Challenge: Following their S/4HANA migration, our client, a prominent European retail group in Germany, faced the complex task of efficiently updating thousands of article supplier information records in their new S/4HANA system. They needed a user-friendly solution that could handle mass changes, validate data, and seamlessly integrate with their backend.
Solution: We developed a powerful Fiori Freestyle application, supported by several CAP (Cloud Application Programming) services. This innovative solution empowered the client’s employees to:
- Make mass changes to thousands of products using a convenient Excel template.
- Upload and validate these changes against the S/4HANA backend system in real-time.
- Review validation results in a clear Fiori table with editable fields for online corrections.
- Proceed with validated data updates directly to S/4HANA using BTP integration services and IDocs.
To ensure data integrity and security, we implemented role-based access, restricting mass updates to authorized personnel only. We meticulously followed SAP’s “Clean Core” approach, ensuring all complex business logic resided within the CAP services for optimal performance and maintainability.
Impact & Added Value:
- Significant Efficiency Gains: Employees can now rapidly process thousands of updates, saving considerable time and effort through convenient Excel-based modifications.
- Enhanced Data Quality: Real-time validation and online correction capabilities minimize errors, ensuring accurate supplier information in S/4HANA.
- Streamlined User Experience: The intuitive Fiori interface, combined with copy-paste functionality, provides a highly convenient way to manage mass data.
- Secure & Compliant: Role-based access and “Clean Core” architecture ensure data security and adherence to SAP best practices.
- Collaborative Global Delivery: Our German consultants worked closely on-site to gather precise business requirements, breaking them down into manageable technical packages. These were then expertly delivered by our African Fiori and CAP developers, demonstrating seamless global collaboration and a commitment to high-quality results using Agile methodologies.