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Lessons Learned from Using Solution Manager for an Implementation Project

SAP Solution Manager, the successor to ASAP/ValueSAP, boasts features such as project preparation, an implementation roadmap, the ability to manage multiple projects, and compatibility with legacy systems and R/3. The author, who worked on one of the first U.S. implementations of Solution Manager, shares his advice on how to optimize this tool. SAP Solution Manager...…

Save Time and Prevent Errors with a Customer Fact Sheet

SAPeditor/CRMBy using a customer fact sheet (CFS), you can group important information about a business partner in one area for quick reference. Find out how to set up a CFS and see how you can change the available information based on user roles. Key Concept The customer fact sheet provides users with key business partner...…

Increase Your Revenue Using Cross-Selling in SAP E-Commerce

You may want to provide your online customers with cross-selling recommendations to increase your revenue. These cross-selling recommendations can be global — shown to all customers on the Web — or you can personalize them based on profile data or other information about the customer, such as prior purchasing history. Key Concept You can use...…

cProjects and PS Projects — New Options for Project Accounting in mySAP ERP 2005

Learn how you can use new options in cProjects 4.0 to take your project management to the type and level of detail you need. Key Concept While Collaboration Projects (cProjects) 3.0 was the first version to provide accounting integration, cProjects 4.0 offers more ways to track and manage your project costs. You can use the...…

Directly Populate User-Defined Hierarchies

You can create your own hierarchies for custom InfoObjects and populate them to meet unique business requirements. This requires only one extraction, transformation, and loading step. Key Concept A directly populating hierarchy is possible from a DataSource of the hierarchy type only. There is no standard mechanism for creating such sources. R/3 allows you to...…

7 Customizing Tips to Make a Good Interactive Planning Table Great!

The standard interactive planning table that ships with the Supply Network Planning (SNP) module in APO works just fine out of the box, but there’s plenty of room for improvement. Fortunately, you can customize it in a number of ways that not only make it look terrific but also add value and functionality for planners....…

• SAP Smart Forms

Download Smart Forms with the Data Types Required for Easy Activation After Upload

SAP Professional Journal Muhammad Ramzan explains how to get your Smart Form download with all the information it needs so that you can activate it successfully after uploading it to a target system. Key Concept The term template method describes a design pattern. The ZSAPLink class features abstract methods that are called by the SAPLink...…