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Business Intelligence, Analytics, and ReportingCreating Dashboards with Xcelsius® — Practical Guide ...........................................4SAP BusinessObjects™ Planning and Consolidation neW ........................................4Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer™ .....................................................................4Using Crystal Reports® with SAP .............................................................................4SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence® ...................................................................4Understanding SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management .............4Inside SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis ........................................................5Discover SAP BusinessObjects .................................................................................5SAP NetWeaver® BW and SAP BusinessObjects neW ..............................................5Reporting and Analytics with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition) neW ....................5Integrating SAP BusinessObjects 4.x BI Platform with SAP NetWeaver neW ...........5100 Things You Should Know About Reporting with SAP Crystal Reports neW .....5SAP NetWeaver BW 7.x Reporting — Practical Guide..............................................6Practical Guide to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.0 ....................................6SAP Query Reporting — Practical Guide .................................................................6Efficient SAP NetWeaver BW Implementation and Upgrade Guide ..........................6Business Intelligence with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 ........................................................6the SaP netWeaver BW Data Modeling 2-Pack neW ......................................6

Customer Relationship ManagementDiscover SAP CRM ..................................................................................................7Planning Your SAP CRM Implementation ................................................................7Maximizing Your SAP CRM Interaction Center ........................................................7Service with SAP CRM ............................................................................................7SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Development .............................................7SAP CRM Middleware Optimization Guide .............................................................7Variant Configuration with SAP (2nd Edition) neW ................................................7

Human Capital ManagementDiscover SAP ERP HCM ...........................................................................................8100 Things You Should Know About HR Management with SAP ...........................8Personnel Planning and Development Using SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition) ................8Enterprise Compensation Management with SAP ERP HCM ...................................8E-Recruiting with SAP ERP HCM .............................................................................8Creating Forms in SAP ERP HCM ............................................................................8Authorizations in SAP ERP HCM .............................................................................8HR Reporting with SAP ...........................................................................................8SAP ERP HCM Performance Management ...............................................................8Configuring and Customizing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCM neW ........................................................................................9Mastering HR Management with SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition) ................................9Time Management with SAP ERP HCM ...................................................................9Mastering SAP ERP HCM Organizational Management ...........................................9Integrating CATS (2nd Edition) ...............................................................................9SAP Enterprise Learning ..........................................................................................9Configuring US Benefits with SAP ...........................................................................9Practical SAP US Payroll ..........................................................................................9Implementing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCM .....................9

Books For DevelopersPractical Guide to IDoc Development for SAP .......................................................10SAP Interface Programming ..................................................................................10Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal Applications .....................................10SAP Web Client: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers neW ...........................10SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Development ...........................................10Architecting EDI with SAP IDocs ............................................................................10The Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment ...................10Mastering IDoc Business Scenarios with SAP NetWeaver PI ...................................11SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (2nd Edition)..................................................11SAP NetWeaver PI Development — Practical Guide (2nd Edition) ..........................11Developing Applications with Enterprise SOA .......................................................11Enterprise Integration Patterns for SAP NetWeaver PI ............................................11B2B Integration Using SAP NetWeaver PI ..............................................................11the SaP netWeaver PI 2-Pack ...........................................................................11Next Generation ABAP™ Development (2nd Edition) .............................................12

The Official ABAP Reference (3rd Edition) neW ....................................................12Object-Oriented Programming with ABAP Objects ................................................12ABAP Cookbook ...................................................................................................12Official ABAP Programming Guidelines .................................................................12BRFplus — Business Rule Management for ABAP Applications ..............................12ABAP Objects: ABAP Programming in SAP NetWeaver ..........................................13ABAP Data Dictionary neW ..................................................................................13Design Patterns in Object-Oriented ABAP (2nd Edition) .........................................13ABAP Basics (2nd Edition) .....................................................................................13Developing Enterprise Services for SAP .................................................................13Object Services in ABAP ........................................................................................13ABAP Objects: Application Development from Scratch ..........................................13The ABAP Quick Reference ...................................................................................13Getting Started with Web Dynpro ABAP ...............................................................13ABAP Performance Tuning ....................................................................................13ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 .............................................................................13Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition) ..............................................................13ABAP Development for Materials Management in SAP: User Exits and BAdls ........14ABAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements ..................14ABAP Development for SAP Business Workflow neW ..........................................14the essential aBaP Collection neW .................................................................14SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe (2nd Edition) neW .............................................15The Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Security ...............................................15Building Extensible Composite Applications with SAP ...........................................15Java Programming with SAP NetWeaver (2nd Edition) ..........................................15Inside Web Dynpro for Java (2nd Edition) .............................................................15Maximizing Web Dynpro for Java .........................................................................15SAP Business ByDesign Studio — Application Development neW .........................15Discover ABAP (2nd Edition) neW ........................................................................15

Finance and ControllingSAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation — (2nd Edition) neW ...............16SAP ERP Financials Configuration and Design (2nd Edition) neW .........................16Integrating SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design ....................................16Maximizing SAP General Ledger ...........................................................................16The SAP General Ledger (2nd Edition) ..................................................................16the Financials accounting Collection neW .....................................................16Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Receivable .............................................16Optimizing Value Flows with SAP ERP ..................................................................16100 Things You Should Know About Financial Accounting with SAP neW ..........17Effective Pricing with SAP ERP neW .....................................................................17Maximizing Cash Management with SAP ERP Financials .......................................17Transitioning to IFRS in SAP ERP Financials ............................................................17Quick Reference Guide: Financial Accounting with SAP ........................................17Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP ...............17Segment Reporting with Document Splitting in the SAP General Ledger...............17Check Design and Payment Process Configuration in SAP ERP Financials ..............17Controlling with SAP — Practical Guide neW ......................................................18Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledger neW ..............................................18Product Cost Controlling with SAP .......................................................................18Production Variance Analysis in SAP (2nd Edition) neW .......................................18100 Things you should know about Controlling with SAP ...................................18the Controlling Collection neW .......................................................................18Financial Reporting with SAP (2nd Edition) neW ..................................................19ABAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements ..................19SAP ERP Financials User’s Guide ............................................................................19Customizing Financial Accounting in SAP neW ....................................................19Customizing Controlling in SAP ERP neW ............................................................19Account Determination in SAP (2nd Edition) neW ................................................19

Supply Chain Management, Logistics & ManufacturingActual Costing with the SAP Material Ledger neW ..............................................20the Plant Maintenance 2-Pack ..........................................................................20Effective Pricing with SAP ERP neW .....................................................................20Production Variance Analysis in SAP (2nd Edition) neW .......................................20Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP (2nd Edition) ................................20Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (3rd Edition) .................................................................20

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Building Web Infrastructures with SAP NetWeaver Application Server ...................29SAP CRM Middleware Optimization Guide ...........................................................29SAP on Windows ..................................................................................................29Job Scheduling for SAP .........................................................................................29Testing SAP Solutions (2nd Edition) .......................................................................30the Complete SaP Security Collection .............................................................30Authorizations in SAP Software: Design and Configuration ..................................30SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP System Administration (3rd Edition) neW .....................30

Books for Beginnersthe Beginner’s Complete Collection ................................................................31Using SAP: A Guide for Beginners and End Users neW ........................................31

Quality Management with SAP (3rd Edition) .........................................................20Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP — Practical Guide .............................................21Maximize Your Warehouse Operations with SAP ERP ...........................................21Demand Management with SAP ...........................................................................21Optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Functionality and Configuration .....21Transportation Management with SAP TM ...........................................................21Implementing and Configuring SAP MII ................................................................21Sales and Distribution Controlling with SAP NetWeaver BI ....................................21Project Management with SAP Project System (2nd Edition) .................................21Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP ...............22Enhancing Supplier Relationship Management Using SAP SRM (2nd Edition) ........22Materials Planning with SAP .................................................................................22the MM 2-Pack ...................................................................................................22Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP Operations ................22The Consultant’s Guide to SAP SRM .....................................................................22Efficient E-Procurement with SAP .........................................................................22Global Available to Promise with SAP: Functionality and Configuration neW .......23Inventory Optimization with SAP (2nd Edition) ......................................................23Customizing Extended Warehouse Management with SAP ERP ............................23Understanding the SAP Logistics Information System ............................................23Invoice Verification for SAP (2nd Edition) ..............................................................23Project Portfolio Management with SAP RPM and cProjects ..................................23SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality and Configuration ............................................................................................23SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to T-Codes in SAP ERP neW.........24Discover Logistics with SAP ERP ............................................................................24Discover SAP SCM ................................................................................................24Production Planning with SAP APO (2nd Edition) ..................................................24Capable to Match (CTM) with SAP APO ...............................................................24Optimizing Reverse Logistics with SAP ERP............................................................24SAP Warehouse Management: Functionality and Technical Configuration ............24

