ABAP Connectivity to Integrate Any Bex Query to SAP Dashboards using Web Service on top of Function Module Concept

Follow the below steps to expose any Bex Query to Xcelsius which will enable to create Dashboard for your SAP Bex Query. The Connectivity used here is Web Services on top of ABAP Function Module.For example consider a End to End Scenario, where i nee...

Reading the HR Payroll results using Class and Methods (PRR, Payroll Results Reader class)

Rather than reading the payroll results in traditional way using FM's we can process the same using Payroll reader class which was designed to use with PNP logical database. SAP recommends that not to use GET PAYROLL event.  Instead sap had provided ...

Who is On the Ideal Design Thinking Team? Part I

Knowing the Shapes of Your Members May Enhance Your TeamWhile most of us already know what “T-shaped” means, it is disputed if “T-shaped people” really make the best design thinking team members. And what about all of those who aren’t “T-shaped”?This...

Adobe Forms with Advanced Features

Adobe FORMSAdobe Forms provides many good features which are not possible with other kind of forms.So, Adobe Forms stands as very efficient alternative for the Smartforms for the next generation document services.Adobe Life Cycle Designer is required...

Experiences with the ABAP Development tools for SAP Netweaver

Hi everyone,At Flexso, we checked out some of the most important features of the ABAP Development tools for SAP Netweaver (ABAP in Eclipse). We were also very glad to be able to present these findings as an expert session on TechEd 2013 Amsterdam (EX...

SU24 Inconsistent: Technical Upgrade

Inconsistencies with SU21 and SU24While working on SAP Technical Upgrade From R/3 4.7 to the higher version as ECC 6.0, I encountered with an unique issue, however I am not sure if this has already been known to you So, I wanted to have it circultaed...

Stop Module Pool Screen from Scrolling or Jumping to Initial Position

Today, I will share a short tip with you guys. It's related to Module Pool programming and very handy when used. If you have ever worked on Screen Programming then you would definitely have noted one thing while working on the longer screens (screens...

Alternative to READ_TEXT Function Module (No more FM needed)

Hello everyone!This one is for all of those and me too. Most of the posts I have seen on SDN where people asking for alternative READ_TEXT alternative fuvtion module for read_text | SCN or mass usage of READ_TEXT. Some good or better developers - I m...

Self-Inner Join using SAP Quick Viewer (T-code SQVI)

Author : Biswanath Guha Introduction : SAP Quick viewer tool is used to fetch data graphically without writing codes. It helps the end user to fetch data from a single table or inner joining multiple tables . It may be in Development , Quality or Pro...

A tale of transaction management in ABAP

"A transaction management? Why do we need some framework doing that"?I had to introduce to my management why we wanted to go for BOPF when we started to design our custom application.Although I knew that it will be quite tricky to convey the benefits...

Data-driven testing with ABAP Unit

In this blog I would like like to describe the idea of data-driven testing and how this can be implemented in ABAP Unit.Data-driven testing is used to separate test data and expected results from unit test source code.It allows running the same test ...

Printing QR Code with Zebra Printer through SAP Script

This document provides a procedure on how to Print a QR Code in Zebra Printer through SAP Script.Procedures1. Install Zebra Printer Device Type2. Install Generic Printer on Client Computer3. Design the QR Code using Zebra Designer4. Coding SAP Script...

Pin Eclipse to the Windows 7 taskbar

After installing Eclipse (Kepler) on my Windows 7 64 bit, I had the problem, that I could not pin Eclipse to the task bar of Windows as every other program.There were always two icons in task bar, when Eclipse was started.In some forums outside of SC...

Find out how to sell time with Design Thinking

Much is said about saving time. Tips on how to best organize your schedule are easy to find on the internet.However, have you ever imagined being able to buy time? Although this question may seem unusual, it has in fact been occupying the minds of so...

Team Procedural vs Team OO - Conclusion

Change Number TwoNow we come to the so called “boundary condition”. In this case, we don’t want to accept any money if the machine is out of gumballs. More precisely whilst in the “no quarter” state normally the event of a coin being entered would ca...

Team Procedural vs Team OO - Part 2

State Machine Part 3 : Team Procedural vs. Team OO Take 2Table of ContentsIntroductionPretend new user requirementsChange the OO ProgramChange the Procedural ProgramVerdictEpilogue – Functional ProgrammingThis is going to be a long, long blog…Most of...

