Hello All
This document gives key points related to SD data models simplified in S/4 HANA On-Premise 1511.
Consultants can refer SAP Note 2198647 for guidelines.
- Elimination of Status Tables VBUK ,VBUP - Status fields have been moved to the corresponding header & item tables -VBAK & VBAP for sales documents ,LIKP ,LIPS for deliveries & VBRK for billing documents.
- Simplification of Document Flow table VBFA
- Field Length extension of SD document category : Data Element VBTYP (Char1) has been replaced by data element VBTYPL(Char4) and elimination of field VBTYP_EXT(Char4)
- Elimination of redundancies : Document Index Table VAKPA ,VAPMA ,VLKPA ,VLPMA ,VRKPA,VRPMA.
- Elimination of Rebate Index Table VBOX - You may refer Rebate Optimization.
Key Benefits are as below :
- Reduced memory footprint : Simplified Document flow ,elimination of index tables ,Few aggregates.
- Increased performance of HANA queries & code pushdown (one select statement instead of two ,easier join for header /items including status and business data.
- Robust rebate processing and no redundancies due to aggregates.
Thanks for reading
Shubham