The story of PRINTOUT – Part 2 – Creation
Second blog about Printout solution with explanation how the printout is created. Drazen Lovrencic in ABAP, ERP, Improving My Experience, Web Dynpro [Feb. 08, 2012 03:48 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Why should SAP Functional consultants use SCN?
SCN is for the full SAP community. Currently it is more focused to the developer. This blog looks at why functional consultants should use SCN - the benefits it provides to them and the wider community. Mark Chalfen in Beginner, Business Process Expert, Enterprise Social Systems, Improving My Experience, Ranting [Feb. 08, 2012 01:55 AM | 17 Comments | Permalink]

Videocast: Do SAP Mentors Impact Culture Change at SAP? With Sanjay Poonen
I had a lively conversation with SAP's Sanjay Poonen and Mark Finnern on culture change at SAP and Sanjay's views on the SAP Mentor Initiative. Check it out. Jon Reed in Career Center, Community Projects, Improving My Experience, Social Media and Social Networks [Feb. 02, 2012 09:45 AM | 4 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

To Blueprint or not to Blueprint - that is the question.
This blog looks at how SAP builds their RDS solutions and reviews the process to include or exclude a Blueprint as a deliverable. Mark Chalfen in Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, ERP, Improving My Experience, SAP Business Suite [Feb. 02, 2012 09:02 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Social Media: Loss of Control or The Path to Serendipity?
Why participate in social media or "what's in for me?" Matthias Steiner in Beginner, Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, Social Media and Social Networks [Jan. 27, 2012 10:21 AM | 19 Comments | Permalink]

The story of PRINTOUT – Part 1 – Intro to different approach
The story of PRINTOUT - new approach/solution to printout data from SAP. Drazen Lovrencic in ABAP, ERP, Improving My Experience, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Dynpro [Jan. 24, 2012 04:27 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Übergeek
Being a geek is a way of living rather than a way of making a living. This blog will briefly describe what a geek is. Elvez in Improving My Experience [Jan. 10, 2012 11:42 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Data Governance: SAP EIM components required
This blog is speaking about the data governance and few of the components involved to achive it. There are many factors in the way to get the data in central control. Deepak Gupta in Data Integration and Quality Management, Improving My Experience, Master Data Management (MDM) [Jan. 08, 2012 07:50 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Information Steward : data insight capablities
This blog talks about the "data insight" module of SAP infomation steward application at the high level along with its various capabilities. Deepak Gupta in Data Integration and Quality Management, Improving My Experience, Master Data Management (MDM), Beginner [Jan. 08, 2012 07:29 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

My SAP Plans for the year
My SAP Plans for this year KiranSD999 in Improving My Experience [Jan. 08, 2012 07:28 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

User Experience improvement of OOTB SharePoint rendering of SAP data imported via Duet Enterprise
The SharePoint platform contains standard controls to display SAP data imported via Duet Enterprise. The User Experience of these standard SharePoint controls can be largely extended and improved, by making some customizations strict on SharePoint side. The effect is transparent for the SAP NetWeaver Gateway side. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET [Jan. 07, 2012 07:47 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Improving the SAP note implementation confirmation process
Vote on the idea on IdeaPlace to improve the SAP note implementation confirmation process. Find out which improvement can be made. Tom Cenens in Improving My Experience, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Solution Manager [Jan. 06, 2012 01:38 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Will SAP’s RDS adoption take off in 2012?
There has been plenty of noise around RDS over the past few months. This is my view of what SAP need to do to ensure 2012 is successful for RDS. Mark Chalfen in Business Solutions, Emerging Technologies, ERP, Improving My Experience, SAP Business Suite [Jan. 04, 2012 09:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Gamification or Simplification: which path you will choose?
Gamification or Simplification: which path you will choose? RP in Beyond SAP, ERP, Improving My Experience, Ranting, Emerging Technologies [Jan. 01, 2012 01:25 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

