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Moving to the Cloud? Follow This Migration Model
ManagementSee how to successfully migrate your existing enterprise class SAP application servers to a commodity-based or cloud computing infrastructure. Understand the prerequisites of virtualized servers, the build process, and the steps required to transform a traditional SAP infrastructure into a virtualized environment. Key Concept Virtualization is the key technology that enables cloud computing. A virtual...…
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Get Started with Cloud Computing and SAP Today
Thinking about cloud computing? Not sure how to get started? Discover the different types of cloud computing models with a focus on Infrastructure as a Service. Included are immediate SAP use cases for applying cloud technology, SAP-specific challenges and support considerations, and guidelines for building your own hybrid cloud. Key Concept Infrastructure as a Service...…
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Virtualization and SAP: What You Should Know Before Your Upgrade
ManagementVirtualization is no longer a new concept for most SAP companies, yet many are just getting on the bandwagon. SAP upgrade expert Lon Blake explains several virtualization options SAP project teams should consider, and how they can get the most out of the SAP Adaptive Computing Controller — SAP’s customized approach to virtualization. As SAP...…
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Virtual Characteristics and Key Figures Make Queries More Dynamic
Though immensely useful, time-dependent attributes have limitations that can lead to inaccurate reports. The author explains the benefits of virtual characteristics and key figures, which use programmable BW user exits. He then walks you through five steps that will allow you to make the most of virtual characteristics and key figures. In the SAP...…
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Using SAP BPC 10.1, Version for NetWeaver for Real-Time Integrated Planning Without Any Data Duplication
Learn how to configure SAP’s Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) 10.1, version for NetWeaver with SAP HANA for planning using any SAP or non-SAP data as reference data for BPC planning functions in real time, without any data duplication or replication. Key Concept The SAP HANA system handles data such as local tables on the...…
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Set Up Your SAP System to Monitor and Alert on Its Base Elements
ManagerFaced with the bewildering array of monitors available in the Computing Center Management System (CCMS), it is not an easy task to define an acceptable range of monitors to provide a general picture of the health of your SAP systems. With SAP Solution Manager 7.0 systems up to enhancement package 1, Support Package 26, learn...…
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Implement ATP and Stock Transfer Flows for Virtual Distribution Plants in SAP ECC 6.0
By Amir Ashfaq Hussain, Infosys Technologies, Limited In business scenarios in which virtual plants are created within SAP ERP systems for administrative purposes, managing available-to-promise (ATP) checks and stock transfers presents challenges. SAP provides two options that address plant-to-plant transfer issues in virtual plants. Based on North American or European business scenarios, these lessons learned...…
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Use Virtual Time Hierarchies for Flexible Reporting with Time Characteristics
Activating virtual time hierarchies provides a flexible and convenient option for reporting on time characteristics. Not only is it simple to implement, it can immediately increase the functionality available to query designers and users. It can deliver reports with summary time groupings on existing time characteristics (based on 0DATE, 0CALMONTH, 0CALMONTH2, and 0FISCPER) with no...…
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Leveraging SAP HANA to Enhance SAP Business Planning and Consolidation’s Capabilities
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) 10.1, along with its host environments (SAP Business Warehouse [SAP BW] and SAP HANA) provide abundant design choices to meet today’s business planning needs. See a comparison between the various models available in BPC to facilitate appropriate model selection based on business priorities. The potential to enhance BPC capabilities...…
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Cut Logistics Costs by Enhancing Inter-Company Procurement
Discover how to extend and automate inter-company procurement so it meets business needs that require the use of more than two company codes. Key Concept Standard inter-company procurement refers to the cross-company movement between two companies, such as a large corporation with different holding companies in various parts of the world doing in-house movement of...…
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