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2012-01-28T03:17:00.001-08:00

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SAP Network Weblogs

2011-06-02T05:08:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Google Makes Search (Life?) Easier: How to Optimize Your Queries with the Left Panel and Search Operators
SYBASE SUMMIT 2011 -- SYDNEY AUSTRALIA
Deletion of WDSO (Write-optimized DataStore object) Load requests and active table data without deleting it from target
HR Transformation
SAP InnoJam 2011 in Madrid: Call for Business Cases
The complete series of SAP HANA InnoJam demos during SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando
Why is FEED in SAP Sales OnDemand superior to CHATTER?
BAC Podcast: National Vision's SAP EIM Journey
I'm an SAP user - get me out of here...
Here's Why I'm Not Impressed by Alaska Airlines' iPad Rollout
VA Hospital Spurs Change Through Data Transparency
End of whose world?
OneRepublic Comes to SAP TechEd Las Vegas 2011
Living in a Post-PC Mobile Era
Streamwork: The Gifted Child

Google Makes Search (Life?) Easier: How to Optimize Your Queries with the Left Panel and Search Operators

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:59 AM PDT

Do you know about Google's advanced search functions? Stop wasting time and find exactly what you're looking for faster...

SYBASE SUMMIT 2011 -- SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 05:54 AM PDT

This week I attended the SYBASE (an SAP Company :-)) Summit in Sydney and wanted to share some of the highlights and my insights from the day.

Deletion of WDSO (Write-optimized DataStore object) Load requests and active table data without deleting it from target

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 03:01 AM PDT

Selective Deletion of data from WDSO (Write-optimized DataStore object) on the basis of timestamp ( field of active table and RSICCONT table )without deleting the data from the Standard DSOs and Infocubes in upper flow for cleanup of space.

HR Transformation

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:54 AM PDT

HR Transformation - What does it mean and how to approach it

SAP InnoJam 2011 in Madrid: Call for Business Cases

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 02:15 AM PDT

From November 6th - 7th, 2011 we will have our next SAP InnoJam in Madrid at the weekend right before SAP TechEd Madrid. To make it as valuable as possible for the participants we need good Business Cases as proof points for SAP technologies.

The complete series of SAP HANA InnoJam demos during SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando

Posted: 02 Jun 2011 01:44 AM PDT

Are you curious about what has been presented during the SAP HANA InnoJam finals during SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando. This blog provides you with all the material we've recorded.

Why is FEED in SAP Sales OnDemand superior to CHATTER?

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:59 PM PDT

FEED functionality in SAP Sales OnDemand.

BAC Podcast: National Vision's SAP EIM Journey

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:44 PM PDT

During this Business Analytics Community podcast, I talk with Louann Seguin, VP of Information Technology and Strategy at National Vision, about their journey with SAP Enterprise Information Management (EIM).

I'm an SAP user - get me out of here...

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:43 PM PDT

OK, so you've successfully logged on to an SAP system using SAP GUI for WINDOWS. How many ways can you think of to get out?

Here's Why I'm Not Impressed by Alaska Airlines' iPad Rollout

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:12 PM PDT

It's a tale of two iPad rollouts for use by airplane pilots. But while the U.S. Marine Corps is using the iPad in an impressive, mission-critical way, Alaska Airlines' deployment is much more limited.

VA Hospital Spurs Change Through Data Transparency

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:40 AM PDT

The Kansas City VA data embarrassment highlights the case for businesses to conduct thorough root cause analysis as a part of their information governance programs. Learn key steps to follow in conducting your own root cause analysis.

End of whose world?

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Sapphire Keynote was so optimistic about the future in contract to the popular theme of Dooms Day in the media.

OneRepublic Comes to SAP TechEd Las Vegas 2011

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Were excited to announce the hit band OneRepublic will play SAP TechEd Las Vegas 2011! The concert will take place the evening of Thursday, Sept 15.

Living in a Post-PC Mobile Era

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:30 AM PDT

SAP take on Mobile App Ecosystem is rolling out. I stumbled at this "Post-PC" concept some time ago in a Egadget editorial. Contemplating on ideas from that editorial for the consumer market and finding another interesting blog for the enterprise market in the SCN led me to the gathering of few points for us to think about. Read more...

Streamwork: The Gifted Child

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:51 AM PDT

Watching Streamwork grow from baby steps to full sprint. Streamwork is over one year old now and shows just how gifted it is.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-06-01T05:16:00.000-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Part 2 - Transfer Scenario file in Xcelsius
Integrating a Windows File System into Knowledge Management
Heading for the Changes and New Features in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP01 documented in the SAP Library
Get Your Questions About SUP 2.0 Answered
What overflow tray option is best for you???
Passing a parameter from one iview to another
Are you worried about SOD and other user/IT access issues?
A must read book on BPM
Customers tell their BPM and PI stories: Watch eBay, Ericsson, Coca-Cola bottler&#133;
ERP Applications - BCO6181 - Victoria University of Technology: A visit from Demo Jam winners
SAP NetWeaver 7.3 and New Portal Capabilities Generally Available
Innovations in 4.0: Unified User Experience

Part 2 - Transfer Scenario file in Xcelsius

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:30 AM PDT

Integrating a Windows File System into Knowledge Management

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:55 AM PDT

This is a step by step guide on how to integrate an external Windows File System into a Knowledge Management repository in Enterprise Portal.

Heading for the Changes and New Features in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP01 documented in the SAP Library

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 03:35 AM PDT

Get ready for the changes and new features in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP01. Examples in the context of the Application Lifecycle Management process TEST MANAGEMENT are the enhanced checks of the business process status, test preparation in the Test Automation Framework, the new template management for test plans and the report to find inconsistent test plans. There is the new Landscape Management Database (LMDB) for SAP Solution Manager Operations and so much more in store of SAP Solution Manager 7.1.

Get Your Questions About SUP 2.0 Answered

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT

Mobile enterprise application platforms help developers create apps fast and furious(ly). The biggest enterprise vendor, SAP, has chosen to standardize on one. Should you?

What overflow tray option is best for you???

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:58 PM PDT

There are three options available when Presorting for overflow trays - which one is best for you?

Passing a parameter from one iview to another

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:07 PM PDT

This blog is to show how one ivew can interact with another iview through a parameter. Passing a parameter through iview is quite simple but it may be a challenge to hide the passed value.

Are you worried about SOD and other user/IT access issues?

