ABAP Objects: Custom SAP ERP HCM Class Library - Example 1 - Class Instances
Eight months has pasted since SAP Community Network (SCN) published my blog ABAP Objects: Creating a Custom SAP ERP HCM Class Library. It is high time to publish some real life coding examples. In this blog, I will provide class instance coding examples based on a business scenario. Elvez in ABAP [Nov. 19, 2009 10:19 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Virtual SAP TechEd 2009 is here!
If you missed out on the education and technical updates from SAP TechEd 2009 event, check out Virtual SAP TechEd 2009. Over 30 sessions from SAP TechEd 2009 are now available and more will be released soon. Checkout the 2009 sessions! Siva Darivemula in ABAP, Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Business Suite 7, EcoHub, Professional Services, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 19, 2009 11:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Podcast: Livin' The Demo Jam Dream - An Interview with Brian Dennett of Colgate-Palmolive
Just two years into his SAP career, Brian Dennett of Colgate-Palmolive was a Demo Jam finalist at SAP TechEd Phoenix 2009. To find out more about Brian's great story and get a view into his own career path, I had the opportunity to tape a live podcast with him at SAP TechEd 2009. Jon Reed in ABAP, Beginner, Business Objects, Careers, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd [Nov. 19, 2009 08:21 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver - free for private use - Why not?
Should we start a new disussion about a "free for private use" version of SAP Netweaver? Renald Wittwer in ABAP, Application Server, Run SAP, SAP Developer Network [Nov. 19, 2009 03:08 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Automatic Notification mail to basis for user locking
Automatic Notification mail to basis for user locking bharath padmanabhan in ABAP [Nov. 18, 2009 11:34 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

List of Scheduled Process Chains in SAP BW
In SAP BW, there is no simple and straightforward way to get a list of scheduled Process chains. The program discussed in this blog will give you a list of scheduled process chains and their respective schedule start date and time. Uday Pothireddy in ABAP, Business Intelligence (BI) [Nov. 18, 2009 11:33 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Analyzing Problems Using ABAP Short Dumps: Part II
It's panic time when your ABAP program writes a short dump in a customer system. Experience has shown that developers tend to rush right past the ABAP short dump in their eagerness to start looking at the problem. But often, the short dump is the best and sometimes the only diagnostic aid that you have. This pair of weblogs explores the diagnostic aids and information resources that an ABAP short dump offers, and how to get the most help out of a dump. Stephen Pfeiffer in ABAP, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Nov. 18, 2009 07:23 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Importance of Run Time Projection in ESDMA Tool
The Mobile gateway is built on top of the DOE and allows you to create a standard and open adaptive interface to the DOE. To enable this open adaptive interface on top of DOE a new tool has been designed which is known as ESDMA tool. The concept of run time projection controls the run time data flow. In this blog we will see the importance of run time projection and steps to be followed to create the run time projection. Gopal Jee in ABAP, CRM, Mobile [Nov. 16, 2009 10:16 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Virtual vs. Cloud - and the winner is...
The SDN offers the great opportunity to download and to install the current version of SAP Netweaver as a trail. This is fantastic, because I can play around with the newest SAP technology, can investigate problems from my projects or even play around. This is about my experience of installation... Renald Wittwer in ABAP, Run SAP, SAP Developer Network [Nov. 16, 2009 12:44 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Messages, EDI, and SAP: More Than Just Data Vessels
Welcome to the first of a series of blog postings about messages and message standards in EDI and SAP. Join me as I cover the basics of the key message standards used in EDI in an SAP environment including EDIFACT, X12, and IDocs. So stay tuned ... and I hope you enjoy the ride. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, SAP Process Integration (PI), Retail, Ranting, Procurement and SRM, Integration and Certification, ERP, Beyond SAP, Beginner, Standards [Nov. 16, 2009 06:21 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Show ST01 authorization trace
Report ZSHOWAUTHTRACE reads the current ST01 trace file and shows the authorization trace data in a simple to use grid format. Frank Buchholz in ABAP, Application Server, Code Exchange, Security [Nov. 16, 2009 01:46 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Going Green By Writing Clean Code
Going Green By Writing Clean Code JK (JayaKumar Pedapudi) in ABAP, SAP Developer Network [Nov. 15, 2009 04:01 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