IT Managementthe BPM 2-Pack ..................................................................................................25Managing SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Projects ..............................................................25Discover SAP (2nd Edition) ....................................................................................25Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition) ..............................................................25SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to T-Codes in SAP ERP neW.........25SAP for Retail ........................................................................................................26Outsourcing SAP Operations .................................................................................26Implementing SAP Customer Competence Center ................................................26SAP NetWeaver: The Official Guide .......................................................................26Managing Organizational Change During SAP Implementations ...........................26Reporting & Analytics using SAP BusinessObjects ..................................................26The SAP Green Book neW ...................................................................................26

Books for AdministratorsChange Request Management with SAP Solution Manager ..................................27Conception and Installation of System Monitoring using the SAP Solution Manager (2nd Edition) ..................................................................27SAP Change and Transport Management (3rd Edition) .........................................27Performing End-To-End Root Cause Analysis Using SAP Solution Manager ...........27Printing in SAP: Solutions for Everyday Use neW ..................................................27SAP Solution Manager (3rd Edition) neW .............................................................27SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to T-Codes in SAP ERP neW.........28SAP Administration — Practical Guide neW .........................................................28Implementing SAP Enhancement Packages ...........................................................28SAP NetWeaver BW: Administration and Monitoring ............................................28SAP Security and Risk Management (2nd Edition) .................................................28Understanding SAP NetWeaver Identity Management ..........................................28SAP NetWeaver Portal ...........................................................................................28Global Portal Systems with SAP ............................................................................28Content Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portal ...................................................28SAP Performance Optimization Guide (6th Edition) ...............................................29Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition) ..............................................................29SAP MaxDB™ Administration ...............................................................................29Mastering SAP NetWeaver PI — Administration (2nd Edition) ...............................29Global SAP Systems — Design and Architecture ...................................................29

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SAP businessobjects Planning and Consolidation (2nd Edition)by Sridhar Srinivasan and Kumar Srinivasan

This is your authoritative guide to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to help you understand its features, functions,

implementation, and integration with other SAP components and applications. In addition to learning best practices for budgeting, planning, forecasting, and consolidation, you’ll understand how SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation works for the SAP NetWeaver platform and integrates with other SAP compo-nents. This new edition covers the newest release, version 7.5, and includes additional coverage on consolidation and enhanced report-ing features.

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understanding SAP businessobjects Enterprise Performance Managementby William D. Newman

This book guides you step-by-step through the core components of SAP BusinessObjects enterprise perfor-mance management solutions, and provides you with real-world insight into the strengths and functional-ity of each. You will learn how the various components such as spend analytics, strategy management, financial information management, supply chain effectiveness, and business planning and consolidation can be integrated and leveraged to provide a single “cockpit” for enter-prise performance management.


SAP businessobjects Web Intelligenceby Jim Brogden, Mac Holden, and Heather Sinkwitz

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Inside SAP businessobjects Explorerby Ingo Hilgefort

If you’re considering using SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, this book is for you. It will show you how SAP BusinessObjects Explorer can help you make faster, better-informed decisions by giving you more insight into your data. And, if you’re already using SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, you’ll learn about the functionality of the XI 3.2 release and the new features of SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, accelerated version in com-bination with SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator. From installation and deployment, to everyday usage sce-narios and more advanced topics, this book is filled with invaluable informa-tion that will help you configure and utilize SAP BusinessObjects Explorer to its full potential.


Creating Dashboards with Xcelsius — Practical Guideby Evan Delodder and Ray Li

Learn how to build your own Xcelsius dashboards with this practical book. It explains how to use all the features and function-ality in Xcelsius, while highlight-ing typical scenarios where each

feature can be used to solve business problems. You’ll also learn how to customize the Xcelsius components, themes, and data connections so you can use Xcelsius to the fullest extent.


using Crystal Reports with SAPby Mike Garrett

If you have to generate reports with Crystal Reports in an SAP NetWeaver BW environment, this is the book you need. You’ll learn how to quickly create effective reports that get the right information to the right people. This book covers the primary features and functions of Crystal Reports, while paying special attention to integrating with other SAP BusinessObjects and SAP appli-cations and data sources.


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Inside SAP businessobjects Advanced Analysisby Ingo Hilgefort

This is the definitive source for information on SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, Microsoft Office edition, and provides you with a comprehensive functional

overview, installation/deployment scenarios, data connectiv-ity guidance, and basic/advanced usage scenarios as well as details of the release of SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis, Web edition, and integration with the release of SAP BusinessObjects XI 4.0. Learn what SAP BusinessObjects Advanced Analysis is and how it can benefit users. Plus, get details on how to deploy the tool and connect it with SAP and non-SAP data.


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SAP Query Reporting — Practical Guideby Stephan Kaleske

This book shows how to deploy the SAP query tool to create reports and extend the standard reporting capabilities of an ERP system. Using many concrete, practical examples and solutions specifically geared toward accurate, efficient, and cost effective reporting, readers learn quickly from expert, step-by-step instruction. The main features of the SAP query tool are covered (e.g., drill-down func-tionality, rankings, statistics, traffic symbols, calculated fields of informa-tion, MS Office integration) and much more.


Practical Guide to SAP NetWeaver business Warehouse 7.0by Bharat Patel, Amol Palekar, and Shreekant Shiralkar

This book is intended to provide a comprehensive and practical under-standing of SAP NetWeaver BW, utilizing a real-world, scenario-based approach to detail the core, funda-mental components and features. You’ll learn about the primary features and functions of SAP NetWeaver BW, including architecture, data modeling, data extraction, data staging, and more. Then, delve into the specifics of data modeling with SAP NetWeaver BW. Coverage includes InfoObjects, working with master data, InfoCubes, MultiProviders, and Infosets.


SAP NetWeaver bW 7.x Reporting — Practical Guideby Jason Kraft

This book provides you with a detailed, how-to guide for using SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) 7.x and the BEx tools to generate enterprise reports. It will teach you how to design and distribute effective, attractive reports that meet critical business objectives. Learn when, why, and how to use BEx reporting, the ins and outs of retriev-ing data, how to build effective BW queries, run queries in Excel and much more!



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Discover SAP CRMby Srini Katta

Learn how you can achieve customer-driven growth and the ability to attract and retain quality customers using SAP CRM. Whether you’re considering implementing SAP CRM, you’re a project leader looking for details on how it works, or you’re new to SAP, this reader-friendly guide is the resource you need. It details all of the functionality and provides practical insights into how it works in the real world.


Planning Your SAP CRM Implementationby George Fratian

If you’re considering an SAP CRM implementation, this insightful book will give you and your project team the no-nonsense, practical details on what to do, when to do it, and, more important, what not to do.

Written from a project manage-ment approach, the book uses numerous practical examples and scenarios to take you through the key aspects of initiating your plan, includ-ing technical design choices, monitor-ing the project’s progress, controlling the scope, and how to take your initial project to the next level.


Maximizing Your SAP CRM Interaction Centerby John Burton

This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in learning how to customize the SAP CRM Interaction Center. Each chapter describes specific functions in the Interaction Center complete with in-depth usage and customization details. Coverage includes computer telephony integra-tion and multi-channel integration, marketing, shared services center, and partnerships.


Service with SAP CRMby Markus Kirchler and Dirk Manhart

This book is your complete guide to the service component of SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) 2007, including coverage of functionality, implementation, customization, and master data. Readers get an overview of the func-tionalities of the service component of SAP CRM 2007, learn how to map them in the SAP system, and gather valuable information from two real-life customer examples.


SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Developmentby Michael Füchsle and Matthias Zierke

Do you want to utilize the new SAP CRM user interface in the best possible way? This comprehensive guide, suitable for SAP CRM 2007 and SAP CRM 7.0, explains every-thing that you need to know about the SAP CRM Web client: the archi-tecture of the UI framework, the cus-tomizing options (roles, navigation, portal integration, and much more), as well as all options that are avail-able for customer-specific extensions through programming.


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Enterprise Compensation Management with SAP ERP HCMby Jeremy Masters and Christos Kotsakis

Strategically managing compensation is a key human capital management initiative that can greatly impact your company’s success, and with SAP ERP HCM enterprise compensation management you have the tools you need for an effective and consistent strategy. So if you’re an HR professional, IT professional, or SAP ERP HCM consultant who needs to know how to deliver and support a successful enterprise compensa-tion implementation using SAP, you’ll find exactly what you need in this detailed, practical book.


E-Recruiting with SAP ERP HCMby Jeremy Masters, Christos Kotsakis, and Venki Krishnamoorthy

This book provides a practical guide to configuring and using SAP E-Recruiting effectively in the real-world. It is written to teach SAP ERP HCM users and the implementation teams that support them what the SAP E-Recruiting tool is, so that they can use it effec-tively in their recruitment process and integrate it easily with other SAP ERP HCM components. The book guides you through the configuration process from a real workflow perspective. This resource is a must for all those who will be involved with SAP E-Recruiting.


