Architecture Pattern XML-Funneling of complex SAP structures for Duet Enterprise interoperability
Architectural Pattern to enable usage of SAP NetWeaver Gateway Design Tools to generate Gateway Model, Service and SharePoint BDC Model for exchanging complex SAP data structures with SharePoint via Duet Enterprise. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Feb. 11, 2012 01:57 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Reasoning for Duet Enterprise in addition to SAP NetWeaver Gateway
Decision for usage and implementation of Duet Enterprise for SAP / SharePoint interoperability should be made on the combination of business and enterprise architecture perspectives. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Gateway [Jan. 12, 2012 01:58 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Creating Web Services with B1if and Consuming by DotNet
In the following videos, you'll learn: -Creating new WebServices with B1if -Consuming the B1if webservices by DotNet project Yatsea Li in SAP Business One, Interoperability .NET [Jan. 09, 2012 06:49 PM | 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]

Exposing business information of SAP workflow via Duet Enterprise
Outline of the 2 approaches for exposing SAP workflow specific business data via Duet Enterprise to Microsoft SharePoint and Outlook. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability .NET [Dec. 09, 2011 01:26 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Workflow in Duet Enterprise: concept + implications
Conceptual outline of Duet Enterprise Workflow feature: prerequisites, system architecture, and implications. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, ERP, Interoperability .NET [Nov. 21, 2011 08:01 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Data architecture considerations and guidelines for retrieving SAP data via Duet Enterprise into SharePoint
Data architecture considerations and guidelines for defining proper Gateway Model service interfaces for retrieving SAP data into SharePoint context. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 23, 2011 02:03 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Unlocking SAP data via Duet Enterprise Feature Pack 1 in more agile approach
Duet Enterprise Feature Pack 1 largely improves the design time effort by using standard Gateway generation tools plus BDC publisher. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 15, 2011 08:21 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Join ramp-up for Duet Enterprise Feature Pack 1
Feature Pack 1 for Duet Enterprise 1.0 will soon enter ramp-up. Be one of the first customers / partners who get access to this first enhancement of Duet Enterprise 1.0 and benefit from a new foundation (SAP NetWeaver Gateway 2.0), simplified development (new BDC Browser) and new building blocks (for time management and CRM scenarios) Holger Bruchelt in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Gateway [Jul. 25, 2011 10:55 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Working with complex SAP business entities in Duet Enterprise
Duet Enterprise natively only supports flattened SAP data entities. Typically however business data exhibits a complex structure. Via custom programming against the SharePoint BCS ObjectModel it is possible to integrate complex SAP business entities via Duet Enterprise in SharePoint. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 19, 2011 02:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Reporting off of .NET Entity Framework Components
Using Entity Framework Components in your application? Why not re-use these objects for your Reporting? Trevor Dubinsky in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Apr. 15, 2011 02:54 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

