Introduction to SAP S/4HANA [S4H01]

OVERVIEW

This course provides knowledge relevant for learners who are familiar with the SAP Business Suite/SAP ERP and want to up-skill to SAP S/4HANA.

It is the recommended entry point to the SAP S/4HANA curriculum to understand the basics that are required to know before continuing the learning path to specific areas of interest.

This course covers a broad range of topics including the motivation for the development of SAP S/4HANA, the new user experience, embedded analytics, underlying SAP HANA technology, and business solution coverage.

NB: This course is the recommended entry point to the SAP S/4HANA curriculum for SAP Business Suite professionals/learners with SAP Business Suite/ERP background. For learners without previous SAP experience, the S4H00  "SAP S/4HANA Overview" course is recommended.

Upd Sept2025

Virtual Learning

This interactive training can be taken from any location, your office or home and is delivered by a trainer. This training does not have any delegates in the class with the instructor, since all delegates are virtually connected. Virtual delegates do not travel to this course, Global Knowledge will send you all the information needed before the start of the course and you can test the logins.

OBJECTIVES

After this course participants should be able to:

• Explain the need for a new business suite
• Describe the evolution of SAP S/4HANA and it’s key aspects
• Describe the next generation user experience
• Describe SAP HANA key technologies and capabilities
• Describe the key business processes of SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management
• Explain SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics capabilities
• Explain the need for a new business suite
• Describe the evolution of SAP S/4HANA and it’s key aspects
• Describe the next generation user experience
• Describe SAP HANA key technologies and capabilities
• Describe the key business processes of SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management
• Explain SAP S/4HANA embedded analytics capabilities

AUDIENCE

• Application Consultant
• Solution Architect
• Technology Consultant
• System Architect
• IT Manager
• Project Manager
• Executives
• Project team members and all interested parties

CONTENT

• SAP S/4HANA Introduction
• Key Features
• • SAP S/4HANA Deployment
  • Key Aspects of Footprint Reduction
  • Key Aspects of Work Patterns
• User Experience
• • Next Generation User Experience for SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP Fiori Launchpad
  • SAP Fiori Apps, Groups, and Catalogs
  • An SAP UI5 Application
  • SAP Screen Personas
  • Joule
• SAP HANA
• •  Viewing SAP HANA Key Technologies
  • How SAP HANA Ensures 100% Uptime
  • Further SAP HANA Data Management Capabilities
• The Digital Core
• • SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management
  • Procurement in SAP S/4HANA
  • Manufacturing in SAP S/4HANA
  • Sales in SAP S/4HANA
  • Supply Chain in SAP S/4HANA
  • Services in SAP S/4HANA
  • Research and Development/Engineering in SAP S/4HANA
  • Asset Management in SAP S/4HANA
  • Finance in SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP HCM On-Premise Solutions
  • The Simplification List
    
• Embedded Analytics
• • Introducing the Concept of Embedded Analytics with SAP S/4HANA
  • Virtual Data Model (VDM)
  • Tools for the End User
  • Tools for Analytics Specialists
  • Tools for the IT Expert (Optional)
  • Best Practices for Analytics with SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP Analytics Cloud Integration with SAP S/4HANA
•  Moving and Adoption (Optional)
• • Transitioning to SAP S/4HANA
  • Selected Resources, Tools, and Methods
  • Clean Core
  • Signavio Process Navigator