At a time where the SCN website is due to have a clean face, SAP employee and SAP mentor Mark Finnern delights us, yet again, with a highly useful post titled “Top 25 SCN Blogs of all Time“. In case you have missed it, here is your opportunity to know which are the most popular SAP SCN weblogs, of all time. This ranking has been produced taking in consideration the number of user views, counted on the last 8 years. So these are the most viewed weblogs, which obviously reflect which SAP subjects users are more interested in.

Mark Finnern also adds a few observations that sustain this thorough list:

Wow there are some well known names and some surprises in the list, not the least the number one blog post by Steffen Weber. With 178K almost twice as many hits as the famous often updated originaly named XI FAQ post by Michal Krawczyk. Looks like the Excel Macro File referenced in Steffen’s blog post does come really handy. Congratulations Steffen for having written the most viewed post of the last 8 years.

I have to smile seeing that Michal’s XI/PI FAQ post is #2. I had long discussion with him why this kind of content should be moved to a wiki page so that everyone can improve it. His argument is that you need a curator, otherwise the quality isn’t there. Number of views he got is proofing his point, comments of certain links not working anymore can be counted for the wiki camp, but this is not the blog post to bring up that argument again, but to celebrate the top blog posts of SCN.

Thomas Jung can ad the title Master of SCN blogging to the long list of his career achievements, as 6 of his posts are in the top 25. I am always at awe seeing the beauty and quality of his posts. I remember the early beginnings when Brain McKellar nudged him after seeing his excellent BSP forum answers to post blogs. I am so glad he did oh and we miss Brian on SCN.

Love it that a Crystal Report post by Blair Wheadon is #5. It is a beautiful proof, that the BOBJ community has found a home on SCN. Being posted only 2 years ago in December 2009 it is also the youngest blog post on the list. Really amazing that it is on rank #5 already. Well done Blair.

Just wow that there are still 3 Roberto Negro posts in this top 25 list. He used to dominate the BW space, as it was called back in the mid 2000s. He moved on and is unfortunately not working in the SAP space anymore. Really bummed that he nver made it to a TechEd, or at least I don’t remember. I hope the hammock he once offered me is still standing somewhere in Italy waiting for me to relax in. Roberto we really miss you here, please come back.

Manfred Lutz and Ingo Hilgefort are the other two bloggers that have more than one post in the list. We have over 3000 SCNers who have written at least one post, To be in the top 25 is quite the achievement. Thank you all for putting the effort in.

Top 25 SCN Blogs of all Time

1. SAP NetWeaver Portal Reporting for Collaboration Rooms
This Blog describes how to create consolidated and ordered reports out of standard SAP NetWeaver Portal collaboration room raw data files.
Steffen Weber in Knowledge Management (KM), Standards, SAP NetWeaver Platform

2. XI/PI FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Exchange Infrastructure – Frequently Asked Questions
Michal_Krawczyk_PIXI in SAP Process Integration (PI)

3. Sending E-Mail from ABAP – Version 610 and Higher – BCS Interface
Yesterday I posted a weblog on how to send E-Mails from ABAP in releases <= 46D using the API functions. Today we are going to look at releases >= 610 and the BCS Interface.
Thomas Jung in ABAP, Application Server

4. Web Dynpro ABAP Demonstration Videos
Web Dynpro, with its strong graphical modeling environment, provides an interesting challenge for authors of all types of written materials on the subject. Often videos can fill that gap. This weblog describes several hours of newly released Web Dynpro ABAP videos.
Thomas Jung in ABAP, Beginner, Enterprise Portal (EP), Web Dynpro

5. Crystal Reports in Visual Studio 2010
An overview of how Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 customers will receive Crystal Reports.
Blair Wheadon in SAP Crystal Reports, Interoperability .NET

6. New Blog Series: ABAP Trial Version for Newbies
New Blog Series: ABAP Trial Version for Newbies With the new build of the SAP NetWeaver 2004s ABAP Trial Version (SP11), we in SAP NetWeaver Product Management are eager to introduce, through a series of blogs, SAP ABAP technology to those with limited ABAP experience.
Manfred Lutz in ABAP, Application Server, Beginner, Web Dynpro

