Each month in 2009, SAP presented a set of white papers and research reports designed to give all of us a wealth of practical knowledge about business and technology issues that support our client’s organization’s key business objectives.
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 [...]
Once upon a time, there was a very clever person at Waldorf that decided that SAP standard coding could be possible to enhance without actually changing the standard code. A then Enhancement Framework was born.
The approach that I usually take on the SAP training sessions that I provide is to highlight the Enhancement Framework as [...]
Since I launched SAPLAB.org, I’ve received several e-mails from beginners or plain curious on SAP asking me questions like “What does SAP stand for?” or “What’s the difference between ERP and ECC?“. Even though I know for a fact that this blog is targeted as a niche blog, I think that it would be worth [...]
SAP is probably the world’s leading supplier of process automation technology. Over half of the world’s business transactions, involving 12 Million users in 120 countries, touch one of 140,000 SAP systems – but is only recently making a full entry into the BPM arena. The applications in SAP’s Business Suite, such as ERP and CRM, [...]
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 [...]
This is my first post for SAPLAB.org, so I’ve decided to write about something really simple yet powerful – building ABAP Dynamic Tables using RTTS ( From Release 6.40). RTTS stands for Run Time Type Services.
Creating dynamic internal tables in ABAP programs can be very useful, dynamic coding can provide fast program running and easier [...]
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 »
