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Optimize your SAP system landscape using EPI-USE Labs’ Data Sync Manager
Kontich, November 29, 2016
Optimize your SAP system landscape with DSM
We are Flexso
SAP infrastructure services
Landscape optimization
Data Sync Manager
Agenda
Speakers on stage
Optimize your SAP system landscape with DSM
We are Flexso, experts in SAPReliable, innovative, flexible & solution driven
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• 190 consultants
• 30 million euro
• 20% growth per year
• 5% attrition
• 110 active customers
• Top in Belgium
• 25 countries
• 4.000 Cronos consultants
The 4 foundations
What Flexso stands for
Investing in innovation
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Enterprise management
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16 skilled consultants
SAP BC Administration
OS & DB skills Certification
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satisfaction
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SAP infrastructure services
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ProjectsAdvisory Missions
Full service
SAP infrastructure services
Hardware
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Landscape Optimization
Regular questions about Landscape Optimization
Challenges & requirements
Landscape Optimization
Reduce complexity – more frequent refreshes
• Less room for human errors
• Less need of downtime and resources
Reduce cost of QA and DEV environments
• Only copy a subset of data
• More frequent question since HANA
•Scramble confidential data• External consultants
• HR data
Reproduce issues in a non-production environment
• Extract particular data from production
• Easier issue solving and testing
Data Sync Manager – Flexible, consistent, performant and secure
copying of SAP data with Data Sync Manager
Sylvain Bernard – Senior Technical Consultant – Epi-Use Labs29 November 2016
Agenda
Epi-use Labs
Product portfolio
Main use cases
Demo
Approach
Introduction to EPI-USE Labs
Unique solutions, mobile apps, and integration of different systems with SAP environments
Custom development
1600+ employees specialising in SAP
Part of the EPI-USE group
Third-party solutions for SAP ALM, HCM and more
SAP-certified products
EPI-USE Cloud Platform & Migration Services
Cloud managed hosting
Dedicated and innovative employees of
which 35% in R&D
SAP data-solution experts
Customers
900 globally; (450 in Europe) 50 in BeNeLux
Application Lifecycle Management
• Data Sync Manager (DSM)
› System Builder
› Client Sync
› Object Sync
› Data Secure
› System Compare
• EPI-USE Cloud Platform (UP)
Human Capital Management
• Query Manager
• Document Builder
• Variance Monitor
Our Products
ERP, CRM, SRM, GTS, BW, SCM, NW (HANA compatible)
Our Services
ERP, CRM, SRM, GTS, BW, SCM, NW (HANA compatible)
Landscape Transformation
› Company-code carve-outs
› HR system splits
› Mergers and Acquisitions
› Migrations to HANA
S, BW, SCM)
Solution as a Service (SaaS)
› Periodic test-system refreshes
› New system provisioning
› Ad-hoc data requirements
› Software-as-a-Service
› HCM-report writing
SAP selects Epi-Use Labs for SAP SuccessFactorsManaged Payroll migrations
Some implementations: last 6 months
BelgiumAB Inbev
KU Leuven
IMEC FranceSchnieder Electric
Adixen
Boulanger
Denmark
Coop Denmark
UKBritvicBP InternationalnpowerPets at Home
NetherlandsPhillips LightingUvAFriesland CampinaKLMMarel
SpainGrupo Antolin
IMI
Seat
Sample of customers
Our Support
“The support I get from your company has been and continues to be some of the best I have
seen in years of working with software companies.”
