IBsolution GmbH has introduced the new product INCEMENDO.data_access. The add-on enables companies to move their functional extensions from the ERP system to SAP cloud platform, thus reducing the complexity of their SAP S/4HANA migration. INCEMENDO.data_access provides OData services for communication between SAP ECC and the cloud extensions. At the same time these so-called side-by-side extensions are already compatible with SAP S/4HANA.
Splitting the migration to SAP S/4HANA, the latest ERP generation from SAP, into several pre-projects or sub-projects is a proven means of keeping the complexity of the major project manageable and minimizing project risks. A suitable starting point for this is to consider customer-specific developments, which companies use as extensions in their ERP system SAP ECC, in a separate project.
OData services for communication
INCEMENDO.data_access from IBsolution makes it possible to move extensions from SAP ECC to SAP Cloud Platform even before the actual SAP S/4HANA migration. To ensure communication between SAP ECC and SAP Cloud Platform INCEMENDO.data_access provides OData services as interfaces. This enables customer-specific developments to be extracted from SAP ECC as side-by-side extensions and transferred to SAP Cloud Platform. The extensions are fully functional both in SAP ECC and later in SAP S/4HANA. No further adjustments are necessary.
Companies that implement their functional extensions to SAP’s standard ERP on SAP Cloud Platform act in accordance with SAP’s strategy “Keep the core clean”. This strategy sets the goal of extending the functionality of SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA with side-by-side extensions in a customer-specific way without interfering with the basic functionalities of the digital core. The advantages: Updates can be rolled out faster and easier, the testing effort is reduced.
Identify and convert relevant extensions
SAP S/4HANA is accompanied by various changes in applications, processes and standard SAP objects. As a first step, companies must therefore check which existing customer-specific developments are not compatible with SAP S/4HANA or are no longer needed. The custom code analysis identifies the relevant extensions that are to be implemented as side-by-side extensions on SAP Cloud Platform.
This is where INCEMENDO.data_access comes in and ensures that the cloud extensions can be used in the current SAP ERP system and are S/4HANA-ready at the same time. The various content packages of INCEMENDO.data_access include ready-to-use OData interfaces for selected ERP modules. The interfaces are based on the official SAP S/4HANA Business APIs, so that applications that access them will continue to function even after the migration to SAP S/4HANA has been completed.
INCEMENDO.data_access includes basic package and content packages
License fees are charged for the use of INCEMENDO.data_access. These consist of a basic package and the respective content packages required to bring the relevant business functionalities to SAP Cloud Platform. The required scope can best be worked out within the scope of an individual project tailored to the specific requirements of the company. In any case, companies benefit from the fact that their SAP EEC extensions are future-proof with the help of INCEMENDO.data_access.
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