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Thursday, August 26, 2010

How to save a default variant for VA05 report

Most common problem we all have with VA05 transaction is how to create/save a default variant for the output.

You don’t get the normal Variant Save option enabled under Menu -> Settings / Layouts. It’s grayed out for the user to select.

You can try below explained procedure for this.

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Output Determination in SAP

Output determination is a term which is used to get the print, fax or e-mail outputs for different documents in SAP. Output is carried out based on the conditions that you define in Customizing. You can define conditions for each output type and processing medium.

Configuration is same as Pricing in SAP, where you have Condition tables, Output Types, Access Sequence & Output determination procedures. This combination is commonly known as "Condition Technique in SAP". Please click here to view more details on the condition technique in SAP

If you're looking for Purchase Order Messages (PO outputs), then please click here.

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

How to activate SIS for historical data

In my previous post we discussed about creating / activating Sales Information System (SIS) in SAP. (Click here to view it) Now let’s see how to include historical data in to those information structures.

For example; let’s say you have activated your SIS after a one year from the go live. Now customer wants to include historical data (past 1 year data) in to SIS for better analysis purposes.
Refer below document on how to achieve that.

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Monday, August 9, 2010

How to create / activate Sales Information System (SIS)

Sales Information System (SIS) is a component of LIS (Logistics Information System). LIS has below components.

• Purchasing Information System
• Sales Information System
• Plant Maintenance Information System
• Retailing Information System

The Sales Information System is a flexible tool which allows you to collect, consolidates, and utilizes data from Sales and Distribution processing. It can be used at different levels in the decision-making process as a control and planning instrument, enabling you to recognize market developments and economic trends early on and to take appropriate measures.
You can either activate/use existing SIS reports or create new SIS reports.
Below document will explain on how to create new SIS reports and/or how to activate existing SIS reports for your requirement.
(To see how to activate SIS structures for historical data, please click here)

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Friday, August 6, 2010

How to transport a LSMW from one client to another

From my previous post we discussed about how to create a sample LSMW. (Please click here to view that post) 
Normally we create the LSMW in our development client or quality client for testing purposes. Once you’re confirmed with the accuracy of your LSMW, you have to transport it to your production client, in order to do the actual data migration. For this you can use export / import method of LSMW.

Below document will explain you on how to how to transport a LSMW from one client to another.

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How to Create a Sample LSMW

Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) is a SAP tool which you can use to transfer data into an R/3 System.

This method is very widely used during cut-over, to transfer legacy system data in to SAP. You can use same functionality to do mass changes to existing data in SAP as well. Please click here to see how you can use MASS transaction in SAP.

Eg: If you want to change any field value in the material master, you can download those data from the table in to an Excel file. Then you can change relevant values in the Excel sheet. After that using a LSMW, you can write new values back to SAP.

Below document will explain you on how to create a basic LSMW. Based on those steps, you should be able to create your own LSMW.

If you want to find out, how you can transfer your LSMW from one client to the other, please click here.

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

How to find Table Names and Field Names in SAP

When writing functional specs or creating condition tables for price maintenance; it’s always necessary to find the field technical name and its table.

Most common as well as easy method it to use the F1 key and then “Technical Info” button option of the exact field in a known transaction. Sometimes when you use above method, a structure name appears as the table name, which you cannot use for spec writing. In that case you need to find the exact table and field name by using some other technique.

This document will guide you on few techniques that will be useful to you on above!

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Monday, August 2, 2010

How to display Customer Specific Text in the logging screen
















If you want to display any text in the logging screen, you can follow the steps described below. Before Release 4.6, this was done by modifying the standard screen 0020 in the program SAPMSYST. But after the release 4.6, screen modification was no longer necessary.

The required steps are;

• Go to Transaction SE61
• Select the document class “General Text” using “F4” search help
• Under Name filed enter “ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO” and press “Change” button

Note:
You can add icons to your message as well.
Format is; @CODE@

"CODE" is the Icon code that you can find by running the report RSTXICON in the transaction SE38.
Eg: @C6@

• Once your done, Save it and check with a new logging screen.

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