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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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Avoiding the 10 Worst Practices of SAP Development Projects
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/Project Management It is a common misconception that unsuccessful SAP projects, regardless of purpose or scale, fail due to a lack of time, money, and/or people. Research shows that this is rarely the case. Projects typically fail for other reasons, like faulty business practices. While there are obviously an infinite number of things that can...…
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Enhanced ABAP Programming with Dynamic Open SQL
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A major strength of ABAP is that database access via Open SQL is embedded in the language. This article focuses on Dynamic Open SQL, an extension of Open SQL, which offers a way to address development efforts that involve dynamic or semi-dynamic database access, thus avoiding the need to generate ABAP source code at runtime....…
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Is User ‘Sally Smith’ Really Who She Claims to Be?! Lessons for Establishing Rock-Solid Authentication and Single Sign-On (SSO) Practices
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Authentication forms the foundation of your security infrastructure, and access privileges granted to users (or systems) are predicated on the notion that users are who they claim to be. There are a number of options available to help you do this with SAP systems, including password parameters, secure network communications (SNC), X.509 digital certificates, and...…
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Learn How to Avoid Lackluster System Performance When Using the ‘FOR ALL ENTRIES IN’ Clause: An ABAP Developer’s Guide
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All ABAP programmers are familiar with the Open SQL SELECT … FOR ALL ENTRIES IN construct frequently used to access data from a database. While the use of FOR ALL ENTRIES IN (“FAEI”) can ease your programming load, it can also cause immense performance problems if not wisely used. This article goes far beyond standard...…
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Password Management for Extranet Applications
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An extranet application allows users outside your firewall limited, controlled access to certain functionality within the firewall. If this functionality involves SAP, and you want to assign users a generic password, how do you control access to extranet applications so that only selected business partners can use them? This article examines the password management capabilities...…
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Mastering the Administrative and Development Tasks Required to Put Archived Data in Easy Reach of Every User
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Data archiving relocates old application data from the database to archive files in order to keep a tight rein on database volume and at the same time preserve that data so it can be referenced at a later date. Two SAP tools enable users to easily retrieve and evaluate archived data: the Archive Information System...…
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Steering Clear of the Top 10 Pitfalls Associated with ABAP Fundamental Operations and Data Types
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True mastery of software development comes about with experience — some good, some bad. It’s that latter category of experience, the “gotchas,” that leave us with bumps, bruises, and battle scars. The aim of this article is to help you avoid some of those painful mistakes, which can lead to the difficult and tiresome process...…
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Data Downloads to Excel Made Simple with SAP’s Desktop Office Integration (DOI) — A Programmer’s Guide
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Downloading data from SAP is usually done by displaying the data in the SAP Data Browser and using SAP’s list-saving functionality to transfer the displayed data to a file on the client computer. Unfortunately, the Data Browser display is limited to 255 characters, often forcing users to be very selective about which and/or how many...…
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Ready to Build Your First MiniApp? It’s Quick and Easy with the ABAP Workbench!
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MiniApps are “smart,” stateless, role-specific Web applications that are fully integrated in the mySAP Workplace. SAP delivers a variety of MiniApps that offer access to various SAP component systems, and also provides ample opportunity for developers to create their own using HTML, DHTM, JavaScript, Active Server Pages, and Java. With Release 4.6C, you can now...…
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Get Double Productivity from the Classroom: Master the Art of ‘Speed-Learning’ Popular Courses Such As BW, APO, CRM, and More!
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Whether taking a training class or reading a book on most SAP software application products, what at first glance might seem to be new and complex is oftentimes based on something familiar. Newer SAP products such as BW data warehouse, APO, and CRM are no exception. This article uses the mySAP BW module to illustrate...…
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