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:49 AM PDT

A must read book on BPM

Posted: 31 May 2011 09:51 AM PDT

As BPM becomes mainstream so too the demand from BPM practitioners for a comprehensive guide to ensure successful process improvement efforts. I have had the privilege of being part of the latest SAP press book titled Applying Real-World BPM in an SAP Environment which provides the necessary insight of how to apply BPM with SAP projects

Customers tell their BPM and PI stories: Watch eBay, Ericsson, Coca-Cola bottler&#133;

Posted: 31 May 2011 08:51 AM PDT

Customers tell their BPM and PI stories: Watch eBay, Ericsson, Coca-Cola bottler,Haworth, Braskem, Kaeser Kompressoren, Unilever and many others as they talk about the business value they derive from SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration technologies.

ERP Applications - BCO6181 - Victoria University of Technology: A visit from Demo Jam winners

Posted: 31 May 2011 08:33 AM PDT

Vic Bilchouris, Mart Leepin - post graduate students attending Victoria University of Technology, offer a collaborative insight into the subject - BCO6181 - ERP Applications, undertaken in semester one 2011. This article recalls a session with guest developers at BCO6181.

SAP NetWeaver 7.3 and New Portal Capabilities Generally Available

Posted: 31 May 2011 08:14 AM PDT

This blog announces the general availability of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 and the new Portal capabilities in this new release.

Innovations in 4.0: Unified User Experience

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:55 AM PDT

Innovations in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0: Unified User Experience

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-31T05:32:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

SAP HANA InnoJam competition - a full story, from conception to SAPPHIRE NOW
Part1: Development Environment - SAP Business ByDesign Studio
SAP Integration Update 13 - Using Calculations in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition
Canucks vs. Bruins -- NHL Analysis
The third Eclipse DemoCamp in Walldorf is over
Namespace prefixes are not available in NWDS
Edit the target schema for XML Invoice CFD
ABAP application internals (1): Introduction

SAP HANA InnoJam competition - a full story, from conception to SAPPHIRE NOW

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:03 AM PDT

This is the story by the organizers of the first global and internal SAP HANA InnoJam competition, from conception back in October 2010 to finals at SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando in May 2011.

Part1: Development Environment - SAP Business ByDesign Studio

Posted: 30 May 2011 11:00 PM PDT

SAP Integration Update 13 - Using Calculations in SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:43 PM PDT

In this blog SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort outlines how you can create your own calculations as part of SAP BusinessObjects Analysis, OLAP edition.

Canucks vs. Bruins -- NHL Analysis

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:27 PM PDT

NHL team analysis using Business Intelligence software from SAP. Who will win the Stanley Cup, Boston or Vancouver?

The third Eclipse DemoCamp in Walldorf is over

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:46 AM PDT

Wrap-up of the Eclipse Indigo DemoCamp in Walldorf, May 25th, 2011.

Namespace prefixes are not available in NWDS

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:12 AM PDT

During the process of Creating a new Development Component In NWDS, the vendor and names on the dropdownlist cannot be selected as they are grayed out.

Edit the target schema for XML Invoice CFD

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:04 AM PDT

XML schema provided for SAP Business for CFD for Mexico is cfdv2. In case that user needs to add extensions, like 'detallista' the schema for the target xsd needs to be modified and then updated. Here we explain a way to modify the schema so extension is added with its own name space.

ABAP application internals (1): Introduction

Posted: 30 May 2011 07:04 AM PDT

This is a kickoff blog for a series of blogs that look into ABAP applications. The idea behind the series is to provide a list of subjects architects have to answer if they start the development of a new ABAP application.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-30T05:28:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

A newbie starts navigating SAP
Is assumption the mother of all mistakes?
I have to save the world in time .....
SAP Customers Talk MDM: Part One - Lexmark International Inc.
Dairy Industry and SAP
SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI: BI Is Following You Where You Are

A newbie starts navigating SAP

Posted: 30 May 2011 05:58 AM PDT

Im a newbie and have just started exploring SAP. My main interest is HR applications. I started to read the available documentation on SAP system and thought to share my experiences with those who share the same profile as mine. Ive learned the very basic which is to get familiar with SAP GUI structure and have documented my learning.

Is assumption the mother of all mistakes?

Posted: 30 May 2011 04:36 AM PDT

I make assumptions. Ever since I started working in SAP, I've been successfully making assumptions specifically during installs/upgrades. I believe this approach is less expensive and less time consuming than SAP's recommended approach of "Read hundreds of pages of documentation and notes" before starting an upgrade/install.

I have to save the world in time .....

Posted: 30 May 2011 02:32 AM PDT

A famous song from the german charts rewritten for an SAP basis consultant. Enjoy reding.

SAP Customers Talk MDM: Part One - Lexmark International Inc.

Posted: 30 May 2011 01:39 AM PDT

Blog series about SAP customers and their take on SAP's master data management solution. Part one features Gartner MDM Excellence Award 2011 winner Lexmark International Inc.

Dairy Industry and SAP

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:05 PM PDT

Managing Supply chain efficiently and effectively is always a prime focus for organizations across the globe.Managing perishable foods supply chain like Dairy products is much more complex. Dairy chain starts with raw milk production and ends with customers consuming the dairy products.

SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI: BI Is Following You Where You Are

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:34 PM PDT

This a summary of the 5/25 ASUG Mobile Business Intelligence webcast, sponsored by the ASUG Mobile Special Interest Group.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-29T05:31:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

NW7.02/NW7.3 Soft Shutdown Functionality
The Value and Importance of Taxonomies - Part II
Developing custom Web Dynpro ESS applications using Generic Reporting Tool (GRT)

NW7.02/NW7.3 Soft Shutdown Functionality

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:56 AM PDT

This blog will provide information about soft shutdown functionality.

The Value and Importance of Taxonomies - Part II

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:55 AM PDT

What are taxonomies and why they are an important value to our customers.

Developing custom Web Dynpro ESS applications using Generic Reporting Tool (GRT)

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:37 AM PDT

This article describes how to develop custom Web Dynpro Java ESS applications using Generic Reporting Tool (GRT) / Reporting Framework (RFW)

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-28T05:06:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

KPMG reports major problems in how risk management is understood and practiced
Top 3 reasons why workflow and business process experts should get involved with data governance
Procurement in SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010

KPMG reports major problems in how risk management is understood and practiced

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:16 PM PDT

KPMG reports major problems in how risk management is understood and practiced

Top 3 reasons why workflow and business process experts should get involved with data governance

Posted: 27 May 2011 10:03 AM PDT

This blog discusses the similarities with workflow and data governance initiatives.

