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Cross Task List Monitoring in the SAP Closing Cockpit in ECC 6.0
Learn how to monitor the status of various tasks from multiple task lists in the SAP Closing Cockpit with SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 6.0. Key Concept The Closing Cockpit is a standard SAP tool to monitor and control the entire period-end closing cycle. In this tool the templates are first defined and then the...…
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Part 1: Save Time by Enabling Shopping Cart Catalog Functionality with SAP ECC 5.0/6.0
Discover how to implement the catalog functionality to streamline your procurement process, boost productivity, and improve the accuracy of your purchasing records. Key Concept The Materials Management (MM) component is part of SAP ERP Central Component 5.0 and 6.0 software packages. SAP practitioners with knowledge of the MM and Purchasing submodules and the e-Procurement process...…
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Track Your Profitability with CO-PA
The Profitability Analysis module can track your organization’s profitability so that you can focus your limited resources on the most profitable customers. Key Concept The SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) module offers strong selling and order- fulfillment functionality. Part of SD, the Sales Information System (SIS), offers many customer analytical tools, but reporting and analytical...…
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Configure Text Types and Procedures for Your Business Communication
Understand how to set up text types to communicate with business partners and learn how to configure a text determination procedure. Key Concept Texts, which are associated with business objects, customers, materials, or documents, allow you to attach information to a process for others to see. You can use texts for logistics purposes, such as...…
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Your First SAP HCI Integration Flow
Volker Stiehl shows how to use SAP HANA Cloud Integration (SAP HCI) to model custom-specific integration flows. He introduces the underlying integration framework, Apache Camel, to help you understand how to work with message headers, properties, and the actual message payload. Key Concept SAP HANA Cloud Integration (SAP HCI) comes with predefined integration content that...…
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Working with Mappings in SAP HANA Cloud Integration
See how to use SAP HANA Cloud Integration (SAP HCI) to model the invocation of mappings in order to map fields between different message formats. You apply the mapping step in your integration flow and use the mapping editor to graphically assign fields of different message formats to each other. Key Concept SAP HANA Cloud...…
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SAP Access Control Implementation: The Myths, Truths, and Tricks (Part 1)
Gain an understanding of supported and unsupported functionalities in the SAP Access Control system. See how to configure the system correctly to achieve your defined business requirements. Key Concept Myth often refers to certain assumptions or thoughts about the capability of a tool or product, either positive or negative, with or without an empirical basis...…
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SAP ERP HCM vs. SuccessFactors Employee Central: A Comparison of Common HR Activities
Learn about the standard process for many common HR activities and how they differ in SAP ERP HCM versus SuccessFactors. This article directly compares both systems and the manner in which the exact same activity is performed, and how they differ. Key Concept Business processes for creating new positions, hiring employees, and updating employee data...…
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The Future of SAP BW: SAP BW 7.5, Edition for SAP HANA
Learn about the newest SAP Business Warehouse (BW), SAP BW 7.5, edition for SAP HANA, and the differences between it and a normal SAP BW-powered by SAP HANA system or SAP BW running on any other database. Key Concept The newest version of SAP BW, BW 7.5, edition for SAP HANA, is slightly different than...…
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Working with Lists in SAP HANA Cloud Integration
Volker Stiehl shows how to use SAP HANA Cloud Integration (SAP HCI) to model the handling of messages containing a list of entries. You apply the Splitter and the Gather steps in your integration flow to iterate over the individual items of the list, retrieve additional data for each line item, and collect the results...…
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