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Daniel Graversen

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Daniel Graversen is a graduate in Engineering and a Diploma in Business Administration. Daniel has been working with XI 3.0 since 2004, where he has been involved with 15+ XI/PI installations with implementations, development and coaching of developers. He has been round many types of communication and done a lot of module development. Recently he started Figaf.com to start with developing software.

Meeting in the Danish SAP Network
Im facilitating the my first meeting of the danish SAP network under the danish it organisation. Here is some thought on network and the meeting topic of mobility. Feb. 2, 2012
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Thougths on upgrading SAP PI to 7.3
A breaf thoughts on what to do on what to do for upgrading from pre 7.11 to 7.3.1.  Jan. 10, 2012
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SAP PI skills required in 2012
Which skills do you need as a SAP PI developer in 2012 Jan. 8, 2012
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Skills for SAP PI developers
Which skills do you need as a SAP PI developer Dec. 18, 2011
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Security on Netweaver 7.3 webservices
How to implement HTTP security on webservices in NW 7.3 Dec. 1, 2011
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Starting on a new SAP PI project
Some of my thoughts after I started this week on a new SAP PI project Nov. 21, 2011
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My thoughts on SAP Teched Madrid from a PI perspective(mostly)
My thoughts on #SAPTECHED and #SAPPHIRENOW from a SAP Process Integration (PI) perspective.  Nov. 13, 2011
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#SAPTeched day 1 for a SAP PI developers
My thoughts on the first day of SAP Teched madrid form a SAP PI perspective.  Nov. 8, 2011
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Smalltalk explained
Small talk is a good way to get to know other people, and it does not need to be that hard. This blog describes a few tips to make it easier to engage.  Nov. 7, 2011
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Sessions for SAP PI at Teched Madrid
A list of sessions that are relevant for SAP PI professionals.  Oct. 31, 2011
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Why naming conventions are important to SAP PI
SAP PI's naming conventions have a great impact on what you can get out of your SAP PI installations. Watch my video to check out what I think of the subject.  Oct. 20, 2011
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Easy way to organize your SAP PI content in namespaces
How can you easy organize your SAP PI content using the solution maps.  Oct. 17, 2011
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Friday rant about SAP PI 7.31 and what happens
Video rant about what happens with SAP PI 7.31 and the affects it could have on PI systems.  Oct. 14, 2011
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Why don't you share the source code of your mappings.
What do you do when you don't have the source code of a java mapping in SAP PI.  Oct. 13, 2011
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Super easy documentation of your SAP PI Mappings (now with video)
How you easy can document your SAP PI message mappings. Free tool to assist you explained in a short video.  Oct. 10, 2011
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Thoughts after the Global Special Interest group for PI (GSIG for PI)
My thoughts on the SAP Global Usergroup for SAP PI. Information about the survey and collection of requirements.  Oct. 3, 2011
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Create CDATA elements with XSL in SAP PI
How to use implement an CDATA element in an XSL mapping with SAP PI. Sep. 22, 2011
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Who do you want to meet at #SAPTeched11
Who do you want to meet at SAP Teched. This is my video about who I want to meet.  Sep. 6, 2011
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It is the exciting time of the year: welcome new mentors
A welcome to all the new mentors Aug. 16, 2011
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Synchronous calls with the PI SOAP Adapter
How to use the SAP PI SOAP adapter for Synchronous calls. It is way to easy.  Aug. 16, 2011
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Using configure XSL with the build in parameters in the SAP PI mappings
Learn how it is possible to configure SAP PIs XSL based on input from the directory.  Jul. 27, 2011
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The different ways of archiving messages on SAP PI
There seems to be some misunderstanding of what the different types of archiving is. I therefore have decided to create a video where I talk about the differences between them. Hopefully it will clear some of the misunderstanding. Jul. 22, 2011
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A simple SAP PI Archiving solution
The simple SAP Process Integration Archiving solution which can use Amazon S3 as a storage solution.  Jul. 20, 2011
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Who would you like to meet at #SAPPHIRE
How do you want to meet at SAPPHIRE. Partcipate in the youtube challenge.  May. 12, 2011
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Cradle to Cradle applications in development
I was reading cradle to cradle. A book about building products that are enviormentatal useble for the entire lifecycle. Does it also apply to software developmet? May. 11, 2011
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How to be a small sap software vendor
Can you create products when you are a small vendor in the SAP space?  May. 6, 2011
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Announcing the SAP Process Integration Survey 2011
In the beginning of February 2011 I started a survey to get to learn a bit more about how people us their SAP PI installation. It was some interesting aspects that were said by the 58 respondents.  Mar. 15, 2011
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Simplify your number of interfaces by using scenarios
Often the blueprint phase results in a lot of different interfaces should be created. The interfaces are not always easy to connect. There may be 3-7 different interfaces that cover the same group. In this video I have created I give an explanation to how it is possible to create better structure.  Feb. 4, 2011
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PI knowledge transfer workshop
I have created a small video where I talk about my experiance with a knowledge transfer workshop.  Feb. 2, 2011
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Finding IDOCs easy in SXI_MONITOR
It can often be quite deficult to find the idoc send to PI in a timeframe. This video show of to map between IDOCs and PI Messages. Feb. 1, 2011
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Required knowledge to support a SAP PI by support staff
What do you need to know in order to be able to monitor your SAP PI system.  Sep. 29, 2010
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Documentation is a part of everybody’s life not just SAP professions.