Personnel Planning and Development using SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition)by Richard Haßmann, Christian Krämer, and Jens Richter

Qualified and motivated employees are the most critical asset of every company, and recruiting, retaining, and training them forms the basis for the future. To manage all of this effectively, SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) provides you with all the tools you need. With this book you’ll learn about all of the processes of personnel planning and development, explore the functions and basic customizing, and find out how to implement and use the components successfully.


100 Things You Should know About HR Management with SAPby Ajay Jain Bhutoria and Cameron Lewis

Have you spent days trying to figure out how to generate a personnel report in SAP ERP HCM, only to find out you just needed to click a few buttons? If so, you’ll be delighted with this book, which unlocks the secrets of SAP ERP HCM. It provides users and super-users with 100 tips and workarounds that you can use to increase

productivity, save time, and improve the overall ease-of-use of SAP ERP HCM. The tips have been carefully selected to provide a collection of the best, most useful, and rarest information.


Discover SAP ERP HCMby Greg Newman

Whether you’re a decision-maker, consul-tant, or administrator considering implement-ing SAP ERP HCM — or even if you’re entirely new to SAP — this insightful, detailed guide will give you a complete overview of what SAP ERP HCM is all about. You’ll learn about the core functionality, how it works, and how it can benefit your company. Everything from recruitment through benefits manage-ment and payroll is explained using real-world examples and case studies.


Creating Forms in SAP ERP HCMby Stefan Kauf and Viktoria Papadopoulou


Authorizations in SAP ERP HCMby Martin Esch and Anja Junold


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Mastering SAP ERP HCM organizational Managementby Sylvia Chaudoir

The author shows you how to take the OM model to the next level by determining which elements to use and how. You’ll identify methods for maintain-ing this complex data structure. And you’ll discover how to customize the user interface layout. Once you know how organizational data goes into SAP, you’ll learn how to get it back out through evalua-tion paths and hierarchy reporting.


Time Management with SAP ERP HCMby Brian Schaer

This book provides a detailed guide to under-standing, implementing, and configuring the time management component of SAP ERP HCM. It teaches you the core topics of time manage-ment and provides the fundamental information you need for implementing and configuring the business requirements. It also provides insight into some of the more advanced topics, such as process flows and more.


Configuring and Customizing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCMby Martin Gillet

To get the most out of the self-service offerings within SAP ERP HCM, you need to know how to effectively configure and customize the tools. With this detailed guide, you’ll find all of the information you need for custom-

izing employee self-services (ESS), manager self-services (MSS), and the shared services center (SCC). You’ll learn everything about the standard “out of the box” configuration, from the early release with ITS services to the latest Web Dynpro offering in SAP ERP 6.0.


Mastering HR Management with SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition)by Sven Ringling, Jörg Edinger and Janet McClurg

This completely updated and expanded second edition guides you through the entire HR management process using SAP ERP Human Capital Management. You’ll learn the ins and

outs of personnel administration and recruitment, how to transfer HR data to the financial and cost accounting departments, and much more. You’ll be introduced to the core functionality of SAP ERP HCM 6.0 and learn the key principles of customization.


SAP Enterprise Learningby Prashanth Padmanabhan, et al


Practical SAP uS Payrollby Satish Badgi


Configuring uS benefits with SAPby Satish Badgi

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Integrating CATS (2nd Edition)by Martin Gillet

Using this detailed, fully updated second edition, you’ll find all of the information you need to suc-cessfully and effectively integrate and use the Cross Application Time Sheet with the key SAP ERP 6.0 components. This new edition includes information on SAP ERP 6.0 components — including accounting, HR, plant maintenance, and material management. It also teaches you about recent changes in SAP ERP 6.0. This is the resource you need to use CATS effectively with all of your SAP ERP components.


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SAP Web Client: A Comprehensive Guide for Developersby Tzanko Stefanov, Armand Sezikeye, and Sanjeet Mall

This is your comprehensive guide to developing and enhancing applications with SAP Web Client. Focusing on development tasks and practical examples, this book will take you on a journey through the Web

Client framework, discussing different programming layers and devel-opment activities via the use of practical examples, screenshots, and code. With the perfect balance between theory and practical guidance, this book will teach you everything you need to know about building a full-fledged, enterprise-ready application using Web Client.


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SAP Interface Programmingby Michael Wegelin and Michael Englbrecht

This book teaches you how to integrate third-party programs with your SAP systems while avoiding the many pitfalls that can arise from different programming languages and inter-face technologies. It provides a comprehensive description of the communication protocols that are supported by SAP, which components of the SAP NetWeaver Application Server implement them, and how these components must be con-figured to enable communication with external systems.


Practical Guide to IDoc Development for SAPby Sabine Maisel

For years, IDocs have been used as interfaces for internal and cross-enterprise communication. But does the SAP standard meet the demands and requirements for your business? With this book, learn how you can change standard IDocs and even develop your own IDocs for special customer information. With expert knowledge and hands-on advice, this complete reference will help you hit the ground running.


Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal Applicationsby Marcus Banner, Berthold Latka, Roland Schroth, and Michael Spee

The book first provides a step-by-step introduc-tion to roles, worksets, pages, and iViews. From there it guides you through all essential imple-mentation phases, including user administration, connecting external systems using single sign-on, layout of externally facing portals, and ultimately transporting data to your live system. Two detailed workshops provide hands-on examples showing you exactly how to customize portal components and even create new ones.


The Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Composition Environmentby Jan Rauscher and Volker Stiehl

BonuS dVd: Includes trial version of SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 on DVD, plus all examples.


SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Developmentby Michael Füchsle and Matthias Zierke


Architecting EDI with SAP IDocsby Emmanuel Hadzipetros


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Mastering IDoc business Scenarios with SAP NetWeaver PIby Michal Krawczyk and Michal Kowalczewski

Beginning with expert advice on the usage, configuration, and administration of IDocs, you’ll explore the key integration processes carried out with SAP NetWeaver PI, as well as sending IDocs to SAP NetWeaver PI or vice versa, IDoc monitor-ing within SAP NetWeaver landscapes, and all aspects of exchange development. New topics covered include the ALE distribution model, IDoc monitoring with SAP Solution Manager, and IDoc packaging.


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(2nd Edition)b2b Integration using SAP NetWeaver PIby Sam Raju and Claus Wallacher


Enterprise Integration Patterns for SAP NetWeaver PIby René de Daniel and Hermann Steinrötter


Developing Applications with Enterprise SoAby Martin Huvar, Timm Falter, Thomas Fiedler, and Alexander Zubev


SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (2nd Edition)by Mandy Krimmel and Joachim Orb

Whether you are already familiar with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration or want to learn about the component for the first time, this com-pletely updated second edition is exactly the source you need. After reading this book, you will have a firm grasp of the architecture, functions, and uses of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, and you will know how to handle mappings, interfaces, and messages. Numerous screenshots as well as exten-sive customer examples will help you implement your newly acquired knowledge in the real world.


SAP NetWeaver PI Development — Practical Guide (2nd Edition)by Valentin Nicolescu et al.

With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to develop mappings, adapters, and proxies for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. Each exercise includes detailed descriptions for all development and configuration objects (including monitoring), and then concludes with an integration example. The book is suitable for SAP NetWeaver PI begin-ners, and can also serve as a reference guide for experienced users.


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object-oriented Programming with AbAP objectsby James Wood

You’ll learn all essential OO concepts, and see examples from real-world projects. Object initializa-tion, inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling, unit testing, and much more are demystified here, plus, you’ll explore enhanced tech-niques and tools in ABAP 7.0. The book doesn’t spend too much time teaching basic syntax, but rather con-centrates on teaching object-oriented development — this is your chance to successfully explore object-oriented programming with ABAP objects.


official AbAP Programming Guidelinesby Horst Keller and Wolf Hagen Thümmel

This book, the official SAP pro-gramming style guide, will show you how to maximize performance, readability, and stability in your ABAP programs. Sorted by programming tasks, it provides you with guidelines on how best to fulfill each task. Starting with basic considerations on the use of comprehensive program-ming concepts, the book continues with formal criteria and then con-cludes with detailed descriptions of the various areas and tasks of ABAP development. Loaded with real-life code examples, both good and bad, this book is truly a must-have guide for serious ABAP developers.


Next Generation AbAP Development (2nd Edition)by Rich Heilman and Thomas Jung

Designed to keep seasoned developers up-to-date with the latest techniques and tech-nologies available in ABAP, this all-new second edition of our best-selling title follows along with a lead ABAP developer as he learns how to assess and employ

the new tools and features of ABAP within SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to 7.0 enhancement package 2. You’ll be able to witness the entire process of building applications: design, development, and testing of all areas. In addition, you’ll also become familiar with end-to-end object-oriented design techniques, and more.

