XML and XBRL- compliant SAP R/3 Systems Paul Sheldon Foote California State University, Fullerton...

XML and XBRL-XML and XBRL-compliant SAP R/3 compliant SAP R/3

SystemsSystemsPaul Sheldon Foote

California State University, Fullerton

SAP Congress, February 2001


Paul Sheldon Foote 2

Paul Sheldon FooteDepartment of AccountingCalifornia State University, FullertonPO Box 6848Fullerton, CA 92834-6848

(714) [email protected]://business.fullerton.edu/pfootehttp://business.fullerton.edu/sap

mailto:[email protected]

http://business.fullerton.edu/pfoote

http://business.fullerton.edu/sap



Focus

Identify how SAP and third party vendors are implementing XML and XBRL-compliant systems

Suggest research opportunities



XML

Extensible Markup Language In 1999, SAP added XML as a format for

data interchange across its SAP Business Framework

XML, a meta language, provides developers with a standard way to describe data containers, enabling exchanges with non-SAP applications



XML 2

Eliminates the need for custom translation code

Capable of accessing SAP’s Business APIs (BAPIs)

SAP will enable all of its major interfaces with XML

SAP Business-to-Business Procurement: example of product using XML



XML 3

SAP’s goal is to make all IDOCS available in XML format

With IDOCS in XML format, it will be easier to integrate SAP R/3 with legacy and with non-SAP systems



SAP’s XML SEC filing www.secinfo.com

- <filer>- <company-data> <conformed-name>SAP AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS PRODUCTS IN DATA</conformed-name> <cik>0001000184</cik> <assigned-sic>7372</assigned-sic> <irs-number>000000000</irs-number> <state-of-incorporation>I8</state-of-incorporation> <fiscal-year-end>1231</fiscal-year-end>



IBM’s Visual Age for Java

SAP has agreed to use IBM’s Visual Age for Java development tool for implementing business-to-business data interchange

This will provide JavaBean interfaces into SAP’s BAPIs

Server-side Java and XML integration for SAP R/3 systems



IBM’s Visual Age for Java 2

With SAP’s BAPIs available through IBM Component Broker middleware, many tool vendors will be able to connect to SAP R/3 systems via open rather than proprietary systems



XBRL

Extensible Business Reporting Language Custom markup language based upon

XML Being added to accounting and financial

reporting software



XBRL 2

XBRL-compliant software automatically and transparently translates numbers and words for viewing of segments in Web browsers, spreadsheets, and in other application software



XBRL 3

Faster distribution of financial information Eliminate rewrites of financial reports Faster and better Internet searches

– Find desired XBRL-tagged data, not thousands of useless “hits”

Drill down Minimize reentering data



XBRL Components

XBRL taxonomy Database tables and maps Customized XBRL tags XBRL instance documents



XBRL Security

Security features are not built into XBRL



XBRL Steering Committee

Not-for-profit corporation started by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

SAP is a member XBRL specifications http://www.xbrl.org

http://www.xbrl.org/



XBRL Taxonomy Viewer XBRL Taxonomy Builder XBRL Instance Validator XBRL Instance Creator XBRL Extractor XBRL DOM

– A DLL



XBRL Lists and Enumeration Services Training XBRL Taxonomy Creation XBRL Financial Statement Creation XBRL Style Sheet Creation Financial Information Conversion and

Financial Reporting



http://xbrlsolutions.com Web site includes additional

documentation authored by Charles Hoffman

http://xbrlsolutions.com/



SAP R/3 Before the Internet

Within a single firm, SAP R/3 ended the problem of “islands of information.”



SAP Business Framework

SAP supports XML as a data format for data interchange across the entire SAP Business Framework

Support of XML enables SAP R/3 to use the Internet to pass messages to receiving applications having no prior knowledge of the data formats contained in the messages



SAP’s Business APIs (BAPIs)

XML enables access to SAP’s Business APIs (BAPIs) without custom translation code



SAP Business-to-Business Procurement

Web-based “requisition-order-payment” solution

Use as part of R/3 or as a stand-alone component interfacing to R/3 or to legacy systems

Little or no training to use Web front end Real-time supplier integration



SAP OLAP Consolidation

SAP has no current plans to build XBRL functionality into applications

Instead, all XBRL-tagged data will be collected in SAP’s Business Information Warehouse (BW) for use by applications

XBRL support will be in SAP’s OLAP Consolidation Tool (ConsTool), a tool built into SAP-BW



SAP’s XBRL Templates(a future possibility?)

