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  1. Tips for Ensuring SAP NetWeaver Portal Security

    Ameya Pimpalgaonkar suggests you take these security measures to protect Knowledge Management, Web Dynpro for Java, and Business Process Management entry points into your system. Key Concept System users are non-physical users who do not have an ID and password. That means you cannot log in with a system user as you do with any...…

  2. 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...…

  3. Functionality and Performance Improvements for Currency Valuation in the SAP General Ledger

    Learn about FAGL_FCV, the new currency valuation transaction for SAP General Ledger in SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) 6.0 enhancement package 5. Find out why SAP has provided a new option, when it is necessary to use this transaction, and the benefits of using it. Key Concept Currency revaluation is the process of adjusting...…

  4. 3 Examples Show How to Link in Web Intelligence Documents

    Learn the basics for how to do all three types of linking from a Web Intelligence (WebI or WEBI) document. The newest versions of BusinessObjects make this linking easier than before. Key Concept In Web Intelligence documents the concept of linking is the ability to select part of a Web Intelligence (WEBI or WebI) document...…

  5. 10 Challenges of APO Implementation in the Consumer Goods Industry

    This case study by Rajesh Ray shows the innovative solutions companies adopted to meet challenges when implementing SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization. Key Concept Disaggregation is a process by which values at a higher level of the product hierarchy are distributed to individual products. The consumer goods industry has many industry-specific characteristics that present planning...…

  6. Use a Global Payroll Strategy to Leverage the SAP Payroll System

    Companies that implement SAP payroll systems often find themselves challenged with defining global strategies and solutions for issues that can arise during an implementation. This case study, based on numerous implementations, outlines options and approaches you can take to meet those challenges. Key Concept The definition of global payroll can differ depending on the context. Global...…

  7. Using SAP Lumira with SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA

    SAP Lumira and SAP Lumira Cloud are SAP’s offerings focused on business analysts and enabling them to create their own reports and analytics. In this article, learn how to use SAP Lumira and SAP Lumira Cloud in combination with data from SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA. Key Concept SAP Lumira...…

  8. 4 SAP ERP HCM Performance Management Tips

    HRVenki Krishnamoorthy answers questions about appraiser leaves, implementing Performance Management, iViews, and integrating Enterprise Performance Management and SAP ERP HCM. I often hear from readers of my articles asking me questions that are based on my implementation experience. Here I’ve gathered four of the most common questions I’m asked about Performance Management. Tip #1 SAP...…

  9. A Step-by-Step Tutorial for Developing Mobile Applications on SAP HANA

    BISAP Professional JournalIn this step-by-step tutorial for developing an Android-based mobile application on SAP HANA, learn how to expose data from SAP HANA as an OData service, how to consume data from the OData service on a Web application, and how to create an Android mobile application by using the PhoneGap hybrid Web container. This...…

  10. Leveraging Customer Attributes to Manage Work

    D. Russell Sloan shows how to use customer attributes to add metadata to key project objects. This enables tracking and management of project work such as identifying teams that are responsible for or use transaction, configuration, and development objects. Key Concept The customer attributes feature requires a Solution Manager 7.0 Support Package 1 or higher...…