How does table record numbers influence performance
Test environment and test data preparationRead via Index field, single record returned for each tableRead via table key field OS_GUIDRead via Non-index fields, one record returnedRead via Index fields,...
View ArticleFund Management Documents handling in ABAP
Introduction Fund Management Documents are generated based on Budgeting Process defined as per customizing. Following Budgeting Process have been pre-configured in SAP: ProcessMeaningEnterEnter new...
View ArticleWhat to do before changing Code
Hi all,Today I want to write about a theme everybody of us (the developers) gone through. Creating and changing code. To be more specific, the part we are thinking that it drives us crazy while trying...
View ArticleSending Email with PDF Attachment
Hi All,This blog is with reference to one of the threads(question) in SCN (http://scn.sap.com/thread/3373098) wherein the requirement was to send email with PDF attachment.As I have implemented the...
View ArticleABAP proxy to Consume PHP Webservices
ABAP proxy to Consume PHP WebservicesObjective The purpose of this article is to help on how to implement logical ports and how to create an executable program in order to consume an abap proxy...
View ArticleCharacteristics for Materials - Quotation
I recently had a lot of trouble finding the requested characteristics on a specific material. For some reason the class assigned to the material didn't contain the characteristics that I needed. I'm...
View ArticleABAP to XLSX in less than 10 minutes
Sometimes you just want to have a simple internal table into a simple Excel. You might want to store this one on the client pc, on the application server or even send it as an email attachment. And you...
View ArticleEnterprise Service Provider for SOAP Client
Objective This blog is about the implementation of provider proxies from enterprise services and consuming it through PHP SOAP Client. The communication via Web services is based on SOAP....
View ArticleInternal Excel date format and date calculations in SAP
It is commonly known, that Excel stores dates internally as numbers. So, when uploading XML-Files based on Excel or when using Excel tables without date formatting, you might get something like this:...
View ArticleA complete guide to OpenSQL statements - Step-by-step tutorial with screenshots
In my first blog post on SCN, I’d like to give an overview of the OpenSQL query syntax. Starting from the simplest SELECT statement I’d like to demonstrate all language elements of OpenSQL, gradually...
View ArticleDoes SAP really want NON SAP Developers ? 1 of 3
I believe that this blog series will show that, despite the talk, SAP are not serious about enabling access to SAP systems for non SAP developers to download install and run SAP systems for development...
View ArticleDoes SAP really want NON SAP Developers ? 2 of 3
For full details of our remarkable journey, I refer you to the first post in this series, but to summarize, Alice is a non-SAP developer, physically located in Australia who is familiar with web...
View ArticleDoes SAP really want NON SAP Developers ? 3 of 3
Previous entries in this seriesDoes SAP really want NON SAP Developers ? 1Does SAP really want NON SAP Developers ? 2 Remember our scenario? Alice is a non-SAP developer. She is familiar with web...
View ArticleCurrency conversions
In this article I'd like to show an easy approach on how to convert an amount given in one currency to another currency and warn you before a possible bug in SAP standard FM used for currency...
View ArticleWeb Service using ADOBE forms
Scenario: Fetching the Material Description for a Material in Adobe Form using Web Service.Consider a Scenario User enters a Material Number in a Adobe Form and the Material Description hasto be...
View ArticleDoes SAP really want NON SAP Developers ? 4 of 3
Based on the social media feedback and the activity on the previousblogs in this series, I've obviously hit a sore point with a lot of people. However, it was a bit rude of me to rant about how bad...
View ArticleHello SAP, where are my APIs?
This is a blog post I wanted to write for quite some time and my first try on writing a rant. And what could be a better set up for a rant than a broken heel at the beginning of summer? Before starting...
View ArticleAccess Data types or class definition of other programs in your program
HI Guys,For past few days I was struggling hard to figure out whether we can use data types or class definitions of other programs in our programs or enhancements without using statement include or...
View ArticleAn alternate way to reprint a PDF copy of form with watermark.
When a form (smartforms) is printed, a PDF copy is generated and saved for future reference. Sometimes when you want to reprint from the PDF copy, you may want or it may be required, to add watermark...
View ArticleDevelopment dependencies translator with Transport
When developing for Multilingual clients normally translations are required. Even using standard transactions or reports this is a time consuming and boring task.I build this tool to accelerate and...
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