CRM or APO Career Option ?

Hi,
I m a SAP SD Certified guy with one year exp. on SAP SD Support and prior to that i have Five years experience as a Sales and Marketing Executive.
But it seems that the in the current market there is very optimal need of SD Consultants , companies are asking for more cross functional or for SD consultant who has knowledge of CRM or APO.
I wanted to ask with my experience of 1 year support, should I go for APO now or shall I gain a little more experience before moving towards APO or CRM?

Hi Binayak,
I would rather advice you to see where SAP is heading in the processs of evolving roles, Instead of being a Functional consultant you need to be a Business Process Expert, now that all the configurations and IMG stuff will be done by Process Modellers, its right time for a Functional guy to get well versed in the technical know-how of a process as the future demands this Role BPx and do the customer implementations in E-SOA.
Hope this helps, Please assign points.
regards,
Muralidhar Prasad Chatna

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APO or CRM Career Options ?

Hi,
I m a SAP SD Certified guy with one year exp. on SAP SD Support and prior to that i have Five years experience as a Sales and Marketing Executive.
But it seems that the in the current market there is very optimal need of SD Consultants , companies are asking for more cross functional or for SD consultant who has knowledge of CRM or APO.
I wanted to ask with my experience of 1 year support, should I go for APO now or shall I gain a little more experience before moving towards APO or CRM?

It is an interesting question you have asked. With just one year of SD support, I am not sure if you are familiar with the internals of SD. (This may sound like a rude remark). It easily takes 3-4 years to criss-cross SD. Some of my friends took one full year to become an ace in Pricing of SD.
On the choice between APO and CRM, the latter is anyday a better choice. Check the traffic in the latter forum and compare it with the former. It is a decent proxy of the market. There are companies in this world who will be focusing their energy on Marketing/front-end side of things rather than the backend of their organization like supply chain. Many organizations have honestly not been able reap tangible measurable benefits out of supply chain products.
Check also the annual report and other investment relationship materials in SAP site(http://www.sap.com/about/investor/reports/annualreport/2006/pdf/2006_SAP_Annual_Report.pdf). I am eagerly awaiting the one for 2007. The report does give feelers on the size of this new dimension market and the kind of development commitment it puts into each of these areas.

What are the table names for CRM and APO?

hi friends,
what are the table names for CRM and APO?
Regards
suneel.

hi Suneel,
check in crm forum
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BUT051 BP Relationship: Contact Person Relationship
Similar to BUT050 , additionally contains Contact Persons Address data
BUT0BK Business Partner: Bank Data & Details
BP Number, Bank Key, Bank Country Key, Bank Account Number
BNKA Bank Master Data
BUT100 BP: Roles
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ADR6 SMTP Numbers (Business Address Services)
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TSAD3T Table containing the Title text against a Title No.
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CRMM_BUAG_H Header Data for Business Agreement such as Tax Category, Tax Characteristic, Form key, Business Agreement Class. Data in this table correspond to ISU CRMD_ORDERADM_H Contains the Header Information for a Business Transaction.
Note:
1. It doesnt store the Business Partner
responsible for the transaction. To
get the Partner No, link it with
CRM_ORDER_INDEX.
2. This table can be used for search
based on the Object Id(Business
Transaction No).
CRMD_CUSTOMER_H Additional Site Details at the Header Level of a Business Transaction
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CRMC_PARTNER_FCT Definition of Partner Functions
SCPRIOT Priorities for Activities with priority text.
CRMC_PROC_TYPE_T Text for a transaction type
CRMC_ACT_OBJ_T Objective Number and Text for Activities
TJ30T All the status code and text
CRMC_PR_ASSIGN : Transaction Type and its Transaction Type Object.
IBIB : Installed Base/Ibase
IBIN : Installed Base Components
COMM_PRODUCT : Products
CRMC_T077D : customer account groups
CRMD_ORDERADM_H (for header) CRMD_ORDERADM_I (Item data)
CRMD_ORDERADM_H Business Transactions CRM
CRMD_ACTIVITY_H Activity
CRMD_OPPORT_H Opportunity
BUTOO : Customer details
BUT001 BP: General data II
BUT100 BP: Roles
BUT150 BP relationship: Attribute table (test
different
BUT_HIER_TREE Business Partner Group Hierarchy
CDBC_T_PRODUCTID Mapping: Product Id
CDBD_ORGMAN Business transaction - organizational unit -
set
COMC_PRODUCT General Product Settings
COMC_R3_FIELDS Assignment of R/3 material master fields to
CFOP
COMM_CATEGORY Category
COMM_CFGMAT Basic Data for Materials
COMM_HIERARCHY Category Hierarchy
COMP_TYPES Hierarchy Tool: Comparison Type Check
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CRMC_CPRICPROC Customer Pricing Procedures
SMOKVBEZ15 Assignment employees to positions
CRMMLSGUID: GUID entry (should match GUID in CRMPRLS)
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SMOFPARSFA Middleware Parameter
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SMOFTABLES Definition of Tables for Download

