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• How to limit employee access to reports using roles in SAP NetWeaver

  An administrator wants to limit employees from running corporate-wide reports using roles.  Continue Reading

• SAP BI extractors vs. Business Objects for ETL process

  An SAP user wants to know the benefits of using standard SAP BI extractors for an ETL process between SAP BW and SAP ERP  Continue Reading

• SAP FI/CO consultant's role during upgrade from R/3 to ECC 6.0

  SAP FI/CO consultants just need to test core business functionality after an upgrade from SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0.  Continue Reading

• How to read an SAP transaction in an ABAP code

  Is there a way to read SAP's standard transactions in an ABAP code?  Continue Reading

• How to provide an SAP R/3 4.5B application server with a Web service interface

  How to provide an SAP R/3 4.5B application server with a Web service interface  Continue Reading

• How does SAP R/3 data differ from BW (NetWeaver BI) data?

  What is the difference between data on SAP R/3 and data on SAP BW?  Continue Reading

• Migrating Business Content from SAP BW 3.5 to NetWeaver BI 7.0

  An administrator who has upgraded from SAP BW 3.5 to NetWeaver BI 7.0 wants to know if it is possible to migrate Business Content as well.  Continue Reading

• Consuming a Web service from an SAP 4.6c R/3 application server

  A reader wants to know how to consume a Web service from an SAP 4.6c R/3 application server.  Continue Reading

• How to move SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal between servers

  An SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal consultant is having problems moving Enterprise Portal from one server to another.  Continue Reading

• Alternatives to downloading a trial version of SAP IDES ERP software

  A user learning SAP FI is looking for a trial version of SAP IDES ERP ECC 6.0 software.  Continue Reading

• Verifying data consistency in production SAP FI/CO system when restoring a backup

  After writing an ABAP tool to reconcile between production and reference systems, an administrator restoring a backup of a FICO system wants to verify that the backup is successful.  Continue Reading

• How to upgrade DB2 on SAP R/3 4.7

  An administrator using SAP R/3 4.7 wants to know if it is possible, when upgrading IBM DB2, to perform a transport change from development to production despite differences in database environments.  Continue Reading

• How to clone an SAP ECC 6.0 instance

  An administrator is looking to clone an SAP ECC 6.0 instance.  Continue Reading

• How to create a snapshot from NAS and SAN of Oracle database

  An SAP administrator wants to create a snapshot of an Oracle database that is consistent from both a SAN and NAS.  Continue Reading

• Checking HTTP ports in an SAP system

  An administrator wants to know how to check the HTTP and HTTPS ports in an SAP system and how to restart a Portal system.  Continue Reading