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I am trying to understand how other SAP shops deal with building test environments for production support and development testing. We currently employ a methodology of doing homogeneous copies of our production system and laying down a test copy. Continue Reading

R/3 audit review questions

Here is a list of items most commonly reviewed by internal/external auditors when reviewing your R/3 system.Continue Reading

Multiple BW instances on a single server

You mentioned that we can have several BW instances installed in one server. As far as I know this is not possible today, could you clarify this?Continue Reading

Why integrate portal with BW?

What's the key benefit for portal to integrate to BW? First, if you use SAP Enterprise Portal ONLY to publish BW reports, then you are simply wasting your time and resources...Continue Reading

HAHT vs. SAP Portal 5.0

Mirror site support with Portal software

Communicating in SAP Web Services through XML markup tags and SAP SOAP

Part 3 in Jeff Marin's odyssey into SAP and Web Services...Continue Reading

What does the "R" stand for in SAP R/2 and R/3?

Trivia time: What does the "R" stand for in SAP R/3Continue Reading

ABAP code outside repository and monitoring script

With external program RFC2ABAP (delivery with SAPGUI, option RFCDSK) you can execute an ABAP from a text file directly.Continue Reading

Sending SMTP email through SAP

For sending SMTP email thru SAP, you can use following function module.Continue Reading

Download/display your internal tables

The following code breaks and displays your internal table.Continue Reading

Improving run-time buffering/indexing

This excerpt from "ABAP with Style" looks at ways to improve run-time buffering and indexing.Continue Reading

Partial payments in Accounts Receivable

Product variances explained

User defined menu - easier navigation

By using the area menu, you can create user defined menus.Continue Reading

Add PATTERN for use in ABAP editor

This tip shows you how to add a PATTERN for use in the ABAP editor.Continue Reading

Convert time between timezones

This is shows how to complete the conversion of time between different timezones.Continue Reading

Writing fixed length text files

This tip shows you how to write fixed length text files.Continue Reading

Reporting long text

A simple way to locate the long text object you need.Continue Reading

Deleting unnecessary work items

The inboxes of users are often full of work items which are no longer required. Here is a tip for deleting items.Continue Reading

Copy or rename R/3 w-out installing

This tip shows you how to move or copy R3 to another server or change the SID or instance number.Continue Reading

Limiting number of sessions in SAP

This tip reveals a parameter one can use to set the maximum number of sessions required.Continue Reading

OS command execution

This tip shows you how to execute OS level command without configuring in SAP.Continue Reading

Add pop up window w/out programming objects

Add a window to your custom transactions in SAP similar to Purchase Order Create (ME21N) "Document Overview On".Continue Reading

Date to text conversion code

The code to convert the date to character. For example; 27-03-2002 will become 27th March, 2002.Continue Reading

Sharing data through SAP Java code web service programs

Discussion of the framework of using SAP with Web services.Continue Reading

Info Pak and Click-to-learn tools

Testing configuration after copying a BBP client

Spacing issue with conversion of OTF file to ASCII

Web Based Training (WBT) for SAP

Internal tables with header lines -- good or bad idea?

CRM workshops for customers

Are the CRM and SD module databases synchronized?

My question has to do with the Customer master. Do two physical databases which contain the Customer master data actually exist if you have both CRM module and the SD module implemented? If so, how are they synchronized?Continue Reading

Tracking shipments by linking through carrier's tracking Website

Should I hide the source code?

Making a screen field input/output-only

Making fiscal periods dynamic in financial reports

How to dynamically pass an internal table name thru a subroutine

Best way to import/export data between an SQL server and SAP

What is the best way to import/export data between an SQL server and SAP?Continue Reading

Automatic translation within SAP

How to communicate with BAPIs from JSP

All my web pages are in JSP and the business logic in Java, writes a reader, and the system must be moved to SAP. Expert Austin Sincock offers advice.Continue Reading

What's the best path to becoming a Basis consultant?

I have experience but no module certification. What now?

How can I become a SAP implementation expert?