7. BusinessObjects and SAP Part I
This is Part I of a series on BusinessObjects and SAP products.
Ingo Hilgefort in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert

8. How do you activate ABAP Proxies?
Have you got the error message “Unable to connect to the Integration Builder, when you are trying to create a ABAP PROXY from a R/3 system? This blog show the steps to be executed to make sure you are able to build ABAP Proxies.
vijaya kumari in SAP Process Integration (PI)

9. SAP NetWeaver 7.0 – Java and ABAP Trial Version on Linux – VMware Edition – Tips & Tricks
Here you find the required steps missed out in the official Documentation. How to get the Application Server running, install the License and connect from Windows.
Gregor Wolf in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform

10. BSP a Developer’s Journal Part XIV – Consuming WebServices with ABAP
In this BSP Developer’s Journal we once again look at a technology that just does ride on the edge of the BSP environment. We look at how we can call WebServices with ABAP.
Thomas Jung in Business Server Pages, ABAP, Application Server

11. LOGISTIC COCKPIT DELTA MECHANISM – Episode one: V3 Update, the ‘serializer’
This is the first episode of a series (of three) concernig delta mechanism in the Logistic Cockpit for BW. Here you can find a short overview examining the conception and technical background of delta extraction related to logistic flows towards BW system by using the Serialized V3 Update.
Roberto Negro in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse

12. Basic ABAP OO eLearnings
I frequently receive requests for learning materials on basic ABAP Object Oriented concepts. In response I have created a 5 part eLearning series that is intended to be accessible to anyone just starting out with ABAP OO.
Thomas Jung in ABAP, Beginner, Business Server Pages, Web Dynpro

13. Troubleshoot the SAP NetWeaver 2004s BI Frontend Installation
This aim of this blog is to discuss how to configure your browser parameters as well as discuss how to install the latest SAP NetWeaver 2004s BI Frontend Components. Keep in mind that it is always best to keep your frontend patches up to do date. This article covers most of the issues I’ve seen when working with different browsers and frontend components specifically related to installation of frontend components.
Prakash Darji in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Enterprise Portal (EP)

14. LOGISTIC COCKPIT – WHEN YOU NEED MORE – First option: enhance it !
Through this weblog we will go on in our tour around the logistic data extraction world: after having familiarized with the data flows that the system can run for every available update methods in LBWE and before approaching all the other extraction mechanisms managed by SAP Business Warehouse, now it’s necessary facing this question: what’s happen if a standard logistic datasource (and its related information set) is not enough for our needs ?
Roberto Negro in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse

15. Web Dynpro ABAP exercises from TechEd 2007
For those who are looking to improve their Web Dynpro ABAP skills, here is the content of the hands-on session for Web Dynpro ABAP at TechEd 2007. Based on the ESM (Enterprise Sales Model), the exercises are structured so that the result of one task forms the foundation for the next exercise. The download contains all required objects, the ESM data generator, the example solutions, the templates, and the document ‘CD255 Developing User Interfaces with Web Dynpro ABAP’. All you need is a local installation of the latest ABAP Trial Version.
Manfred Lutz in ABAP, Application Server, Web Dynpro

16. Gravity – Collaborative Business Process Modelling within Google Wave
Gravity is a prototype developed by SAP Research in Brisbane, Australia and SAP NetWeaver Development providing real-time, cloud-based collaborative business process modelling within Google Wave. Google Wave is Google’s new real-time collaboration platform that combines features of e-mail, social networking, wikis and instant messaging in one integrated browser-based client.
Alexander Dreiling in Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Consumer Products, Insurance, Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research, Enterprise Social Systems

17. Update Your ABAP Development Skills to SAP NetWeaver 7.0
If the title of this blog sounds familiar, then chances are good that you have attended session CD251 at one of the TechEds this year. Now find out how some of the core content of this TechEd Session has been made available as an Online SDN E-Learning.
Thomas Jung in ABAP, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Web Dynpro

18. BusinessObjects and SAP – Installation and Configuration Part 1 of 4
In this blog series I am describing the steps that are required to install and configure the BusinessObjects solution on top of a SAP BI system (Part #1).
Ingo Hilgefort in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Community Day, ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd

