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Every month, the tip which receives the average highest user rating becomes the "Tip of the Month" and is inducted into the Hall of Fame. In recognition of the honor, the user who submits the tip will receive a free gift.

December 2004 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Suresh Kumar Parvathaneni
TIP:	Dynamic parallel processing in SAP Workflow
RATING:	3.61
DATE:	07 Jan 2005
PRIZE:	One hundred American dollars

SECOND PLACE:
Neale Kevin: Extract code from Smart Forms (Rating: 4.52)

THIRD PLACE:
Carol Whyman: Collect SAPGUI patch numbers (Rating: 4.03)

FOURTH PLACE:
Suresh Kumar Parvathaneni: Getting table information within a program (Rating: 3.51)

September 2004 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Holger Janz
TIP:	More on ABAP Objects instanceOf commands
RATING:	3.89
DATE:	08 Nov 2004
PRIZE:	Laser Robot Warriors

SECOND PLACE:
Nicco Weber: OSS Note Assistant (Rating: 3.28)

THIRD PLACE:
Rajesh Warrier: Change the default directory (Rating: 3.53)

August 2004 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Benoit Delporte
TIP:	Wizard builder
RATING:	3.78
DATE:	13 Aug 2004
PRIZE:	One hundred American dollars

SECOND PLACE:
James Tarver: Getting around RFC_READ_TABLE limitations (Rating: 2.69)

THIRD PLACE:
Venkata Sivaji: Link to URL (Rating: 3.50)

June 2004 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Nikhil Patry
TIP:	Important function modules regarding workflow
RATING:	4.33
DATE:	10 Jun 2004
PRIZE:	One hundred American dollars

SECOND PLACE:
Ravi Chandra: Generating a worldwide unique ID (Rating: 3.94)

THIRD PLACE:
Fr?Ric Dumay: Non-expiring password (Rating: 4.00)

FOURTH PLACE:
Luc Quadflieg: How to handle time zones in ABAP (Rating: 3.50)

April 2004 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	ramesh annam
TIP:	Saving docs in any format
RATING:	3.67
DATE:	26 Apr 2004
PRIZE:	One hundred American dollars

SECOND PLACE:
Shereen Lavi: Interview tip for job in configuration (Rating: 3.62)

THIRD PLACE:
Rama Lakshmi: Configuring the system for extended IDocs (Rating: 3.40)

FOURTH PLACE:
Umesh M: Validation using field exits (Rating: 3.46)

February 2004 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Sudha Rani
TIP:	Check for parameters in function module calls
RATING:	3.87
DATE:	11 Feb 2004
PRIZE:	Jumpin' Java coffee gift basket

SECOND PLACE:
Frederic De Bruycker: Download path (Rating: 4.09)

THIRD PLACE:
Suresh Kumar: Sending a mail on triggering a particular event (Workflow related) (Rating: 3.94)

FOURTH PLACE:
James Little: Adjusting Variants due to field changes (Rating: 3.85)

December 2003 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Vengateshkumar Soundararadjou
TIP:	Inserting photos into SAPscripts
RATING:	4.00
DATE:	06 Jan 2004
PRIZE:	Lexar Media 256 MB JumpDrive USB 2.0 flash drive

SECOND PLACE:
Prakash P: Printing to PDF file (Rating: 4.07)

THIRD PLACE:
Umesh M: Finding user exits (Rating: 3.80)

FOURTH PLACE:
Paul Gloede: Find out which users are using specific transactions (Rating: 4.25)

October 2003 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Dushyant Shetty
TIP:	Get SAPScript output as PDF and launch Acrobat inside SAPGUI itself
RATING:	4.56
DATE:	24 Oct 2003
PRIZE:	LD 256MB USB Flash Memory Pen Drive

SECOND PLACE:
Robert Bagg: Retrieving missing data from user exit functions (Rating: 4.47)

THIRD PLACE:
Efim Makhson: Debugging a background job (Rating: 4.44)

FOURTH PLACE:
Fr?Ric Dumay: CAR file unpacking (Rating: 3.73)

August 2003 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Tanya Moncrieff
TIP:	Limit your Max Extent size
RATING:	4.00
DATE:	08 Aug 2003
PRIZE:	Developer's book bundle

SECOND PLACE:
James Vander Heyden: Use field symbols for better performance in internal tables (Rating: 4.15)

THIRD PLACE:
Yogi Gunawan: How to modify multiple items in the SAP menu (Rating: 3.84)

