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SAP Basis

• What's the difference between SAP ABAP and SAP Basis?

  Confused by the difference between SAP ABAP and SAP Basis? Developer Ethan Jewett explains how to tell them apart.  Continue Reading

• Changing time zones in SAP ECC 6.0

  An SAP user wants to know the risks of changing time zones in ECC 6.0.  Continue Reading

• How an SAP IDoc influences the size of an SAP BW database

  An SAP user wants to know the correct SAP transaction code to use when looking for the overall contribution of an SAP IDoc to the size of a database in SAP BW.  Continue Reading

• Should we upgrade SAP BW if upgrading to SAP ECC 6.0, CRM 7.0?

  An SAP user is upgrading from SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0, and from CRM 4.0 to 7.0, and wants to know if the SAP BW system should also be upgraded.  Continue Reading

• Using SAP IDocs to update "further dates" information in an SAP transaction

  SAP expert Axel Angeli explains how to update the "further dates" tab information in am SAP transaction through an SAP IDoc.  Continue Reading

• How do I account for expenses in an SAP IDoc segment?

  An SAP users is trying to account for unplanned delivery expenses in an SAP IDoc, and wants to know what the qualifier should be when using segment E1EDP26.  Continue Reading

• Creating an SAP IDoc for sales orders

  A SearchSAP.com reader wants to know how to create an SAP IDoc along with sales order details when sales orders are created, changed or cancelled.  Continue Reading

• Using separate trading partner fields in SAP function FB01

  An SAP R/3 4.7 user wants looking to post a document entry using different trading partner fields for credit and debit for function FB01.  Continue Reading

• Accessing SAP IDES 4.7 though SAP GUI

  An SAP user wants to know how to access an SAP IDES 4.7 system via the Internet through SAP GUI.  Continue Reading

• Managing DB2 transaction logs when upgrading to SAP ECC 6.0

  A SearchSAP.com reader wants to know how an increase of indexes and tables after upgrade to SAP ECC 6.0 will affect the memory requirements of a DB2 version 8.x system.  Continue Reading

• Determining if SAP user exits are separate from SAP BAPI updates

  A SearchSAP.com reader wants to know if SAP user exits for standard SAP transactions are separate and isolated from SAP BAPI updates.  Continue Reading

• Fixing errors when implementing a user to SAP EDI system

  An SAP user wants to know how to fix an error when implementing a new customer to an SAP EDI system. Learn how SAP Transaction SNUM allows for maintaining the number range, and find out how to sort the number range in a SAP transaction.  Continue Reading

• Tips on SAP file formats for electronic funds transfers

  A SearchSAP.com reader in charge of running an Internet banking platform on SAP wants to know what SAP file formats SAP supports and what the file structures are for file imports and exports.  Continue Reading

• Using the correct SAP ABAP codes in SAP ECC 6.0

  A SearchSAP.com reader is upgrading from SAP ECC R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 and wants to know if there is a list that identifies which SAP ABAP code is obsolete in ECC 6.0.  Continue Reading

• Migrating SAP Solution Manager system between Unix platforms

  A SearchSAP.com reader is moving from an HP Tru64 Unix environment to the IBM AIX platform and wants to know the best procedure for migrating the SAP Solution Manager system.  Continue Reading