HCM Processes & Forms: Data Sharing
During my implementation of a position change process, I had a peculiar issue with data sharing that I would like to share with the SDN community. According to my knowlegde, there is no SAP documentation that covers Data Sharing in an HCM Processes & Forms context and therefore it seems relevant to write this blog in order to help others with Data Sharing related problems. The process involves updating infotype 0000 and 0001 using service SAP_PA in an ECC6 EhP 2 environment. Elvez in ABAP, Business Process Management, Organizational Change Management, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe [Nov. 15, 2009 03:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ASUG Presents: Web Dynpro, WF, and UWL webcast
America's SAP User Group (ASUG) is pleased to offer this webcast titled 'Use Web Dynpro for ABAP, Workflow, and the UWL to Revolutionize Decision Processing'. Susan Keohan in ABAP, Business Process Modeling, SAP Business Workflow, Universal Worklist, Web Dynpro [Nov. 13, 2009 07:01 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Unicode Character and SAP Standard Interfaces based on RFC
Communication between Unicode-Systems and None-Unicode Systems when using SAP Standard Interfaces based on RFC. Martin Vierling in ABAP, Procurement and SRM, Partnership, Healthcare, ERP, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Banking, Application Server, Retail [Nov. 11, 2009 08:43 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Browser Support: Windows 7
SAP support for Windows 7 Peter Barker in ABAP, Business Intelligence (BI), Mobile, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro [Nov. 11, 2009 07:48 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Analyzing Problems Using ABAP Short Dumps: Part I
It's panic time when your ABAP program writes a short dump in a customer system. Experience has shown that developers tend to rush right past the ABAP short dump in their eagerness to start looking at the problem. But often, the short dump is the best and sometimes the only diagnostic aid that you have. This pair of weblogs explores the diagnostic aids and information resources that an ABAP short dump offers, and how to get the most help out of a dump. Stephen Pfeiffer in ABAP [Nov. 11, 2009 06:57 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Exploring OO Design Patterns: The Strategy Pattern
This blog is the first in a series on object-oriented design using design patterns. This blog introduces the concept of design patterns and explores the use of the Strategy pattern. James Wood in ABAP [Nov. 10, 2009 11:58 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Configure EDI Message Control base on Purchase Order case
In this webblog I will present how to create message control solution to send custom idoc after purchase order has been created or changed. Maciej Jarecki in ABAP [Nov. 10, 2009 08:56 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

ZSU53 - Missing authorization assistance
A tool which lists profiles/roles containing the missing authorizations from your profile! As compared to SU53, ZSU53 (the missing authorization assistance) not only tells you which profiles/roles contain the authorization but also lists the users associated with it! Asim Rasheed Mian in ABAP, ERP, Identity Management, SAP Developer Network, Security [Nov. 10, 2009 08:56 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

A Love of Jazz and the Data Dictionary
An improvised blog riff on jazz, the SAP data dictionary, and just a few of my favorite things. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, ERP, Integration and Certification [Nov. 09, 2009 05:51 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

