Using the Warehouse Management Monitor

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to use the Warehouse Management Monitor

Basic Navigation in SAP EWM

Understanding the basic navigation within SAP EWM is crucial for effectively utilizing its features and functionality. The system is built on an interface that allows users to seamlessly navigate through various transactions either in SAP GUI, SAP Business Client or via the usage of SAP FIORI apps. Transactions and apps are organized into categories such as inbound, outbound logistics, etc.

Screenshot of SAP Extended Warehouse Management business client user menu. On the top, text reads You can find all the information about your business here. The main content displays a dashboard with three columns labeled Overview, Delivery Processing and Inbound Delivery. Each column contains navigational links associated with their respective processes. The links under Overview include Monitoring, Delivery Processing, Work Scheduling, Execution, Shipping and Receiving, Physical Inventory, Labor Management, Master Data, Settings, and Interfaces. The Delivery Processing column features Overview Page, Inbound Delivery, Outbound Delivery, Posting Change, Maintain Internal Stock Transfer (SCWM/WM_ST), and Actions. The Inbound Delivery column includes links like Overview Page, Maintain Inbound Delivery Notification (SCWM/IDN), Maintain Inbound Delivery Execution (SCWM/PRDI), GR Preparation - External Procurement (SCWM/GRPE), GR Preparation - Production (SCWM/GRPI), Physical Goods Receipt (SCWM/GR), Update Priority Points (SCWM/PRIOP_UPDATE), Unload (SCWM/UNLOAD), Merchandise Distribution: Maintain Quantity Adjustment (Flow-Through) (SCWM/MED_AQTY), and Expected Goods Receipt.

This course is build for the usage of SAP Business Client. Navigating SAP EWM begins with accessing the main menu, which serves as the gateway to the various transactions. The main menu is typically organized into categories such as "Delivery Processing", "Execution", "Monitoring", etc. Each category is further subdivided into specific activities, enabling users to quickly locate the transaction required for the needed operations. For instance, within Extended Warehouse Management→Delivery Processing→Inbound Deliverytransactions related to the goods receipt and inbound deliveries.

Working with Functional Transactions

As warehouse processes in SAP EWM are controlled via documents (inbound delivery, warehouse task, warehouse order, counting document, and so on) functional transactions are used to create, display and maintain these documents. At this point it is important to also point out that the transactions in SAP EWM might look a bit different than the once users might know e. g. if they have worked with SAP WM before. Most screens of EWM transactions are divided in 3 main sections: Screenshot of transaction showing three main sections. At the top is a search section labeled Search with options to filter and perform advanced searches. Below the search bar is the Document Header section featuring multiple icons for various functions. The bottom section is titled Document Details, .

Search
Allowing the user to select the right document based on various search criteria. There is in general a Find filed in which values can be searched in key fields such as the document id. An advanced search is available to further filter the search results.
Document Header
The header contains general information on the document. The SAP EWM system uses the header to proper work with the document to support the business process and ensure proper warehouse execution. Different buttons and functions are available on the header level to work with the document.
Document Details
Additional details associated with the document are shown in the lower area of the screen. This can be items, status, business partner or any other detail information relevant for the processing of the document. In some cases there can be even a detail section available for the items of the document (e. g. serial numbers). Also on the detail level there are buttons and functions available.

Working with Role-Based SAP Fiori Apps

A role-based user experience provides end users with all information and functions that they need for their daily work - but no more. The classic SAP user interface (UI) often offers a single complex transaction for many user roles. The tasks of a single user then make it necessary to use multiple transactions or additional applications.

SAP Fiori decomposes those big transactions in several discrete apps suited to the user roles. All apps are connected to each other so all the tasks of the transaction are still possible. However, they are only performed if the user really wants to. The SAP Fiori launchpad then serves as the central entry point for all user apps.

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Control Documents in the SAP EWM and ERP System

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Warehouse Management Monitor Basics

The SAP EWM Warehouse Management Monitor is a central tool to keep warehouse managers/operators informed about the current situation in the warehouse. This information enables them to take appropriate actions depending on the current warehouse situation.

The warehouse management monitor also contains alert-monitoring capabilities. These highlight any actual and/or potential problems in the warehouse, and provide exception-handling tools to help correct any problem situations.

