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The following articles are written by SAP experts, contributors from the SAPinsider Community, and SAPinsider’s skilled team of editors and research analysts. From technical guides to thought leadership pieces, these articles contain essential insights to help SAP customers solve day-to-day challenges, understand what types of decisions organizations need to be making, and receive lessons learned from other SAP customer experiences.

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Release 4.6C Enhances Assignment of Open Items in A/R Sep 15, 2004 — Accounts receivable (A/R) is a communications process that is the lifeblood of any company. If your collections process isn’t running smoothly, you are putting your company at risk. Consider the typical problems of an A/R department. Deductions, underpayments, on account payments, and aged receivables keep collection specialists busy year-round. The author describes an enhancement in […]

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Release 4.6C Enhances Assignment of Open Items in A/R Sep 15, 2004 — Accounts receivable (A/R) is a communications process that is the lifeblood of any company. If your collections process isn’t running smoothly, you are putting your company at risk. Consider the typical problems of an A/R department. Deductions, underpayments, on account payments, and aged receivables keep collection specialists busy year-round. The author describes an enhancement in […]

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Performing a Successful and Cost-Effective Migration of Your SAP System: Understanding the Import Process Sep 15, 2004 — When faced with reducing costs, consolidating dissimilar SAP systems, or adding processing power without breaking the bank, you have to consider migrating your SAP system. This is the second article in a two-part series designed to help you identify the risks associated with an SAP migration and provide you with insight into how to effectively […]

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FI-CA or FI-AR: Which Module Best Fits Your Needs?Sep 15, 2004 — Although both Accounts Receivable (FI-AR) and Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA) track accounts receivable transactions, there are important differences between the two modules. The author compares your options and presents the benefits and drawbacks of each. Glossary A business partner is a customer within FI-CA. The business partner contains central data such as name, […]

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How the GR-Based Invoice Verification Setting Affects Credit Memo Processing Sep 15, 2004 — The choice of whether to activate the GR-based invoice verification setting may seem inconsequential. However, this setting can have unforeseen repercussions, including inaccurate reconciliation figures. The author shows you what the GR-based invoice verification setting does and how it affects your bookkeeping. He also provides tips to help you avoid related processing errors. Key Concept […]

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Clear Up the Confusion on the Two Kinds of PO “Accruals” Automatic Accounting Options Sep 15, 2004 — The “Accruals” check box combined with an unobvious setting in the condition type instructs your R/3 system as to what kind of invoice you expect from vendors for indirect procurement costs—one for multiple purchase orders (POs) or one for just a single PO. The author explains why this choice can be confusing. Key Concept Most […]

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Designing a Solid, Lasting Landscape for Your SAP Enterprise Portal Implementation: Identifying Your Key Requirements and Understanding Your Design Options Sep 15, 2004 — SAP Enterprise Portal offers users a single, convenient access point to enterprise applications and documents, and IT teams a centralized infrastructure for handling scalability, redundancy, security, user authentication, external access, and content administration. The pressure to get a portal up and running, however, can yield a landscape you’ll likely outgrow in 6 to 12 months. […]

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Not Yet Using ABAP Objects? Eight Reasons Why Every ABAP Developer Should Give It a Second Look Sep 15, 2004 — SAP introduced ABAP Objects, the object-oriented extension to the ABAP programming language, as part of SAP Basis Release 4.6. While ABAP Objects is optimized especially for business application programming, and makes ABAP development a whole lot easier, many developers still cling to the long-standing procedural approach. This article uses a simple yet practical example to […]

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Using Advanced Java Message Service (JMS) Features to Increase the Efficiency and Maintainability of Your Distributed Java Applications Sep 15, 2004 — The Java Message Service (JMS) support included with SAP Web Application Server 6.20 and higher allows distributed business applications to be integrated in a reliable, flexible, and vendor-independent way. Using JMS, Java programs running on disparate systems exchange messages through a central messaging server, rather than a direct connection to one another. This article shows […]

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Modify Web Reports with the BW Table Interface Sep 1, 2004 — Many tools are available for creating Web templates, but they offer little help when it comes to modifying data in a report or formatting cells. The author introduces you to a little-known interface that allows you to create object-oriented classes to enhance and modify your Web reports. He offers some ABAP and HTML code to […]

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