Q&A

• SAP Migration Strategy

Best Practices for an Effective Migration to SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio

Business intelligence and big data analytics tools are critical components to support an innovative and competitive organization. SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio was first introduced in 2013 as the successor to SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (formerly Xcelsius) and is just beginning to make traction in the dashboard space. SAP is focusing its development resources on SAP BusinessObjects…

• SAP Customer Experience

Simplify Business Processes in SAP ERP with Optimized UX: Q&A on How a Mobile-Enabled User Experience Streamlines Processes and Boosts Productivity

Everybody talks about how important a B2C look and feel is for your customers — but what about your internal SAP ERP users? If you want to maximize productivity within your business tools, then a mobile-enabled, optimized user interface (UI) is key. And we don’t mean screen optimization — UI optimization touches on how business…

Visualize a Career in BI

For this guest column, insiderPROFILES recently sat down with Mico Yuk, CEO of BI Brainz, a business intelligence (BI) consulting firm focused on enterprise visual solutions, big data, reporting, mobile applications, and SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions. Yuk discusses how she got her start in BI and why she finds the world of data visualization so…

Know Your HR Integration Options: Q&A with Venki Krishnamoorthy and Vishnu Kandi on SuccessFactors and Your On-Premise Systems

Thank you for registering for our online Q&A on SuccessFactors and SAP ERP solution integration options. View the replay and transcript of our one-hour online chat with HCM consultant Venki Krishnamoorthy and Vishnu Kandi, Integration Practice Manager,  SAP, who took readers’ questions on best practices for SuccessFactors integration and deployment. Transcript Welcome! We’ll kick off…

Comparing SAP BW on HANA vs. Native Reporting with SAP HANA: Q&A on Design, Optimization, and Troubleshooting

What are the differences when running SAP BW on SAP HANA vs. HANA native reporting? How does SAP HANA change your reporting solution architecture? SAP BW and HANA expert Dmitry Shustov of Xoomworks answered readers’ questions on evaluating and optimizing BW for SAP HANA and moving to native HANA reporting. Questions from readers included:  …

• SAP SuccessFactors

Moving to SuccessFactors Employee Central: Q&A with SAP Mentor Luke Marson

Finance organizations in every industry are looking at re-thinking long-standing processes and business models to compete in a dynamic, connected world in which a traditional 30-day close no longer passes muster. A static finance function is too slow and too rigid to stay on top of constant innovations in cloud, mobile, social, big data, and…

What’s Slowing Down Your BI Reports? Q&A on End-to-End Analysis of SAP BusinessObjects BI Performance with Johann Kottas

Thank you for joining our Q&A on analyzing performance issues in your BI reports and dashboards. Xoomworks BI expert and consultant Johann Kottas took your questions and reviewed practical steps for analyzing and troubleshooting slowdowns in SAP BusinessObjects BI reporting. Johann shared  detailed examples and posted his answers to readers’ questions on a variety of…

Integrate Indirect Tax Calculation into Your SAP Global Finance Operations: Q&A with Stefan Blumer

Thank you to all who joined our Q&A on integrating indirect tax determination with your SAP solutions with Stefan Blumer of Thomson Reuters. Stefan took questions on topics including meeting the challenges of indirect tax and automating indirect tax determination, as well as the new indirect tax integration for SAP from Thomson Reuters, the Global Next release. Review the…

What you need to know about SAP ERP and APO data transfer using CIF: Q&A with SCM 2014 speaker Claudio Gonzalez

Thank you everyone who joined us for our Q&A with SCM 2014 speaker Claudio Gonzalez of SCM Connections. Claudio answered reader questions on troubleshooting SAP ERP and APO data transfer with the CIF (core interface). Questions for Claudio included: If we CIF subcontracting SNP PDS, will it create any transportation lanes in APO? When should we use inbound queues…

SAP CRM data models & the one order framework: Q&A with Stephen Johannes (transcript)

SAP CRM’s “one order” framework is a significant departure from the SAP ERP data model. How does this shape your development and enhancement efforts?  CRM consultant Stephen Johannes, author of the book SAP CRM Technical Principles and Programming,  took readers’ questions about the SAP CRM data model, from basics to technical transactions. This Q&A, moderated by…