Blogs

July 03, 2009

BusinessObjects Enterprise and client side SNC Part 2 of 2

Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Security [09:15:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BusinessObjects Enterprise and client side SNC Part 1 of 2
In this 2 part blog series I am showing the steps on how you can use SNC for client authentication in combination with BusinessObjects Enterprise.
Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Security [09:06:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

an ABAPer's journey to Netweaver CE
An ABAP/SAP web development consultant writes about experiences on the path towards SAP Composition Environment (CE)
Michael Koch in Composition Environment (CE) [08:39:04 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Object Oriented Design Principles (OODP): Single Responsibility Principle (SRP)
This weblog is the fourth of the series on Object Oriented Design Principles (OODP). This blog explains the Single Responsiblity Principle (SRP).
Naimesh Patel in ABAP, Beginner [06:45:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP PI XML Mappings using groovy
Using Groovy as java mappings for transformation of XML documents in the SAP PI or XI.
Daniel Graversen in Ruby, SAP Process Integration (PI), Scripting Languages [05:12:01 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

July 02, 2009

Personal Brands and Your SAP Career
While it is clear that a personal brand can be of enormous benefit at different stages of your career, the question remains - how do you get started building your own personal SAP brand?
Gavin Heaton in Beginner, Beyond SAP [11:36:26 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Enhanced Receiver Determination using JAVA Mapping (DOM Parser)
SAP XI, PI, JAVA Mapping, DOM Parser
Madan Agrawal in Java Programming, SAP Process Integration (PI) [11:20:42 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

PI 7.1 Beginner - Integration Repository is ESR now !
To start with PI 7.1 This blog will highlight changes specific to PI 7.1 in the component "Integration Repository" as referred in earlier versions of XI / PI.
Sayali Marathe in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [11:20:04 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Configuration for forwarding Alerts as Emails
This blog is for configuration for forwarding Alerts as Emails in SAP XI/PI.
Pravesh Sharma in SAP Process Integration (PI) [11:16:22 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Problems faced while connecting to SQL server using JDBC adapter in PI
The blog focuses on issues faced while connecting to SQL server using JDBC adapter in PI.
Charu Goel in SAP Process Integration (PI) [11:15:35 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Advertising for your Lectures
See the subject URL - http://www.clearnewworld.com/index.aspx - for resources to include in your lectures. When describing to students who SAP is, this communications campaign provides a strong sense of our purpose and personality. Case studies, videos, a white paper, and other documents are also presented.
Bob LoBue in University Alliances Message Board [06:39:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Does SAP Have Right Solution for Public Sector Organisations
India undoubtedly has one of the world's biggest Public Sector organisations. Some of these are going in for IT Transformation projects. Does Enterprise Application Software vendors like SAP have the right solutions for these unique opportunities.
Somnath Manna in Beyond SAP, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Solutions, Business Suite 7, Defense, Emerging Technologies, ERP, Public Sector [04:51:11 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

The Current State of Internal Auditing
EDPACS, a journal for IT audit and security professionals, has published an opinion piece by Norman Marks, SAP BusinessObjects, and Jay Taylor, GM on the state of the profession of internal auditing.
Norman Marks in Governance, Risk and Compliance [02:16:58 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Change Enablers or Change Promoters; When IT itself needs a good dose of Change Management
IT departments should fill the role of change promoters within organizations. Often it is seen that strict and outdated IT strategies limit early adoption of new technologies. It is time to call the change management specialists to do a good work within the IT department itself.
Leonardo De Araujo in Beginner, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Solutions, Enterprise Service Community, Organizational Change Management, Service-Oriented Architecture [01:45:09 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Money or Your Life - Some Reflections About Lifetime Value (LTV)
Maximizing customer Lifetime Value (LTV) is considered to be the ultimate measure for optimal customer relationship management (CRM). In this blog I discuss the challenges and basics of LTV modeling.
Shuki Idan in , CRM, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), Banking, Analytics [08:05:12 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Alloy Request Trigger
Alloy uses several queues (on both sides SAP and IBM) to guarantee message delivery. However some of those queues have a scheduled job that monitors and processes items from within the queue at certain time points. Especially during test phases these scheduled jobs could cost you time, you could better spend with actual testing.
Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, SAP xApps [07:45:18 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using SAP Business Objects technology in Healthcare (Part 1)
In this blog series we will describe how SAP Business Objects technology can be used in the Healthcare Provider Industry. In the first part we will give an overview on reporting, dashboards and data exploration. Also, we invite our ecosystem to co-innovate with us!
Claudius Metze in Analytics, Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Crystal Reports, Healthcare [07:36:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Top Contributor - Quarterly!
Moving into the 3rd quarter of the year we've just sent out our roundup to the Top Contributors...
Craig Cmehil in Business Objects, Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd [06:37:46 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

