Landscape Strategy for SAP Solution Manager

With mandatory system SAP Solution Manager available in SAP landscape and its high application management capability, several SAP customers are now looking for utilizing this tool for various required scenarios. Several times I have encountered the basic question about landscape strategy that a company should have for SAP Solution Manager. I am sure you might also have encountered this question form the companies who are interested in using SAP Solution Manager as their future application management platform. Let’s discuss this in detail with different options to find the best possible landscape strategy for SAP Solution Manager.

Note 23345 revised - so what?

Last week I edited note 23345 and after a some additional administrative tasks it had been released yesterday with version 61.
Why do I tell you this and why do I write a blog about this?

I do that because note 23345 is not just any other note, but it's one of the most used Oracle notes.
With every evaluation of the topnotes, this one is among the top ten Oracle notes.
The reason for that is simple: note 23345 is about "Consistency check of Oracle databases".

This note had been around since 1995 and was last changed in january 2007.

A system is as good as its data

I have worked with many users of ERP including SAP. These users are sometimes data entry operators and some times they are senior managers. No matter in what industry or position they are in they have a common problem. They always find the system is wrong and it is not providing the information they are looking for. Some really question the cost put into the system and they do not get return on investment.

Know Exactly What You Want. More Output Means More Input

In any SAP implementation the key step is requirement capturing. The solution will evolve on the requirements captured in this phase of the project. What is the attitude of users or the people who communicate requirements in this important step of the project? Most of them will putdown everything comes in to their mind without analyzing whether this is a real requirement of the business or they will take this step very lightly and think these can be altered subsequently.

SAP AFS user MAS Holdings Wins SAP ACE

I got great news through Google news. MAS Holdings (Intimates Division) has won the award for customer excellence for the year 2007 from SAP. It is interesting to know the concept of vendor evaluating a customer. This is certainly against the common practice of customers rating their suppliers and service providers.

Useful Reports Tcode in SAP Financial Accounting

GENERAL LEDGER

Information Systems

1.  Structured Account Balances (Balance Sheet & P&L Account  in FS Version Format)               

                                                         S_ALR_87012279
2.  GL Account Balances (Totals & Balances )             S_ALR_87012301
3.  GL Line Items                                        S_ALR_87012282

Easy to Remember - SAP Transaction Codes

SPRO    DEFINE ITEM CATEGORY    
MM01    CREATE MATERIAL 
MM02    MODIFY MATERIAL 
MM03    DISPLAY MATERIAL        
MMS1    CREATE MATERIAL MASTER  
MMS2    CHANGE MATERIAL MASTER  
MMS3    DISPLAY MATERIAL MASTER 
MB1C    MAINTAIN STOCK  

Sample Questions and Answers on SAP PP

1.  Which is the highest organisational level in SAP

 a) Plant  b) Client  c) Storage Location

Ans: b

2.  For Material Master record PP Data which is the highest organisational level

 a) Plant  b) Client  c) Storage Location

Ans: a

Questions and Answers On SAP PP

What are the cutover activities followed for PP module?

I am listing some cut over activities to be followed (for PP - Discrete Manufacturing).
   
Production Planning / Master data:    
For Production planning, only master data shall be migrated to SAP. In the 1st Stage, there is no master data.  Following is the master data elements relevant for PP: 

Transaction Code View All SAP Tables

What is the transaction code to view all SAP (PP) table,or there is some other way to view?

To browse tables which specified for PP module only, you can use SE16 with a specified application component & sub-component. First, go to SE16, browse the application component (ex : PP), then select the sub-component (ex : PP-SFC, for Production Orders related tables); and all tables within the specified area will be displayed. 

What is Meant By SAP R3

We know that SAP R/3 is software, it particular it is client-server software. This means that the groups/layers 
that make up a R/3 System are designed to run simultaneously across several separate computer systems. 

Customization vs Configuration

When considering enterprise software of any type, it is important to understand the difference between configuration and customization.The crux of the difference is complexity. Configuration uses the inherent flexibility of the enterprise software to add fields, change field names,modify drop-down lists, or add buttons. Configurations are made using powerful built-in tool sets.

Introduction On SAP

SAP was founded in 1972 in Walldorf, Germany. It stands for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. Over the years, it has grown and evolved to become the world premier provider of client/server business solutions for which it is so well known today. The SAP R/3 enterprise application suite for open client/server systems has established a new standards for providing business information management solutions.