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Re: New SAP Community - Profile Signatures

2024-02-08T14:37:50.648000+01:00

Testing it out:

I keep getting HTML errors...still cool

Re: New SAP Community - Profile Signatures

2024-02-08T15:49:29.469000+01:00

<a href="https://community.sap.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/82" target="_blank"><img src="https://devrel-tools-prod-scn-badges-srv.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/showcaseBadgesGroups/82" /></a>

The site appears not to like the img tag....just from what I saw

Re: New SAP Community - Profile Signatures

2024-02-08T19:44:41.982000+01:00

@thomas_jung now it seems to be working - see https://community.sap.com/t5/coffee-corner-discussions/back-to-being-sap-everyday-user/m-p/13591692#M2647

Re: How we can connect Databricks with BOBJ ?

2024-03-13T18:45:21.273000+01:00

This is also an option to use an ODBC driver https://www.cdata.com/kb/tech/databricks-odbc-sap-businessobjects.rst - but not sure of the specifics of what you are connectiong

Re: OS/DB Migration

2024-03-14T13:58:57.069000+01:00

I think it is better to upskill on the steps to perform S/4HANA migration. We attended a SAP boot camp for this as a team and we migrated an ECC to S/4HANA instance as a team.

Also there are several great Open SAP courses on this topic unless they have moved to learning.sap.com.

Re: Celebrating International Pi Day

2024-03-14T15:46:20.547000+01:00

Happy Pi Day.

I like pumpkin pie, but only around Thanksgiving. Pumpkin pie cheesecake is good too.

Re: Run Automatic Payment F110: Automatic Cash discount a...

2024-03-19T01:02:29.405000+01:00

Eli has a response here: https://community.sap.com/t5/enterprise-resource-planning-q-a/in-table-t030r-the-entry-ske-is-missing/qaq-p/6057749

"Go to FBKP, choose 'Automatic postings' and maintain accounts determination for 'Cash discount and payment differences'."

SAP Business Process Analyst II/III

2024-03-20T23:21:23.619000+01:00

Description

Under general supervision of the Supervisor, Business Systems Support provides support of automated solutions for SAP and associated business processes. Serves as the critical link between the user department and IT staff – ensuring user requirements are understood, communicated, and acted upon appropriately. Support provided includes serving as a journeyman-level knowledge resource for system end-users; monitoring system operations and performance; troubleshooting system problems; and identifying, designing, and implementing resolutions to system problems and enhancements.

Examples of Duties

This is a Hybrid position with up to 2 days of telework after 90 days of employment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor employment Visa.

Provides mid-level production and system maintenance support of automated solutions, as described below:

Production Support
1. Serves as a journeyman-level system and process knowledge resource.
2. Monitors and analyzes business operations and system performance.
3. Identifies, analyzes, and defines system and process problems, documenting the requirements of all involved groups.
4. Develops a course of action to resolve problems, working closely with other IT staff, user departments, and product vendors, as needed.
5. Recommends and implements problem resolutions, whether a system change request, software upgrade request, business work-around, or business process change.
6. Assesses the impact of problems and their resolution and recommends an appropriate priority.
7. Notifies end users of system problems and changes.
8. Works on special projects, as assigned.
System Maintenance
1. Keeps up-to-date on system features and upgrades.
2. Assists in short- and long-term technology planning and in assessing the impact of technology upgrades.
3. Evaluates and recommends system enhancements.
4. Develops functional specifications for system enhancements and modifications.
5. Designs processes, reports, forms, and system features, obtaining the appropriate approvals from the management of affected departments.
6. Implements and maintains system configuration to support functional designs.
7. Plans, schedules, and monitors the development and testing of software modifications/ changes, adjusting work to achieve desired outcomes.
8. Maintains system support documentation.
9. Performs unit testing on configuration work.
  1. Plans and performs integration and regression testing for system changes.
  2. Creates and maintains test and training data.
  3. Develops briefings and other documentation, as appropriate, for system changes.
10. Oversees systems development activities by:
  1. Serving as a Team Lead on large, complex projects.
  2. Performing as a Project Manager on small projects.
  3. Providing training, guidance, and assistance to less experienced Business Analysts.
  - Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Typical Qualifications

