Blogs posted January 2005

Today is a great day. We got some resources part time from the beginning of this year and now we are harvesting the fruits of his labor. Some great improvements to our SDN Forums . Here is the list: Username search: You know that Oliver Stiefbold... Read More »

When posting an IDOC to XI, the receiver system configured in XI can be a Business System, a Business Service or an Integration Process. Let us consider a simple scenario where in an SAP system sends an IDOC to XI and a mapping program within XI... Read More »

A few years back for a TechEd presentation myself and my colleagues John Polus and Tobias Kaufman were asked to do a presentation on Mobile within BW and the Enterprise Portal. It was fantastic. All the cool bells and whistles of cutting edge... Read More »

Lately I have been getting quite a few questions thrown at me concerning parts of the SDM (Software Deployment Manager). I have answered the questions so often that I feel that it deserves to be BLOG’d. Within the Software Deployment Manager... Read More »

Metadata Comparison Tool So I was loitering around in my Netweaver Developer studio the other day and I came across something pretty sweet. The Metadata Comparison Tool. It is actually pretty straight forward and allows you to compare two different... Read More »

The J2EE-based Adapter Engine of SAP XI 3.0 provides various adapters that can be used to connect external systems to the Integration Engine. These adapters convert XML and HTTP-based messages to the specific protocols and formats of the respective... Read More »

Brief summary of previous episodes… In the beginning it was Serialized V3 Update. After examining the conception and technical background of delta extraction in Logistic Cockpit by using this method (Episode one: V3 Update, the... Read More »

This is part 4 of  a weblog series on ABAP Unit. If you are interested, you find the other weblogs of the series here: A Spotlight on ABAP Unit Part 1,  A Spotlight on ABAP Unit Part 2, A Spotlight on ABAP Unit Part 3, A Spotlight on ABAP Unit... Read More »

The look of the portal is defined by an initial framework page and a portal theme. Framework page usually consists of a master header containing user name, company logo and standard links – usually personalize and logoff. Next element is the... Read More »

The Story of Porting SAP R3 to Linux Great interview by Mark Finnern. I think that is amazing to have such an insider talking about this toppic. Also some good fun. Here’s the translation for “Wallfahrt”. It is... Read More »