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Chapter 7: 'Creating advanced reports with the SAP query tool'

Once you have a handle on the basic report structure, you'll probably want to kick it up a notch with more specialized reports for your organization. This chapter explains the tools and functionalities you can use to create good reports for a ... Continue Reading
Step 5: Analyze the VBS script

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading
Automating line-item data entry for purchase orders via SAPGUI scripting

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading
SAPGUI scripting resources

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading
Step 2: Activating SAPGUI scripting

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading

Step 6: Automate the VBS script creation

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading
Step 7: Running the VBS script program generator

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading
Step 8: Playing the VBS script to enter the line items

Hate manual data entry work? How about a typing in a few hundred line items in purchase orders with descriptions like "BOWMA-TORQ HX HD CAP SCR 1/2-13X1-1/2"? If the items do not exist as material numbers, you have no choice but to type their ... Continue Reading
FAQ: SAPscript and Smart Forms

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