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Unit conversions made easy

Sometimes there comes a situation where the conversion from one unit to another may become necessary. Continue Reading

Ping user terminals

You can use transaction OS06 to ping a terminal to identify any communication problems. Here's how. Continue Reading

SAP Exchange Infrastructure 2.0 vs. SAP Business Connector

How do you compare SAP Exchange Infrastructure 2.0 with SAP Business Connector? Continue Reading

We are planning to implement SAP BIW version 3.0B. I'm looking for a security course (Authorizations) related to this, but I couldn't find anything except course BW365. Could you please tell me if there are any other courses I can take? Continue Reading

Mini WAS 6.10 - SAP's productive little secret

Some of you have likely heard of SAP's Mini Web Application Server. Here's the lowdown on what you can do with it. Continue Reading

"Roles and Responsibilities" for security administration

Do you have a good "Roles and Responsibilities" write-up for security administration in a SAP shop? Where is the line between a centralized security administrator and a user area administrator?Continue Reading

Initial outsourcing costs will pay off later

Thinking about outsourcing some of your IT services? Don't be turned off by initial costs, namely the cost of hiring an advisor. The money you spend wisely now will pay off later.Continue Reading

Connecting to SAP via RFC and J2EE

How do I connect to SAP database and access the RFC using J2EE architecture? Austin Sincock answers.Continue Reading

Hit list defaults

In drop-down lists or possible entry-lists, the SAP default number of listed hits is set to 500. Go higher and you need this to do this.Continue Reading

Retrieving data from and external database in ABAP

How can we get external database data (SQLserver, MS Access) from ABAPs? Can we use RFCs or BAPIs? Austin Sincock answers.Continue Reading

Making a business case for outsourcing an SAP application

Business impact of an SAP CRM implementation

How can I quantify the potential business impact of an SAP CRM implementation?Continue Reading

What does "problems resolving role AC60100010" mean?

I'm using the workflow WS20000081, leave request via ESS. I often get the error "problems resolving role AC60100010" but I cannot figure out what this error means.Continue Reading

Making Indexed lists for subflows

I am trying to pass a list of materials to the WF container so that I can trigger a subflow for each material. I have created a method which puts materials into a container element called material_lst and have made this element an "export" and ...Continue Reading

Non-R/3 users sending workitems

This question is regarding sending workitems to the users. Here, the user can be either an R/3 user or a user created in the HR system. For the non-R/3 user, a workitem can be sent to external mails like yahoo or rediffmail accounts. Here I came to ...Continue Reading

How can I remap global company codes in user exit?

Finding ALE/Idoc textbooks and material

Automatic IDoc requests

We are on R/3 4.6C and have the basic version of Business Connector (no extra adapters). Is it possible for an external application to send to our SAP/BC system an XML message containing an order number and receive back an XML message synchronously ...Continue Reading

Cannot connect to trfcserv.exe

We have to interface to a third party export system for outbound invoices. We moved RFC SDK to that system and keep trfcserv.exe running in register mode on SAP gateway. It works fine, the file is transfered to that system perfectly. But when we ...Continue Reading

IDocs for order status-production reporting

IDoc in status 03 but nothing received at destination

Workflow receipts going to the wrong user

We have workflow connected to MS Outlook. The problem we are having is that read receipts are coming back to user WF-BATCH and not to the user who as created the purchase order. What can we do?Continue Reading

Error message EA(408): "interface for the function xxx is incorrect"

Can I group IDocs in a single file using the EDI file port?

I'm working with TRFC port using the "collect IDoc" option and defining the "packet size" in WE20. Is it possible to send the IDocs to the EDI system so that it can send them out in ONE EDI file? (1 EDI file - several IDocs) Nevertheless, I don't ...Continue Reading

Is there a way to reprocess erroneous IDocs in background?

An introduction to the JCo server

I am often asked for information as to how to call Java objects from within an ABAP application.Continue Reading

How can I resend an IDoc?

Can I process inbound IDocs in parallel to accelerate processing?

We have huge orders coming in, and the job running RBDAPP01 is taking up to 8 hours!Continue Reading

Can I park incoming invoices when no goods entry is posted?

I am working with INVOIC01 in 4.6C using INVL as the process code. The problem I am having is that I want to post or park an invoice when goods receipt has not been posted. It seems that SAP rejects such invoices by default. Unfortunately, the ...Continue Reading

Can SAP create IDocs triggered by posted SAP documents?