BonuS Cd: Includes a CD with source code for all examples, plus the entire first edition of the book in HTML format.


The official AbAP Reference (3rd Edition)by Horst Keller

Get to know ABAP in all its intricacy and detail with this, your comprehensive refer-ence for all ABAP statements. Each chapter discusses the relevant keywords for the topic at hand, and begins with an intro-

duction that explains the essential concepts, such as character string processing, dynpro development, and more. For each statement, the book offers an explanation of the function, the syntax listing, a descrip-tion, notes on special usage, and an example. The clear organization of content, a full index, and the comprehensive glossary will help you navigate through the complexities of ABAP with ease.

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“... if you want to see how top-level ABAP developers apply best practices to everyday solutions, then you’ll love this book.”


AbAP Cookbookby James Wood

This book allows you to find the answers you need to typical ABAP development problems and tasks. You’ll discover best practices for developing solutions, and learn how to apply ABAP to solve different types of problems. The recipes range from simple appetizers to complex main courses — and some sweet desserts, of course! Each chapter is a short tutorial in itself, organized and consolidated into an easy-to-read format. The various code samples, screenshots, and different icons will help you to follow the best practices.


bRFplus — business Rule Management for AbAP Applicationsby Thomas Albrecht and Carsten Ziegler

This book is your one-stop resource to understanding and using BRFplus: Learn how to create applications with the BRFplus workbench as well as the API, find out how to manage applications and objects, and benefit from an extensive reference chapter on functions, data objects, rules and rulesets, expressions, and actions. Additional chapters on tools, per-formance, deployment, and other advanced topics round off this comprehensive book.




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Design Patterns in object-oriented AbAP (2nd Edition)by Igor Barbaric

If a proven solution for a recur-ring problem already exists, why would you reinvent the wheel? This hands-on programming tutorial explains why and how you can use design patterns to help complete your ABAP tasks in less time with better code. Step-by-step, the author guides you through class and interface definitions, as well as the coding for all relevant methods. Plus, benefit immediately from extensively commented real-world code that shows how to implement MVC, Façade, Adapter, Decorator, and more in ABAP objects.


AbAP Data Dictionaryby Tanmaya Gupta

If you work regularly with the ABAP Data Dictionary, this is the ref-erence you need. Suitable for both beginners and advanced users, this book will answer all your questions about the central repository of information for ABAP data. You’ll learn basic background information as well as details about the specific functionality of Data Dictionary elements (domains, tables, views, etc.), both of which will help you enhance your program-ming skills. The book also provides coverage of more complex topics, such as lock objects.


AbAP basics (2nd Edition)by Günther Färber and Julia Kirchner

Whether you are already familiar with another programming language or ABAP is your first, this book provides you with comprehensive and structured basics on program-ming business-critical software. Get to know all relevant programming concepts and methods from scratch and implement them based on a holistic, real-life example. Procedural and object-oriented language elements are presented with step-by-step instructions, screenshots, and tried-and-tested tips.


AbAP objects: AbAP Programming in SAP NetWeaverby Horst Keller and Sascha Krüger

Based on ABAP Objects, this 1000+ page book describes all concepts of modern ABAP up to release 7.0 (including a preview of release 7.10). Brand new topics found in the new edition include SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, regular expressions, shared objects, class-based exception handling, asser-tions, Web Dynpro for ABAP, object services, dynamic programming, interface technologies (RFC, ICF, XML), and test tools, among others.

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AbAP Performance Tuningby Hermann Gahm


Developing Enterprise Services for SAPby Markus Peter and Thomas Pohl


object Services in AbAPby Christian Assig, Aldo Hermann Fobbe, and Arno Niemietz


AbAP objects: Application Development from Scratch by Thorsten Franz and Tobias Trapp


The AbAP Quick Reference by Horst Keller


Getting Started with Web Dynpro AbAPby Dominik Ofenloch and Roland Schwaiger


SAP Certified Development AssociateAbAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.0by Puneet Asthana and David Haslam


Certification guide

Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition) by Ginger Gatling, et al


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AbAP Development for Materials Management in SAP: user Exits and bAdIsby Jurgen Schwaninger

The author uses his real-life experience and understanding of the frustrating challenges that users face, and provides ideal options to enhance and optimize the SAP standard through custom developments. This book shows you how to imple-ment these customizations for materials manage-ment (MM) in SAP ERP and describes how they influence the behavior of the user exits with custom ABAP programs. Included throughout the book are exercises to illustrate the exact procedures and coding examples needed, as well as valuable tips and tricks.


This exclusive collection brings together some of the best and brightest minds in the ABAP development com-munity. With thousands of pages of highly-detailed guidance and ABAP instruction that cannot be found else-where, readers are guaranteed to benefit immediately and quickly advance their skills. Starting with the basics, this hand-picked selection of best-selling ABAP books helps you hit the ground running on day one, and then supports you on your journey from novice to expert! The Essential ABAP Collection is truly unparalleled in terms of its depth and breadth of coverage.

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AbAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements by Sergey Korolev

With this book, you learn how to create custom enhancements to standard ABAP code in financial accounting for SAP, which will allow you to address all corporate and/or country-specific business rules. The author takes a systematic approach to the topic, introducing general information about the subject of enhancements, and then offering specific coding tutorials consisting of step-by-step instruc-tions and screenshots. Thanks to clear and concise instructions as well as numerous tips and tricks, you’ll quickly learn how to find the appropriate enhancement for a particular problem, use all avail-able data, and avoid common programming errors.


AbAP Development for SAP business Workflow by Ilja-Daniel Werner

ABAP developers require special programming skills for workflow-related ABAP development, as well as very specific process knowledge. With this book, you will acquire both! You’ll learn the aspects of the tools that are directly related to the developer’s tasks, understanding when it is necessary to use custom code and how to write this code. In the many activities and tutorials this book provides, you’ll discover how your work differs from the workflow engine of classic appli-cation development, as well as how to influence the behavior of a workflow with its own ABAP programs. Additionally, you’ll learn how to custom-ize the workflow environment beyond standard programming.





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Java Programming with SAP NetWeaver (2nd Edition)by Karl Kessler, et al

With this completely updated and extended second edition, you’ll get profound insights on business logic, persistence, scalability, maintainability, development in teams, and UI design, plus much more.

Three all-new chapters illustrate the development of composite appli-cations with the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment and all other chapters have been fully revised and updated for Java EE 5.

BonuS dVd: Includes DVD with the SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 trial version, plus all examples.


Inside Web Dynpro for Java (2nd Edition)by Chris Whealy

This updated and completely revised second edition of Inside Web Dynpro for Java covers every-thing you need to know to leverage the full power of Web Dynpro for Java — taking you well beyond the standard drag and drop functionality. For this second edition, sections on the migration of legacy applications have been added, as well as another entirely new section devoted to inte-gration topics.


Maximizing Web Dynpro for Javaby Bertram Ganz, Jochen Gürtler, and Timo Lakner

Based on interesting (and surpris-ing) sample applications, such as GameStation, Google Search, and MusicBox, this unique reference helps you easily memorize the vast array of Web Dynpro for Java capabilities in an engaging and entertaining manner. Readers learn about the dynamic creation of UI components and how to access web services and get details on the integration of Web Dynpro appli-cations into SAP NetWeaver Portal, the componentization of applications, navigation options between different Web Dynpro applications, display tech-niques, and much more.


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building Extensible Composite Applications with SAPby Matthias Steiner This book teaches you how to build extensible Java applications and extend existing ones in a non-invasive manner. It illustrates the composites’ development on the basis of SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment, and provides a complete “enhancement framework” for Java applications similar to its pendant in ABAP. Many examples and practical tips help you under-stand the different extensibility concepts and support you in building your own custom framework.


SAP Business ByDesign Studio — Application Developmentby Thomas Schneider


Discover ABAP (2nd Edition)by Thorsten Franz and Karl-Heinz Kühnhauser



SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe (2nd Edition)by Jürgen Hauser et al

Whether you are a beginning or advanced technical consultant, developer, or form designer, you will learn everything you need to know about working with SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. The book offers a com-prehensive discussion of the topic, explaining what interactive forms are, how they are created and used, and how to solve common problems associated with them.


The Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Securityby Martin Raepple

Developers, system integrators, and software engineers can use this book as a hands-on guide for imple-menting security standards using SAP NetWeaver 7.0. Each chapter starts with a description of the basic principles of different technologies and continues with detailed examples and hands-on exercises. In these exercises, you assume the role of an application developer responsible for communication and data security, as well as identity management, in a sample enterprise.




