Imagine that you’re working configuring a certain SAP module, touching several tables and configuration spots. Sometimes it might happen that someone else is maintaining the same table that you need access. This standard Function Module could be useful in these cases, since you might not know an alternative way to contact the user locking the [...]
This is the first part of a set of 2 posts that I’ll submit in the following days, covering the Support Package Stack Upgrade process. Directly or indirectly, many of you have already been in projects were you’ve heard this term. Weather you seek deep technical knowledge or just an overview of the process, understanding [...]
The Product Availability Matrix bundles technical and release planning information on SAP components for quick reference. You will find information on the availability of SAP component releases (product versions), maintenance end dates and upgrade paths, as well as technical release information (DB-platforms, JSE-platforms, operating systems etc.). A SAP component release is structured into instances. An [...]
Recently one of my blog readers asked me about installing the Netweaver Developer Studio using an alternative version of MaxDB. This is something I haven’t thought about much, since the installations that I’ve done were local installations, for my own use, and normally from scratch. They served the only purpose to allow myself to have [...]
SAP Basis administrators are responsible for a number of complex operations and functions. Basis administrators must learn how to manage SAP Basis transactions, structure Basis security, handle Basis copying and fix printing problems. The following transaction codes are the most relevant for the Basis Administration tasks.
I ran into a curious post by Sergio Ferrari which allows us to calculate how many lines of ABAP code we have in our systems. More than a curiosity, this simple tool can help us determine if our system is too overloaded with custom code or not. The author excluded ABAP generated by special frameworks, [...]
When you work with SAP Enterprise Portal, sometimes it’s useful to use the System Trace tool, enabled by the ERP system. Typically, Portal applications use backend function modules (or BAPIs) for which they make constant execution calls via RFC (Remote Function Call). So, if you’re facing a problem with a Portal application, independent if it [...]
A batch input session is a set of one or more calls to transactions along with the data to be processed by the transactions. The system normally executes the transactions in a session non-interactively, allowing rapid entry of bulk data into an R/3 System. A session records transactions and data in a special format that [...]
If you have a company issued SAP OSS user and use it all the time (like myself), this post is for you. If you still haven’t configured the Single Sign-On provided by SAP for OSS users, please read below – I’ve included an easy step by step to configure this. If you’re like any other SAP technical or even functional consultant, for sure that you will spend lots of time in the SDN website.
From SAP WAS 6.10, SAP directly supports SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). This means that the emails can be exchanged directly between SAP system and any SMTP compliant mail server. From SAP WAS 6.20, faxes, pager & SMS can also be exchanged via SMTP. For the SMTP configuration, perform the following steps:
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