Excel related question

I can't see the formula bar and my excel is crashing when I try to activate it

You can call the Excel sort function by ActiveX and feed the sort parameters into the method function.
1. Starting with your Automation Refnum to the worksheet, wire up a Method Node->Range.
Wire a string constant of "A1" or any cell within the range to Cell1.
2. Wire the output of Range to a Property Node->CurrentRegion.
This will automatically find the entire block of data to be sorted.
3. Then wire the CurrentRegion output to the Method Node->Sort function.
You can then create a constant for Sort1 of xlDescending and specify the column for Key1 as "A:A".
The date should not be a problem unless the values were forced to be text strings in Excel. In that case you will not get the right results.
Michael
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com
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Certified LabVIEW Developer, MCP
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I want to check all functions of PCI 6534.I have read the user manual..I have some memory related questions.Please help me for that.

I want to check all functions of PCI 6534.I have read the user manual..I have some memory related questions.Please help me for that.
1.)If i am using the continuous output mode.and the size of generated data is less than 32 MB.If i want to preload the memory,what should i do?I want that first of all i load all my data to onboard memory & then i want to make start the transfer between 6534 & peripheral.Is it possible?As per me it should be.Plz tell me how should i do this?I think that in normal procedure the transfer between 6534-peripheral & outputting data from pc buffer to onboard memory works parallely.But i don't want this.Is it poss
ible?
(2).Similarly in finite input operation(pattern I/O) is it possible to preload the memory and then i read it?Because i think that the PC memory will be loaded automatically when 6534 acquires the data and then when we use DIO read vi the pc buffer data will be transferred to application buffer.If this is true,i do not want this.Is it possible?
(3) One more question is there if i am using normal operation onboard memory will be used bydefault right?Now if i want to use DMA and if i have data of 512 bytes to acquire.How will it work and how should i do it?Please tell me the sequence of operations.As per my knowledge in normal DMA operation we have 32 Bytes FIFO is there so after acquisition of 32 bytes only i can read it.How it will known to me that 32 bytes acquisition is complete?Next,If i want to acquire each byte separately using DMA interrupts what should i do?Provide me the name of sourse from which i can get details about onboard memory & DMA process of 6534 specifically
(4).In 6534 pattern Input mode,if i want to but only 10 bits of data.and i don't want to waste any data line what should i do?

Hi Vishal,
I'll try to answer your questions as best I can.
1) It is definitely possible to preload data to the 32MB memory (per group) and start the acquisition after you have preloaded the memory. There are example programs on ni.com/support under Example Code for pattern generation and the 6534 that demonstrate which functions to use for this. Also, if your PC memory buffer is less than 32MB, it will automatically be loaded to the card. If you are in continuous mode however, you can choose to loop using the on-board memory or you can constantly be reading the PC memory buffer as you update it with your application environment.
2) Yes, your data will automatically be loaded into the card's onboard memory. It will however be transferred as quickly as possible to the DMA FIFO on the card and then transferred to the PC memory buffer through DMA. It is not going to wait until the whole onboard memory is filled before it transfers. It will transfer throughout the acquisition process.
3) Vishal, searching the example programs will give you many of the details of programming this type of application. I don't know you application software so I can't give you the exact functions but it is easiest to look at the examples on the net (or the shipping examples with your software). Now if you are acquiring 512 bytes of data, you will start to fill your onboard memory and at the same time, data will be sent to the DMA FIFO. When the FIFO is ready to send data to the PC memory buffer, it will (the exact algorithm is dependent on many things regarding how large the DMA packet is etc.).
4) If I understand you correctly, you want to know if you waste the other 6 bits if you only need to acquire on 10 lines. The answer to this is Yes. Although you are only acquiring 10 bits, it is acquired as a complete word (16bits) and packed and sent using DMA. You application software (NI-DAQ driver) will filter out the last 6 bits of non-data.
Hope that answers your questions. Once again, the example code on the NI site is a great place to start this type of project. Have a good day.
Ron

In which Board we need to post cRIO related Questions?

