A new ST-A/PI release 01U has been made available for download as of May 7th, 2020. For SAP Solution Manager’s Business Process Analytics and Business Process Monitoring, this plug-in has shipped 40 new key figures and updated 140 others. The add-on includes (besides others)

SuccessFactors
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Job requests were made
  • Job requests that include applications
  • Requests for employment without applications
  • Job openings closed LT: Job opening -> initial application [days]
  • Time to Fill from SF, LT. [days]
  • LT: Job Request -> Hiring (Days to Fill)
  • creation of the job request to hiring the applicant (Time to Fill)
  • created job applications
  • Jobs with the status “applied”
  • ‘Not applied’ status for job applications
  • Time to Hire from SF, says LT [days]
  • LT: Time from job application to hire (days)
  • LT: Time from job application to first offer
  • creation of a job application to hiring a candidate
  • Made job offers
  • Expiring job offers after x days
  • Expiring job postings
  • LT: Creation of job offers -> Expiration
  • Created candidates

Financial Management
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Use of company codes each fiscal year
  • Resources not posted
  • A lack of fields in unfinished assets
  • Production of a vendor invoice to FI-AP clearance

The following stats were improved:

  • Field TCODE in FI papers has been enabled as a filter and grouping mechanism based on the parameter Number of FI postings. Instead of being used as a filter, the selection parameter “Created by” is now taken into account for the automated check.
  • Open vendor items FI-AP, open customer items with master data, open items FI-GL, and open items FI-GL with account master data are all past due. all important figures in the areas of Open items FI-GL, Open vendor items (FI-AP), Vendor payments,
  • Open customer items (FI-AR), and Customer payments have field GJAHR enabled as group by parameter where appropriate, a new selection parameter called “Excl. Profit Ctr(GL)” was added to enhance data collecting efficiency.

Management accounting and control

  • The profit center information from the material master is added to the detail list, and exceptions during the costing run were given plant as a new filter parameter.
  • Cost center utilization in real cost totals for each fiscal year now reads summary records in COSS and COSP rather than single records in COEP thanks to a new key figure logic. Instead of using specific dates, the first/last usage and usage count are now based on fiscal years.
  • Utilization of profit centers in actual PCA totals for each FY and CO region as well as for each FY and comp. The code now reads summary records in GLPCT rather than single records in GLPCA thanks to a revised key figure logic. Instead of using specific dates, the first/last usage and usage count are now based on fiscal years. 

Sales
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Utilization of pricing procedures in sales papers (cross Sorg)
  • Utilization of billing types in SD billing documents (per Sorg)
  • Utilization of pricing procedures in SD billing documents (cross Sorg)
  • Utilization of billing types in SD billing documents (cross Sorg)
  • Utilization of condition types in SD billing papers (cross Sorg)
  • Unresolved sales rebate agreements

The following stats were improved:

  • Created sales invoices and sales papers. Instead of being used as a filter, the selection parameter “Created by” is now taken into account for the automated check.
  • Field TCODE has been enabled as a filter and grouping parameter for changes to sales documents and changes to SD billing documents.
  • The field output procedure was added as a new filter parameter for output type usage in sales and output type usage in billing. A specific output type’s assignment to various output procedures is displayed in the detail list.
  • Pricing method has been included as a new filter parameter for condition type usage in sales documents (cross Sorg).
  • The detail list displays the number of pricing procedures to which a certain condition type is assigned.
  • Information on the group condition is given.
  • Sales order items created to SD invoice items, FI-AR clearing, Sales order items created to make to order, Sales order items created to purchase to order, and Ico Sales order items created to Ico billing documents.
  • There is now a filter parameter called “relevant for billing” (FKREL).
  • The main statistics now also allow FKREL = “M”

Executing logistics
“Pricing process usage in shipment cost items (cross org)” was the important number that was just released.

