HCM in an SAP for Utilities Landscape

[Former Member]

If HCM were required in a Landscape running SAP for Utilities should HCM be run in the same ECC instance running Utilities or its own instance?

I appreciate that the answer may not be a simple yes/no but some guidance on the factors to take into consideration would be appreciated.

Many thanks in anticipation of a reply.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Technically HCM lies within the ECC system as a Major module / Business process. If we consider the mySAP ERP Suite, IS - Utilities is part of it and stands on a separate server like CRM, SCM etc. Integration of the master data is the possible option to exchange the data between the ECC & IS - Utilities.

If this helps, pl do reward.

Thanks

Narasimha

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Narasimha,

many thanks for you reply. It's the assertion in your reply that IS-U "stands on a separate server" that I'm trying to understand. Is it always the case that IS-U should run on it's own ECC implementation?

My understanding of the switch framework is that you could run multiple cross industry solutions but only ever one industry solution on the same ECC in which case it should be okay for IS-U to run on the same ECC as HCM, but I'm relatively new to this so may have got the wrong end of a stick somewhere!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Neil,

I too yielded late that industry solution could be on same ECC.

Thanks for your clarification.

Narasimha