sir,
In which board do i need to post cRIO related Questions and doubts regarding my application with cRIO .Please help me previously i have posted in motion control drives as my application is related to motor control using cRIO.bu i am not getting any reply .i couldnt find any cRIO related board in select board option.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Hi illa,
You can post your query under the Real Time Measurement and Control
http://forums.ni.com/t5/Real-Time-Measurement-and/bd-p/280

Two related questions: ColdFusion 10/Java applications and J2EE supported servers

I have two related questions:
1. CF10 and integration with Java Web applications
We have a couple of Java applications running on JRun and interfacing with CF9 applications. The JRun clusters were created through the JRun Admin and, apart from lack of Axis 2.0 support, have served us well for years now. And, as would be the case, the ColdFusion9/Java/Flash application is a critical public-facing application that the business uses for bidding on projects.
It appears that with ColdFusion 10 on Tomcat, we will not be able to run those Java applications on a Tomcat-CF10 JVM cluster. Is this correct? IF so, what are our options?
2. J2EE Application Servers supported by Adobe for CF10
Which of these is correct?
A. This URL (http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion-enterprise/faq.html) states "ColdFusion 10 supports IBM® WebSphere, Oracle® WebLogic, Adobe JRun, Apache Tomcat, and JBoss."
B. This URL (http://wwwimages.adobe.com/www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/coldfusion/pdfs/cf1 0/coldfusion10-support-matrix.pdf) states:
"J2EE application servers: WebLogic Server 10.3, 11.1, WebSphere Application Server 7, ND 7 JBoss 5.1, 6.0, 7.1.0"
I *think* "A" above is wrong re. support for Adobe JRun. It does not specify a version of Apache Tomcat unless it is simply referring to the custom version the comes with CF10.
Option "B" above shows no support of Adobe JRun or 'standard' Apache Tomcat.
Thanks,
Scott

Question 1 above was answered: "No support for Java web applications under CF10's custom version of Tomcat"
Question 2: No answer yet: Is Apache Tomcat (NOT Adobe's customized version) supported for CF10 J2EE deployment? I do not see any installation instructions on how to install CF10 on Apache Tomcat 6 or 7.
Is anybody using Apache Tomcat as their J2EE app servers and, again, NOT Adobe's customized/limited version?
Thanks,
Scott

Deafult search engine on a new tab-this thread was closed but I have a related question. Once you put the new url in, what then? Close? When tried, did not work

"deafult search engine on a new tab" - this thread was closed but I have a related question. [the word “default” is spelled as it on the thread] Once you put the new url in, what then? Close it? When tried, it did not work. The closest answer is noted here. Instructing to go to about:fig. Specifically, I installed the accuweather add=on and it took over my tab home page - the one that comes up when you click for a new tab. I didn't like it so I clicked the button to remove it and the page went blank. I searched to see out to restore the tab page, tired the reply at this page :
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/753256?s=install+search+box+on+new+tabs&r=3&as=s
But it did not work. Can some on help me? Just want to know how to make google or some page open on a new tab.
Many thanks

Thanks so much for your support. As I said I am not a professional, so I by chance saw a friend who is and this is what he suggested and it worked.
We googled for an answer and found this site: http://www.guidingtech.com/8004/have-new-tab-page-open-specific-website-firefox-chrome/
It says to Download and install Download and install''' NewTabURL''' and gives instructions on how to. Now when I open the tab it goes to my preferred search page!