So you want to create a simple PowerBuilder .NET with Crystal Reports SDK Application?
A step by step guide in integrating the Crystal Reports SDK with PowerBuilder .NET Trevor Dubinsky in Beginner, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Interoperability .NET, SAP Crystal Reports, SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio .NET [Apr. 01, 2011 03:59 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Duet Enterprise lessons learned for custom application scenario
Lessons learned with implementation of Duet Enterprise in custom application scenario. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 01, 2011 01:29 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Developing Crystal Reports applications in PowerBuilder .NET
This BLOG introduces you to integration of the Crystal Reports .NET SDK into PowerBuilder .NET Trevor Dubinsky in Beginner, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Interoperability .NET, SAP Crystal Reports, SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio .NET [Mar. 23, 2011 01:10 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Prototype for MS-Office Add-In Integrating SAP Web-Services Part II - Working with the Services Registry API
This is the second part of my blog on how to integrate SAP web services into MS Office (here: Word). It deals mostly with the API of the SAP Services Registry. Ralf Wolfgang Geithner in Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Mar. 15, 2011 08:38 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Prototype for MS-Office Add-In Integrating SAP Web-Services Part III - Finally Something Different...
This is the third part of my blog about a prototype project where I try to integrate SAP web services into MS Office via .NET technology. Ralf Wolfgang Geithner in Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Mar. 15, 2011 08:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A Proof of Concept: The social aspect of enterprise data
In my quest to solve some of the disconnect we have amongst departments I decided to develop a small proof of concept which would aggregate plant data - both physical and logical - into a status stream or twitter type stream allowing users to be informed, respond and react to events happening in supporting or parallel departments. Paul Aschmann in Beyond SAP, Enterprise Architecture, Interoperability .NET, PHP [Mar. 14, 2011 11:37 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Prototype for MS-Office Add-In Integrating SAP Web-Services
This blog describes how to call SAP Web Services in an MS Office application (Word in this case). The focus in this article is how to determine the WSDL / Endpoint information of a given web service dynamically via the services registry. Ralf Wolfgang Geithner in Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Mar. 14, 2011 08:43 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Positioning of .NET Connector 3.0 versus Duet Enterprise
A summary on the mutual positionings of SAP .NET Connector 3.0, SAP ES Explorer and Duet Enterprise. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Feb. 18, 2011 05:52 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Introduction to DI Construction Kit
DI Construction Kit is a versatile and powerful integration toolkit for SAP Business One. It is a free open-source solution with full source code available under GNU LGPL 3. Henry Nordström in Interoperability .NET, Open Source, Python, SAP Business One, Scripting Languages [Feb. 14, 2011 12:15 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Server side printing with Crystal .NET SDK
A few trouble shooting steps when running into server-side printing issues and the Crystal Reports .NET SDK. Trevor Dubinsky in SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET, SAP Crystal Reports, version for Visual Studio .NET [Feb. 11, 2011 10:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Installing Duet Enterprise: The Microsoft side -- A Video Guide
In the first blog we covered the SAP side of installing / configuring Duet Enterprise. Now we will take a look at the SharePoint side and perform the required steps to get SAP data into SharePoint. Holger Bruchelt in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Feb. 04, 2011 10:09 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Installing Duet Enterprise: The SAP side -- A Video Guide
Although Duet Enterprise 1.0 is a platform to connect different systems and bring data into SharePoint 2010 the installation and configuration of the new Service Pack 2 is pretty simple -- especially with the help of the Duet Enterprise Configuration Wizard. You only have to perform some prerequisites steps and then the Wizard guides you through a series of steps that performs basic configuration on both the Service Consumption Layer and any connected SAP backend systems. Within 20 minutes (on the SAP side) you can have a fully configured Duet Enterprise system. That's what I am going to show in a video here... Holger Bruchelt in Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Service-Oriented Architecture, Duet Enterprise [Jan. 31, 2011 05:25 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Development Approach with Duet Enterprise
Outline of the Development Approach applied in Duet Enterprise Ramp-Up to service-enable PoC scenario. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Jan. 18, 2011 01:24 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A Spotlight on the New .NET Connector 3.0
This weblog gives an introduction to the new .NET Connector 3.0 that has been released a few weeks ago. Reading it you will learn why the NCO 3.0 is an important step forward in terms of stability, robustness, and security and see how easy it is to set up connections between .NET applications and the ABAP world using the .NET connector 3.0 with its completely new architecture. Thomas Weiss in ABAP, Application Server, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET [Jan. 14, 2011 06:42 AM | 136 Comments | Permalink]

Baylor College of Medicine Cures IT Ailments with Help From SAP Communities
Do I have an unhealthy obsession with Baylor College of Medicine? I’m starting to think so. I paid them a personal visit a few years ago and have been tracking their vital statistics ever since. I had a chance to run another check up recently (yes, I love puns) and I am happy to report that their current IT prognosis, which involves the installation of a materials management application, running on NetWeaver Mobile 7.1, looks good. Baylor is also an active SCN participant. Tim Clark in ERP, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd [Jan. 12, 2011 05:30 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