You can achieve new SCN goals in 2012, the "3 Tiny Habits" way
For me it started with a re-tweet by SAP TechEd US keynote speaker Jane McGonigal that intrigued me enough to make a commitment to a stranger for a 5 day project. Here is the story of my experience with 3 Tiny Habits. I am feeling very confident in my new ability to build new, good habits quickly and easily. Maybe after reading this post you, too, will give it a try. Gretchen Y Lindquist in Improving My Experience, Social Media and Social Networks [Dec. 30, 2011 02:35 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Information Steward - another gem of EIM portfolio
Through this blog i want to share the experience of Information Steward application of SAP I have gone through. As i navigated through the application and found it very ineresting. This looks very bright invention in order to manage the data from it's quality perspectives. Deepak Gupta in Data Integration and Quality Management, Improving My Experience, Master Data Management (MDM) [Dec. 29, 2011 03:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Taking Stock in 2012 and taming the Wild West
The end of 2011 is rapidly barreling toward us and of course new year resolutions are likely to be made. Hopefully one of the items you will have on your list is 'better documentation'. If you feel like your work environment is a bit of a Wild West frontier, perhaps it is time to think about the overall implications of poor documentation and inadequate test plans. Clinton Jones in Enhancement Packages, Improving My Experience, Ranting, Run SAP [Dec. 27, 2011 11:43 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Unquote Natascha Thomson’s series on Getting Started on Twitter - Part 1 (excerpts of the video blog)
If you are new to Social Media and want to learn more about getting started with Twitter, then this one is for you from Natascha Thomson video series Tridip Chakraborthy in Beyond SAP, Improving My Experience, Social Media and Social Networks [Dec. 22, 2011 02:01 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Build stronger Supplier Relationships with the SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management Solution- Overview
Have you been a veteran user of the ROS (Registration of Supplier) feature in SAP Supplier Relationship Management SAP SRM, and have managed the supplier lifecycle in your enterprise, then this one on SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management is for you, read more... Tridip Chakraborthy in Enterprise Social Systems, ERP, Improving My Experience, Procurement and SRM [Dec. 19, 2011 09:55 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

What You've Told Us in 2011: SAP Community Matters
We asked people to put into words the instinctive sense they have that this community is valuable. We of course heard from our trusted power users, who articulated revelations they had this year about the importance of the community connection. Another bounty was that we found new voices – of brand new and emerging members and of people who have relied upon us for years, quietly chopping away at their jobs with the help of the community Gail Moody-Byrd in Improving My Experience [Dec. 16, 2011 05:53 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Contributing Is Like Improv
Yes, contributing on SCN is like improv theatre! Laure Cetin in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Improving My Experience, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub [Dec. 14, 2011 02:43 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Join me in the SAP Influencer Summit – Let me hear your HCM/HR voice ! Chime in !
Join me in the SAP Influencer Summit – Let me hear your HCM/HR voice ! Chime in ! Kindly join me in this Influencer summit and let your voice be heard ! Martin Gillet in ERP, Human Capital Management, Improving My Experience [Dec. 12, 2011 11:17 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Overview of Global SAP Template Rollout Programs
Brief Overview of Global SAP Template Rollout programs. Koustav Biswas in Improving My Experience, Beginner, ERP [Dec. 12, 2011 12:36 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

My next interactions with my mentor V R Ferose, Managing Director, SAP Labs India
Learnings from Senior Colleagues Priyanka Porwal in Improving My Experience [Dec. 12, 2011 12:18 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Where does the value lie in SDN: Tools or Information ?
A major system upgrade, with lots of your time and effort invested in it, lots of people waiting for it... And the go live is postponed at the last minute. My take on the SDN Upgrade delay. Martin English in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Improving My Experience, Ranting, SAP Developer Network, Social Media and Social Networks [Dec. 11, 2011 06:32 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Taking out the garbage
"Does it make sense to stay in the field that defines your role?" and "Are you getting things done" are questions that are answered in this blog. Find out where taking out the garbage fits in. Tom Cenens in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, Ranting [Dec. 06, 2011 12:09 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Attending SAP TechED and paying it forward
Do you still need to find reasons to convince your boss to send you to SAP TechED. Did your colleagues go to SAP TechED? Did they also pay it forward? This blog takes a look at what me and my colleague did to pay it forward. Tom Cenens in SAP TechEd, Beyond SAP, Improving My Experience, Ranting [Dec. 06, 2011 10:14 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Preparing for the New SCN: A Checklist for Users
As we move closer to launching the New SCN, the following items will be helpful in getting you prepared so you can be active once the new site goes live. Patrick Flanders in Beginner, Improving My Experience [Dec. 05, 2011 04:08 PM | 24 Comments | Permalink]

