Signs you Should Not Trust your SAP Consultant
There are several red flags that you should be on the look out for to ensure that you have the best SAP consulting resources and ones that you can trust. Jarret Pazahanick in ERP, Human Capital Management, Professional Services, Ranting, SAP Developer Network [Feb. 08, 2012 03:31 PM | 25 Comments | Permalink]

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]

SAP Warranty Claims: A Guide for Beginners
In this blog, we cover the basics of SAP Warranty Claims in ERP 6.0. It will discuss what you need to do in order to get started, how to process a claim, and some key things you need to know when configuring SAP Warranty Claims for your business. Michael Piehl in Business Process Modeling, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), ERP, Product Lifecycle Management [Feb. 07, 2012 06:04 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Meeting of the SAP Network Group Hamburg, Germany - When will you start your group?
The SAP Community in Hamburg, Germany came together to start the Knowledge Exchange in 2012. Why not start something similar in your region? Peter Langner in ABAP, Beyond SAP, Business Process Management, Community Day, ERP [Feb. 07, 2012 08:30 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Business Value of Usability on SAP
This feature discusses the business value of usability in ERP such as SAP, and proposes a strategy for executing usability. Vishal Mehta in ERP [Feb. 06, 2012 01:39 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

PPM 4.5 to PPM 5.0 Upgrade
Blog is about the upgrade of PPM 4.5 to PPM 5.0. In this blog I have mentioned about the Prerequisite for v5.0, upgrade dependency, upgrade sequence and provided all the important SAP notes which one needs to go thru before starting the PPM 5.0 upgrade. Sushil Aher in SAP xApps, Application Server, Enhancement Packages, ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Feb. 06, 2012 01:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Einsatz und Entwicklung innerhalb von SAP ERP Systemen auf Basis der SAP NetWeaver-Plattform
Einsatz und Entwicklung innerhalb von SAP ERP Systemen auf Basis der SAP NetWeaver-Plattform - Usage and development within SAP ERP applications based on the SAP NetWeaver platform Alexander.Bell in ABAP, ERP, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Dynpro [Feb. 03, 2012 01:37 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SRM 7.0 : Text types & text mapping between SRM & backend objects
SRM 7.0 : Text types and Text mapping between SRM & backend objects is made easier & configurable. e.g. Shopping cart to PR or PO in ECC. ASHUTOSH TRIPATHI in ERP, Procurement and SRM [Feb. 03, 2012 12:54 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SRM 7 EhP2: Entry of Unknown Account Assignment to SRM
A lot is changing in the world of SRM, new improvements are coming in the form of business functions & customizing switches. Unknown account assignment will be helpful in service procurement & maintenance requests and open the door for SRM usage. ASHUTOSH TRIPATHI in Enhancement Packages, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), ERP, Procurement and SRM, Utilities Industry [Feb. 03, 2012 12:54 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

No Forecast Values for Low Volume Sales Items (S&OP)
No Forecast Values for Low Volume Sales Items (S&OP) Anup Patil in ERP, Manufacturing [Feb. 02, 2012 03:12 PM | 0 Comments | 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]

SAP Master Data Governance Videos on youtube
Nice flashdemos featuring SAP Master Data Governance now on youtube. Markus Ganser in CRM, ERP, Financial Excellence, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Manufacturing [Feb. 02, 2012 02:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Under Appreciated by Forrester
Forrester recently released a report ranking the major HCM vendors and I have some disagreement with the SAP Payroll score. Jarret Pazahanick in ERP, Human Capital Management, Ranting, SAP Business Suite, SAP Developer Network [Feb. 01, 2012 07:30 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Profitability Analysis Tools You Can Use to Substantiate Your Needed Investment in SAP HANA™
The focus here is to share some tools that you already have available in your ERP systems that can help you understand your current CO-PA system performance and to obtain facts needed for your SAP HANA investment analysis. Jeffrey Holdeman in Analytics, Business Process Expert, ERP, Financial Excellence, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 30, 2012 01:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Might HANA Help? Use Transaction KEDZ to View the CO-PA Read Interface Log
The focus here is to share some tools that you already have available in your ERP systems that can help you understand your current CO-PA system performance and to obtain facts needed for your SAP HANA investment analysis. Jeffrey Holdeman in Analytics, Business Process Expert, ERP, Financial Excellence, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 30, 2012 01:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Might HANA Help? Use Transaction KEUD to View CO-PA Assessment Cycle Overview
The focus here is to share some tools that you already have available in your ERP systems that can help you understand your current CO-PA system performance and to obtain facts needed for your SAP HANA investment analysis. Jeffrey Holdeman in Business Process Expert, Analytics, ERP, Financial Excellence, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 30, 2012 01:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Might HANA Help? Use Transaction KE28L to View the CO-PA Top-Down Distribution Log
The focus here is to share some tools that you already have available in your ERP systems that can help you understand your current CO-PA system performance and to obtain facts needed for your SAP HANA investment analysis. Jeffrey Holdeman in Analytics, Business Process Expert, ERP, Financial Excellence, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 30, 2012 01:28 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Might HANA Help? Use Transaction KEU5 CO-PA Assessment Cycle Analysis Tools
The focus here is to share some tools that you already have available in your ERP systems that can help you understand your current CO-PA system performance and to obtain facts needed for your SAP HANA investment analysis. Jeffrey Holdeman in Analytics, Business Process Expert, ERP, Financial Excellence, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 30, 2012 01:26 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Enterprise Mobility - A Business or IT Strategy?
Mobility Analyst and SAP Mentor Kevin Benedict reviews recent survey findings on the expected ROIs from using mobile technologies and then ponders whether mobility is an IT or business issue. Kevin Benedict in Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), ERP, Mobile, Professional Services, SAP EcoHub [Jan. 30, 2012 08:12 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Join the Conversation in Accounts Payable
If you are going to reduce paper in your business processes, you have to give people a better alternative. You can improve your procure-to-pay process and move ahead on your path to become a more sustainable organization. Bill Morton in Application Lifecycle Management, ERP, Financial Excellence, Green IT, Sustainability [Jan. 29, 2012 01:37 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Do Oracle Customers Deserve A Better Choice?
Many businesses today are confronting an enormous decision: does my current enterprise-applications provider have the innovation, vision, and openness to help me grow and succeed in the future? SAP believes it offers a better choice. Bob Evans in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, ERP, In-Memory Business Data Management [Jan. 26, 2012 05:06 AM | 17 Comments | Permalink]

