SAP Visual Composer : Introduction, Architecture And Opportunities

Visual Composer has been a packaged component of SAP NetWeaver 2004 since its release in 2005. SAP has hailed Visual composer as the tool set that “lets IT Specialists and Business Analysts create model-based, flexible applications – quickly, without writing a single line of code. The result is streamlined business processes, lower IT development costs, and satisfied employees and customers.” This is a quite appealing statement as lifting the reliance on programmers and having satisfied employees and customers must be every manager’s dream. However, many questions remain.

  • What exactly is Visual Composer?
  • Is it really possible to get away with “no coding” – i.e. should you sack all your ABAP and web programmers?
  • How does it work?
  • What are its limitations?
  • And most importantly what are some of the potential opportunities Visual Composer opens up in your organisation?

This document aims to help you to answer these questions. Read more →

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Material to Material Transfer in SAP

This process describes to transfer the same material stock between material and plants. Material to material transfer is performed to maintain the stock of the material. This type of stock transfer can only be carried out in Inventory  Management. Neither Shipping  in  the issuing plant nor purchasing in the receiving plant is involved in the process.

This process  is  triggered whenever   there  is a need  for  a material   to be  transferred  to another material. Read more →

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Monday Links Roundup #2: SAP Blueprint, eCATT, Creating InfoObjects, HCM Guides And More..

In this edition of weekly Monday Links Roundup, i tried to summarize top articles i have met on other SAP related sites.

  1. What is SAP Blueprint, eCATTs Basics Series, and you can follow more updates  @ Advanced Solutions
  2. On his way to Basis Certification, author gives insight of his preparation for  exam. How to Pass SAP Certification? See also a Basis exam simulation
  3. Getting error of “System Status CLSD is Active” ? Check SAP-Knowledge site for solution and you can get more regular updates.
  4. Published two years ago, but worth to check with BI topics Non InfoCube InfoProviders, Creating InfoObjects, DP – BW Dimensions and Fact Table
  5. With various topics under How to, Payroll, Infotypes and for more , go through SAP HR/HCM articles
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Who is an Alternate Payee in SAP?

A customer who pays on behalf of another customer is known as an ‘Alternate Payee’ (or Alternate Payer). Though the alternate payee pays on behalf of another, the system maintains all the transaction details in the account of the original customer. Designating ‘alternate payee’ does not absolve the customer of his/her obligation for payment.

The ‘alternate payee’ can be maintained in Client-specific data or in the Company Code area. When maintained in the Company Code area you can use that payer only in that Company Code; if defined at the Client level you can use it across all Company Codes.

There are three ways to ‘select’ the alternate payee when an invoice is processed: Read more →

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Definition, Integration and Advantages of BAPI

The SAP Business Objects held in the Business Object Repository (BOR) encapsulate their data and processes. External access to the data and processes is only possible by means of specific methods – BAPIs (Business Application Program Interfaces). A BAPI is defined as a method of a SAP Business Object. For example, the functionality that is implemented with the SAP Business Object type “Material” includes a check for the material’s availability. Thus, the Business Object type “Material” offers a BAPI called “Material.CheckAvailability”. Read more →

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Weekly SDN Blog Updates: ATP in SD, New General Ledger Introduction, EhP1 and more

Sorry for delay, because of some technical problems my site was unavailable for two days. Here are this week’s updates,

  1. Available to Promise (ATP) in SD

    2. Author discusses basics of ATP, along with some configuration.

  2. New General Ledger – Introduction

    3. In this document New General Ledger concept and new functionalities; Document Splitting and Parallel Ledgers are discussed

  3. Allocation Using Fox Formula in SAP BI

    4. This blog tells about use of FOX formula in BI-IP for complex allocation requirements.

  4. FAQ of Service Ticketsd and Service Requests in SAP CRM 7.0

    5. This blog answers common customer inquiries concerning the functionalities of the Service Ticket and the Service Request

  5. Enhancement Package 1 (EhP 1) for SAP Netweaver 7.0 is Up

    6. SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 now in ramp-up. Author tells about highlights of this new release

  6. How to Resume Workflow Processing?

    7. Get answers to how to delete workflow instance, how to resume workflow processing and how to resume workflow processing after system down

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BDC Concept in SAP

BDC is used to transfer data from SAP to SAP system or from a non-SAP system to SAP system.It uses the normal Transaction codes to transfer the data. This method is used to transfer large amount data that is available in electronic form. There are two types of methods offered by SAP for BDC:

First method is called the “Classical Method”. In this method, the data that is read by the BDC program from a sequential dataset file is stored in a batch-input session. To run the transactions in the session, you need to execute the session. This method uses the function module BDC_OPEN, BDC_INSERT and BDC_CLOSE to generate the sessions

In the second method, BDC uses the ABAP statement CALL TRANSACTION USING statement to run a transaction. In this method, BDC does not create a session. Read more →

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