SAP HANA: My experiences on using SAP HANA with R
In this blog I will discuss about how ODBC helps HANA to connect with different tools like Crystal reports 2011, R etc. I will also discuss about creating a procedure in HANA and calling the same to create a Table in SAP HANA database. I will use ‘R’ to read the data from HANA and to plot a graph on that table. krishna tangudu in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source [Feb. 21, 2012 01:57 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAPUI5 says "Hello OData" to NetWeaver Gateway
Getting started with SAPUI5, SAP's UI Development Toolkit for HTML5, in conjunction with SAP NetWeaver Gateway OData resources. What a mouthful ... but what a combo! DJ Adams in Emerging Technologies, JavaScript, Open Source, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, Scripting Languages [Feb. 13, 2012 01:39 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

SAP HANA InnoJam Online Contest - Phase 2 and what's next
Are you participating in the SAP HANA InnoJam Online Contest? Then you must read this... Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source [Feb. 06, 2012 01:47 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Sucess factors for open source adoption
Join my next webinar on open source adoption in the enterprise. Claus Riegen in Eclipse, Interoperability, Java Programming, Open Source, Standards [Feb. 01, 2012 06:45 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

R meets HANA
Last time, we fetch data from HANA into R...let's do the opposite now...from HANA into R. Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source [Jan. 29, 2012 06:47 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using KeePass Instead of SAP Logon
In this blog I describe, how you can use the Open Source Software KeePass not only to save your user and password of a SAP System but also, how you can logon to a SAP system directly from KeePass without using SAP Logon. Peter Langner in ABAP, Open Source [Jan. 29, 2012 01:23 AM | 13 Comments | Permalink]

HANA meets R
Stop creating .csv files to load in R! Integrate HANA and R directly! Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source [Jan. 26, 2012 06:50 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Stand Alone ABAP Compiler
Stand-alone ABAP Compiler(SAC): Open Source tool for offline ABAP Programming Manhar Narang in ABAP, Idea Place, Open Source, SAP Developer Network [Jan. 19, 2012 04:12 PM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Prediction model with HANA and R
Let's create a prediction model on the annual tickets sales of a flight company Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source [Jan. 13, 2012 06:59 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Happy New year SCN and Happy New Excel with abap2xlsx
@ivanfemia presents #abap2xlsx new release. Ivan Femia in ABAP, Code Exchange, Community Projects, Open Source [Jan. 03, 2012 02:20 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Building a Cross-Platform Mobile App with rhomobile
Example of a REST consuming mobile app using the Rhodes framework Mark Teichmann in Eclipse, Mobile, Open Source, Ruby [Dec. 28, 2011 05:28 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Dissecting a NetWeaver Neo Job Offering
An analysis of a recent job offering for SAP’s new Java-based Platform as a Service provides insights into the platform – especially the focus on open source software. Richard Hirsch1 in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Open Source [Dec. 14, 2011 05:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Dealing with R and HANA
Let's see how can we mix HANA and R Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Analytics, Beyond SAP, In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source [Nov. 28, 2011 05:03 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

My take on Eclipse Con Europe- Part1
This blog post will showcase all the major highlights of the Eclipse Con Europe 2011. Idea is to give all relevant links for the important sessions. Saurav Sarkar in Eclipse, Emerging Technologies, Java Programming, Open Source [Nov. 24, 2011 09:34 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Five Reasons Why the Amazon Kindle Fire Will Light Up Enterprises
You've heard the reasons why the Amazon Kindle Fire will fail in the enterprise. Now hear the reasons why it will succeed. Eric Lai in Emerging Technologies, Mobile, Open Source, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub [Nov. 19, 2011 06:28 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

EclipseCon Europe 2011
EclipseCon Europe this year was a great event with the celebration of 10 years of Eclipse. Barbara Hartel in Eclipse, Open Source [Nov. 17, 2011 03:19 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How browser extensions can make our life much easier: a real case applied to Google Chrome and SAP PI
Using a simple Chrome Extension, this weblog shows how it's easy to create and share information across your consulting company: a real case dealing with PI Integration builder pages. Andrea Quarta in JavaScript, Open Source, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Scripting Languages [Nov. 16, 2011 01:39 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Announcing: Project River
As promised in my last blog post I take it as my obligation to not only talk about the big topics, but also shine the light on the runner-ups when it comes to Technology Innovation: so let's take a look at the just announced Project 'River' PaaS. Matthias Steiner in Emerging Technologies, Java Programming, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Open Source, SAP TechEd [Nov. 10, 2011 06:25 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Lets Excel : Enhanced Communication Channel search in SAP PI
Does the standard search functionality for Communication channel fulfill all your queries/requirements when someone asks you the details? If no, I am sure you have properly updated documentation that saves you in such cases. And what if you don't have any documentation? The only way left seems is to open each and every channel to look out for the exact details. Don't worry. You don't need to do that anymore. We have a shortcut ;) Sunil Chandra in Open Source, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Nov. 10, 2011 04:03 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