Procurement in SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010

Posted: 27 May 2011 06:50 AM PDT

An overview of the new features and functions that will be coming soon to our on-premise Procurement customers in SRM 7.0 Enhancement Pack 1 and ECC 6.0 Enhancement Pack 5.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-27T05:15:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

How to read the Garbage Collector output (for IBM JVM)
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - V./LSA300/ LSA TACTICAL SCALABILITY - FLOW SPLIT USING SEMANTIC PARTITIONING
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - VI./LSA310/ LSA SCALABILITY -- FLOW SPLIT AND INFOSOURCES
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - VII./LSA315/ LSA SCALABILITY -- INFOSOURCES & SINGLE ERP SOURCE
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - VIII./LSA320/ LSA SCALABILITY -- ENTIRE DATA FLOW SPLIT
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - IX. /LSA330/ LSA SCALABILITY -- DATA FLOW SPLIT USING A PASS THRU DATASTORE OBJECT
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - X. / LSA400/ LSA SCALABILITY & DATA DOMAINS -- STRATEGIC SEMANTIC PARTITIONING OF ENTIRE BW (SPLIT)
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - XI. /LSA410/ LSA SCALABILITY & DATA DOMAINS -- STRATEGIC SEMANTIC PARTITIONING OF ENTIRE BW (COLLECT)
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - XII. /LSA420/ LSA SCALABILITY & DATA DOMAINS -- BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION LAYER
Mobile World of SAP, SAPPHIRE NOW WRAP
Innovations in 4.0: The New Semantic Layer
Innovations in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0
Idea Place V2.0 - More than just another pretty User Interface
The Stakeholder's Guide to the Universe (via iPad, Android)
SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On - What SAP doesn't tell you...

How to read the Garbage Collector output (for IBM JVM)

Posted: 27 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

This blog has been created as a quick guide to understand the GC output of a IBM JVM.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - V./LSA300/ LSA TACTICAL SCALABILITY - FLOW SPLIT USING SEMANTIC PARTITIONING

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:37 AM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog describes the LSA Data Flow Template LSA300 that handles situations where a single InfoProvider cannot guarantee the required service levels.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - VI./LSA310/ LSA SCALABILITY -- FLOW SPLIT AND INFOSOURCES

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:37 AM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog describes the LSA Data Flow Template LSA310 that illustrates the power of InfoSources increasing transparency as Transformation rules are always located between InfoSources.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - VII./LSA315/ LSA SCALABILITY -- INFOSOURCES & SINGLE ERP SOURCE

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:37 AM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog describes the LSA Data Flow Template LSA315 that illustrates, compared to LSA310, a simplified usage of InfoSources for high quality data from SAP application sources.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - VIII./LSA320/ LSA SCALABILITY -- ENTIRE DATA FLOW SPLIT

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:37 AM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog describes the LSA Data Flow Template LSA320 that illustrates how to deal with situations where load performance issues are caused by a single data flow. Guaranteeing report availability is the main challenge.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - IX. /LSA330/ LSA SCALABILITY -- DATA FLOW SPLIT USING A PASS THRU DATASTORE OBJECT

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:36 AM PDT

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - X. / LSA400/ LSA SCALABILITY & DATA DOMAINS -- STRATEGIC SEMANTIC PARTITIONING OF ENTIRE BW (SPLIT)

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:36 AM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog describes the LSA Data Flow Template LSA400 that addresses challenges across the DWH (e.g. with global BWs) by introducing Data Domains. Simply speaking, this means that we do not mix American transactional data with European or Asian transactional data.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - XI. /LSA410/ LSA SCALABILITY & DATA DOMAINS -- STRATEGIC SEMANTIC PARTITIONING OF ENTIRE BW (COLLECT)

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:35 AM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog describes the LSA Data Flow Template LSA410 that addresses challenges across the DWH (e.g, with global BWs) by introducing Data Domains. Here we collect (organize) data from multiple sources.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - XII. /LSA420/ LSA SCALABILITY & DATA DOMAINS -- BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION LAYER

Posted: 27 May 2011 04:25 AM PDT

Mobile World of SAP, SAPPHIRE NOW WRAP

Posted: 27 May 2011 03:29 AM PDT

Craig and Sami finally get a moment to catch up on what they saw and experienced during the recent SAPPHIRE NOW event in Orlando!.

Innovations in 4.0: The New Semantic Layer

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:39 PM PDT

Innovations in SAP BusinessObjects 4.0: The Semantic Layer

Innovations in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0

Posted: 26 May 2011 07:37 PM PDT

Innovations in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 release

Idea Place V2.0 - More than just another pretty User Interface

Posted: 26 May 2011 05:01 PM PDT

Idea Place has undergone a major upgrade and it is here to stay! Come find out what has changed.

The Stakeholder's Guide to the Universe (via iPad, Android)

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Leveraging tablet platforms, such as Android and iPad2, to increase executive stakeholder adoption and use of BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions for business planning and strategy.

SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On - What SAP doesn't tell you...

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:11 PM PDT

In this document, the new SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On product, commonly used for SAP GUI SSO, is discussed, giving important details which SAP might not have made very clear and are important to making a decision to use this product, or a SAP certified solution from a SAP PartnerEdge Software Partner.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-26T05:30:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Business - 7 Rules On Delegating Effectively
The SAP HANA InnoJam at SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando
The diary of a BW 7.3 Ramp-Up project (Part 1)
SAP Bundle Patch Oracle May
SAP Master Data Governance - SCN Site Update
AJAX enabled dynamic editable data grid using Servlet and XSL in MII.
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - IV. /LSA110/ LSA BASIC FLOW EXTENSIONS - CORPORATE MEMORY (CM) & HARMONIZATION INFOSOURCE
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - III. /LSA100/ LSA BASIC FLOW --LAYERING DATA & LOGIC
SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - II. LSA Basics for LSA Data Flow Templates
WebI's Query Pane Silly Riddles
The Truth about DEFAULT Role Config Key
#SAPADMIN and Amazon Web Services
Cold Chain Management : Transporting perishable products
User Mapping using Custom User Attribute of LDAP in NetWeaver Portal to access ABAP Systems.
Vision - What Is It? Where Has It All Gone?

Business - 7 Rules On Delegating Effectively

Posted: 26 May 2011 04:05 AM PDT

A manager's job is a multi-tasked one. As a manger you have to organise, monitor, motivate and support your staff.

The SAP HANA InnoJam at SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando

Posted: 26 May 2011 03:06 AM PDT

The finals of the SAP internal HANA tournament took place during the SAP HANA InnoJam at SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando. Read this blog to get an overview about the finals and watch a short video summarizing the event.