PM/EAM related questions posted in PLM forum

Hi,
I was going through some of the threads available in PLM forum, but to my surprise, most of the threads posted are related to PM, which should have been posted in EAM forum. It was clearly mentioned by the moderator in one of the sticky thread [PLM-Forumsplit - Please ensure you are using the right forum|PLM-Forumsplit - Please ensure you are using the right forum;
Questions regarding Plant Maintenance (PM) or Customer Service (CS) are discussed in the Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) forum
forums - posts will be moved to the right forum.
Please ensure your are opening a new thread in the right forum
Despite the clear instructions given my the moderator, PM related questions are still posted to PLM forum and some of the active participant of EAM forum answers these questions in PLM forum. It would be nice if those threads are moved to appropriate forum, so that the relevant informations are available under one forum, also, PLM forum should be monitored regularly and inappropriate threads are to be moved to their respective forum.
Few PM related threads posted recently in PLM forum:
[Change PR for External order|Change PR for External order;
[BAPI or Function Module to Complete Maintenance calls in IP10|BAPI or Function Module to Complete Maintenance calls in IP10;
[delete material from PM order|delete material from PM order;
[Message no. IW056 Work center change --> default data redefined|Message no. IW056 Work center change --> default data redefined;
[Component in Task list not reflecting in maintenance order|Component in Task list not reflecting in maintenance order;
[Deleted functional location/equipments|Deleted functional location/equipments;
[PM orders not listing components from material BOM|PM orders not listing components from material BOM;
[Completion date in Maintenance Plans in IP10|Completion date in Maintenance Plans in IP10;
I had used abuse reports for some, but numbers of such posts are many.

I hate to say this, but I often see the same thing, and I've never been able to figure out exactly what triggers selectability vs. non-selectability, but I suspect some of it has to do with tranparency flattening in particular, and possibly text wrap in cases where that comes into play. ID optimizes the PDF it creates, I think, and that might cause text, or even images, to be broken into chunks in funny ways. It occurs to me that turning off optimzing for fast web view might help in this regard.

Please post documentation-related questions or comments on the

Please post documentation-related questions or comments on the Performance Management Applications {forum:id=1318} forum
http://forums.oracle.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=1318

I just got a call today that I reached my 300GB limit for the month. I called and got a pretty rude response from the security and data usage department. The guy told me in so many words that if I do not like or agree with the policy that I should feel free to find another service provider.!!! I tried to explain that we watch Netflix and XFinity on-demand alot and I was told that that can not be anywhere close to the data usage. I checked my router and watching a "super HD, dolby 5.1" TV show on Netflix will average about 5-6 GB per hour (1.6MB/s) ... sp this means that I can only watch no more than 1-2 Super HD TV shows a day via Netflix before I run out of my data usage. This seems a bit redicilous doesn't it? Maybe the TV ads about the higher speed than the competition should be accompanied with "as long as you don't use it too often" Not a good experience ...

Where do I post my CRM related questions

Where do I post my CRM related questions.
thanks
siva
Message was edited by:
sivapara

Hi Siva,
You can select the module of CRM from the category and post your question there. You can even search for CRM and Post your question.
Regards,
[email protected]

Online Help Related Questions

Hi
FYI there is no longer a dedicated place on Microsoft.com for online help related questions.
We are told that VS General (here) is the best place for help questions.
Note that these sites are a good place to get help on help (Microsoft and MVP presence):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hatt/ -- for WinHelp & HTML Help & general help discussion
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSHelpViewer/ -- For HelpViewer help (VS 2010/2012 help; Windows 8 help)
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSHelp2/ -- For MS Help 2.x help (VS 2002/2003/2005/2008 help)
Feel free to ask questions on this thread if you need to. At least then we can find your post.
You can also email the VS/MSDN help team directly -- [email protected]
Please let them know how you feel about the lack of support for Online Help in the forums.
Rob
www.helpmvp.com -- Various Help resources
Rob Chandler Help MVP www.helpwareGroup.com | mshcmigrate.helpmvp.com | hv2.helpmvp.com

Actually, we cannot (at least anymore) directly email the team. I tried and got a reject from the mail server. So, I'm going to post here so I can feel better knowing I said something and then I can get back to programming :-)
Ok, I’ve been developing Windows apps since Win 3.1 (yeah, a long time) and have always admired the Microsoft attitude towards Developers and it’s desire to educate and empower R&D.
So, I’m wondering what’s going on? Why am I being asked to have an account to develop anything for MY own PC? Why am I being asked for my Microsoft account password, repeatedly, when I’m just looking up documentation on UserControl or C3 keywords…
repeatedly? This is nothing short of annoying and it gives me pause and concern about the ecosystem. Is the plan to lock down programmer’s capabilities, knowledge and tools?
I’m involved in the TAP program for Windows 10 and have voiced concerns in the same category with regard to installation and deployment of Universal Apps. Security is not a reasonable excuse. Some of us love to program and actually
control their PCs. We are not planning to sell everything we write on the Windows Store. What happened to programming something cool for your home network or just for friends? We need, and used to have, Microsoft’s support in doing
this sort of thing. Documentation and tools are more important now than ever. I’m saddened to see the direction things are heading…
If there is a sane reason I’m being badgered to ‘log in’ to read .NET documentation every hour, please share. If not, please consider lobbying to get things back on track.
Thanks