What actually happens when you schedule a report to run "right-now"?
Description of what actually happens when a report is scheduled to run immediately. Trevor Dubinsky in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Interoperability .NET [Jan. 11, 2011 04:59 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Participating in Duet Enterprise Ramp-Up / Rapid Deployment Program
Our goals for participating in Duet Enterpise Ramp-Up and outline of approach taken. WvStrien in Duet Enterprise, Interoperability .NET, Partnership, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 29, 2010 03:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 and Delphi Prism
Using Delphi Prism and Crystal Reports for VS 2010 together! Trevor Dubinsky in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Nov. 22, 2010 02:33 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Production Release Now Available
Coy Yonce, SAP Crystal Reports Product Manager, announces the production release of SAP Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010. Coy Yonce in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Interoperability .NET [Nov. 12, 2010 01:56 PM | 44 Comments | Permalink]

SAP & SharePoint - Coincide or Collide?
The SAP / SharePoint integration question is probably one of the top 3 questions that IT executives ask when it comes to creating online solutions for their companies who own both technologies, or those who are considering making an investment in one or the other. Pete Lagana in Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Nov. 08, 2010 05:55 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

2 approaches to architecting SAP / SharePoint interoperability
Alternative approaches to architecting SAP / SharePoint interoperability WvStrien in Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 04, 2010 01:01 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using LINQ with the Crystal Reports SDKs
In this posting I will demonstrate LINQ and how you can use it when program with the Crystal Reports. Trevor Dubinsky in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Oct. 22, 2010 12:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The SAP Portal strikes back
SAP is preparing for a strike back in the form of a “next major release”, well, let’s just call it 7.3. Tamas Szirtes in Interoperability .NET, Enterprise Portal (EP), Knowledge Management (KM), SAP NetWeaver Platform [Sep. 30, 2010 01:44 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

DUET's dead long live DUET! But be aware of BPM trap!
First thoughts on the new DUET enterprise release on currently available material. Pim de Wit in Duet, Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Business Process Management [Sep. 27, 2010 08:47 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and Runtimes Now Available
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio 2010 beta 2, and 32-bit and 64-bit runtime engines are now available. Blair Wheadon in SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Jul. 29, 2010 12:43 PM | 46 Comments | Permalink]

Tested Interoperability Between SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1, EHP 1 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
Microsoft Corporation and SAP AG tested standards-based interoperability between SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1, EHP1 and .NET Framework 3.5. Annemarie Kiefer in Interoperability .NET, SAP Process Integration (PI), Security, Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards [Jul. 01, 2010 10:46 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Prism 2011 and Crystal for VS 2010
How to: Crystal for VS 2010 with Windows apps in Delphi Prism. Great information for any VS 2010 developer. Trevor Dubinsky in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Jun. 28, 2010 02:27 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Resource Oriented Architecture With MS BizTalk 2009 And SAP WAS ABAP 7.0
Service orientation these days appears to be dominated by SOA(P) / WS. A competitive, resource oriented approach (REST) paves its way in the open source world and also some proprietary environments like Microsoft WCF. But is there an alternative to big, often clumsy SOAP-based Web Services that can be efficiently used for industry-grade, service oriented solutions in SAP landscape? Wiktor Nyckowski in Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture, ABAP [Jun. 25, 2010 03:54 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Delphi Prism 2011
CR for VS 2010 Beta and Delphi Prism 2011 Trevor Dubinsky in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Jun. 25, 2010 10:10 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Single Sign-On for SAP NetWeaver Leveraging X.509 Certificate Auto Enrollment in Microsoft Active Directory
In my blog I would like to provide more details how the X.509 certificate auto enrollment feature of Active Directory can be leveraged for SSO with SAP NetWeaver application servers Andre Fischer in Interoperability .NET, Security [May. 27, 2010 08:27 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Displaying Universal Worklist Items in Microsoft SharePoint
In this post, I give an overview of what I had to do in order to display UWL items (for instance items coming from a BPM instance) in a Microsoft SharePoint page. The described solution makes use of custom code that generates an RSS feed of the UWL items. Boris Magocsi in Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Java Programming, Universal Worklist [May. 04, 2010 01:04 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

