Tips

Tips

SAP security

• Understand and fight potential SAP exploits

  Without taking the right steps to secure SAP systems, you're creating vulnerabilities for potential exploits. Here's a look at critical information you need.  Continue Reading

• Fight SAP cybersecurity risks with patches, research

  No system, not even SAP ERP, is immune to security risks -- more than 400 SAP vulnerabilities have been identified. Here are tips for battling threats to SAP cybersecurity.  Continue Reading

• Easier maintenance of output types, procedures, conditions, etc.

  To shorten the time it takes to maintain output types, procedures, conditions, etc., add NACE to your shortcuts.  Continue Reading

• SAP NetWeaver 2004s kernel updates explained -- Part II

  In the final part of a two-part series, SDN contributer Storm Archer III walks through processes for advanced kernel updates for scenarios like Java and Unix.  Continue Reading

• How to create transaction variants in SAP to hide information

  Transaction Variants hide unwanted screens and fields in standard SAP programs. Learn two techniques to create them here.  Continue Reading

• SAP security audit log setup

  In this tip our upgrade/migration expert, Bert Vanstechelman, provides unorthodox uses for the Security Audit Log. Learn how to install this tool and use it to report resources necessary for the companies next upgrade and weigh transaction efforts.  Continue Reading

• Display locked and unlocked SAP transactions

  This tip offers a quick and easy way to display locked/unlocked transactions.  Continue Reading

• Eliminating spam with SpamAssassin, DSPAM and ClamAV

  James Turnbull explores the differences between three open source antispam tools and explains some best practices for using these products to secure your organization's e-mail and help stanch the flow of spam.  Continue Reading

• SAP authorizations

  Learn SAP advice on authorizations and transaction codes from ITKnowledge Exchange.  Continue Reading

• Non-expiring password

  If you want, you can make it so some users don't have to change their password by following these steps.  Continue Reading

• Restricting use of certain passwords

  Some words, such as company name, are unsuitable as passwords. Here's how to make sure they are not used.  Continue Reading

• How to recover a user-lost GUI session

  Sometimes a user loses a session, either because his/her PC froze, lost power, sometimes even timed-out.  Continue Reading

• Synchronize your SAP account passwords

  This program will copy the password for a nominated user account.  Continue Reading

• Parameters for establishing SAP password policies

  Here are some tips on how to provide a SAP user ID and password to an SAP system.  Continue Reading

• Service contract technical objects

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

• Program locked by ......... user

  Sometimes when we loose connection with SAP and later connects again, we will get an error message.  Continue Reading

• Call transaction while bypassing auth check

  Using the function module RS_HDSYS_CALL_TC_VARIANT, you can call a transaction to which the user doesn't have access.  Continue Reading

• Better performance for selects

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• TCodes and VLookup

  Using agr_tstc and agr_tcodes tables you can run a list of all your Activity Groups, TCodes and TCode descriptions.  Continue Reading

• Protect all reports against execution via SA38

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• Create a customized logon screen with configurable active elements

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• Session Recovery after Auto-logout

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