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SAPinsider and insiderPROFILES Articles
by Eric Duffaut, SAP
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), April (Issue 2) These days, consumers are used to being able to easily download music, videos, and apps through iTunes. Through that single platform, users can access offerings from a variety of sources. SAP has applied this same concept, making scores of applications, services, and technologies from its partner ecosystem available to customers through SAP platforms. In this executive Q&A, Eric Duffaut, president of SAP Global Ecosystem and Channels, discusses SAP's partner ecosystem and exciting co-innovation plans for the future.
by Q&A with Saikat Maiti, Security Manager, Varian Medical Systems
insiderPROFILES - 2012 (Volume 3), April (Issue 2) Saikat Maiti, Security Manager at Varian Medical Systems, shares the process of the company’s upgrade to SAP BusinessObjects GRC 10.0, including business benefits and concrete advice to SAP customers looking to migrate to the latest release. Learn how the new functionality changed the way the business prepared for audits. And hear what users are saying about the new version.
by Usman Sheikh, SAP
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), April (Issue 2) The race for mobility in the enterprise is officially on. Mobility presents businesses with opportunities to completely rethink their existing processes and create new business models, and SAP and its ecosystem of partners are delivering the tools and solutions that customers need to make the most of these unique opportunities.
by Greg Chase, SAP
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), April (Issue 2) Wouldn’t it be nice if you could integrate your business processes and create a single business system in the cloud? You could interconnect all of your operations into a single architecture and get a real-time view of key data, among other benefits. This is what the cloud-based SAP Business ByDesign offering provides to professional services firms, enabling the predictability and visibility into operations so they can develop the methodologies that productize services.
by David Hannon, Features Editor
insiderPROFILES - 2012 (Volume 3), April (Issue 2) Many companies expect a few technical glitches to occur during database migration efforts. But for CSR Limited, sporadic outages were not an option. With 2,000 SAP users, CSR’s IT department needed to ensure the continued operation of its SAP system on the new database platform. It met its goal by using a robust, flexible automated monitoring solution.
BI Expert
by Scott Wallask, Managing Editor
BI Expert - Volume 10 (2012), April 2012 Regardless of prior discussions, SAP Zen's mention during a recent popular webcast was the first time many had heard of the upcoming technology.
by Keith Corley, Sector Lead (Business Data and Analytics)
BI Expert - Volume 10 (2012), April 2012 Compare InfoProviders between two systems using a custom export program, InfoProvider Remote Comparison program, and Remote Function Call connections. Acquire the needed code, configure your system, and learn how to use this program.
by Rakesh Kalyankar, Consultant, SAP
BI Expert - Volume 10 (2012), April 2012 Learn the steps behind using two methods for data provisioning in SAP HANA: SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and the SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server. These steps serve as the foundation for the bigger task of deploying your first data model in SAP HANA.
by Rakesh Kalyankar, SAP
BI Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 3 Learn the how to migrate your data seamlessly in six steps with tools provided by SAP NetWeaver BW 7.30, minimizing the time and effort this process took in previous releases. Restoring the migrated dataflows is just as easy, requiring even fewer steps.
by Gary Nolan, BI Strategic Architect, TekLink International
BI Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 3 Avoid inconsistent or unexpected results in data loads by ensuring that data that needs to be grouped stays together in data packages during loading.
CRM Expert
by Raghukul Tilak Mokirala, Senior Consultant, Wipro Technologies
CRM Expert - Volume 8 (2012), Update 4 Understand how to configure SAP CRM tax settings and integrate them with SAP ERP Central Component, financial accounting, managerial accounting, and sales and distribution settings.
by Uri Dembo, SAP CRM Consultant and CEO, Fishman Dembo Consultants
CRM Expert - Volume 8 (2012), Update 3 Learn how to configure a mechanism that controls which follow-up transactions will be available for a given transaction type based on the source transaction and status.
by Srinivasa (Srini) Munagavalasa, PMP, Principal Business Integration
CRM Expert - Volume 8 (2012), Update 3 Understand and quickly fix integration issues between SAP ERP HCM and SAP CRM systems, without having to rely on the HR team. Also learn the basics of SAP ERP HCM and Application Link Enabling (ALE) distribution of organizational data and business partner data from SAP ERP to an SAP CRM system.
by Sujoy Kumar Dey, Senior Consultant, Fujitsu America, Inc.
