In the EWA alert solutions or EWA workspace, you might get warnings from SAP regarding usage of S4HANA compatibility packs.
These alerts can look like below:
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The background explanation
Both lead to the same background OSS note: 2269324 – Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA.
From the note: “Through the Compatibility Packages (CP) listed in the attachment “Compatibility Scope Matrix”, SAP provides a limited use right to SAP S/4HANA on-premise customers to run certain classic SAP ERP solutions on their SAP S/4HANA installation. Condition is that these customers have licensed the applicable solutions as set forth in their License Agreements. Compatibility Pack use rights may apply to selected private cloud deployments as well, without the prerequisite of an on-premise classic license.”.
Basically it means SAP did not have time enough to redo all the old solutions for S4HANA, but reserved the rights to do so later.
In the first years of S4HANA this did not used to be a big issue. Now SAP is catching up and will remove compatibility functions in upcoming versions, or will stop support.
Next steps
What do you need to do:
- Check if you have any systems with this alert in your EWA. The EWA is detecting this based on system usage/configuration settings.
- If you have them, read OSS note 2269324 – Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA carefully. There are good attachments to the note that explain for each use case.
- Determine the impact of the note for your situation with both the functional team and your management (since it can have license impact as well)
- Create action plan for your situation
Since the compatibility packs are coming from diverse functional background with diverse solution routes, there is no generic advice possible.
Except one advice: don't ignore this alert, but pick it up seriously. Investigate and take appropriate action in time to avoid license rights discussions and/or support issues.