SAP EWA Executive Summary

SAP EWA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EarlyWatch Alert Report — Management Summary | Confidential

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System

S4D (S/4HANA)

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Customer

Demo Company Ltd

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Landscape

SAP S/4HANA 2021 + HANA

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Reporting Period

Jun 2026 (3-Month Summary)

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Overall Health

🔴 CRITICAL — 38/100

1. OVERALL SYSTEM HEALTH SCORE

/100

🔴 CRITICAL

3 consecutive
RED reports

🔒 Security

22/100

⚡ Performance

72/100

🖥️ Capacity

48/100

✅ Availability

100%

📋 Operations

51/100

📦 Maintenance

25/100

⚠️ CRITICAL: 4 Critical + 13 High + 8 Medium findings. 3 consecutive RED EWA reports. Core issues unresolved for 90+ days. Immediate management decisions required.

2. MANAGEMENT SNAPSHOT

Area	Status	Trend	Comment
System Availability	✅ Good	→ Stable	100% uptime — SLA achieved
User Performance	⚠️ Watch	↗ Worsening	357ms Jun vs 303ms Apr (+18%)
Backup & Recovery	🔴 CRITICAL	→ Unresolved	Broken 90+ days — DATA LOSS risk
Security & Auth	🔴 CRITICAL	→ Unresolved	10 users with full system access
Database Capacity	⚠️ Warning	↗ Worsening	80.8% disk — suspend risk
Software Currency	🔴 CRITICAL	→ Not resolved	35 months outdated — CVEs unpatched
Warehouse (EWM)	⚠️ Warning	→ Ongoing	236 overdue deliveries, jobs missing
Business Process KPIs	⚠️ Watch	→ Ongoing	71K blocked invoices, 252K stale POs

3. TOP MANAGEMENT RISKS — Business Impact

Priority	Risk (Plain English)	Business Impact
🔴 CRITICAL	Backup broken 90+ days. If SAP fails, data since last backup is LOST.	Complete data loss. Business stops. SLA breach.
🔴 CRITICAL	10 staff have access to ALL company data — financials, HR, contracts.	SOX audit failure. Data theft. Regulatory fines.
🔴 CRITICAL	System not updated 35 months. Known security holes unpatched.	Hackable. SAP support ends Dec 2026 — 6 months!
🟠 HIGH	Warehouse: 236 deliveries stuck 1+ year. 12 jobs not running.	Warehouse inefficiency. System growth uncontrolled.
🟡 MEDIUM	Database growing 2x faster — 22 GB Jun vs 10 GB Apr.	Disk exhaustion in ~15 months without action.

4. KEY KPI DASHBOARD — Jun 2026

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Availability

100%

Target: >99.9%

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Avg Dialog Response

357 ms

Target: <1,000ms

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ABAP Dumps (7d)

763

Target: <50

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HANA Disk Usage

80.8%

Target: <80%

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CPU — DB Server

44%

Target: <80%

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DB Growth (Month)

22 GB

Target: <15 GB

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Active Users

901

Normal load

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Overdue Deliveries

236

Target: 0

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5. TREND OVERVIEW — Last 3 Months

KPI	Apr 2026	May 2026	Jun 2026	Trend
Availability (%)	100%	100%	100%	→ Stable ●
Avg Dialog (ms)	303	327	357	↗ Worsening 🔴
Peak Dialog (ms)	271	296	406	↗ Worsening 🔴
DB Request (ms)	57	65	81	↗ Worsening 🔴
CPU — DB (%)	46%	43%	44%	→ Stable ●
Active Users	750	847	901	↗ Growing ⚠️
DB Size (GB)	796	812	830	↗ Growing ⚠️
DB Growth (GB/mo)	9.8	10.9	22.1	↗ Accelerating 🔴

● Stable↘ Improving↗ Worsening🔴 Critical trend

6. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT

🔴 Immediate Decisions Required (This Week)

Action	Owner	Deadline
Fix HANA log backup — prevent data loss risk	BASIS Team	This Week
Remove SAP_ALL from 10 production users	Security Team	3 Days
APPROVE: SAP S/4HANA upgrade project (ends Dec 2026)	Management	Decision Now

🟠 High Priority Actions (30 Days)

Action	Owner	Deadline
Apply security patches (35 months outdated)	BASIS Team	30 Days
Expand HANA disk +300GB (Azure)	BASIS/IT Infra	7 Days
Clear 236 overdue EWM deliveries	EWM Team	14 Days

🟡 Medium Priority (This Quarter)

Action	Owner	Deadline
Implement HANA audit policies (SOX/ISO27001)	BASIS/Security	30 Days
Address 71K blocked invoices, 252K stale POs	FI/PP/MM Teams	Quarter

7. EXECUTIVE CONCLUSION

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Critical Action Required — 3 Consecutive RED Reports

The SAP S/4HANA production system S4D (Demo Company Ltd) is in CRITICAL health (38/100) with three consecutive RED EarlyWatch Alert reports covering April through June 2026. The HANA backup failure (unresolved 90+ days) represents an active data loss risk that must be resolved this week. Ten production users with unrestricted system access represent a SOX compliance violation requiring immediate remediation. The SAP S/4HANA 2021 system reaches end of mainstream maintenance in December 2026 — 6 months away — requiring immediate management approval to begin the upgrade project. Database growth accelerated from 10 GB/month to 22 GB/month in June; without intervention, capacity planning must begin now. Three management decisions are required: backup emergency fix (approval), authorization cleanup (approval), and SAP upgrade project (budget and timeline approval).