Has SAP got the functionality to have outbound IDocs automatically be created when specific SAP documents are being posted? Example: when an incoming payment to customer account, which has document type DZ and posting key 15, is posted, SAP ...Continue Reading

Dependencies when populating a training client

Consistency checks in ALV

In full screen and GRID, you can do consistency checks in ALV using this method.Continue Reading

Add activities for a transaction through PFCG

There are various transactions available in SAP having a very few activity values like IMG.Continue Reading

Making dynamic patterns in SAP

Here is an example of making a dynamic pattern in SAP. This is quite useful for standard headers in your code.Continue Reading

Uncompress CAR/SAR files from Windows explorer

Here's a trick for uncompressing SAR and CAR files on the fly from Windows explorer.Continue Reading

Using secondary indexes

It's a well-known fact that the efficient way of retrieving data from the database tables is by using secondary indexes.Continue Reading

A better way to list users currently logged on

When you want to list the users currently logged onto your SAP Production System, don't use AL08. Here's a better option.Continue Reading

Hardware requirements for installing SAP on Windows XP

Sudden loss of SAP access on Windows 2000

Accessing the SAP help library

After installing SAP I am unable to access the SAP help library. When I press F1, I don't get any help, instead a message on status bar showing that: "You must set your profile parameter to eu/wa*".Continue Reading

Disabling the SAPLogon system tray icon

What to do when the Service Manager won't load

CRM questionnaire and workshop agenda

Integrating SAP R/3 with Lotus Notes

Creating audit trails in R/3 3.1H

Legal issues of calling BAPIs using an SAP named license account

Transferring legacy data to CRM and MSA

What does function module SMO_SNDBITS_SETX in CRM MW do?

What documentation is available on TPM within SAP CRM?

Easy ways to find user-exits for particular transactions

Transaction management using JCo

Interfacing .NET apps with SAP

SAP Gateway configuration limitations

Does JCo support secure network communication (SNC)?

Line-selection events in dialog programming

Creating Plant Material reports

What table(s) contain variants VALUES?

Improving ROI for government organizations

This tip outlines the primary considerations for obtaining ROI within the confines of a governmental organization.Continue Reading

Multiple IDs when using AL04

This tip allows you to gain an accurate figure of the number of users currently logged on to a landscape with a central server and multiple application servers.Continue Reading

Shortcut to downloading a file from SAP

If you wish to download data or information in SAP from a particular screen or table, this tip is for you.Continue Reading

Changing internal orders based on a top-level order

I have a prospect looking to plan for approximately 400 internal orders which are dependent and structured via an internal order group. There is a top-level internal order that impacts all other related internal orders. For example, if the dates ...Continue Reading

SEM security 101

SEM installation manuals

The next step for an experienced SAP Security consultant

Implementing structural authorizations

SAP Financials expert in search of a niche

Moving from marketing to functional consulting

Landing consulting jobs after getting an MBA

Making a career of SAP Enterprise Portal

Installing a SAP router

Multiple deliveries created by one large sales order

Working with JIT "mix mode scheduling"

Convert SAP Script to OTF

Our order confirmation letters are being generated and transferred to SAPConnect. The problem is the format is being converted from SAPScript to OTF. I need to convert the format from SAPScript to text. I am using the program RVADOR01, form routine...Continue Reading

Field level security in 4.5b

Scrambling HR data in DEV and QAS environments

Copying users and authorizations to another system

How can I copy all users and all authorizations to another system and/or client? And if I do this, will all users and authorizations in the target system be overwritten?Continue Reading

Transport request logs

Getting started with BW security

Naming conventions for custom developed roles

Copying users from one client to another

Is it possible to copy one or many users from one client to another? For example, copying client 911 to 610 without logging on to that client (610) and starting from scratch?Continue Reading

Tracking CPU and memory usage

Pros and cons of structural authorizations

Purchase request authorization with specifically coded user exits

Can accounting postings be restricted by organizational objects?

Can financial accounting postings be restricted by CO organizational objects? In other words, can I restrict postings using transaction code F-02 to a specific profit center? What authorization object and activity has to be set up/modified for this ...Continue Reading

Function module TH_POPUP in SAPGUI 6.20

Implementing single sign-on in the J2EE server engine

As of SAP Web AS 6.20, SAP has implemented a J2EE Engine that allows Java code to be executed directly in the application server.Continue Reading

Restricting analysis profiles by company code

Defaulting to blank user parameters

Preventing users from altering objects in the org-structure

Regulating user authorizations for Goods Receipting transactions

Different ways to extract SAP table data

Would it be preferable for JCo to call the BAPI and get an entire extract in one call, or is it possible for SAP to connect to an external system and pass the data? Expert Austin Sincock offers insight.Continue Reading

Retrieving table contents with JSP

This reader trying to create a small JSP page that will retrieve the contents of some tables. Expert Austin Sincock helps to analyze the code sample.Continue Reading

SAP users and JCo connection pools

A reader asks, "There are occasions where we need to invoke functions using the end user's credentials. Is there a way to temporarily appropriate pooled connections for this purpose (for performance reasons)? And along the same vein, how does one ...Continue Reading

SAP and enterprise service oriented architecture