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The SAP General Ledger (2nd Edition)by Eric Bauer and Jörg Siebert

This second, updated, and extended edition of our standard reference book is your companion for the implementation of the new general ledger. This book describes the optimal settings for ledger definition and document splitting, as well as the integration with accounting. Moreover, it includes a detailed description of parallel accounting, including segment reporting, storage location of data, and much more. A comprehensive chapter on migration as well as many practical reports shows what you need to consider for the changeover to the new general ledger.


SAP ERP Financials Configuration and Design (2nd Edition)by Naeem Arif and Sheikh Tauseef

Master the most important issues involved in designing and configuring an SAP ERP Financials implementation using this must-have reference. The new edition of this best-selling book is completely updated to provide you with information on everything from the general

areas of SAP ERP Financials and how they fit in the SAP landscape, to how the new SAP General Ledger can work for you. This is an invaluable, process-oriented reference that covers the skills, tools, and knowledge you need to be able to understand and configure your SAP ERP Financials system.


Maximizing SAP General Ledger by Shivesh Sharma

This indispensable reference book provides implementation teams, functional and technical teams, and end-users with a roadmap for the maximum utilization of SAP General Ledger. It focuses on using SAP General Ledger in real-world situations, details how to customize and optimize it for specific business processes, and shows you how to integrate it effectively with other SAP com-ponents.


SAP businessobjects Planning and Consolidation — (2nd Edition)by Sridhar Srinivasan and Kumar Srinivasan

This is your authoritative guide to SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation to help you understand its features, functions, implementation, and integration with other SAP components and applications. In addition to

learning best practices for budgeting, planning, forecasting, and consolidation, you’ll understand how BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation works for the SAP NetWeaver platform and integrates with other SAP components. This new edition covers the newest release, version 7.5, and includes additional coverage on consoli-dation and enhanced reporting features.


Integrating SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Designby Naeem Arif and Sheikh Tauseef

This book explains the integration points between SAP ERP Financials and other software — including sales and distribution, materials man-agement, human capital management, and asset accounting. Readers are provided with a well-defined set of best practice configuration instruc-tions that are essential to a successful integration project, and the book details the configuration and design of key end-to-end business processes, including sales order to cash, purchase order to payment, payroll, and asset lifecycle management.


optimizing Value Flows with SAP ERP by Andrea Hölzlwimmer and Andreas Vogelsang


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Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Receivable by Manish Patel


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Effective Pricing with SAP ERPby D. Rajen Iyer and Suresh Veeraraghavan

Master the most important issues around pricing in SAP ERP with this one-stop, compre-hensive reference. You’ll learn about the key elements of pricing in Sales and Distribution and Materials Management, and discover complete, step-by-step instructions on how to

configure pricing. This book provides you with a practical perspective on the entire process, with coverage that includes basic and advanced configuration and condition techniques, as well as integration points with other SAP tools, such as Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting. Each chapter provides real-world examples, case studies, and practical tips to help you understand and master pric-ing in SAP ERP.


100 Things You Should know About Financial Accounting with SAPby Paul Ovigele

This book provides 100 practi-cal, little-known tips, tricks, and workarounds to help you get the most out of your SAP system. These time-saving shortcuts and work-arounds will help users of all levels will get the most out of their daily interaction with the system. Use these insightful tips to con-

figure screens to your personal needs, to significantly reduce the number of IT trouble tickets, and to work more efficiently. The hands-on approach and easy-to-follow layout will help you to pick up new skills in no time. Your SAP user experience will be friendlier and easier, and you may even find yourself saying, “I had no idea you could do this that way!”



Maximizing Cash Management with SAP ERP Financialsby Eleazar Ortega Van Steenberghe

This book explains the functionality of all key SAP cash management components, including best practices, real-world business scenarios, key con-figuration, and master data information. It explains how all the components can be integrated, and how both the individual components and the integrated solution can be maximized for optimal performance. Topics covered include electronic banking, liquidity planner, in-house cash, bank communication management, and much more.


Transitioning to IFRS in SAP ERP Financials by Paul Theobald

This book provides conversion project teams with a roadmap for preparing their SAP ERP Financials systems for conversion to IFRS. It includes detailed coverage of the transition process, an overview of the US GAAP/IFRS deltas and how they are mapped in SAP ERP Financials, and real-world advice from an IFRS conversion project at a large petrochemical company. Readers will appreciate this concise guide to jump-starting their IFRS projects in upgrade or non-upgrade scenarios.


Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP by Faisal Mahboob


Check Design and Payment Process Configuration in SAP ERP Financialsby Donald Eyres


Segment Reporting with Document Splitting in the SAP General Ledger by Mitresh Kundalia


Quick Reference Guide: Financial Accounting with SAP by Vincenzo Sopracolle

Using clear, simple step-by-step instructions and detailed screenshots, you will learn how to perform key activities in the core areas of SAP General Ledger, asset accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking, and the special purpose ledger. Each section starts with quick reference material such as transaction codes, tables, and menu paths, and ends with easy-to-use answers to frequently asked questions and problems commonly encountered by users.

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Product Cost Controlling with SAP by John Jordan

The author shows you how overhead costs flow from financial postings to cost centers, and then on to manufacturing orders. Readers also discover the ins and outs of the material ledger, transfer pricing, reporting, and learn how product cost controlling allows management to manage product costs and make decisions about the optimal price at which to market products. In addition, you’ll explore how to address common problem areas, including month-end processing, long run times, and message and variance analysis.


Production Variance Analysis in SAP (2nd Edition)by John Jordan

This book presents a detailed expla-nation of how production variance analysis works in controlling with SAP, and focuses on the processes and reports that assist with all phases of the controlling process. You’ll learn controlling concepts from a simple and easy-to-understand level, while being introduced to in-depth information on master data and configuration setup requirements, based on SAP ERP 6.0.


100 Things You Should know About Controlling with SAPby John Jordan

Tip #36: You can reduce the clutter in cost estimate screens! Simplify cost estimate screens by reducing the number of cost component views listed. Although five cost component views are listed by default, you may not need to display them all. With this tip, you can learn how to view only the information you really want. Find out more on page 98. The books in our “100 Things” series each provide 100 practical, little-known tips, tricks, and workarounds to help you get the most out of your SAP system.


Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledgerby Vanda Reis

If you are a controller, consultant, or cost accounting professional, then this is your comprehensive guide to using the SAP material ledger for actual costing! Here, you’ll find the answers to how, why, and where

to perform actual costing with the SAP material ledger to optimize your business practices. After a brief overview of how to configure the SAP material ledger, the book delves into more in-depth usages of actual costing and material ledger functionalities, such as using alternative valuation runs and actual costing cross-company code.


Controlling with SAP — Practical Guideby Janet Salmon

If you use controlling in SAP ERP Financials, this book is a must-have resource for your daily work. You’ll learn how to perform transactions with fewer steps and less effort, and you’ll discover how to troubleshoot minor problems and system issues. In

addition to the core areas of controlling, you’ll also find coverage of more advanced topics, such as SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP BusinessObjects, the SAP Financial Closing cockpit, and topics added in recent enhancement packages. This book will help you to master the system and work more effi-ciently on a daily basis.



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Financial Reporting with SAP (2nd Edition)by Aylin Korkmaz

This book provides finance and IT teams with best prac-tices for deliver-ing financial reports faster, more accurately, and in compliance with various international accounting standards. Featuring

step-by-step coverage of all major FI reporting functions (including sub-ledger, corporate finance management, and governance, risk & compliance), this book will help you streamline and simplify financial business processes and automate financial and management reporting in SAP ERP Financials. This new edition includes updated content on statutory reporting, segment reporting, AP and AR reports in SAP ERP, Consolidated Financial Reporting, as well as the most recent reporting tools in SAP ERP, SAP BusinessObjects.


AbAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements by Sergey Korolev

With this book, you learn how to create custom enhancements to standard ABAP code in financial accounting for SAP, which will allow you to address all corporate and/or country-specific business rules. The author takes a systematic approach to the topic, introducing general information about the subject of enhancements, and then offering specific coding tutorials consisting of step-by-step instructions and screen-shots. You’ll quickly learn how to find the appropriate enhancement for a particular problem, use all available data, and avoid common program-ming errors.


SAP ERP Financials user’s Guideby Heinz Forsthuber and Jörg Siebert

This book focuses on the practical, day-to-day requirements of working with SAP ERP Financials. It guides users through the various financial accounting functions step-by-step: documents, account reports, special postings, automatic procedures, accounts receivable accounting, accounts payable accounting, general ledger accounting, closing opera-tions, and asset accounting. Whether you are already an experienced user, or new to the world of SAP ERP Financials, you are guaranteed to find volumes of useful tips and tricks designed to help maximize your daily work.


