MM and LE? Seeking Advice

Hi All,
I've been doing MM for the past 6 months and I want to learn another module that is relevant to Procurement and hopefully help me in SRM later down the road. Do you think that Logistics Execution is more appropriate?
Appreciate any adivice.
Thanks!

Hi
Yeah LE seems to be the nearest one if you want to learn fast having MM knowledge. LE is basically SDIMWM.But i am not sure how this will help u in learning SRM.
regards
Yogesh

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Hi all,
I've been spending some time trying to work through the Business Objects documentation to try and understand what's involved in migrating a Universe from a non-SQL Server based system to a SQL Server based system.
I'm seeking advice not having used Business Objects as I am attempting to estimate the work involved for a customer who currently uses BO. I don't know whether it's just a simple exercise of changing the database connection, or whether more work is involved. I've tried to get this information through SAP formally, but not currently being a BO customer they've refused to answer any questions.
During the course of the migration of the underlying data tables, some columns in some tables have changed their data-type (e.g., from smalldatetime to datetime, or changes in length/precision). I'm also not sure if the tables have changed name: in the old system, they are named in a SQL type manner (i.e. <prefix>.<tablename>) however in SQL Server the objects will be placed in a database named <prefix> with each table being named <tablename>.
Would this potentially require a full drop of every object in the Universe, or could this exercise be achieved without having to remove and re-add any objects by saying "this object in the Universe is now this object in the database".
Any advice welcome.
Cheers,
Chris...

Hi Chris,
The universe is quite a simple tool in that it maps the sql directly to objects. So if the universe points to a table name that is no longer present, you wil get an error in the report, or when you check the integrity of the universe (tools, check integrity)
The standard formats will move accross without an issue, however it is possible to use vendor specific code in objects. So for instance I could write
nvl(my_table.my_col, 0) in Oracle
or
IsNull(my_table.my_col, 0) in MS SQL.
If you objects contain these defintions then your job is going to get harder.
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Seeking advice ABAP With BW

Hi Friends/Professional,
I am working as ABAP Consultant, i would like to learn new technology in sap, i am seeking advice please help me.
As a abaper shall i select BW or XI or ABAP HR
which is best acording to industry india/us market.
i am not interested in coding, please advice,
few friends giving advice BW.
shall i go BW or any other module.
please give advice asap.
Thanks in advance
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Hi,
If ur good at ABAP, learn BI/BW, it is the best combination to prefer. Usaully ABAP''ers learn BW very fast( seen this practically). so go ahead & learn BI/BW.
The BI BOOKs /Material's which is provided bySAP:
TBW10 (BI Enterprise Data Warehousing)
TBW20 (BI Reporting & Query Design)
TBW41 (BI Extraction with UDI & XI and APD)
TBW42 (BI Advanced Enterprise Data Warehousing & Reporting)
TBW45 (BI Integrated Planning
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http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/certroles/certificationtest.epx?context=FFC760B8923D16BB5150DAE63E7C1A6B331AF0B9E3A8F73CE3A9B7046E051044503600C911DBA13DCE978D3AC9057626D2B68111A7CD2D707E2EEC31213097E46EB790DD0106435EE0756F7B22F3FA4B4FF0645C06954BF3A150E023B4164DA2C3943DE02E599735DB9B4334B30B38FF20A1DC779D8F55E5F7A6893BDBFA38B94CF455E2A3E0E6851014966C90C80E173937CF7C2372A6FC%7cDA891B3C877030D9765B85CAE6AC82FC3EB6BC7DA10B7335
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Seeking advice on SAP/cloud

Hello all,
Will be doing proof-of-concept on SAP on cloud, installing ERP and seeking advice/feedback.
Based on the criteria of easier installation and faster delivery (and of course success story), what will be the recommended combination of platform (LINUX, Windows) and database (Oracle, MS SQL, MAXDB, DB2).
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Terry

There are lots of documents in SDN and other forums which will give much better idea ... but these are my observation
Installation - Once you have gone past the access process to the cloud environment, after that you can hardly differentiate whether you are on doing a install on cloud or non-cloud. Though definately the time to get the infrastructure for install is much faster.
Windows or Linux - I would put it as windows or Unix, not sure how many providers offer other flavors of Unix apart from Linux. But obviously the Product itself to some extent will govern what you choose, as has been the case in non-cloud env.
Database - Again have seen Oracle and DB2 being mostly used. Not sure why, may be stuff like doing system refresh in 15 min , etc are easier to achieve with products like Oracle and DB2.
Regards,
Neel
I dont have any exposure to windows on cloud. So i am not aware of specific positives it might have in cloud.
Edited by: Neelabha Banerjee on Nov 22, 2011 3:40 PM

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I'm a newbie to Macs and server admin, and I have inherited the job of setting up a server at work for file storage. I'll do my best to give a concise description of our set-up - I'm looking for some advice on the last few odds and ends... mainly how we can backup the system.
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The major points I have are:
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Thanks in advance for any advice! I really appreciate it!
Xserve G5 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Greetings-
We all started out as newbies at one time or another-no worries. That is why we are here.
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I would stay away from Retrospect. If you search these forums you will find several instances of folks having some serious issues with the program. I use a program called Carbon Copy Cloner that does the job nicely for my basement server. There are ways to do the backups via the command line interface as well but I am not so familiar with those commands. You may have to dig a little deeper to find something that works for you.
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scooper wrote:
.. iMac 2.8 GHz Intel core 2 duo with a 320 GB hardrive and 4 GB of upgraded RAM. I have a 250 GB external drive .. Canon Vixia HV40 .. external Blu Ray burner .. Final Cut Express .. Toast 10 Pro (plus the Blu Ray plug in)
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I'm jealous.. wow! MY set-up..
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iMHD6 Export 'FullQuality' creates a file, which is HiDef too, for your Toast/BR workflow ..
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keep in mind: internal harddrive has to offer any time 10-20GBs free..
not every BR-standalone-player accepts homebrewn disks..don't be disappointed...
Toast and iDVD can burn DVDs (=which offer SD only) from HiDef projects.. no need to 'convert'.. both apps downsize automatically...
FCE has a (very) steem learning curve.. totally different to iMovie.. no one-click-only, no templates, no ready-mades.. but zillions of options, 101% control.. (simple example: ken burns with zoom-to-zil and rotation and moving out of frame...)
buy a book of FC Mastermind and AppleDiscussions-Level5 supporter *Tom Wolsky* - he's a sensei, in-depth-knowledge, hands-on (=no tech blabla), easy to read and understand.
don't start with a project, start with 'tests for the trashbin'..