Button, or other panel related question

so, if any of you have read my previous topic about painting rectangles in a panel, that worked great, but now i need to mkae those rectangles components so that when someone hovers over it or clicks on it it displays information at a certain area. I know how to make listeners and how to add buttons in a panel, BUT how do I add buttons at a specific coordinate. This program graphs data on a specific scale and therefore adding a button in the approximate area using a grid layout will not be good enough. Is there anyway for me to place the the button/component/object at the extact location that I want?
thanks in advance

In future GUI related questions should be posted in the appropriate GUI forum (likely Swing).
so, if any of you have read my previous topic about
painting rectangles in a panel, that worked great,
but now i need to mkae those rectangles components so
that when someone hovers over it or clicks on it it
displays information at a certain area. What?

BW SUPPORT RELATED QUESTIONS

Dear All,
I am a BW fresher and currently attending an interview for BW support role.
Could anyone please send me some interview questions mainly focusing on BW SUPPORT related issues??
Thanking you
RAO

HI Rao,
These are the Daily Support processes & related links,
***From SDN
Normally the production support activities include
Scheduling
R/3 Job Monitoring
B/W Job Monitoring
Taking corrective action for failed data loads.
Working on some tickets with small changes in reports or in AWB objects.
The activities in a typical Production Support would be as follows:
1. Data Loading - could be using process chains or manual loads.
2. Resolving urgent user issues - helpline activities
3. Modifying BW reports as per the need of the user.
4. Creating aggregates in Prod system
5. Regression testing when version/patch upgrade is done.
6. Creating adhoc hierarchies.
Also refer these posts:
Re: In production Support , how i can acquire the knowledge
Re: How to resolve tickets its urgent
Re: production support issues
production support
we can perform the daily activitiesin Production
1. monitoring Dataload failures thru RSMO
2. Monitoring Process Chains Daily/weekly/monthly
3. Perform Change run Hirerachy
4. Check Aggr's Rollup
To add to the above
1)check data targets are ready for reporting,
2) No failed or cancelled jobs in sm37 monitors and Bw Monitor.
3) All requests are loaded for day,monthly and yearly also.
4) Also to note down time taken for loading of critical infocubes which are used for reporting.
5) Is there any break in any schedules from your process chains.
It's totally a client specific tool.
The common features here can be
A ticket Id,
Priority,
Consultant ID/Name,
User ID/Name,
Date of Post,
Resolving Time etc.
There ideally is also a knowledge repositary to search for a similar problem and solutions given if it had occured earlier.
You can also have traning manuals (with screen shots) for simple transactions like viewing a query, saving a workbook etc so that such queried can be addressed by using them.
When the problem is logged on to you as a consultant, you need to analyse the problem, check if you have a smilar problm occured earlier and use ready solutions, find out the exact server on which this has occured etc.
you have to solve the problem(assuming you will have access to the dev sytem) and post the solution and ask the user to test after the preliminary testing from your side.
Get it transported to production once tested and post it as closed i.e the ticket has to be closed.
---If there is a dataload failure, what steps/checks do i need to follow. etc.
it means thats depends upon the failure we need to monitor and take corrective action ..
generally we do in load failures...
ST22 for any shortdumps
sm21 for log entries and
TRF entries
sm12 for any locks
we need to analyze from these t-codes.
changing query/object
-change ticket from open to working.
-get additional details if any required.
-create transport request in dev.
-make the change and save in transport.
-check that transport goes through OK.
-do testing in QA system.
-after testing is OK,get change transported to prod.
-update ticket and resolve it.
-usually helpdesk closes ticket after confirmation with user who raised ticket.
data load failure
-regularly check rsmo(monitor) for data load failures.
-if load fails,get details from details tab of monitor.
-usual errors are:master data missing,special characters in data,datasource not replicated,delta load issues etc.
-get root cause of error,and fix data load manually.
-check that manually updated data is GREEN and available for reporting in data target.
-update ticket and resolve it.
Siggi's weblogs for data load error and how to restart process chain
/people/siegfried.szameitat/blog/2005/07/28/data-load-errors--basic-checks
/people/siegfried.szameitat/blog/2006/02/26/restarting-processchains
1. Why there is frequent load failures during extractions? and how to analyse them?
If these failures are related to Data, there might be data inconsistency in source system. Though we are handling properly in transfer rules. We can monitor these issues in T-code -> RSMO and PSA (failed records) and update.
If we are talking about whole extraction process, there might be issues of work process scheduling and IDoc transfer to target system from source system. These issues can be re-initiated by canceling that specific data load and ( usually by changing Request color from Yellow - > Red in RSMO). and restart the extraction.
2. Explain briefly about 0record modes in ODS?
ORECORDMODE is SAP Delivered object and will be added to ODS object while activating. Using this ODS will be updated during DELTA loads.. This has three possible values ( X D R).. D & R is for deleting and removing records and X is for skipping records during delta load.
3. What is reconciliation in bw? What the procedure to do reconciliation?
Reconcilation is the process of comparing the data after it is transferred to the BW system with the source system. The procedure to do reconcilation is either you can check the data from the SE16 if the data is coming from a particular table only or if the datasource is any std datasource then the data is coming from the many tables in that scenario what I used to do ask the R/3 consultant to report on that particular selections and used to get the data in the excel sheet and then used to reconcile with the data in BW . If you are familiar with the reports of R/3 then you are good to go meaning you need not be dependant on the R/3 consultant ( its better to know which reports to run to check the data ).
4. What is the daily task we do in production support.How many times we will extract the data at what times.
It depends... Data load timings are in the range of 30 mins to 8 hrs. This time is depends in number of records and kind of transfer rules you have provided. If transfer rules have some kind of round about transfer rules and updates rules has calculations for customized key figures... long times are expected..
Usually You need to work on RSMO and see what records are failing.. and update from PSA.
5. What are some of the frequent failures and errors?
As the frequent failures and errors , there is no fixed reason for the load to be fail , if you want it for the interview perspective I would answer it in this way.
a) Loads can be failed due to the invalid characters
b) Can be because of the deadlock in the system
c) Can be becuase of previuos load failure , if the load is dependant on other loads
d) Can be because of erreneous records
e) Can be because of RFC connections
These are some of the reasons for the load failures.
suresh

