Tips

Tips

• Using subclasses to develop applications that run on different releases of SAP

  App development pro Matthew Billingham rewrites a program using object-oriented programming to create subclasses for developing applications that run on any release of SAP Basis.  Continue Reading

• How to find a piece of SAP ABAP code without debugging

  Application development expert Matthew Billingham offers two methods for finding a piece of code in a SAP ABAP program without going through the debugging process.  Continue Reading

• How to find owners and transports of deleted ABAP programs

  Deleted ABAP programs cause short dumps, and this tip explains how to find the owners and transports of those programs  Continue Reading

• SAP RFID overview and trends in the ERP software market

  There was a lot of talk about RFID when Wal-Mart and Uncle Sam started demanding it in 2005. What's the current status of RFID as it applies to SAP users? Does it add real business value, or is it just a costly hassle? This special report takes a ...  Continue Reading

• Integrating SAP xMII with Guided Procedure

  Want to make a powerful composite app? Try these steps to integrate xMII with Guided Procedure.  Continue Reading

• Extracting product hierarchies from SAP CRM

  How to extract product hierarchies from SAP CRM  Continue Reading

• Quick analysis of SAP BI objects

  How to perform a quick analysis of SAP BI objects employing DBACOCKIT.  Continue Reading

• Increase column width in a transaction screen

  This tips tells you a quick and easy way to increase the column width in a transaction screen.  Continue Reading

• Select Text fields: Case-insensitive

  Searching for strings is cumbersome if the table field isn't defined as Case-insensitive. By using EXEC-SQL there's a way to do this selection case-insensitive.  Continue Reading

• Finding BADIs you can use

  This will show you how to find BADIs in a transaction and whether or not they are reserved for SAP use.  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

• Updating an RT table entry in SAP HR Payroll -- without the ADDWTE option

  In SAP HR Payroll config -- specifically schemas/rules -- you may find a need to update an existing entry in RT table. However, you can not use the usual ADDWTE option. Here is the way it can be done.  Continue Reading

• Is this the quickest way to find a BADI?

  Not long ago we posted the tip "Find a BADI in a minute." Now S. Parishikta sent us this tip which claims to be even quicker. Know of a faster way? Let us know!  Continue Reading

• Adding custom fields for retail product comparisons in SAP BW

  Need to analyze and compare product sales, product cost and suggested retail price etc? This tip shows you how to customize the R/3 BW datasource/extractor to get elementary fields such as AFS color and size into BW.  Continue Reading

• Easily debug error messages in SAP processes

  Sometimes, an SAP process will stop working with an error message, or an abend. Unlike with a dump, it can be difficult to find exactly where the problem occured.  Continue Reading