The diary of a BW 7.3 Ramp-Up project (Part 1)

Posted: 26 May 2011 02:04 AM PDT

BW 7.3 ramp-up business information warehouse netweaver

SAP Bundle Patch Oracle May

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:50 AM PDT

SAP Bundle Patch May for Oracle - Comments on bugs i encountered

SAP Master Data Governance - SCN Site Update

Posted: 26 May 2011 01:37 AM PDT

Now that SAP Master Data Governance is generally available along with SAP ERP 6.0 EhP5, the corresponding SCN site has been updated to better visualize and structure the related content.

AJAX enabled dynamic editable data grid using Servlet and XSL in MII.

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:51 PM PDT

This blog explains in detail on how to create an XSL for a query template, use that in a Servlet to generate a dynamic grid as well as add editable elements to the XSL and read them in JavaScript. Furthermore, the blogs shows you how to use AJAX to send data and retrieve data from a server asynchronously with just refreshing a part of the web page improving by usability and performance of the user interface.

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - IV. /LSA110/ LSA BASIC FLOW EXTENSIONS - CORPORATE MEMORY (CM) & HARMONIZATION INFOSOURCE

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - III. /LSA100/ LSA BASIC FLOW --LAYERING DATA & LOGIC

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:04 PM PDT

SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30: LSA Data Flow Templates Series - II. LSA Basics for LSA Data Flow Templates

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:03 PM PDT

With the new Data Flow Template feature it is now possible describing LSA standards directly in BW. With BW 7.30 there comes a set of 10 LSA data flow templates as an initial offering. This blog gives a short overview on the LSA. A basic understanding of the LSA is necessary in order to understand the LSA Data Flow Templates.

WebI's Query Pane Silly Riddles

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:02 PM PDT

Sometimes you may think that what you need in your WebI Report will be so complex that there won't be a way to achieve it at report level so you rush to find a way modifying the Universe. However sometimes you just need to look at the Query Pane in the report.

The Truth about DEFAULT Role Config Key

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:08 PM PDT

#SAPADMIN and Amazon Web Services

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Amazon Web Services have been certified as a platform for many SAP products. What are the differences between Cloud computing and 'real' hardware, what lessons have been learnt ?

Cold Chain Management : Transporting perishable products

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:50 AM PDT

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain. Fresh agricultural products, frozen food, dairy and meat product, pharmaceutical drugs, chemical items etc must be continuously monitored throughout the whole supply chain. A breakdown in temperature control at any stage will impact on the final quality and integrity of the product.

User Mapping using Custom User Attribute of LDAP in NetWeaver Portal to access ABAP Systems.

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:44 AM PDT

Client's LDAP directory is connected to NetWeaver Portal 7.0 but since username's in LDAP directory are more than 12 Chars, it will be problematic for Users having name with more than 12 chars to establish SSO between Portal and R/3 System. To make SSO possible, User Mapping was performed on Portal Side. My blog demonstrate steps to achieve this.

Vision - What Is It? Where Has It All Gone?

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:16 AM PDT

We need vision. IT thinking on SAP projects has produced its obvious result. Do we want to keep going in this direction?

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-25T05:27:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Cross-domain communications with ABAP and JSONP
Thoughts on SAPPHIRE NOW and looking forward to TechED 2011
SDN Withdrawal Pains In Beijing
SAP Crystal Reports: Looking for Feedback on Specific Features
BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 1)
Integration of Adobe Flash Builder and SAP NetWeaver Gateway
The Long Road to Sustainability Curriculum (Part 1)
StreamWork Integration Stereotypes
Appraisal Creation: The Phases
Start/Stop a communication channel from an ABAP program using the external control switch

Cross-domain communications with ABAP and JSONP

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:29 AM PDT

In this blog i want to create an ABAP Custom HTTP handler using JSONP, a pattern of usage that allows a page to request data from a server in a different domain.

Thoughts on SAPPHIRE NOW and looking forward to TechED 2011

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT

Thoughts on SAPPHIRE NOW after watching replays, coverage and interviews.

SDN Withdrawal Pains In Beijing

Posted: 24 May 2011 09:34 PM PDT

Inability to access SDN in China

SAP Crystal Reports: Looking for Feedback on Specific Features

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:50 PM PDT

In this post, Coy Yonce requests the community to provide feedback on some specific features included in SAP Crystal Reports for Enterprise - the new report designer released with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0.

BPC Script logic for Dummies? (Part 1)

Posted: 24 May 2011 11:45 AM PDT

This article will explain the basic things to understand BPC script logic. User can understand BPC logic script and find what it means and what is corrct or wrong.

Integration of Adobe Flash Builder and SAP NetWeaver Gateway

Posted: 24 May 2011 09:24 AM PDT

In the referenced article from Adobe the results of an integration project between Adobe Flash Builder and SAP NetWeaver Gateway are shown.

The Long Road to Sustainability Curriculum (Part 1)

Posted: 24 May 2011 08:36 AM PDT

University Alliance, Sustainability, Green IT, curriculum development.

StreamWork Integration Stereotypes

Posted: 24 May 2011 07:50 AM PDT

StreamWork offers several APIs which can be leveraged to integrate with StreamWork. This blog will give an overview which integration stereotypes exist and which of the StreamWork APIs can be used to support each stereotype.

Appraisal Creation: The Phases

Posted: 24 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Appraisal Preparation, Creation and Completion: Steps to Perform an Appraisal. The blog briefly explains each of these in context of manual process as well as SAP Appraisal System's perspective.

Start/Stop a communication channel from an ABAP program using the external control switch

Posted: 24 May 2011 06:08 AM PDT

This blog demonstrates how to start,stop or get status of the communication channel from an ABAP program by submitng an HTTP request to the PI server.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-24T05:03:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

How To : Hide Finished Projects in SAP Solution Manager
The Customers Said it Best
SAP Master Data Governance is now Generally Available!
SAP InnoJam In A Nutshell
SDK Best Practices
Latest News and Roadmap for the SAP Business Objects Analysis Solutions: Reporting from ASUG Annual Conference 2011
WAMA 1.0 -- Is the Future of Transportation the End of the Horse-Carriage?
PAM - Product Availability Matrix
SAPPHIRE - It is what we thought it was
SAP NetWeaver Portal, Enterprise Workspaces Running @ SAP
Game On! Cutting Edge Event in Budapest Dives into Diversity of Gamification
We need better Interpreters not a Bunch of Translators
How to Configure the Interaction Center Alert &#147;Auto Suggest Knowledge Article&#148;
BPath. Lesson 05. Sub, String & Get-function(s) plus global variables

How To : Hide Finished Projects in SAP Solution Manager

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:56 AM PDT

This Quick Tip will show how to hide Finished Projects irrelevant of Project Type in SAP Solution Manager Project Administration.

