Transition to SAP Cloud ALM for Implementation*
Transition to SAP Cloud ALM for implementation when the available functionality fulfills your needs, or if you plan to implement SAP's cloud solutions within your landscape.
Transition to SAP Cloud ALM for implementation when the available functionality fulfills your needs, or if you plan to implement SAP's cloud solutions within your landscape.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Process Management and Solution Documentation | Describe business and IT perspective on processes, applications and system landscapes in one place Solution concept to cover whole corporation Lifecycle handling based on branch concept Comprehensive library concept to avoid redundancies Limited SAP Best Practice content available Fixed semantic of process structure Optional usage of Process Modeling | Process Management | Manage your Fit-to-Standard Workshops Process based scoping for Fit-to-Standard Workshops Extended SAP Best Practices available Detailed access to SAP Standard Process Models, Test Scripts Less restrictions in Process Hierarchy Create own Processes with integrated Process Modelling capabilities Enhanced Process Modeling based on SAP Signavio* |
Common directory for business processes associated documentation Based on SAP Knowledge Warehouse with comprehensive document management capabilities | Documentation | Document your processes in context of your project via notes Store and manage external documents* Work on documentation collaboratively* | |
For Process Management, SAP is currently working on tools and methodologies to support the transfer of business processes and documentation from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM. This is planned as a one-time content data transfer including different steps for content migration.
Please see the table at the end of this page for the scope planned to be available for transition.
Additionally, concepts for the transfer of large amounts of documents are evaluated.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Management | Optional usage for ALM processes Based on the project management functions of SAP Portfolio and Project Management (SAP PPM) Limited SAP Activate content Loose integration into other ALM functions (ChaRM, SolDoc, Focused Build) | Project & Task Management | Mandatory usage for ALM processes Extended content from SAP Activate Methodology available including Roles Customer own work breakdown structure available Tight integration into other ALM functions (Onboarding, Requirement, Feature, Process) Work with releases to drive a deployment plan to production |
Project Management is provided in SAP Solution Manager and SAP Cloud ALM.
From a data transfer perspective, you can manually export Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) from SAP Solution Manager and import them into SAP Cloud ALM. Transferring further project-related is not supported.
SAP recommends to finish running projects in SAP Solution Manager and start new projects in SAP Cloud ALM after the transition.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Test Suite | Business process- based testing Determine the scope of testing Central planning and execution of tests Manual test capabilities (document based) Automated test capabilities (Script based) Defect Management Test Step solution via Focused Build | Test Management | Prepare and manage functional test cases based on your requirements Activity and action-based testing Test Automation handled by Tricentis Test Automation for SAP integrated with SAP Cloud ALM or external tools Assign requirements and user stories to test cases Track the progress of the test preparation |
For Test Suite, SAP is working on tools and methodologies to support the transfer of test cases and Focused Build test steps from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM.
Transition of BPCA content and TBOMs is not planned.
Transition of Scope and Effort Analyzer (SEA) content is not planned.
| Current tool and transformation use case | Transformation approach |
Any Test Automation Tool (CBTA and 3rd party)
| No transition required as standard test cases are provided for most SAP Best Practice processes by S/4HANA Test Automation Tool |
Any Test Automation Tool (CBTA and 3rd party)
| Any Test Automation Tool integrated with SAP Cloud ALM
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Tricentis Test Automation with SAP Solution Manager
| Before 2025:
Starting at 2025*:
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SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Requirement Management | Requirement Management enables you to handle demands for software innovations used throughout your business, including SAP and non-SAP products. After identifying the need for a new function or feature, business departments (lines of business) can submit a business requirement and detail the necessary changes. | Requirement Management | Create requirements as part of Fit-to-standard workshops Mass edit, mass download, and mass upload of requirements Assign requirements to user stories and project tasks Create one or several features in relation to your requirement |
Requirement Management is provided by SAP Solution Manager and SAP Cloud ALM.
From a data transfer perspective, you can manually export requirements from SAP Solution Manager and import them into SAP Cloud ALM.
SAP recommends to finish running projects in SAP Solution manager and start new projects in SAP Cloud ALM after the transition.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Change Request Management | Comprehensive workflow to control and document changes in system landscapes Request changes, implement, and test them Perform change control activities across technology stacks and application components Fiori-based work package and work item in Focused Build | Change Enablement Release and Deployment Orchestration | Allows you to stay on top of your adjustments to production systems hence ensuring stable and reliable daily operations Uses Features to document and deploy your software or configuration changes and to record the changed objects Assign transports as containers of your software and configuration changes |
| Quality Gate Management | Integrated and consistent quality process to manage changes and their deployment over all operational units across the various organizations of a company | currently not in scope | |
Transition of Change Control Management - related data from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM is not planned.
