May 1, 2005
•12 minute read
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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.
Reconcile Financial Data in a Complex LandscapeAs landscapes become more complicated and involve a plethora of sources, a reconciliation method becomes more crucial in reporting financial information. Analysis Process Designer (APD) can help reconcile your financial data. Key Concept While Analysis Process Designer is typically associated with building CRM analytical applications, you can use it to build analytical applications in other […]
Analysis Process Designer: Profile Data the Easy WayProfiling key figures and characteristics in ODS objects, PSA data, and BW queries can be difficult, time consuming, and inefficient. The updated Analysis Process Designer tool in BW 3.5 vastly improves your ability to profile data, giving you more options to understand your data. Here’s how you do it. Key Concept SAP BW Analysis Process […]
May 1, 2005
•6 minute read
Monitor Your Queries and WorkbooksIt’s a challenge to identify when a workbook or query was changed if many consultants are working on a project. You need that information when you are deciding which workbooks to transport. Learn about a method to monitor workbook changes. Key Concept In BW, it is important to have instruments for object monitoring. These tools […]
May 1, 2005
•12 minute read
SAP Consolidation Strategy: SAP BW-Based SEM-BCS vs. R/3 EC-CSAn integrated financial consolidation system is crucial to facilitate the month-end closing process. Weigh the functionalities of two SAP consolidation tools, EC-CS and Business Information Warehouse (BW)-based SEM-BCS. Key Concept Companies have a choice for consolidating their financial data between the R/3 EC-CS and BW-based SEM-BCS consolidation tools. The benefits of using SAP’s consolidation instruments […]
Apr 15, 2005
•21 minute read
Avoid a Disconnect Between Your MM and FI Period ClosesYour cutoff for transactions at close may be affected if you don’t understand the relationship between the Materials Management (MM) period close and the FI period close. You can configure your R/3 system to ensure a clean cutoff for MM transactions at period close. Key Concept The posting of MM balances to an MM period […]
Apr 15, 2005
•15 minute read
Ask the HR Expert: Locate Unoccupied Positions Without Vacancy ProcessingYou can track unused positions in Organizational Management via vacancy processing as a part of an overall position-management process. In the absence of vacancy processing, you can track unused or “open” positions and modify them to display the proper staffing levels in a given organizational unit. Standard reports in R/3 provide the information necessary to […]
Apr 15, 2005
•5 minute read
Indirect Valuation Modules: Customize Your Wage CalculationsR/3 provides a variety of indirect valuation modules for determining the entry amounts for wage types. However, in many scenarios, the existing modules may not suffice and you may need to create your own. Moreover, these computed entry amounts are not stored in the same manner as other fields of an infotype. The handling of […]
Apr 15, 2005
•25 minute read
Use Standard Utilities to Transfer OM Data Between Clients and from Legacy SystemsFunctional experts can use standard R/3 programs that don’t require ABAP resources to transfer organizational data between clients or to create large amounts of new organizational data in a client. Key Concept R/3 provides standard programs that you can use to move existing organizational management objects and infotypes across clients and to load new OM […]
Apr 15, 2005
•17 minute read
Save Time by Using CATT to Upload HR Data AutomaticallyYou can use the Computer-Aided Test Tool (CATT) as an HR data upload tool that works as if you had a real user inputting the data into R/3 — except that CATT automates the task. Key Concept CATT stands for Computer-Aided Test Tool. It was originally developed as a testing tool. Both functional and technical […]
Apr 15, 2005
•7 minute read
Ask the HR Expert: Use a Custom Program to Run Your Process Model on a Repeating ScheduleYou can create your own program if you want to automate the running of your process models. Key Concept Dear HR Expert, I read your article in the January 2005 issue of HR Expert regarding automating payroll postings with a process model, and I liked it very much. How do you set up a process […]
Apr 15, 2005
•3 minute read
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