SITSP 2011 - Sharing, Learning and Having Fun!
SITSP 2011 - A personal review of the SAP Inside Track Sao Paulo 2011 Mauricio Roberto Cruz in ABAP, Code Exchange, Community Day, Open Source, SAP Developer Network [Oct. 11, 2011 05:15 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Will the Tesla Model S be the Next Great Mobile Apps Platform?
The Tesla Model S may define where the in-car mobile apps market goes, but it probably won't lead it overall. Here's why. Eric Lai in SAP Developer Network, Open Source, Mobile, Emerging Technologies, Automotive [Oct. 02, 2011 11:32 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Quest to Understand the Use of MongoDB in the SAP PaaS
A recent press release from 10gen described the use of MongoDB in SAP’s new Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment. From the perspective of an external observer who wasn’t involved in the decision-making process, I attempt to understand the motivations behind this decision. My explorations span from the detective work and Internet research crucial to discover the technical details of the integration to a discussion about how HANA has evolved from focusing purely on structured data to its response to the market’s demand for tools to analyze unstructured data. Richard Hirsch1 in Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Open Source [Sep. 30, 2011 02:37 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using a Tomcat 'Monitor Test Plan' for Performance Profiling
By adding a Monitor Test Plan to your JMeter performance tests, it is possible to correlate the relationship between server performance and response time on the client side. This is important when trying to achieve goals around throughput and response time and to validate changes to properties such as garbage collection on the Java Application Server. James Rapp in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Architecture, Open Source, Java Programming [Sep. 29, 2011 01:49 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Nice Refactoring of XSD (XML Schema Definition) in Eclipse - Data Types Editor
Eclipse based Open Source XSD Editor - Data Types Editor Dimitar Tenev in Business Process Modeling, Composition Environment (CE), Eclipse, Java Programming, Open Source [Sep. 20, 2011 04:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Inside Track Milan 2011 – First Italian SAP Community event
#sitmil is close, this blog will introduce the event to the community. SAP Inside Tracks (SIT) are community organized events for the community. Ivan Femia in Community Day, Code Exchange, Community Projects, Open Source, SAP Developer Network [Sep. 19, 2011 12:38 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

First Version of ABAPDoc2 Model
Sometime ago I published here in the SCN Weblogs the ABAP101 Projects to aim juniors ABAP developers get some experience through open source projects. In summary, we "hire" ABAP newbies to work in the open source projects with our coaching. The project chosen was ABAPDoc and we called our project as ABAPDoc2. The first goal of this project is to refactory the original code to able next level of improvements, like templates, XML (SAPLink), Web Dynpro etc. To able those future improvements, we will follow MVC framework and the text here I will explain the ABAPDoc2 Model. Flavio Furlan in ABAP, Code Exchange, Open Source [Sep. 15, 2011 10:22 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Chart: Enterprises that are Deploying Android Smartphones & Tablets
Android rollouts by enterprises and schools are starting to emerge, finally. Here's a first attempt to compile them. Eric Lai in Higher Education, Healthcare, Defense, Mobile, Open Source [Sep. 06, 2011 01:40 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

abap2gapps: is your ABAP ready for the Google cloud?
@ivanfemia introduces new Code Exchange project abap2gapps that allows your old ABAP to interact with cloud services like Google Documents. Ivan Femia in ABAP, Code Exchange, Open Source, SAP Developer Network [Sep. 06, 2011 12:31 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

OAuth2: Next generation authentication API
@ivanfemia presents OAuth2 the new Code Exchange project that allows you to authenticate on a web based service provider like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Foursquare using OAuth 2.0 protocol. Ivan Femia in ABAP, Code Exchange, Open Source, SAP Developer Network [Sep. 06, 2011 12:31 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Thematic mapping SCN points with KML and other thematic map examples
With open source software and "simple transformations" later a standalone NetWeaver system can generate a thematic map with KML. The blog demonstates a way to use the SCN RSS feeds to produce a thematic/choropleth map based on SCN points worldwide. Now I guess you can guess which countries dominate the points, so I decided (because its my blog :) on points per contributor for the screenshots, and I attempt to name the building which contains the champions of SCN average points per contributor. Robert Russell in Open Source, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Sep. 01, 2011 08:38 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver OnDemand at TechEd
In this post I provide an overview about the various sessions related to SAP NetWeaver OnDemand Java capabilities. Matthias Steiner in Java Programming, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Open Source, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd [Aug. 18, 2011 09:06 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Integration of Server Resource Monitoring with JMeter Plugins
This weblog post discusses integration of JMeter Plugins into a JMeter performance test for collecting server metrics such as CPU usage, Memory usage, and Disk I/O. James Rapp in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Open Source, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence [Jul. 15, 2011 10:15 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP joins OpenJDK
In an effort to align SAP requirements with the standard Java implementation and drive its future development, SAP recently decided to join the OpenJDK project. Claus Riegen in Java Programming, Open Source, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Jul. 14, 2011 12:21 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Can Open Source Projects Help Rookies ABAPers?
Can open source projects help new ABAP developers increment their experience? We just launched an initiative at our personal site - http://ABAP101.com (PT-BR) - to encourage juniors ABAPers to collaborate in the open projects and get some experience in the beginning of theirs careers. Flavio Furlan in ABAP, Beginner, Code Exchange, Open Source [Jul. 11, 2011 01:02 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Chain and rename your SAPlink
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. Marcin Pciak in ABAP, Community Projects, Open Source, SAP Developer Network [May. 18, 2011 12:55 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Next Technology Innovation Newsletter is coming soon!
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! Karin Schattka in Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, Mobile, Open Source, SAP Research [May. 15, 2011 01:36 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