Is MS exchange the only way to keep mail synced across all devices? Can Mac mail do this without exchange? I have iPhone,iPad and new MacBook Pro, and looking for advice please.

Is MS exchange the only way to keep mail synced across all devices? Can Mac mail do this without exchange? I have iPhone,iPad and new MacBook Pro, and looking for advice please.

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Unusual optical drive problem: Seeking advice.

The issue with my optical drive is not that it refuses to accept a CD, but rather it writes (visible) rings of inactive songs onto my audio disks. For a while, I tolerated the two or three songs in the middle of my CD that didn't play music, but the rings are getting wider and more songs are lost. My warranty is a good deal past expired, and I'm wondering if there is an affordable solution to my problem. I love music, and (remarkably) I prefer CDs to scrolling through my phone or iPod while driving. I have read several community posts and endless tech advice, but none of it seems to pertain to this specific MacBook affliction. Is this an issue that "cleaning" can solve, or will I have to go ahead and replace the entire optical drive? What else could be causing this problem, and how should I proceed?
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I know I should have been able to decode an answer to my dilemma from other posts, but I can't. I apologize in advance and would be grateful for any advice. I have a .mac apple ID from years past which has been the ID that I have used (and my three kids have used exhaustively) to purchase itunes apps, musics and other goodies (many, many purchases). It is the account linked with our collective 4 family iphones (including home sharing) and the App Store, etc. When ios5 came out, I created a cloud account using that Apple ID.
I had separately created an second Apple ID for mobile me about a year ago that would permit me to use the email feature and provide me with an additional back up email from my regular provider (and a means to transfer contacts, documents, etc from the MacBook pro I use to coordinate my existence . When I just moved from MobileMe to icloud, my macbook pro created an icloud account using that name, complete with a fair bit of generous storage for the next couple of months. My MacBook pro will not allow me to change the Apple ID, such that my computer is now syncing with the .me account and my iphone is syncing with the .mac account.
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I haven't used OWB before and don't know where is the problem that I cannot create a new test repository or access current repository. The password file has been recreated and verified. Why login process failed. By the way, I still use OWB client 10.2.0.3 on my desktop (old) and I have no problem to access into exisiting repository. Please help me to figure out the problem and upgrade my OWB server. Thanks in advance.

You don't answer to my question (about name of password file), maybe your problem is caused by incorrect filename.
Also please show instance name with select from v$instance:
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Background:
I currently use two Stanford Research SR250 boxcar integrators to acquire
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difference (one is signal and one is reference) before a third boxcar
provides averaging and amplification. The analog output of the third
boxcar is sent to an NI multifunction board and finally monitored with
Labview.
Questions:
I am constructing another system and I am looking for advice on how I
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Dear all:
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1. We have a measure called HTD, Half Year to Date, which aggregates 6 months worth of data. However, I just realized that the previous consultants set HTD at LEVEL = "Week". It works fine but I feel that this naming convention is confusing, and would like to rename HTD's LEVEL.
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Data
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1. If I go to SQL's back end and rename my LEVEL, and then update my Time dimension, is this going to pose a problem to my historical data?
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Tim:
Sorry for the late reply.
We are running BPC 5.1 SP3 and SQL 2003
Yes, MONTH, QUARTER, YEAR are used for LEVEL property, and the only irrelevance is HALF YEAR which has WEEK in LEVEL property.
I think perhaps a separate data source makes sense... Have you handled any case like this before and how did you manage the "additional" periods?
Thank you! Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Brian

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I used TOAD 9.5 to log in one Oracle 10g database with sys/password as sysdba. It worked fine always. However, today I tried to log in again and come across the ORA-01017 error. Invalid username/password. Then I went to windows server command line to log in as conn / as sysdba and also log in conn sys/password@sid as sysdba, I all logged in successfully. I checked the password file is in $oracle_home\database\. I logged in as normal user successfully.
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MP early 2008: Seeking advice on e-sata card and external enclosure for backup purposes

Hi everyone
I currently have my home folder on an internal 3TB drive which is SuperDuper'd every day to an identical internal drive.
I am running out of space and need to think of a longer-term solution. I will have to use several large drives - one drive for photos, one for iTunes library, one for documents etc. Each drive would be mirrored with SuperDuper to something like an IcyCUBE and connected through a PCIE e-sata card. I'm not considering any form of RAID solution.
Is Sonnet still the card manufacturer to go for - if so, is the E2P the card I need? Are there alternative cards and if so what should I look for (certain chipsets perhaps)?
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Thanks very much in advance for any help with this.
Cheers
Philip

E2P is a low end two port card with limitation in bandwidth. Maybe you want 4-port card to give you more growth and expansion.
Green drives may or may not be ideal for your media storage needs. Cheaper. When floods drove up prive of drives in Sept 2011 they become more popular as Black 2TB price went to $270
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The issue are avoid those name brand WD and Seagate or LaCie enclosures.
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