FOURTH PLACE:
Haitham Gharandoq: Eliminating blank Excel views in list edits (Rating: 4.19)

June 2003 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Athavan Raja
TIP:	Spell checker for SAP GUI fields
RATING:	4.53
DATE:	09 Jul 2003
PRIZE:	Timex Internet messenger watch

SECOND PLACE:
David Infantes: Dynamic load for customer tables (Rating: 4.40)

THIRD PLACE:
Eugene Cabling: Long text retrieval in HR (Rating: 4.25)

FOURTH PLACE:
Dharmesh Doshi: Maintain local work directory (Rating: 4.38)

April 2003 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Maria Nikolova
TIP:	Exclude a table from Client Copy
RATING:	3.94
DATE:	07 Apr 2003
PRIZE:	Vivitar digital camera

SECOND PLACE:
Gary Morris: List transactions by user (Rating: 3.93)

THIRD PLACE:
Dharmesh Doshi: Table storing information of tables (Rating: 3.11)

FOURTH PLACE:
Murray Lahn: Hold all batch jobs (Rating: 3.81)

February 2003 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Lakshmi Sunitha
TIP:	Restricting selection options
RATING:	4.63
DATE:	21 Feb 2003
PRIZE:	Wireless parking sensor

SECOND PLACE:
Suresh Kumar: List executable transactions by user (Rating: 4.12)

THIRD PLACE:
Devender Sangi: Changing the title of the standard SAP screen (Rating: 4.15)

FOURTH PLACE:
Haritha Koleti: Exclude/include objects from authority checks (Rating: 4.27)

December 2002 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Steven Glennie
TIP:	Application help & SAP library on the Internet
RATING:	3.48
DATE:	21 Jan 2003
PRIZE:	Portable lie detector

SECOND PLACE:
Lou Torres: Transport program TP information logging (Rating: 4.11)

THIRD PLACE:
Handi Ridwan: How to list a development user (Rating: 3.57)

FOURTH PLACE:
Dinesh Kumar: Debug pop-up screen (Rating: 4.15)

October 2002 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Padma V
TIP:	Checking Input values
RATING:	4.64
DATE:	10 Nov 2002
PRIZE:	Lexar Media high-speed JumpDrive

SECOND PLACE:
Subhas Chandra Bose: Icon display on list with description (Rating: 4.60)

THIRD PLACE:
Kavitha Koleti: Displaying logos on screen (Rating: 4.46)

FOURTH PLACE:
Subhas Chandra Bose: Locking and unlocking of tables (Rating: 4.26)

June 2002 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Eddie Bottger
TIP:	User-specified dynamic sorting
RATING:	3.93
DATE:	08 Aug 2002
PRIZE:	High Tech Robot Warriors

SECOND PLACE:
Poonam Hemrajani: Some help with debugging (Rating: 3.90)

THIRD PLACE:
Haritha Koleti: Workload Monitor (Rating: 3.94)

FOURTH PLACE:
Vladimir Vyukov: Avoiding accidental printouts in background jobs (Rating: 3.67)

April 2002 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Suresh Kumar
TIP:	Convert time between timezones
RATING:	4.47
DATE:	28 May 2002
PRIZE:	Portable lie detector

SECOND PLACE:
Eduardo Vieira: Finding Tables (Rating: 3.66)

THIRD PLACE:
Alex Ayers: Send popups to individual users (Rating: 3.66)

FOURTH PLACE:
Jan Pierewiet: Performance analysis flow chart (Rating: 3.23)

February 2002 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Jay Newington
TIP:	Personalization of your SAP system via logon screen, splash screen & 2 others.
RATING:	4.24
DATE:	15 Mar 2002
PRIZE:	MP3 Player/Recorder

SECOND PLACE:
V.J. BALACHANDRAN: Program to calculate modified mod 10 check digit (Rating: 3.38)

THIRD PLACE:
Peng Siong Lim: Beware of misused ABAP queries! (Rating: 4.09)

FOURTH PLACE:
Maulik Thakkar: Fixed point arithmetic/SAPScript (Rating: 4.07)

January 2002 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Angelo Hoppenbrouwer
TIP:	Searching items in SAPscript forms
RATING:	4.02
DATE:	23 Jan 2002
PRIZE:	Hand-held electronic chess game

SECOND PLACE:
Balaji Bodicherla: Useful transactions for Program, Function group, Dialog module Analysis (Rating: 4.05)