Assistance in specialising in HANA for career options

I'm Anirudh.I recently joined SAP HANA training and have questions regarding my career choices.
I'm planning to do my MBA in US.I want assistance in choosing the specialization in my masters in which HANA is related to and my career options with MBA and HANA.I'm oing to start my career so thought i would get some experts advice here.
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Did you try the Sales Options posted on Adobe's website? There is a link to the Adobe Store as well as a Desktop/Consumer Sales Number.
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CRM - SCM-APO integration - TPOP

Hi all, i have TPOP (Third Party Order Processing) scenario which involves CRM and APO integration. I create a sales order and this triggers a planned purchase order in SCM APO. How do i find that planned purchase order in SCM APO?

Hi Animesh
If you do not know what the order number that was created then you can go into the product view to find the order. As you are aware this transaction is by product (also enter location and version 000). Press enter and do not press the Create Order button. This takes you into a screen where all elements for the product are shown. You will need to know what date the order was created on then you can find it. Since you are looking for planned purchase orders these should come into APO as planned requisitions in which case your order should appear with either 'PurRqs' or 'SNP: PReq' in the Category column. I believe if you double click into the order you can see all of the products.
If you do know the order number (maybe sales order is updated in CRM?) then use transaction /sapapo/rrp2.
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Andy

Which one to chose between Netwevae XI and Portal as a career option.

Hi,
I have just taken up the training in NS XI and in a dilema to chose between XI & Portal as a career option.
I have sufficient amount of experience in ABAP and wish to proceed further in any of the two.
Can any one please advice which one would be better in terms of the long career goal especially considering the Intl Market.
Regards,
Deepak.

Hi Deepak,
It is better if u go for XI since you have ABAP knowledge. Go throught the following things.
Hi,
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) enables you to implement cross-system processes. It enables you to connect systems from different vendors (non-SAP and SAP) in different versions and implemented in different programming languages (Java, ABAP, and so on) to each other. SAP Exchange Infrastructure is based on an open architecture, uses open standards (in particular those from the XML and Java environments) and offers those services that are essential in a heterogeneous and complex system landscape
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
SAP NetWeaver is SAP's integrated technology platform and is the technical foundation for all SAP applications since the SAP Business Suite. SAP NetWeaver is marketed as a service-oriented application and integration platform. SAP NetWeaver provides the development and runtime environment for SAP applications and can be used for custom development and integration with other applications and systems. SAP NetWeaver is built using open standards and industry de facto standards and can be extended with, and interoperate with, technologies such as Microsoft .NET, Sun Java EE, and IBM WebSphere.
The core products that make up SAP NetWeaver include:
SAP NetWeaver Application Server
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SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
SPRO stands for SAP Project Reference Object. It is used to configure the setting as per your client requirement by using the standard setting present in the system. This where you can do all the SAP configuration work.
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/search?searchvisible=false&selectedcustomprops=sdn_product(value=Exchange%20Infrastructure),sdn_product_release(value=3.0)&SearchPluginName=sdn_
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/14/80243b4a66ae0ce10000000a11402f/frameset.htm
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/library/xi/sap%20xi%20-%20where%20to%20find%20information.pdf
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How To:Uplift from CRM to APO

Hi Specialist's,
As part of our implementation project we need to perform System Readiness Check
and i need your guidance and help in few things:
Uplift from CRM to APO
How can i go about doing this?
Usefull answers will definitely be rewarded with points .
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CRM Career Option ?

Hi,
I m a SAP SD Certified guy with one year exp. on SAP SD Support and Five years experience as a Sales and Marketing Executive.
But it seems that the in the current market there is very optimal need of SD Consultants , companies are asking for more cross functional or for SD consultant who has knowledge of Business One or CRM.
I wanted to ask with my experience of 1 year support, should I go for CRM now or shall I gain a little more experience before moving towards CRM or Business One?

