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		<title>Get your 2011 SAP Salary Survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio Caldas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The results of the 2011 SAP Salary Survey are here, published by company Panaya. The survey results are based on responses from more than 800 SAP professionals around the world. You can now download the complete survey results, with the latest salary figures broken down by job title, geography, education, experience, and other variables. You [...]
	
	
	
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<p>The results of the 2011 SAP Salary Survey are here, published by company <a href="http://www.panayainc.com/" target="_blank">Panaya</a>. The survey results are based on responses from more than 800 SAP professionals around the world.</p>
<p>You can now download the complete survey results, with the latest <strong>salary figures</strong> broken down by job title, geography, education, experience, and other variables.</p>
<p>You will be able to answer questions such as:</p>
<ul>
<li>What are the highest paying SAP job titles?</li>
<li>Does higher education mean higher pay?</li>
<li>Which industries pay top dollars for SAP skills?</li>
<li>Do men earn more than women among SAP professionals?</li>
<li>Get your 2011 SAP Salary Survey Results and find out everything you wanted to know about SAP salaries.</li>
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<p>The earnings of an SAP professional depend on many variables, including your location, education level, and experience, as well as the location of the company you work for, the SAP version you are working on, the industry you are in, as well as your gender.</p>
<p>Panaya conducted this survey to help you compare your compensation makeup to industry peers, better understand what drives compensation in this market, and get useful ideas for increasing your value.</p>
<h4>Nice, how do I get my hands on it?</h4>
<p>Please click on the image below to access and download the whole PDF (you will need to register with Panaya).</p>
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<h4>About Panaya</h4>
<p>Panaya&#8217;s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions enable companies that use SAP to save up to 50% of their application lifecycle costs and minimize the risks associated with system changes. Utilizing cloud-based simulation to analyze the impact of pending changes, Panaya automatically pinpoints which custom programs will break as a result of an upgrade or support package implementation and automatically fixes most of these problems. Panaya provides a complete solution for managing these changes, explaining how to fix the anticipated issues, fixing most of them automatically, suggesting the most efficient test plan, and calculating required project budget and resources. To learn more access <a title="Panaya Inc" href="http://www.panayainc.com/" target="_blank">Panaya&#8217;s website</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio Caldas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caffeine is a toolset that allows execution of the ABAP language on alternative runtimes outside of the ABAP server. As of today, it supports the execution of a subset of ABAP on the JVM (Java), Dalvik VM (Android), iOS (Objective C), and JavaScript. Its core design is centered around high performance, multi platform execution and [...]
	
	
	
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<p>Caffeine is a toolset that allows execution of the <a href="http://saplab.org/category/abap/" title="ABAP">ABAP</a> language on alternative runtimes outside of the ABAP server. As of today, it supports the execution of a subset of ABAP on the JVM (Java), Dalvik VM (Android), iOS (Objective C), and JavaScript. Its core design is centered around high performance, multi platform execution and multi threading.</p>
<p>Caffeine is at the moment a prototype project and proves the claims made. There is currently no relation to any current or future SAP product, but SAP is working on achieving this.</p>
<h2>What&#8217;s it for?</h2>
<p>Caffeine is a technology, not an application, and it can thus be applied to many use cases. Caffeine is not trying to enable the migration of existing ABAP code to other platforms, but is focusing on adding value to SAP’s On-Device, On-Demand, On-Premise strategy by making SAPs business programming language reach into spaces like mobile devices that our customer are looking to unlock and feed with information coming from the customers backend. Caffeine strives to help developers to build business applications that are better integrated from frontend to backend.</p>
<h2>Download Full Paper</h2>
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		<dc:creator>Antonio Caldas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
	
	
	