19. ABAP Proxies in XI(Client Proxy)
The other way of interfacing XI is through proxies. From WAS 6.20, proxy generation feature enables application systems to communicate with XI using proxies. Proxy generation enables you to create proxies in application systems. Proxies encapsulate the creation or parsing of XML messages and the communication with the relevant runtime components required to send or receive the messages.
Ravikumar Allampallam in SAP Process Integration (PI)

20. Generic Extraction via Function Module
Short overview about the extraction api, using custom defined function modules.
Siegfried Szameitat in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse

21. Aspirant to learn SAP XI…You won the Jackpot if you read this!-Part I
My inbox is flooding with many mails soliciting the direction to start their career into SAP XI. I am too lethargic to reply for everyone as it is a bit lengthy process to explicate it in a mail. You can ask me, Why am blogging so late? I told you already am lazy to pen lengthy stuff:)…But…One day I got a mail from an graduate student asking me to guide him…!!….Alas! Iam amazed and impressed with that mail….I guess SDN Community has accomplished its goal in global marketing and inspiring all sorts of people across the globe……Kuddos to SDN!…
Sravya Talanki in SAP Process Integration (PI)

22. LOGISTIC COCKPIT DELTA MECHANISM – Episode three: the new update methods
This third episode describes in detail all the elements required to help make an aware selection of the right new update method (after the serialized V3 update mechanism replacement) for the applications related to the Logistic Cockpit.
Roberto Negro in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse

23. Http* Errors in XI
There are many forum discussions about Http Errors. This blog is collective information about most common HTTP errors occurring during XI implementations and possible tips to solve the problems.
Krishna Moorthy P in SAP Process Integration (PI)

24. SAP’s definitive strategy for planning technologies moving forward: What’s the word on BPC, BI-IP and SRC?
This blog discuss SAP’s direction for planning products. It describes SAP’s official stance, and provides a bit more insight into Business Planning and Consolidation 7.0, version for SAP NetWeaver.
Ryan Leask in Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Solutions, Enterprise Performance Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform

25. First steps to work with Change Request Management scenario
This blog describes how to create a test landscape to practice with the Charm scenario in Solution Manager 7.0 without creating interferences with real TMS landscapes. Also you will find tips and tricks for the common mistakes in the configuration of this scenario.
Dolores Correa in SAP Solution Manager

Many thanks again to Mark Finnern for this great contribution. Here is Mark’s career summary.

Mark Finnern is the Chief Community Evangelist of the SAP Community Network focusing on the SAP Mentor initiative. He is an SAP veteran, has implemented SAP FI/CO at many customers in Germany and the US. Was the co-inventor of the Pre-Configured Client (PCC), which at times was used by 90% of all US SAP customers to save implementation time. It evolved into SAP’s Best Practices and All-In-One offerings. He is the proud owner of a Traffic Monitoring System patent. Mark was the driving force behind community features of the SAP Community Network: Blogs, points recognition system, wiki, Community Day now Inside Track. Mark Finnern has a bachelor’s degree in Business oriented Computer Science from the Fachhochschule in Furtwangen Germany. He is also the founder and host of the Future Salon with its new tag line: Creating a world that works for all.

Source: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/27705

It gives me great pleasure to announce that today I’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 tried to add my own personal flavor and experience to it, without, obviously, compromising any client sensible information.

The result and feedback has been good and now I’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 subscribe the newsletter, which will bring updates to your e-mail.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all returning visitors, as well as new visitors landing in SAPLAB. Please take your time to browse through the blog and don’t forget to leave your comments. It’s what gives life to this project!

Sincerely, kind regards.