THIRD PLACE:
chris crofoot: Table changes with SM30 maint incomplete (Rating: 4.34)

FOURTH PLACE:
Terri Parsons: TCodes and VLookup (Rating: 3.75)

November 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Maria Nikolova
TIP:	Activity Group Tables
RATING:	4.10
DATE:	02 Jan 2002
PRIZE:	Super Bowl Electric Football

SECOND PLACE:
Gurpreet Nagra: Disable SAP* password fixing (Rating: 3.77)

THIRD PLACE:
David Quigley: Check for response time to user pc within SAP (Rating: 4.06)

FOURTH PLACE:
Ben Meijs: Improve performance of SELECT (Rating: 3.74)

October 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Huseyin Bilgen
TIP:	Determine optimum DIA WP Number
RATING:	4.16
DATE:	04 Oct 2001
PRIZE:	Virtual distance football

SECOND PLACE:
David Theroux: Import/Export your SAP favorites (Rating: 4.11)

THIRD PLACE:
Vineet Bhalla: Look up tables/views for specific fields (Rating: 4.20)

FOURTH PLACE:
Sangramjit Routray: Function Modules (Rating: 4.26)

September 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Martin English
TIP:	SAP BW Tablespaces
RATING:	4.05
DATE:	17 Sep 2001
PRIZE:	Virtual Speed Baseball

SECOND PLACE:
Ramakrishnan Suryanarayanan: Display an output list in HTML format for the Web (Rating: 4.43)

THIRD PLACE:
Giovanni Davila: Logon directly to SAPNet (bypass OSS1) (Rating: 3.69)

FOURTH PLACE:
Yoshihiro Sakata: Copy old settings when SAPGUI upgrade (Rating: 3.54)

August 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Mahesh Chavan
TIP:	Browse for a file on input parameter using F4 button
RATING:	4.32
DATE:	15 Aug 2001
PRIZE:	Personal cooling system

SECOND PLACE:
Shailendra Varshney: Sending spool list to multiple users, while creating background job (Rating: 3.76)

THIRD PLACE:
Ritu Bhatia: Additional checks during user logon (Rating: 3.92)

FOURTH PLACE:
Scotty Schulte: Resetting released transports (Rating: 3.19)

July 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Thomas Jung
TIP:	Sending SAPOffice mail- Better options
RATING:	4.06
DATE:	24 Jul 2001
PRIZE:	Ultra-Slim CD Player with Car Kit and 40 Second Anti Shock

SECOND PLACE:
Ranjeet Panicker: Search for TCODE or MENU PATH (Rating: 3.94)

THIRD PLACE:
Huseyin Bilgen: Changing TMS configuration in worst case (Rating: 3.69)

FOURTH PLACE:
Kirk Zimmerman: Locking Security Holes through IMG transactions (Rating: 4.25)

June 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Alan Darlington
TIP:	More on- Finding underlying data in a transaction
RATING:	3.09
DATE:	25 Jun 2001
PRIZE:	Razor Extreme Scooter

SECOND PLACE:
Ben Meijs: Very dynamic field-symbols (Rating: 3.59)

THIRD PLACE:
Matthew Billingham: Using hash tables for fast lookup (Rating: 3.55)

FOURTH PLACE:
Shailendra Varshney: Beautify ABAP code (Rating: 2.86)

May 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	Giovanni Davila
TIP:	Controlling the SAPGUI New Visual Design
RATING:	3.69
DATE:	04 May 2001
PRIZE:	Palm Vx

SECOND PLACE:
John Leach: Dynamic Internal Tables (Rating: 2.88)

THIRD PLACE:
Josef Berkowits: Data Security command field (Rating: 3.72)

FOURTH PLACE:
Scott Hoelscher: Matchcode Objects using Search Helps (Rating: 2.66)

March 2001 Winners

FIRST PLACE:

AUTHOR:	renjith vayalapra
TIP:	Using SAP FTP programs
RATING:	3.37
DATE:	21 Mar 2001
PRIZE:	Denim Shirt

SECOND PLACE:
Ben Meijs: Start debugging from a pop-up dynpro (Rating: 4.45)

THIRD PLACE:
Sidhyesh Bhatte: Back to session (Rating: 4.17)

FOURTH PLACE:
Wim Schreuders: Print a TEST indicator on non productive documents (Rating: 3.12)

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