{"id":74991,"date":"2021-07-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=74991"},"modified":"2025-07-12T11:55:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T09:55:29","slug":"sap-is-checking-your-audit-results-are-you-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/sap-ueberprueft-verstaerkt-ihre-audit-ergebnisse\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Is Checking Your Audit Results\u2014Are You Prepared?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s common knowledge that customers audit their systems with tools supplied by SAP (see SAP\u2019s Terms and Conditions). SAP can also remotely audit the systems if customers refuse to do it themselves. However, SAP usually doesn\u2019t make use of these remote audit privileges. Instead, it asks its customers to supply additional data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More data, please!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If this is the case, SAP will send not only the measurement plan that usually accompanies an audit request, but also a document named \u201cMeasurement Deliverables for SAP Software License Audit\u201d. Step by step, this document explains what customers need to do and what data they need to deliver. You could call this an advanced audit.<\/p>

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This document also details until when customers have to deliver the data and where to upload them to SAP. Customers should also adapt the measurement plan according to their specifications. To comply with this request is highly recommendable since SAP will use the adapted plan for the audit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advanced audit comprises the old standard (License Audit Workbench Report), according to which all Abap-based SAP systems in production and development need to be audited. This means that customers should make use of the tools supplied by SAP like USMM, LAW, and LMBI. If you\u2019re using database Hana, you need to audit it in compliance with the \u201cSAP Hana Database, User\u2019s Guide to Measurement\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some engines are licensed for cores. Previously, customers were asked to indicate them in the self-declaration form. Now, customers need to evaluate the number of cores according to SAP\u2019s specifications (Processor Core Worksheet). This task needs to be taken seriously because, for example, cluster installations on virtual servers can mean more cores than expected. Engines that cannot be audited in this way still need to be indicated in the self-declaration form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than an audit <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

System data extract is where it becomes really advanced. Regarding development systems, SAP wants to know who has the S_Develop rights, among other things. It\u2019s not about code customizations anymore, but about rights. In productive environments, SAP goes several steps further. Here\u2019s a selection of tables and reports that customers have to deliver data from: UST12, USRBF2, AGR_PROF, AGR_TEXTS, AGR_1251, USR11, SM37, WE21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you combine all of the things listed above, SAP is basically ordering customers to bare all: Rights, use, interfaces, IDocs as well as a jobs overview and all repository objects not created by SAP. This is so much more than a simple audit. It evokes the impression that SAP is either not trusting its own audit tools anymore or that the results the tools deliver are not enough anymore. This advanced audit could soon become the new normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leverage the advanced audit blueprint!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My recommendation up until now has been to use SAP\u2019s classification guide before sending the audit results to SAP. However, SAP is now digging deeper, not trusting customers with user classification anymore, among other things. This is why I now implore you to check all your results before sending them. How, you may ask? Well, SAP itself has already delivered a great blueprint with its guidelines for advanced audits. Use it to be prepared for your next SAP audit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The times when SAP would just accept audit results seem to be over. And there\u2019s more: The data you need aren\u2019t as simple as they used to be.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2202,"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,39493],"tags":[4184],"coauthors":[38539],"class_list":["post-74991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lizenz-kolumne","category-mag-21-06","tag-guido-schneider","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",400,173,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-768x332.jpg",768,332,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-100x43.jpg",100,43,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-480x207.jpg",480,207,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-640x276.jpg",640,276,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-720x311.jpg",720,311,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-960x415.jpg",960,415,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",1000,432,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",600,259,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen.jpg",600,259,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Lizenzen-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Die Zeiten, in denen SAP Audit-Ergebnisse einfach akzeptiert hat, scheinen vorbei zu sein. Immer h\u00e4ufiger hinterfragt der Softwarekonzern die \u00fcbermittelten Zahlen. Und es gibt eine weitere Neuerung: Die Daten, die abgefragt werden, haben es in sich.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Lizenz-Kolumne<\/a>, MAG 21-06<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Guido Schneider, SLC365","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/guido-schneider-slc\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152380,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74991\/revisions\/152380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74991"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=74991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}