Antonio Caldas

General:

IW31 – Create Plant Maintenance Order
IW32 – Change Plant Maintenance Order
IW33 – Display Plant Maintenance Order
IW34 – Create Notification Order
IW51 – Create Service Notification
IW52 – Change Service Notification
IW53 – Display Service Notification
IW54 – Create Service Notification roblem notification
IW55 – Create Service Notification :Activity Request
IW56 – Create Service Notification :Service Request
IW57 – Assign deletion Flag to Completed Service Notifications
IW58 – Change Service Notifications: Selection of Notification
IW59 – Display Service Notifications: Selection of Notification
IA07 – Display General Task List
IA03 – Display Equipment Task List
IA13 – Display Functional Location Task List
IR03 – Display Work Centre
KO88 – Settle Order (Single)
IW32 – Change Work Order
IW31 – Create Work Order
IW33 – Display Work Order
IW38 – Work Order List Editing – Change
IW39 – Work Order List Editing – Display
IW40 – Work Order List Editing – Display Multi Level
ME21 – Create Purchase Order (pre R4.6)
ME21N – Create Purchase Order (R4.6 onwards)
IP41 – Create Single Cycle Plan (R4 onwards)
IE02 – Change Equipment
IE01 – Create Equipment
IE03 – Display Equipment
IE05 – Equipment List Editing – Change
IE08 – Equipment List Editing – Display
IW42 – Overall Completion Confirmation
IW26 – Create Notification
QS42 – Display Catalog
ML81 – Create Service Entry Sheet
MM03 – Display Material
CS03 – Display Material BOM
IW13 – Material Where Used List
IW66 – Change Notification List of Tasks
IW67 – Display Notification List of Tasks
IW22 – Change Notification
IW23 – Display Notification
IH01 – Display Functional Location Structure
MB11 – Goods Movement
MB31 – Goods Receipt
IW8W – Goods Receipt for Refurbishment (R4 onwards)
IP02 – Change Maintenance Plan
IP03 – Display Maintenance Plan
IP10 – Schedule Maintenance Plan
IP30 – Deadline Monitoring
IP11 – Change Maintenance Strategy
IP12 – Display Maintenance Strategy
IP19 – Maintenance Scheduling Overview Graphic
IP24 – Maintenance Scheduling Overview List
IW28 – Notification List Editing – Change
IW29 – Notification List Editing – Display
IW30 – Notification List Editing – Display Multi Level
IW64 – Change Notification List of Activities
IW65 – Display Notification List of Activities
IW68 – Change Notification List of Items
IW69 – Display Notification List of Items
IQ03 – Display Serial Numbers
IW24 – Create Notification
IP42 – Create Strategy Maintenance Plan (from R4 onwards)
IW25 – Create Notification
IL02 – Change Functional Location
IL01 – Create Functional Location
IL03 – Display Functional Location
IL05 – Functional Location List Editing – Change
IL06 – Functional Location List Editing – Display
IW41 – Time Confirmation – Indvidual Entry
IW48 – Time Confirmation – Collective Entry with Selection
IW44 – Time Confirmation – Collective Entry no Selection
IA11 – Create Functional LocationTask Lists
IA12 – Change Functional Location Task List
IL02 – Change Functional Location
IA05 – Create General Task List
IA06 – Change General Task List
IA01 – Create Equpment Task List
IA02 – Change Equipment Task List
IE03 – Display Equipment
IR01 – Create Work Centre
IR02 – Change Work Centre
CA85 – Replace Work Centre
IP13 – Strategy Package Sequence
IP14 – Strategy Package Sequence
IP04 – Create Maintenance Item
IP05 – Change Maintenance Item
IP06 – Display Maintenance Item
IP17 – Maintenance Item List Editing – Change
IP18 – Maintenance Item List Editing – Display
IP02 – Change Maintenance Plan
IP03 – Display Maintenance Plan
IP15 – Maintenance Plan List Editing – Change
IP16 – Maintenance Plan List Editing – Display
IK11 – Create Measurement Documents
IK12 – Change Measurement Documents
IK13 – Display Measurement Documents
IK22 – Measurement Documents List Editing – Create
IK21 – Measurement Documents List Editing – Create
IK22 – Measurement Documents List Editing – Create
IK18 – Measurement Documents List Editing – Change
IK17 – Measurement Documents List Editing – Display
IK41 – Measurement Documents List Editing – Display Archive
IQ01 – Create Serial Numbers
IQ02 – Change Serial numbers
IQ04 – Serial Numbers List Editing – Create
IQ08 – Serial Numbers List Editing – Change
IQ09 – Serial Numbers List Editing – Display
IK01 – Create Measurment Point
IK02 – Change Measurement Point
Ik03 – Display Measurement Point
IK08 – Measurement Point List Editing – Change
Ik07 – Measurement Point List Editing – Display

This is not entirely new information but since this is a “Cross” SAP blog, I wouldn’t want to skip out this definition. It is always useful to know what application areas does SAP cover. First of all, let me refresh you the SAP roadmap strategy for the following years.