SAP recommends to close open change cycles in SAP Solution Manager, then activate Deployment Management in SAP Cloud ALM.
To learn more about the details, please see the following recording: https://youtu.be/uHfWbaWWAxQ?si=uHELUeM_FJJZak5Y
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting | Comprehensive reporting for all capabilities Solution Readiness Dashboard for project governance in Focused Build Includes risks, issues, status on availability of documentation, and more Cross-project analyses | Analytics | Integrated Analytics per capability Additional cross analytics provided |
Reporting capabilities are provided in both SAP Solution Manager and SAP Cloud ALM.
Transfer of reporting and analytics data is not provided - after activating reporting capabilities in SAP Cloud ALM, new reporting data is collected.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Focused Build | Ready-to-run and integrated, tool-supported methodology to manage requirements and software development in large, agile projects. | SAP Cloud ALM | Adoption of Focused Build methodology planned to support customers in the implementation of cloud centric and hybrid solution landscapes. |
Transition of Focused Build test steps is planned.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | |
|---|---|---|
| ITSM | Central message management and processing Allow to connect to an external help desk, set up service connections, and access SAP Service & Support. | IT Service Management functionality is not in scope. |
SAP Cloud ALM does not provide IT Service Management, therefore no transition is required.
If customers have used ITSM in SAP Solution Manager, SAP recommends to plan a transition to a 3rd party ITSM tool.
SAP Solution Manager | SAP Cloud ALM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Custom Code Management | Custom Code Management is the central point of access for all functions that you use to monitor and manage the complete lifecycle of custom developments from requirement to retirement. | Custom Code Clustering* | Planned functionality |
No transition required.
Learn more about the planned Custom Code Clustering here.
Learn from this recording how to prepare your transition to SAP Cloud ALM by using the SAP Activate Roadmap "Transition to SAP Cloud ALM".
The roadmap contains project plan phases, deliverables and tasks in accordance with the SAP Activate methodology. In addition, accelerators are linked to the relevant deliverables and tasks making the execution of deliverables and tasks easy to consume when needed in each phase of a project.
Discovering the capabilities of SAP Cloud ALM before transitioning to it from SAP Solution Manager is a critical step in ensuring a successful migration. It provides insights into how the new system aligns with business goals, supports functional enhancements, integrates with existing systems, and mitigates risks. Additionally, it aids in effective resource allocation, change management, cost-benefit analysis, strategic road mapping, enhancing user experience, and meeting regulatory requirements. By investing time in this discovery phase, you can pave the way for a smoother, more efficient, and more successful transition to SAP Cloud ALM.
| ALM process | Planned transition aspects |
|---|---|
| Process Management | Transfer of process hierarchy (folders and scenarios), libraries (executable, configuration, interface, development, process steps), process content (business processes and diagrams), process elements (including test steps and process documentation) |
| Test Suite | Transfer of manual test cases and Focused Build test steps |
| Project Management | Manual upload |
| Requirements Management |
| General remarks | Out of scope for selective data transfer |
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Transferring data from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM is planned as a one-time activity with multiple steps.
The table below shows which data from which area in SAP Solution Manager can be transferred to the respective area in SAP Cloud ALM.
| Step | Area | Data transfer from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | Process Hierarchy | Folder / Scenario / Org. Unit / Master Data | Process Hierarchy Node | Available |
| Step 2 | Libraries | Configuration | Configuration | on roadmap |
| Development | Development | on roadmap | ||
| Executables | Application | on roadmap | ||
| Interfaces | Interfaces | on roadmap | ||
| Process Steps | Solution Activities | on roadmap | ||
| Step 3 | Process Content | Business Processes | Custom Solution Processes | on roadmap |
| Process Diagrams | Solution Process Flow Diagrams | on roadmap | ||
| Step 4 | Process Elements | Documents & Test Documents | Documentation | on roadmap |
| Test Steps | Test Cases | on roadmap | ||
You can find more details about the planned availability in the respective roadmap item in the SAP Roadmap Explorer.
Learn from this video how the selective data transfer works and how you can transfer data from solution documentation and test management in SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM.
*This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.