The tool is highly customizable and the information displayed can also be extended. For example, you can create custom nodes and custom monitors. The following figure shows the basic screen layout of the Warehouse Management Monitor.

A diagram of a software interface layout divided into three main sections. The left section is labeled Node Hierarchy Tree. The right section is split horizontally: the top part is labeled Upper-View Area and contains two blue buttons labeled Button for Drilldown and Methods. The bottom part is labeled Lower-View Area and displays the number 1124 above the word Hotspot. Red arrows with labels point to each section.

Hint

With hotspots, you can jump directly to the details of the selected object (in many cases this opens the transaction, e.g "Maintain Inbound Delivery"). If you do not want the system to open a new mode for this, use the user parameter "/scwm/monnav" = "X".

SAP Warehouse Management Monitor

You can use the standard SAP Warehouse Management Monitor or you can create your own monitor in customizing. Regardless of whether you use the standard SAP monitor or your own monitor, you can tailor it to your needs by hiding nodes or creating new variant nodes based on the standard nodes. Creating variant nodes enables you to create your own nodes, which are based on standard nodes but with specific selection criteria or a specific layout.

By default, object information is displayed as a list view. The list view is displayed in an SAP List Viewer (ALV) grid, and it offers all standard ALV functionality, including sorting, filtering, and printing. You can toggle to form view for a selected object. The form view provides a focused view of the object, and more-detailed information then the list view. The form view is displayed in an HTML viewer. Other options to display object information are (depending on the installed plug-ins or viewers):

list output (a very "classic" display)
Excel inplace
Crystal Reports

There are different ways in SAP EWM to be notified about alert situations:

Alert Nodes in the Warehouse Management Monitor
Alerts in the SCM Alert Monitor

The Alert Node can for example show warehouse tasks that have not been completed within a certain time frame.

The Warehouse Management Monitor is often used to display stock balances. Physical and available stocks can be displayed using a variety of selection parameters from theStock and Bin node. From the Warehouse Management Monitor, stocks are visible in the following locations:

In storage bins.
On resources, for example forklifts and HUs.
In transportation units (TUs) that are in the yard.
In the Difference Analyzer in physical inventory processing.

The Warehouse Management Monitor offers several Methods which offer direct processing steps. These can be used as fallback, or in smaller warehouses, where there is no requirement to use the dedicated transactions. The methods are depended on the object which is selected. Examples for methods are:

For warehouse requests (like inbound deliveries or outbound delivery orders):
- post goods receipt or goods issue
- create warehouse tasks
For warehouse tasks or warehouse orders:
- confirmation or cancellation
- display creation logs
For warehouse stock:
- creation of warehouse tasks for internal movements
- posting of stock changes

Warehouse Management Monitor Layout

The Warehouse Management Monitor screen is divided into three sections:

Node Hierarchy tree: The node hierarchy tree contains all predefined nodes. These nodes represent different object classes. The hierarchy tree is used for navigation. You can use the tree to display information from a selected node in the upper right frame. This information can be based on selection criteria. The warehouse management monitor contains nodes for object classes relating to the following:

Documents, such as warehouse requests (WRs), warehouse orders (WOs), warehouse tasks (WTs), and physical inventory documents
Processes, such as stock and bin and resource management processes
Alerts, such as overdue waves or overdue deliveries without goods issue or goods receipt

You can also switch on and off the display of the hierarchy tree to use the full screen for the other sections.

Upper-View Area: This is where parent data displays on the warehouse management monitor. This shows high-level information about the node that you select.

Lower-View Area: This is where child data displays on the warehouse management monitor. This allows you to drill down to more detailed information about the line selected from the Upper-View Area. It allows you to continue drilling-down until you have come to the lowest-level of information available.

Summary

Transactions screens in SAP EWM often have 3 key areas: on the top a search section to select the right document, in the middle information about the document header and on the bottom details on the document positions. Documents are used to document the warehouse activities (e. g. inbound order, warehouse task, value added service order, etc.
A central tool to manage your warehouse is the warehouse management monitor. it allows you to manage different aspects in your warehouse (e. g. warehouse requests, stock, etc) and to directly jump into related transactions or perform actions and follow-on functions.

Use the Warehouse Management Monitor

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