CRM Related Questions for Configuring Service Desk in Solution Manager

Hi All,
We have 3 requirements while configuring service desk in solution manager:
1) Is there any possibility that we can restrict view of messages in solman for different teams. E.g: Finance Support team should not view message raised for Material Management Team ?
2) Is there any possibility in service desk that we can assign message on the basis of location e.g: message raised for finance from location A should go to different support team of finance and for location B, it should go to different finance team ?
3) Is there any possibility that we can make some question necessary while user is raising very high priority message from satellite system e.g: when we raise Very high priority message on service market place, we need to answer few mandatory questions ?
I tried to search these functionality in standard scenario but I am not able to find something relevant. Please suggest.
Thanks
Sunny

Hi Rama,
I Need to configure the feature to generate a ticket to SAP directly in VERY HIGH priority.
Could you please help me out into this. If you have any doc related to that Please send me.
Thanks in Advance!
Regards,
Prabhat Singh

'Genius' related question for anyone with over 1.2TB of music?

Anyone out there with a iTunes library with over 1.2TB of music?
Reason I ask, is that I've not been able to solve a problem in updating Genuis - I'm getting the error - 'Genius results can't be updated right now. There is not enough memory available ~ Please try again later.' or the 'unknown 4002 error'. The steps I've taken to try and correct sometime back can be found in https://discussions.apple.com/message/12584815#12584815 and also shown here in sequence below.
I keep thinking this will be fixed with the next version iTunes but so far with the latest, things still the same. So looking to see if anyone with a similar size library is having similar problems and it just a limitation of the program or it's something specific on my end that I can fix.
Appreciate...
Up to this weekend I've had not issues with Genius. Worked beautifully and updated last Sunday as I have been doing every week since Apple added Genius. Yesterday I added a few albums and went to update and now getting the error of 'Genius results can't be updated right now. There is not enough memory available ~ Please try again later.' Now my library is well over >200,000 songs and only added 6 albums this time. Music sits on a external 2TB drive ~100GB free and my MacBook Pro has over 60GB open. Running latest Mac OSX and latest iTunes. Nothing new installed or changed since last Genius update.
To the points raised in this thread.
1. I've been updated weekly with a Library with over 200K songs till now with no problem. Majority is what I've ripped from my albums & CDs.
2. Deleted the albums recently added since last successful update - same result.
3. Connected directly to the network bypassing router as suggested here - same result.
4. Reinstalled iTunes program - same result.
5. Repaired permissions - same result.
Problem remains. Welcome any additional thoughts.
Question for anyone with a music library
https://discussions.apple.com/message/12584815#12584815
Ok, tried all the suggestions here yet the problem remains.
In addition what I posted above -
1) Dumped the cookies in user/library/cookies folder
2) Deleted the apple cookies found under Safari Preferences "Show Cookies"
3) Repaired disk permissions
4) Deleted iTunes Library Genius.itdb file
5) Reinstalled iTunes (with the new 10.1 version)
6) Restarted computer
7) Rebuilt iTunes Library folder http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
8) Deleted all iTunes dead tracks
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=removedeadsuper
9) Increased internet access speed
10) Removed all open "[" and '}' brackets from songs, albums & artists
10) Rebuilt my entire library from scratch!
Is there anyone out there with over 200K songs that can update their Genius? One thing I noted is the genuis.itdb file is just over 2GB. I'm wondering if there is a maximum size on this based on the error I'm getting. Any thought or know info on this?
Ok, think I may have found something here with this. I backed out all the music added prior to this problem occurring and ran the Genius update. All worked fine. I then started adding the music back little by little (running the update each time) until the problem returned. When the problem came back I ruled out the specific music added by backing that bit out, verified all was ok and added a different batch back in.
Bottom-line it appears that when my library exceeds exactly 1.208TB the problem appears. Interestingly enough it does not appear to be related to the number of songs, the size of the genius.itdb file (in fact when it was working the file was at 2.25GB - larger than what I reported before). It specifically seems to be related to the size of the overall library - when I have it for example at 1.2079 all is ok, 1.2081 it fails with this error.
I did try moving the library and related files to the external drive but same result. abavetta, I think your suggestion of this script may be a workaround for now - although from what I read, is this not the same that you can do anyway with iTunes by holding the alt/option key open start up? In fact I do have two libraries now - one with the 2TB drive which I use at home and another for 2x500GB disks I carry with me when i travel. I just reported the same back to Apple but doubt if any immediate solution will come for this. Too bad as one of the great things about having such a large library is the mixes you can generate via Genius. Anyway, such is life and will just live with this for now. I also just found this program called Tangerine! http://www.potionfactory.com/tangerine/ which creates playlists like Genius - although through a different technique I might also take a look at.

Just to let all know that may be having a similar problem, what I found by accident to fix this problem.
Reset all my Home Folder permissions using the resetpassword method from the startup utility in Lion. Then turned off/on to reset Genius and cleaned out the cache folder for good measure. Finally after more than a year without, have Genius up and running again.

