SAP Education @ Learntec 2012
LEARNTEC 2012 will open its doors today +++ SAP Education at booth A11 +++ special congress on Gamification on Feb 2nd Marie-Luise Gross in Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Education, Social Media and Social Networks [Jan. 31, 2012 03:21 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Why this $90 Billion UK Insurer is High on BlackBerry PlayBooks
Can arming field reps with much-criticized BlackBerry PlayBooks boost their productivity threefold? This insurance giant is optimistic it will. Eric Lai in Insurance, Knowledge Management (KM), Mobile, SAP Developer Network, Sustainability [Jan. 20, 2012 10:50 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Useful SAP Credit Management Programs
Weblog include some of the useful standard programs related to SAP Credit Management(SD) with screenshot of input parameters. Jyoti Prakash in Business Process Management, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Knowledge Management (KM), Standards [Jan. 02, 2012 02:37 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

acrocheck my Companion for Quality
This blog is about how to improve the quality of documentation by using acrocheck. This would include: . Benefits of acrocheck . How does it help an info developer Akhil Harikrishnan in Knowledge Management (KM) [Jan. 01, 2012 01:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Open Innovation Strategy and Intellectual Property
Exploring the creating of an open innovation strategy and how it relates to sharing and protecting intellectual property. David Cruickshank in Co-Innovation Lab, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Knowledge Management (KM), Partnership [Nov. 29, 2011 11:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Community Driven Documentation – a feasible way for SAP?
The strength of SAP is the mixture of very mature and highly innovative products whose documentation is accessible for everyone. But if you have a deeper look you will learn that there are so many frameworks & tools which are not documented as well as software that is documented from an end users point of view but not for a developer that wants to use this tool in a custom or partner solution. But this problem can be solved easily with a little help from the community. Tobias Trapp in ABAP, Community Projects, ERP, Knowledge Management (KM) [Nov. 28, 2011 08:55 AM | 20 Comments | Permalink]

XMPP chat in the SAP Portal
Can a neat chat application seamless embedded into the SAP Portal add value? Tobias Hofmann in Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability, JavaScript, Knowledge Management (KM) [Nov. 16, 2011 11:27 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

R.I.P. C_TEP30_04s
R.I.P. Solution Consultant SAP NetWeaver 2004s - Knowledge Management and Collaboration certification (C_TEP30_04s). Tobias Hofmann in Enterprise Portal (EP), SAP Education, Knowledge Management (KM) [Nov. 14, 2011 04:15 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

The new SAP Help Portal is online – please help to make it even better!
At SAP TechEd Madrid you have the possibility to perform usability tests: Among them Administration in HANA Admin Concole, UI Development Toolkit HTML5, Project "River" and - last but not least - federated search. Tobias Trapp in Knowledge Management (KM), SAP TechEd, Social Media and Social Networks [Nov. 09, 2011 06:56 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Posting to the SAP Portal forums
Looking at the SAP Portal forum to seek answers and give them isn't the same as a year ago. You ask why? SAP has currently 7 portal products out there and people don't recognize this when posting their questions. Tobias Hofmann in Enterprise Portal (EP), Java Programming, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Developer Network [Nov. 07, 2011 03:42 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

How to Install TREX 7.1 on a Non-English Windows System
This is about how to install TREX 7.1 on a non-English Windows, which is officially not supported. As you will see, this restriction can be bypassed with some minor changes on some python installer files. Detlev Beutner in Enterprise Portal (EP), ERP, Knowledge Management (KM), Python, Search [Nov. 03, 2011 03:35 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What is “Smart Documentation”?
In this blog I discuss come very sophisticated help centers in SAP on Premise world. They contain excellent documentation, hints and best practices – tightly integrated within the application. Tobias Trapp in ABAP, Best-Built Applications, Knowledge Management (KM) [Oct. 30, 2011 01:46 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Formalized Informal Learning: A New Architecture for Corporate Learning is needed
SAP Education features an article by Josh Bersin - a leading Learning & Talent Management Analyst. Driven by the adoption of new technologies, a younger workforce and the need to share information more quickly, informal learning has now become a critical strategy for corporate HR and business leaders. Thomas Jenewein in Career Center, Human Capital Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Organizational Change Management, SAP Education [Oct. 26, 2011 11:59 PM | 4 Comments | 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 HANA Training Options (via SAP Education North America)
Kenneth Schieffer in In-Memory Business Data Management, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Developer Network, SAP Education [Oct. 06, 2011 11:45 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

SAP receives ACM SIGDOC Diana Award 2011
In Pisa, Italy, on October 5th, 2011, SAP has received the SIGDOC Diana Award regarding the Product Documentation. This is also a blog about the brand new upcoming version of the SAP Help Portal. Sergio Ferrari in Knowledge Management (KM) [Oct. 06, 2011 10:08 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

