Grant Suneson, Author at SAPinsider

SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Upgrades: A Project Manager’s Point of View

Project managers need to make scope decisions, determine resource needs, and define schedules regarding SAP NetWeaver 7.0 upgrades. Learn how to achieve those goals using the information presented here that is based on SAP-recommended Best Practices and the experience of the author. Key Concept Scope in the area of project management is the breakdown of...…
Configure SAPSprint for Secure Server-Based Printing on Windows

You can have as wide and varied a range of printing needs as you have business needs. Learn about the available SAPSprint options — what they are and what they do — so you can help your organization meet its specific printing needs. Key Concept Secure Network Communications (SNC) integrates an external security product with...…
Enhance All Layers of an Application with the New and Classic Enhancement Technologies

Working in cooperation with the classic append technology, the Enhancement Framework enables you to enhance all levels of an application from the Web Dynpro ABAP user interface over the application logic to the database layer. By going through a comprehensive example you will learn how to use the Enhancement Framework and discover the underlying principles...…
Work with Enhancement Technologies and Make Your Enhancement Project Switchable

Learn how to work with enhancements of a global class — such as post-methods — and get to know how to plan, structure, and implement a project in which you make your enhancements switchable. Assign the relevant packages to a switch, assign the switch to a reversible business function, and switch the whole project on...…
Bulletproof Your SAP Implementations and Legacy-to-SAP Conversions

Find out the pitfalls that occur most often when converting from a non-SAP legacy system to an SAP system. Then discover best practices to help you avoid these pitfalls and see how you can apply them to your project. Key Concept Project success can be defined as providing a well-developed system near its due date...…
Quickly Solve Custom Application Problems Using Java Debugging

SAP NetWeaver provides functionality to detect and analyze potential application and system problems. However, sometimes you need more information than what the standard SAP NetWeaver system provides, such as internal application information. Find out how you can use SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java and SAP NetWeaver Development Studio to delve deeper into the debugging process....…
Composite Designer and SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management Minimize Composite Application Development Efforts

With the introduction of the Composite Designer as part of SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1, a composite is treated as one entity for the first time. Learn how to work with the Composite Designer as your central cockpit for developing composite applications. See how to start with a skeleton of...…
SAP Business Connector 4.8 and SAP NetWeaver PI Compared: When to Use Each

Understand what integration platforms are and how you use them with SAP systems. Find out the similarities and differences between SAP’s two main integration platforms: SAP Business Connector and SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. Key Concept An integration platform is a server that facilitates data exchange between two (or more) heterogeneous systems, for example, an SAP...…
SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1: Process Integration Modeling a Challenge? ES Repository Simplifies with a Top-Down Approach

Software architects and developers involved in service-oriented architecture projects can use the Enterprise Services Repository to design integration content following a top-down approach. This approach facilitates your design work because you have an overview of the content objects that belong to your integration scenarios as well as how these objects are related to each other....…
Troubleshoot the Three SAPSprint Root Error Categories for Server-Based Printing on Windows

A failed printout can delay or disrupt important meetings or cause you to miss deadlines. See how to avoid printer failures when using SAPSprint by analyzing the three most common types of errors. Also find answers to common SAPSprint issues in the SAPSprint FAQs. Key Concept Processing in SAPSprint involves generating print data via the...…