MDM 5.5 related questions

Dear Roman,
We have been reading all of your blogs and articles on SDN.
We have many questions related to SAP MDM 5.5, few of which are listed below:
Q1. Whether cross compatibility for different ERPs will be provided or not? (for Siebel, PeopleSoft etc)
In case of MDM 3.0, it was supposed to be developed on Project Basis.
[Rytov, Roman] Since MDM is an SAP's product I don't know (and don't think) any transformation vehicle will be provided for 3-d party products out of the box. On the other hand, anyone can get all necessary knowledge to bring external data into MDM and back. I've been working with several customers placing MDM as a data hub (a scenario that for some reason hasn't gotten a separate bullet in the MDM scenarios diagram but widely adopted by customers). So you can bring data from external systems to MDM (by either the APIs or with help of the ImportManager) and distribute it back to the same (or other) systems leveraging the Syndicator or the APIs again.
     [Satyen] With the help of APIs/ Import manager, we can get the data from external systems into the SAP MDM but then <b>we need to have functional knowledge</b> to do mapping manually between MDM business objects and different business objects as Material from CRM, Business Partner from CRM, Business partner Relationships from CRM. In one of the blogs by Kevin Isaacson , its mentioned that SAP MDM is packaged with predefined repository and import maps for the supported objects like material, vendor, customer.
     1. So whats the exact scenario for cross-client support? Do these import maps provided by SAP support external systems like PeopleSoft, Siebel?
     2. In the SAP MDM 5.5 Import Manager document provided by SAP, its not talking about client connectivity but only about how import can be done? Where can we find this information?
     3. Is XI completely removed from IT scenarios? If yes, then how is it going to take care of data transfer with different data sources?
     4. Can you please elaborate more about DATA HUB scenario? I believe, Oracle is also coming with similar technology to SAP MDM which supports only Central Master Data Management scenario. In Oracle terminology, they call it Central Data Hub (CDH).
Q2. Can we build a legacy system on top of Central Repository? If yes, how? Is Reverse Engineering possible?
[Rytov, Roman] I'm not sure I understood the question but you may probably treat your MDM system similar to a RDBMS with an additional intelligent layer. In this light you can build on top of MDM whatever you want by using either the APIs only or by leveraging the ImportManager and the Syndicator. I tell you that one of the customers that uses MDM as a data hub at the same time in another MDM repository stores exceptions and other technical messages occurring during integration workflow with external systems. So they have a workflow module which uses MDM as a persistence (MDM itself) and a presentation layer (the client) for managing exception handling. Only your fantasy and the common sense limit applicability of MDM.
     [Satyen] I understand that by using APIs, we can access the underlying RDBMS tables of MDM repository but then
       1. how can we link the complex relationships maintained between Main Table & various Lookup tables, main table & special tables?
       2. I believe the data in the MDM repository is maintained in a very complex way (Delimiter separated) and is manipulated on the fly by the C++ code using pointers & rich/efficient string operations. So how can we access it directly and make use of data from the repository?
       3. In case of WorkFlow module, since it is quite independent of Main table and lookup table linkages, we can make use of it for persistence but then for other modules, it must be quite complex thing to do so.
Q3. Will there be separate repositories for IT scenarios, GDS & Catalog publishing?
[Rytov, Roman] GDS is a separate application although built upon MDM. It has its own repository which can be accessed from the client. I don't know if there are any limitation on such concurrent usage. I have to check it and will come back to you.