The Customers Said it Best

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:12 AM PDT

Wow! What an amazing week. SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 is now behind us, but the work we described last week is just beginning. Last year, we talked about a transformation happening in three areas: in-memory, cloud, mobility. This year, I wanted to focus the keynote on HANA, not because its the only innovation we are delivering but because it is at the heart of SAPs renewal and is core to everything we are working on. We had a very simple goal in mind: to show the business value of HANA through the customers that have seen the value firsthand. Weve talked about speed and performance, and now we wanted to show the value. The best way to do this was through the customers voice. The response has been truly incredible.

SAP Master Data Governance is now Generally Available!

Posted: 24 May 2011 04:26 AM PDT

SAP Master Data Governance is now Generally Available with ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 5

SAP InnoJam In A Nutshell

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:38 AM PDT

Always wanted to know what SAP InnoJam is and how it runs? This blog explains the InnoJam format and anwers frequently asked questions.

SDK Best Practices

Posted: 24 May 2011 12:22 AM PDT

A series of the Best Practices that should be addressed when designing a BusinessObjects SDK Application.

Latest News and Roadmap for the SAP Business Objects Analysis Solutions: Reporting from ASUG Annual Conference 2011

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT

Eric Schemer is the SAP Senior Director Product Management and on Monday, May 16th, he provided a great session on the SAP BusinessObjects Analysis Roadmap at ASUG Annual Conference. Below is a summary of this great session.

WAMA 1.0 -- Is the Future of Transportation the End of the Horse-Carriage?

Posted: 23 May 2011 03:11 PM PDT

Almost two years ago, at STEPphireNOW, the main annual event in the horse carriage industry, transportation entrepreneur, innovator extraordinaire and founder of STEP AG, Plasso Hattner, gave a speech in which he boldly outlined the future of transportation: WAMA, a new type of motorized transportation engine that could eventually replace the horse carriage. But experts reassure: The horse-carriage will stay with us for a long time, and investments in it will be protected.

PAM - Product Availability Matrix

Posted: 23 May 2011 02:00 PM PDT

Product Availability Matrix

SAPPHIRE - It is what we thought it was

Posted: 23 May 2011 01:59 PM PDT

I attended my first Sapphire, and I don't want to be the only to not write about it...

SAP NetWeaver Portal, Enterprise Workspaces Running @ SAP

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:47 AM PDT

SAP NetWeaver Portal, Enterprise Workspaces Running @ SAP

Game On! Cutting Edge Event in Budapest Dives into Diversity of Gamification

Posted: 23 May 2011 10:34 AM PDT

As I previously reported, gamification is invading SAP in a major way. This week, I will be co-presenting at a gamification event in Budapest, Hungary with Mario Herger who works in Technology and Strategy Innovation for SAP and moderates SAP communities like Gamification at SAP and Innovation Steampunk. Heres more about this weeks gamification event, taken from the web site of Enter!Digital, an event series that covers evolving trends in international, digital marketing.

We need better Interpreters not a Bunch of Translators

Posted: 23 May 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Migrating from the MS version of BPC to the NW version of BPC is not just a straight forward translation. Creativity and awareness of interpretation can cleanse client implementations and help them set the stage for transformative EPM activity.

How to Configure the Interaction Center Alert &#147;Auto Suggest Knowledge Article&#148;

Posted: 23 May 2011 08:15 AM PDT

This blog describes how to configure the SAP CRM interaction center alert "Auto Suggest Knowledge Article", which you can use in service scenarios to help agents find solutions to customer requests more easily.

BPath. Lesson 05. Sub, String & Get-function(s) plus global variables

Posted: 23 May 2011 06:14 AM PDT

The fifth lesson of BPath covers basic string functions and introduces the concept of sub functions enabling the user to start "side pathes". Beyond these two topics we highlight the global variable table.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-23T05:26:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Get Involved - New Customer Engagement Inititiative for SAP NetWeaver Gateway
Quick Tip : Enhance Reporting and Search Functionality with Keywords
Tips and Tricks about the SCN Business Card
Running SE80 on my Android

Get Involved - New Customer Engagement Inititiative for SAP NetWeaver Gateway

Posted: 23 May 2011 05:08 AM PDT

Read to learn about SAP NetWeaver Gateway opportunities.

Quick Tip : Enhance Reporting and Search Functionality with Keywords

Posted: 23 May 2011 04:23 AM PDT

This blog covers how to create Keywords as document attributes which are available for a document assignment in blueprint or configuration transaction,resulting in enhanced search functionality.

Tips and Tricks about the SCN Business Card

Posted: 22 May 2011 11:31 PM PDT

Tips to optimize your visibility in the community with the SCN Business Card.

Running SE80 on my Android

Posted: 22 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

Let me just share something with you very quickly. Perhaps youll find it as amazing as I do -- running SE80 on my Android and writing ABAP code with a very special input method.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-22T05:12:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

River goes mobile: The SAP Mentors Outreach Mobile App as a prototype for a new type of Edge Innovation
SAP Note Viewer for iPad and iPhone v2.0 Released
Introducing an SRM Consultant to terms like Sustainability and Carbon Footprint - part 3
ASUG Volunteer Service Award: It Takes a Village to Volunteer
Care to Share? Submit an Abstract for an ASUG Session @ SAP TechED Session Today

River goes mobile: The SAP Mentors Outreach Mobile App as a prototype for a new type of Edge Innovation

Posted: 22 May 2011 04:31 AM PDT

A few days ago, I released the SAP Mentors Outreach app. This mobile app for Android, which was even demoed to the great Hasso Plattner, uses River, SAPs cloud-based Platform-as-a-Service offering, as a back-end. This post looks behind the scenes of its architecture and explains why I believe that it is the prototype of a new kind of mobile enterprise applications.

SAP Note Viewer for iPad and iPhone v2.0 Released

Posted: 21 May 2011 07:11 PM PDT

With over 9000 downloads and counting, I am please to announce the latest versions of the SAP Note viewer for iPhone and iPad. The biggest improvements made to the apps includes text searching and note tagging along with host of bug fixes. Thanks to the community for the support and great ideas to continue making the app even better.

Introducing an SRM Consultant to terms like Sustainability and Carbon Footprint - part 3

Posted: 21 May 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Sustainable folks :) I thought it would be better to have the 3rd blog on this topic to be another generic one, just like the first blog of this series. Though I had promised for result oriented SAP Procurement consultants, that follow-on blogs would focus on each business object, but I thought out that a "fun de-tour" would actually bring us to the social side before part 4 on Purchase Orders and Contracts kick-in.