I saw some posters of how health care use documentation. Made me think about documentation in general. This is very similar to how we use documentation in Process Integration. Sep. 27, 2010
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Announcing the SAP Process Integration survey 2010
The SAP PI documentation was performed to learn a bit more on how developers documented their PI interfaces and how the information was used. This post summarize the release of the report.  Sep. 26, 2010
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SAP camp at the German Formula One Grand Prix
Do you have plans on going to the German F1 Grandprix. Read this post and see if we can do some networking and have a great time.  Jul. 13, 2010
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Integration expert in the process teams
Being a part of a process team when developing SAP PI components can have a lot of advantages. I try to describe how I see the result. Jul. 11, 2010
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Sapphire for a PI developer
My input on the first day at SAPPPHIRENOW May. 18, 2010
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Creating outstanding Products with feedback
Create more bug reports than what comes thru the OSS channel. Why do SAP not use UserVoice on their other products to generate more feedback on the products. Feb. 11, 2010
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The importance of SAP PI architecture for projects
Developing PI solution is a real time consumer. If you don't have the correct architecture in place you have a problem. This blog describes one of the problems with missing a PI architecture.  Dec. 22, 2009
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BPM in Turbulent Times
Do you need to be updated on what is going on in the BPM fields? SAP Nordics is currently hosting some sessions for how BPM is introduced.  Nov. 16, 2009
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Comparing Teched 09 in Phoenix with Vienna
What is the difference between teched in Vienna and Phoenix  Oct. 31, 2009
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My #sapteched09 in Phoenix
My Teched take away for this year at Phoenix. It has been really interesting and I have networked a lot. Oct. 16, 2009
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Keynote at SAP Teched 09
My views on the keynote today at SAP Teched in Phoenix Oct. 13, 2009
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My history with SDN
My experience with the SAP community network for the last 5 years. Oct. 12, 2009
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My VCD presentation on SAP and Google Wave
My slides from my VCD presentation on Google Wave and SAP Sep. 28, 2009
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Google Wave Demo: Creating a service request
Google Wave will be interesting for enterprises to use. This blogs shows one example, where Wave can be used to enhance customer experience and processing time.  Sep. 22, 2009
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SAP Enterprise Service and Google Wave
How to use Google Wave and SAP Enterprise Services to create a powerful environment for collaboration. Google Wave is one of this years most hyped products, so it is likely that some product which will be used in organizations. It is therefore interesting if it works together with SAP. In this blog I'll start with showing some demos.  Aug. 21, 2009
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SAP and Tibco?
