Finance Led ERP: Why and What

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  1. A Three-Step Process for Averting Downtime When Modifying Your R/3 System

    /Project ManagementWhether your SAP system is still in its settling-in phase, or is one that has been firmly entrenched for years, ushering in new changes is a nontrivial challenge. Even small, seemingly innocuous changes, like rearranging a screen, introducing new headings on a report, or revising your backup practices can introduce downtime. Large or small,…...…
  2. Destination and Session Management for the SAP DCOM Connector

    The SAP DCOM Connector (SDC) is the standard middleware for Windows applications that require access to SAP functionality. SDC contains an API that offers access to the “destinations” in which R/3 system and user information required for logon is maintained. This article provides an overview of those destinations and the SDC API that enables a…...…
  3. Paving the Way for a Smooth and Successful Integration of Your EDI and SAP Systems

    /Project ManagementSAP professionals are finding that the integration of SAP and EDI systems is fundamental to many of the e-commerce applications they are being asked to support. All too often, however, SAP teams do not have a working knowledge of their organization’s in-house EDI subsystem, and vice versa. This article aims to bridge that gap…...…
  4. BAPI Programming with Java — Beyond the Basics

    SAP’s Common RFC Interface for Java has made it easier for customers to adopt the “outside-in” approach, whereby Java programs running on non-SAP systems can make BAPI calls into an R/3 system to leverage R/3 functionality. Working with Java middleware for SAP R/3 is a somewhat complex affair. This article outlines some of the nasty…...…
  5. Better Management of Change Requests with Extended Transport Control

    Every implementation and development team instinctively knows that the transporting of change requests is vital to the success of an R/3 implementation. Recognizing that this process can become overwhelming, SAP introduced extended transport control with Release 4.5, so once you define client-specific transport routes, you don’t have to worry about managing into which clients a…...…
  6. Building Your Own BAPIs — A Step-by-Step Guide

    If you have some experience with crafting applications that utilize BAPIs and want to know how to actually create and implement a BAPI in the event that an appropriate BAPI does not exist, this article is for you. Once you have searched through the BOR and identified the suitable object types for your application, and…...…
  7. A Custom Performance Test — Is It for You?

    A load test makes sense — in fact, it’s an absolute must — for large, complex, or highly customized systems with add-ons. In these situations, a load test, whereby you physically test a heavily loaded system before it is deployed, is the only way to verify that the hardware sizing, configuration, and parameterization of your…...…
  8. Optimizing, Monitoring, and Fine-Tuning a Newly Upgraded Release 4.x Spool Service

    For Release 3.x spool servers, all output requests and related management activities are anchored by a single spool work process. Needless to say, processing bottlenecks can be a common occurrence, forcing administrators to add additional R/3 servers just to get more spool work processes. Release 4.x spool servers, which can support multiple spool work processes,…...…
  9. Selecting the Optimal System Landscape for Your SAP R/3 Upgrade Project

    An R/3 upgrade requires that changes be made to the new system, and it requires support for ongoing changes to the production system as well, so the underlying system landscape must make it easy to manage change. Most upgrade projects use a variation on one of two landscape strategies: rehearsal of the upgrade process on…...…
  10. Transaction Handling in SAP R3 What Every Programmer Needs to Know

    Understanding how R/3 is able to handle even very large numbers of transactions with ease is essential for any ABAP or BAPI developer who wants to build performance-optimized applications, and for administrators who are charged with maintaining overall system performance. This article explains the details of transaction processing and the asynchronous update scheme around which…...…