ASUG Volunteer Service Award: It Takes a Village to Volunteer

Posted: 21 May 2011 12:01 PM PDT

This past week I won an ASUG Volunteer Service Award - I share this great award with many people.

Care to Share? Submit an Abstract for an ASUG Session @ SAP TechED Session Today

Posted: 21 May 2011 10:53 AM PDT

The deadline to submit an ASUG abstract for SAP TechED Las Vegas has been extended to May 27th. Share your story today.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-21T05:13:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

SAPPHIRENOW 2011 : Lights, Camera, Action
SAPPHIRE NOW 2011: Women's Executive Leadership Session with Angelika Dammann
Reason No. 4,378 Why Mobility is Big
SAP for Indian University Professors
Between You and Me: SAP&#146;s Green Team redefines &#147;On-Demand, On-Premise&#148;
SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture - without SAP applications
Blasting through journal entries in record time is not the way of the future
What&#146;s New with SAP EHP1 for SAP CRM 7.0 -- Service Request Management

SAPPHIRENOW 2011 : Lights, Camera, Action

Posted: 20 May 2011 10:58 PM PDT

It was fun times at SAPPHIRENOW 2011 in Orlando

SAPPHIRE NOW 2011: Women's Executive Leadership Session with Angelika Dammann

Posted: 20 May 2011 06:28 PM PDT

This week, at SAPPHIRE NOW 2011 in Orlando, I was a social media reporter and had the pleasure to attend the third annual Women's Executive Leadership Session with female executives who shared career experiences and tips with an audience of over 100 women.

Reason No. 4,378 Why Mobility is Big

Posted: 20 May 2011 03:08 PM PDT

The most popular raffle giveaway at SAPPHIRE NOW...in pictures.

SAP for Indian University Professors

Posted: 20 May 2011 01:22 PM PDT

As an Indian University Professor what can be taken home from SAPPHIRE 2011.

Between You and Me: SAP&#146;s Green Team redefines &#147;On-Demand, On-Premise&#148;

Posted: 20 May 2011 12:54 PM PDT

SAP's Green Teams continue to implement local programs to benefit their community and environment. Learn what the SAP Vancouver Green Team has introduced to add fitness and fun to the workplace!

SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture - without SAP applications

Posted: 20 May 2011 12:28 PM PDT

In this blogpost SAP Mentor Ingo Hilgefort is pointing out the upcoming webinar about the SAP BusinessObjects BI Solution Architecture.

Blasting through journal entries in record time is not the way of the future

Posted: 20 May 2011 11:29 AM PDT

Thats a quote from a recent ZDNET blog post by Brian Sommer and in it he suggests that the notion of an accounting centric ERP system is fundamentally flawed, that the social media, cloud computing and external event driven systems somehow make a major difference to the way ERP needs to be for everyone. He didnt say everyone but he suggested it.

What&#146;s New with SAP EHP1 for SAP CRM 7.0 -- Service Request Management

Posted: 20 May 2011 09:37 AM PDT

This is an overview of SAP CRM service request capabilities which are available as of SAP Enhancement Package 1 for SAP CRM 7.0.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-20T05:04:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Missed SAPPHIRE 2011?
SAP In-memory - what is in the bag?
ASUG 2011 Thursday - Volunteer Meeting!
Time to vote - Best and Worst SAPPhireNOW moments!!!
19 May 2011 Postal Bulletin

Missed SAPPHIRE 2011?

Posted: 20 May 2011 02:01 AM PDT

If you were unable to attend SAPPHIRE 2011 on May 16 to May 18, dont despair as you can still access some great content.

SAP In-memory - what is in the bag?

Posted: 19 May 2011 08:25 PM PDT

Everyone talked HANA during SAPPHIRENOW'11 USA, and everyone talked it in all possible meanings. Let us have a look in more details on what is what.

ASUG 2011 Thursday - Volunteer Meeting!

Posted: 19 May 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Thursday, as many are leaving town, we stayed behind. Why, you might ask? I will try to answer.

Time to vote - Best and Worst SAPPhireNOW moments!!!

Posted: 19 May 2011 12:17 PM PDT

The 2011 conference has closed and it's time to follow up on the promises made or execute on the information gleaned AND to share the good and the bad...

19 May 2011 Postal Bulletin

Posted: 19 May 2011 07:58 AM PDT

Just two DMM revisions in today's Postal Bulletin - updated language on reasons a permit can be revoked and removal of the section on the POSTNET Barcode Certification Program.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-19T05:18:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

The Submission System is now supporting Firefox and Chrome!
References between Mapping Programs-Part2
Resting down River
Adding elements in Electronic Invoice XML Mexico using EFM
References between Mapping Programs-Part1
Change Control With SAP Quality Gate Management
Telling trees apart by their leaves and why you should care
ASUG 2011 Wednesday - the last SapphireNow conference day for some
Attending SAPPHIRE NOW - Live!
SAP Crystal Reports 2011 and the 20-year roadmap - Update #5
We know the answer - so what is the question?
SAP is Building its Mobile App Ecosystem - Fast
Mobile World of SAP, SUP 2.0
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Managing Mobile Devices (Mostly Good)
Mobile BI demo from SAPPHIRE NOW

The Submission System is now supporting Firefox and Chrome!

Posted: 19 May 2011 05:44 AM PDT

Now you can upload content to SCN using both Chrome or Firefox

References between Mapping Programs-Part2

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:58 AM PDT

Mapping programs can cross refer and use each other; that they are in the same software component version or underlying software component version. For example message mapping program can call a method of other java class in its user defined function. A java mapping can call a method of another Java class.XSLT mapping can import another xslt or can call java methods.

Resting down River

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:48 AM PDT

Let's take a look at the River rest api and throw a little PHP into the mix.

Adding elements in Electronic Invoice XML Mexico using EFM

Posted: 19 May 2011 04:14 AM PDT

From January 2011 in Mexican Localization is required the generation of XML file from sales document. Note 1511307 contains special format EInvoice.spp in attachment. However user might need to customize it. Here we give an example how to do it using add-on EFM (Electronic File Manager)

References between Mapping Programs-Part1

Posted: 19 May 2011 02:27 AM PDT

Change Control With SAP Quality Gate Management

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:47 PM PDT

Quality Gate Management, which is included in SAP Solution Manager 7.0 enhancement package 1, helps you achieve a full overview of all changes implemented in your companys system landscape. It provides a detailed report covering all the changes that occur across the landscape, including information such as the change owner and source system. Within Quality Gate Management, quality gates control the change flow across the system landscape, which helps your company maintain change transparency.

