Joerg Boeke explains how to use SAP HANA calculation views and procedures as data providers for complex calculation views. He explains the concept of graphical joins versus SQL Script-based joins in procedures being fed to calculation views. Step by step he demonstrates the new modeling concept and its advantages to cut down load times as well as remodeling phases.
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by Karl Kessler, Vice President of Product Management ABAP Platform, SAP SE
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With the advent of SAP HANA, a new data modeling infrastructure called core data services (CDS) has been introduced by SAP to simplify how developers define semantically rich data models. Read on to learn the concepts behind CDS and how it works in ABAP development processes, and walk through a step-by-step guide on using CDS with SAP’s development toolset.
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by Lukas Dietzsch, CEO, Blackvard Management Consulting, LLC
This integrated example of how to build an SAP Fiori application provides a step-by-step approach for how to transfer SAP materials management data onto a mobile device. This real-world business case, which is similar to any user’s Open Data Protocol (OData) service request, illustrates the entire process: covering the app creation, required services, publishing, and the app deployment.
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by Karl Kessler, Vice President of Product Management ABAP Platform, SAP SE
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SAP NetWeaver serves as the technology foundation for many SAP customer landscapes. With maintenance ending for older SAP NetWeaver releases still in use at some customer sites, now is the time to move to a newer version that will meet modern business needs and pave the way to adopting innovations such as SAP S/4HANA. This article helps you make a strategic plan for your organization by providing a concise, comprehensive overview of SAP’s current maintenance strategy for SAP NetWeaver.
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by Kehinde Eseyin, Security Architect
See how to activate tracing to resolve authorization errors in SAP HANA. You then can troubleshoot authorization errors related to repository role activation, SQL privileges, and analytical privileges.
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by Karl Kessler, Vice President of Product Management ABAP Platform, SAP SE
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Moving from SAP Business Suite to SAP S/4HANA brings modern ERP to SAP customer landscapes. Making this transition means converting to a new data model, since SAP S/4HANA is a completely new product — it also means adapting your existing custom code, which most likely has dependencies on data elements that have been changed or removed in the new model. This article shows you how to identify and resolve incompatibilities between your custom code and the new SAP S/4HANA data model using ABAP Test Cockpit to ensure a smooth transition to SAP S/4HANA.
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by Sergei Peleshuk, SAP BI and HANA Architect
Sergei Peleshuk provides an overview of SAP BW/4HANA and key considerations to think about when making the decision to migrate. Understand how the effort of implementing SAP HANA-based enterprise data warehousing empowers businesses, leads to greater returns, and reduces total cost of ownership.
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by Vessy Panayotova, Senior SAP Solution Manager Analyst, Employment and Social Development Department, Government of Canada
Learn how the new Solution Documentation in SAP Solution Manager 7.2 affects the configuration and administration of Change Request Management (ChaRM) and what to address when upgrading existing ChaRM functionality.
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by Michael Gilmartin and Stephen Wolfman
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In many finance departments, open items can pile up in the system, slowing down operations with an overabundance of unmatched transactions. These open items need to be matched and cleared as quickly as possible, but for large organizations, that can be a time-consuming and inefficient task. During a recent SAPinsider Live Q&A, this issue was tackled by BlackLine’s Michael Gilmartin, Director of Solutions Consulting, and Stephen Wolfman, Director of Product Management. These experts fielded attendees’ questions on open-item management, automation for open-item clearing, and solutions for simplifying that process. Below is an abridged transcript of the conversation. The full transcript is available on SAPinsider Online at bit.ly/ClearingOpenItems.
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