You can define missing structural elements based on the consistency rules and then add them to the SAP® Solution Manager branches. As the correct structure must be maintained, you can create SAP functions with assistance, which are transferred to SAP® Solution Manager during SAP® synchronization in ARIS Architect.
Prerequisite
You have the ARIS Designer and the ARIS for SAP Solutions license privileges.
Procedure
Navigate to the model of the Branch, Scenario, or Process SAP model type to which you want to add the SAP function. You cannot add SAP functions to a value-added chain diagram.
Open the model for editing either
or .If you are authorized to use multiple databases, select the database containing the contents you want to access.
Click Application launcher >
Published content.
Click Groups in the Classic or Processes in the Default configuration set.
Select the group or process area containing the required model. The content of the selected group or process area is listed.
Click the name of the relevant model.
Click Diagram if you want to display the model graphically.
Click Edit >
Edit model.
Click Application launcher >
Models and objects. The Models and objects view in the repository is opened.
In the database, select the group containing the relevant model. The content of the selected group is listed.
Click the name of the model you want to open.
On the Model tab, click Enable SAP® modeling support.
Insert an object of the SAP function type. The Create SAP function dialog opens.
Choose whether to add a SAP function that
. You can also add a SAP function that is will .Creates an SAP function as a definition that is included in the SAP® synchronization.
Using SAP® Solution Manager 7.2, you create a new definition and you can also assign a process step original to business process steps. If you create business process steps implicitly, that is, you do not map a process step original, a new process step original with all attributes of the business process step is created while you transfer new elements to the SAP system. This can lead to a high number of redundant process step originals. In this case, click Consolidate process steps to change assignments and delete redundant process step originals. The new SAP function is not a definition copy because no attribute and no assignments are transferred to the new SAP function.
Definitions of SAP functions must be used only once in a branch or project.
SAP® items are identified by the SAP ID attribute. The SAP ID is unique in SAP® Solution Manager. It is automatically specified during synchronization of data in ARIS Architect. If you create a definition copy of a synchronized SAP function with assistance, all synchronization-relevant SAP attributes, such as the SAP ID, are automatically deleted from the copy. If you create a definition copy of a synchronized SAP function without deleting these SAP attributes, synchronization would no longer be possible. This is because the SAP ID would no longer be unique and the object to be synchronized can no longer be determined. Definition copies of previously synchronized items must not be used.
Therefore, in SAP® process models with a specified SAP ID, SAP functions with an identical SAP ID must occur only once. You can recognize these SAP functions by this symbol if you have not changed the method configuration:
Creates an SAP function with the shadow symbol.
SAP functions with this symbol are ignored by SAP® synchronization. You can use them multiple times as occurrences in projects without the consistency rules being violated.
Depending on the level in the assignment structure, the SAP function type is automatically entered for functions. The function type depends on the SAP model type of the model to which you add the new SAP function. Therefore, you cannot change the SAP function type to a different level. Depending on the level, you can select Folder to ad a SAP function that does not affect the hierarchy.
Specify the name of the SAP function.
Depending on which level in the assignment structure you add the SAP function, specify the
and .Process step original of the downloaded Process Step Library (PSL) in the SAP system. PSL items are of the Process Step <Orig.> type.
Each SAP function that represents a business process step must always refer to a process step original that is used as the master object. Process step originals have individual names and descriptions, assigned executables, related roles, and specific documentation.
Browse to select the relevant process step original.
If you create business process steps implicitly, that is, you do not map a process step original, a new process step original with all attributes of the business process step is created while you transfer new elements to the SAP system. This can lead to a high number of redundant process step originals. In this case, click Consolidate process steps to change assignments and delete redundant process step originals.
This field is specified automatically with the values of the system landscape. This involves evaluation of the project node in which the model is saved. All application system types connected with this project node are included. This ensures that you can model consistently even without a connection to SAP® Solution Manager.
This box is displayed only if you create an SAP function of the Process step type.
If you enable consistency rules and attributes are maintained automatically.
, ARIS ensures that the required assignment structure meets theThis automatically creates the required assignment structure. The definition of this SAP function is created in the group in which the model is saved. A subgroup is also created. The name of this group corresponds to that of the SAP function. Two models of the EPC and FAD type are created with the same name and are assigned to the object definition of the new SAP function. The model type of the EPC corresponds to the function type of the object definition.
Click OK.
The SAP function is created. Optionally, the assignment structure is generated.
This SAP function, together with the assignment structure, will be included when you start the SAP® synchronization in ARIS Architect and transfer new structural elements.
If you create definition copies of synchronized SAP functions with assistance, you no longer need to delete synchronization-relevant SAP attributes to prevent errors during synchronization. These attributes are automatically deleted by the function creation wizard.