Sales and service on S/4HANA

Field service order dispatch on SAP S/4HANA

Turns a service request into a dispatched visit: the dispatcher picks the engineer and parts, the engineer closes the job on mobile, and the service order is confirmed for billing.

SCREENSDATA HANDLERSS/4HANA · READ IN PLACES01 Service requestS02 Dispatch boardS03 Order linesS04 Engineer mobileS05 ConfirmationS06 Service boarddh_sales_order_lineSales order lineVBAK · VBAP · VBEPdh_warrantyWarrantyBGMK · BGMS (master warranties) ·EQUI.GWLENdh_customer_masterCustomer masterKNA1 · KNB1 · KNVVdh_employeeEmployeePA0001 · PA0002 (SAP HCM) orSuccessFactorsWRITE BACK TO S/4HANASales order line → BAPI_SALESORDER_CHANGE · BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2rows stay in S/4HANA · access rules applied at read time · each write acknowledged and logged
The screens of the app, the data handler behind each, and the S/4HANA object it reads in place. Writes below the line go through released interfaces with an acknowledgement.
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objects read in place from S/4HANA
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screens on those rows
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objects written back
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rows copied to build it
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What the app reads

The S/4HANA objects behind each handler

Tables are read in place through the SAP connector, using released read interfaces; changed rows arrive through change capture where the basis team allows it. The rows stay in SAP.

ObjectRead fromFields the app usesFreshness
Sales order lineVBAK · VBAP · VBEPVBAK.VBELN (number) · VBAP.POSNR (line) · VBAK.KUNNR (customer) · VBAP.MATNR (material)live; change capture where enabled
WarrantyBGMK · BGMS (master warranties) · EQUI.GWLENEQUI.EQUNR (equipment) · EQUI.SERNR (serial) · EQUI.GWLDT (warranty start) · EQUI.GWLEN (warranty end)live; change capture where enabled
Customer masterKNA1 · KNB1 · KNVVKNA1.KUNNR (id) · KNA1.NAME1 (name) · KNA1.LAND1 (country) · KNVV.VKORG (sales org)live; change capture where enabled
EmployeePA0001 · PA0002 (SAP HCM) or SuccessFactorsPA0001.PERNR (id) · PA0002.VORNA + NACHN (name) · PA0001.ORGEH (org unit) · PA0001.PLANS (position)live; change capture where enabled
The trigger

The start criterion in S/4HANA's own fields

In plain words: A customer submits S01 on the portal screen, or the service desk logs a request from a call or from the service case in the CRM.

This app starts from a screen, so the first read happens when the instance opens; the criteria on the arrows use the fields above.

Start

A customer submits S01 on the portal screen, or the service desk logs a request from a call or from the service case in the CRM. The instance then reads its rows from S/4HANA through the handlers above.

What the app writes back

Through released interfaces

Writes go through released BAPIs and IDocs. Each call returns a document number or an error message, and the app records both beside the decision.

ObjectWhat changesInterface
Sales order lineservice order created with the visit, parts and labour lines; confirmed quantities and completion written when the engineer closes the jobBAPI_SALESORDER_CHANGE · BAPI_SALESORDER_CREATEFROMDAT2
Acknowledged and logged

Each write stores the identifier S/4HANA returns beside the decision, the person and the time, so the log answers who changed what, and the reconciliation shows it arrived.

Access and prerequisites

What is in place before the first build

SAP roles are mapped to Lima access policies once. A buyer who sees purchasing organisation 1000 in SAP sees the same rows in the app.

  • An SAP user for the connector with read authorisation on the objects the app uses
  • The BAPIs the app writes with, enabled for that user
  • Network path to the application server (PrivateLink or VPN)
  • Change capture switched on for the objects that should refresh within minutes
Register the handlers4 objects from the catalog; each shows its rows at once.
Also on SAP ECC

The same app on SAP ECC

On SAP ECC the same objects live in the classic tables named beside each row; MATDOC becomes MKPF and MSEG, ACDOCA becomes BKPF and BSEG. The BAPIs are the same.

ObjectOn S/4HANAOn SAP ECC
Sales order lineVBAK · VBAP · VBEPsame tables
WarrantyBGMK · BGMS (master warranties) · EQUI.GWLENsame tables
Customer masterKNA1 · KNB1 · KNVVsame tables
EmployeePA0001 · PA0002 (SAP HCM) or SuccessFactorssame infotypes
Nearby

This app on other systems, and other apps on S/4HANA

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Terms on this page

Service orderThe order in the ERP that carries the visit, the parts and the labour, and that billing or the warranty claim is built from.
CoverageWhether the warranty or a service contract pays for the visit, read from the equipment's entitlement.
Read in placeThe rows stay in S/4HANA; the handler sends the filter and the columns and S/4HANA returns the matching rows.
Questions

Does this app copy data out of S/4HANA?

The screens read through handlers that leave the rows in S/4HANA. History the app needs at scale is landed in the lake by the Backbone, which is the exception by design.

What does S/4HANA need to allow?

The prerequisites above: an integration identity with read rights on the objects listed and write rights on the interfaces named, connectivity, and the scopes agreed with the process owner.

Can I run it on SAP ECC as well?

Yes. The screens, criteria and roles stay; the handlers are re-bound to the other system's objects, listed above.

See this app on your data

Bring the process and the systems it touches. In the first session we register the data handlers, draw the levels or the lanes and run the first screen on your live rows.