Blogs tagged jonathan groll2

You did know that you can write Ruby scripts, even those that use popular frameworks like Ruby on Rails or Sinatra and deploy them to the Java Application Server’s JVM of your portal environment? Right? Well, you can. And this blog details... Read More »

Recently, I’ve had the requirement to set the multi-level categorization on a CRM service request/order. After going ten rounds with it, I think it worth writing a blog post describing the trials and tribulations and the best approach that... Read More »

Often there is a wish to make CRM trigger a dynamic navigation when specified logical conditions are met. A good example would be if we wanted to click the “confirm account” button automatically once a suitable account was found. Whilst... Read More »

I’ve recently been spending a lot of my time coding in ruby, where the rules for private and protected methods are different to how they are in C++ (and ABAP). I would say that ruby is more ‘relaxed’ and people don’t often... Read More »

We use a custom ABAP web dynpro application that makes use of the data and object provider (OADP) component OBJECTDATAPROVIDER: This component provides the functionality to search for and display an HR org unit hierarchy. In the screen shot above,... Read More »

We were using a RFC call to function HRRCF_CREATE_REQUISITION on our talent management system in order to create HCM requisitions, but such requisitions were seemingly being created without the obligatory field of recruiter being set: However, if... Read More »

In the new SAP ABAP Speak Your Voice; New ABAP Editor for Older Releases, it’s sort-of possible to remap the keybindings you use. If you’re a regular Emacs user, you often find yourself pressing the wrong key combination accidentally... Read More »

In a recent SAP CRM 2007 implementation, we had the requirement to hide a view (“partial”) in response to a change in a dropdown value.<!– Begin C11_W43_V44_V48 ><br /><div... Read More »

A short while back I downloaded and installed the SAP NetWeaver 2004S TestDrive SAP system (running on my Atom! machine at home). This provided me with my own (90-day licensed) basic SAP R/3 system which, according to the documentation, includes... Read More »

Exception classes can assist in easing the load of ABAP development work, by reducing the number of things that should be occupying developer mindspace. With exception classes you don’t have to worry about passing sy-subrc return codes up and... Read More »