Blog authorhttps://strive2code.com/2026-04-18T18:00:05Z© 2025Moonglade v14.20.0en-UShttps://strive2code.com/post/2017/2/21/sap-experts-clubThe Best-Run Business Run SAP ABAP FICO (Finance & Controlling) BASIS MM (Material management) SAP HANA HR (Human resources) SD (Sales & Distribution) WM/SCM (Warehouse mgmt., Supply chain) SAP Process Integration SAP EDI Author: Alex Kaziuka, 2017alex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP6156b927-5246-44ee-9aca-0bd8b68d45842017-02-21T13:49:26Z2017-02-21T13:49:26Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2015/10/15/external-access-to-sap-netweaver-administration-consoleNormally, you would need to organize a group access to SAP NetWeaver Administration console from remote machines. By default, it is locked in accordance with the policy implemented in ICM filter. If you try to access the page, you'll get an error message "403 Forbidden", "Remote access to the NetWeaver Administrator is forbidden, please see SAP note 1451753". This is actually a note you can startalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP5447077d-8eba-4aeb-a596-d0bdf874f6ee2015-10-15T09:32:49Z2015-10-15T09:32:49Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2015/7/13/sap-erp-60-ehp-6-connection-to-sldThis topic is about SAP ERP connection to SLD in order to use it in the integration scenarios (along with SAP PI 7.31 in our case). I will show the number of steps you need to perform to register the system as SLD and how to solve the issues you may face. First of all, we need to have a SAP Router in place before doing anything, in order to manage our connections from external systems. I havealex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP5944ee38-3029-4cf1-be83-09ec2d1f3c4d2015-07-13T09:46:02Z2015-07-13T09:46:02Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2015/2/20/sap-router-installationThe following describes how to install SAP router on Windows as a service. The reason for router installation is to manage external connections to SAP systems. You will find the latest SAProuter in the SAP Service Marketplace under Start of the navigation path Download SAP Software -> Support Packages & Patches http://service.sap.com/patches On the Support Packages and Patches page choose linksalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP0033257a-aa88-4862-bd4f-4692a24285b12015-02-20T07:51:25Z2015-02-20T07:51:25Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/8/1/add-sap-gui-login-page-information-textToday, we'll talk about the SAP login page. There are many possibilities to change or enhance it, but the simplest one is to modify the 'ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO' default text. Do you want the login page to look like mine (or better ☺)? Let's get started! Go to SE61 Go with the change option for ZLOGIN_SCREEN_INFO. (Document Class: General text, Language: English (OR According to your System),alex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPd92b30a8-3168-4264-8b50-4fff92113a2d2014-08-01T08:01:16Z2014-08-01T08:01:16Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/27/sap-erp6-ehp6-ides-installation-and-configuration-on-linuxI. Linux installation and preparation First of all, it doesn’t really matter which Linux/Unix platform to choose, as SAP is compatible with many of them. It only depends on the efforts you have to put before actual SAP installation (ie Linux partitioning, additional software deployment, and configuration, host configuration, etc.). Taking this into consideration, I decided to use SUSE Linuxalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPd2078957-1898-44f7-a892-c17959e0afe52014-05-27T08:41:27Z2014-05-27T08:41:27Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/24/sap-pi-process-integrationSAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP PI) is SAP's enterprise application integration (EAI) software, a component of the NetWeaver product group used to facilitate the exchange of information among a company's internal software and systems and those of external parties. Before the current version, SAP PI was called SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI). Like other NetWeaver components, SAP PI isalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP61e52566-ea20-4b84-917b-bcae9176aeda2014-05-24T10:56:50Z2014-05-24T10:56:50Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/23/sap-edi-electronic-document-interchangeEDI means Electronic Data Interchange and is used between SAP systems and external systems. When thinking about MM-IV processes, EDI enables a vendor to transfer invoice information electronically instead of in the form of a printed paper invoice. IDOC means Intermediate Document, and is used during ALE and EDI processes. An IDoc is generated for each invoice and the system posts an invoice usingalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP5d11b074-104a-4176-ae39-8a0486d6a7dc2014-05-23T10:59:00Z2014-05-23T10:59:00Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/8/sap-basisThis part of the blog is related to SAP systems installation, configuration, and performance tuning. It will be especially useful for those who have just started with SAP BASIS or want to install/deploy SAP ERP themselves. So, let's begin. Installation and troubleshooting SAP ERP6 EHP6 Installation and configuration on Windows Server. SAP ERP6 EHP6 Installation and configuration on SUSE Linuxalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPe438801a-431e-4664-b640-c0ef2fd167352014-05-08T11:03:51Z2014-05-08T11:03:51Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/7/creating-inquiry-sap-sdPurpose of this document: An inquiry document is an internal document. It records the information about the request from a prospective customer to be