ABAP : Making CIN tab fields Obligatory
Making country version fields mandatory while creating the customer master data. Rama krishna S in ABAP [Nov. 06, 2009 02:37 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Don't leave children unattended - How SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood manages the parent-child relationship of SAP jobs
Many SAP ABAP based applications run in background jobs which in turn create other background jobs (e.g. to allow for mass processing in parallel). For a job administrator there is the challenge to manage this newly created parent-child relationship. With SAP's XBP 2.0 (or higher) interface the relationship is recognized by your external job scheduler (such as SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood.) Jochen Steinmetz in ABAP, Application Server [Nov. 06, 2009 02:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile SAP Client (Android): android SAP Customer search client demo
Development of an android client for mobile phones, that searches for SAP ERP clients by name with the help of standard - out of the box - SAP web services. Thomas Schnocklake in ABAP, CRM, Emerging Technologies, ERP, Java Programming, Mobile, Open Source, Search, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 06, 2009 02:26 AM | 13 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Activation of Transformation in Production Environment
Many a times transformations get inactive in the production or QA systems. This can happen due to changes/replication of datasources, inconsistencies caused by other transports, etc. The only plausible way to get the transformation to active state is to do a re-transport from the development box, which can lead in delay in data loads. This article provides a simple solution to activate the transformation directly in the production or QA environment. Shashank Dighe in ABAP, Business Intelligence (BI) [Nov. 06, 2009 02:24 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Version numbering of SAP Netweaver components
Clarity about the different versions of SAP Netweaver components mention during SAP Teched '09 Jan Penninkhof in ABAP, Beginner, Composition Environment (CE), Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd [Nov. 06, 2009 02:23 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Enhance Your Business Process Productivity by Enhancing User Productivity. [Part 1]
Have you ever thought about, why most of the expensive and complex SAP implementations are failing to satisfy the end users. And to make them user friendly how much money is spent in rework. Follow this blog series to understand how low user productivity can directly hit the overall business productivity and also learn few solutions to resolve these problems. Mohid Khan in ABAP, Web Dynpro, Visual Composer, Universal Worklist, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Enterprise Portal (EP), Business Solutions, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Composition Environment (CE) [Nov. 06, 2009 02:22 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Part 3 - Enable Transport System on Netweaver 7.01 Trial
In order to create a more realistic development environment, along with other good reasons, it is a good idea to enable the transport management system (TMS) in Netweaver 7.01 trial. By default the TMS does not work (for me anyway), but it doesn't take much to get it up and running... David Bann in ABAP, Application Server, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Nov. 06, 2009 02:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Missed SAP TechEd 2009? Get 130+ sessions with Virtual SAP TechEd
If you missed out on the education and networking opportunities from SAP TechEd 2009 event, consider getting the next best alternative: Virtual SAP TechEd now available at 20% discount till December 31, 2009. Siva Darivemula in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Product Lifecycle Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Interoperability, Integration and Certification, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Enterprise Performance Management, EcoHub, CRM, Business Suite 7, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), Banking, Automotive, Application Server, SAP TechEd [Nov. 05, 2009 01:27 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Event trace and extending a BOR object
Learn how to use the event trace to find events that exist in your system and then extend an SAP object, adding an attribute, event, use the new objects in your workflow! Ginger Gatling in ABAP, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Suite 7, ERP, SAP Business Workflow [Nov. 05, 2009 08:51 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Y-Code or Why Code?
Need for customised codes in today's environment Babu Jayendran in ABAP, Business Process Expert, ERP, Security [Nov. 05, 2009 01:28 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

How to write a custom SAP EM activity function to compare analyze a parameter value
In SAP Event Management you may want to compare a parameter value you have sent in via an Event Message with an existing value on the EH. Here's the breakdown on how to dp it... Kevin Wilson in ABAP, Business Process Expert [Nov. 04, 2009 02:03 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Calling a BDC in parallel using update task
Have you ever needed to speed up your BDC postings? Well here is a technique I've used before to call your BDC in parallel using a tRFC call. In addition I wait for the parallel sessions to end in order to write out the results. Kevin Wilson in ABAP [Nov. 03, 2009 12:34 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Individual Developer Licenses
SAP has promised to come up with Individual Developer License that could put an end to many of the limitations of the previous licenses. These Individual Developer Licenses were planned to be available in either November or December this year. Jan Penninkhof in ABAP, Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Portal (EP), Java Programming, Open Source, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Dynpro, Code Exchange [Nov. 02, 2009 07:24 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Documenting an Unfolding Story: Blogging, SCN, and Community
Knowledge sharing through blogging is an on-going process of exploration and discovery. Building a community like SCN is an unfolding story written by each of its participants everyday. This is just one paragraph of that story. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Careers, Community Projects, ERP, Integration and Certification, Ranting, SAP Developer Network [Nov. 02, 2009 06:05 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Hacker's Lunch @ SAP TechEd Vienna
At SAP TechEd09 in Vienna I presented an Expert Lounge session on Security. 57 folks signed up for the "Hacker's Lunch" and a little crowd of innocent bystanders gathered over time as well. It went 40 minutes overtime with the Q&A’s at the end and several people asked me to share the presentation and notes. Here they are. Julius Bussche in ABAP, Application Server, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Run SAP, SAP TechEd, Security [Nov. 01, 2009 02:05 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Different ESS/MSS upgrade options when upgrading to ECC 6.0
Are you planning on SAP upgrade to ECC 6.0, but not sure how to handle the ESS/MSS upgrade. You have customized the ESS/MSS business package and strugling with the fact that some of those are delivered with new Business packages. Read thiws blog to Know different options you have with their Pros and Cons. Mohid Khan in ABAP, Web Dynpro, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Java Programming, ERP, Enterprise Service Community, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Business Process Expert, Beginner, Enhancement Packages [Oct. 30, 2009 12:55 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Authorization in SAP Inbox for Substitution
Upon substitution, initiated by person going in leave or vacation, to person acting in his place through SAP inbox or UWL Package in Portal; selective authorization roles in initiator profile should be granted to the actor once the substitution activated, or deleted once the substation has been expired. Adel A. Abuhaimed in ABAP, Business Rules Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Security [Oct. 30, 2009 12:50 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ST12 - storing additional information and managing traces
In other blogs it was mentioned that ST12 only stores the ABAP trace in the database. While this is true there is an option which allows you to store additional information e.g. the summary of a SQL trace and additional information manually together with the trace. This blog shows this option together with some hints on how to manage the collected traces. Hermann Gahm in ABAP, Application Server, Beginner [Oct. 30, 2009 12:42 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Live Expert Sessions for you! Presented by IPNW RIG: Learn how to Avoid Unplanned Downtimes and Protect Business Critical Applications
Introduction to High Availability Setups for NetWeaver Systems Adarsh S Kapoor in ABAP, Application Server, Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd [Oct. 30, 2009 08:05 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Workflow: Add a start condition to your first workflow created from scratch
This blog extends the elearning "Creating a workflow from scratch", in this elearning you add a start condition to your workflow. Ginger Gatling in ABAP, Business Process Management, Business Suite 7, ERP, SAP Business Workflow [Oct. 29, 2009 05:40 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

