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1Reply Latestreply:Feb24,20097:53AMbyKesavaVDamera

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DanielToba

Jan24,20097:07PM

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I'mtryingtocompilealistofSAPISUBestPractices.
Ifyouhaveotherswecurrentlyusepleaseposttheminthispostoron[http://www.sap
isu.net/|http://www.sapisu.net/profiles/blogs/sapisubestpractices].

BillingBillingClass
Bestpracticeistohavebillingclassasresidential,commercial,industrial.

BillingPortions
Bestpracticeistohaveoneportionforeachbillingcycle.Forexampleifthecompanyhasonly
monthlybillingandbillseachdaywewouldhave21portions,1portionforeachbillingday.

MeterReadingMeterReadingUnit
Bestpracticeistohaveonemeterreadingunitcontainingallthemetersinaroutethatameter
readiercanreadinadayusuallynomorethan100meters.

PortionEndofBillingPeriod
ThemonthintheEndofBillngPerioddateinthePortionshouldbeJanuary.Forexampleifyouneed
todefine21portionsforyourprojectthoseportionshouldhavethedatesas(ifwetake2009asan
example):2.01.2009,5.01.2009,6.01.2009,7.01.2009,8.01.2009,9.01.2009,12.01.2009,
13.01.2009,14.01.2009,15.01.2009,16.01.2009,19.01.2009,20.01.2009,21.01.2009,22.01.2009,
23.01.2009,26.01.2009,27.01.2009,28.01.2009,29.01.2009,30.01.2009.
Iftherearecustomerswhoarereadonthelastdayofthemonthyoushouldcreateonemoreportion
withendbillingperioddateas31.01.2009.

BillingManualBilling
BestpracticeistogivepermissiontoManualBillingTransactiononlytoafew(23)userswhichhave
beenverywelltrained.ManualBillingtransactionisaveryflexibletransactionandnotverygood
traineduserscanmakebigmistakes.

ParallelProcessing
Whenusingaparallelprocessingtransaction(Billing,Invoicing,Dunning,etc)theintervallenght
shouldbe1000forbestperformance.Thenumberofjobsshouldbelessorequalwiththenumberof
numberrangesdefinedforthatprocess.

BillingBillingMasterDataNamingConvention
BestpracticeisthatBillingMasterDataNamingConventiontocontainalettertodesignatethe
division.Thentheremaininglettersshouldbeusetobestabbreviatethemeaningoftherespective
billingmasterdata.
Example:
01u2013ElectricityDivision
Rate:
NamingConvention
EXXXXXXXX
where
E=Electricity
XXXXXXXX=bestabbreviationfortheratename

RegionalStructure
BestpracticeistouseRegionalStructurewhendefaultvaluesneedtobeproposedfromtheregional
structure(meterreadingunit,temperaturearea,grid,etc).

MasterDataNumberRanges.

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BestPracticeistohavedifferentnumberrangesfordifferentmasterdataobjects.
Example:
Businesspartnerstartswith1
contractaccountstartswith2
contractstartswith3
installationstartswith4
premisestartswith5
connectionobjectstartswith6
devicelocationstartswith7

ErrorProcessing
BestpracticetohandleerrorsinSAPISUistouseBPEMBusinessProcessException
Managementcomponent.BPEMisacrossapplicationfunctionalityusedtocreateexceptioncases
fromerrorlogandtoassignacorrectionprocedure(manulorautomatic)toeachcase.

BillingSchema
Bestpracticeistohaveasmanyschemaasproductsyousell.Letssayyouhave2residential
productswithdifferentcomponents:onehasadailychargeandelectricityconsumptionchargeand
theotherhasonlytheconsumptioncharge.Isbesttohavethemseparateintodifferentschemasasit
ismucheasytoreadandhandleeachproductinit'sschemathenhavingalltheproductsinone
schema.

CustomerServiceICWeb
BestpracticeistoimplementICWebclientastheclientinteractioncenter.WebICiswantSAPis
focusingrightnow.OldCIC0willnotbesupportedinthefuture.

BillingSerialSwitching
BestpracticeinbillingserialswitchingistousethenewInstallationGroupsconceptratherthanthe
oldregisterrelationship.InstallationGroupsismuchmoreflexibleanduserfriendlythantheold
registerrelationship.

CustomerServiceMasterDataTemplate
Bestpracticeforcreatingmasterdata(technicalorbusiness)istousemasterdatatemplatestocreate
allthenecessarydatainstedofcreatingthemasterdataobjectsmanually.TransactionEPRODCUST
isusedtocreatenewmasterdatatemplatesbasedonexistingmasterdatatemplatecategories.
Masterdatatemplatecanbeusedtoquicklycreatetestdataintestclient.

BusinessPartnerCreation
BestpracticeistosetupthesystemtocreateancustomermasterinAccountsReceivablemodule
eventhoughthereisnointegrationwithSDmodule.Furtherdownaftergoliveitmightbethecaseto
integratetheSDfunctionalitieswithISUthereforehavingbusinesspartneralreadysetupas
customermasterinARwouldleastoaseamlessintegration.

BillingPeriodEndBilling
BestpracticeforperiodendbillingisnottouseitifyouareplanningtochangeMRUintheinstalation
inthemiddleoftheperiod,orifyouwanttousealternativeportioninthecontract.

Who'snext?

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DanielToba
http://www.sapisu.net
sapisusocialnetwork

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KesavaVDamera Feb24,20097:53AM (inresponsetoDanielToba)

Re:SAPISUBestPractices
Hi,

PleasepostifyousoemthinglikethisforDeviceManagementandEDM.

Thanks
Vinod

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