SAP CRM 7.0 Agent Inbox Enhancements - Video Blog
Goal of this video blog: To communicate enhancements of the Interaction Center Agent Inbox in SAP CRM 7.0. The Interaction Center Agent Inbox is an integral part of customer interaction processing for agents. The Agent Inbox allows for searching and processing of transactions, such as Service Orders, Sales Orders, Interaction Records, and workflow items such as e-mail, that an agent may process throughout his or her day.
Kimberly Davis in CRM [06:29:18 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Webdynpro Java / Printing using NW 2004 , 2004s
WebDynpro on NW 2004/2004s using had no native support for printing and the community came up with pretty good workarounds. Therefore this is a workaround to print the view by converting the content to html.
Ritushree Saha in Enterprise Portal (EP) [05:11:04 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Wholesale Distribution team launches Facebook Social Networking Channel
SAP Wholesale Distribution team launches Facebook Page
Neetin Datar in Wholesale Distribution [04:55:01 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Solution Manager refresh preparation
It's always risky to talk about something you haven't done yet, since there's always the chance a veteran will show you you're doing this all wrong. Here's where we are with copying our Solution Manager system to another box.
Jim Spath in Ranting, SAP Solution Manager, SAP TechEd [03:09:04 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Expert on Phone Newsletter June 2009
Tips & Tricks in SAP Business One
Kerstin Pauquet [01:58:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

July 01, 2009

Webinar: Grow Your Business with SAP PartnerEdge and SCN – and get a free copy of Xcelsius Present
SAP sw solution partners, this event is for you if you are curious to learn more about how SAP PartnerEdge and the SAP Community Network (SCN) can benefit your business. Also get a free copy of Xcelsius Present.
Natascha Schuberth in EcoHub, Business Objects, Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network [03:42:52 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Great Programmers will their Code to the New Guy
Do brilliant programmers create code that requires a genius to maintain? Is complicated code an indicator of greatness in a programmer? Or is the opposite true: You’re really good if the newbie can easily inherit your code?
Thorsten Franz in ABAP, Beginner, Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Composition Environment (CE), Java Programming, JavaScript, Ranting [02:55:47 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Choosing A Deployment Option for Employee Interaction Center
SAP currently offers two deployment options for the Employee Interaction Center. This blog provides some answers on how to determine which option is best for your needs.
Renee Wilhelm in ERP, CRM [02:47:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) Tips -4 [Hidden Park-n-Go Cache]
SAP Business Planning & Consolidation, version for Netweaver allows for the creation of off-line copies of active schedules and templates. Access the "hidden" sheets that allow the off-line version to continue to function.
Sheldon Edelstein in Enterprise Performance Management [12:19:18 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Webinar: Delivering Cost Savings with SAP SRM – sponsored by Wipro & SAP
Wipro & SAP jointly invite you to a one-hour webcast on procurement solutions from SAP including the SAP SRM 7.0 release. Find out how Business Suite 7, the BPX community and Wipro services can increase your ROI.
Natascha Schuberth in Business Objects, SAP Developer Network, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Business Suite 7, Business Process Expert, Utilities Industry [11:52:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Managing Product Hierarchies using SAP MDM
Managing complex product hierachy of a global organization with multiple systems like PLM, SCM, SRM, ERP etc can be a big challenge. This blogs tries to build a business case around how SAP MDM can be used as a strong tool to manage product hierarchies.
Ketan Phanse in Business Intelligence (BI), Master Data Management (MDM), Product Lifecycle Management [06:15:52 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Integrating ERP and BI
Highlights some of the challenges addressed by BI in SAP Business All-in-One
Dan Everett in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, ERP [06:13:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Ease Of Use
My view on ease of use and the technology enablers
Dan Everett in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports [06:12:39 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The BI Platform Audit Database - Part 2
Part two of an explanation of the SAP Business Objects Audit DB schema. This post outlines the core aspects of the auditing database.
Adrian Westmoreland in Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Governance, Risk and Compliance [06:11:44 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Why possess Process and Consulting knowledge?
Why a SAP consultant should possess business process and consulting knowledge.
Rajat Sethi in Beginner, Beyond SAP [03:41:54 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

CRM in China (Part 1)
This blog describes the fast but winding development of CRM in China ten years after the CRM concept was first proposed by Gartner.
Cathy Ma in CRM [01:20:08 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

June 30, 2009

Calling for Sustainability-Focused Session Proposals for SAP TechEd 2009
Submit your proposal focused on sustainability and green IT for SAP TechEd 2009 today! This is an exclusive opportunity open to SAP Community Network members.
Christina Miller in Business Objects, Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd, Sustainability and CSR [03:38:49 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Perl and SAP Adventures, Part 3
Part 3 of my blog on experiences and instructions on using perl to make RFC calls to an SAP ABAP system.
David Hull in Application Server, Emerging Technologies, Perl, Scripting Languages [01:17:33 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

