifies user interaction and empowers your team to control warehouse operations with greater efficiency and accuracy, directly through a natural language interface.

Automatic Packing for Direct Goods Receipt Posting after Production Order Confirmation

A recent key enhancement automates the packing of goods following production. Previously, a direct goods receipt could be posted automatically upon confirmation of a production order. Now, this process has been enhanced to include automatic packing. The system can be configured to automatically pack any unpacked products into handling units based on predefined packaging instructions. This action is triggered during the confirmation of a manufacturing order, eliminating the need for manual user input. This feature increases efficiency on the production floor by combining automatable steps and improves accuracy by providing total automation from confirmation to packed stock, which reduces the potential for human error.

Transportation Management in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

In the below demo, @Markus_Oertelt talks you through the complete transportation lifecycle associated with subcontracting purchase orders. This seamless integration is released in 2602 and enables transportation planning, execution and freight settlement via subcontractors with minimal manual effort and reduced scope for errors. Of course, that's not all, and for an overview of further TM highlights in this release, check this blog out from TM Expert @thomas_roesch.

Enable Subcontracting Purchase Order Integration With Transportation Management

This powerful new feature enables seamless integration of subcontracting purchase orders with Transportation Management (TM). Users can now manage the complete transportation lifecycle associated with the subcontracting process, from planning transportation demand based on purchase order requirements to executing movements and settling freight costs for both outbound and inbound processes. For outbound processes, transportation demand from the delivery to the subcontractor can be planned, executed, and settled. For inbound processes, the same applies to the delivery of the finished product. This integration streamlines the end-to-end process, reduces manual effort, ensures accurate cost allocation, and provides real-time visibility, allowing for greater control and transparency over subcontracting logistics.

Core Logistics in SAP Cloud ERP 2602

Under core logistics, we include the backbone of any well-oiled supply chain solution, featuring inventory management, delivery management, handling-unit & serial number management. With release 2602, we're particularly excited by the improved user experience when managing physical inventory delivered by the new app Manage Physical Inventory Items List. Of course, that's not all, and for some more core logistics highlights, look no further than the overview blog by @Greg_Hutcheon1.

Introducing Manage Physical Inventory Item List (App F8634)

In the 2602 release of SAP Cloud ERP, SAP introduces the new Fiori app Manage Physical Inventory Item List (F8634) to help inventory managers process physical inventory faster and with greater accuracy. Instead of switching between multiple documents and apps, users get a single, structured list report with clear status visibility across all relevant physical inventory items, making it easy to see what’s pending, in progress, or complete.

The app offers flexible filters (for example by plant, storage location, planned count date, and processing status) so managers can quickly focus on the right subset of items—such as “Counted” entries ready for follow-up. From the same screen, they can execute key actions like posting, triggering recounts, or printing, including mass processing across multiple inventory documents. In a typical flow, managers review counted items, identify differences, post items with no variance in one step, and initiate recounts for major discrepancies by setting a recount date and generating a new physical inventory document. If configured, the app also supports compliant processing by prompting for reason codes during posting. Overall, F8634 improves transparency, reduces errors, and streamlines inventory processing from count to resolution.

Order Promising

New BAdI for Confirmation Acceptance Rule

In this release, SAP Cloud ERP added a powerful new extension point for Order Promising: the Confirmation Adjustment (Confirmation Acceptance) BAdI, also known as “adjust ATP confirmation.” It lets you take the standard confirmations calculated by SAP ATP—quantities and dates—then apply your own business logic on top after the basic ATP check.

With this BAdI, you can override confirmed quantities or shift confirmation dates to better match business priorities (like customer tiers, allocation rules, or operational constraints). The adjusted confirmation can be written back and persisted in the relevant tables, so downstream processes work with the business-approved result—not just the original ATP output.

To keep things safe and explainable, SAP includes validations to prevent over-confirmation, and the system records the custom outcome in the ATP check log for full transparency. The adjusted values can also influence BOP decisions(for example via FIXMG), giving you more control over how confirmations behave during backorder processing.

Supply Protection Indicator in the Display Product Availability App

The Display Product Availability app now includes an easy-to-understand Supply Protection (SUP) indicator with two states (on/off). It adds immediate context to the available quantity by showing whether that quantity may be subject to supply protection.

Note: The icon is shown as active when supply protection is enabled for the specific product in the specific plant.

A SUP icon now appears directly next to a product’s available quantity. It indicates whether Supply Protection is considered in the availability calculation, helping users quickly interpret what they’re seeing without extra checks. This improves day-to-day decision-making by giving users instant visibility into whether the displayed quantity is “straight availability” or potentially restricted by supply protection—saving time and reducing confusion during availability checks.

Summary

This blog provides an overview of the key features and functions delivered in the 2602 release of SAP Cloud ERP. Make sure to follow the links above to find about more supply chain features in depth with the relevant specialist blogs. Beyond supply chain capabilities, the 2602 SAP Cloud ERP release was packed full of great new features designed to drive success. For an overview of the key highlights from this release, make sure to check out the 2602 release blog by @BeSchulze

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