by Qazi Wasif Ali, SAP ABAP Consultant, DESCON Engineering Limited
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3

Use ABAP code to create a utility that provides you the details of having more than one table or view maintenance generator in a single screen. With it, you can view all the table and view maintenance generator details that you have created in your system or that are already available in the standard system.

by Fahim Ahmad, Senior ABAP and Workflow Consultant, Descon Engineering Limited
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 3

Learn how to develop a customized workflow when a travel request needs to be approved from all cost center owners involved in that travel request. The cost center owners are usually the persons responsible for their respective department in an organization.

by Dr. Volker Stiehl, Chief Product Expert, SAP AG
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 2

Starting with SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration 7.31, the new Process Integration Designer perspective within SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio was introduced for configuring integration scenarios in the Integration Directory. Learn how to configure and run integration flows connecting two systems with each other. Walk through a complete scenario built from scratch.

by Dr. Volker Stiehl, Chief Product Expert, SAP AG
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 2

Starting with SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration 7.31, it is possible to develop complete integration scenarios entirely within SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. Before the introduction of new perspectives within SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, the Swing-based clients Enterprise Services Builder and Integration Builder had to be used for this purpose. Learn how to work within the Enterprise Services Repository perspective to build the basic artifacts (e.g., data types, message types, service interfaces, message mappings, and operation mappings) on which every integration scenario relies.

by SAP and Partners
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), January (Issue 1)

The goals of the business and IT can often seem to be at odds. With Duet Enterprise, however, companies can meet the needs of both. Duet Enterprise provides the building blocks that developers can use to compose solutions that blend the functionality of SAP and Microsoft. For IT, this helps broaden the use of SAP software and expand the scope of Microsoft SharePoint. Business users gain a unified view of both their data and their tasks, giving them a central place from which to manage their business processes. In this special report, you'll learn more about Duet Enterprise and some of the innovative solutions partners have already built with it.

by Anne Hardy and David Brutman, SAP
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), January (Issue 1)

Software today affects nearly every aspect of our lives, a fact that is shining the spotlight on developers and putting them in an influential position. To further support these developers, SAP has initiated new programs to inspire developers, enable new technology adoption, and facilitate an easy, targeted, and open development experience. In this article, you'll learn more about the first of these programs: the SAP Developer Center.

by Qazi Wasif Ali, SAP ABAP Consultant, Descon Engineering Limited
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 2

Use ABAP code to create a utility that allows you to download standard or custom SAP Smart Styles. With it, you’ll be able to download all SAP Smart Styles or a selection that you have defined, eliminating a normally laborious process.

by Dr. Thomas Weiss and Martin Jaekle, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2011 (Volume 12), October (Issue 4)

This two-part article series shows you that it isn't a question of which programming language — ABAP or Java — is better than the other. The choice depends on the situation, and sometimes the answer is both. This article shows you how to create a mental map to evaluate your options and make this decision by walking through some example scenarios that illustrate the questions you need to answer for your project's unique situation and conditions.

by Alfred Barzewski, Senior Developer, SAP AG
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 13 (2011), Update 4

Learn about the package concept in the area of ABAP-based application development. Understand the essentials of the package framework, following various case studies and concrete tasks from the daily routine of the ABAP developer as examples. Attention is focused on how you can use the package concept to benefit your own development.

by James Wood, Founder and Principal Consultant, Bowdark Consulting
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 13 (2011), Update 4

Walk through four case studies in encapsulation techniques with ABAP code. See how the variations in the techniques could be applied to your situation, simplifying code that may have gotten out of hand.