There are a few things, well maybe more than a few, that SAP asks you to just take on faith. Running the Classic GL on ECC 6.0 or prior (4.6 c, etc), the Cash Discount calculation (also known as the Profit Loss Adjustments calculation, T-code: F.50) is one of them. As a general ledger accountant […]
SAP allocations, or more precisely, Assessments and Distributions offer a lot of flexibility in their design. So much so, that you can get lost in the details pretty quickly. We recently discovered a flaw in our approach to distributing Gross Margin from non-sales profit centers. The problem was that the distribution did not carry the […]
Last night, I caught an interview on PBS betweeen Charlie Rose and Leo Apotheker, co-CEO of SAP, and Andrew McAfee, a faculty and researcher in IT at Harvard Bus. School. It was very interesting to get Leo’s take on the world, business, and SAP. You can check out the interview here. I highly recommend it […]
by Daxis on Flickr A question that is often asked is, how do you get an SAP job? There is a very simple answer to that…get some SAP experience and the rest is fairly straight forward. Experience is a major part of the equation in the job world. And almost everybody who has ever applied […]
GAAP is out…IFRS is in. At least that’s the plan according to the SEC. We in the US are all about to get some schooling on how the rest of the world does accounting. The SEC has outlined the roadmap for making the jump in the US to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). While the […]
When SAP or ASUG put on keynotes, it’s like the start of some very cool, very hip rock concert, and then they start talking about business software. No iPod’s, no MacBook Air’s or iPhones, nothing that is going to overtly revolutionize the world, so the build up is a little misleading. But still, if your […]
In a comment on another post, Ivan pointed out an excellent/authoritative blog post on SAP’s SDN by Ryan Leask (SAP) on the plan for BPC (Business Planning and Consolidations). I highly recommend reading his post as it is chock full of all the answers to the questions you’ve been asking about BPC. In addition, here […]
Here’s a situation that we FICO types occassionally run into, particularly those of us doing FICO development and technical support. You may come across the need to create effective dates for existing cost centers that are in the past, meaning “Valid from” dates that are prior to the existing “Valid from”. The bad news is […]
Looking for the holy grail in testing SAP? I am. We’ve got an upgrade from 4.6C to ERP 6 looming on the horizon, and a little testing magic would go a long ways. Wouldn’t it be cool to say, “Replicator, one sales order, 20 line items.” And…presto! “Replicator, pick and delivery on last Sales Order.” […]
If there is one thing that SAP is not lacking in, it’s database tables. 40,000+ tables is what I’ve heard. They’ve got tables of tables. Knowing which table a particular piece of data is stored in is sometimes extremely useful, essential really if you’re going to do a SQVI or an SE16 query. If you’re […]
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