How to organize staff for Workflow development

We are in the process of automating the creation of a material using Workflow. Since this is the first attempt at using Workflow, I have been asked to determine how other companies organize their staff as it relates to workflow development.Continue Reading

Triggering an event by changing a specific field

I am receiving three work items in the inbox when triggering a workflow by changing a person's cost center.Continue Reading

Java training for INQMY

Will SAP offer some kind of Java training to enable implementation teams to work with INQMY? Austin Sincock shares an update.Continue Reading

Posting messages on the SAP logon screen

Remote user printer problems

What's this RFC error?

How can I get a JCo list of supported BAPIs?

Missing configuration after client export

What does JCO.Function.writeXML() do?

Does JCo allow ALE of IDOCs?

Setting information in table before calling the BAPI

Problems with backward transport from QAS to DEV

Why was my application data automatically deleted?

Hostname/IP address issues with Disaster Recovery

What is the difference between Basis and the Application Server?

What distinguishes BASIS from the Application Server? What is the role of Basis doing vs. the role of an Application Server? How are these two linked & finally are ABAP/4 programs interpreted or compiled or both?Continue Reading

How to do a clean shutdown while still in backup mode

SAPNET R/3 Frontend connection via VPN

BAPIs (RFCs) vs. IDOCs

A question often raised in the discussion forums is: "Shall I use BAPIs (RFCs) or IDOCs to interface to SAP?"Continue Reading

Finding Tables

Two ways of finding the tables where are the data that you need.Continue Reading

Avoid hard-coding

Avoid hardcoding without cluttering up the selection screen.Continue Reading

Finding the transaction code for populating a table

Finding the transaction code for populating a table.Continue Reading

Creating purchase orders using SAP Java Connector (JCo)

This application uses classes in JCo to call a BAPI to create purchase order in the SAP system.Continue Reading

ABAP/Select options

This ABAP code snippet will allow you to hide some of the select options.Continue Reading

Change your SAP menus

You've probably always wanted to modify the SAP menus ... Here's how!Continue Reading

Finding lost SAP* and DDIC passwords

Here is how to find lost SAP* and DDIC passwords.Continue Reading

An order to cash question

The finished goods inventory, sales and sales deductions, accounts receivable are recorded at this level: company code and business area. We are presently upgrading to 4.6C and want to be one face to our customers (common products (material). We ...Continue Reading

SAP vs. ARIBA

Error processing using BAPIs instead of BDCs

The difference between BAPIs and RFCs

Third-party middleware instead of SAP RFXs and BAPIs

Skills needed to manage a multiple training environment

Extending BAPI_Customer_CreateFromData1

RFM issues in the JCo tutorial

JCo connectivity, out of memory problem

Will SAP run on AS/400?

What is SAP?

Service contract technical objects

This tip tells you where the technical objects for a Service Contract (or sales order) are stored.Continue Reading

Access Tables Via RFC

Trying to read some information from SAP and you can't find the right BAPI? RFC_READ_TABLE can do the job for you.Continue Reading

Just say no to hard-coded data

Learn to avoid hard-coded data.Continue Reading

Using failed BDCs as triggers for workflow

Is there a way to tie a w/f task/step to this, so that when the BDC fails, the w/f is triggered and an work flow item is created in the user's workflow inbox?Continue Reading

Financial Transaction Release procedure issues

After the financial transaction was created, the workflow task is generated but it waits in step 1. approval in task TS2000223Continue Reading

What causes EXSORT_FWRITE_FAILED?

BAPIs with bad return codes

We are in the process of implementing the SAP Business Connector for order create, inventory movements and physical inventory counts using BAPI's. If the BAPI has a bad return code, we want to send the transaction to workflow. Is there a function ...Continue Reading

Create workflow based on IDOC orders

We create Sales Orders from customer EDI data. When this happens, we want to send a message/workitem to the Customer Service Department letting them know an order has been created.Continue Reading

Contractor data in SAP HR

We have a situation: HR and the rest of the SAP modules including CATS are resided in different SAP instances. We are trying to maintain all employee and contractor data in a centralized SAP HR system and send the bare minimum employee and ...Continue Reading

Correcting payroll results without retro

If we discovered something was wrong the previous payroll result (6 months back) and would like to make correction to it without considering retro, what is the best way to do it and how?Continue Reading

SAP and enterprise service oriented architecture