Have You Heard of SAP Solution Sales Configuration?
SAP Solution Sales Configuration is a powerful add-on application enabling SAP CRM and ECC sales processes to fully support the configuration and definition of complex solutions comprised of hardware (e.g. servers, industrial machines), software, technical services (e.g. installation, maintenance), project- based services and financial services including combinations thereof. Kenneth Schieffer in CRM, ERP, SAP Education, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jan. 25, 2012 05:30 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Why we use Amazon AWS as our SAP System Landscape
We're been using Amazon AWS Cloud Systems for more than 3 years for internal purposes. This blog gives a brief introduction to setup a Cloud Based SAP System Landscape for a production system. HUSEYIN BILGEN in Application Server, ERP, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Sustainability [Jan. 25, 2012 07:17 AM | 0 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]

Automatically upload GOS attachments
When you want to migrate files to the Generic Object Service, you need to find an API that can do the job. This blog collects all information about my journey of finding the right technique. Stephan Heinberg in ABAP, Business Process Management, ERP, Product Lifecycle Management [Jan. 22, 2012 04:56 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Talent On Demand? Key drivers to get- and keep best talents engaged
In previous blogs, we discussed that the next generation Talent Management solutions will no longer be the system of record merely of employee data but also of employee skills and potential. The reason is that employees nowadays, especially millennials, demand applications that are more focused on their career rather than on what their company believes should be their career. They are no longer interested in feeding systems with data; especially systems that do give minimal benefit in return. Sven Denecken in Beyond SAP, ERP, Human Capital Management, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP Business ByDesign [Jan. 22, 2012 03:17 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

For Functional Consultant: How to Transport (Variant Variables STVARV) and (Program Variant)
English: with this blog you will find it easy to transport a variant STVARV and variant program without having to change directly in the production environment. Portuguese: com esse blog você vai descobrir como é fácil transportar uma variante STVARV e variante de programa sem precisar alterar diretamente no ambiente produtivo. Bruno Xavier in ABAP, ERP [Jan. 21, 2012 04:47 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

ERP System with Enhancement Packages Installation/Upgrade
How to make ERP system ready to use starting from installation to upgrade to make it available for functional people ? Sunny Pahuja in Enhancement Packages, ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Solution Manager [Jan. 19, 2012 04:16 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Usability - Introducing GuiXT
This article introduces the practical challenges faced by companies running on SAP and sets the context for an internal solution called GuiXT. Vishal Mehta in ERP, Scripting Languages, Standards, Sustainability [Jan. 13, 2012 03:47 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Bilafer’s BHAG: Oversight’s HANA Application Will Stop Fraud Before Loss Occurs
Kurt Bilafer, SAP Vice President for Business Analytics Ecosystem & Channels, discusses co-innovation on HANA with SAP Partner Oversight Systems. Kurt Bilafer in Analytics, ERP, In-Memory Business Data Management, Partnership [Jan. 12, 2012 11:47 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

