User Exits… Depending on your perspective, they are either a saving grace which allows you to bend SAP to your liking, or a frightening Carte Blanche which allows your clients to do the most crazy stuff (and later ask you to fix it). Either way, they are a critical tool for an SAP consultant. Their number is legion and here is how to find them. …all of them.
Category Archives: SAP
SAP Quick Tip: Find IMG Transaction Codes
I’m often impressed by how some consultants can rattle off transaction codes for IMG configuration activities. Want to create a new SD Item Category? Sure, just go to VoV7… I usually choose to navigate using the IMG’s navigation tree (SPRo) but every so often it is handy to be able to directly access an IMG T-code. Here’s a little trick I discovered for finding some of those shortcuts.
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Ask Me Anything: SAP Condition Update, Max # of Orders
This question comes courtesy of Krishna. He writes (edited for clarity):
My requirement is to give a discount for the first 50 sales orders. I tried this using the condition update tool. It is limited to only 3 sales orders. I want to make it for 50 sales orders, but I am not getting anywhere. Please help me.
I’m not sure there’s much good news ahead on this one, but let’s take a closer look at the ‘Maximum number of orders’ in the Condition Update function.
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SAP: My Own SAP ECC 6.0 IDES Server (Appendix)
I initially intended for this series to conclude after three parts, but some additional topics popped up which I felt justified a 4th installment. This article will be a grab-bag — a potpourri, if you prefer — covering a variety of post-installation thoughts ranging from Windows 10 to common activities you should be aware of.
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SAP: My Own SAP ECC 6.0 IDES Server (Part 3)
Welcome to the Part 3 of my ‘SAP ECC 6.0 IDES Server’ series in which we are undertaking the effort of setting up our own personal SAP server. In this installment, we will tackle the Oracle and SAP installation and cover some post-installation activities.
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SAP: My Own SAP ECC 6.0 IDES Server (Part 2)
Welcome to the Part 2 of my ‘SAP ECC 6.0 IDES Server’ series in which we are undertaking the effort of setting up our own personal SAP server. In this installment, we will continue prepping our Virtual Machine.
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SAP: My Own SAP ECC 6.0 IDES Server (Part 1)
I was pondering one day the irony of an SAP consultant with well over a decade of SAP experience who has never himself attempted an SAP installation. After doing some research, I discovered that I had what it took to actually do it myself. In this series, I will walkthrough the process of this installation from end to end.
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SAP: Route, Leg, and Packing Determination
I recently took a trip into my own personal way-back machine — an old Western Digital Passport drive — and found this golden oldie: A diagram I made years ago in MS Visio illustrating the intricate complexities of SAP’s Route, Leg and Packing determination.
SAP: Exploring Backorders (Part 1)
The term “backorder” is common across most industries. They are also the bane of most customer service organizations who are often caught in between struggling processes and angry customers. In this two part series, I’ll discuss how to recognize a backorder issue, approaches to identify sources, and how SAP can help?
SAP: Exploring Cross-Selling in SD
I make a lot of trips to the home improvement store throughout the year. Unfortunately, many of my trips are necessary because I neglected to put an important item in my cart on a previous trip. If only there was a way for the store clerk to prompt to purchase additional items related to those already in my cart. This could simultaneously increase the store’s sales — reducing the risk I purchase items elsewhere — while saving me extra trips to the store. Fortunately for companies running SAP, this feature DOES exist and it is called Cross-Selling. Let’s take a deeper dive.