TIP: Listing background jobs by their frequency

Use report BTCAUX14 to view the following:

1. Scheduling Frequency
2. Number of times it's been run for the selected period
3. How many instances are in released status
4. How many are currently active 
5. How many instances have been completed for the selected period
6. How many were terminated
7. Total Job Runtime
8. Average Job Runtime
9. Total Delay
10. Average Delay

TIP: Changing background jobs in mass

We sometimes have a requirement to change several background jobs with the same change. E.g. You want to use a new user to execute a program or you have standardized the names of certain program and want to change the old program to the new program name. Well it is possible...

Report BTC_MASS_JOB_CHANGE can be executed to change jobs in mass.
This report allows you to change the following:

• program / variant
• user owner / step user
• target server / group

There is a “Test Mode” option to test out the change prior to executing it for real

How do you determine your HANA Version

You can get to the HANA Version that you are using by following 1 of the following 3 techniques:

1. SAP GUI: From the Menu select "System" --> "Status". Look for your Database System to get the Release info.
2. SAP HANA Studio: Right click on system and select "Configuration and Monitoring" --> "Open Administration". Click on "Overview" tab and review "Version"
3. OS Command Line: Open an OS terminal session and issue command "HDB version". Version will give you the needed detail.

Building a pre-defined roadmap for a speedy cloud adoption

Check out the article at https://xplorexit.com/mouri-tech/ 

ERPGenie Tutorial Wiki on SAP SCN

Check out the wiki I'll be maintaining on SCN covering all the tutorials I'll be publishing.
SAP SCN WIKI

ERPGENIE - SAP Event Management Overview

Kevin Wilson runs through a comprehensive overview of SAP Event Management (SAP EM)

ERPGENIE Tutorial - SAP EM 002 - Understanding Events

SAP Event Management (SAP EM) event messages described by @erpgenie (Kevin Wilson) - mandatory knowledge when designing SAP EM solutions.

ERPGENIE Tutorial 001 - SAP Event Management Data Model

SAP Event Management (SAP EM) data model described by @erpgenie (Kevin Wilson) - mandatory knowledge when conducting SAP EM production support and problem resolution activities. 

What is SAP Event Management?

SAP Event Management (EM) manages, tracks and monitors events (initial and ongoing), providing real-time visibility to the status of a pre-defined business process. The capability exists to alert all stakeholders of the content of these messages, thus providing the status of the process. SAP EM bridges the gap between “The Plan” and “The Execution of the Plan,” providing visibility to any discrepancies between the two.

The ability to monitor events, in real time and in their relationship to "The Plan", enables the " management of processes by exception" concept. Thus, an organization can manage only those processes that are not behaving according to "The Plan" and let the remaining “standard” processes proceed with no active involvement. The “perfect” process could be described as one where no intervention is needed to correct any bottlenecks because it meets the customer’s needs and company’s expectations.

NEWS: SAP Puts Bullseye On Salesforce.com, Launches Plan To Become #1 In CRM

CLOUD WARS -- Betting it can expand and elevate the CRM market as digital business is reshaping the global economy, SAP is taking direct aim at SaaS powerhouse Salesforce.com and its market leadership in CRM with SAP CEO Bill McDermott promising to deliver "next-generation business modeling for the perfect customer experience."

While SAP's primary message for financial analysts at its recent Capital Markets Day was its impressive combination of 30% growth in the cloud plus ongoing strength in its core on-premises businesses, McDermott also made it unmistakably clear that SAP intends to completely redefine the CRM market into something more wide-ranging and more powerful than conventional tools can address.

McDermott said, "This end-to-end is what we do. I have believed for a long time that commodity CRM is just SFA—commodity CRM is like a marketing campaign associated with the sales promo.

Read the full article on Forbes.com...

SAP demo of blockchain leveraged in an international ocean shipping scenario

NEWS: SAP okays Java EE being Eclipsed, six months after Oracle's announcement

SAP has revealed its attitude to Oracle’s decision to let go of Java EE and have it tended by the Eclipse Foundation.

SAP’s position is simple: it’s cool with it.

“The announcement of Oracle to handover stewardship of Java EE to the Eclipse foundation is a forward-looking process targeting future releases of the technology stack,” says the company’s “”stance” on the matter.

SAP customers will be pleased to know that Oracle’s decision “does not affect existing licensees and customers who have adopted Java EE. SAP in particular is such a licensee and SAP customers running existing solutions are also unaffected by this change.” Users can expect no name changes “or any other changes for existing products and solutions in this context.” But if the context changes? SAP’s reserved its right to do anything should the need arise - Read full article here...

NEWS: SAP Announces New Pricing Model - Let the fun begin...

Software giant’s new pricing model attempts to address customer concerns about liability exposure due to “indirect access.”

Implications of the new model for companies will depend on whether they are potential net new customers of SAP, existing customers without indirect access concerns, or existing customers with potential liability for indirect access.

IBM Blockchain and SAP IoT in the coldchain

CDS, BOPF, Fiori App on S/4HANA ABAP Programming | Smart Filter Fiori app using CDS UI annotations

CDS, BOPF, Fiori App on S/4HANA ABAP Programming | Smart Filter Fiori app using CDS UI annotations, using BOPF with CDS View in S/4HANA