Global electronics manufacturing company, Florida (USA)
Dedicated
in-house team
24 hours
every workday
700+ customers
globally
80% tickets resolved
in < 24 hours
Wide language
support
Satisfied
customers
Data Sync Manager
Key points of Data Sync Manager
✓ SAP Certified solution (18 years on the market)
✓ One single transport per system
✓ No server or middleware required
✓ Simple implementation
✓ Easy to use via an intuitive interface
✓ Tested on Production systems up to 35TB
✓ Complete SAP solution
(for ERP, BW, SRM, SCM, CRM, GTS and HANA)
Data Sync Manager
System Builder
Client Sync
Object Sync
Data Secure
• Creates a ‘shell’ or empty system
• Builds / refreshes the repository
and client-independent
customizing
• Provisions an empty system ready
for data
System Builder (SB)
System Builder
Data Sync Manager
• Copies the data
› Master
› Transactional (sliced)
› Client dependent customizing (required)
› User (optional)
• Reduces space
• Simplifies and automates client refresh
• Reduces post processing by 80%
Client Sync (CS)
Data Sync Manager
Client Sync
Our Client Sync solution
ProductionNon-Production
Repository objects
Client-independent customizing
Client-dependent customizing
Transactional data
Mas
ter
Dat
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Repository objects
Client-independent customizing
Client-dependent customizing
Transactional data
Mas
ter
Dat
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With Client Sync, you can copy
• Application data
› Master data
› Transactional data (time-sliced)
› HCM data only
› User master data
• Customizing data
› Client-dependent customizing
› HCM customizing data only
consistent clientTime slice
Resolving Document Flows in Client Sync
Enterprise slice
Resolving Document Flows in Client Sync
consistent client
• On-demand data
• Functional users
• Copy, scramble and clone data on
ad/hoc basis
Object Sync (OS)
Data Sync Manager
Object Sync
• Mask / anonymize the data
• Out the box policies
• Customizable / adaptable
• Can run with or without Client
Sync
Data Secure (DS)
Data Secure
Data Sync Manager
4TB0.7TB 1TB ++
= 5.7 TB
4TB4TB 4TB ++
= 12 TB
With DSM, you can
• selectively copy and scramble data on demand selectively copy and scramble data on demand
• save data storage space - up to 80%!
• minimise the need for full refreshes and eliminate manual data entry
Copying with Data Sync Manager
Integrated solution for SAP System, Client and Object copying
Masking with Data Sync Manager
How to build / refresh a Client
Client-dependent Customization
Ap
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nD
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Transaction Data
Master Data
Use
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Repository
System Builder
Client SyncObject Sync
Client-independent Customization
Main use cases
Disk space
Data size
Down time
Basis resources
Upgrade testing
Problem simulationsConfig testing
Out-dated test data
Sensitive data
Testing environments
Training scenarios
System refreshes
Partial refreshes
BDLS
Functional team needs
Software
• Works on any SAP environment with ABAP stack
• Fits with IS solutions ( IS-U filtering by Contract Account )
• Custom analysis can be put in place
Performance Benchmark example
Philips Lighting– Reduced new from 3.5TB to 500GB
3 month slice of transactional data, with Master Data and client dependent customising:
ERP: Export 16.8 hrs, Import 32 hrs – Total time = 48 hrs and 44 mins
Previous copy tool effectively unable to copy the specific data they needed
Client Sync Demo™
How to start?
• Run OAP – analysis program to define technical steps and functional
design for implementing accordingly
› Review of custom tables
› Definition of scrambling requirements
• Defining scope with the customer
• IMD – documentation for the implementation
• Typical implementation takes 5 days – varies on scope
Licensing Model
• Per system
• Per Module
• Database SizeData Sync
Manager
System Builder
Client Sync
Object Sync
Data Secure
Portfolio
Data Sync Manager
System Builder
Client Sync
Object Sync
Data Secure
Contact
www.epiuselabs.com Hans@labs.epiuse.combas@labs.epiuse.com
http://support.epiuse.com @EPIUSELabs
EPI-USE Labs EPI-USE_Labs
Challenges & requirements
Landscape Optimization
Reduce complexity – more frequent refreshes
System Builder & Client Sync
Reduce cost of QA and DEV environments
Client Sync (subset)
Scramble confidential data Data Secure
Reproduce issues in a non-production environment
Object Sync
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