# Version 4.0 [2025-12-18] ## Changed Based on S/4HANA 2025 FPS00, APM 2511, BNAC 2512, FSM 2511 Solution Components - Added "SAP Field Service Management" - Added "Embedded IoT" and included in APM deployment unit Data Flows: - Added "SAP Field Service Management" including all relevant data stores - Added "Embedded IoT" including all relevant data stores (Device and Time Series) - Added link from EQ to Device and Device and Time Series - Added "System Object" to "SAP Asset Performance Management" (orphan, not yet connected with S/4HANA) - Added "Data Set" to "SAP Asset Performance Management", orphan and added links from EQ, bidirectional to Indicator and to Rules - Added Rule link back to Time Series - Added link from Rule to Maintenance Request - Changed "Task List" and "Maintenance Plan", "Maintenance Request" to bi-directional - Added "Measurement document" to SSAM and S/4HANA with link - Added "Material" to BNAC one-way from S/4 to BNAC - Added "Confirmation" to BNAC one-way from S/4 to BNAC - Added "Inspection Lot" to S/4HANA and SSAM with bidirectional link Solution Value Flow - Added Business Activity "Acquire assets" Solution Process Flow: Acquire assets: - NEW Onboard: - No changes Manage Asset Master Data - Added Swimlane FSM - Equipment Replication using MAIF (Syclo) - Added "System Object" to "SAP Asset Performance Management" - Added "Data Set" to "SAP Asset Performance Management" - Renamed "Monitor..." to "Manage Master Data" to "SAP Asset Performance Management" - Renamed role "Data Integration Engineer" (from Administrator) - Added Sync from "EQ/FL" to "Device" (data object in EIoT) - Added activity "Manage Devices" to and from data object "Device" - Added "Material" to BNAC one-way from S/4 to BNAC - BNAC Service, after "add additional Client" added "sync eq with internal S/4 system" Analyze Asset and Maintenance Performance - Role "Maintenance Manager" changed to "Maintenance Planner" - Changed direction for data flow EQ/FL to "Define scope" and "maintenance order" to "Analyse maintenance cost" - Swimlane for APM removed with this release. It will be reintroduced when SAC for APM is released (as per change to Embedded IoT) Define Asset Maintenance Strategies: - Added data store "Failure Data" to "Standalone Recommendation" - New Event: "Start Strategy Assessment for Class as a Template" - Added activity "Create strategy assessment for class template with set of recommendations" - Added activity "Release template assessment with recommendations" - Added data store "Assessment Template" and linked to activities - Changed "Identify Equipments/FLs" (from single to plural) - Added data store "EQ/FL" to new (optional) activity "Assign EQ/FL to Assessment" Define Maintenance Plan and Rule: - Added data store "Data Set" to "Create rule for condition maintenance" - Removed link between "Implement proactive type" and "Rule" (this is not yet available with Embedded IoT) - New service: "Create task list" triggered by "SAP Asset Performance Management" to "SAP S/4HANA" - New service: "Create maintenance plan" triggered by "SAP Asset Performance Management" to "SAP S/4HANA" Monitor Asset Health and Demand - Renamed activity "Get time series data" to "Integrate device data" - Removed activity "Manage Indicator Value" - Removed activity "Compute asset health and condition state" - Removed data store "Indicator" to "Run Rules" - Added data store "Data Set" to "Run Rules" - Note added regarding Maintenance Requests from Maintenance Plan ("Call objects"), "Accept/Reject" is possible in screening, "Action Required" is not - Moved Swimlane "IoT to APM as role "Embedded IoT" - Changed "Embedded IoT" (from IoT) including all relevant data stores (Data Set, Device) - Changed role to "Reliability Engineer" (from "Production Engineer") - Added "Failure Data" and "Task List" to "Screen Maintenance Request", "Create Maintenance Request", "Create Minor Work" - Changed description from "Approved" to "Accepted" - New event for monitor (including additional info needed) and new activity "Provide additional info" Plan Asset Maintenance Tasks & Resources: - Role "Maintenance Manager" changed to "Maintenance Planner" and moved entirely to "Perform Asset Maintenance" - Changed start event to "Start building, refine or track a schedule" - Removed "Automatically" from activity "Automatically schedule..." - Renamed activity "Dispatch to technician" from "Manually assign technicians" - Direction of data flow reversed: "Plan maintenance work..." now updates "Maintenance Order" - Service Planner: after review work - add "Sync work order with internal S/4 system" - Direction to data store "Inspection Plan" reversed, data store renamed to "Inspection Lot", and text added "Checklist - only created for customized order type and planning plant combination" - Renamed service to "Synchronize maintenance order and notification" and added link from maintenance request to indicate that also notifications are synchronized to BNAC. Also renamed data store on BNAC to "Work order or notification" Perform Asset Maintenance - Added Swimlane FSM with the roles "Dispatcher" and "Service Technician" with Maintenance Order replication (SAP Cloud Integration) - Added role "Maintenance Planner" (moved entirely from "Asset Maintenance Tasks & Resources") - Added data store "Measurement Document" to "sync Measurement Document" - Changed Print Job Card to optional flow - New activity "Finalize by setting usage decision of inspection lot" and linked to Measurement