Hi BB,
You have a very good domain/functional experience and also a certified consultant apart from having one year realtime experience. These are all positive aspects for a functional consultant.
Though the CRM market is expected to see a boom since long time, it is not happening and my suggestion is, it is better to learn few important topics in BW and finally go for 'APO'. This is purely my opinion and lets see the opinion of the gurus and this will help many SD consultants who are looking for a change.
Wish you all the best.
Thanks,
Ravi

Need info on CRM and APO fro basis admin prespective

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I am a SAP R3 administrator and i am going to change my job to a company where they are using APO Live and CR<
Can you guys giving me some information like what a basis person do or thing like routine task/programs/performance tunning/debugging he does or need to do to support CRM / APO live chache environment .
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Amit

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Career option whether Abap or Basis

Hi ,
I am working in a renowned Organization,nad i was trained in Basis 6 months back.
I worked on a project in Sap _ basis and Security in 3 months and its been a complete year that i am learning Basis,Now i am getting a Project in which My skill would be ABAP.
Seeking suggestions my Tl says that Abap would be agreat future.
Coming to my interest i can work in both and it will take me a months time to get into Abap.
But thinking from the career prospective Abap will ruin my entire 1 year contributed to Basis.
Please suggest from Career Prospective what should i go for?
Should i raise a Concern that my entire one year knowlwdge of Basis would not stand anywhere if i switch to Abap.
Please suggest asap.
Edited by: ReetikaMadaan on Jan 28, 2011 11:53 AM

Hi,
You have worked on system admin side (Worked on Basis), and t the same you trained on "Security" also. i would like to suggest continue in this and touch the "breadth" of this model. If you are interested, concentrate on mostly "security",
net weavers and portals integrations like that.
Coming to "ABAP" which is is complete programming language, where you can tight your hands with only "Programs" (Perhaps, With different logic's). But i can say strongly, its very powerful language.
All the best.

Is it good to choose BASIS as career option with my existing skills?

Hi Basis Masters,
I have a very good knowledge of ABAP as I experienced it for 1year and also I has certified in networking CCNA and trained in CCNP. i am very much interested in SAP BASIS. is it good to change from ABAP to BASIS?. Guide me in this, please.
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Problems with ESS in "Career and Jobs" option

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In the ESS has problem in Career option (show in the following links)
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Availability information at CRM using ECC with APO?

Dear Colleagues:
We are using availability information in CRM at ECC. Now we have a requirement to start using for some plant availability at SCM-GATP (APO).
We should do availability information at ECC and if the plant is using SCM do the availability information at SCM and if not, do it at ECC.
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Cecilia

HI
Mania you can do this availability info up load from CRM to Apo SCM but you need to transport the Availability info from CRM to Apo or SCM with the help of basis ask u r basis to move availability info from crm to Apo or scm, while you can directly Delta Up load from CRM to ECC R3 Ac4 and You can make use the Availability info and you can read this at ECC.
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CRM 2011+An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted)

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i have installed CRM 2011 on-premise version in Server A. Database and CRM 2011 Reporting Extenison in Server B. Both the server are 64 bit server and IIS 7.0 . i can able to browse the Report server url. USer as been added in Sql DB Logins and
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i can able to access the CRM Reports only using Admin Credenttials that is from the credential which Report server is installed and configured
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processing!ReportServer_0-1!7e4!03/16/2011-10:34:51:: i INFO: DataPrefetch abort handler called for Report with ID=. Aborting data sources ...
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I encountered this same issue today after installing CRM 2011.
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SQL and SSRS 2008 R2 on Server B
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to Microsoft Dynamics CRM SQL
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6. Clear the contents of the Connection String box
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HI Van Dan Jan,
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2. When DATA is needed from SAP to microsoft stack like to syncronize the missing transaction like customer pad and all.
Scheduled job at BizTalk end which call SAP to get the DATA via RFC mode :
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2. If Data Size is large (more than 2 MB) like total transation happened in a day for all customers: then we wriiting the data in OS or application server and that job also get initiated from Biztalk end by sending any parameter to SAP.
advantage of using BizTalk is most of the control you can give it to them so they can run there job on deemand basis.
There is a something known as web service we can use to avoid Interfacing tool, but I dont have much Idea about that,
and please check how many interfacing point is there with SAP in your project, because if Interfacing points are more then I think it is not good to write a web services for so many things.
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