Tables installed with the SAP publisher pack

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    Summary of Tables installed with the SAP publisher pack

    The SAP publisher pack is installed as part of the Software Asset Management Professional for SAP plugin in ServiceNow. It includes a set of tables that store data imported directly from SAP systems, enabling detailed tracking, analysis, and management of SAP licensing, user activity, roles, and system connections.

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    Customers can use these tables to gain insight into SAP license compliance, user roles, system usage, and transactions, which supports optimized license management and compliance efforts.

    Key Tables and Their Purposes

    • Named User Type Role [sampnamedusertypehasrole]: Tracks roles assigned to each named user type.
    • SAP Client [sampsapclient]: Stores RFC destinations connecting ABAP systems to external systems; accessible via SAP Compliance and Optimization administration.
    • SAP Connection [sampsapconnection]: Contains SAP system connection details.
    • SAP Engine Usage [sampsapswclientaccess]: Captures recent engine usage measurements based on license metrics.
    • SAP License Metric [sampsaplicensemetric]: Populated by ServiceNow Content Service; lists all SAP license metrics and is regularly updated to reflect current SAP licensing changes.
    • SAP License Metric Measurement [sampsaplicensemetricmeasurement]: Stores monthly usage data per SAP license metric for clients.
    • SAP Roles [sampsaprole] and SAP User Roles [sampsapuserhasrole]: Store SAP roles and user-role assignments.
    • SAP System User [sampsapsystemuser]: Contains discovered SAP users mapped to ServiceNow system user records.
    • SAP User Activity [sampsapuseractivity]: Records user activity details such as time spent and database operations on SAP clients.
    • SAP Web Activity [sampsapwebactivity]: Logs web activity and RFC connection data including call counts and data transmitted.
    • SAP User Active Transactions [sampnamedusertypehastransactions]: Tracks transaction activity for named user types using SAP transaction codes.
    • SAP USMM Rules [sampsapusmmrule]: Contains USMM (SAP license measurement) rules from connected SAP applications.
    • Additional tables: Price lists, named user types, and digital access details are stored in respective tables for extended license management capabilities.

    Practical Use for ServiceNow Customers

    • These tables provide the foundation to perform SAP license compliance analysis and optimize license usage based on detailed system and user activity data.
    • Customers can navigate to specific areas in the ServiceNow SAP Compliance and Optimization application to view and manage these data sets.
    • The periodic updates to license metrics via the Content Service ensure alignment with current SAP licensing models.
    • Demo data is available for testing and familiarization with the SAP publisher pack capabilities.
    • Staging tables and related SAP data tables help integrate and prepare SAP data for comprehensive license management workflows.

    Related Capabilities and Next Steps

    • Deploy ABAP programs and establish SAP connections to enable data collection into these tables.
    • Create entitlements, software models, and custom named user types to tailor SAP license management to organizational needs.
    • Use the Software Publisher Analytics dashboard and Publisher overview in the Software Asset Workspace to visualize and analyze SAP license data.

    Tables are installed with the Software Asset Management Professional for SAP plugin. The tables store data pulled from the SAP systems.

    Note:
    Use the Application Files table to see all components installed with the SAP publisher pack. For more information, see Find components installed with an application.

    Demo data is available for the SAP publisher pack.

    Tables

    Table Description
    Named User Type Role [samp_named_user_type_has_role] Roles assigned to each named user type.
    SAP Client [samp_sap_client] Remote Function Call (RFC) destination connecting Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) systems to external systems.

    To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Administration > SAP Clients.
    SAP Connection [samp_sap_connection] SAP system connections.

    To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Administration > SAP Connections.
    SAP Engine Usage [samp_sap_sw_client_access] Most recent engine usage measurements for SAP clients based on the license metric for each engine.
    SAP License Metric [samp_sap_license_metric] This table is populated by the ServiceNow Content Service. It’s a list of all license metrics that are used by SAP engines.

    To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Administration > Engines.

    Note:
    The table is periodically updated with new data from the Content Service. New license metrics may be added, and existing license metrics may be deactivated to reflect current SAP licensing. To view your software models that have deactivated license metrics, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Administration > Software Models with Deactivated SAP License Metrics.
    SAP License Metric Measurement [samp_sap_license_metric_measurement] Monthly engine usage measurements for SAP clients based on the license metric for each engine.

    To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Licensing > All SAP Engines.
    SAP Roles [samp_sap_role] SAP roles pulled from the SAP systems.
    SAP System User [samp_sap_system_user] Discovered users pulled from the SAP systems.

    To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Licensing > All SAP Users.

    Note:
    The Discovered Users table [samp_discovered_user] maps the discovered SAP users to system user records in the Users table [sys_user].
    SAP User Activity [samp_sap_user_activity] Data related to a user’s activity on an SAP client, such as the amount of time spent on an SAP system or the number of database records created or updated.
    SAP User Roles [samp_sap_user_has_role] SAP users and their assigned roles.
    SAP Web Activity [samp_sap_web_activity] Data related to web activity or RFC connections performed in the SAP client, such as the number of calls or amount of data received or sent by each connection.
    SAP User Active Transactions [samp_named_user_type_has_transactions] Data related to a named user's transaction activity on an SAP client. User transaction activity is based on SAP transaction codes, which are shortcuts for performing transactions or tasks on an SAP client. For example, the ME21N transaction code enables you to create a purchase order in SAP.
    SAP USMM Rules [samp_sap_usmm_rule] USMM rules information from all connected SAP applications.
    Note:
    Staging tables for SAP data are also installed.
    Data from SAP is also stored in some additional tables that aren't part of the SAP publisher pack.
    • Price list data is pulled and stored in the Price List table [samp_price_list].

      To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Administration > Price Lists.

    • Named user types are pulled and stored in the Named User Type table [samp_named_user_type].

      To view the table, navigate to SAP Compliance and Optimization > Administration > Named User Types.

    • The Digital Access details such as Client, User name, Document type, Document type count, and Measured by are pulled from the SAP systems and stored in the SAP Digital Access [samp_sap_digital_access] table.

      To view the data in the table, navigate to All > Software Asset Workspace > License operations > Discovery > SAP Digital Access Data.