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ABAP Freakshow – January 27, 2010: ABAP UI Flexibility Part 4

Thomas Jung — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:28:25 +0000

This is part 4 of a 6 part series on User Interface flexibility in the ABAP environment. Part 4 of this series shows how you can use a Filtered BADI for customer specific validations and processing in an SAP application.

You can download a high resolution version MP4 version of the video here:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Thomas_jung-AFSJan2010ABAPUIFlexibilityPart4671.mp4

You can download an iPod/iPhone version of the video here:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Thomas_jung-AFSJan2010ABAPUIFlexibilityPart4735.mp4

ABAP Freakshow – January 27, 2010: ABAP UI Flexibility Part 3

Thomas Jung — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:25:15 +0000

This is part 3 of a 6 part series on User Interface flexibility in the ABAP environment. Part three of this series looks at the usage of the Feeder Class for a Generic UI Building Block (GUIBB) and how easily you can extend the data model using the Enhancement Framework.

You can download a high resolution version MP4 version of the video here:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Thomas_jung-AFSJan2010ABAPUIFlexibilityPart3304.mp4

You can download an iPod/iPhone version of the video here:
http://blip.tv/file/get/Thomas_jung-AFSJan2010ABAPUIFlexibilityPart3234.mp4

Enterprise Geeks Podcast – You Can’t Handle the Truth

Ed Herrmann — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:56:56 +0000

BS7: You Cant Handle the Truth

In this packed episode, Ed Herrmann, Thomas Jung, and special guest Rich Heilman talk about all the events from the SAP Press conference announcing the launch of SAP Business Suite 7. Also included is a gold mine of information on clarifications of enhancement packages and the switch framework.

If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!

Running Time: 59 minutes

Talking Points

Fellow Enterprise Geek – Rich Heilman
- Xcelsius Flex Control
- Flex vs. ABAP – competitive or complementary
- The whirlwind of working at SAP during the BOBJ acquisition
- What it’s like switching over from IT to Technology
- Future plans for Enterprise Geeks
- Xcelsius Islands coming soon
The truth – what exactly is SAP Business Suite 7
WSJ – WTF?
Clarifying Enhancement Packages for ERP vs. NetWeaver and how it relates to BS7
- SAP ERP 6.0 -
  
  SAP ERP 6.0 is the “go-to” release until at least 2012 providing mainstream maintenance until March 2013 and extended maintenance until 2016.
- SAP NetWeaver 7.0 EnhP1 -
  
  “For these SAP Business Suite systems, a separate ramp-up started in November 2008 which as part of SAP Business Suite 7 comprises SAP ERP 6.0 EhP4, SAP CRM/SRM/SCM/PLM 7.0, … .
  All relevant parts of enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 are included in the respective SAP Business Suite 7 ramp-up packages and will be installed automatically underneath the SAP Business Suite systems.”
Advantages of the Switch Framework
Leveraging custom BAdis, switches, enhancement packages, and namespaces
Value Scenarios and Best Run now packages
SAP is going from a back office suite only to a business process library for casual users, and the customers agree
Business Objects as an analytics acquisition
Subtle hints of the upcoming focus on In-Memory / RAM-resident database
What is the strategy behind the “Harmonized UI” – casual business users no longer have blind faith
Blogger meeting with Richard Campione and the differences in software suites – engineered vs. glued vs. branded
The Press Conference experience
Upcoming topics
- The Harmonized UI strategy and the NetWeaver Business Client
- More on SAP Certifications
Some of the funnier moments from the blogger meetings

Upcoming Webinar on ABAP Enhancement Framework

Thomas Jung — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:16:37 +0000

Next Thursday, January 22nd, my colleague Oliver Mayer and myself will host a free webinar on the usage of the ABAP Enhancement Framework. We will actually cover a little bit on the history of all the enhancement technologies in ABAP as well as talk about how the Enhancement Framework is used in the Business Suite Enhancement Packages.

More importantly, we will go beyond past demos and learning materials on the Enhancement Framework. In the past we have mostly seen the source code enhancements or maybe the class pre and post method enhancements. In this session we also want to show you how to get the full power out of the Enhancement Framework for your own applications. We will demonstrate how to implement kernel badis (with filters) and how to attach any enhancement to a switch. We will also look at the process for creating switches, attaching them to business functions and how to activate and deactivate switches.

Webinar Details:

Dial-in Information:
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Time: 8 a.m. Pacific, 10 a.m. Central, 11 a.m. Eastern; 5 p.m. Central European Time
Tell the operator that you want to join the “SAP NetWeaver Customer Call”
From within the US, call: 1-866-269-9612
From outside the US, call: 1-651-291-0561

WebEx Information:
Meeting URL: http://sap.webex.com/ and use the following meeting number and password:
Meeting number: 741402099
Meeting password: netweaver