A good SAP consultant is more than a CV. You know that a CV is a piece of paper or in our times it’s just a word or pdf file. Everyone can write a nice CV but not everyone can develop on SAP ABAP. You know that only with an interview and working onsite you can prove how good ABAP you are.
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, like [...]
If you’re an ABAP programmer, chances are that one of these days your team leader asks to you build a Report to export ERP data into an Excel sheet. The idea behind this ABAP report is simple. The user runs the report from the ERP system and is able to save it locally as an Excel worksheet, probably to send it to a Line Manager or someone from business who wants to look at figures.
SAP provides a set of ALV (ABAP List Viewer) function modules which can be used to enhance the output of a Report. An ALV is a tool which enables the display of data in a grid, combining a better readability along with greater functionality, like sorting, filter, searching, exporting to Excel, etc. The included sample [...]
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 can [...]
ABAP is currently positioned alongside the more recently introduced Java, as the language for programming SAP’s Web Application Server, part of its NetWeaver platform for building business applications. Its syntax is somewhat similar to COBOL. The following transaction codes are the most relevant for the ABAP Workbench tools.
ABAP is one of the many application-specific fourth-generation languages (4GLs) first developed in the 1980s. It was originally the report language for SAP R/2, a platform that enabled large corporations to build mainframe business applications for materials management and financial and management accounting.
Our recent new joiner expert in SAPLAB.org has launched an idea aiming to promote knowledge exchange through the blog. On a moderated basis, Helder Gonçalves is willing to answer your specific SAP questions with a professional answer, pointer or even a solution. It all depends on the type of challenge you present to him and [...]
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 [...]
Since the launch of the first release of SAP, the visual design of SAP products has gone through several changes and re-design. From the 1970’s until early 1990’s, graphic design was not so much considered in SAP products – functionality always is the prime focus. At those “early days”, the look and feel and usability of SAP software was influenced by the dominant operating system – OSF/Motif and Microsoft Windows.
With a global crisis ongoing, things have changed quite a bit in the IT and Information Systems scenario, it what concerns to employment and career development. These are good times for us to assess our own skills and check if some adjustments need to be done. Typical questions of an aware SAP Consultant can be: [...]
SAP enhancement packages represent a new software delivery strategy that allows system administrators to get upgrades for SAP ECC 6.0 (ERP 2005) without having to fully upgrade the existing release. With the introduction of enhancement packages, SAP has changed the methodology for implementing new functionalities.
Working as an Information Systems Consultant for over 10 years now, I've found that working with SAP brought me added value on how to deal and manage IT and Information Systems Projects. More than a hobby, this blog is aimed to propagate SAP knowledge exchange and help other SAP technology or functional Consultants finding any piece of useful information. Please participate with your comments and opinions, it will help enrich the SAP community. Thanks! read full profile »
