Blogs posted November 2011

Background Some of you may be familiar with transaction F.01 or trial balance in ECC. At its simplest, it’s the sum of all accounting debits and credits broken down by chart of accounts, general ledger account, company code, and some... Read More »

As my regular readers are aware, I have been excited about SAP GRC 10.0 since before it even went into ramp up, so I was very glad I was able to attend a web cast where Michaela Zwinakis discussed new functionality and the near term (1 to 3 years)... Read More »

We hear a lot about Business Intelligence (BI) these days where  Business Intelligence systems are used to improve an enterprise’s  decision making by combining tools for gathering, storing, accessing and  analyzing business... Read More »

Ingo Hilgefort SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.x with SAP Netweaver covers more than just BI 4.x.  It includes BI 4.0 Feature Pack 3 and BusinessObjects Analysis, MS Edition for Office, which is platform independent.  It contains over... Read More »

Enterprise Performance Management: Unlocking Hidden Business Value Business process upgrades. Innovative software investments. New analytic tools. How can you ensure maximum value from your business analytic investments? All too often, conflicting... Read More »

Introduction The termsbusiness analytics and business intelligence are often used interchangeably. Though they may at first seem similar, each has unique objectives and approaches. Business intelligence (BI) uses transactional and historical data... Read More »

It’s all Greek to you? – Find help in the Form Adaptation Community! In the age of global business opportunities, what happens when a French supplier wants to order olives in Greece but does not have a purchase order form in Greek? This... Read More »

“The time for enterprise mobility is now. According to IDC, by 2013, more than 1.19 billion workers worldwide will be using mobile technology, accounting for 34.9% of the workforce.” More and more of our SAP Business One customers are... Read More »

Optimizing Material Requirements Planning in an Increasingly Configurable World Evidence of product customization is everywhere, from the laptop ordering station at the local office supply store to the kitchen cabinet aisle at the home improvement... Read More »

Welcome to the new SAP Community Network! (SCN)   There has been a great deal of anticipation and preparation for the launch of this new and improved platform.  We’ve had a beta test open for about 1,000 Area Managers,... Read More »