3 SAP Business ByDesign Customer implementation examples from the UK
Customers are looking to cloud computing to help them address both tactical requirements as well as drive towards strategic goals. This blog provides 3 real customer examples where SAP Business ByDesign has been selected to meet either tactical requirements or become the strategic platform. Roland Van Breukelen in CRM, ERP, Human Capital Management, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP Business ByDesign [Jan. 12, 2012 03:45 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Enterprise Mobility and Institutional Memory
Mobility Analyst and SAP Mentor Kevin Benedict shares his thoughts and insights on enterprise mobility, mobile strategies and institutional memory. Kevin Benedict in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), ERP, Mobile, Professional Services [Jan. 11, 2012 04:39 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Simulate VF01 - Billing Document with Accounting Document
Simulate VF01 - Billing Document with Accounting Document Bruno Xavier in ABAP, ERP [Jan. 11, 2012 04:14 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BW on HANA: Working of In-Memory Info Cube
This blog explains about working and Structure of In Memory Info Cube and how the data load gets faster when compared to Standard Info Cube. krishna tangudu in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, In-Memory Business Data Management, Emerging Technologies [Jan. 11, 2012 02:29 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Business ByDesign: UI Adaptation with Key User Tools
This time I want to give you a clue on how easy it is to adapt the UI of a Business ByDesign system. First I want to introduce the Key User Tools which allow you to adapt the UI without any programming skills. In a future post, following after this one, I will also show you how to do field extensions with the SDK. Jens Limbach in Business Solutions, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP Business ByDesign, ERP [Jan. 09, 2012 07:11 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

BW 7.30: Hierarchy loading becomes easier with the help of new framework
This blog explains the benefits and process of loading hierarchies with transformations and DTP, using new framework in BW 7.30 krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, Emerging Technologies, SAP Business Suite [Jan. 08, 2012 07:00 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Avoiding Hotspots of Poor Quality
QA, SAP Testing, Test Data, Data Quality, TDMS HarmeetSandhu in Application Lifecycle Management, ERP, Business Process Management [Jan. 08, 2012 06:46 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

My 2012 SCN SAP HCM Wish list
Some of the things I want to see on SCN this year, in respect to SAP HCM. Luke Marson in Business Process Expert, ERP, Human Capital Management, Idea Place, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS) [Jan. 08, 2012 05:00 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

A Short Study of SAP Enterprise Compensation Management
SAP Enterprise Compensation Management allows you to configure eligibility rules and guidelines for each Compensation Review. Both can be overridden if you permit them to be, through a combination of configuration and authorizations. Cynthia Boatright in ERP, Human Capital Management, SAP Education [Jan. 07, 2012 04:26 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Document Management in SAP ECC
The word “document” is used in many contexts within the SAP environment and can sometime lead to confusion about what SAP Document Management (DMS) is all about. In the context of central application functions, it is the linking of files, called originals, to SAP objects. David Wemyss in Best-Built Applications, Business Solutions, ERP, SAP Education [Jan. 06, 2012 02:53 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Q-Info Record for Multiple Revision Levels
Quality Info Record for Multiple Material Revision Levels Anup Patil in ERP [Jan. 06, 2012 12:20 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

CRM Web UI Workflow Navigation to ERP Sales Orders
A technical article to help resolve potential inconsistencies found in CRM workflows involving ERP Sales Orders as attachments for custom business objects. Ajithkumar Krishnakumar in ABAP, Business Server Pages, CRM, ERP [Jan. 06, 2012 12:11 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

5 Articles featuring SAP Procurement on SAP Insider : How cool is that
If you are an SAP Procurement consultant and have already hit the corporate block in 2012, then this welcome blog is for you, it was highly exciting for me to collate the content featured on SAP Insider, 5 great articles kicked off by Sanjay Poonen's Procurement Inside Edge. Read more Tridip Chakraborthy in Enterprise Social Systems, ERP, Procurement and SRM, Run SAP [Jan. 06, 2012 10:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BW on HANA: Working of In-Memory DSO
This blog explains you about In-Memory DSO and how the data activation gets faster when compared to the standard DSO. krishna tangudu in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ERP, Beginner, In-Memory Business Data Management, Emerging Technologies [Jan. 05, 2012 01:53 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

An Instructor’s Perspective -- My Favorite Management Accounting Course
While I instruct all levels of SAP Education’s FI-CO and FSCM courses, it is hard to choose a single favorite course to deliver as they each add great value to a student’s “tool belt” of knowledge! If pressed however, the AC040 (Business Processes in Management Accounting), may be my favorite. Margie Wright in Business Solutions, ERP, SAP Business Suite, SAP Education [Jan. 05, 2012 01:52 PM | 1 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]

Happy Last Year!
Closing the financial books does not have to be so painful! Have a Happy New Year by ensuring a Happy Last Year. Thomas Walker in Business Solutions, ERP, Financial Excellence, Partnership, SAP EcoHub [Jan. 04, 2012 08:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Top 10 SAP SCN Blogs with the Most Comments in 2011
This article contains the top 10 blogs that captivated the SAP Community network with the most comments in 2011. Jarret Pazahanick in ERP, SAP Business Suite, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub, Social Media and Social Networks [Jan. 04, 2012 07:17 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Alternate Financial Year in Payroll India
How to configure Alternate Financial Year in Payroll India.. suman poddar in ERP, Human Capital Management, Public Sector [Jan. 03, 2012 08:54 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

2012 is the Alan Turing Year - How do we want to give honor to him?
2012 is the Alan Turing Year. Since SAP Software and its ecosystem are based on the work of this great scientist I think that we should honor him during our SAP events and acticities this year. Peter Langner in Community Day, ERP, SAP Research, Social Media and Social Networks [Jan. 03, 2012 08:16 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]