This is where SAP intends to go, focusing on a Business Model Innovation strategy:

From an upgrade and maintenance point of view, SAP will drop extended maintenance for R/3 4.6c by the end of 2009. Further maintenance will be “customer specific maintenance”.

Each business process has a segment previously set. Each one of these segments is known as a Business Application Area. These areas are comprehensive and help us know and keep the whole system in context. They also provide us the level of SAP R/3 (or currently SAP ERP) covering.

Even if we’re not aiming to implement a specific module, sometimes we’ll have to set it partially. It happens commonly due to the integrated nature of the system, since functionalities have been put together establishing modules. The official division has the following configuration:

CA – Cross Application Functions

• Document Management System
• Classification System
• CAD Integration
• SAP Office
• Plant Data Collection
• General Task Functions
• Documentation Tools
• Distribution (ALE)
• Eletronic Data Interchange
• ArchiveLink
• Message Control
• Translations

FI – Financial Accounting (FI/CO transaction codes)

• Global Settings
• General Ledger Accounting
• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• Legal Consolidation
• Consolidation Preparation
• Asset Accounting
• Special Purpose Ledger
• Electronic Bank Statement
• Financial Information System

TR – Treasury

• Cash Management
• Cash Budget Management and Financial Budgeting
• Commitment Accounting

CO – Controlling (FI/CO transaction codes)

• Controlling General
• Overhead Cost Controlling
• Product Cost Controlling
• Profitability Analysis

IM – Investment Management

• Investment Programs
• Investment Orders
• Investment Projects

EC – Enterprise Controlling

• Profit Center Accounting
• Executive Information System

LO – Logistics General

• Managing Material Master Data
• Business Partners
• Environment Data
• Variant Configuration
• Engineering Change Management
• Logistics Information System

SD – Sales and Distribution

• Schedule Agreement Processing
• Availability Check and Requirements
• Pricing and Conditions
• Sales
• Shipping
• Transportation
• Foreign Trade
• Billing
• Sales Support
• Credit Management
• Information and Analysis

MM – Materials Management

• Consumption-Based Planning
• Purchasing Guide
• Inventory Management
• Valuation and Account Assignment
• Invoice Verification
• Material Evaluation
• Warehouse Management
• Vendor Evaluation
• Material Ledger

QM – Quality Management

• Quality Plannning
• Quality Inspection
• Quality Certificates
• Quality Notifications

PM – Plaint Maintenance

• Equipment and Technical Objects
• Preventive Maintenance
• Maintenance Order Management
• Maintenance History

PP – Production Planning

• Bills of Material
• Demand Management
• Routings
• Sales & Operations planning
• Master Plannning
• Capacity Planning
• Material Requirements Planning
• Production Orders
• Kanban
• Repetitive Manufacturing
• Work Centers

PS – Project System

• Task Management
• Reference Guide

PD – Personnel Planning and Development

• Organizational Management
• Training and Event Management
• Personnel Development
• Workforce Planning
• Personnel Cost Planning
• Room Reservations Planning
• Structural Graphics

PA/PY – Personnel Administration and Payroll Accounting

• Personnel Administration
• Benefits
• Recruitment
• Time Management
• Incentive Wages
• Travel Expenses
• Payroll: Country Specifications

IN – International Development

• Africa (South Africa)
• Asian Pacific Area (Australia, China, Japan, Singapore)
• Europe (Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom)
• North America (Canada, Mexico, USA)
• South America (Argentina, Brazil)

BC – Basis Components

• Workflow Management
• Frontend Services
• Report Tree
• Computer Center Management System
• ABAP/4 Dictionary
• ABAP/4 Workbench
• ABAP/4 Query
• SAP Graphics
• SAP Communication
• Style & Layout set Maintenance
• Modification and Enhancements
• Authorization Administration
• Computer Aided Test Tool
• Application Data Archiving and Reorganization