Rumour has it that SAP is considering to buy Tibco, what will this mean for SAP customers and partners. Aug. 11, 2009
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Using SFTP (SSH) for windows in SAP PI
SAP Process Integration (PI) does not have the ability to fetch data from a SFTP server running the SSH protocol. This script will make it possible to fetch data via SSH SFTP.  Jul. 29, 2009
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Search on SAP SDN/SCN with Ubiquity
The SCN Ubiquity search script has been updated to fit to the new search engine and the new scripting engine.  Jul. 27, 2009
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SAP PI XML Mappings using groovy
Using Groovy as java mappings for transformation of XML documents in the SAP PI or XI.  Jul. 3, 2009
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The future of integration consulting
SaaS integration could have an impact on how SAP integration consultants are going to work in the future.  Jun. 18, 2009
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Naming conventions for software components
During the different XI/PI implementations i have been involved with I have experiance differet naming conventions. I would like to share the different types of conventions that I have seen and my thoughts of them. May. 28, 2009
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PI documenter services has been upgraded to include User defined functions
The pi documenter service has been upgraded with new functionality. It is now possible to see user defined functions and compare functions between mappings.  May. 26, 2009
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SAPPHIRE online
If you are not going to the SAPPHIRE conference, you can still be a part of it. I have written some of my tips for participating the SAPPHIRE conference from at home. May. 13, 2009
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Release of PI documenter tools as open source
Open source release of the PI tools for generating documentation and comparison of PI mappings. Apr. 29, 2009
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Asking the customer: Product development on steroids
Using SCN for collaborating on ideas Apr. 17, 2009
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Using Amazon EC2 for testing CE Trial Part 2
In this part I look on how to store the Amazon Image after the installation to validate the instance can be stopped and started again.  Mar. 30, 2009
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Using Amazon EC2 for testing CE Trial Part 1
How to testdrive the CE EHP1 on Amazons EC2 easy.  Mar. 30, 2009
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PI mapping diff tool
A large problem when looking a message mapping it to find the difference performed between two versions. The new PI mapping diff tool can solve this problem.  Mar. 16, 2009
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Thoughts on versioning of PI components
This blog describes some of the thoughts that I have on using versions for different software component versions for development and support tracks.  Feb. 19, 2009
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Deletion and archiving in PI
I realized, that I did not know enough on how the archiving in PI worked, so I’ll explain how I see the different parts of the archiving and deletion of PI messages.  Jan. 14, 2009
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Using Amazon Cloudfront to improve website performance
An introduction to how website performance can be improved by using Amazon Cloudfront, so serve static content closer to the user. Jan. 3, 2009
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The easy PI message mapping documentation service
Mapping documentations have always taken long time to make, but more important to update. I have created a service, which will make it easier to create and keep documentation up-to-date.  Dec. 29, 2008
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SFTP with PI the openSSH way
SAP Process Integration does not support the SSH version of SFTP, but it is easy to write a script which can support it.  Dec. 11, 2008
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SAP GUI Security vulnerability and the impact for organizations
US CERT as reported a security problem with the SAP GUI, which impact does this have on organizations, and is it something which is addressed.  Dec. 2, 2008
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Easy access to PI functionality with Ubiquity
I have always wanted to start to be able to start the PI integration builder without using the mouse. I have now found a way to do this with Ubiquity. Nov. 13, 2008
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Performance Tuning of PI
What can be done to improve the speed of the PI system for high volume scenarios.  Nov. 3, 2008
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Easy search on SAP sites with Ubiquity
How can you make your browsing faster when you need to access SAP sites. It make it possible to search SDN with only 5 key strokes. Sep. 30, 2008
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Using PI scenarios
What can PI scenarios be used for in a implementation project. Can they be used for more than just documentation. Jul. 11, 2008
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SCRUM and SAP
This introduces some of the reasons why to use Scrum in implementation projects. Jun. 12, 2008
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Use proxy to inspect http/soap requests
How to inspect SOAP webservices with a http proxy. Apr. 14, 2008
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Modeling tools in PI 7.1
How does the now Aris modeling capabilities work in the PI 71  Apr. 7, 2008
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Publish services from PI 7.1 to the Service Registry
This blog explores the possibilities of publishing services from the Enterprise Service Builder to the Service Registry.  Feb. 27, 2008
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Using CCTS in PI 7.1
This blog will describe how to use CCTS(Core Components Technical Specification) in the PI 7.1 system.  Feb. 7, 2008
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Hack: Using XPATH in XI Message Mappings
The Message Mapping tool has some limitations when dealing with complex context selections. Often it is possible to perform a selection based on an XPath expression rather then user defined function. This blog describes how it is possible to add xpath expressions to the mapping. Dec. 29, 2006
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Shortcut for creating Jar files with eclipse
When developing XSLT or java mapping for use in XI, it is necessary to create a jar file with the objects. If this should be performed with winzip or 7-zip, but it often result in archives, with incorrect paths like classpaths or missing files. At least it takes some time.  Dec. 20, 2006
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Living with Detroubulator
I would like to share some thoughts about my experience using Detroubulator, which was released at TechEd in Amsterdam earlier this year. I have been using Detroubulator for the last three months on a project.  Dec. 11, 2006
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Dynamic configuration in adapter modules
This blog deals with how to get access to the dynamic configuration in an adapter module.  Oct. 5, 2006
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Message mapping verification
Pinpointing the problem areas of a message mapping can often be a cumbersome job, particularly when dealing with a large mapping. This blog describes a method for evaluating a mapping program based on a set of predefined rules. Sep. 15, 2006
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Using a BPM to collect messages for a set interval of time
A common BPM usage is to collect IDocs received from an SAP until it stops receiving more messages. It may sound easy to create such a process, but if you want to be sure you get all the messages you have to thing about your design. Sep. 7, 2006
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