CRM Expert - Volume 8 (2012), Update 3 Learn how to recognize revenue on license sales contracts in SAP CRM-Intellectual Property Management as well as key technical details and the configuration of the process.
by Frank Densborn, Rapid Deployment Solutions, Technology Packages, SAP Labs, and
Ginger Gatling, Solution Management, Enterprise Information Management, SAP Labs
CRM Expert - Volume 8 (2012), Update 3 Data migration is a major task, and crucial for a successful SAP CRM implementation. Learn about using SAP BusinessObjects Data Migration to move your data into SAP CRM, ensuring that it can be trusted by users and is ready for business process execution.
Financials Expert
by Harsh Mathur, Senior Consultant, Infosys Limited
Financials Expert - Volume 11 (2012), Update 4 Learn key adjustments that are required to make capital asset management compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). See the changes you need to make in SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) 6.0 while transitioning from US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
by Dr. Marco Sisfontes-Monge, Managing Partner, Arellius Enterprises Inc.
Financials Expert - Volume 11 (2012), Update 3 Find out what functionality is new in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.0. Learn what you can do with the latest version of this software that you can’t do with previous versions.
by Rina Mukherjee, FI Consultant
Financials Expert - Volume 11 (2012), Update 3 Learn the configurations for various formats for Brazilian electronic bank statements (EBS). Follow step-by-step instructions for preparing a payment run for banking receivables and payables specific to Brazilian banks.
by Moinuddin Khan, ERP Specialist
Financials Expert - Volume 11 (2012), Update 3 See two ways to split a payment with the amount split indicator. One is based on a percentage of the total owed by the customer, and one based on a specific amount.
by Gaurav Kumar Aggarwal, Senior Consultant, SAP FICO, Infosys Limited
Financials Expert - Volume 11 (2012), Update 3 Learn how to better use the Automatic Payment Program (APP) feature in an SAP system for making payments to your vendors. Discover tips to optimize the APP process, such as automating APP, automating email generation from APP, restricting selections, and grouping open items.
HR Expert
by Jacob Crane, NetWeaver Solution Architect, EPI-USE America
HR Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 Learn how to configure SAP NetWeaver Portal so that you can safely access it over the Internet. By carefully designing the system and considering any effects on it, you can achieve a safe and secure system that allows more simple and efficient access to data and information.
by Michelle Bliffen, Human Resources and Payroll Team Lead, University of Kentucky
HR Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 Learn how to successfully execute an enhancement package installation combined with year-end Support Packages without automated testing tools in a complex system landscape. Learn how to minimize the need for consulting and reduce system downtime.
by Thomas Jenewein, Solution Manager, SAP AG
HR Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 SAP provides a major extension for the SAP Learning Solution that enables companies to offer learning for external employees or groups such as suppliers, partners, or customers. See the business background, the usage scenarios in different industries, and the key features in detail, as well as the technical architecture and prerequisites.
by Jennifer Adams, Principal Consultant, AspireHR
HR Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 Is your organization having difficulty integrating the FMLA (Family and Medical Leave Act) Workbench and the processes required with your payroll processing? Are you getting hard errors in the payroll processing or preventive errors from the Cross-Application Time Sheet when attempting to enter absences for employees on unpaid leave of absences? If so, then the settings established for the employment status in your organization’s personnel actions may be incorrect for the type of processing and tracking required for the employee to meet organizational and legal requirements. See how to complete the integration process and correct these kinds of errors.
by Srini Munagavalasa, PMP, Principal Business Integration, and Sunanda Devireddy, CBAP, Principal Business Systems Analyst
HR Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 3 Discover how to enable HR auditing in your SAP system using these step-by-step instructions as your guide. Also learn the simple configuration steps to take to track and report changes in your HR data.