HCM Processes & Forms: The Evolution of Necessity to Enhancement Pack 4 and beyond
How has HCM Processes and Forms evolved through Enhancement Packages and why was this so necessary so quickly? It's all part of evolution and product maturity pushed by customer demand and expectations.
Chris Solomon in Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Solutions, Enhancement Packages, Enterprise Portal (EP), SAP Business Workflow, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe [12:51:22 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Adaptive Computing Virtualization - Key Benefits in a Nutshell
Enormous saving potential through adaptive computing virtualization
Dieter Krieger in SAP NetWeaver Platform [08:55:44 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Unit of Measurement for Assignments in OM
Unit of measurement for assignments for a Person (Object P) in Organization Management (OM).
Vinod Jose in SAP Research [08:53:13 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Install SAP on Amazon Web Services #2 – the Installation
Run up an SAP system, backed by 150GB of DB2 data, without having to beg, steal or borrow the hardware .... I have created a public image on Amazon Web Services that can be used as the basis (sorry) for installing an SAP system on Windows. This blog details how to install an IDES system, using this public image and Amazon's EBS feature for persistent data.
Martin English in Emerging Technologies, SAP NetWeaver Platform [07:49:55 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Troubleshooting Tree Blossoms
The JS Troubleshooting Guide on SDN that started as a humble tree has now grown to a comprehensive wizard covering most major areas within the Java stack of SAP NetWeaver. Check it out - it's fast and easy.
Vanya Maneva in Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform [07:43:10 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Developing Web Services in J2EE and consuming in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Part1
This blog will explain how to use existing Java System services in SAP System.
lakshmi Prasad in Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform [07:41:27 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Questions to SAP Support: "How to prevent MaxDB from creating backups to the RUNDIRECTORY?"
Never figured out how to specify the path to where MaxDB/liveCache backups are written? This blog tells you how...
Lars Breddemann in Beginner, SAP Developer Network, SAP MaxDB and liveCache, SAP NetWeaver Platform [05:52:07 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Overview of IBU Chemicals at SAP
A couple of colleagues recently put me on the spot and said they'd like a quick 'elevator pitch', if you like to call it that, on the Industry Business Unit (IBU) Chemicals. Anyway, it set me thinking that the simplest way to do it, to concisely show the evolution of the IBU, its functions and touchpoints would be to do a short video. Here are the results, with the transcript shown within.
Franz Hero in Automotive, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Governance, Risk and Compliance, CRM, Chemicals, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beginner, Oil and Gas [05:40:55 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

IDM Connector Overview Presentation is now available
A comprehensive descritpion about the existing IDM connectors to other systems is now available
Kristian Lehment in Identity Management, Integration and Certification, Business Suite 7, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Security [05:26:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What's new around the world of MDM - SAP guys should know
While there has been a sea of changes in the SAP MDM world, consultants should be aware of small changes that have come about in the other Master data products - a bird's eye view on couple of products I came across.
Rajesh Iyer in Emerging Technologies, Master Data Management (MDM) [04:18:05 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Introducing Learning on Demand by SAP
Introducing Learning on Demand by SAP - your 24 x 7 gateway to cost effective and efficient learning.
Joe Westhuizen in Beyond SAP [04:00:23 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Business One Test Environment v2.3
A new version of the SAP Business One Test Environment Tools has been published. This new version mainly improves the usage of some tools and provides some fixes. In this blog we give you an overview of the main changes version 2.3.
Maria Trinidad MARTINEZ GEA in SAP Business One [01:59:41 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How to consume OpenSearch sources using SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search 7.0
There will be a new OpenSearch Adapter available to allow the consumption of federated search locations using the OpenSearch standard using SAP NetWeaver Enteprise Search 7.0
Andre Fischer [12:48:16 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

