Day1: - Foot Print of SAP: ECC vs. S/4HANA
Day1: - Foot Print of SAP: ECC vs. S/4HANA
Day1: - Foot Print of SAP: ECC vs. S/4HANA
At the highest level, we can differentiate SAP systems as either ECC or S/4 HANA. The main difference between
the two is the type of database they use.
• ECC stands for ERP Central Component. It is SAP’s legacy system, with roots stretching back to their very first
ERP solution in the 1970s. It can operate on any database, including third-party and, more recently, HANA.
New versions of ECC are not being released and it is expected that customers will transfer their systems over
to S/4HANA.
S/4HANA is short for SAP Business Suite 4 HANA. As the fourth version of the SAP Business Suite, it is the latest
offering from SAP. It runs only on the HANA database, which is an in-memory database developed and tuned by
SAP for faster performance and real-time reporting.
S/4HANA Versions
S/4 HANA is offered on two different platforms: On-Premise or Cloud. Both products are very similar in terms
of lines of business, coverage and functionality.
• On-Premise is located on your organization’s own servers and managed in-house. It has an annual innovation
cycle with several smaller updates each year.
• Cloud is hosted externally on SAP’s servers and maintained by SAP. It has a quarterly innovation cycle.
Until 2020, all S/4HANA versions were named after the year and month that they were released (YYMM). For
example, S/4HANA 1909 was released September 2019.
To look up the version of your system, go to: More > System > Status > SAP System Data > Installed Product
Versions. This will tell you the product name.
S/4HANA On-Premise has several updates for each version per year. These updates will either be Feature Pack
Stacks (FPS) for new features or Support Pack Stacks (SPS) for bug fixes.
ECC Versions
SAP ECC is the predecessor of SAP S/4HANA. As a result, ECC 6.0 EHP 618 is the final release since SAP expects
customers will transfer their systems to S/4HANA.
NetWeaver Versions
SAP NetWeaver (NW) is the underlying technology layer or software stack that ECC is built on. SAP NW can be
used for custom development and integration with other applications and systems and is most commonly build
using the ABAP programming language.
As of 2019, the most up to date version of NetWeaver is AS ABAP 7.54.
ECC is an ERP Solution provided by SAP. ECC stands for ERP Central Component and ECC is a term confined to SAP only. ECC is a component of SAP's ERP
software package.
ERP suite provides the overall management and control of the functions.
HANA is a database of the SAP business software suite. HANA collects information, runs analytics, and oversees transactional data. At first, HANA was a tool for
managing warehousing data. It has grown an all-in-one data managing and analytical platform.
HANA functions on-premises, on the cloud, or a hybrid system. Similar to ERP, HANA has a variety of modules, for example:
• material-management
HANA helps businesses perform efficient management across all operation systems.
In 2017, SAP released S/4HANA Cloud. This new software proved to be ideal for businesses with 1.500+ employees. Larger organizations often operate on a
two-tiered system. With the cloud-based version of HANA, corporations can manage a comprehensive full business suite solution. It includes SAP ERP Central
S/4 HANA is full of trending tech functions. For instance, machine learning is now available through SAP Clear. You can now have a digital assistant called
CoPilot. SAP improves and updates software non-stop. HANA is a rapidly developing part of SAP. It helps align business data with artificial intelligence.
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