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<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>1 &#8211; SAP enhancement packages strategy</strong></p>
<p>SAP enhancement packages  for ECC 6.0 include functional and technical enhancements, industry specific enhancements, uniformizations and simplifications. To browse through the available changes included in each SAP enhacement package, please go to <a title="SAP Enhancement Packages" href="http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp" target="_blank">http://service .sap.com/erp-ehp</a>. Enterprise Services (ES) bundles are also now delivered with enhancement packages. Each one of these bundles  include a set of enterprise services to support end-to-end business processes (e.g. Order Product) across the <a title="SAP Business Suite" href="http://saplab.org/2009/02/press-conference-announces-sap-business-suite-7/" target="_self">SAP Business Suite</a>. To learn which ES bundles are available please go to the <a title="Enterprise Services Wiki" href="https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ESpackages/Home" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Enterprise Services Wiki</a>.</p>
<p>New SAP enhancement packages include the entire content and functionality of previous versions. SAP will continue to provide Support Packages for ECC 6.0, contaning legal changes and corrections, on a regular basis and during the defined <a title="SAP Support Packages Maintenance Period" href="http://service.sap.com/maintenance" target="_blank">maintenance period</a>. SAP has also planned to deliver enhancement packages to other SAP applications like CRM or SCM.</p>
<p><strong>2 &#8211; Must know before installation</strong></p>
<p>There are two major features which differentiate SAP enhancement packages from older technologies:</p>
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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Selective installation of software components</span>: each enhancement package will contain the new versions of existing software components. Only the funcionality you want to use will be updated.<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Selective activation of new functionality</span>: new funcionality must be explicitly switched on and activated.</p>
<p>2.1 &#8211; Selective Installation</p>
<p>SAP enhancement packages allows updates to parts of the ECC system. It is now possible to update the ECC server or the Web AS. New HCM features are updated via the EA-HR component on the ECC server. The whole procedure is now more automated and controled by the Solution Manager &#8211; Maintenance Optimizer.</p>
<p>As part of the ongoing development of the <a title="SAP Netweaver" href="http://service.sap.com/netweaver" target="_blank">Netweaver</a> platform, SAP leverages the Enhancement and Switch Framework to enable new functionality. Ths installation of enhancement packages has no effect on the underlying layer of the SAP Netweaver platorm.</p>
<p>The installation process is detached from activation, which means that we can now provide the more recent functionality in the system as well as continue with the regular maintenance activities. To maximize performance and reduce effort, SAP enhancement packages should be applied in a queue, together with any necessary Support Packages. <strong>Note</strong> that after an enhancement package is installed and activated, it won&#8217;t be possible to revert this. SAP recommends that customers should have a Sandbox system to perform pretesting of new functionality, upgrades and patches.</p>
<p><strong>3 &#8211; Installation</strong></p>
<p>Effortwise, the system administration folks can look at enhacement packages as support packages. As explained above, both should be included in one queue. There are, however, some dependencies that need to be higlighted &#8211; SAP Solution Manager Maintenance Optimizer will treat them automatically. The following tools are used for installation, depending on the type of software component:</p>
<ul>
<li>ABAP software components are installed using SAINT;</li>
<li>Java software components are installed using JPSM;</li>
<li>Portal Content and Business Packages are installed using JPSM;</li>
<li>PI content is uploaded from the Integration Repository;</li>
<li>BI content is applied as common Support packages.</li>
</ul>
<p>3.1 &#8211; Prerequisites</p>
<ul>
<li>To use the Maintenance Optimizer, it is necessary to have the SAP Solution Manager aligned to the highest support package level in your system landscape. More information on the SAP Solution Manager at <a title="SAP Solution Manager" href="http://help.sap.com" target="_blank">help.sap.com</a> (SAP Solutions -&gt; SAP Solution Manager);</li>
<li>Make sure that the latest versions of SPAM and SAINT are updated in your systems;</li>
<li>Read SAP note <a title="SAP Note 1052522" href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1052522" target="_blank">1052522</a> to know in detail which Support Packages are required to install enhancement package 2;</li>
<li>Note that software components included in SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP ECC 6.0 contain new developments as well as corrections. So by looking at the system after applying the enhancement packages, there will be some software components in version 600 (with SP level 10) as well as software components in versopn 602 (with SP level 0 which contain equivalent correction to SP level 10 of the same component in version 600);</li>
