Getting Support

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain and use the Support Process

The Support Process

Additional Information for Escalation

Flowchart illustrating SAP support process: Customer self service logs an incident and searches for solution. If unsolved, they escalate to the Global support center, then to Development support if needed.

Creation of Customer Incident

It is important to provide essential information when creating customer incidents. Without complete details it is not always possible to determine the cause and ramifications of a problem.

Essential Information

  • Describe the problem with as much detail as possible.

  • Provide step-by-step instructions to simulate or reproduce the problem.

  • Provide supporting material, for example, screen captures showing the error or error message (SCPms, Gateway or Back end).

  • Describe any special circumstances under which the problem occurs.

  • State how often the problem occurs or if this is the first time.

  • Provide the clear business impact.

  • State your platform, for example, iOS or Android.

  • Provide all version numbers of the client, for example, OS, MDK, or Mobile Addon.

  • Provide the details of how you build the client. For example, do you brand your own client or use the default app store client?

  • Provide logs. Upload them to your Cloud Platform Mobile Service and download them from there. You can upload the logs from the client through User ProfileSupportActivity Logs. User Name receiving the error message and Timestamp for log analysis.

  • Provide any created customization files.

  • Installation and system number (+SID).

  • The open service connection to the following: SCPms Dashboard, Gateway, or Back end. Send login data. In SAP Note 508140, see the section on mobile specific connectivity.

Note

Copy all relevant logs because they can be overwritten when SAP accesses the system. Attach the logs to the SAP message. Reduce the log levels.

Carefully select the correct component and also try to select subcomponents. Here are some of our popular components:

Popular Components

ComponentDescription
MOB-APP-SSAMAsset Manager
MOB-MDK-MDCMDK Client
MOB-APP-MAOMobile Add-on
MOB-APP-MAO-ERPMobile Add-on Integration to S4/ERP
MOB-APP-MAO-FNDMobile Add-on Integration Foundation
MOB-APP-MAO-ISUS4MISU/SMISU-Mobile Add-On integration for ISU
  • Carefully select the priority of a message. For a very high priority ticket, you must include the business impact and provide contact information.

  • See SAP Note 67739 for details of message priorities.

Mobile-Specific Connectivity

  • For SAP Service and Asset Manager connection, provide SAP Support with the following information:

    • R/3 access SAP ERP / SAP S/4HANA system

    • HTTP Access to the Syclo Administration And Configuration Panels

    • SCPms access

    • Onboarding URL and Business user

  • #35010 - Service connections

  • #508140 - Customer messages - Customer logon data

  • #592085 - Installing the HTTP Connect service.

  • #8127320 – R/3 Connections to your ABAP system.

  • #508140 - Customer incident - Customer logon data.

For more details on how to put the user credentials in secure area, you can refer to SAP Note: 1773689 - How to add logon credentials (S-User ID and password) securely to an incident - SAP ONE Support Launchpad: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1773689

Key SAP Service and Asset Manager Notes

  • 2906445 - Software Release Note - SAP Service and Asset Manager 2005.

  • 2858350 - Software Release Note - SAP Service and Asset Manager 1911.

  • 2921401 - Release Restrictions Note - SAP Service and Asset Manager 2005.

  • 2859447 - Release Restrictions Note - SAP Service and Asset Manager 1911.

  • 2933065 -SAP Service and Asset Manager–MDK Support Matrix.

  • 2731996 - How to download SAP Service and Asset Manager from Support Launchpad.

  • 2493602 - SAP Service and Asset Manager Mobile Add-On for SAP S/4HANA Installation Note.

  • 2660361 - SAP Service and Asset Manager Mobile Add-On for ERP Installation Note.

  • 2660862 - SAP Cloud Platform Mobile Services (SCPms) Setup Info for SAP Service and Asset Manager with SAP ERP System.

    • 2864048 - Syntax error in standard class /MFND/CL_CORE_ODATA_V2_DPC method /IWBEP/IF_MGW_APPL_SRV_RUNTIME~BATCH_END.

    • 2904082 - Missing configurations for SAP Service and Asset Manager 2005.

    • 2933581 - /SMFND/CORE_MIGRATE_MAPP_CONFG cannot be run to migrate from SAP Service and Asset Manager 1911 to SAP Service and Asset Manager 2005.

    • 2857771 - Mobile application configuration migration program not properly updating oData model-related data.

    • 2886346 - /MERP/CORE_OFFLINE_CONFIG_PROG fails to populate fields on selection screen.

    • 2915728 - /MERP/CORE_OFFLINE_CONFIG_PROG doesn't index offline tables for 2005.

SAP Community

Visit the SAP Service and Asset Manager community to ask questions, provide answers, or generally participate in building knowledge of SAP Service and Asset Manager in our community. Join several other experts in discussions around the product on the blog posts and the question and answer sections.

The SAP Community

CommunityWeb Link
SAP Service and Asset Manager communityhttps://community.sap.com/topics/asset-manager
SAP Q&Ahttps://answers.sap.com/tags/73555000100800000639
SAP Blogshttps://blogs.sap.com/tags/73555000100800000639/

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