IPC 5.0 Training
Workshop Curriculum
After
the Fall US CWG Conference, Marco Island, Florida
October 9 & 10, 2008
This workshop
is only for SAP Customers attending the Fall US Marco Island CWG Conference
The presentation is structured in 60
minute units: 15 minute instruction, 30 minutes hands-on and 15 min break/time
to catch up.
Disclaimer: This training event is organized by
eSpline LLC and is in no way endorsed by the SAP Configuration Workgroup or SAP
AG.
It is offered to CWG
members as a service complementary to the Fall 2008, Marco Island, FL CWG
conference
This information is preliminary and to be used as a guide for the course content and timing and is subject to change.
Day 1 - Thursday, 9 October 2008
Day 1 Morning (8:30am – 10:00am)
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Unit 1: Introduction to IPC
o
What is IPC
o
IPC History
o
IPC Deployment Scenarios
o
Exercise: Configure a product in R3 using IPC.
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Unit 2: IPC Internal Architecture
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IPC is a reasoning engine
o
IPC components – DDB, PMS, TMS, Constraint system
o Exercise:
Day 1 Morning (10:00am – 12:00pm)
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Unit 3: SAP Virtual Machine Container
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Introduction into SAP VMC
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Comparisons of IPC 5.0 and 4.0 architectures
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Concepts
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Exercise:
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Unit 4: IPC Integration inside VMC
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Topics TBD
o
Exercise:
Day 1 Morning (1:00pm – 2:30pm)
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Unit 5: Introduction into SAP Product Modeling
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Short overview of Variant Configuration concepts
o
Declarative vs. Procedural
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Exercise: Create and use an IPC knowledge base
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Unit 6: Modeling for the IPC
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IPC-VC Delta List (detailed review)
o Exercise: Use an unsupported feature in KB generation
Day 1 Afternoon (2:30pm – 4:00pm)
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Unit 7: Introduction to SAP Pricing
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Short overview of SAP Pricing concepts
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Exercise: Review of a pricing procedure
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Unit 8: The P in IPC (Pricing)
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Development of pricing exits & formulas
o Exercise: same
Day 1 Afternoon (4:00pm – 5:30pm)
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Unit 9: IPC User Interface
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Introduction to JSP, MVC
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Exercise: Simple code-free JSP customizations
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Unit 10: IPC eXtended Configuration Management (XCM)
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Introduction to XCM
o Exercise: custom changes to JSP UI through XCM
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Day 2 - Friday, 10 October 2008
Day 2 Morning (8:30am – 10:00am)
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Unit 11: Advanced IPC Customization
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Custom actions
o
Exercise:
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Unit 12: TBD
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Exercise:
Day 2 Morning (10:00am – 12:00pm)
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Unit 13: IPC Infrastructure & Monitoring
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Monitoring the VMC
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Integration into CCMS
o
Exercise: monitoring of IPC parameters through CCMS
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Unit 14: IPC Security
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Securing IPC RFC connections
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Exercise:
Day 2 Afternoon (1:00pm – 2:00pm)
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Unit 15: IPC Performance Tuning
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Overview of performance characteristics of IPC
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Tuning points
o
Exercise: TBD
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Unit 16: TBD
o Exercise: TBD
Day 2 Afternoon (2:00pm – 3:00pm)
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Informal: Additional IPC related topics
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Custom deployments
o Other
Day 2 Afternoon (3:00pm – flexible)
· QA, Parking lot issues, Training wrap-up, flexible finish
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