</ul>
<p>3.2 &#8211; Select the Software Components</p>
<p>Select the software components which correspond to the business functions needed.</p>
<ul>
<li>More on SAP enhancement package 2 in SAP Note <a title="SAP Mote 1052470" href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1052470" target="_blank">1052470</a></li>
<li>More on SAP enhancement package 3 in SAP Note <a title="SAP Note 1083576" href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1052522" target="_blank">1083576</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>3.3 &#8211; Identify and download SAP enhancement packages using SAP Solution Manager Maintenance Optimizer</p>
<p>Create a new maintenance transaction for upgrading your system with SAP enhancement package 2 for ECC 6.0. A guided procedure is used to lead the user through the initial upgrade process. Select all the systems which will be affected by the upgrade. Afterwards, select the Technical Usages to apply for the systems. The SAP Solution Manager will automatically calculate all the necessary Support Packages and new software components needed for the chosen technical usages.</p>
<ul>
<li>Read more about the SAP Solution Manager Maintenance Optimizer at <a title="SAP Solution Manager" href="http://service.sap.com/solman-mopz" target="_blank">service.sap.com/solman-mopz</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>3.4 &#8211; Update ABAP software components using SAINT</p>
<p>SAP reccomends importing the SAP enhancement package and required support packages in one import queue. It might be necessary to adjust modifications after applying an update or support package. This can be done at once if you use a single queue.</p>
<ul>
<li>More on SAINT at <a title="SAP Help" href="http://help.sap.com" target="_blank">help.sap.com</a> (SAP Netweaver &gt; SAP Netweaver 7.0 &gt; &#8220;Access the SAP Netweaver Library&#8221;)</li>
</ul>
<p>3.5 &#8211; Update Java Components and Portal Content using JSPM</p>
<p>You can use the document result of the SAP Solution Manager Maintenance Optimizer in the JSPM tool, to create a single import queue.</p>
<ul>
<li>More on JSPM at <a title="SAP Help" href="http://help.sap.com" target="_blank">help.sap.com</a> (SAP Netweaver &gt; SAP Netweaver 7.0 &gt; &#8220;Access the SAP Netweaver Library&#8221;)</li>
</ul>
<p>3.6 &#8211; Update PI Content</p>
<p>The PI or ESR-Content corresponding to the PI version in use must be installed.</p>
<ul>
<li>More information on PI Content in chapter 2 of the <a title="eSOA Master Guide" href="http://service.sap.com/~sapdownload/011000358700001163412007E/50087098.pdf" target="_blank">eSOA Master Guide</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p>3.7 &#8211; Update Library</p>
<p>The more detailed application documentation will be installed on the server, through the chosen business functions. This means that only the relevant SAP library will be updated, according to the components you have updated.</p>
<ul>
<li>More on SAP Library at SAP Note <a title="SAP Note 1066110" href="https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1066110">1066110</a>.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>4 &#8211; Additional Links and Resources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="SAP Enhancement Master Guide" href="https://websmp103.sap-ag.de/erp-inst" target="_blank">SAP Enhancement Master Guide</a></li>
<li><a title="Enterprise SOA Masterguide" href="https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/erp-inst" target="_blank">Enterprise SOA Master Guide</a></li>
<li><a title="SAP Service Marketplace" href="http://service.sap.com/erp-ehp" target="_blank">SAP Service Marketplace</a></li>
<li><a title="Standard test case templates" href="http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_03/helpdata/EN/10/6abff28ad84562be39e6c442a56669/frameset.htm" target="_blank">Standard test case templates</a></li>
<li><a title="Introducing SAP enhancement packages for SAP ERP" href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/8056" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Introducing SAP enhancement packages for SAP ERP</a></li>
<li><a title="SAP Enhancement Packages for Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver" href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/11247" target="_blank" class="broken_link">SAP Enhancement Packages for Business Suite and SAP NetWeaver</a></li>
<li><a title="Survival Tips for the EHP Installer for SAP ERP" href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/12313" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Survival Tips for the EHP Installer for SAP ERP</a></li>
</ul>
<p>4.1 &#8211; Support Package Stack Equivalence Level</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-194" title="Support Package Stack Level" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sp-stack-level.jpg" alt="Support Package Stack Level" width="450" height="203" /></p>
<p>Note &#8211; to check installed Enhancement Packages in a system and their level, use transaction code <strong>SPAM</strong>.</p>