SCM Expert
by Dr. Gaetano Altavilla, Senior SAP Solutions Architect, Project Manager, and Team Leader
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 5 Discover how to enhance the Quality Management module so that it can handle the quality management of vendors based on the quality of the vendor’s manufacturers and suppliers. This check occurs when you create and update the purchase order. Learn about creating the ABAP Workbench objects in the system to activate this solution.
by Jawad Akhtar, Assistant Vice President and SAP Project Manager, AbacusConsulting
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 Recurring inspection (also called repeat inspection) at regular intervals allows business users to take advantage of standard SAP functionality to automatically create inspection lots when the expiry dates of batch-managed goods approach. The shelf life-related details of materials are managed in individual batches. These inspection lots can then go through quality control checks of results recording and usage decisions to decide if they can still be used or not. This functionality offers time and cost savings by enabling the business to act proactively.
by Ashfaq Hussain, Infosys
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 In business scenarios in which virtual plants are created within SAP ERP systems for administrative purposes, managing available-to-promise (ATP) checks and stock transfers presents challenges. SAP provides two options that address plant-to-plant transfer issues in virtual plants. Based on North American or European business scenarios, these lessons learned help you foresee the challenges in mapping similar business processes in your SAP system.
by Dr. Gaetano Altavilla, Senior SAP Solutions Architect, Project Manager, and Team Leader
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 Implementing retroactive billing, available to you in SAP ERP Central Component 6.0, addresses the issue of changing pricing after invoices have already been sent. Learn the configuration steps needed to run retro-billing across modules in your SAP ERP system. Maintain your good customer relationships using this accurate, consistent business process.
by Rajesh Ray, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM, and Abhishek Kaul, Managing Consultant, IBM
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4 An SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO) Supply Network Planning (SNP) Optimizer implementation requires that you perform specific tasks during each phase of the project. Follow these specific tasks along with a set of tips and tricks for modeling different types of business requirements. Case studies and examples reinforce the learning and are applicable to other SAP SCM optimizers as well.
GRC Expert
by Alpesh Parmar, GRC Administrator, Levi Strauss & Co
GRC Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 3 Learn the steps to create a new work center (Launchpad) or change an existing one in SAP BusinessObjects Access Control. Discover how to customize predelivered tabs or links to suit your business needs.
by William Newman, Managing Principal, Newport Consulting Group
GRC Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 3 Learn how to leverage SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management 10.0 advances and best practices to create greater satisfaction with executives and other stakeholders in enterprise resource management (ERM) program activities.
by Kehinde Eseyin, Systems Support Manager, TOTAL Nigeria PLC
GRC Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 3 Follow three scenarios that simulate risk analysis for role maintenance and user role provisioning with Risk Terminator in SAP BusinessObjects Access Control 10.0.
by Gary Byrne, Managing Editor, GRC Expert
GRC Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 3 SAP’s Sonny Dasgupta answers questions about how an IT organization can protect its company’s reputation and bottom line from fraud with Oversight Systems’ continuous transaction monitoring (CTM) software. Oversight Systems’ CTM application is an SAP-endorsed Enterprise Business Solution.
by Maxim Chuprunov, CEO with Riscomp GmbH, Switzerland
GRC Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 2 The three letters GRC have become firmly fixed in the vocabulary of top management levels and on the agenda of CFOs. Although compliance, for example, with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the resultant requirements of an internal control system were previously considered mostly in isolation, today companies are taking an integrated GRC approach: This is evident from both the development of theoretical framework concepts and GRC software solutions. The issue becomes how to achieve a good balance between theory and a software-supported implementation. Learn the most important points about automating GRC processes using a simple structure and SAP BusinessObjects GRC 10.0 solutions.
SAP Professional Journal
by Qazi Wasif Ali, SAP ABAP Consultant, DESCON Engineering Limited
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3 Use ABAP code to create a utility that provides you the details of having more than one table or view maintenance generator in a single screen. With it, you can view all the table and view maintenance generator details that you have created in your system or that are already available in the standard system.
by Ramachandra Chemudupati, Lead Consultant, Infosys Ltd.