Telling trees apart by their leaves and why you should care

Posted: 18 May 2011 11:18 PM PDT

These days, if you go for a walk in a forest, your smartphone is your friend. Not only will it help you find the way back to your car. If you have the right app, you will be able to take a photo of a leaf and the app will tell you what type of tree it belongs to. Soon, you'll be able to find out whether that mushroom in front of you is edible or not. But what does it have to do with SAP? This blog post is exploring exactly that. Have a look at it to read about two prototypes from SAP Research that use image and video processing in enterprise scenarios.

ASUG 2011 Wednesday - the last SapphireNow conference day for some

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Wednesday; while the last official day of the ASUG Annual Conference and SapphireNow, I have another meeting tomorrow. And work never stops.

Attending SAPPHIRE NOW - Live!

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:40 PM PDT

Find out about the three SAPPHIRE NOW event pillars from a On-line Experience. As many of others SAP fanboys I was not able to be in Orlando for this great event. A few friends where there as my eyes and ears and this was the way I tried to do my part during the event, getting it live.

SAP Crystal Reports 2011 and the 20-year roadmap - Update #5

Posted: 18 May 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Learn about how we're using the SAP Crystal Reports 2011 release to build Crystal Reports for the next 20 years.

We know the answer - so what is the question?

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:27 PM PDT

After attending SAPPHIRENOW key note from @vsikka it is clear that HANA will be the answer to many customers questions. However are customers ready and able to ask the questions? They have been told reports and data cannot be produced before - can HANA do what was deemed impossible before?

SAP is Building its Mobile App Ecosystem - Fast

Posted: 18 May 2011 12:49 PM PDT

Mobile World of SAP, SUP 2.0

Posted: 18 May 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Craig and Sami are joined by Stan Stadelman to talk all about the launch of SUP 2.0 and the JavaScript and HTML containers supporting HTML5. Season 1, Episode 6 -- SUP 2.0″

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Managing Mobile Devices (Mostly Good)

Posted: 18 May 2011 09:04 AM PDT

Mobile BI demo from SAPPHIRE NOW

Posted: 18 May 2011 07:41 AM PDT

Nic Smith of SAP demos Mobile BI at SAPPHIRE NOW

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-18T05:22:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

SAP NetWeaver Gateway - Technical Brief
SAP Certification Spotlight: SAP Consulting
Upgrade Planning - Part 2
Chain and rename your SAPlink
SaaS, Weighing in for a SAP Engagement
Let the work flow! - Part 1
ASUG 2011 Tuesday - Too many meetings and keynotes, some wins
Integrating distance calculations from a Geocoder into ABAP
Customer Support Engineer Spotlight
SAP Business ByDesign Studio - Short Overview
We proudly present... SAP HANA InnoJam Finals Winner!
Hey Web Developers! SAP's Sybase Unwired Platform Wants YOU
SAP NetWeaver ILM 7.02 Now Generally Available

SAP NetWeaver Gateway - Technical Brief

Posted: 18 May 2011 06:02 AM PDT

Here's a Technical Brief describing the new SAP NetWeaver Gateway interface

SAP Certification Spotlight: SAP Consulting

Posted: 18 May 2011 05:59 AM PDT

SAP Consulting in North America could be acknowledged as one of the top SAP-focused implementation and consulting groups in the world. Not surprisingly, SAP Consulting used the SAP Certification program to make its smart business even smarter.

Upgrade Planning - Part 2

Posted: 18 May 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Planning plays crucial role in any Upgrade & Unicode conversion project. So the planning phase should start ahead of time to make sure we included all the items needs to be catered during the project. This blog will give you some of the action items you should start looking at if you are planning for Upgrade.

Chain and rename your SAPlink

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Using a SAPlink often? Want to squeeze out of it more? Feel yourself invite to use next enhancement which will ease your developer's life.

SaaS, Weighing in for a SAP Engagement

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:51 AM PDT

After using a SaaS fully-hosted engagement, let's explore the "five" benefits of SaaS and see if I profited from a third party service instead of the traditional software license purchase.

Let the work flow! - Part 1

Posted: 18 May 2011 01:48 AM PDT

What would make mobile workflow as pervasive as mobile email?

ASUG 2011 Tuesday - Too many meetings and keynotes, some wins

Posted: 17 May 2011 09:29 PM PDT

Tuesday, I got up early for ASUG 2011, after being up late the night before. Lots to do, and if it doesn't happen today or tomorrow, the opportunity is wasted.

Integrating distance calculations from a Geocoder into ABAP

Posted: 17 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT

How to calculate the distance between two addresses in ABAP using a geocoder and the geo-routing classes.

Customer Support Engineer Spotlight

Posted: 17 May 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Customer Support Engineer Spotlight! On a monthly basis we will be introducing our support engineers to our customers.

SAP Business ByDesign Studio - Short Overview

Posted: 17 May 2011 07:36 AM PDT

Architecture overwiew of SAP Business ByDesign Studio an the programming languages.

We proudly present... SAP HANA InnoJam Finals Winner!

Posted: 17 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT

See the winners of the SAP HANA InnoJam finals and read about their stories.

Hey Web Developers! SAP's Sybase Unwired Platform Wants YOU

Posted: 17 May 2011 06:54 AM PDT

Sybase Unwired Platform 2.0 is a major upgrade of SAP's enterprise app development platform, and a centerpiece of its mobile strategy.

SAP NetWeaver ILM 7.02 Now Generally Available

Posted: 17 May 2011 06:25 AM PDT

SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) 7.02 is now generally available. This blog gives a brief overview of some of the new features, and points to further sources of information.

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-17T05:32:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

Brand New Learning Community! --Offered by SAP Education
SAPPHIRE Day 1 - Wow it's huge!
ASUG 2011 Monday - A full day of blistering sun?
"Act 1" of SAPPHIRE NOW
SAP Crystal Dashboard Design 2011 - Portfolio Update #4
Accelerated Application Delivery - SAPPHIRE - enhance the performance of your SAP applications
How to create direct URL for PPM 5.0 Item
How SAP Aims to Lead the Enterprise Mobile App Market
SapphireNow ASUG 2011 SAP Mentor Daily Wrap-Up Today at ASUG Pavilion
Check out partner-delivered mobile applications at SAPPHIRE
Upgrading to ACE 8.00c.05.00? Ensure you own SuiteLink first!
Suggesting PI Improvements - Features Functionalities Behavior
User Management with SAP NetWeaver Administrator
Strategic "KPI's" for University Alliances
Implementing a Date field on WebUI that ties to a transaction date type

Brand New Learning Community! --Offered by SAP Education

Posted: 17 May 2011 02:52 AM PDT

An introduction on SAP Education Learning Community

SAPPHIRE Day 1 - Wow it's huge!

