Friday, April 30, 2010

SAP Network Weblogs

SAP Network Weblogs


Tiny details I would love to have on SDN, part 3

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 05:39 AM PDT

This blog discusses the options of integration so-called social media features into SDN.

Business Process Management with High-Quality Master Data

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:52 AM PDT

A new white paper describes how master data quality influences the overall performance of a company and how business process management helps to govern master data across multiple systems in heterogeneous landscapes.

Big uses from a small feature

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:50 AM PDT

Change Source is a small feature that has a clear use -- moving Web Intelligence content from Dev to Test to Production. There is, however, a bigger potential to this feature that is much broader than this narrow use case. This post will describe a use case which could change the ways authors create reports.

SCM Upgrade - Leaping from 4 to 7

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:28 AM PDT

We're on SCM 7.0, as of Monday, April 26, 2010. We skipped over SCM 5, upgrading directly from version 4.1. Here is the view from the technology front, what we saw, what we're looking for, and what's next.

Using ERMS to Handle Email Opt-Out (Unsubscribe) Requests -- by John Burton and Vinod C

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:27 PM PDT

This blog describes how companies can leverage SAP CRM E-Mail Response Management System (ERMS) to handle Marketing email opt-out requests from customers. In order to implement this solution companies need to implement SAP Note 1455745 (ERMS: Unsubscribe e-mail sender for Marketing Campaigns). Please be advised that the note requires some additional manual steps.

The Business Processes of Enterprise Information Management

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:03 PM PDT

When I first started this blog, I called it “Processes of Master Data Governance”. The point was to talk about the business processes related to creation and approval for master data elements such as new customers and products. This is the most common application for BPM at SAP so far.

Web 2.0 - The potential of social networks

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:07 PM PDT

In today's blog post I talk about the potenial (and power) of social networks...

SAP Inside Track Newtown Square

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:39 PM PDT

The SAP Inside Track Newtown Square will take place at the SAP America Headquarters in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, on June 25th 2010. Come join us.

How to build business mashups based on existing business applications

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:56 AM PDT

This blog presents several approaches how to enable existing business applications for an re-use within business mashup scenarios.

Are Your Learners 'Over Qualified'?

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:53 AM PDT

SAP Learning Solution and Enterprise Learning customers commonly ask how many qualifications are appropriate for a Talent Management initiative. James Rocha shares his experiences with a new technology initiative which lead the company to realize that their learners were way 'over qualifed'.

MaxDB ST05-Trace Fallacy - when sometimes the trace is wrong...

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:08 AM PDT

Have you ever seen that the ST05 trace explain plan looked different from what you see in SQL Studio - maybe you ran into a similiar situation like the one I describe in this posting.

Learning the hard way to REFRESH the internal tables

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:24 AM PDT

Importance of clearing the internal tables / workareas

How to start the program ldap_rfc.exe as a Windows service

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:00 AM PDT

In some scenarios where the LDAP Connector is used one would like to start the LDAP Connector as a Windows service on a standalone machine.

SAP Digital Asset Management by Open Text - Creation process

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 06:28 AM PDT

SAP Digital Asset Management by Open Text - video showing the creation part of Digital Asset Management.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

SAP Network Weblogs

SAP Network Weblogs


Announcement: New Knowledge Center for the SAP Portal AJAX Framework Page

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:02 AM PDT

Announcement for the new knowledge center for the SAP Portal AJAX Framework Page

By definition, code can't "misrepresent" ... is the same true of marketing blurbs?

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 10:28 PM PDT

SAP shouldn't have to "stoop to conquer" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Stoops_to_Conquer)

Purging Webi document data using the Java SDK

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:58 PM PDT

Purging saved data from a Webi template.

Inside Track Palo Alto 2010: More details on the sessions

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:29 PM PDT

Providing more details about the technical sessions that will be presented at the Inside Track in Palo Alto, April 30, 2010.

Electronic Invoicing and ERP Processes, Part 1

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:40 PM PDT

This article describes the challenges with supporting global electronic invoicing.

First Success Story for the SAP NetWeaver Server Adapter

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT

A SAP customer has a project that needs to build applications on Adobe Flex 4 and still deploy them from the IDE to their SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 EHP1 application server. Luckily, they found the SAP NetWeaver Server Adapter for Eclipse and now successfully run Eclipse 3.5 + Flash Builder 4 and deploy on the SAP server.

How To Customize UWL Substitution People Picker Search Results

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:29 PM PDT

This document shows how to restrict the search results for users in the substitution component of UWL. This screen, also known as the people picker, is where users can select someone to receive and act on work items on behalf of them.

From a Products to Services based Organisation : What I learnt : Part - II

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:17 PM PDT

My journey as a system integrator & architect from a product based organisation to a services based one, part II.

Better services in higher education? Without Identity Management: no chance!

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Identity management is becomming more and more popular at universities outside the IT departments. I would like to share with you with this is for me an excellent example of a real innovation.

PI/XI: target message logging with local AAE not possible ? not anymore...

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 08:27 AM PDT

This article shows a simple solution on how to enable logging of target messages when using local AAE (message flows without Integration Engine).

Of Duty, Results and Appreciation

Posted: 28 Apr 2010 07:01 AM PDT