	
	
	
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		<description><![CDATA[Alvaro Tejada Galindo, also known as @Blag is a Senior ABAP Consultant from Lima &#8211; Perú. He started learning programming at the age of 20. He started with Visual Basic 6.0 and C++ and he also learned some Pascal, Euphoria and Java. In the past 10 years, Alvaro has been involved in ABAP development, also [...]
	
	
	
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<p>Alvaro Tejada Galindo, also known as <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Blag" target="_blank">@Blag</a> is a Senior <a title="Posts in ABAP" href="http://saplab.org/category/abap/">ABAP</a> Consultant from Lima &#8211; Perú. He started learning programming at the age of 20. He started with Visual Basic 6.0 and C++ and he also learned some Pascal, Euphoria and Java. In the past 10 years, Alvaro has been involved in ABAP development, also learn scripting languages like Ruby and PHP.</p>
<p>In this post, similarly to what he did back in <a title="Blag's best blogs picks from 2007" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/8090" target="_blank">2007</a>, <a title="Blag's best blogs picks from 2008" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/12475" target="_blank">2008</a> and <a title="Blag's best blogs picks from 2009" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17095" target="_blank">2009</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Blag" target="_blank">@Blag</a> compiled a list of what he considered the best and most useful SDN posts in 2010. Let me also take this opportunity to thank <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/#!/Blag" target="_blank">@Blag</a> for his contribution, it is really very useful besides it&#8217;s what I consider rich content.</p>
<h5>Ranting</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17267" target="_blank">The Grinch who stole the Questions </a>- <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251704642" target="_blank">Julius Bussche</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21761" target="_blank">Geek’s Dictionary: What is the Walldorf Kiss of Death?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/14831" target="_blank">Thorsten Franz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21759" target="_blank">Kiss of Death for Web Dynpro Java – The Follow-Up Questions</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/14831" target="_blank">Thorsten Franz</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21411" target="_blank">Can we reinvent the grey haired ABAPer?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251933811" target="_blank">John Moy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22023" target="_blank">Should SDN be used for cross-blogging?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/3225" target="_blank">Michael Nicholls</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22075" target="_blank">&#8220;Request-A-Blog&#8221; from a SAP Mentor</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/10448" target="_blank">Richard Hirsch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22531" target="_blank">Goodbye Simplicity, Hello Obfuscation &#8211; &amp;SAP_EDIT</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251723740" target="_blank">Chris Paine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22704" target="_blank">A Blogger&#8217;s Carol</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251822835" target="_blank">Jim Spath</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>WebDynpro</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17365" target="_blank">Silverlight Islands in Web Dynpro Java 7.20</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/24171" target="_blank">Yariv Zur</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18256" target="_blank">Wave Islands in Webdynpro ABAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251846178" target="_blank">Uwe Fetzer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17948" target="_blank">Web Dynpro ABAP: Display tiff images</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/19923" target="_blank">Elvez</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20671" target="_blank">ABAP Class using Singleton pattern &#8211; used in WDA Enhancements.</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/57898" target="_blank">ashish shah</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20905" target="_blank">Web Dynpro Forms using HCM Processes and Forms</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252088709" target="_blank">Brad Pokroy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21932" target="_blank">The death of Web Dypro Java has been greatly exaggerated…</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251697082" target="_blank">Wolfgang Hilpert</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21967" target="_blank">Technology Stability in a World of Constant Change</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/20" target="_blank">Michael Bechauf</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22206" target="_blank">WebDynpro UIs &#8211; Usable? </a>- <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252130442" target="_blank">Pete Lagana</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Beyond SAP</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17368" target="_blank">Are there SAP user groups in Latin America?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251822835" target="_blank">Jim Spath</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18312" target="_blank">Meet the Mentors</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/48024" target="_blank">Alvaro Tejada Galindo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18453" target="_blank">Ode to Marilyn Pratt: Honoring the Advocate on Ada Lovelace Day</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/2585" target="_blank">Moya Watson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18687" target="_blank">Twenty Four ^2</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251822835" target="_blank">Jim Spath</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18721" target="_blank">Consuming ABAP Webservices in Flex</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251771420" target="_blank">Neil Gardiner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20366" target="_blank">SAP Mentors setting the tone for consulting?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251753448" target="_blank">Dennis Howlett</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20818" target="_blank">I too want to become a famous blogger</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252078093" target="_blank">Muthu Ranganathan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22392" target="_blank">SAP SDN Blog Reader for iPad, iPhone and Android devices</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/1530" target="_blank">Helmut Tammen</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>SAP Developer Network</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17381" target="_blank">SAP Mentor Monday: Highlights 2009 from SAP Mentors</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/13" target="_blank">Mark Finnern</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17618" target="_blank">Turning a new page&#8230;</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/55615" target="_blank">Craig Cmehil</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17963" target="_blank">My UNOFFICIAL underground SCN promo fan video</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/6987" target="_blank">Chris Solomon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18373" target="_blank">Meet David Branan Community Support Angel</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/1915" target="_blank">Marilyn Pratt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18568" target="_blank">Powered by YOU: SCN By The Numbers</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251689471" target="_blank">Mark Yolton</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20734" target="_blank">Congratulations to the current Topic Leaders (2009-2010)</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251901981" target="_blank">Laure Cetin</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Business Server Pages</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17344" target="_blank">Single Sign On to BSP pages</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/37611" target="_blank">Holger Bruchelt</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Emerging Technologies</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17619" target="_blank">smartJSON &#8211; Lightweight JSON Library For ABAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252078123" target="_blank">Wiktor Nyckowski</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20971" target="_blank">iPhone App for searching HELP.SAP.COM</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251933811" target="_blank">John Moy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21038" target="_blank">Mobile Augmented Reality in SAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251856298" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Ivan Femia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22456" target="_blank">SAP River, Gateway and more at Innovative Community Day Bangalore</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251760438" target="_blank">Dipankar Saha</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Community Projects</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17678" target="_blank">unofficial Timeline of SAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251987681" target="_blank">Sergio Ferrari</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18681" target="_blank">Community Project ZGEOCODE</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/2345" target="_blank">Gregor Wolf</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Business Process Expert</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17821" target="_blank">Want Fries With That?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/1543" target="_blank">Martin Lang</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Widgets</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17855" target="_blank">SAP Mentor Directory 2010</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251760662" target="_blank">Anil Bavaraju</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Beginners</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18005" target="_blank">Web Dynpro ABAP on TV for beginner (Hello World)</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251699538" target="_blank">Holger Stumm</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19798" target="_blank">Video: Why &amp; How To Blog on SAP Community Network?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251878923" target="_blank">Natascha Thomson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20757" target="_blank">Growing in your SAP Career</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251870204" target="_blank">Somnath Manna</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17662" target="_blank">Asking Good Questions in the Forums to get Good Answers</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/58372" target="_blank">Rob Burbank</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>ABAP</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/17971" target="_blank">ABAPdoc v2</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251708914" target="_blank">Onno Bagijn</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19474" target="_blank">Macros &#8211; Good or Evil?