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Business Intelligence, Analytics, and ReportingSAP NetWeaver® BW 7.3 — Practical Guide (2nd Edition) NEW ..............................4

100 Things You Should Know About SAP NetWeaver BW NEW .............................4

ABAP™ Development for SAP NetWeaver BW: Exits, BAdIs,

and Enhancements (3rd Edition) NEW .................................................................4

SAP HANA® — An Introduction NEW .....................................................................5

SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects™: The Comprehensive Guide ............5

Enterprise Information Management with SAP ........................................................5

SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration NEW...............................................6

Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.x with SAP NetWeaver .....................6

Reporting and Analysis with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition) ..............................6

SAP BusinessObjects BI Security NEW .....................................................................7

SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence®:

The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition) NEW ....................................................7

Creating Dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects (2nd Edition) .................................7

Human Capital ManagementTalent Management with SAP ERP HCM NEW .......................................................8

Discover SAP ERP HCM ...........................................................................................8

Enterprise Compensation Management with SAP ERP HCM ...................................8

SAP ERP HCM Infotypes NEW ................................................................................8

SAP ERP HCM Technical Principles and Programming .............................................8

SAP ERP HCM Processes and Forms NEW ...............................................................9

Personnel Planning and Development Using SAP ERP HCM (2nd Edition) ................9

Practical SAP US Payroll (2nd Edition) ......................................................................9

Configuring and Customizing Employee and Manager Self-Services

in SAP ERP HCM ..................................................................................................9

100 Things You Should Know About HR Management with SAP ...........................9

Finance and ControllingImplementing SAP Business Planning and Consolidation NEW ..............................10

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (3rd Edition) NEW ................................10

Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting

in SAP (2nd Edition) NEW .................................................................................10

Actual Costing with the SAP Material Ledger ........................................................10

The SAP ERP Financials and Controlling Configuration 3-Pack .....................10

Accelerated Financial Closing with SAP .................................................................11

Discover SAP ERP Financials (2nd Edition) NEW ....................................................11

Financial Reporting with SAP (2nd Edition) ...........................................................11

Controlling-Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP (2nd Edition) ..........................11

Product Cost Controlling with SAP (2nd Edition) ...................................................12

Controlling with SAP — Practical Guide ................................................................12

Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling (2nd Edition) ..............................12

100 Things You Should Know About Controlling with SAP ..................................12

The Controlling Collection ...............................................................................12

Customer Relationship ManagementVariant Configuration with SAP (2nd Edition) .......................................................13

The SAP CRM Web Client 2-Pack .....................................................................13

Planning Your SAP CRM Implementation ..............................................................13

Maximizing Your SAP CRM Interaction Center ......................................................13

Service with SAP CRM ..........................................................................................13

SAP CRM Middleware Optimization Guide ...........................................................13

Discover SAP CRM (2nd Edition) NEW .................................................................13

SAP CRM Technical Principles and Programming...................................................13

Books for DevelopersMobilizing Your Enterprise with SAP NEW ...........................................................14

SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe (2nd Edition) .......................................................14

The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal .....................................................14

SAP Web Client: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers .....................................14

Web Dynpro ABAP: The Comprehensive Guide NEW ...........................................15

The Official ABAP Reference (3rd Edition) .............................................................15

Next Generation ABAP Development (2nd Edition) ...............................................15

100 Things You Should Know About ABAP Workbench NEW ..............................15

SAP Certified Development Associate —

ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.02 (2nd Edition) NEW .........................................16

ABAP Beginner’s 2-Pack NEW ...........................................................................16

BRFplus — Business Rule Management for ABAP Applications ..............................16

ABAP Development for SAP NetWeaver BW: Exits, BAdIs,

and Enhancements (3rd Edition) NEW ...............................................................17

ABAP Development for Sales and Distribution in SAP: Exits,

BAdIs, and Enhancements NEW ........................................................................17

ABAP Objects: ABAP Programming in SAP NetWeaver ..........................................17

ABAP Data Dictionary ...........................................................................................17

Design Patterns in Object-Oriented ABAP (2nd Edition) .........................................17

ABAP Development for Financial Accounting: Custom Enhancements .................18

ABAP Development for SAP Business Workflow ...................................................18

ABAP Development for Materials Management in SAP: User Exits and BAdIs ........18

Mobile Development for SAP NEW .......................................................................18

Supply Chain Management, Logistics & Manufacturing100 Things You Should Know About Materials Management in SAP ERP NEW .........19

Materials Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and Technical

Configuration (3rd Edition) ................................................................................19