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Customizing financial Accounting in SAPby Veeriah Narayanan


Customizing Controlling in SAP ERPby Rogerio Faleiros and Alison Kreis Ryan


Account Determination in SAP (2nd Edition)by Manish Patel


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Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (3rd Edition)by Martin Murray


Quality Management with SAP (3rd Edition)by Michael Hölzer and Michael Schramm


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The Plant Maintenance 2-Pack Discover the fundamental concepts of plant maintenance, how to evaluate which processes and options are best-suited to your organiza-tion, and the actual, step-by-step configuration of these options using SAP Enterprise Asset Management. Readers will also benefit immediately from expert insights on organizational preparation, enhancing usability and volumes of best practices and practical advice to help you hit the ground running.

Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP (2nd Edition)by Jörg Thomas Dickersbach and Gerhard Keller


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Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledgerby Vanda Reis

If you are a controller, consultant, or cost accounting professional, then this is your comprehensive guide to using the SAP Material Ledger for actual costing! Here, you’ll find the answers to how, why, and where to perform actual costing with the SAP Material Ledger to optimize your

business practices. After a brief overview of how to configure the SAP Material Ledger, the book delves into more in-depth usages of actual costing and Material Ledger functionalities, such as using alternative valuation runs and actual costing cross-company code.


Effective Pricing with SAP ERPby D. Rajen Iyer and Suresh Veeraraghavan

Master the most important issues around pricing in SAP ERP with this one-stop, comprehensive reference. You’ll learn about the key elements of pricing in sales and distribution and materials management, and discover complete, step-by-step instructions on how

to configure pricing. This book provides you with a practical perspective on the entire process, with coverage that includes basic and advanced configuration and condition techniques, as well as integration points with other SAP tools, such as financial accounting and cost accounting. Each chapter provides real-world examples, case studies, and practical tips to help you understand and master pricing in SAP ERP.


Production Variance Analysis in SAP (2nd Edition)by John Jordan

Whether you’re an end user, manager, or consultant, this is your ultimate resource to the variance analysis cycle. This book presents a detailed explanation of

how production variance analysis works in controlling with SAP, and focuses on the processes and reports that assist with all phases of the controlling process. You’ll learn controlling concepts from a simple and easy-to-understand level, while being introduced to in-depth information on master data and configuration setup requirements, based on SAP ERP 6.0.



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Demand Management with SAPby Christopher Foti and Jessie Chimni

This is the first resource that managers and business leaders need to understand and effectively use SAP demand management tools. Each chapter begins with a general description of a business strategy or a process in demand manage-ment from the SAP perspective, and then teaches how the SAP solution is designed to work and teaches readers how to configure and cus-tomize the solutions. After reading this book, users will understand demand management, and will know how to configure and use the SAP solutions.


Maximize Your Warehouse operations with SAP ERPby Martin Murray

With this book, discover how to examine all of your warehouse pro-cesses from incoming products to shipment completion, and review the challenges and opportunities at each key processing point from both technical and operational perspec-tives. Loaded with best practices, this comprehensive reference provides you with the knowledge you need to achieve results with minimal time and expense.


Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP — Practical Guideby Matt Chudy and Luis Castedo

This book focuses on the practical, day-to-day requirements of working with sales and distribution (SD) in SAP ERP. You’ll learn how to perform transactions with fewer steps and less effort, and discover how to trouble-shoot minor problems and system issues. In addition to the core areas of sales and distribution, such as sales, pricing, delivery, transportation, and billing, you’ll also find coverage of more advanced topics, like special sales pro-cesses (cross-company and third-party) and reporting. Each chapter provides you with the menu paths and transac-tion codes that are used to execute each of the many detailed examples.


Sales and Distribution Controlling with SAP NetWeaver bIby Susanne Hess, Stefanie Lenz, and Jochen Scheibler


optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Functionality and Configuration by Ashish Mohapatra

If you want to learn how to con-figure and use sales and distribution in SAP ERP to optimize and stream-line your business, this is the book you need. You’ll be able to use SAP ERP to fulfill orders and deliver your products and services more effec-tively, improving performance of the system and getting a better return on investment for your sales and distri-bution implementation. Throughout this book, you’ll find step-by-step instructions and real-world examples that will help you understand and optimize sales and distribution in SAP ERP.


Transportation Management with SAP TMby Rüdiger Fritz and Till Dengel


Implementing and Configuring SAP MII by Abesh Bhattacharjee, Dipankar Saha


Project Management with SAP Project System (2nd Edition)by Mario Franz

This book provides consul-tants, project leads who use project system, members of project system implementation projects, and key users with highly detailed information on the functions and configura-

tion options of project system. It features a comprehensive overview of the all essential customizing options, showing readers how best to manage the entire project lifecycle — from start to finish. Plus, you’ll discover the new SAP project system features in enhancement packages 3 and 4, including project editor, forecast workbench, combination status codes, access control, and more!



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Materials Planning with SAPby Marc Hoppe and Ferenc Gulyássy

With this comprehensive reference, you’ll learn how to implement, optimize, and use SAP ERP and SAP APO for effective materials planning. Expert insights help you understand cross-component materials planning with SAP ERP and SAP SCM as well as modern materials planning procedures. Readers discover how to configure and use the different SAP ERP applications and how best to integrate them with an existing SAP system. In addition, the authors show you how to optimize the tools and determine which settings are useful, and how they affect other settings.


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Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAPby Faisal Mahboob

This book explains how to configure the system effectively so that you can streamline your business processes, and continually improve your procurement processes with MM and SAP ERP Financials. You’ll learn about account and control-ling postings as related to FI compliance, and their impact on MM functional design and configura-tion. And you’ll find many real-world examples, troubleshooting techniques, and step-by-step descriptions that make the material straightfor-ward and practical.


Enhancing Supplier Relationship Management using SAP SRM (2nd Edition)by Sachin Sethi

This completely updated and expanded new edition is a detailed and practical guide to the essentials of SAP SRM 5.0 and 7.0, including a functionality overview, new product enhance-ments, and best practices for optimizing your business processes. Throughout the book, you’ll find tips and tricks, practical examples, expert analysis of the changes in SAP SRM 7.0, and information on how SAP SRM integrates with core SAP ERP components. This is the one resource you need to get the most out of SAP SRM.


Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP operations by Akash Agrawal


The Consultant’s Guide to SAP SRMby PadmaPrasad Munirathinam and Ramakrishna Potluri


Efficient E-Procurement with SAP by Eduard Gerhardt and Kai Krueger




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Customizing Extended Warehouse Management with SAP ERPby Varun Uppuleti

The goal of every warehouse manager is to have an efficiently-run operation that provides clear visibility into warehouse activities, as well as the ability to quickly optimize stock, reduce inventory movements, and streamline the supply chain process. To achieve these goals you also need to have the right tools, and with extended warehouse functionalities in SAP ERP, you do. Throughout this book, you’ll learn everything about core functionalities and how to use them in your company. This is the one resource you need to really understand extended warehouse management with SAP ERP and how to customize it to meet your own business requirements.


Inventory optimization with SAP (2nd Edition)by Marc Hoppe

This updated edition provides a completely up-to-date reference to help you manage your inventory to increase profitability and opera-tional efficiency using SAP ERP 6.0 and/or SAP SCM 5.1. Coverage includes additional sections on material requirements planning, controlling with SAP NetWeaver BI, vendor managed inven-tory and supplier managed inventory, and much more. You’ll learn about the critical factors that affect your inventory, from inven-tory analysis, demand planning, and MRP, to service level, lot size, production, and inventory monitoring.


understanding the SAP Logistics Information Systemby Martin Murray


Invoice Verification for SAP (2nd Edition) by Stephen Birchall


SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality and Configuration by M. Brian Carter, et al

This is the definitive guide to SAP EWM, covering everything from a general functional overview to detailed system setup and configuration guidelines. You’ll learn about the key capabilities of the SAP EWM solution; explore the configuration elements avail-able in the standard solution; discover the methods used to solve common business process requirements; and find out how to extend the solution to meet your more complex or unique business requirements.


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Global Available-to-Promise with SAP: Functionality and Configurationby Sandeep Pradhan and Pavan Verma

Whether you’re a consultant, project manager, implementation team member, or super user, this practical guide teaches you what you need to know about Global Available to Promise (GATP). Learn how to imple-ment and configure GATP to meet your company’s order fulfillment cycle, including the key elements of GATP in SAP SCM with complete, step-by-step instructions. Each chapter provides real-life business scenarios and case study examples, and offers insight on basic and advanced ATP methods, as well as practical tips and tricks on implementing and sustaining the GATP solution. After reading this book, you’ll have a thorough understanding of how GATP bridges the integration gap between order fulfillment and planning, and know how to configure your systems to work efficiently and effectively.