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/29585" target="_blank">Gerd Rother</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20474" target="_blank">Twibap: the ABAP Twitter API</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251846178" target="_blank">Uwe Fetzer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20447" target="_blank">The ABAP Workbench and the Test-Driven Development Cycle in EHP1</a> -<a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251686928" target="_blank"> Stephen Pfeiffer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20791" target="_blank">xlsx2abap &#8211; Read and edit your Excel files from ABAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251856298" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Ivan Femia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21287" target="_blank">Enterprise Geeks to planet earth: &#8220;Houston, we have a problem&#8221;</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251753448" target="_blank">Dennis Howlett</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21504" target="_blank">Against All Odds &#8211; Programming of Communicating (S)ALV Grid Controls</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251890496" target="_blank">Uwe Schieferstein</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22146" target="_blank">Re-learn ABAP: Transition from Procedural to OO ABAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251865382" target="_blank">Eric</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22283" target="_blank">Calling a function module is now FM Droid</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/bc?u=NNdUVlwbcH0%3D" target="_blank">Raúl Vides Mosquera Pumaricra</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22285" target="_blank">abap2xlsx &#8211; I&#8217;m no longer a baby, I grow up and now I&#8217;m a fully featured tool</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251856298" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Ivan Femia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21303" target="_blank">Just When You Thought You Knew Everything about ABAP Date Calculations…</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/58372" target="_blank">Rob Burbank</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21817" target="_blank">Calling a function module (abap code)</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251746912" target="_blank">Raúl Vides Mosquera Pumaricra</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22476" target="_blank">ABAP Trial Version 7.02 available in SCN!</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/3934" target="_blank">Horst Keller</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22450" target="_blank">ABAP Testing and Troubleshooting Tools &#8211; Which Features Are In Which Releases?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251761782" target="_blank">Olga Dolinskaja</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22536" target="_blank">ABAP Debugger Scripting: Basics</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251686928" target="_blank">Stephen Pfeiffer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22599" target="_blank">ABAP Debugger Scripting: Advanced</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251686928" target="_blank">Stephen Pfeiffer</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Carreer Center</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18100" target="_blank">Nuke that code, let us start over</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251897721" target="_blank">Vijay Vijayasankar</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Standards</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18302" target="_blank">SCRUM as example for new approaches in application development</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251911741" target="_blank">Marcel Salein</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>SAP Education</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18741" target="_blank">How do you know the consultant you get is the consultant you interviewed?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251685644" target="_blank">Kevin Wilson</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/18849" target="_blank">SAP Certification: The Certification 5 Report</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251753448" target="_blank">Dennis Howlett</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20724" target="_blank">SAP Communities, SAP Mentors, what&#8217;s in it for me ? How to convince my boss to<br />
let me access it ? (SAP Inside Track debriefing &amp; Invitation to TechEd Networking Sessions)</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252112232" target="_blank">Martin Gillet</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>SAP SAPPHIRE</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19225" target="_blank">Where will you be ?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252053025" target="_blank">Abesh Bhattacharjee</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19260" target="_blank">Blue Shirt Brigade aka SAP Mentors at #SAPPHIRENOW #ASUG2010</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/13" target="_blank">Mark Finnern</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19311" target="_blank">Sapphire Now 2010 in Orlando &#8211; My First Sapphire</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252071744" target="_blank">Simon To</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19361" target="_blank">My Sapphire experience @Orlando and the people who made it special : Part &#8211; 1</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252053025" target="_blank">Abesh Bhattacharjee</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19362" target="_blank">My Sapphire experience @Orlando and the people who made it special : Part &#8211; 2</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252053025" target="_blank">Abesh Bhattacharjee</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Higher Education</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19340" target="_blank">SAP Mentors, Certification Five geek out with Bill McDermott</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251753448" target="_blank">Dennis Howlett</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19489" target="_blank">I would get SAP certified if&#8230;.</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251897721" target="_blank">Vijay Vijayasankar</a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>CRM</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/19914" target="_blank">Create your own BOL Object</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/5456" target="_blank">Harel Gilor</a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>SAP TechEd</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20896" target="_blank">Why I want to go to TechEd</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251723740" target="_blank">Chris Paine</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21807" target="_blank">#nataschatoteched: An SAP Mentors case study</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/52619" target="_blank">Ted Sapountzis</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21853" target="_blank">Zen and the Art of Community</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251752730" target="_blank">David Hull</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21862" target="_blank">Life After Demo Jam</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/35583" target="_blank">Matt Harding</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21880" target="_blank">SAPTechEd in Vegas&#8230;Win, lose, or draw?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/14064" target="_blank">Susan Keohan</a></li>
</ul>
<h5><strong>Community Day</strong></h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21032" target="_blank">A Scrapbook of SAP Inside Track Vancouver</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251900287" target="_blank">Jason Cao</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21969" target="_blank">We made it! SAP Inside Track Istanbul</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/29528" target="_blank">Abdulbasit Gulsen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22055" target="_blank">SAP Inside Track Sydney, Australia 2011</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251701007" target="_blank">Graham Robinson</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Service-Orientes Architecture</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21313" target="_blank">Semantics of Web Services</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/35460" target="_blank">Tobias Trapp</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Business Intelligence</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21575" target="_blank">The BW &#8211; HANA Relationship</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/8448" target="_blank">Thomas Zurek</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Mobile</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21745" target="_blank">SAP&#8217;s Mobile Strategy: Really?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/38983" target="_blank">John Appleby</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22178" target="_blank">Caffeine &#8211; ABAP to Go &#8211; The Motivation</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252006636" target="_blank">Daniel Vocke</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22478" target="_blank">Android and RESTFul web service instead of SOAP</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252128465" target="_blank">Michael Hardenbol</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22354" target="_blank">Mobile apps or HTML?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251875405" target="_blank">Tobias Hofmann</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Open Source</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21446" target="_blank">Barcodes in SAP with the Barcode Writer in Pure Postscript.</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251909024" target="_blank">Robert Russell</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21914" target="_blank">Call a function module in the ABAP Editor: Stop Crying &#8211; Start Laughing.</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252043295" target="_blank">Andrea Olivieri</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Analytics</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21826" target="_blank">What does SAP mean by &#8220;In-Memory&#8221;?</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/251729506" target="_blank" class="broken_link">Ethan Jewett</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>SAP xApps</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21839" target="_blank">Release : SAP MII Backuper v 1.0</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/252053025" target="_blank">Abesh Bhattacharjee</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>Code Exchange</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/20685" target="_blank">Creating your own project on Code Exchange</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/43450" target="_blank">Rui Nogueira</a></li>
</ul>
<h5>SAP Business Workflow</h5>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22215" target="_blank">What not to WF</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/14064" target="_blank">Susan Keohan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22624" target="_blank">Santa baby, hurry down the chimney tonight&#8230;</a> &#8211; <a href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/u/14064" target="_blank">Susan Keohan</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Source: blag&#8217;s <a title="SDN" href="http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22377" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SDN weblog</a></p>