The following stats were improved:

  • Deliveries were made both inbound and outbound. Instead of being used as a filter, the selection parameter “Created by” is now taken into account for the automated check.
  • The field output procedure has been added as a new filter parameter for output type usage in shipping and output type usage in inbound deliveries. A specific output type’s assignment to various output procedures is displayed in the detail list.
  • Field TCODE has been enabled as a filter and grouping parameter for changes to shipments and deliveries.

Purchasing
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Users creating purchase orders have a default value check.
  • Using pricing procedures in purchases (cross Porgy)

The following stats were improved:

  • Storage location is now a second field in the detail list for all key statistics related to Purchase Order or Stock Transport Order items.
  • Items for both a purchase order and a purchase requisition have been produced. Instead of being used as a filter, the selection parameter “Created by” is now taken into account for the automated check.
  • Buy orders, purchase requisitions, and MM invoices all had the field TCODE enabled as a filter and grouping option.
  • Items created for purchase orders without a contract reference.
  • Contracts that haven’t been approved yet aren’t eligible.
    production of a purchase order item to GR/IR clearance.
  • Now, it is determined whether a Goods Receipt and an Invoice Receipt are required at all.
  • The output procedure was added as a new filter parameter for the output type used in purchase orders.
  • A specific output type’s assignment to various output procedures is displayed in the detail list.
  • Pricing method was added as a new filter parameter for condition type usage in purchases. The detail list displays the number of pricing procedures to which a certain condition type is assigned. The result list includes information about group conditions.
  • Cross-company STO item creation to FI-AR clearance, Stock transport order item creation (with delivery to GR), Stock transport order item creation (without delivery to GR). Overdeliver is currently regarded as a completed process.

Planning for manufacturing and supply chains
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Automation rate: Technical completion of production orders
  • Process order technical closure automation rate

The following stats were improved:

  • A new selection parameter called “Created by” has been added to the production order confirmation, process order confirmation, production order creation, and process order creation screens so that the automation check can be refined as needed.
  • Rate of automation: Automation rate & Production Order Release: Process order release now includes information about who released the order.

Plant upkeep, client relations, and project management
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Released projects with levels of WBS element completion
  • Changes in status for each released WBS element

The following stats were improved:

  • The selection field “Created by” was added to the order confirmations for PM/CS and Network so that the automated check may be improved as needed.
  • Field TCODE has been enabled as a filter and grouping parameter for changes to PM/CS alerts and changes to PM/CS orders.

Warehouse and Inventory Management

  • Order confirmations from production are now regarded as automatic by the automation logic for throughput goods movements outbound, throughput goods movements inbound, and automation rate for goods movements both in and out. User Name, a selection parameter, is now taken into account for the automated check but is no longer used as a filter.
  • The result list now includes information on whether or not the relevant material is batch managed for the stock levels of unrestricted-use stock, stock in transfer, stock in quality inspection, blocked stock, and returns stock. The ability to exclude batch-managed content is now available.

Management of Master Data
Newly introduced was the key figure “Materials in specified status (per plant)”.

The following stats were improved:

  • Material master usage in sales (per sales area), Material master usage in manufacturing (cross-plant), Material master usage in procurement (per plant), Changes to Customer Master, Changes to Vendor Master, Changes to Vendor Master, and Changes to
  • Purchasing information records got field TCODE enabled as filter & group by parameter (cross-plant) the runtime performance was enhanced and a new filter parameter, material group (MARA-MATKL), was added.
  • If the previous status change took place immediately after the generation of the material master record, materials in a particular state (cross-plant) displayed too few materials.

Management of Customer Relationships
New key figures included the ones below:

  • Modifications to CRM sales documentation
  • Modifications to Activities/Tasks
  • CRM service document updates

The following stats were improved:

  • New selection criteria for time frame selection were added to the previously established CRM sales documents, Activities/Tasks, and CRM service documents. Additionally, they received updated data on the creation date, last modification date, and creator If you utilise the KPI provider ‘Business Process Analytics’ to filter the KPI catalogue, you can obtain the full list of all possible key figures (S-user or P-user login required)

user in detail list, and it was determined from this if the CRM document was generated manually or automatically. A new group by parameter is also used for the automation information.