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optimizing Reverse Logistics with SAP ERPby Srivathsan Narayanan

This is the book you need to master reverse logistics. You’ll learn how to configure and use SAP ERP to optimize reverse logistics practices, particularly returns, repairs, and refurbishment. And with the step-by-step instructions, real-world examples, and tips provided throughout, you’ll find many ways to streamline your processes and make your business perform more efficiently. This is the book that will ensure you’re getting the most out of the reverse logistics tools in SAP ERP.


Discover Logistics with SAP ERPby Martin Murray

With this reader-friendly book, anyone new to SAP or considering implementing it will discover the fundamental capabilities and uses of the logis-tics components. You’ll learn what’s available, and how it works to help you determine if logistics with SAP is the right tool for your organization. This book is written in a clear, practical style, and uses real-world examples, case studies, and insightful tips to give you a complete overview of the SAP logistics offerings.


Discover SAP SCMby Shaun Snapp

SAP SCM is a leading supply chain management solution and if you’re new to it or considering using it, this is the book for you. Whether you’re a decision maker considering SAP SCM, a consultant seeking functional details, or you’re just starting to work with SAP SCM, this guide will give you the insight and knowledge needed to understand the features and benefits of SAP SCM. You’ll find details on the evolution of the software, guided tours through each application, advice on which functionality to implement, and expert guidance on how to get the best return on your investment.


Production Planning with SAP APo (2nd Edition)by Jochen Balla and Frank Layer

This book provides you with a comprehensive and practical guide to implementing, customizing, and using production planning in SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO). You’ll learn how to set up the data exchange between SAP ERP and SAP APO to ensure that you’re making the most out of the versatile functions and options of SAP APO-PP/DS. In addition to covering the standard processes, you’ll learn about various advanced processes, such as multi-resource planning and the MRP-based detailed scheduling.


Capable to Match (CTM) with SAP APoby Balaji Gaddam

Finally, a book that fully explains and teaches all of the core functions of capable-to-match (CTM) function-ality in SAP. This step-by-step guide for configuring CTM, including CTM master data selection, order selection, CTM profile maintenance, and CTM configuration, educates readers on the basic aspects of CTM, such as demand prioritization, supply categorization, multilevel inventory, and production planning, as well as several advanced topics including, CTM planning for safety stock, safety days of supply, and maximum earliness.


SAP Warehouse Management: Functionality and Technical Configurationby Martin Murray

You’ll uncover invaluable techni-cal configuration insights and gain a comprehensive understanding of warehouse management (WM) functionality in SAP — while drasti-cally enhancing your knowledge and expertise. This unique reference provides exclusive insights for WM practitioners, with comprehensive coverage on new technologies such as RF devices and RFID, as well as on the new functionality of extended warehouse management and value added services.


SAP Transaction Codes: Your Quick Reference to T-Codes in SAP ERPby Venki Krishnamoorthy, Martin Murray, and Norman Reynolds

End your odyssey through the SAP menu tree once and for all! This all-new reference book, covering more than 3000 transactions, helps you navigate through all major modules of SAP ERP 6.0 with ease. Find codes by application, transaction title, or task to perform, and benefit from comprehen-sive descriptions of when and how to use a transaction. You’ll find information on functional transactions in FI/CO, IM, MM, WM, PP, SD, plant maintenance, quality management, project system, HR, and the Basis system.




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Managing SAP ERP 6.0 upgrade Projectsby Martin Riedel

This book provides project managers and project team members with comprehensive information on upgrade projects to SAP ERP 6.0.

After explaining the SAP tools and services for determining the value of an upgrade, the author details the tasks of the individual project phases. You’ll explore how to schedule the project, and how to estimate costs and risks. You’ll also learn how to build the project team and organize test cycles, plus, how to plan for a smooth cutover. In addition, SAP Solution Manager, the technical upgrade tools, testing tools, services and more are covered in a separate tools chapter.


Discover SAP (2nd Edition)by Nancy Muir and Ian Kimbell

Discover what SAP is all about and learn how the new products and solutions can improve your business processes. In this completely updated edition, you’ll find what you need to really understand where SAP can fit into your operations. Whether you’re a decision-maker, consultant, or new SAP professional, this practical guide will take you on a complete journey — from the history of SAP to a detailed look at each solution and the technology that runs them. Everything from the newest solutions for sustain-ability and the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio to the tried-and-true solu-tions for small to midsize businesses, financials, CRM, HR, supply chain management, and more are covered.


Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition)by Ginger Gatling, et al

This second edition of our best-selling workflow book provides practical guidance on SAP Business Workflow. You’ll explore a general overview of workflow processes, learn how to deploy and extend existing workflows, and discover how to create your own successful workflow projects. The book contains a plethora of technical details you’ll need if you’re implementing.

The book is up-to-date for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and includes informa-tion on upgrading workflow, univer-sal worklist (UWL), ABAP objects, and other effective capabilities.




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outsourcing SAP operationsby Yosh Eisbart

Outsourcing — this term holds a promise of best-in-class service at low cost. But how do you realize this potential? Read this book, and you’ll learn everything needed to decide on your own SAP outsourcing strategy: Which components or project types are best suited to outsourcing? Which outsourcing model is right for your company? How do you find a reliable and affordable partner? And how to define SLA’s that really work? You’ll benefit from the author’s extensive experience in the field and the numerous examples from real-world projects provided throughout!


SAP for Retailby Heike Rawe

Written in an easy-to-follow style, with real-world examples, this book provides all the tools and tips you need. Beginning with a general introduction, the book explains what SAP for Retail is, and how the different components relate to each other. From there, it explores the features of master data administration and the most important planning options. It reviews purchasing and order processing, and explains how important they are when managing supply chains. In addition, it teaches you how to manage customer relation-ships and improve customer retention. The book concludes by teaching you how to use enterprise SOA to keep IT costs down, despite ever-changing business processes and requirements.


Implementing SAP Customer Competence Centerby Boris Otto and Jörg Wolter

As the standard reference on SAP Customer Competence Center (CCC), this book brings together strategic advice, pragmatic instructions, real-life examples, and best practices. Each area of CCC — from develop-ing and establishing a CCC strategy to creating and enabling employees — is addressed as it would appear in a project. In addition, the book provides practical advice on the operation of a CCC, and includes numerous examples based on the authors’ extensive project experi-ences.


SAP NetWeaver: The official Guideby Loren Heilig et al.

This revised edition of our bestsell-ing SAP NetWeaver Roadmap has been completely updated for release SAP NetWeaver 7.1. It explains the concepts behind SAP NetWeaver using four customer examples from the automotive, banking, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries. The book gives you insights into optimizing and redesigning business processes with SAP NetWeaver, and you’ll also get an introduc-tion to enterprise SOA and to SAP NetWeaver as an integrated technol-ogy platform.


Reporting & Analytics using SAP businessobjectsby Ingo Hilgefort

This book provides compre-hensive coverage of the major business intelligence tools in the SAP BusinessObjects toolset with a practical focus on the user experience and integration with SAP. Coverage includes detailed application features and functionality, as well as practi-cal, how-to content geared toward end users hoping to maximize the benefits of their BI investment by creating actionable, easy to read reports, analysis and other business process metrics. The author uses robust, real-world case studies to place into context and present the content in an easy to read, step-by-step manner.


Managing organizational Change During SAP Implementationsby Luc Galoppin and Siegfried Caems

This book helps you prepare for change in a carefully organized manner, taking a holistic look at the organization, the impact of an SAP implementation, and how negative factors can be lessened or, in most cases, prevented early on. With a real-world, practical approach, this book gives readers pragmatic insights into the complex dimensions of organizational change that cannot be found elsewhere. Additional value is added as the authors describe the key considerations for each phase of the project lifecycle.


The SAP green Bookby Michael Doane




System installed, project complete? Think twice! Read The SAP Green Book and learn how to continuously align business and IT, as well as understand how to generate the most benefit from your SAP imple-mentation. A must-read for all managers new to SAP!



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Conception and Installation of System Monitoring using the SAP Solution Manager (2nd Edition)by Corina Weidmann and Lars Teuber

This practical guide provides you with comprehensive information on how to develop a concept for central system monitoring and then imple-ment it using SAP Solution Manager. Based on detailed, step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn about the con-figuration of this solution, how to set up the monitoring functionality, and how best to utilize the alert monitor and central auto-reaction methods. A chapter on performance reporting using SAP NetWeaver BW serves to round out this exceptional book.


Change Request Management with SAP Solution Managerby Matthias Friedrich and Torsten Sternberg

If you’re tired of managing change requests in Microsoft Excel lists or sending transport releases via email, this practical guide is the book for you! With detailed coverage of both the basic and extended configura-tion of change request management within SAP Solution Manager, you’ll quickly master all the methods and tools needed to systematically imple-ment changes to SAP systems. In addition, you’ll learn about important topics such as enhanced transport management (CTS+), transport strat-egies, conditions, and quality gate management.


