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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

SAP Note 1600482 - Hierarchical access functionality



Summary
Symptom
IMPORTANT: This and the related SAP Notes implement a change to the
functionality of the hierarchical access feature for use in pricing and
pricing-related functionality. Because of a court order in a patent
litigation involving SAP, application of these changes is mandatory for all
U.S. customers, all customers with U.S. installations, and all customers
with U.S. users. These changes are already included in Business Suite 2011
(including ECC 6.0 EHP6) and in SP26 of the SAP AP 7.00 software component.
Application of the related SAP Notes 1599403, 1600091, 1601052, 1601120
1643194, 1645515, 1645516 is required, either manually or via installation
of the relevant Support Packages.
Please see the attachment of this note to determine which notes are
relevant for your product versions.
The changes contained in these Notes are included in the Support Packages
for affected products as listed below:

Product Version  Required Support Package Stack
R/3 4.6C SP17
Enterprise 4.7 x1.0 SP37
Enterprise 4.7 x2.0 SP37
ERP 2004 SP26
ECC 6.0 SP21
ECC 6.0 EHP2 SP11
ECC 6.0 EHP3 SP10
ECC 6.0 EHP4 SP11
ECC 6.0 EHP5 SP08
CRM 5.0 = CRM 2005 SP20
CRM 2007 SP11
CRM 7.0 SP11
CRM 7.0 EHP1 SP07
SRM 5.0/SRM 2005 SP20
SRM 7.0 SP12
SRM 7.0 EHP1 SP07
GTS 7.1 SP25
GTS 7.2 SP23
GTS 8.0 SP19
GTS 10.0 SP09

As detailed below, customers who do not use hierarchical access for pricing
or pricing-related usages will not be affected by the application of this
SAP Note. Nevertheless, if you are not using hierarchical access
functionality in pricing or pricing-related functionalities and are not
planning to use it, application of the notes relevant for your product
version is still mandatory. No further action beyond the application of
these notes is necessary, as application of these notes will not affect
your use of the SAP solution.
If you are not sure whether you are using this specific functionality, we
strongly recommend that you run the check report included in the related


SAP Notes 1600090 and 1601021 before you install a Support Package as
listed above. The check reports allow you to easily check whether this
specific pricing functionality is being used in your system(s).
When you install or upgrade to a new product version of an ERP, CRM, SRM or
GTS system, you will be required to implement at least the Required Support
Package level for that product version listed above. Until the Required
Support Package level is applied to your upgraded system, pricing and
condition technique will abort with the run-time error "support package
level not sufficient". Please review the information in this Note and
contact us by creating a support ticket under the XX-PROJ-IMS-HA component
if you have additional questions about these changes or what you can expect
when you install a new product version.

Please read the following information carefully before applying these SAP
Notes.

Reason and Prerequisites
Translated version of this note being for convenience but not legally
binding.

Solution
Application of these Notes is mandatory for all U.S. customers, all
customers with U.S. installations, and all customers with U.S. users. This
and the related SAP Notes disable the hierarchical access feature (access
type = "A") in pricing and pricing-related functionalities, including
general pricing, rebate calculation, free goods, tax determination,
campaign determination, product determination, product substitution,
generic "data determination," GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) mapping, and
commodity pricing. Hierarchical access differs from a standard access
sequence.
Only the hierarchical access functionality is affected by this Note. The
use of standard access sequences to access condition records associated
with a hierarchy, such as a product hierarchy or customer hierarchy, is not
affected by this Note. The use of standard access sequences is not
affected by this Note.
Following the application of this SAP Note, pricing must use the standard
form of access sequence without access type "A". As detailed below,
customers who do not use hierarchical access will be unaffected by the
application of this SAP Note. Uses of hierarchical access outside of
pricing and pricing-related functionalities are also unaffected.
If you are not sure whether or not you are using this specific
functionality, we strongly recommend that you run the check report included
in the related SAP Notes 1600090 and 1601021 before you install a Support
Package as listed above. The check reports allow you to easily check
whether this specific pricing functionality is being used in your
system(s).
If you are not using hierarchical access functionality in pricing or
pricing-related functionalities and are not planning to use it, no further
action beyond the application of these notes is necessary, as application
of these SAP Notes will not affect your use of the SAP solution.


If you are already actively using or planning to use this functionality, we
request that you contact us by creating a support ticket under the
XX-PROJ-IMS-HA component so that we can work together to ensure that your
SAP solution continues to satisfy your needs in the future.

Overview: Impact of Installation of this SAP Note
1. Customers who do not use hierarchical access in pricing or
pricing-related functionality.
Customers will experience no change in their operation of the SAP
system.
2. Customers who use hierarchical access in pricing or pricing-related
functionality.
The SAP system will function differently, as described below, after
the application of this SAP Note.
a) Existing access sequences of the type "Hierarchical Access"
(created before the installation of this SAP Note) in pricing or
pricing-related functionality will no longer function as before.
Pricing will abort with a run-time error if an access sequence of
the type "Hierarchical Access" is used for searching price data.
These access sequences may be converted to the standard form of
access sequence. SAP can assist you with this process to ensure
that your SAP solution continues to satisfy your needs.
b) It will no longer be possible to create a new access sequence of
the type "Hierarchical Access" in pricing or pricing-related
functionality. The new access sequence cannot be saved. For
pricing and pricing-related functionality, use the standard form of
access sequence.
If you have any questions regarding this Note, you can contact us by
creating a support ticket under the XX-PROJ-IMS-HA component identified
above.

The Note is release-independent

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