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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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Understand the R/3 Classification System and How to Extract Classification Data into BW Sep 1, 2004 — The classification system in R/3 provides BW with characteristics that are similar to InfoObject attributes. Classification attributes are not delivered with the system, however, and must be created and maintained by end users. No predefined DataSources are available in BW for this highly customized data. The author explains the classification system and how to extract […]

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Better Star Schema Design Means Better Performance Sep 1, 2004 — Implementing an efficient star schema data model in your BW environment is critical if you expect your system to perform well. The author introduces you to the star schema and explains how it is used across the BW system and in the InfoCubes that underpin the system. Key Concept Data modeling in a BW system […]

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BEx Information Broadcasting in SAP BW 3.5 Puts Users Front and Center Sep 1, 2004 — SAP has expanded the feature set in the latest iteration of SAP BW. Included in the new functionality is BEx Information Broadcasting, which provides a variety of ways for users to disseminate information. This introduction to BEx Information Broadcasting and its front-end tool, the BEx Broadcaster, will give you a head start on putting it […]

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Improve Your Data-Entry Efficiency and Accuracy with Defaults Aug 15, 2004 — The integrity of your master data is vital to your business. Manual data entry is often the source of errors in master data. To minimize incorrect information in your system, you can use standard functionality to default commonly used master data values and processes. Key Concept The 4.6C system has more than 4,000 user parameters. […]

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Ask the HR Expert How to Add or Change Tab Pages in Organization and Staffing Aug 15, 2004 — Standard configuration steps in the IMG allow you to add and modify the tab pages that appear in the detail section of the Organization and Staffing screen for Organizational Management (OM). You can insert existing infotypes or custom infotypes and change the description of the infotypes. Key Concept In a past issue, you wrote about […]

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Considering BW for Your HR Organization? What You Need to Know Aug 15, 2004 — Companies are increasingly going to need HR reports based on information stored in various sources, including R/3, third-party tools, and the Internet. Business Information Warehouse (BW) provides that capability. The author has worked on numerous implementations of BW for HR, and explains some key considerations for companies thinking about their own BW for HR implementation. […]

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Create a “Plug-and-Play” Standardized Data Change Detector Aug 15, 2004 — The structure/data comparison process (also referred to as change validation or difference checking) is often an important requirement for many HR interfaces and audit reports. These reports are usually required to check current and previous data values to help minimize the amount of data being manipulated, transferred, or exported. This in turn reduces overall interface […]

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Make the Most of APO Aug 1, 2004 — The ability to produce fast, accurate APO Demand Planning (DP) reports requires close collaboration between the APO and BW teams. You want to optimize the data flow between DP and BW, and the advice and best practices presented here will help you achieve this goal. Key Concept Demand Planning (DP) is the tool used within […]

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SIS Structures Statistical Data Setup for Historical Data – Step by Step Aug 1, 2004 — Once you have created an SIS structure, you have to populate it with historical data. The process, explained here, is relatively easy but has a few potential confusion points. These steps will help you upload the data without trouble. Key Concept Information structures, commonly referred to as “info structures,” are data warehouse components that contain […]

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Plan for Custom-Configured Product Variants in R/3 Aug 1, 2004 — SAP R/3 provides a variant configuration feature that allows you to plan for variations in build-to order products. The author provides tips he has learned from using this feature in a high-tech manufacturing environment, and he outlines the correct process for setting up the variant configuration functionality. Key Concept R/3’s variant configuration functionality is integrated […]

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