     [Satyen] We attended the Webinar hosted by Klaus David on GDS 1.0, as per that GDS maintains its own repository which can co-exist along with MDM repository on the same DBMS server but then in MDME, which mainly covers business scenarios only, does not really talk about Master Data harmonization, central master data management.
     1. If it is the case, then dont you think itll be duplication of efforts for maintaining various repositories for GDS, MDME & IT scenarios?
Can we have an illustrated difference between Qualified field, Qualifiers, Product families & Data Groups?
[Rytov, Roman] It's a big topic but in a few words the answer is: Qualified fields and qualifiers are means and tools of qualifier lookup tables. I'm writing now a set of articles talking about it and update you when it's ready. Product families are similar to virtual taxonomy. So you create an additional level of your taxonomy but virtually, choosing attributes to classify it. No additional branches are created. Data group is just an hierarchical structure for storing binary objects (PDF, TextBlocs, Images and others). It helps organize not structured binary data and link it later to your catalog's objects.
     [Satyen] We understood about the product group.
     1. Can you provide the exact definition of Qualifier? Whether is it a part of Main table or Qualified Lookup table?
     2. Whats the exact difference between Sub-category and Product family? As per SAP document, the product family is a kind of taxonomy with some common Fields AND/OR Attributes. Can you provide some example about it?
How data is harmonized in SAP MDM 5.5? What is the difference between Syndicator, GDS & SCM?
(Don't they have overlapping functionality?)
[Rytov, Roman] Let's see. The Syndicator is a tool opposite to the ImportManger - to export data from MDM to flat or XML file (currently implemented formats). GDS is an application for retail market built upon MDM. SCM - isn't it a SAP-based (ABAP) application? I'm not from the ABAP world so I don't know it. But there are few SAPBased applications having master-data module built in. Depending on business needs and technical requirements such modules can keep on serving their roles with or without integration with an external MDM. I'm trying to say again that there are no predefined MDM scenarios and some customer may wish use it as a central point of truth but others as a cleansing gate or a translator hub. An architect team should understand capability and cost of every module and in every concrete case make appropriate decisions.
     [Satyen] According to the SAP documents, we can use Syndicator to syndicate data with UCCNet, Transora (both of which are now going to merge).
     1. If its the case then why GDS is separately required in whole MDM scenario? Is it not overlapping the functionality of each other? Then how GDS can become a separate Business Scenario for SAP MDM 5.5?
Let me ask you a few questions. Did you take the basic standard 4-day course about MDM5.5? It's mandatory to kick off MDM learning and understanding.
[Satyen] Now in second week of August, we are going to attend the 5 days workshop conducted by SAP at Bangalore, India which can help us in understanding SAP MDM 5.5 in a much better way!
To understand how MDM fits to a system landscape I advise you to listen to my e-Book if you haven't yet found it:
https://www.sdn.sap.com/sdn/url.sdn?res=/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.sdn.wcm.compound.docs/library/events/webinars/mdme in your it landscape/mdme 5.5 in your it landscape
[Satyen] Thanks for providing the URL. Its really useful! Is there any way by which we can download this presentation with audio?
We're developing a 2-day workshop for advancing MDM data modeling which will mostly be comprised of hands-on experience and brainstorming discussions. It's planned somewhere in October but for now it's not clear when and where it will be given.
[Satyen] Its definitely going to be very helpful to everyone as in SAP MDM 5.5, you can design the repository in various ways. So these discussions/brain storming sessions will be really useful to everyone. Please let us also know about it.
Good luck with MDM!
[Satyen] Once again thanks for everything!!
Roman
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Satyen
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Pune, India.