abap2xlsx team has a present for you...
We want to celebrate the 100th member on Code Exchange project with a new release of abap2xlsx Ivan Femia in ABAP, Code Exchange, Community Projects, Open Source [May. 13, 2011 05:23 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How SAP could accelerate the ecosystem community
SAP could rapidly expand the ecosystem - if it chose to. Here's one method that could work. Dennis Howlett in Improving My Experience, Open Source, SAP EcoHub, SAP Process Integration (PI) [May. 07, 2011 08:51 PM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Never Mind the Featurephone, Here Comes the FeatureTablet.
Let's start calling the new low-end tablet the "FeatureTablet" because of its strong similarities to the Featurephone. And soon - since they are already here. Eric Lai in Consumer Products, Emerging Technologies, Mobile, Open Source, Ranting [May. 06, 2011 04:38 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How to be a small sap software vendor
Can you create products when you are a small vendor in the SAP space? Daniel Graversen in Improving My Experience, Open Source, Partnership, SAP EcoHub, SAP Process Integration (PI) [May. 06, 2011 02:41 AM | 19 Comments | Permalink]

SAP InnoJam 2011 in Australia: Call for Business Scenarios
A conversation between an SAP Mentor, Tony de Thomasis, and Kaj van de Loo, SVP Technology Strategy at SAP, lead an SAP InnoJam that is planned to happen from July 30-31 in Sydney. This blog provides you with some more details and hopefully will initiate the submission of good business cases for the event. Rui Nogueira in Community Day, Community Projects, Emerging Technologies, Open Source, Run SAP [May. 04, 2011 11:27 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP InnoJam 2011 in the Netherlands: Call for Business Cases
From June 24th-25th, 2011 we will have our next SAP InnoJam in the Netherlands. To make it as valuable as possible for the participants we need good Business Cases as proof points for SAP technologies. Rui Nogueira in Community Projects, Community Day, Emerging Technologies, Open Source, Run SAP [May. 03, 2011 01:31 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

A community project for the SCN community
The evaluation of enterprise wiki software in the last weeks leads me to a discussion with Oliver Kohl about wiki software in general and the SCN Wiki Software (Confluence). Based on this discussion I have started a ABAP Syntax Hightlighting project for the Confluence Wiki. Marcel Salein in ABAP, Code Exchange, Community Day, Community Projects, Open Source [May. 02, 2011 04:42 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

May 25, 2011: Eclipse DemoCamp in Walldorf
Mark your calendars: for the third year in a row there will be an Eclipse DemoCamp held at SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Karsten Schmidt in Eclipse, Java Programming, Open Source, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Apr. 27, 2011 04:12 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Open Source Business Conference 2011
Here is why you might be interested to attend the Open Source Business Conference this year. Claus Riegen in In-Memory Business Data Management, Open Source, Virtualization [Apr. 21, 2011 07:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Do End Users accept End User Development?
Do end-users accept end-user development by using mashups? Using the technology acceptance model, we have investigated the acceptance of the mashup platform FAST (http://demo.fast.morfeo-project.org), which enables end-users to build their own application by simply drag and drop graphical building blocks onto a canvas. Andrea Giessmann in Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Research, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Business Process Modeling [Apr. 14, 2011 01:07 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

How open source software supports SAP technology strategy
A few days ago, Rui Nogueira interviewed me on how open source supports the SAP technology strategy. A good reason to continue my blog. Which I am doing way too rarely. This time, I was almost on my way to title the blog post “Statistical errors or how Rui made me speak”. Yes, Rui made me speak. But why statistical errors? Because almost any time I used the terms statistic or statistical, I created a knot in my tongue … But listen yourself. Claus Riegen in In-Memory Business Data Management, Interoperability, Mobile, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Open Source [Apr. 08, 2011 09:59 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

The role of Open Source in SAP's Technology Strategy
As a follow-up on my blog series around SAP's Technology Strategy I've had the chance talking to Claus von Riegen who explained the role of Open Source in SAP's Technology Strategy. Rui Nogueira in Emerging Technologies, Interoperability, Open Source, Run SAP, Standards [Apr. 06, 2011 10:57 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP and Drupal Integration
This video shows the integration scenario between Drupal and SAP HR system. The motivation behind this research activity is to provide easy and simple accessibility to businesses who are need of such integrations. Drupal (www.drupal.org) is the opensource CMS which is being used heavily nowadays and integrating it to SAP will make it more flexible and enable a rich CMS website to use robust SAP systems in the backend. anwesa in Open Source [Apr. 06, 2011 01:01 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Days and Nights at EclipseCon
In this blog post i capture my experiences in EclipseCon Saurav Sarkar in Eclipse, Open Source [Mar. 30, 2011 01:45 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]