Document, EQ/FL and Maintenance Request. - Renamed data store to Inspection Lot (from Inspection Result) - Added data flow from "Capture Asset Health" to "Measurement Document" for "Technician" - Added "Confirmation" to BNAC one-way from S/4 to BNAC - Added "Confirmation" as data store in S/4 - Added "Inspection Lot" activity "Capture asset health" to SSAM with integration (Syclo) to S/4HANA - Rephrased data store for BNAC from "Work order" to "Work order or notification" - Added gateway after Confirm Work indicating that follow-up notification is only valid if "work order" has been used in the process. #  Version 3.0 [2024-03-07] ## Changed Solution Component: - Added "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" - Marked only S/4HANA as mandatory deployment unit Data Flow: - Added "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" including all relevant data stores - Added Maintenance Request (shadow), Maintenance Plan (shadow), Class and Characteristics (Shadow), Task List Header (shadow) to SC "SAP APM" - Added Failure Data, Measuring Point, Class and Characteristics to SC "SAP S/4HANA" - Marked only S/4HANA as mandatory deployment unit Solution Value Flow: - Changed title to "Acquire to Decommission for Hybrid - Maintenance Strategy to Execution" Solution Process Flow: - Onboard: -- Added new Pool "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" with role "Master Data Steward" -- Manage Asset Master Data -- Added new Pool "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" with bi-directional sync for equipment, functional, templates and attributes, business partner and documents -- Removed Maintenance BOM (because not used in integration scenario) -- Added Synchronization services for "Maintenance plan" -- Changed name of data store in APM to "maintenance plan / item (shadow)" (including item) - Analyze Asset and Maintenance Performance: -- Changed direction of data sources for APM -- Renamed activity to "Define scope for analysis" from "Define scope for analysis: by Plant..." -- Added "Classes and characteristics", "Alert", "Failure Data", "Indicator Value" as data stores -- Renamed "Review maintenance history" to "Perform analysis" - Define Asset Maintenance Strategies: -- Changed "Define and assign failure data in assessment" to "Define, assign or remove failure data in assessment" -- Added activity "Create standalone recommendation" -- Added datastore "Class and characteristics (shadow)" -- Reshaped the processes around "Review assessment" and „Review recommendation" with new start events, gateways and end events -- Added new activity "Delete assessment" -- Added new activity "Create recommendation" -- Added new activity "Assign recommendation to assessment" -- Added new activity "Update recommendation with Failure Data" with connection to Data Store "Failure data"  -- Added new activity "Delete recommendation" -- Added new activity "Reject Recommendation" - Define Maintenance Plan and Rule: -- Renamed Start and End Event to "Start/End recommendation implementation" -- Renamed activity "Implement recommendation as maintenance plan, task list" to user activities "Implement a proactive type calendar recommendation" -- Added activity "Implement a proactive type performance recommendation" -- Added activity "Implement a proactive type condition recommendation" -- Added activity "Implement a reactive type recommendation" -- Added data store "task list (shadow)" reference to "Implement a reactive type recommendation" -- Added data store "task list (shadow)" reference to "Implement a proactive type calendar recommendation" -- Added data store "task list (shadow)" reference to "Implement a proactive type performance recommendation" -- Added data store "task list (shadow)" reference to "Implement a proactive type condition recommendation" -- Added data store "maintenance plan (shadow)" reference to "Implement a proactive type calendar recommendation" -- Added data store "Indicator (shadow)" reference to "Implement a proactive type condition recommendation" -- Added data store "Rule" reference to "Implement a proactive type condition recommendation" -- Removed activity „Activate Maintenance Plan" (not a valid activity) -- Renamed activity to "Create or edit maintenance plan/item"  -- Renamed activity to "Create or edit task list"  -- Added activity "Create or edit inspection plan"  -- Moved activity "Create or edit task list, and/or inspection plan" to before gateway proactive/reactive -- Added service "Read recommendation" (from APM) to activities "Create / edit maintenance plan/items" and "Create / edit task list" -- Changed name of data store in APM to "maintenance plan / item (shadow)" (including item) - Monitor Asset Health and Demand: -- Added new Pool "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" with uni-directional sync for maintenance requests -- Changed pool Maintenance Technician to only "Create Minor Work Maintenance Request" (because only technician can create this) -- Added additional gateway to bypass after screening for minor work, emergency work and call objects because they are automatically approved -- Changed activity to "Create emergency maintenance request" for Supervisor -- Added new activity "Synchronize maintenance requests" for Pool APM and S/4HANA -- Added link from "Explore Technical Objects" to Data Store "indicator values" -- For FEIM, added manual steps "Verify indicator value" and "Decide if values are approved or if data needs to be recaptured" after "Explore Technical objects" -- Added Task List object to Screen Maintenance Requests -- Added service "Read recommendation" (from APM) to activity "Screen Maintenance Requests" - Plan Asset Maintenance Tasks & Resources: -- Added new Pool "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" with role "Maintenance Planner" and "Service Planner (external contractor)" -- Added Uni-directional synchronization services for "Maintenance order" (Internal  API: Syclo Protocol) ín both pools -- Added activity "Finalize and approve inspection results" with Data Store "Inspection Result" - Perform Asset Maintenance: -- Added new Pool "SAP Business Network Asset Collaboration" with role "Service Planner (external contractor)", "Service Technician (external contractor)" and "Maintenance Planner" -- Added Uni-directional synchronization services for "Maintenance request" in both pools -- Activity „Checks for Job" reads data from Maintenance Requests instead of Order for Minor Work -- For Minor Work, bypass everything except Record Failure Data (because it is not using PMJ) and Perform work (in a separate token), and then ends -- Added Data Store "Inspection Result" from "Capture asset health and performance data" -- Added new Pool "SAP Asset Performance Management" for synchronizing Measurement Documents to Indicator Values in APM -- New synchronizing activity "Measurement Documents" in S/4HANA --- #  Version 2.0 [2023-05-04] ## Changed Solution Variant: - Removed solution variant "Acquire to Decommission for hybrid deployment" Solution Component: - Added "Communication Channel" between SAP IoT and SAP Asset Performance Management (instead of Integration Scenario) - Removed SAP Asset Intelligence Network - Renamed SAP Service and Asset Manager Data flow: - Removed SAP Asset Intelligence Network - Renamed SAP Service and Asset Manager - Removed the data flow from recommendation to maintenance plan Solution Process Flow: - OnBoard Asset: -- Typo correction of Start event "Start Process to handout equipment" - Manage Asset Master Data: -- Changed role to Administrator on APM swimlane -- Added Failure Data (S/4 --> APM) -- Added Step for Monitor of Asset Master data in APM done by Administrator -- Added Class and characteristics (S/4 -> APM) -- Add Task list Header(S/4 -> APM) - -- Change Equipment/functional location to Unidirectional -- Changed User Task "Monitor work item to "Monitor Asset Master Data" -- Removed Work Item Data Source from S/4 HANA swimlane - Analyze Assets and Maintenance performance -- Removed name "Systems" from swimlanes - Define Asset Maintenance Strategies: -- New description: The diagram depicts key tasks of a reliability engineer to develop asset maintenance strategies " -- Reorganized the data associations to the data store "Failure Data" to increase visibility of the flows -- Change Release Criticality for Asset to Release risk and criticality assessment -- Addition: "Release risk and criticality assessment" to update Equipment/Functional location on S/4 HANA for ABC Indicator -- Removed "Release risk and criticality assessment" dotted link to "Eqp/Floc/Classification Data" -- Removed "Work Item" from process flow -- For Process Flow "Start Assessment & Recommendation Definition" remove step "Use Existing Assessment and Recommendation" and connected links. -- Changed: Review and Release failure data to Review failure data -- Removed gateways to review failure data. -- Removed Update link from failure data to data source of failure data -- Changed the last gateway to parallel gateway for "Start Assessment and recommendation review based on new definitions." -- Start event: change to "Start risk and criticality assessment for new assets" -- Process Step: Changed "Perform risk assessment and define criticality" to "Release risk and criticality assessment" -- Added : Update ABC Indicator of equipment/functional location on S/4 Hana -- End event: change to "End risk and criticality assessment" - Define Maintenance plan and rules -- Changed "Create maintenance rule for condition-, predictive-/prescriptive maintenance" to "Create maintenance rule for condition maintenance" -- Removed process step "Reference to task list / inspection template" -- Changed the Maintenance rule to rule -- Removed Run Maintenance Rule from SPF -- Removing failure data from rules creation - Monitor Asset health and demand -- Changed name "SAP Asset Manager" to "SAP Service Asset Manager" -- Added process step for emergency maintenance request under Maintenance supervisor -- Removed Prescribe alert situation -- Removed Prescribe maintenance requests -- Added activity "Change status to in Process" -- Changed activity name to "Create Notification" -- Added step for maintenance request creation from "Run Rules" -- Added Start event "Start failure curve calculation" -- Added Start event " Monitor Asset health" -- Added managed indicator value on SAP IoT swimlane - Plan Asset Maintenance Tasks and Resources -- Changed role to Maintenance Planner - Resource Scheduling -- Changed start event: Start Maintenance Request Monitoring to Start reactive and proactive maintenance request Monitoring -- Changed task from "Monitor approved maintenance requests" to "Monitor maintenance request" - Perform Asset Maintenance: -- Changed name "SAP Asset Manager" to "SAP Service Asset Manager" -- Goods Issue / Goods Receipt steps goes back to main process flow --- # Version 1.0 [2022-04-06] - Initial release based on 2021 FPS1 business process content