	
	
	
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		<dc:creator>Antonio Caldas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am excited to announce another new content area in the SAPLAB.org blog. The &#8220;SAP White Papers&#8221; co-branded website contains literally hundreds of free offers which are provided to you on behalf of SAP. According to our partner RevResponse, all publications ate free because &#8220;while subscriptions to all the trade publications on the TradePub.com [...]
	
	
	
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<p>Today I am excited to announce another new content area in the SAPLAB.org blog. The &#8220;<a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/?pt=adv&#038;page=SAP" title="SAP Free White Papers">SAP White Papers</a>&#8221; co-branded website contains literally hundreds of <strong>free offers</strong> which are provided to you on behalf of SAP. </p>
<p>According to our partner <a href="http://www.revresponse.com/join.php?refbrand=saplab-org" title="Make money from compelling FREE Business Content" target="_blank">RevResponse</a>, all publications ate free because &#8220;<em>while subscriptions to all the trade publications on the TradePub.com web sites are free, some publications offer a limited &#8220;free trial period&#8221; followed by a solicitation for a paid subscription should the reader wish to continue receiving the magazine. TradePub.com never invoices for subscriptions</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>Let me highlight a couple of included white papers:</p>
<p><a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/c/pubRD.mpl?sr=hm&#038;_t=hm:&#038;pc=w_sapx181" title="Better Answers Through Better Questions"><img src="http://img.tradepub.com/free/w_sapx181/images/w_sapx181c2.gif"></a> <a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/c/pubRD.mpl?sr=hm&#038;_t=hm:&#038;pc=w_sapx181" title="Better Answers Through Better Questions">Better Answers Through Better Questions</a> &#8211; Learn what differentiates SAP BusinessObjects Explorer from BI tools you may be using now&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/c/pubRD.mpl?sr=adv&#038;_t=adv:SAP&#038;pc=w_sapx156" title="The Impact of Technology on Cost in Business Process Outsourcing"><img src="http://img.tradepub.com/free/w_sapx156/images/w_sapx156c2.gif"></a> <a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/c/pubRD.mpl?sr=adv&#038;_t=adv:SAP&#038;pc=w_sapx156" title="The Impact of Technology on Cost in Business Process Outsourcing">The Impact of Technology on Cost in Business Process Outsourcing</a> &#8211; Gain insight into the true cost of business process outsourcing (BPO)..</p>
<p>&#8230; among many others. Go on, start browsing and give it a try by <a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/?pt=adv&#038;page=SAP" title="SAP Free White Papers">clicking here</a> or click the option on the top navigation bar named &#8220;<a href="http://saplab-org.tradepub.com/?pt=adv&#038;page=SAP" title="SAP Free White Papers">SAP WHITE PAPERS</a>&#8220;. <strong>Hope you like this initiative</strong>. </p>
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		<dc:creator>Antonio Caldas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAPLAB reader Bruce Zivan sent us an email message suggesting to include an interesting fact sheet. For all of us who are involved in large SAP implementations, working with clients that work hard to keep in high SP levels, these are some curious and interesting facts that we can learn about. They will show us [...]
	
	
	
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<p>SAPLAB reader Bruce Zivan sent us an email message suggesting to include an interesting fact sheet. For all of us who are involved in large SAP implementations, working with clients that work hard to keep in high SP levels, these are some curious and interesting facts that we can learn about. They will show us a broader picture in terms of the impact that certain SAP Support Packages have in an SAP module.</p>
<p>The original message was the following:</p>
<blockquote><p>Dear Mr. Caldas,</p>
<p>Since I believe you are running SAP ERP 6.0, I thought you would be interested in this new SAP Support Package Stack 17 Fact Sheet.<br />
This Fact Sheet contains important facts and impact estimates that could help you prepare for implementation.</p>
<p>You can download the fact sheet here: http://go.panayainc.com/rs/panayainc/images/SAP_Support_Package_Stack_17_Fact_Sheet.pdf</p>
<p>Please let me know if you need any more information.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Bruce Zivan<br />
Business Development Executive<br />
Panaya Inc. &#8211; Cut 50% of your SAP upgrade cost with automation software.<br />
Tel US: + 1 415 329 0200<br />
E-mail: bruce.zivan@panayainc.com<br />
Web: www.panayainc.com</p></blockquote>
<p>Even though this e-mail might have some commercial purpose, nevertheless I considered this fact sheet useful to share it here in SAPLAB.</p>
<div id="download"><a href="http://go.panayainc.com/rs/panayainc/images/SAP_Support_Package_Stack_17_Fact_Sheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Click here to download the SAP Support Package Stack 17 Fact Sheet (PDF)</div>


	
	
	
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		<description><![CDATA[It gives me great pleasure to announce that today I&#8217;m releasing version 2.0 of the SAPLAB.org blog. Since the beginning of this project, roughly and more seriously about 2 years ago, I tried as much as possible to update the blog with useful and practical information around several SAP subjects. While doing this, I always [...]
	
	
	