Utility class for internal table manipulations (get min/max from any column in a table) rev. 3

Hi SCN community!Ever wanted to get the line in a table where the max value for a certain field was? I had to last week, and I remembered just how awful it was to do it. Declare an auxiliary table of the same structure, copy the entire contents, sort...

30 Minutes of Design Thinking again - but this time innovative and easy listenting

For all of you, who would like to listen to a really nice and funny version of our 30 Minutes of Design Thinking here we go:A short listening teaser is available here.Enjoy :wink:

Generate QRcode via ABAP with help of online service

Previously we have discussed how to generate QRcode with SAP standard functionality: 1. Generate QRcode with ABAP Webdynpro 2. Generate QRcode with ABAP Code plus Adobe form template Both solutions will generate QRCode within a PDF file. If your req...

ABAP On HANA - My experience in SAP Inside Track

Hello all,I would like to share my knowledge, which I gained from SIT (SAP Inside Track), 2014. Before getting started with a particular topic, I would like to share my experience on SIT, which was conducted in Hyderabad. It was a great pleasure for ...

SIT Hyderabad: Notes from the session on ABAP in HANA

Hi all SCN members,   In this blog I would like to mention the key points that I have jotted down in the technical session happened at SIT, Hyderabad on ABAP IN HANA by Sundaresan Krishnamurthy from SAPLABS. This 30 minutes was absolute enjoyment...

No comment!

Are Comments overrated?Comments are a wonderful tool to document what you intended with certain program logic. You can place it directly where that logic resides: In the source code. As comments are non-functional, they are not getting compiled and h...

Design Thinking Cartoon

Originally posted to the Business Analytics Blog. More cartoons here!

How to find the extension structure of a given BAPI

For example lets take an example of BAPI_PO_CREATE1.1) Find the package of the BAPI in which it is stored.2) Goto SE11 and give BAPI_TE_* in the data type and press F4.3) Click on structures4) You will get a huge list of structures. click on new sele...

Debugging Smartforms in non-development systems

Hi, please be gentle, as I dare to enter my first blog-post. :smile: The following might be a bit simple and child knowledge for you all, but I wish someone would have told me this little trick, when I first started developing Smartforms.I used to ge...

Logon Tickets and SAPGUI HTML Control - A look under the hood

I've been working in SAP support for over ten years and have worked the majority of this time in supporting security related topics. However it isn't true that old dogs can't be taught new tricks ! Recently I was faced with some SSO (Single Sign On i...

18 Thoughts About Design Thinking Corporate Reality

Yesterday I had the pleasure to do a Pecka Kucha session during the Entwicklertag Frankfurt. The session was in German and it was about 18 thoughts about design thinking corporate reality (from a personal point of view).Here is a summary:1) The real ...

DSAG Technologietage 2014: Best practices for Custom Development with ABAP and SAP HANA Platform

DSAG-Technologietage 2014, Stuttgart Feb-18 and Feb-19: For two days 1950 participants created one of the biggest technology events in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (thereby achieving an all-time high at DSAG). During this conference all questions...

Secrets of Application Performance Engineering Process

In the Application Performance Engineering, all phases are equally crucial right from identifying the performance test scenario to the Analysis & tuning. Performance improvement is normally an iterative process until the product reaches a stable perf...

Working Around the Clock – How SAP’s Data Centers Never Sleep

In today’s digital economy, uninterrupted access to business data is mission critical for companies across the world. As decision makers need to act fast to innovate, change and update their business, it is crucial that SAP’s data centers adapt to to...

Checking Global Internal Table Data During Debugging

I was recently debugging a sales order user exit and wanted to see data present in all the internal tables at that point.Since all internal tables had header line, their records count was not visible in Variable Fast Display of New Debugger.As a resu...

Overcome Update Termination while using OIJ_NOM_MAINTAIN_MULTIPLE FM

When we try to update the Nomination using the Function Module OIJ_NOM_MAINTAIN_MULTIPLE, we get an Error Message ‘Update was terminated for xyz user’. The following screenshots are from SM13 Transaction Code: After debugging the standard Function M...

Watch out the evil hacks and do not close the internet!

An easter egg always is a nice way to let others enjoy your programming. But placing evil hacks inside the code can be slightly too-much:And for those who think that all this internet stuff is eternal, here comes a warning:Thanks God there is no comm...