Designing for social change
November 10 was World Usability Day – who knew? More interesting was the fact that SAP was a sponsor and a local event was held in Mannheim, Germany on that day. The theme was "Designing for social change" – though I don’t really know what that definitely means I am guessing a lot of it has to do with working with usability for the greater good – a lofty aspiration for usability design I would have thought. Clinton Jones in ABAP, Improving My Experience, Web Dynpro [Nov. 29, 2011 05:50 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Implement Self-Service Procurement in an accelerated mode with SAP SRM Rapid Deployment Solution: Work Smart not Hard
If SAP Procurement implementations in the past have made you crave for an SAP SRM solution that you could stand-up in 10-12 weeks, then read this blog to understand the length and breadth of the SAP Supplier Relationship Management Rapid Deployment solution and what better use case can we ask for than the Operational Procurement Self Service mode.read more.... Tridip Chakraborthy in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Social Systems, Improving My Experience, Procurement and SRM, Run SAP [Nov. 29, 2011 11:00 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Great people in the Steel City
My thoughts on presenting relevant SAP Support topics to the Pittsburgh BusinessObjects User Group Kristen Scheffler in Beyond SAP, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Improving My Experience [Nov. 22, 2011 11:09 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The New SCN: What you need to know about the New SCN
When SCN moves to a new platform, you'll see some changes in the way you interact with the site - and we think you're going to like them. Patrick Flanders in Beginner, Improving My Experience [Nov. 21, 2011 07:41 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Impressions from SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd - Madrid 2011
In more than one way events like SAP TechEd or SAPPHIRE NOW remind me of weddings. I mean, hey, you spend months preparing for the big moment and then - bang - the event is over before you even realize it... Matthias Steiner in Improving My Experience, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 18, 2011 09:35 AM | 14 Comments | Permalink]

Be a Space Cadet and not a Space-Out in the New SCN
Your success with the New SCN depends on your ability to find what matters to you. Don't go looking for the Forum area, the Blog area, or the Articles and eLearning catalogs. They won't exist anymore. Keith Elliott in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, Improving My Experience, SAP Developer Network, University Alliances Message Board [Nov. 15, 2011 08:10 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Support Portal: Contact Us web form
New Online Web form available on SAP Support Portal to contact Customer Interaction Center (CIC) or Contracts Department Kristen Scheffler in Improving My Experience, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 14, 2011 11:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Embracing inclusion and design thinking team blog
This is the manifesto of the members of one of the team formed ad-hoc for Embracing inclusion and design thinking at TechEd Madrid 2011. The message is clear: You cannot change people, make them to do something nice. But you can inspire people. This blog is a team work, I only post it on SDN. Gold Otto in Beyond SAP, Community Projects, Improving My Experience, Ranting, SAP TechEd [Nov. 10, 2011 05:35 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Checkpoint-Group the powerful friend of every ABAPer but…beware!
@Andrea_Olivieri in this blog gives you some insights into the CHECKPOINT-GROUPS , suggests to use them as standard in the newly created custom developments and warns about the LOG-POINTS. Andrea Olivieri in ABAP, Application Lifecycle Management, Application Server, Beginner, Improving My Experience [Nov. 09, 2011 02:37 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Be Inclusive by Design at SAP TechEd Madrid
Attend the brilliant inclusion and design thinking workshop at SAP TechEd Madrid with @marilynpratt. You'll be glad you did Gavin Heaton in Beyond SAP, Improving My Experience [Nov. 07, 2011 01:42 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Interested in SAProuter? Please let us know.
New usability study for SAP BusinessObjects customers installing SAProuter. Miles Escow in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, Software Support and Maintenance [Nov. 02, 2011 09:41 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Finding Forums Fast on the New SCN – Don’t get Lost in Space
The new SCN launches on December 5. Here are some tips on how to navigate to your favorite forums through a new world of spaces. Keith Elliott in Beginner, Business Process Expert, Improving My Experience, SAP Developer Network, University Alliances Message Board [Nov. 02, 2011 07:22 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

