Template Management allows customers with multi-site SAP installations to efficiently manage their business processes across geographical distances, such as part of a global rollout approach: from initial template definition to template implementation, and template optimization. This can help you to harmonize and synchronize your business processes while minimizing implementation efforts through centralizing template design, build and test.
This presentation gives an overview on Template Management which plays an important role for blueprinting global rollout projects.
The following demos provide an insight into how SAP Solution Manager supports Template Management from a functional perspective. The demos build upon each other:
More Information on Template Management
SAP Template Management for Initial Roll Out
Application Lifecycle Management possibilities in SAP Solution Manager on an initial template roll out example with references to test, change request capabilities and business process monitoring involvement at the end of implementation processes.
Using Templates (on SAP Help Portal)
This process describes the use of a template. You can use templates:
- As a customer:
You create a template and use it in one or more implementation projects as the basis of the Business Blueprint.
You create a template in a system and transport it into other systems as the basis for the Business Blueprint of a project, e.g. in a Global Rollout. - As a partner:
You can create templates and deliver them as partner templates for customer projects.
Template Management LAUNCHPAD (SMP login required)
Implementation Content stored in Business Process Repository (SMP login required)
The Business Process Repository (BPR) is the central storage of SAP's comprehensive knowledge on implementing integrated, cross-component business scenarios. Its contents complement the functionality delivered with the SAP Solution Manager.You can make use of this knowledge during your implementation or template project by taking the pre-delivered implementation content as the starting point for your project scope. The implementation content is delivered alongside a process-oriented scenario structure with the following assigned information (depending on scenario):
- Documentation describing the scenario use in your business
- Transactions allowing the evaluation of the delivered scenarios
- Configuration support (ranging from Implementation Guides (IMG) to Business Configuration Sets) allowing for efficient Customizing of your scenarios
SAP's implementation content for the SAP Solution Manager is constantly growing. New SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP01 implementation content has been shipped via ST-ICO SP32 on March 6, 2012.
And there will come more. Stay tuned for upcoming content updates.
Global ASAP Methodology (SMP login required)
With the GlobalASAP roadmap, SAP delivers a process-oriented, clear, and concise methodology to provide step by-step direction throughout your global or multi-site SAP software implementation.