Posted: 16 May 2011 10:58 PM PDT

My notes from Day 1 of SAPPHIRE in a 3-part series. This being a first time event in US for me is special.

ASUG 2011 Monday - A full day of blistering sun?

Posted: 16 May 2011 10:25 PM PDT

Monday, day one of ASUG 2011 (Sapphire "Now" to some of you). Were my targets hit? What please me? What annoyed me?

"Act 1" of SAPPHIRE NOW

Posted: 16 May 2011 09:06 PM PDT

A recap of Day 1 of SAPPHIRE NOW 2011.

SAP Crystal Dashboard Design 2011 - Portfolio Update #4

Posted: 16 May 2011 06:03 PM PDT

Accelerated Application Delivery - SAPPHIRE - enhance the performance of your SAP applications

Posted: 16 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT

This is an invitation to join me at SAPPHIRE, in learning about SAP's Accelerated Application Delivery solution aimed at maximizing the performance of your SAP web based applications. Maximizng your WAN landscape and giving your users a LAN like feeling under global distribution scenarios.

How to create direct URL for PPM 5.0 Item

Posted: 16 May 2011 03:55 PM PDT

SAP Portfolio and Project Management (PPM 5.0)- How to create direct URL for item

How SAP Aims to Lead the Enterprise Mobile App Market

Posted: 16 May 2011 02:52 PM PDT

SAP is making big moves in order to become the leader of a fourth market for enterprise applications, this time in mobile.

SapphireNow ASUG 2011 SAP Mentor Daily Wrap-Up Today at ASUG Pavilion

Posted: 16 May 2011 02:06 PM PDT

If you are at the ASUG Annual Conference aka SapphireNow, you may want to join SAP Mentors for the daily wrap up. ASUG is kind enough to host us at their pavilion on the show floor.

Check out partner-delivered mobile applications at SAPPHIRE

Posted: 16 May 2011 01:55 PM PDT

SAP Mobility Unit and SAP Co-Innovation Lab have initiated "Partner-delivered mobile applications" (Padma), a program to enable and coach partners to build high-end mobile applications. Make sure you check out these apps in Orlando or watch the related panel discussion online.

Upgrading to ACE 8.00c.05.00? Ensure you own SuiteLink first!

Posted: 16 May 2011 01:22 PM PDT

Ensuring those who upgrade to ACE 8.00c.05.00 own SuiteLink first.

Suggesting PI Improvements - Features Functionalities Behavior

Posted: 16 May 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Collecting all interesting ideas and observations about PI tool from developer's/administrator's perspective.

User Management with SAP NetWeaver Administrator

Posted: 16 May 2011 12:10 PM PDT

Overview regarding user management with SAP NetWeaver Administrator and short example.

Strategic "KPI's" for University Alliances

Posted: 16 May 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Anyone who works with or has close dealings with SAP has learned that we are big users of the term "KPI's" - Key Perfomance Indicators - to categorize our business objectives. In University Alliances, we are just now seeing many interesting quantitative and qualitative milestones converge, that we share here.

Implementing a Date field on WebUI that ties to a transaction date type

Posted: 16 May 2011 08:02 AM PDT

SAP Network Weblogs

2011-05-16T05:04:00.001-07:00

SAP Network Weblogs

A Taste of What&#146;s Coming in BPC 10.0
ASUG 2011 Sunday - Register, Network, Go
Proudly Presenting the SAP Mentors Outreach Mobile App for Android -- Connect with SAP Mentors at SAPphireNOW/ASUG Orlando
Do I Need to Be SAP Certified? In Short, Yes.
Pre-Judgment: ASUG Annual Conference/SAPPHIRE 2011
Hey Kids, it's time to learn BW!
Next Technology Innovation Newsletter is coming soon!
"What the Hashtag is Going On?" -- The Power of Hashtags Explained
Infocubes and Data Store Objects ... and HANA

A Taste of What&#146;s Coming in BPC 10.0

Posted: 15 May 2011 09:22 PM PDT

The 2011 ASUG Annual Conference and SapphireNOW began with the pre-conference education sessions. Here are my thoughts on the EPM 10.0 Roadmap session, with particular attention on the future of BPC.

ASUG 2011 Sunday - Register, Network, Go

Posted: 15 May 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Sunday, and I'm beginning serious networking at ASUG2011 / SapphireNow. Expect to see a lot of good friends, but not everyone I had hoped would be here.

Proudly Presenting the SAP Mentors Outreach Mobile App for Android -- Connect with SAP Mentors at SAPphireNOW/ASUG Orlando

Posted: 15 May 2011 05:08 PM PDT

It is with pride that I announce the release of my first mobile app, the SAP Mentors Outreach app for Android, just in time for the SAPphireNOW/ASUG conference in Orlando, Florida. This free app is an extension to the SAP Mentors long-standing invitation to connect. It makes it easy to search and browse Mentor profiles, explore their twitter streams, and share Mentor profiles and your personal notes on them. We try to make it a little easier to get in touch!

Do I Need to Be SAP Certified? In Short, Yes.

Posted: 15 May 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Let's discuss the need to become SAP certified.

Pre-Judgment: ASUG Annual Conference/SAPPHIRE 2011

Posted: 15 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Want to ride along on my first ASUG Annual Conference/SAPPHIRE? Start here.

Hey Kids, it's time to learn BW!

Posted: 15 May 2011 04:10 PM PDT

Sharing a Flash Animation I used while giving a class.

Next Technology Innovation Newsletter is coming soon!

Posted: 15 May 2011 02:36 PM PDT

The next and second Technology Innovation Newsletter is coming at the 25th May and covers hot topics, such as SAP InnoJam HANA Finals, Gateway, Semantics, Cloud, USDL and many more. Please subscribe!

"What the Hashtag is Going On?" -- The Power of Hashtags Explained

Posted: 15 May 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Hashtags can be very effective and powerful part of your Twitter toolbox in a number of ways. This blog talks about how to use hashtags for: 1) More powerful tweeting, 2) More powerful listening, and 3) More powerful events.

Infocubes and Data Store Objects ... and HANA

Posted: 15 May 2011 09:24 AM PDT

In recent weeks, I've frequently heard or read comments like "cubes will no longer be relevant in HANA" or "flat structures like data store objects (DSOs) will be sufficient". There is no binary (=simple) answer to this, like a clear YES or NO. This blog intends to shed some light into those assumptions. You are encouraged to challenge my thoughts or to add your point of view.