Apr 1, 2005
•14 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.
Mobilize Your Technicians with Mobile Asset ManagementSAP Mobile Asset Management can enhance maintenance processes through distribution of data to technicians and engineers in the field. If you are planning to implement it, your project strategy should take some key points into account. Key Concept Preventive and corrective maintenance are basic best practices for a supply chain. SAP Mobile Asset Management (MAM) […]
Align R/3 FI Accounting and SD Billing Document Numbers to Keep Everyone on the Same PageThe standard R/3 system uses different number ranges for billing and accounting documents. If you want to make the accounting document number the same as the billing document number, you can adapt the number ranges. Then both the SD and FI teams can refer to the billing document or accounting document without extra steps. Key […]
Apr 1, 2005
•6 minute read
Reduce Memory Consumption and Improve Runtime Performance with ABAP Shared Objects: A New API for Shared Memory ProgrammingHave you ever wished for a data buffer that provides access to data across transaction boundaries, without requiring additional memory or resource-consuming copy operations from the database? ABAP Shared Objects, available with SAP NetWeaver ’04, is a new ABAP API that provides direct access to data structures stored in a shared memory area. Using simple […]
Mar 15, 2005
•2 minute read
Select the Right Time-Evaluation Starter Schema: Part 3Time-evaluation functions TIMTP and TYPES are a transition point between raw time data and time results in SAP time evaluation. You’ll see how understanding TIMTP and TYPES helps you select the most relevant time-evaluation starter schema. Key Concept Time wage types are generated by time evaluation and stored in the time results. The SAP Payroll […]
Mar 15, 2005
•20 minute read
Perform What-If Scenarios in Org Management Using Alternate Plan VersionsYou can use your Organizational Management (OM) functionality to create alternate scenarios such as a new organizational hierarchy without affecting your active plan version. Key Concept Organizational planning processes sometimes require the creation of what-if scenarios to determine the impact on existing structures and processes before the actual changes are made in a productive environment. […]
Mar 15, 2005
•10 minute read
Create Microsoft Word Form Letters Using SAP ABAP QueryYou can use the SAP Query functionality to integrate information from an SAP R/3 system into a Microsoft Word document. That gives you the ability to create form letters without resorting to a custom report. Key Concept R/3 uses Desktop Office Integration controls that call an SAP document container and SAP DataProvider. This functionality is […]
Mar 15, 2005
•7 minute read
Save Time by Automating Internal Overtime RecalculationInternal recalculation can simplify the development of SAP Personnel Time Management (PT) business processes. It adds flexibility to such PT business functions as overtime, holidays, and regular hours processing. The author provides recommendations for implementing this functionality, discusses its limitations, and describes examples. Key Concept The internal recalculation functionality is based on the time-evaluation feature […]
Mar 15, 2005
•14 minute read
Use Your Program Variants More Effectively with the Help of TVARV VariablesInstead of manually changing the selections in a program variant, you can make the system change the variant values automatically. This saves time, especially if you are running hundreds of reports. Key Concept Selection variables fall into three categories: Date variables (D): Say that you run a daily sales analysis report, with the date parameter […]
Mar 15, 2005
•111 minute read
Dealing with France, Italy, or Spain? What You Need to Know About Processing Bills of ExchangeThe form of payment called bill of exchange provides a company with control over when payment is made. It is common in some European countries. Key Concept Bills of exchange were invented by the Lombard bankers hundreds of years ago as a safe way of transferring money in payment of goods or services. They are […]
Mar 15, 2005
•12 minute read
Include Actual Costs in COGS with Material Ledger in Release 4.7Does your cost of goods sold (COGS) figure match your actual costs? Learn how to use new functionality in the material ledger to complete the value flow through R/3 and assign price differences to the cost of sales accounts to ensure that the COGS reflects the actual costs. Key Concept SAP uses the term “actual […]
Mar 15, 2005
•14 minute read
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