Reporting Financial Consolidation Modeling Simulation Planning Budgeting



Java and XML-Based wireless applications for SAP R/3

EPIConnect: Warehouse Edition Developed using Epic Data’s eXpresso

development environment (XML and Java technologies)

Operating system independence for servers and mobile devices



Development for all major server operating systems, including: Windows, Unix, Linux

Development for all major mobile device operating systems, including: DOS, Windows CE, Palm



Automatic data collection (ADC) solutions for SAP R/3 customer installations

EPIConnect controls the flow of material from the receiving dock to the shipping bay

Workers with no SAP R/3 training can enter data into SAP R/3



Intermec Technologies Corporation

RF Hand Held Data Collection Computer used by Epic Data

Weighs under 1 pound

European and Asian character sets available



Intermec Technologies Corporation 2

Send and receive real time data with 2.4 GHz radio

Develop applications with Microsoft C/C++




Configurations– Terminal emulation– Client/server– Web-enabled for

integration into HTML applications




Data collection applications– Time & Attendance– Shipping/Receiving– Picking and Pricing



“We want to put ERP into every facet of our business from development through manufacturing to the maintenance, repair, and overhaul market.”--Mike Paul, Pratt

&Whitney ERP director



SAP host computer in Connecticut

Epic Data’s ADC server in Singapore

Intermec hand held Data travels 14,000

miles each way in less than 2 seconds



Aircraft engines worth more than $5 million can be assembled from more than 2,000 unique part numbers in 8 days, instead of 6 weeks

Single instance of SAP R/3



All worldwide data now resides in one location

Over 20 – 30 years for each engine have:– How part

manufactured– Tests performed– Quality issues



Manufacturer of high-quality plumbing fixtures

Fine furniture Cabinetry and tile Small engines and

generators



SAP R/3 Epic Data for

automated data collection for SAP R/3

Intermec Antares hand-held terminals



At month-end processing, pull data from SAP via Epic Data system to work offline with Intermec terminals while SAP R/3 is unavailable

Can continue to pack and close shipments



Continuous Auditing

Real-time processing of transactions

Real-time auditing



Continuous Auditing 2

Reduce time for existing audits?

Increase audits in same amount of time?

Reduce insurance costs for liabilities of CPA firms?

Less overtime to meet reporting deadlines?



Value Added Services

Direct communication to stakeholders– Shareholders– Analysts– Investors– Employees– General information on Web sites

Regulatory reporting (SEC) Tax reporting (IRS)



mySAP.com Internet-Business Framework

Open Internet standards (such as XML and HTTP) combined with SAP R/3’s scalable, high-performance architecture

SAP’s WebFlow technology for business communities is based upon XML-enabled Business Objects

Information exchange between companies via XML messages



mySAP.com Marketplace

Instead of using independent buying and selling systems, companies may purchase or use mySAP.com Marketplace

An example of a live marketplace using mySAP.com Marketplace is http://www.neoforma.com

http://www.neoforma.com/



Global electronic business-to-business supply chain exchange for the healthcare industry

Supply chain processes cost the medical industry $23 billion annually

Automating the supply chain could reduce annual costs by $12 billion



SAPMarkets, Inc.

SAPMarkets, Inc. is SAP’s subsidiary for evolving mySAP.com e-business applications into e-marketplace services

Covisint, an XML-based buying system started by General Motors, Ford, and by DaimlerChrysler, has encountered selling side automotive exchanges led by Robert Bosch GMBH and others



SAPMarkets, Inc. 2

With Commerce One, SAPMarkets is already offering MarketSet and EnterpriseBuyer

Commerce One and NEON (New Era of Networks, Inc.) are delivering an XML-based connector for SAP R/3 integrating Commerce One’s Buysite 6.0



mySAP.com Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM)

Original foundations:– mySAP.com Internet-Business Framework– Business Application Programming Interface

(BAPI)



mySAP.com Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM)2 Business Planning and Simulation Business Consolidation and Sourcing Business Information Collection Corporate Performance Monitor Stakeholder Relationship Management



SAP SRM

SAP SRM (Stakeholder Relationship Management) function

Value-based management via communications with employees, investors, analysts, customers, and suppliers



mySAP.com Business Intelligence

Real-time Web-enabled analytical reporting

Reporting Agent runs queries in the background with exceptional conditions reported as HTML elements



Custom Markup Languages

Mathematical Markup Language (MathML)

Chemical Markup Language (CML) Wireless Markup Language (WML) Synchronized Multimedia Markup

Language (SMIL) Scalable Vector Graphics Markup

Language (SVG)



Custom Markup Languages 2

Bean Markup Language (BML) Extensible 3D (X3D) Bank Internet Payment System (BIPS) Electronic Business XML (ebXML) Visa XML Invoice Specification Commerce XML (cXML) LegalXML




NewsML Open eBook Publication Structure Extensible User Interface Language (XUL) Research Information Exchange Markup

Language (RIXML) VoiceXML Vector Markup Language (VML)




Product Data Markup Language (PDML) Financial Products Markup Language

(FpML) XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) Trading Partner Agreement Markup

Language (tpaML)




Small to Medium Business XML (SMBXML)

Financial Information Exchange Markup Language (FixML)

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