My interactions with my mentor V R Ferose, Managing Director, SAP Labs India
Learnings from Interaction with Senior Colleagues Priyanka Porwal in Improving My Experience [Nov. 01, 2011 03:49 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

The new SAP Procurement Twitter Widget is now live on the #SCN BPX Sourcing Home-page (are you still outside twitter? Don’t be)
If you are an SAP Procurement consultant and are on twitter, the new Twitter widget on the SAP Procurement Sourcing page is designed to hear your shout-outs, give it a shot !!! Tridip Chakraborthy in Improving My Experience, Procurement and SRM, SAP Developer Network, Social Media and Social Networks, Widgets [Oct. 27, 2011 02:39 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Upgrade impact analysis (Panaya vs Sol Man)
Panaya offers several SAAS solutions for ERP and one of them is SAP upgrade automation which can be seen as competition for the Solution Manager Change Impact Analysis. Tom Cenens in Idea Place, Improving My Experience, Ranting, SAP Solution Manager, Virtualization [Oct. 24, 2011 09:59 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BusinessObjects customers – interested in installing SAPRouter?
Do you have SAProuter installed? Have you been thinking about utilizing Remote Supportability? Do you have an interest in participating in a usability study? Kristen Scheffler in Software Support and Maintenance, Improving My Experience, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Oct. 21, 2011 03:00 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Innojam Bangalore 2011....and the Winners are....
The SAP Innojam Bangalore 2011 has just ended with an impressive array of business cases being showcased. The winners "Mob Riders" get to compete in Demo Jam. Community Advocate Marilyn Pratt shares a few visual impressions of the event and the list of winners Marilyn Pratt in Community Day, Emerging Technologies, Idea Place, Improving My Experience, SAP TechEd [Oct. 16, 2011 08:46 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

InnoJam Bangalore - from participant perspective
InnoJam Bangalore got over about 5 hours back. Here is first-hand experience as a participant. Somnath Manna in Community Day, Improving My Experience [Oct. 16, 2011 11:31 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Going to SAP TechED Madrid? Check out the SCNotty awards
I was just listening to the latest Seth Godin book “We are all weird” when it hit me. I have to blog about the SCNotty awards which take place at each SAP TechED. What are the SCNotty awards then? The SCNotty awards celebrate community members by providing them 30 seconds of recognition. Why is that important? I invite you to read on and find out. Tom Cenens in Community Projects, Improving My Experience, SAP TechEd [Oct. 12, 2011 10:31 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

We’re Listening: How the NEW SCN Is Incorporating User Feedback
The Community Network team has been getting feedback for years on the ways you’d like to see the site change to better suit your needs. We know you’ve wanted simpler navigation, easier blogging tools and more a personalized information flow, for example. We learned we can save users precious seconds by adding a few simple clues to speed acclimation - - explaining terms, features and procedures - AND how to make the site more welcoming and engaging... Watch this three –minute video showing screen shots of the changes we are making because of you Gail Moody-Byrd in Beginner, Improving My Experience [Oct. 12, 2011 01:45 PM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

“Mobile” – Make it smart!
What does the term "mobile" actually mean in enterprise and how can we use it to enhance our business processes? Brenton OCallaghan in Best-Built Applications, Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, Knowledge Management (KM), Mobile [Oct. 12, 2011 08:49 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP BODS : A gem of SAP EIM broadway
This blog basically counts some capabilities of SAP EIM-BODS along with a breif use case and also emphasize on some silent strategies which needs to be consider while solution design time. Deepak Gupta in Data Integration and Quality Management, Improving My Experience, Master Data Management (MDM) [Oct. 12, 2011 06:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]