circulated in the company and is not a legal document. The information captured is mainly the materials and the quantity. More details could be added to the document, which is optional. The big advantage of creatingan inquiry is to reduce anyalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP31c2f16f-a4af-4dd1-a5fa-16ae1f5a5fe42014-05-07T11:07:01Z2014-05-07T11:07:01Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/6/creating-quotation-sap-sdPurpose of this document: It's a sales document which informs the customer that the company will deliver a specific quantity of product at a specific time and at a specific price. Quotation can be created after receipt of an inquiry from a customer or without an inquiry. When a quotation is created post receipt of an inquiry from the customer, two methods can be followed: Create a quotation withalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP8b4f6f58-bdf2-49ca-8c47-0b3ab36702b92014-05-06T11:27:48Z2014-05-06T11:27:48Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/5/5/overview-of-sales-activities-sap-sdNormally all Sales activities (leaving out the activities undertaken by Marketing function) can be broadly categorized into pre sales and post sales activities. Pre Sales activity is a process which happen before product is sold to customer. Pre-Sales Documents They are of 2 types: 1) Inquiries and 2) Quotation Inquiries Inquiry documents are customer request for information about product.(e.alex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPb8e413ec-e563-4582-a94d-be622eca16cc2014-05-05T11:33:54Z2014-05-05T11:33:54Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/4/8/biztalk-server-2010-and-sap-integrationInstead of an introduction There has always been a demand for data integration between different systems. It doesn't matter whether it was the integration between the legacy systems or with the trading partners, but it seems obvious that the project's complexity may vary, depending on the technologies used. MS BizTalk has a long story, but to my mind, it is the most promising proprietaryalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPe4f7e456-c196-43d5-8fb5-387af14146342014-04-08T11:40:18Z2014-04-08T11:40:18Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/2/18/practical-abapABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor, German for "general report creation processor") is a high-level programming language created by SAP. It is currently positioned, alongside the more recently introduced Java, as the language for programming the SAP Application Server, part of its NetWeaver platform for building businessalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP173d1f17-adfc-4581-ab85-c8ccd3b3936e2014-02-18T11:42:51Z2014-02-18T11:42:51Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/2/3/sap-abap-in-eclipseThe Best-Run Business Run SAP First of all, just before using Eclipse for ABAP development we have to perform some necessary prerequisites. 1. Check whether Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6 or higher, 32-Bit (for the 32-Bit version of ABAP Development Tools) or 64-Bit (for the 64-Bit version of ABAP Development Tools) is installed on your local drive. Download it right fromalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPbaf300fb-3357-4946-8640-e2856e604da42014-02-03T13:55:37Z2014-02-03T13:55:37Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/2/2/sap-support-package-updateInstead of introduction. Hello colleagues. This is my first topic on problem/solution about SAP patching process. Just a few months ago I came across SAP IDES update problem and I think this experience would be useful for everyone else, who struggling with the same issue or plan to update SAP instance. Despite the fact I use IDES system as an example, this topic could be used as a good startingalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP8f10f2fb-2493-4370-b994-eec1e1031b382014-02-02T21:09:07Z2014-02-02T21:09:07Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/2/2/common-issues-during-sap-sp-updateCommon errors during SAP service packages update and their solution 1. ====================================================================== Problem: Phase CHECK_REQUIREMENTS. The system has found a number of open dataextraction requests. These should be processed before starting the object import process. Solution: - use se38 (report RMCEXCHK) to identify application which causes an error (alex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERP6e3fb5ad-1bd7-4dbf-8ab4-fad81266ede42014-02-02T11:45:25Z2014-02-02T11:45:25Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2014/1/23/sap-hanaSAP HANA is a completely re-imagined platform for real-time business. SAP HANA converges database and application platform capabilities in-memory to transform transactions, analytics, text analysis, predictive and spatial processing so businesses can operate in real-time. Useful links: SAP HANA Development Cockpit SAP HANA Developer Tools Cloud Platform Web IDE SAP Fiori Cloud Demo SAP HANAalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPde2fbd11-9bbf-4cce-a8c0-6ffa3c0032c12014-01-23T11:47:45Z2014-01-23T11:47:45Zhttps://strive2code.com/post/2013/1/9/sap-erp6-ehp6-ides-installation-and-configurationFirst of all, SAP installation is not a trivial process. There are a lot of places where everything can go wrong... That's why I have decided to start from scratch, i.e. not from the SAP Installation procedure, but from the Windows Server installation and configuration. The instruments we need to have in order to succeed in this enterprise are next: - VMWare Workstation; - SQL Server 2008 R2 (isoalex@strive2code.com (Alex K.)ERPbe66f94f-3258-42c0-a2c5-49320e01494a2013-01-09T12:26:14Z2013-01-09T12:26:14Z