And the Winner is!
Thumb wrestling was one way that Jane McGonigal was able to convince us of the importance of gamification. The idea represents a changing paradigm. Tom Matys in Improving My Experience, Knowledge Management (KM), Social Media and Social Networks, Sustainability [Oct. 05, 2011 10:44 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Managing Compliance through Learning Management Systems
Compliance and how to manage it on the Learning & Training side. Thomas Jenewein in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Human Capital Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Organizational Change Management, SAP Education [Sep. 28, 2011 04:59 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Links to KM content not working when anonymous access is configured
This blog discusses some of the limitations introduced when using Anonymous access in KM. Lorcan Bouchier in Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [Sep. 23, 2011 02:56 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Unable to import a KM Transport package
This blog describes some of the common errors I've encountered when transporting KM Content from one portal system to another using the KM Transport method. Lorcan Bouchier in Knowledge Management (KM) [Sep. 14, 2011 12:07 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Sustainability Checklist for ABAPrs
Today's Green ABAPr. Tom Matys in ABAP, Best-Built Applications, Knowledge Management (KM), Green IT, Sustainability [Sep. 12, 2011 11:24 AM | 15 Comments | Permalink]

Donuts, Content Management, and Information Governance
This quick post brings together vacation, content management, information governance, and donuts. Really. Ina Felsheim in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Data Integration and Quality Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM) [Sep. 08, 2011 12:28 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How to Empower Small and Midsize Business Sales Teams Quickly with Business Intelligence
I have seen firsthand the powerful differences business intelligence (BI) can make to the success of sales and marketing teams in small and midsize businesses (SMBs). For example, it is remarkable what the sales and marketing forces of SAP SMB reference customers, such as Fresh Direct, Consarc, and Columbia Valley Community Health, have achieved when they are supported with reliable and current information that they can access in seconds from anywhere at any time. The teams are far more able to make informed and unified decisions because they are basing them on a single version of the same business intelligence – the same information at any time for everyone in the organization. Ginger Shimp in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Knowledge Management (KM), Mobile, Run SAP, SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand [Aug. 16, 2011 03:09 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Interview with SAP Education China Account Manager – Jia, Jianguo
Jenny Wang in Business Process Management, Higher Education, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Education [Aug. 16, 2011 02:27 AM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Challenges in a Landscape Transformation Projects
This is the first part of a weblog series about SAP Landscape Transformation formerly known as System Landscape Optimization. Tobias Trapp in Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architecture, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Business Suite [Aug. 16, 2011 12:32 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The SMB CFO’s Antidote for Business Pains is Business Intelligence
Like anybody else, the CFO is not immune to headaches. When business pains cause your head to pound, you take aspirin or its equivalent to stop it. But how does your small or midsize business (SMB) stop the business pains from reoccurring? For that, you need a big bottle of business intelligence (BI). Ginger Shimp in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Mobile, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand [Jul. 28, 2011 05:28 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3 – Top 10 lessons learned from ramp-up you should know before getting started!
This blog summarizes the lessons learned from the portal 7.3 ramp-up and offers valuable information and recommendations you should know when setting up an implementation project. Thomas Hensel in Application Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [Jul. 25, 2011 03:35 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

BPX needs to be aware of the corporate culture
Good BPX’ers have to have the sensitivity to assess the culture and do the necessary “balancing act”. I will share some thoughts about it. Tamas Szirtes in Business Process Expert, Knowledge Management (KM) [Jul. 13, 2011 02:07 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

What is „Legal Documentation“?
Knowledge is one the most important assets of an IT expert. In this weblog series I’ll discuss how use the various sources of information in the SAP area – this instalment is about SAP Legal Documentation Tobias Trapp in Beginner, ERP, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Developer Network [Jun. 29, 2011 12:52 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Merits of using ECM APIs as web-services
ECM (Enterprise Content Management) as a tool for content management is very useful and easy. It can be used as simple plugin or application to handle the content load without affecting the applications performance.The most efficient way to integrate ECM with any client application is by wrapping the APIs of the ECM as web-services and then consuming these in the client application. In this blog I am focusing on some basic advantages which can be achieved by exposing the ECM API as web-services. Choudhary Jeetendra in Composition Environment (CE), Knowledge Management (KM), Application Server [Jun. 28, 2011 04:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Adapting SAP Entreprise Portal Jive Forums
This blog gives keys about customizing the standard SAP Portal Forums provided by Jive Software. Fabien REVOL in Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [Jun. 22, 2011 10:47 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Is Your Asset Information Management Program Good Enough?
Good asset information management (AIM) is fundamental to good asset lifecycle management (ALM). Many organizations suffer incredible losses from poor management of this vital resource, while others reap significant benefits from their AIM investments. Take the AIM Benchmarking Survey to find out how your program compares with peers and what you can do to improve your performance. Sid Snitkin in Data Integration and Quality Management, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM) [Jun. 21, 2011 07:33 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Unable to navigate in KM XML Forms with keyboard tab key
You have a complex XML Form with multiple entry fields but you are unable to navigate between the entry fields using the tab key on your keyboard. Lorcan Bouchier in Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [Jun. 20, 2011 08:18 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