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3 Learn about the Technical Implementation Gantt (TIG) methodology for improved planning and execution of your cutover. Understand the approach to build and review the TIG, its execution, and the benefits of using it. Also understand some of the pitfalls that you can avoid and best practices you can put to use for a successful go-live.
by Mohammad Assad Shaik, Enterprise Solution Architect, IBM Global Business Services
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3 Discover the conceptual architecture of SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) and its capabilities. Learn from a comparison of MDG and SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (MDM) and then step through a use case scenario of maintained master data with MDG.
by Soorian Ethirajulu, Global Business Systems Analyst
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3 Report Painter and Report Writer are two comprehensive reporting tools provided by SAP. You can use only reporting tables that are defined in the system in these tools to create reports. Learn how to enhance the functionality to use multiple tables to increase their capabilities.
by Kehinde Eseyin, Systems Support Manager, TOTAL Nigeria PLC
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3 Learn how to configure SAP NetWeaver Portal to access the work center for SAP BusinessObjects Access Control 10.0, SAP BusinessObjects Process Control 10.0, and SAP BusinessObjects Risk Management 10.0 using single sign-on.
Project Expert
by Charles Eubanks, Senior HR and Payroll Project Manager and Consultant
Project Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 4 Use these tips and best practices to choose the right global HCM rollout option – big bang, phased functional, or phased geographic.
by Michelle Bliffen, Human Resources and Payroll Team Lead, University of Kentucky
Project Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 4 Learn how to successfully execute an enhancement package installation combined with year-end Support Packages without automated testing tools in a complex system landscape. Learn how to minimize the need for consulting and reduce system downtime.
by Gary Byrne, Managing Editor, SAPexperts
Project Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 4 SAP’s Sonny Dasgupta answers questions about how an IT organization can protect its company’s reputation and bottom line from fraud with Oversight Systems’ continuous transaction monitoring (CTM) software. Oversight Systems’ CTM application is an SAP-endorsed Enterprise Business Solution.
by AbduNaser Shhub, SAP Trainer
Project Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 3 Save time and reduce training costs by introducing new users, or refreshing current users, to SAP actions without requiring access to the SAP system. After understanding the model, step through three training lessons for creating different kinds of documents.
by Venki Krishnamoorthy, SAP (America)
Project Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 3 Learn the top 12 implementation best practices to follow and potential pitfalls to avoid during the implementation of SAP ERP HCM Performance Management. Discover the workarounds for these potential pitfalls.
Solution Manager Expert
by Raquel Cunha, Independent Solution Manager Consultant
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), May Learn how to make available for testers and test managers the scenario, process, or process step assigned to the test case during sequence maintenance and test execution.
by Brikena Berisha, Consultant — Application Lifecycle Management, CoreALM Consulting Company
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), April Learn how to set up a test automation framework in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and integrate a third-party test tool, such as HP QuickTest Professional. After that, see how to prepare a managed system for test automation.
by D. Russell Sloan, Implementation and Governance Specialist — SAP Solution Manager, IBM Global Business Services
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), April SAP Solution Manager 7.1 represents one of the biggest upgrades to Solution Manager since its inception. With it came many new features, not the least of which are those that help you monitor and take advantage of changes in your projects and solutions throughout the life of your SAP solution. Explore the new features for helping you share changes across projects and solutions more easily.
by Nathan Williams, Senior Consultant, Enowa Consulting
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), April Learn about the new features of Change Request Management (ChaRM) delivered with SAP Solution Manager 7.1. Discover the value your change management processes receive by implementing or upgrading to 7.1. Learn eight brand-new features that aid in developing a strong business case to use SAP Solution Manager as a single platform to manage changes to your IT landscape.
by Prakhar Saxena, SAP Solution Manager SME, Capgemini India Pvt. Ltd.
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), April Explore the standard way of creating and customizing the standard transaction type SMIN for incident management. Use a wizard-based feature in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to create a Z transaction type, enabling users to have work center-based customized transaction types per their requirements. This method is faster than modifying the standard transaction type, and reduces much of the risk. |
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