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<p>It gives me great pleasure to announce that today I&#8217;m releasing version 2.0 of the <a href="http://saplab.org/">SAPLAB.org</a> blog. Since the beginning of this project, roughly and more seriously about 2 years ago, I tried as much as possible to update the blog with useful and practical information around several SAP subjects. While doing this, I always tried to add my own personal flavor and experience to it, without, obviously, compromising any client sensible information.</p>
<p>The result and feedback has been good and now I&#8217;ve decided to raise this project to a new level. Besides the new look and feel, which is now more web 2.0 friendly, new functionalities will come and also more posts in the following weeks. Please be aware and keep visiting the blog! Please click here to <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=saplaborg&#038;loc=en_US" target="_blank" title="Subscribe SAPLAB newsletter">subscribe the newsletter</a>, which will bring updates to your e-mail.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d also like to take this opportunity to thank all returning visitors, as well as new visitors landing in <a href="http://saplab.org/">SAPLAB</a>. Please take your time to browse through the blog and don&#8217;t forget to leave your comments. <strong>It&#8217;s what gives life to this project!</strong></p>
<p>Sincerely, kind regards.</p>
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<p>This is the first part of a series of posts that I&#8217;ll submit <del>in the following days</del> as soon as I can (!), covering the Support Package Stack Upgrade process. Directly or indirectly, many of you have already been in projects were you&#8217;ve heard this term. Weather you seek deep technical knowledge or just an overview of the process, understanding the necessary involved components and roles, this post is definitely for you.</p>
<p>First of all, and for the beginners&#8217; sake, I want to start by defining what is a SAP Support Package. In the same context, it is also important to understand what is a SAP Online Support System (OSS) Note. On a normal day, in the more than <a title="15 SAP FAQs" href="http://saplab.org/2009/10/15-sap-frequently-asked-questions-faq/#1">140.000 SAP system installations worldwide</a>, errors occur within these systems. Normally business critical situations happen less frequently but since SAP is composed by several pieces of software designed by humans, divided into <a title="SAP Application Areas" href="http://saplab.org/2009/03/sap-application-areas/">Application Areas</a> or Modules, there are quite a few bugs, errors and misconceptions which go through to clients&#8217; live systems.</p>
<p>So SAP provides a support portal on which clients can report these situations, categorizing them accordingly and assigning them with a different priority (most frequent are medium and high). The way these tickets are dealt with is also according to the type of agreement the company has with SAP &#8211; the bigger SAP clients usually have little response time. But they pay for it.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1232" title="SAP Online Support System (OSS)" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/sap-oss-notes.jpg" alt="SAP Online Support System (OSS)" width="500" height="140" /></p>
<p>The so called Online Support System – OSS &#8211; is the system SAP uses to manage these tickets and interaction flow with the Clients.</p>
<h2>SAP Notes</h2>
<p>When an identified issue is considered by SAP as a software defect, it will be solved by change of code, table configuration, etc, and it&#8217;s correction will be issued by SAP in the form of a <strong>SAP Note</strong>. SAP notes are an excellent way to keep our systems up to date with SAP so it&#8217;s a common task for a SAP Basis administrator to make sure the systems he works on are aligned with the most current versions implemented. Typically, large companies have predefined dates on which they apply what we&#8217;ll cover on the next point &#8211; the Support Packages.</p>
<h2>SAP Support Packages</h2>
<p>SAP Support Packages are bundles or collections of SAP notes (typical volume of grouped notes is 200). They&#8217;re also referred to as &#8220;Support Pack (SP)&#8221;. Support Packages are <strong>compiled periodically</strong> and are a set of SAP applications or specific components which are made available in the SAP Support Portal. SPs can be implemented using <a title="SAP Basis Transaction Codes" href="http://saplab.org/2009/05/sap-basis-transaction-codes/">basis transaction codes</a> like SPAM (Support Package Manager) or SAINT (SAP Add-On Installation Tool). For the JAVA stack of WAS a tool called Java Support Package Manager (JSPM) is used for SP deployment. So it is already clear that as a Basis Administrator, you will have to deal with the ABAP Stack (for the backend) and the JAVA Stack (for the front-end).</p>
<p><strong>Before starting with the Support Package Stack (SPS) upgrade, please make sure to cover the following points:</strong></p>
<p>1. Ensure that a <strong>full back</strong> of the system up has been performed.<br />
2. <strong>Read thoroughly</strong> the related SAP documentation. I recommend that start by reading the standard  SAP documentation available in the <a title="SAP Support Portal" href="https://websmp110.sap-ag.de/support">SAP Support</a>.<br />
3. Lock <strong>all SAP users</strong> except the ones used for the upgrade during the entire process.<br />
4. Ensure that the front-end server is in the <strong>correct version</strong> of the JAVA runtime environment.<br />
5. Ensure that you have the <em>correct patching</em> on the Oracle database.<br />
6. You should also have a <strong>complete check-list</strong> of whatever <strong>cut-over activities</strong> you&#8217;ll need to perform after the SP upgrade. A Z developments inventory is also a good idea.</p>
<p>Preparation and organization play a <strong>critical part </strong>in this process!</p>
<p>On my next post I&#8217;ll describe the Support Package Upgrade process step by step, covering the SPAM execution, the ABAP Stack, the JAVA Stack and the Kernel Upgrade.</p>
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<p>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 instance is a bundle of technically dependent software component versions to be installed on one single logical system. The technical release information is displayed per instance.</p>
<p>Example: The product version <a title="SAP Netweaver Topics" href="http://saplab.org/category/netweaver/" target="_self">SAP NetWeaver</a> 7.0 is structured into the instances &#8216;Application Server ABAP&#8217;, &#8216;Application Server Java&#8217;, &#8216;<a title="SAP Portal Topics" href="http://saplab.org/category/enterprise-portal/" target="_self">Enterprise Portal</a>&#8216;, &#8216;Frontend&#8217; etc. The &#8216;Application Server ABAP&#8217; itself consists mainly of the software component versions SAP BW 7.00, SAP ABA 7.00, <a title="SAP Basis System Tools" href="http://saplab.org/category/system/" target="_self">SAP BASIS</a> 7.00 and SAP Kernel 7.00 32-BIT (or a newer downward compatible one).</p>
<p>Please note that you will need a valid SAP OSS user in order to access <a title="SAP Product Availabilty Matrix (PAM)" href="https://websmp203.sap-ag.de/pam" target="_blank">SAP&#8217;s Product Availability Matrix (PAM) website</a>.</p>
<p>In case you don&#8217;t have a company issued SAP user, here&#8217;s your opportunity to get the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Product Availability Matrix (PAM) document, just click on the download link below.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the 2009 edition of SAPPHIRE, SAP gives us the opportunity to download some free brochures. You can find your way by browsing by Solutions/Services or by Industry. Use the  search tool to look for brochures that provide additional insight into topics covered at SAPPHIRE 2009. In case your attended the event, you&#8217;ll be able [...]
	