Optimizing Reverse Logistics with SAP ERP............................................................19

Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP (2nd Edition) ...............19

Warehouse Management with SAP ERP: Functionality and

Technical Configuration (2nd Edition) ................................................................19

Project Management with SAP Project System (3rd Edition) NEW .........................20

Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP — Practical Guide .............................................20

Optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Functionality and Configuration .....20

Effective Pricing with SAP ERP ...............................................................................20

100 Things You Should Know About Sales and Distribution with SAP ..................20

SAP Product Lifecycle Management ......................................................................21

The Plant Maintenance 2-Pack .........................................................................21

Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting

in SAP (2nd Edition) NEW .................................................................................21

Enhancing Supplier Relationship Management Using SAP SRM (2nd Edition) ........21

Demand and Supply Planning with SAP APO NEW ...............................................22

Global Available-to-Promise with SAP: Functionality and Configuration ................22

SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality,

and Configuration ............................................................................................22

Production Planning with SAP APO (2nd Edition) ..................................................23

Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP (2nd Edition) ................................23

Demand Management with SAP ...........................................................................23

Materials Planning with SAP .................................................................................23

SAP SRM: Technical Principles and Programming ..................................................23

IT ManagementThe SAP Green Book — A Business Guide for Effectively

Managing the SAP Lifecycle ...............................................................................24

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The SAP Blue Book — A Concise Business Guide to the World of SAP..................24

SAP HANA — An Introduction NEW .....................................................................25

Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAP NEW ............................................................25

SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects: The Comprehensive Guide ............25

The BPM 2-Pack .................................................................................................25

Books for AdministratorsSAP BusinessObjects BI Security NEW ...................................................................26

SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration NEW .............................................26

SAP BusinessObjects System Administration and Security 2-Pack NEW .......26

The SAP Administration 2-Pack .......................................................................27

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP System Administration (4th Edition) ..............................27

Practical Workflow for SAP (2nd Edition) .............................................................27

SAP Performance Optimization Guide (6th Edition) ...............................................27

The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal .....................................................27

IT Service Management in SAP Solution Manager NEW ........................................28

SAP Solution Manager (3rd Edition) ......................................................................28

Testing SAP Solutions (2nd Edition) .......................................................................28

Managing Custom Code in SAP NEW ..................................................................29

SAP Security and Authorizations Collection ..................................................29

100 Things You Should Know About Authorizations in SAP .................................29

Books for BeginnersUsing SAP: A Guide for Beginners and End Users .................................................30

Discover SAP CRM (2nd Edition) NEW ..................................................................30

Discover SAP (2nd Edition) ....................................................................................30

Discover ABAP (2nd Edition) .................................................................................30

Discover SAP SCM ................................................................................................30

Discover SAP ERP Financials (2nd Edition) NEW ....................................................30

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BuSiNESS iNTElligENCE, ANAlyTiCS, ANd REPORTiNg

SAP NetWeaver bW 7.3 — Practical Guide (2nd Edition)by Amol Palekar, Bharat Patel, and Shreekant Shiralkar

They say that the best way to learn is by doing. With this practical guide to SAP NetWeaver BW, put that theory to the test. Start with conceptual explanations and then dive straight into real-world application — all with the help of a case study that teaches you how to meet common business intelligence requirements. Whether you want to create objects, extract and transform data, or master the BEx tools, this book is all the help you need.

Highlights ■ InfoObjects ■ DataStore objects ■ InfoCubes ■ InfoProviders ■ MultiProviders ■ Process chains ■ Extraction, transformation,

and loading

■ BEx tools ■ Planning applications ■ SAP BusinessObjects BI ■ Administration ■ Open Hub ■ SAP HANA

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AbAP Development for SAP NetWeaver bW: Exits, bAdIs, and Enhancements (3rd Edition)by Dirk Herzog

Steer your BW-specific programming and push your implementa-tion beyond standard BI business requirements. Consider this book your trusted guide to the most often-used and helpful custom enhancements in SAP NetWeaver BW. Dive into user exits and BAdls in planning, reporting, and data extracting or importing. You’ll walk away with an understanding of why these custom enhancements are necessary, when they should be applied, and how to perform them to meet your unique developmental and consulting needs. This edition is up to date for SAP NetWeaver 7.3.


