Blogs

• SAP Human Capital Management

Creating calculated fields in your report (How to Eliminate Duplicate Line Reporting in Query Tools)

Danielle Larocca This weeks’ blog is a continuation from last weeks’ blog which was in response to a question about “How to Eliminate Duplicate Line Reporting in Query Tools“.  You can accomplish single-line reporting in SAP query-based tools such as Ad Hoc and SAP Query in three different ways: 1. By specifying parameters upon selection…...…

8 steps for setting up Advanced Safety Stock Planning to reduce inventory

Tip Doctor, Insider Learning Network. This tip is taken from “How to Really Reduce Inventory with SAP APO Safety Stock Planning Methods” by Matthew Campbell, K2 Professional Services, presented at last year’s Logistics & Supply Chain Management 2011 conference. SAP APO includes methods for safety stock planning. But what are the key steps and best…...…

The 5 Options inside SAP for SAP HCM Reporting

Danielle Larocca, Spinifex IT Satisfying your company’s Human Resources (HR) and Payroll reporting requirements is always a challenge, beginning with the assessment process through the selection of the right reporting strategy. Deciding which method is best begins with an assessment of the reporting tools available to you inside SAP. As part of the standard SAP…...…

BLOB, PHIO, LOIO: Alphabet soup in SAP Solution Manager version management

Every SAP application has countless acronyms to keep track of, but I particularly enjoyed a few featured in D. Russell Sloan’s latest Solution Manager Expert article. The article details how you can make custom document attributes to improve SolMan reporting. In doing so, Russell explains up front some features of the Knowledge Warehouse, and specifically…...…

A Sample Business Process Hierarchy

For those of you who have heard about Business Process Hierarchies (BPH) but never quite knew what they were supposed to look like, here is a great example from D. Russell Sloan, excerpted from his article “How SAP Solution Manager Can Lead Your Company to Business Process Excellence.” The full article originally appeared in Solution…...…

• SAP Security

Effortless master data maintenance of your SAP G/L Accounts

Paul Ovigele, Ovigele Consulting A very neat way of maintaining G/L account master data is by using the “Hierarchy Display” functionality. This enables you to see all the existing accounts and easily decide which new number to insert or which similar account can be copied. This view has the feel of one of SAP’s “Enjoy”…...…

Analyzing the Automatic Account Assignment of your SAP General Ledger Accounts

Paul Ovigele, Ovigele Consulting Ever wondered how you can easily find out where G/L accounts are assigned in the system? The assignment of accounts is made in several tables depending on which module the table represents, so there has never been an easy way to find out where an account has been assigned without going…...…

• SAP Security

7 Tips for Conducting User Access Reviews (UARs)

Tip Doctor, Insider Learning Network. Whether you’re charged with protecting employee data, securing financial information, or safeguarding customer data, taking steps to regularly review the users who have access to this data is key. The following tip is from “Lessons for conducting user access reviews of your SAP system” given by James Roeske at Savera…...…

• SAP Security

Control the Registration of External Programs in the Gateway

Tip Doctor, Insider Learning Network. This tip was taken from “5 Tips for Securing Communication Between SAP Systems and External Programs” by Kehinde Eseyin, which was posted to the GRC Expert knowledgebase in July 2010. You can protect external programs from registration in the gateway by appropriately configuring the reginfo file. The reginfo file is…...…

Ticket monitoring and reporting with SAP Solution Manager

Tip Doctor, Insider Learning Network. This tip is excerpted from “Establish a Production Support Framework Using SAP Solution Manager,” by Allison Flexer, Vice President, Senior Change Manager.  It was published in Solution Manager Expert in September 2010 (Volume 3, Update 8). Reporting capabilities in SAP Solution Manager support the monitoring of tickets and issue response…....…