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hey all
i am currently designing a java GUI program for a dvd renting shop.
this program obviously needs a databse, i was just wondering how much possibly a database on a home pc could hold data because this shop have about 15000 DVD title and about 1500 client so i was wondering how much a mySQL databse table could hold....
i also have another question...this shop have an access database...my question is can i use the existing database and querie it from my java program??? do i need a driver ??? can i querie an acces databse just like a regular SQL databse(e.g. SELECT * FROM TABLENAME) ????

hey all
i am currently designing a java GUI program for a dvd
renting shop.Why not simply download JBoss Seam's DVD store example. It's fully coded for you already!
this program obviously needs a databse, i was just
wondering how much possibly a database on a home pc
could hold data because this shop have about 15000
DVD title and about 1500 client so i was wondering
how much a mySQL databse table could hold....
You will not have issues even with Access with that few a number of rows. Disk is really the only limitation on the size of the database. (There can be O/S or database specific limitations, such as 2GB of total size). So, do not worry about how many records.
When you truly get a large number of records (tens of millions plus) or you are joining two large tables, then you can have performance issues. Good use of primary keys, indexes and database design can limit this issue.
i also have another question...this shop have an
access database...my question is can i use the
existing database and querie it from my java
program??? do i need a driver ??? can i querie an
acces databse just like a regular SQL databse(e.g.
SELECT * FROM TABLENAME) ????You can use Access, mySQL, Postgres or any number of other databases. Each will require (and will have on their site) a JDBC driver that you need to have on your application's CLASSPATH. My recommendation would be mySQL or Postgres. Both are free and excellent quality.
As an aside, you should rarely SELECT * from any table (other than a code or lookup table). Use a WHERE clause to limit results. What user would possibly want to scroll through ALL 15,000 records? :^)
- Saish

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