100 things You should Know About sAP netWeaver BWby Andrew Joo and Buntic Georgian

If you’re looking to take your knowledge of SAP NetWeaver BW to the next level, then this is the book for you! You’ll benefit from expert informa-tion that reveals the secrets of SAP NetWeaver BW gurus as they provide the most useful tricks of working with the major task areas in SAP NetWeaver BW. These “100 Things” provide detailed screenshots, easy instructions, and a hands-on approach to quickly working with SAP NetWeaver BW.

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SAP HANA — An Introductionby Dr. Berg and Penny Silvia

You’ve heard all the hype — now get the real information. Understand what SAP HANA is and what it can do for you: not in ten years, but right now. Why is it so fast? How will it work with existing technology? What are the implementation options?

Once you understand the basics, dive straight into the heart of the topic with step-by-step instructions and screenshots: How do you model data? How do you create views in Information Composer? How do you work in SAP HANA Studio? With infor-mation for both a manager looking for the big picture and a consultant looking for the details, this introduction to SAP HANA is what you need.

Highlights:

■ SAP HANA scenarios and use cases ■ SAP NetWeaver BW Accelerator vs.

SAP HANA ■ Hardware and software

requirements ■ Sizing ■ SAP HANA-optimized InfoProviders ■ SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0

■ Information Composer ■ SAP HANA Studio ■ SAP Data Services ■ SAP System Landscape

Transformation ■ Sybase Replication Server ■ DXC ■ SAP HANA Administration Console


SAP NetWeaver bW and SAP businessobjects: The Comprehensive Guideby Loren Heilig, Peter John, Torsten Kessler, Thilo Knötzele, and Karin Thaler-Mieslinger

Finally — the entire SAP business intelligence world in one volume! Get the big picture, and get it from all angles: backend, frontend, and everything in between. Tools covered include BEx Query Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Web Analyzer, BEx Web Application Designer (WAD), Analysis, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP Crystal Reports®, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius®), and more. Based on SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and SAP NetWeaver 7.3, this book will get you up to speed on SAP’s evolving BI landscape.


Enterprise Information Management with SAPby Ginger Gatling, Corrie Brague, Ryan Champlin, Helmut Stefani, Niels Weigel, et al.

The accuracy of enterprise information is the foundation for a business’ success — or failure. With this book, you’ll learn which SAP enterprise information management tools will help you to elimi-nate cracks in that foundation, and how to get started with these tools. Explore SAP’s different EIM products, assess which options are right for you, and then learn the basics of working with them. With just the right mix of overview information and hands-on, practical guidance, this book will help you ensure that all your decisions are based on clean and trusted information.



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SAP businessobjects bI System Administrationby Greg Myers and Eric Vallo

A system administrator’s job isn’t easy. When stuff works, no one notices. When stuff breaks, suddenly everyone knows your name. Your most important task, then — for your users and for you — is to set up your system right the first time, and to keep it running effectively. With this book, do just that. Guided by step-by-step instructions and screen-shots, you’ll learn how to perform the most common administration tasks in an SAP BusinessObjects system, and also get acquainted with the vital changes in the 4.0 SP4 release.

Highlights ■ Sizing ■ Installation and deployment ■ Configuration ■ Security ■ Content migration

■ Monitoring ■ Customization and enhancement ■ Troubleshooting and maintenance ■ SAP BusinessObjects Mobile


“ If you are an SAP customer using BusinessObjects software or considering the use of BusinessObjects for your BI needs, this book is a “must-have” for your bookshelf.”

“ With the BI4 release being the largest release in SAP BusinessObjects history, the toolset has fundamentally changed since the XI 3.x release and this book contains all the latest updates.”

Integrating SAP businessobjects bI Platform 4.x with SAP NetWeaverby Ingo Hilgefort

Get the crucial know ledge you need to make essential business intelligence products work on top of SAP NetWeaver. Continuing in the tradition of the first best-selling edition, this updated edition carefully guides you, click-by-click, through the process of connect-ing SAP BusinessObjects tools to SAP data. The expert advice and clear instruction that this book provides is just what you need to become an authority on integrating your SAP BusinessObjects BI platform with SAP NetWeaver.


reporting and Analysis with SAP businessobjects (2nd Edition)by Ingo Hilgefort

Get started with SAP BusinessObjects business intelligence tools! This book will teach you about all the features and functionalities offered in the SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 toolset. Take advantage of the reporting and analytics capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects, and learn how they can be used to satisfy specific business reporting requirements. This book tells you everything you need to know, and then shows how it can be applied via practical, real-life examples.