CRM 7.0 How to --5C EventHandling and Navigation
This blog will cover a> How to add button to the toolbar of an assignment block (view) b> React to event on the UI c> Navigate to one view to other within the same UI Vikash Krishna in ABAP, Business Server Pages, CRM [Oct. 28, 2009 06:55 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP XI/PI: Alerts for tRFC(SM58) Errors
In this Blog you will see how to trigger Alert for message that error in SM58 using an ABAP Report. Santhosh Kumar V in ABAP, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Oct. 28, 2009 03:24 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

On SDN Code Exchange, Open Source and Free Software
The main objective of this blog is to contextualize the various announcements we have made today: SAP joining the Apache communities and extending our commitment to open source technologies, and the announcement of SAP Code Exchange and the SAP NetWeaver Developer Licenses. Michael Bechauf in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Open Source, Interoperability, Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Community Projects, Application Server, Standards [Oct. 27, 2009 07:26 PM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Automate Web Application Testing with Selenium for ABAP
Due to a cold I'm not able to compete in the SAP TechEd 2009 Demo Jam, Vienna. But here you find all the downloads required to run Selenium for ABAP. Gregor Wolf in ABAP, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, Open Source, JavaScript, Interoperability, CRM, Community Day, Application Server, Web Dynpro [Oct. 27, 2009 07:48 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

SDN Code Exchange is coming
SAP announces SDN code exchange, a platform where developers can share source code and collaboratively work on projects. Mario Herger in ABAP, Community Projects, Composition Environment (CE), SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Code Exchange [Oct. 27, 2009 03:25 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Coding the STATUS IDoc Delete One-Step
Part 2 of KISS Those STATUS IDocs Goodbye. Coding a one-step STATUS IDoc delete that also cleans out all associated work flow items is as simple as stringing together a few SAP standard function modules. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, ERP, Integration and Certification [Oct. 26, 2009 06:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Automating ABAP Unit Test Runs with the Code Inspector
ABAP Unit is a great tool for developers who want to use test-driven coding principles in their work. But what if you need to run large sets of ABAP Unit tests, or you need to run ABAP Unit tests regularly? The ABAP Code Inspector offers a convenient way to automate ABAP Unit testing. Stephen Pfeiffer in ABAP [Oct. 23, 2009 07:24 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Community at work!
Firefox enabling of the tree structure of the ABAP Keyword Documentation Horst Keller in ABAP [Oct. 22, 2009 05:12 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

TIP: Retrieving the default fiscal period
I was recently asked to modify a program and I had to default in the current fiscal period when executing it... The search for the solution began... Kevin Wilson in ABAP, Business Process Expert [Oct. 21, 2009 03:22 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]