How to start a RFC Registered Server Program as a Windows service
In some scenarios where RFC Registered Server Programs are used one would like to start the registered Server Programm as a Windows service. Andre Fischer in Interoperability .NET, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Apr. 29, 2010 06:00 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Time to take SDN Collaboration to NEXT Level?
So how do you rate collaboration on SDN in the present form? On the scale of 1-5, I personally would not rate it more than 3. It is a huge community and still growing and I am proud to be part of it. But.... Agrawal Vikash in Manufacturing, Ranting, Retail, RFID, Ruby, Run SAP, SAP Business One, SAP Business Suite, SAP Business Workflow, SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub, SAP Education, Python, Public Sector, Professional Services, Master Data Management (MDM), Mill Products and Mining, Mobile, Oil and Gas, Open Source, Organizational Change Management, Partnership, Perl, PHP, Postalsoft, Procurement and SRM, Product Lifecycle Management, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, SAP MaxDB and liveCache, Standards, Sustainability, Travel and Logistics Services, Universal Worklist, University Alliances Message Board, Utilities Industry, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Webinars, Wholesale Distribution, Software Support and Maintenance, Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Network TV, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Research, SAP SAPPHIRE [Apr. 26, 2010 09:55 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

Setting up an interoperable scenario with SAP Service Registry and Microsoft UDDI Server
The purpose of this blog is to describe an interoperable scenario between SAP NetWeaver Services Registry in SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1.1 (in the following also called SAP Services Registry for short) and the Microsoft UDDI Services 9.0. I am exploring this scenario as a prototype work to evaluate if it is possible to use Microsoft UDDI Server as the company-wide UDDI repository that can work with SAP. JIANNAN CHE in Beyond SAP, Interoperability .NET, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 15, 2010 08:46 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

(Ab)Use Microsoft SSIS 2008 For SAP ETL Operations
Try to think of a world without barriers, the world where a Microsoft BI tool can be seamlessly used to transform data in SAP environment. But, here's the catch, all without tinkering with SE80, no SAP GUI, everything on the Microsoft side only. Impossible? Well, maybe... Wiktor Nyckowski in ABAP, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET [Apr. 08, 2010 07:25 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

User Interface decision tree
Decision tree that can be useful to validate the business case for developing an alternative user interface as replacement for SAP standard delivered UI Pim de Wit in Business Server Pages, Visual Composer, SAP xApps, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, PHP, Perl, Java Programming, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Enterprise Portal (EP), Duet, Web Dynpro [Apr. 05, 2010 08:31 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Single sign-on Technologies supported by the SAP NetWeaver Application Server as a Service Provider in Microsoft based environments
In my blog I would like to give a short overview about the options to achieve Single sign-on for a SAP NetWeaver Application Server that resides in a Microsoft environment. Andre Fischer in Interoperability .NET, Security [Mar. 31, 2010 06:53 AM | 50 Comments | Permalink]

Delphi Prism Sample Applications
Sample BusinessObjects Enterprise and Crystal Reports applications for Delphi Prism. Trevor Dubinsky in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET [Mar. 22, 2010 10:51 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Mobility Challenge, Part 2
This article explores some of the mixed messages that SAP has issued about the direction of mobility and ponders some of the associated challenges. Kevin Benedict in Business Solutions, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Software Support and Maintenance, SAP EcoHub, RFID, Professional Services, Partnership, Mobile, Interoperability .NET, Emerging Technologies, Co-Innovation Lab, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Mar. 02, 2010 07:06 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]