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Dirk Lehmann SAP Employee
Company: SAP AG
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Since 2008 I'm working as a Regional Group Specialist for Alloy (formerly known as project "Atlantic") in the Information Worker Division. I joined SAP in 2001 as a Java developer for SAP NetWeaver Knowledge Management. Starting in 2005 I joined SAPs Research and Breakthrough Innovation division working on SAP Business ByDesign. Before I joined SAP, I worked for IBM Germany on different topics like IBM WebSphere and Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino.

The one with the generic Workflow UI
As described in Volker’s blog, sometimes it might be necessary to add a bit more generic to the delivered Alloy workflow forms, in order to save implementation efforts. One way of adding more generic to the Alloy forms is described in Volker’s blog.  Sep. 16, 2009
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The one with the Alloy sidebar
Besides the 4 well known applications (Travel Management, Leave Management, Reports Management and Generic Decision Workflow) Alloy comes with one additional - often underrated – Feature that is quiet flexible: the Alloy sidebar. Aug. 12, 2009
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The one with the Alloy Request Trigger
Alloy uses several queues (on both sides SAP and IBM) to guarantee message delivery. However some of those queues have a scheduled job that monitors and processes items from within the queue at certain time points. Especially during test phases these scheduled jobs could cost you time, you could better spend with actual testing. Jul. 2, 2009
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The one with the Reports Management Content Group
Distributing role based reports, to different user groups in Alloy, requires some background knowledge of the subjacent role concept. This blog explains the fundamental principles and gives an example on how to distribute role based reports.  Apr. 21, 2009
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The one with the Alloy project setup
Before you kick-off an Alloy implementation project, you’ll for sure ask yourself who should join your project in order to make it a success. As Alloy connects the Lotus and the SAP world you’ll for sure need experts from both sides. But which skills are required from your project members? Who must contribute full time, and who part-time? How will a person’s role change during the project? Mar. 9, 2009
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The one with the Alloy landscape switch
Based on your landscape or project setup you might have more than one Alloy landscape in your company. A good idea is to use one and the same Lotus Notes client in order to access multiple Alloy landscapes. But simply setting up a new Location in Lotus Notes isn't quiet sufficient to switch between Alloy landscapes. Mar. 2, 2009
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The one with the button that disappears
There’re customers out there that require their approvers to add comments to their decisions. Means they should not only Accept or Reject a request, but also add some comments why they decided that way. Learn how you could use Alloys customizing features to make sure your approvers are forced to add comments to their decisions. Feb. 13, 2009
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The one with the customized Alloy workflow UI
In Volker Dress’ recent blog "How to set up an easy Material Master creation Workflow for Duet" you’ve seen how to create a custom SAP Business Workflow that exposes its user decisions to Duet or Alloy. Let’s expand this scenario for Alloy and create a customized Notes form, that’s able to display the master material data. Feb. 11, 2009
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The one with the SAP ID mapping
In order to map an SAP user to a Lotus Domino user, Alloy requires an user mapping to take place. In this article you can learn how this user mapping is done and what it needs to be configured correctly. Feb. 9, 2009
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The one with the Alloy connections
Sometimes things in your Alloy landscape just don’t want to behave like they should. One good start to find out what’s going on in your Alloy landscape is by checking the connections between AS Java and AS ABAP, as well as AS Java and Lotus Domino Server. Feb. 5, 2009
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