SAP EIM

Help Your Field Teams with Lean Offline Scenarios for SAP CRM

Find out how you can build lean offline scenarios to support your mobile workforce without implementing a full offline CRM solution. Instead, you can combine some of the standard tools in SAP CRM 2007, such as the Web service tool and Document Template Designer, to enable this functionality. Key Concept SAP CRM 2007 offers standard...…

Use SAP Learning Solution to Manage Your Extended Learning Community

SAP provides a major extension for the SAP Learning Solution that enables companies to offer learning for external employees or groups such as suppliers, partners, or customers. See the business background, the usage scenarios in different industries, and the key features in detail, as well as the technical architecture and prerequisites. Key Concept With the...…

Social Tools for the Business Part 2: How Your Company’s Image, Marketing Strategy, and Sentiment Analysis Efforts Can Benefit from Social Media Tools

ManagementSocial media is becoming an invaluable tool for businesses to spread information, interact with customers, and collect public sentiment. If your company wants to create or improve its social media presence, read on to learn what tools to use and get tips for creating your initiative. Social media tools have quickly made their way into...…

• SAP Operating Systems

Select and Transfer a Time Slice of Data for Testing with SAP Test Data Migration Server 3.0

The new SAP Test Data Migration Server (TDMS) is an automated solution for creating test systems that can be a real alternative to full-system copies. It can pare down the size of your test system in a variety of ways, the most popular of which is to copy only a time slice of your production...…

7 Tips to Heed for Successful Mobile BI Data Governance

/MobileGet a helpful, seven-point checklist on how to prepare your environment for data governance of mobile BI. Key Concept A zombie application is an uncontrolled and forgotten mobile app that, if left on its own, can continue to consume data and create data management problems while often existing outside of data governance structures. You need...…

SAP EPM Big Data Use Cases

This article explores the concept of using Enterprise Performance Management—EPM—to drive big data use cases, primarily focused on integrated strategic, financial, and operational reporting, and analytic capabilities. These big data use cases demonstrate both the business and technical value necessary to justify investments in big data platforms such as SAP HANA. Key Concept Enterprise Performance...…

Accelerating Information Steward Adoption Through Data Profiling

Receive hands-on guidance for building a simple prototype for data profiling using SAP’s Data Insight application. The technical and operational framework established during this prototype, combined with the familiarity gained with the application, helps organizations use Information Steward as part of their operational data quality and management procedures. Key Concept Information Steward is a key...…

• SAP BW

A Guide for Using Embedded BW on SAP HANA If You Get Most of Your Data from ECC

Gain an overview and a use case for embedded BW, a little-known deployment option for SAP BW with an SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) implementation running on SAP HANA. Learn how SAP BW’s features can be deployed for a low cost and how these features help your SAP HANA implementation reach its full potential. Key...…

• SAP BW/4HANA

How to Leverage SAP BW/4HANA for Big Data and Analytics

Understand the benefits, design principles, and architecture of SAP BW/4HANA, and learn how to leverage them. Key Concept SAP BW/4HANA is the new SAP HANA data-warehouse product launched in August 2016. SAP BW/4HANA preserves the core functionality of SAP BW and leverages all the features of SAP HANA, such as smart data access, dynamic tiering,...…

SAP CRM 7.0: Three Enhancements to the CRM WebClient UI Framework

Gain insight into three of the new CRM WebClient UI features and tools that come with SAP CRM 7.0 and enhance usability and efficiency. Key Concept The new tools and features for CRM WebClient UI in SAP CRM 7.0 are built on the Business Object Layer (BOL). The BOL offers uniform access from a user...…