Possession of an associate degree in computer science, information systems, business, or related field, and four (4) years of analysis experience in a complex information systems environment or any equivalent combination of education, experience, training and knowledge.
Minimum of six years of hands-on experience working with SAP ERP
Experience IS-U related functions and related systems- Customer Care & Service (CCS), Financial & Contract Account (FI-CA), Device management, SAP Rates and Invoicing
Experience with C4C (V1) and/or S/4HANA 2022 preferred.
Experience with requirements, elicitation, analysis, and documentation
Experience with business analysis, quality assurance, and workflow tools and/or practices
Experience with business case development and presentation
Experience in providing technology solution assessment and validation.
Demonstrated ability to participate in projects/assignments with varying levels of complexity.
Possess the skills to initiate, evaluate, develop, and influence users on adoption of solid, actionable recommendations.
Experienced in leading, designing, and facilitating multiples concurrent projects and delivering effective presentations that are valued by customers.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Must pass a controlled substance (drug) test for employment.

Agency Fairfax Water

Address 8570 Executive Park Avenue

Fairfax, Virginia, 22031

Phone 703-289-6110 Website: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/fairfaxwater/default.cfm Apply: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/fairfaxwater/jobs/4432868/business-process-analyst-ii-iii/apply?pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

In the twilights of a Career Journey

2024-03-25T14:26:55.360000+01:00

In the 8th grade I checked out a book at the library and one of the careers listed was "systems analyst". It was a picture of a person analyzing green and white paper computer printouts. I thought that would be an interesting career for me.

In college, I wasn't sure if I wanted to major in engineering or accounting. 10 hours of engineering calculus made me think accounting was for me. So I majored in Accounting. The good news is that 10 hours of engineering calculus gave me confidence to do anything.

I was very fortunate in my junior year to land an internship in internal auditing at the Federal Reserve. Everyone was wonderful and it was a great experience.

After college, I worked in various positions in auditing but landed in "Microcomputer Support" in IT. Little known fact, I was one of the first people to install what was then called a microcomputer in the Jackson County Sports Authority (home of the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals).

I was fortunate to also work in the FDIC in various positions such as budget analyst, programmer analyst and finally "systems accountant" marrying both my interests. The FDIC supported my dream of obtaining a masters degree in IT at George Washington University. To this day I always remember the first words of my professor there "before you call a meeting, create a cost benefit analysis of that meeting, and see if you still want to meet".

As a capstone project, we put together a systems design for the DC Planning and Zoning Commission. We created a prototype using VB Basic and created ER diagrams using an Oracle product at the time.

I moved on to property/fixed asset reporting at telecom company, using SAS on the mainframe. In the midst of that job, I was asked to write scripts for an ERP solution, specifically for fixed assets and project accounting. Of the 30 people on the selection committee, it was 100% for SAP. I've been working with SAP ever since.

I enjoyed implementing SAP projects and fixed assets, learning to write functional specs, and even back then we used LSMW's to load and fix data.

I did consulting for a few years and then it was back to being a SAP customer in the defense industry. I remember the big challenges of moving to "EnjoySAP", the enterprise portal and even upgrading to NetWeaver.

In my current job as a business analyst I have worked on migrations, several upgrades (including S/4HANA). Thanks to the SAP Community, I was able to visit both Australia and South Africa for conferences. It's great to pay it forward and always learn more.

Some favorite SAP products:

1. BW - I found this easy to use, easy to learn and I enjoyed the work

2. Data Services - it saved me so much from complicated data migrations

3. SAP Analysis Office - easy to use/learn/consume

Some opportunities for improvement:

1. always be learning

2. look for certifications outside of SAP - for example, I am a CPA and PMP.

3. get engaged in SAP user groups

4. engage in other professional volunteer opportunities - for me, this includes volunteering for PMI and at one point my local library

5. share the knowledge - the more you give, the more you learn. Pay it forward

6. formal training in your area is good to have; I believe in formal education (hence my master's degree)

7. "step outside your comfort zone" - for example, in the past few years I participated in SAP Devtoberfest, even though I am not a developer. So when another developer says to you "I tested this using Postman" - you know what they mean

picture from a previous ASUG conference

Scenes from an ASUG Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting

2024-03-25T19:33:57.636000+01:00

This past Friday Fairfax Water hosted an ASUG Mid-Atlantic Chapter meeting. First I want to thank Gwendolyn Glasner, who set up the meeting, Lauren Milligan, who executed the meeting, Atul Patankar, our ASUG Volunteer who introduced the meeting and all of our speakers:

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Agenda:

8:30	9:00	Breakfast and Registration Open
9:00	9:15	ASUG Mid-Atlantic Chapter Welcome
9:15	9:45	Intelligent Automation for SAP Transformations: How Automation De-Risks Custom Code Modernization	Jason Narnian, smartShift
9:45	10:00	Networking Break
10:00	10:45	ASUG Customer Roundtable Discussion	Patty Brown, ASUG
11:00	11:45	You've Paid For It, So Let's Use It	Kristen Scheffler, SAP
11:45	12:30	Lunch & Learn: ECC TO S/4HANA Conversion Approach	Alex Borokov, Naviste
12:30	1:15	Plant Tour
1:15	1:30	Closing and giveaways

After introductions, Jason from smartShift presented:

Clean core is a popular topic this year so interest was high.

Next, for the first time I can recall, we had ASUG's Patty Brown present at our meeting about the value of ASUG.

Patty reviewed the ASUG member benefits. She leads the editorial team, producing ASUG First Five.

Patty thanked the volunteers at the meeting. She was very upbeat and supportive.

Next, the great Kristen Scheffler presented "You Paid for it, so Let's Use it".

Kristen covered several areas regarding SAP Support and many attendees told me they were looking forward to her slides.

Source: SAP

I've used these options (try chat first, then if it's too long of a wait, I will call CIC).

I didn't know about this, so I will have to try it out later:

Source: SAP

Kristen provided an update on SolMan, a product I've used for years. Many of us will need to decide what to do after SolMan 7.2.

Lastly, Alex from Navisite provided a great session about migrating to S/4HANA

Source: Navisite

I invite you to attend our upcoming Mid-Atlantic Chapter meetings:

July 26: Topgolf Baltimore
Call for Sponsors: https://www.cvent.com/c/abstracts/3edfe457-f452-4be3-8cd2-90aa7ebd2d54
Link to Register: https://www.asug.com/events/asug-mid-atlantic-chapter-meeting-july-2024
September 27 – Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, Virginia
October 25 – Topgolf DC

Sponsor tables:

I *forgot* to take pictures of the food!

Until next time.

Re: Biller Direct functionality like in s4 Hana

2024-04-12T20:58:02.789000+02:00

If you are referring to S/4HANA on premise, biller direct is still there (at least for us, we are using the SAP ISU solution for utilities).

Re: How to become a Technology Evangelist

2024-04-13T11:36:41.704000+02:00

Great blog, and I have enjoyed all of your presentations. I hope to see you at another conference soon. I remember at one of your sessions you had a Voltaire quote and I asked you to say it in French and you complied.

Re: A journey of discovery and a prime example for utilizing dynamic logpoints

2024-04-16T21:16:59.465000+02:00

Very nice...I'm going to call you ABAP Detective, much like Jim Spath always wrote in the past.

Re: Data analysis in relatation to BSID and BSAD

2024-04-23T19:04:40.191000+02:00

I've found that ChatGPT is often not correct when using SAP.

Why not use the BSEG table for this?

Or, if you are on S/4HANA, use the ACDOCA table?

Re: How i select work center category 5 for plant mainten...

2024-04-23T19:09:50.035000+02:00

0005, plant maintenance, doesn't appear to be configured in your system.

Can you go to SM30, table V_TC30 and share what you see?

Re: I am not able to find the entries for KZ documents ty...

2024-04-23T19:11:46.986000+02:00

Could it be an access issue?

Could you run transaction SU53 right after running FBL1N and do you see authorization issues?

Re: Grouping Key not found in BP vendor company view (S4)

2024-04-26T13:23:50.642000+02:00

Hello - please look at SAP Note https://me.sap.com/notes/3221888 (logon required) and see if it applies to your situation.

Re: Is the vendor grouping key obsoleted in S4 Hana?

2024-04-26T13:24:30.774000+02:00

Good morning,

Please look at SAP Note https://me.sap.com/notes/3221888 (logon required) and see if it applies to your situation.

Re: Asset technical gl clearing concept

2024-04-28T11:17:26.708000+02:00

This blog explains it:

https://community.sap.com/t5/enterprise-resource-planning-blogs-by-members/asset-accounting-in-s-4-hana/ba-p/13507342 - it provides steps, reasoning and examples.

Re: From Rookie SAP Consultant to Client-Side Innovator: A Journey of Passion and Transformation

2024-05-07T14:07:10.031000+02:00

Patty,

Congratulations on your new position. I enjoyed reading your story.