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Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan

From SDN to SCN.Is it worth it?

Its been 3 days  since our new SCN has gone live. First of all kudos to the whole SCN team for all the hard work and unbeatable dedication.  I have been seeing a mix of emotions from people online as well as from my colleagues regarding the new SCN.

Some say we have taken a big leap towards the future while some say old was good and better.  Through this blog i would like to share my own views regarding the new SCN.

Let me take an example for our professional life.  What do we do we work on different projects. What happen before a project goes live the end user are trained with  system processes and how to use it. Do you think they are comfortable with this change no they are not. Change is one thing which is always difficult to adapt to. After a project goes live there is a hyper care phase where all the critical bugs are fixed and then the project gradually becomes stable.

In the same way i was observing the reaction of our fellow community members by reading blogs and bug fixing threads etc. Most of them are really happy and waiting patiently for the system to get stabilize. Our SCN team has come a long way to the place where we stand right now.  But few of us are talking about old SDN was better. Aren’t we behaving like being redundant to change same as end user behave. We do understand that we have some issues but believe me its not a small project. Its huge amount of data being moved to new SCN so many threads so many articles, e learnings etc etc… For me its the biggest. So many users going live at same go so many advanced features.In case few small hiccups are there they will get resolved soon.

Actually new SCN has brought more life into our community..a power to interact .so many powerful features…simply one stop shop for SAP related info..queries..more organized.

I should also mention about Mark for being so much transparent in communicating us the right status. In how many projects do we see such kind of transparency. Kudos to Mark and whole SCN team. Please keep up the good work as you are doing.

What i feel is lets wait for few days and you will see the improvements. Feel free to share your opinion on the same.

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      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Getting better and better:):) 🙂 ultimate performance vis improvement right now 🙂 wowwwwwwwwwww

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      A huge difference in the performance..good number of questions asked in ABAP forums..really happy we should just wait and watch...Keep it up SCN

      Author's profile photo Anand Kumar
      Anand Kumar

      Now I fell very confortable with new SCN. There are no disconnections,no more error, no more logout and no more so so.... While browsing new SCN I am felling like a smooth ride with out any speed breaker.

      Thanks for whole SCN team.

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Great going SCN keep it up:):)

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      nabheet madan - very nice blog! 🙂

      I believe we are all part of this "MIGRATION" period. So, let us continue to support the development team of SCN rather than  criticizing their works. 😀 Keep it up SCN! Kudos! Kudos!

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Yes we have come so far ...all to SCN...Keep up the good work SCN.. I am really impressed by the way Mark has been   transparent and open to all suggestion and criticism. Keep it up SCN 🙂

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      VERY NICE TO HEAR

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Yeah Change Management is always difficult as we have seen in various projects. To be honest i really liked the new SCN its lively. I do understand few issues are there but wait they are getting resolved by dedication of our SCN team..Keep it up whole SCN team.

      Author's profile photo Pranav Mandelia
      Pranav Mandelia

      As soon as I read the subject, I thought about the same words and the same feeling that you've shared. Personally, it's been a great experience getting acquainted to the change. CONGRATS & ALL THE BEST to the entire team.

      CHANGE IS GOOD!! 😎 😏 😥 😆 😐

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Yes...Go SCN..Go SCN... 🙂

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi,

      iam not able to find out where was my questions?

      Author's profile photo Pranav Mandelia
      Pranav Mandelia

      Hi Harish,

      When you login, your name is visible at the top which has a link associated. So, you can click on your name and you'll get to see your profile. There, you need to click on the 'Activity' tab and you get your questions, answers, comments...........

      🙂 🙂 Regards,

      Pranav.

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Please raise your issues and concern on

      http://scn.sap.com/community/support/scn-bug-reporting

      Thanks

      Nabheet

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Please raise your issues and concern on

      http://scn.sap.com/community/support/scn-bug-reporting

      Thanks

      Nabheet

      Author's profile photo Bhakti joshi
      Bhakti joshi

      quite simply, I consult sdn forums for my technical issues. I didnt feel there was any need to change anything in the forums. the previous layout and search function was much more comfortable. there was no need of changing anything

      Author's profile photo Nabheet Madan
      Nabheet Madan
      Blog Post Author

      Hi Bhakti

      Thanks for the reply. the point here is not about searching only. the point here is as a whole making this forum more interactive more lively. For me getting to know the SAP contirbutors more closely, following them, Learning from them,interacting with them and finally in the end ..TRYING MY BEST TO GIVE BACK TO THIS COMMUNTIY IN WHATEVER SMALLER WAY I CAN FROM WHICH I HAVE LEARNT A LOT IS AMAZING

      Nabheet

      Author's profile photo Bhakti joshi
      Bhakti joshi

      hi nabheet, i have also learnt a lot here and would want to contribute back.

      but - how do you search the forums ?!

      could you guide me a bit please......

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi,

      Click this link: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-18467

      - Jake

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Hi,

      Click this link: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-18467

      - Jake

      Author's profile photo Former Member
      Former Member

      Yes True said Nabheet.

      • The Fact is SAP itslef is Evolving at such high pace that the Applications linked to it need to pace along as well.Else we would never have Upgrades.
      • But the underlying fact remains true that we need active contributions in the latest areas of SAP.
      • Soon I realized that this SCN new Version is more user friendly and with little initial efforts it can give us best results to our queries.

      -Vishal

      Trying to learn (SAP-GRC, SAP-FPM , SAP-BRF+) 😐