JavaScript for ABAP Developers (Updated)

Calling all ABAP developers who need/want to learn JavaScript...In Kevin Small's excellent blog he informed ABAP developers that:a) Its OK to take other programming languages seriously   b) JavaScript is one such languagec) You really need to learn t...

Dynamic selection screen

The purpose of this sample code is to generate select-options dynamically.The selection-screen takes the table name as input and generates the select-options for the fields selected dynamically. 1.Selection screen: 2.Creating dynamic selection screen...

Report for batch job detail extraction with step variant and variant values

This program does the following....1. Extract data for any job with all details up to variant level including values of variables in the variant.2. Find a particular job with variant value specifiedIt Provides the lowest level detail for a job and is...

DSAG Best Practice Guideline for ABAP Development now available in English

A while ago, the German SAP User Group (DSAG) released a best practices guideline for ABAP development*. It provides valuable technical content mixed with practical recommendations how to set up and maintain a process for "ABAP quality". This new gui...

Some recommended Points everybody should remember when developing (ABAP)

Hi all,I just thought making a new blog about some good behavior when getting a ABAP-developer. Ok, most of the points hit all developers, I think.First I thought, maybe this is a blog for all the freshers out there, but when I was collecting the fac...

#SAPTechEd 2013 Interview of the Week: Creating User Experiences that Drive Innovation for Businesses and Consumers

First off I'd just like to say that I am delighted that the interview I conducted for SAP TechEd Live 2013 in Las Vegas with sam.yen (SAP's Global Head of Design and User Experience) has been selected as the interview of the week! It was my first SAP...

4 steps to begin innovating

Innovation is a current buzzword today. It’s on the front page of business magazines, in the mission statements of companies and in the minds of managers. But where to start from? I have been invited by many companies to talk about the subject and th...

How to improve the employee’s experience with Design Thinking?

How to improve the employee’s experience with Design Thinking?For anyone who believes that Design Thinking (DT) can be used only to develop new products and services, they are very much mistaken. Relevant issues posed to the corporate world such as t...

Life (profile SAP_NEW), the Universe (role SAP_NEW) and Everything (SAP_ALL)

I know, there are tons of discussions here on SCN about SAP_NEW but it still seems to be widely unknown how to use SAP_NEW correctly. Therefore I try to give a summary in this blog.First of all let's separate SAP_NEW from SAP_ALLAuthorization profile...

Difference between implementation of polymorphism in JAVA and ABAP.

1.     Introduction: - This tutorial is on difference between polymorphism in JAVA and ABAP.              Definition: -  Polymorphism is an object oriented programming concept to refer to the ability of a variable, function, or object to take on mult...

How To Extract Formatted SALV Output As An Excel Document in the background

Recently, have come across a requirement to send output of report developed based on SALV as an excel attachment. To achieve the same we can use the method TO_XML of class CL_SALV_TABLE. This method will have the formatted output content as XSTRING v...

Read GOS (Generic Object Service) Picture Attachments and Display it into Adobe Form

abhijit.mandal2/avatar/24.png?a=6389 Purpose & Overview: There are lot of threads, wiki’s and blogs available about GOS. Reading and downloading GOS attachment and also we will find lots of article on how to attach a document into GOS.But there are n...

A framework for local/region specific requirements in user-exits using BAdIs and the new enhancement framework (revisited)

Hi SCN community,This blog post is a logical follow-up from this blog post of mine, where I share my design for a region specific implementation framework using ABAP OO and the factory pattern strategy design (what a fancy name!). From the discussion...

Next Generation of ABAP on HANA CodeJams

After conducting the ABAP on HANA CodeJam in Istanbul last month, we went back to our desks and started to update the content of our CodeJam.Having all the new cool features in the AS ABAP 7.4 Support Package 5 (see e.g. New ABAP for HANA features i...

Create QRCode via ABAP code

In the previous blog we discuss how to generate QRCode to enable it be scanned via mobile phone. In that solution, the QRCode is generated and stored in a PDF file via ABAP webdynpro framework, we only provide the form template. In fact it is quite ...

Oracle legacy syntax not working on any other DBMS (Native SQL Statements are not working when migrated to HANA)

Adobe form Password protected with Java script

Summary:  Password protection for Adobe Form with Java ScriptApproach:1.Go to Transaction SFP2. Create a form3. Go to Layout and create a text on Master page as shown below4. Create Password check for adobe form->Go to the Initialize event of DATA as...