It's Time for a TIME_OUT
If you ask pupils what they like best about school, then what is the #1 answer? The breaks! And that is even true for the pupils who like to go to school and want to learn. Hence why not having a closer look at creative handling of work breaks? Mark Foerster in Improving My Experience, Knowledge Management (KM), Sustainability, Beyond SAP [Jun. 15, 2011 03:57 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Portal at SAPPHIRENOW and ASUG 2011
At SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG annual conference 2011 the SAP Portal was well presented with several very interesting sessions about 7.0 and 7.3 Tobias Hofmann in Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability, Knowledge Management (KM), Mobile, SAP SAPPHIRE [Jun. 09, 2011 07:10 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Zip Files are corrupted when downloaded from Knowledge Management
After you've downloaded a zip file from Knowledge Management the file appears to be corrupted and cannot be opened. Lorcan Bouchier in Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [Jun. 01, 2011 06:21 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Integrating a Windows File System into Knowledge Management
This is a step by step guide on how to integrate an external Windows File System into a Knowledge Management repository in Enterprise Portal. Lorcan Bouchier in Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [Jun. 01, 2011 03:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The cult of the SAP error message
Strange things happen when you receive SAP error messages. For many years I was having fun with all kinds of SAP error messages, but wondered what the heck is going on here, until I finally realized it must be some kind of strange cult. Mark Foerster in Knowledge Management (KM), Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Software Support and Maintenance, Standards [May. 25, 2011 09:01 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

The Submission System is now supporting Firefox and Chrome!
Now you can upload content to SCN using both Chrome or Firefox David Metser in ABAP, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [May. 19, 2011 04:44 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Come and watch the best of the best at the SAP HANA InnoJam Finals on May 16, 2011
This blog is an invitation to attend the SAP HANA InnoJam Finals on May 16, 2011, at SAPPHIRE Now. Gigi Read in Analytics, In-Memory Business Data Management, Knowledge Management (KM), SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE [May. 09, 2011 05:16 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Why machines can learn from peanut butter sandwiches and why they should forget about it over time
After the interview with Matthias Kaiser about semantics and apples he now talks about peanut butter sandwiches to explain two additional very important aspects of semantics: the context of a user and that machines need to forget semantic information. Rui Nogueira in Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM), SAP Research, Search [May. 04, 2011 01:23 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Global search in SAP Sourcing 7
An update on document search capabilities in SAPSourcing 7. Paul Wagner in Application Server, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM), Procurement and SRM [May. 03, 2011 08:57 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Caching the SAP Portal theme
The cache time of the SAP Portal theme often is not optimized for a theme. Learn how to modify the cache timeout only for the theme and what are the benefits and drawbacks in doing so. Tobias Hofmann in Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM) [May. 02, 2011 10:46 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Applying Semantic Technologies at SAP
Examples of where Semantic Technologies can be applied in existing SAP applications. Gigi Read in Emerging Technologies, Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM), Run SAP, SAP Research [Apr. 28, 2011 12:12 PM | 1 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

First Steps towards a Semantic Enterprise?
Tobias Trapp in Emerging Technologies, Knowledge Management (KM), Search [Apr. 21, 2011 08:46 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Enterprise Information Management Now on Twitter
SAP's EIM Solution Management team opens dedicated Twitter groups to boost information exchange on major topics such as master data management, enterprise content management, information lifecycle management and the EIM Suite of SAP Business Objects. Markus Ganser in Social Media and Social Networks, Knowledge Management (KM), Data Integration and Quality Management, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Master Data Management (MDM) [Apr. 12, 2011 02:24 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

From apples to products: semantic technologies in SAP products
After my interview with Cirrus Shakeri and Matthias Kaiser about semantics in general and why apple computers don't taste sweet I want to provide some insights into a project called Semantic Business Applications and the solution"FrindGrid". This project uses the semantic technologies that Matthias and Cirrus talked about. Rui Nogueira in Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM), Run SAP, SAP Research, Search [Apr. 11, 2011 07:38 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

How Ontologies assist Linked Data Priciples
In this blog instalment I discuss details of the Linked Data prototype I introduced in my last blog. And I will try to answer the question why linked data is more than the traditional HTML hyperlinks and how ontologies provide semantics. Tobias Trapp in Emerging Technologies, Knowledge Management (KM), Search [Apr. 06, 2011 03:46 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Unaddressed Pain Points from Enterprise Mobility
Two analysts compile a list of eight pain points unaddressed today by mobile enterprise software vendors. Do they possess the throb of deep pain, or merely twinge like superficial hurts? Eric Lai in CRM, Emerging Technologies, Integration and Certification, Knowledge Management (KM), Mobile [Apr. 05, 2011 01:10 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

From Information Silos to Linked Knowledge
I created my first Linked Data prototype that mashes up internal documentation within an SAP system and SAP Library & SCN wiki together. If SAP would provide meaningful URL schemes for their documentation it would be easy to create navigators through the huge information landscape of SAP to get an overall view that is necessary for information workers. This a fundumental shift of paradigms from exposing data instead of only documents. Tobias Trapp in ABAP, Emerging Technologies, Knowledge Management (KM), Search, Standards [Apr. 03, 2011 05:13 AM | 34 Comments | Permalink]