June 29, 2009

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management 7.1 Enters Unrestricted Shipment
SAP NetWeaver Identity Management 7.1 has successfully completed the ramp-up phase and entered unrestricted shipment last week. Martina Kirschenmann provides us with some first customer feedback and recaps the highlights of this release.
Martina Kirschenmann in Business Suite 7, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Identity Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Security [11:52:24 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Blogs are the New CVs
The first thing a potential employer will do is search the web for your profile. And if you are looking to boost your SAP career and take the next step, you might want to think about using blogs as your new CV.
Gavin Heaton in Beginner, Beyond SAP [11:16:16 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How to Create Up To 200 Characters Long Multi Line Message with SE91 Message Class Short Text
This article describes how to use the short text in SE91 message class to display up to 200 characters long multi line message in a popup window without using SE91 long text. This could be useful if you want to save user an additional click required to display the long message text. The full source code is included.
Adam Baryla in ABAP, Beginner, ERP [09:49:13 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Payment Card Security Features in SAP CRM and SAP ERP
Overview of PCI (Payment Card Industry) standards and the credit/payment card security features in SAP CRM and SAP ERP that merchants can use to comply with these standards.
Jack Nehmer in Business Suite 7, CRM, ERP, Security [05:11:34 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Lead Management with Channel Partners
Lead Management with Channel Partners in SAP CRM Partner Channel Management
Vikas Venugopal in CRM [05:06:04 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Understand validity of a ReaderRights Credential in a PDF generated from SAP Adobe Document Services(ADS)
In this weblog I discuss about validity of ReaderRights Credential in a PDF generated from SAP Adobe Document Services(ADS). Also the need for server and client time to be in sync will be discussed.
Shubham Tripathi in Application Server, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe [08:04:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Cognitive Dissonance and Process Design
This blog discusses process design and examines the assumptions under which BPXs often work. In particular, the difficulties in realistically depicting KPIs in an accurate manner as well as the current inability to respond to real-time data needs in process design environments are discussed.
Richard Hirsch in Beyond SAP, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Ranting, SAP SAPPHIRE [08:03:58 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Removing the 'Too Hard' button
Composite applications - removing the 'too hard' button from project implementations
Gavin Targonski in Service-Oriented Architecture [08:00:08 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

It's all about the Supply Chain (or is it?)
The past 20 years have brought a ton of focus on supply chain improvement including a very difficult organizational shift, was it worth it?
Randy Evins in Retail [07:50:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Cornerstones of successful Talent Management - Part 1
What you need to consider when implementing Talent Management in your organization
Mariana Lasprilla in ERP, Organizational Change Management [07:50:09 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Accelerating ABAP Development with Power of Scripts, Templates, Cockpits, Code Generators & Runtime Engines - Part I
The SAP software development involves implementation of increasingly complex applications. The standard programming techniques that use 3GL languages like ABAP are a little help in making the development process faster and developed applications smaller and easier to maintain. This document describes how to accelerate ABAP development by at least an order of magnitude with power of 4GL scripts, templates, cockpits, code generators and/or runtime engines. The same techniques apply to other development environments and languages; e.g., Java, C/C++.
Adam Baryla in ABAP, Emerging Technologies, ERP, SAP Research, Scripting Languages, Widgets [07:41:03 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

What's the SAP Green IT Community Up to?
The SAP Green IT Community is working on the identification and clarification of customer requirements around Green IT, on the generation of a shared map of solutions and services for Green IT from SAP and partners, and on identifying opportunities within the community for co-innovation, co-development and standardization. These are some notes and observations of mine as I participated in the third session.
Christine Puccio in Business Process Expert, Community Projects, Enterprise Service Community, SAP Research, Sustainability and CSR [07:32:18 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

How Solution Manager RCA Change Reporting saved the day
How I used Solution Manager RCA to find profile changes and save the day.
Tony de Thomasis in SAP Solution Manager [07:29:00 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Results of a performance test with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1
Performance test with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 (EHP 1)
Katrin Ahsen in SAP Process Integration (PI) [07:28:56 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Monitoring and Planning Customer Market Share with CRM
One key focus in the sales area is increasing market share by focusing on valuable customers and increasing wallet share.
Silvia Backes in CRM [04:48:34 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

About Complaint Processing with SAP CRM
Complaint processing
Cindy Xu in CRM [04:46:57 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Process Integration Handbook Available Now!
This blog introduces the new "Process Integration Handbook".
Peter Gutsche in Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [04:04:00 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

June 28, 2009

Future Now - Business Performance, Skilling and Corporate Education
Our skills and experience form the foundation for our careers - but what happens in amongst wave after wave of change? How do businesses respond to the changing conditions, and what can we, as individuals, do to impact our own peformance and the performance of the businesses we work for?
Gavin Heaton in Beginner, Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Knowledge Management (KM), Organizational Change Management [07:44:27 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

The BI Platform Audit Database - Part 1
Part one of an explanation of the SAP Business Objects Audit DB schema. This post outlines the core aspects of the auditing database.
Adrian Westmoreland in Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), Governance, Risk and Compliance [07:08:43 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BI Platform Auditing – The Basics
The first in a series of posts explaining the Business Objects BI Platform Auditing functionality. This post covers the basic principles of how and what is audited in a Business Objects deployment.
Adrian Westmoreland in Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), Governance, Risk and Compliance [07:08:15 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Information compliments Intelligence...
This blog describes that how the correct information can bring more intelligence...
Ankur Ramkumar Goel in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Master Data Management (MDM) [07:06:41 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Switching off BWA for Selected Queries
This blog tells you about how to switch off some specific queries from BW Accelerator using a program.
Gattu Chaithanya in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI) [07:03:35 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]