	
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<p>Following the 2009 edition of <a title="SAPPHIRE event" href="http://www.sap.com/about/events/sapphire/index.epx" target="_blank">SAPPHIRE</a>, SAP gives us the opportunity to download some free brochures. You can find your way by browsing by Solutions/Services or by Industry. Use the  search tool to look for brochures that provide additional insight into topics covered at SAPPHIRE 2009. In case your attended the event, you&#8217;ll be able to download full and complete content. To do this, SAPPHIRE 2009 badge number and visit the <a title="SAP Literature Kiosk" href="http://kiosk.sap.com/sapphire2009orlando/index.epx" target="_blank">SAP Literature Kiosk</a>.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Instructions</span></strong>:</p>
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<li>Enter a keyword or select options from the pull-down menus.</li>
<li>You can use both keywords and menus to make your search more precise.</li>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Link/URL:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Download SAP Solution and Industry Brochures" href="http://www.sap.com/community/events/sapphire_online_2009/brochures/index.epx" target="_blank" class="broken_link"><strong><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-655" title="Download SAP Solution and Industry Brochures" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sapphire-screenshot.jpg" alt="Download SAP Solution and Industry Brochures" width="450" height="286" /><br />
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<p>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&#8217;t configured the Single Sign-On provided by SAP for OSS users, please read below &#8211; I&#8217;ve included an easy step by step to configure this.  If you&#8217;re like any other SAP technical or even functional consultant, for sure that you will spend lots of time in the <a title="SAP Developer Network" href="http://sdn.sap.com" target="_blank">SDN</a> website. And if you&#8217;ve been there s few times, you already know that the website will ask you for your username/password at least twice. Using Single Sign-On with SAP Passports will allow you to <em>&#8220;access many of the portals within the SAP Service Marketplace without having to enter your user-ID and password&#8221;</em> (source: SAP).</p>
<p>What SAP referes to as SAP Passports are nothing more that Digital Certificates, which guarantees a secure access between your computer and any SAP Portal using the digital certificate which is generated and installed.</p>
<p>Please follow the steps below to enable Single Sign-On for SAP websites with your OSS user.</p>
<p>1. Access <a title="SAP Marketplace" href="http://service.sap.com" target="_blank">http://service.sap.com</a></p>
<p>2. Click on &#8220;Benefit from Single Sign-On&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-236" title="SAP Marketplace" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-01.jpg" alt="SAP Marketplace" width="500" height="282" /></p>
<p>3. On the next screen, you will see some relevant information. Take your time and learn more about Single Sign-On with SAP OSS users by reading the “Read documentation first” and “More on SAP Passports”</p>
<p>4. Click on “Apply for a SAP Passport”</p>
<p>5. You should now enter your account information, SAP user and password</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-238" title="Apply for a SAP Passport" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-02.jpg" alt="Apply for a SAP Passport" width="327" height="256" /></p>
<p>6. After authenticating, you will access the “Applying for an SAP Passport” page. You should now confirm your information and re-enter your password before proceeding.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-239" title="Apply for a SAP Passport" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-03.jpg" alt="Apply for a SAP Passport" width="500" height="296" /></p>
<p>7. Enter your password and click on “Apply for SAP Passport”</p>
<p>8. The following message will appear:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-240" title="Apply for a SAP Passport" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-04.jpg" alt="Apply for a SAP Passport" width="500" height="84" /></p>
<p>9. Click “Yes”</p>
<p>10. The following message will appear:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-241" title="Apply for a SAP Passport" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-05.jpg" alt="Apply for a SAP Passport" width="500" height="87" /></p>
<p>11. Click “Yes”</p>
<p>12. The following message will appear:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-243" title="Apply for a SAP Passport" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-06.jpg" alt="Apply for a SAP Passport" width="500" height="173" /></p>
<p>13. Click “Yes”</p>
<p>14. You should receive a confirmation that the SAP Passport was successfully installed and you can now make use of it. For that, you will need to restart all your browser sessions.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-244" title="Apply for a SAP Passport" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-07.jpg" alt="Apply for a SAP Passport" width="500" height="127" /></p>
<p>15. After restarting the browser, access the SAP Marketplace again –<a title="SAP Service Marketplace" href="http://service.sap.com" target="_blank"> http://service.sap.com</a></p>
<p>16. The following screen will appear:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-246" title="SAP Passport - Digital Certificate" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-08.jpg" alt="SAP Passport - Digital Certificate" width="381" height="329" /></p>
<p>17. Note that the “Name” field will correspond to your SAP OSS user (hidden in the examples for obvious reasons).</p>
<p>18. If you click on “View Certificate”, you will be able to check some useful information, like the validity and the status:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-247" title="SAP Passport - Digital Certificate" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-09.jpg" alt="SAP Passport - Digital Certificate" width="410" height="478" /></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-248" title="SAP Passport - Digital Certificate" src="http://saplab.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sap-marketplace-10.jpg" alt="SAP Passport - Digital Certificate" width="410" height="478" /></p>
<p>19.  Go back and click on “Ok”. You will access the SAP Marketplace without having to enter your username and password again.</p>
<p>You are now ready to use Single Sign-On on the SAP Service Marketplace. You will be able to access many of the portals within the SAP Service Marketplace without having to enter your user-ID and password.</p>


	
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