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Downloading SAP Solution Composer

dlouis
Explorer
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Hello,

Does anyone know where I get download SAP Solution Composer from ? All the sites I have gone to have links that don't work or web pages that are not found.  Thanks.

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i040689
Advisor
Advisor
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Hi Louis,

SAP Solution Composer Smart Client was a component used to communicate
SAPs solution portfolio. The environment was based on Visual Basic
and was never thought as a longterm solution.

SAP Solution Maps will be replaced/renewd soon. Hence the old
Solution Composer Smart Client is discontinued and was removed from
all download locations.

Regards

Adrienne

dlouis
Explorer
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Thanks Adrienne.

Former Member
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Thanks Adrienne,

Do you know what this is getting replaced with?

Regards,

Bejoy

i040689
Advisor
Advisor
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No offical replacement yet.

dlouis
Explorer
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I just found from an SAP employee that SAP created Solution Maps but it is not nearly as good as Solution Composer.  With Solution Maps, you cannot create your own maps, but you can still view the standard SAP business mapping.  (http://www.sap.com/solutions/businessmaps/index.epx)

Regards,

Denis

Former Member
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Who in SAP is currently owning the project to update Solution Composer?

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Is there anything that we can use instead of sap composer?

rob_cells
Explorer
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Hi all. It's such a great app for consultants. I use it for general consulting. I used to have a copy of smc_public.exe as I loved using SAP Solution Composer. I was gutted when SAP stopped supporting it. I am even more gutted as I managed to lose my copy and cannot find it anywhere on the internet. It has literally been scrubbed from the face of this earth!

Does anyone have a copy of smc_public.exe that they can email me? It would be greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

Rob

Former Member
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Hi buddy,

Just to refresh the question: how can I find the solution composer or the replated tool?

Thanks

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You can use the link here to Download SAP Solution Composer by SAP AG

Former Member
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tks!!

Downloading SAP Solution Composer

Former Member
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I don't see the download link anywhere. Its all online as far as I can see.

Former Member
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Its name change to SAP Solution Explorer and you can find it here : www.sap.com/solutionexplorer

Gerritdp
Newcomer
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I am from a Partner company and was / is using the Solution Composer for the following (I fortunaately have an old copy of 2007):

  • Compile a view to our Customers in our sales tenders a what SAP components are presented to them and what they can expect in an upcoming project implementation
  • Help to explain the Components what the customer will be expecting in the implementation.
  • It provides the TOTAL solution in a Word export and PowerPoint export that is very useful in our solution creation.
  • For example.  We would build a Solution Map that would only represent a solution that would represent Finance and HR components, because this would be the Customers requirement.

HOWEVER.

SAP has decided in their wisdom to remove this product from their suite of Partner enablement products and replace it with something they call the Solution Explorer that lacks the functionality of the Solution Composer. 

www.sap.com/solutionexplorer


The drawbacks of the Solution Explorer is that:

  • You cannot create a solution that can be used as a Sales tool.
  • You cannot visualize the solution components in a single usable view.  They are presented as loose web pages.
  • The Solution explorer is only an online viewer and not at all the Composer with download facilities at all.

In the Plus side of the Explorer is the following:

  • SAP has brought a lot of products and changes in their landscape such as IS Solutions, Line of Sight products as well as New S4 platform that would make the Solution composer a nightmare to update and support.
  • It is easy to provide a updated view of new SAP products by updating the online solution explorer.

So where does this leave us in the Partner community?

  • We have moved backwards in our capability to provide effective and functional Sales material of the SAP products with the retracting of the Solution Composer (It cannot be downloaded anymore)
  • Bring back the Solution Composer?  (Not going to happen I believe)
  • Expand the functionality of the Online Explorer to give us a capability to "Compose" a solution and visualize it in some form to enhance our sales capabilities.
Former Member
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Gerrit

You are spot on in terms of the predicament partners face in terms of Composer vs Explorer. Beyond the first level, the Explorer falls apart and does not provide a cohesive view of the solution scape. For instance, the Composer provided a hierarchical view of the value segments. There was also a clear guidance on SAP standard Product Available, Partner Product Available, SAP Product Available with Future Releases, Partner Product Available with Future Releases and  Future Focus. This was way more comprehensive. Explorer appears to be a voyage abandoned mid stream. A composer type solution guide is going to be very helpful, especially when the SAP stack is undergoing a complete metamorphosis on S/4 HANA. The opportunities to position RDS and newer offerings can be enhanced, if the Composer can be brought back to life...

Prognosticator
Discoverer
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Note 1579894 - Installation of SOCO 101 on SAP Solution Manager 7.1 talks about installing the Solution Composer Add On for Solution Manager.

I'm just downloading it now to compare its functionality against the no longer available PC based version.

Hope this is helpful

Len P

Former Member
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Hi. Have you got anywhere with this? It would be great if you can share your experience with SOCO vs the former tool.

Like the others in this thread I've been looking for the downloadable Solution Map Composer without success, so would be very interested in your conclusions.

Nick

Prognosticator
Discoverer
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Unfortunately, I had problems downloading the SOCO add on for Solman and reverted to my old notebook installed copy of Solution Composer for my immediate needs.

I will cycle back to try the SOCO add on again, but not until after the ChaRM prototyping has been moved into our development environment, out of the 7.1 Sandbox.

Sorry,

Len

Former Member
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Many thanks for the reply. Best of luck for next time you try it. Hope it's not "vapourware" in reality.

Nick

AndreGava
Discoverer
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Hi there,

SAP Solution Composer is no longer available. When we try to download it at http://www28.sap.com/mk/get/g-smcentry the internet provider redirect to dns search tool.

Regards,

Andre M.