SAP Change and Transport Management (3rd Edition)by Armin Kösegi and Rainer Nerding

This benchmark book is indispens-able when it comes to planning, implementing, and maintaining SAP system landscapes.

First, you’ll learn everything about planning and setting up the SAP system landscape. Then, you’ll be introduced to technical tasks, such as transporting relevant measures at installation, configuration of the transport management systems, and creating and configuring clients. From there, the authors introduce you to all of the critical tools and how to handle them for both the ABAP stack and Java.


Performing End-to-End Root Cause Analysis using SAP Solution Managerby Michael Klöffer and Marc Thier

Within the pages of this one-of-a-kind guidebook, the architects of SAP Solution Manager walk you through the complete set of tools SAP provides for problem analysis. Each type of available analysis tool is described in detail, focusing on the available end-to-end tools and tech-nology tools that are not solution-specific. Then, each individual tool is described separately with a brief case study, as well as architecture details and best practices for usage. This exceptional guide provides you with everything needed to fully analyze your SAP system landscape.




SAP Solution Manager (3rd Edition)by Marc O. Schäfer


Printing in SAP:Solutions for Everyday use by Michael Szardenings

This book teaches you everything you need to know to configure printing setup (software and hardware side), and describes the ways in which data from the SAP system can be converted in different print formats (ABAP lists, SAPscript, Smart Forms, and interactive forms). You will also find numerous screenshots and detailed descriptions of configuration parameters that will continue to help you in your daily work.


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SAP Security and Risk Management (2nd Edition)by Mario Linkies and Horst Karin

This book introduces readers to the overall topic of risk valuation, the creation of control options, the design of security measures, and the procedure for implementing supporting processes. The book explains how to improve the security of existing SAP systems and processes, as well as how to include new technologies and the enhanced functional portfolio in the consideration of security measures. Furthermore, the book provides assistance in working through legal requirements in the areas of risk and control management, and much more.


Implementing SAP Enhancement Packagesby Martina Kaplan and Christian Oehler

SAP enhancement packages are a new method to import updates to your running systems and provide them to your users. This book describes the handling of the new enhancement options and provides numerous step-by-step instructions on how you can successfully install SAP enhancement packages and activate them via the Switch Framework. You get to know the technical details of the architecture and learn how you should approach an enhancement package project from planning up to activation, how to handle the corresponding tools, and which benefits the enhancement package strategy provides.


understanding SAP NetWeaver Identity Management by Loren Heilig, et al.


SAP NetWeaver Portalby Valentin Nicolescu, Katharina Klappert, and Helmut Krcmar


Global Portal Systems with SAPby Valentin Nicolescu, Mladen Medjovic, and Helmut Krcmar


Content Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portalby Marty McCormick and Matt Stratford


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SAP Administration — Practical Guide by Sebastian Schreckenbach

This book serves as an up-to-date resource based on release 7.0/7.1 of SAPNetWeaver AS ABAP. A practical guide to commonly performed system administrator tasks, the book will provide you with concrete and detailed instructions on how to perform both routine and special activities, using step-by-step instructions and hundreds of

screenshots. In addition, the appendices provide you with lists of transac-tion codes, help topics, SAP Notes, and more.


SAP NetWeaver bW: Administration and Monitoringby Olaf Klostermann and Milco Österholm

This book offers a complete understanding of all administration tasks that arise in a live SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) system and provides guidance on ways to solve any problems that might occur. Coverage includes all topics relevant to administration and monitoring of SAP NetWeaver BW, including basic principles, tasks, analysis, and troubleshooting.



End your odyssey through the SAP menu tree once and for all! This all-new ref-erence book, covering more than 3000 trans-actions, helps you navigate through all major modules of SAP ERP 6.0 with ease. Find codes by application, transaction title, or task to perform, and benefit from comprehen-

sive descriptions of when and how to use a transaction. You’ll find information on functional transactions in FI/CO, IM, MM, WM, PP, SD, Plant Maintenance, Quality Management, Project System, HR, and the Basis system.




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SAP Performance optimization Guide (6th Edition)by Thomas Schneider

SAP Performance Optimization Guide is the definitive compendium on perfor-mance for all SAP components. This new edition contains all the valuable informa-tion of the previous editions: the funda-mentals of analyzing and optimizing SAP system performance, critical architectural aspects of all important SAP backend servers, and tools and hints for analyzing and tuning performance. The author has

also added a new focus on SAP NetWeaver BW, including new concepts in index design and data modeling, as well as coverage of SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator, based on TREX. In addition to the SAP NetWeaver BW content, the book is further enriched with updates related to SAP NetWeaver 7.1 and SAP Solution Manager, enterprise edition, and also provides more in-depth information on sizing.


building Web Infrastructures with SAP NetWeaver Application Serverby Oliver Nocon and Volker Zirkel


SAP CRM Middleware optimization Guideby Juliane Bode, Stephan Golze, and Thomas Schröder


SAP on Windowsby Josef Stelzel, Uwe M. Hoffmann, Ulrich B. Boddenberg, and Michael Mißbach


Job Scheduling for SAPby Kees Verruijt, Arnoud Roebers, and Anjo de Heus



Mastering SAP NetWeaver PI —Administration (2nd Edition)by Marcus Banner, Heinzpeter Klein, and Christian Riesener

As the core middleware in your system land-scape, SAP NetWeaver PI plays an enterprise-critical role. But how can you ensure smooth operation? This book answers your questions. Using a highly detailed scenario as an example, the authors guide you through all administration tasks and provide useful tips for your daily work.


Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition) by Ginger Gatling, et al.

This second edition of our best-selling workflow book provides practical guidance on SAP Business Workflow. You’ll explore a general overview of workflow processes, learn how to deploy and extend existing workflows, and discover how to create your own success-ful workflow projects. The book contains a plethora of technical details you’ll need if you’re imple-

menting. The book is up-to-date for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and includes infor-mation on upgrading workflow, universal worklist (UWL), ABAP objects, and other effective capabilities.


Global SAP Systems Design and Architectureby Alexander Davidenkoff and Detlef Werner

Project managers, IT managers, and other decision makers profit from business-relevant facts along with technical details for the practical real-ization of international implementation projects. You’ll learn about the multifold requirements for such systems, which factors influence the system architecture, and which options there are for dif-ferent system architectures. You’ll also benefit from valuable tips, best practices, and customer reports.


SAP MaxDb™ Administrationby André Bögelsack, Stephan Gradl, Manuel Mayer, and Helmut Krcmar

This book provides you with a detailed overview of the current SAP MaxDB release 7.7, as well as earlier releases as needed. You’ll learn about the internal structures of the database, based on the interaction with the SAP NetWeaver Application Server. The book is filled with step-by-step instruc-tion, schematic diagrams, and screenshots to help you learn how to quickly resolve errors in typical situations, manage daily administration tasks, and find performance bottlenecks.


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The Complete SAP Security Collection Security is not just a “nice-to-have” option, it’s a necessity. And, without rock solid security measures in place, your company’s data and operations are at risk. With this exclusive collection, we’ve assembled the most mission-critical, security-focused information in our library and made it available at a special price. Take advantage of this opportunity to protect each component of your SAP system both internally and externally, while complying with legal requirements. This is the one collection that you simply cannot afford to miss.

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Authorizations in SAP Software: Design and Configuration by Volker Lehnert, Katharina Bonitz, and Larry Justice

This book gives you a practical and comprehensive overview of the design and management of authorizations in SAP. You’ll learn how to develop a meaningful authorization concept that meets statutory requirements and is tailored to your business processes. In addition you’ll gain insight into which tools and functions of the change management process in SAP play a role in designing and implement-ing an authorizations concept, and learn about SAP NetWeaver ID Management, CUA, SAP BusinessObjects Access Control, and the UME.





SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP System Administration (3rd Edition)by Frank Föse, Liane Will, and Sigrid Hagemann


Testing SAP Solutions (2nd Edition)by Markus Helfen and Hans Martin Trauthwein

This complete guide to test planning and test execution answers all of your questions. Not only will you learn the basics for a test strategy and a test methodology that fit the requirements of your solution, you will also understand functionality and usage of all the tools SAP and their partners provide for testing: Extensive, practical chapters on the most important tools, SAP Solution Manager and eCATT, as well as substantial coverage of TDMS, HP Quality Center, and SAP LoadRunner show exactly how to perform functional and performance tests. In addition, for each tool you’ll find a real-life project report from a well-known SAP customer.


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using SAP: A guide for Beginners and End usersby Olaf Schulz

Learn about how SAP software works and how to navigate the system. Whether you use this as an exercise book or as a reference book, you’ll find what you need to help you become more comfortable with SAP ERP.

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