Beginner
Set Up a Sample Lead-to-Cash Business Process
February 26, 2021
Created by
November 20, 2019
15 min.
Set up a pre-configured lead-to-cash business process to experience the Process Visibility service.
You will learn
- How to import a sample lead-to-cash business scenario
- How to import the events for sample lead-to-cash business process
- How to gain visibility on the lead-to-cash business process
- How to quickly get started with the process visibility service capability using a sample lead-to-cash business process
Prerequisites
Set up the Workflow Management service. For more information, see the Set Up Workflow Management in Cloud Cockpit tutorial.
Lead-to-cash is a business process that provides sales insights, eliminates process inefficiencies, and ensures accurate reporting on business performance and future trends.
In this tutorial, you can learn how to gain visibility on a sample lead-to-cash business process using SAP Process Visibility service. You are provided with JSON files with events and zip files that contain the business scenario using which you can easily try out the capabilities of the service.
Step 1: Download files from GitHub
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Use the following link to access GitHub.
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Choose the
LeadToCashEvents.jsonfile.
This downloads the
LeadToCashEvents.jsonfile to your local system. -
Now, from the GitHub, choose the
LeadToCash.zipfile.
This downloads the
LeadToCash.zipfile to your local system.You now have the two downloaded files in your local system with the events and business scenario relevant to lead-to-cash process.
Step 2: Import events
In this step, you will import the LeadToCashEvents.json to the Event Acquisition application.
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Log onto the Event Acquisition tile using the Workflow Management home screen.
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Choose the Import icon.
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In the Import From File dialog, browse for the
LeadToCashEvents.jsonthat is in your local file system.
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Choose Import.
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Check if the events are imported successfully, by choosing the View Filter Settings icon.
Choose the Process Definition ID option. Provide the value as
L2Cand choose OK.
You can view a list of events imported for this process definition ID.
Step 3: Import the business scenario
In this step, you will import the LeadtoCash.zip file to the Configure Visibility Scenarios application.
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Log onto the Configure Visibility Scenarios tile using the Workflow Management home screen.
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Choose the Import Scenario icon.
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In the Import Scenario dialog, browse for the
LeadtoCash.zipfile from your local system. Then choose Import.
You can now see the imported business scenario as shown.
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Choose the Lead to Cash business scenario.
Choose Activate.
You will see a message upon successful activation of the scenario.
Step 4: Process the data
In this step, you can process the data of the activated business scenarios using the Monitor Visibility Scenarios application.
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Click the Monitor Visibility Scenarios tile by navigating to the home screen.
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Choose the Lead to Cash scenario definition, then choose Process Data.
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On successful processing of data, choose the refresh icon to view the processing information listed out under Processing Information.
Step 5: Track business scenario
In this step, you will be able to track the progress of the sample scenario using the visual representation of the Process Workspace application.
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Click the Process Workspace tile by navigating to the home screen.
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Choose the Lead to Cash business scenario.
You can view the overview page for the Lead to Cash business scenario as shown below. You can view information such as open orders, cycle time, open orders by product category, and so on.
You can customize the cards displayed on the overview page by modifying the business scenario in the Configure Visibility Scenarios application. For more information, see SAP Help.