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SAP businessobjects bI Securityby Christian Ah-Soon and David François Gonzalez

“Don’t talk to strangers” — if only data security policies were this easy. Learn to keep your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence data truly safe from unauthorized actions with this comprehensive guide. Begin with security basics and work your way to advanced concepts; along the way, you’ll explore functional and data security, define a rights model, and secure data sources and universes. Step-by-step instructions ensure that you can implement important security techniques in your administration and design work. This book puts the master key to data security in your hands.

Highlights ■ SAP NetWeaver BW, LDAP, and

Active Directory authentication ■ Single sign-on ■ Rights framework and inheritance

model ■ Access levels ■ General and specific rights

■ Secured connections ■ Universe security ■ Access restriction ■ Data and business security profile ■ Scheduling, publications, and

personalization profile


SAP businessobjects Web Intelligence — The Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)by Jim Brogden, Heather Callebaut Sinkwitz, Mac Holden, Dallas Marks, and Gabriel Orthous

Learn how to revolutionize your company’s data presentation with SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 with new flexibility and functionalities. No matter how much experience you have had with WebI to date, this comprehensive guide is for you. You can either build a foundational understanding of WebI by beginning with the fundamentals; or you can jump straight into the advanced discussions that are new to the latest release, including advanced charting, formula writing, and report scheduling and distribution. This is the resource that will enhance your understanding of SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 4.0 and give you the means to optimize this versatile tool.


Creating Dashboards with SAP businessobjects (2nd Edition)by Ray Li and Evan DeLodder

Impress your audience with eye-catching, informative, and easy-to-navigate dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards! In this book, you’ll quickly learn the basics of building your own dashboard and move on to customize your creations with themes, data connec-tions, and other essential features.

Build a strong foundation by understanding the features, options, themes, and commands at your disposal, and benefit from compre-hensive examples and practical exercises. Benefit from numerous screenshots that show how different features will look in a dash-board (and view them in color in the online version!). Tailor and enhance your dashboard by using SDK tools, data connectivity with options like SAP Crystal Reports and SAP BusinessObjects Live Office, and both SAP and non-SAP tools.



Talent Management with SAP ErP HCMby Joe Lee, Tim Simmons, Jon Jenkins, and Luke Marson

Confused by the term “talent management”? Know you should be doing something with it, for it, or to it? This book sheds light on the topic as your comprehensive guide to figuring out and using the Talent Management suite of applications in SAP ERP HCM. You’ll find the information you need in order to plan for and enhance Talent Management. Each chapter includes screenshots and visual aids to help you understand how all of these pieces are part of the whole, and you’ll find real-world examples, case studies, and tips and tricks throughout to help bring the text to life.

Highlights ■ E-Recruiting ■ Performance Management ■ Learning Solution ■ Enterprise Compensation ■ Talent Assessment ■ Development Plan

■ Organizational Management ■ Personnel Administration ■ Jobs and Qualifications Catalog ■ Workforce Planning ■ SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa


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Discover SAP ErP HCMby Greg Newman

Whether you’re a decision-maker, consultant, or administrator consid-ering implementing 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 function-ality, how it works, and how it can benefit your company. Everything from recruitment through benefits management and payroll is explained using real-world examples and case studies.


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

Strategically managing compensa-tion is a key human capital man-agement 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 effec-tive and consistent strategy. So if you’re an HR professional, IT profes-sional, or SAP ERP HCM consultant who needs to know how to deliver and support a successful enterprise compensation implementation using SAP, you’ll find exactly what you need in this detailed, practical book.


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sAP eRP HcM infotypesby Jeremy Masters, Venki Krishnamoorthy, and Christos Kotsakis

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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 cus-tomize the tools. With this detailed guide, you’ll find all of the information you need for customizing 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.


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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. With this book you’ll learn about all of the pro-cesses of personnel planning and develop-

ment, explore the functions and basic customizing, and find out how to implement and use the components of SAP ERP HCM 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.


Practical SAP US Payroll (2nd Edition)by Satish Badgi

If you’re responsible for setting up, configuring, or using payroll functionality, you know that even its minor idiosyncra-sies can cause headaches and holdups in your HR processes. This book provides you with the tools you need to get up to speed on payroll implementation and cutover, time management integration,

and troubleshooting of payroll issues. This new edition includes updated information for SAP ERP 6.0 and enhancement packages 5 and 6. Balanced coverage of payroll processes, configuration, and real-life scenarios helps you develop valuable, applicable skills.


SAP ErP HCM Processes and Formsby Brandon Toombs and Justin Morgalis

Whether you love them or hate them, forms are an integral part of today’s business processes. Explore how to create forms that simplify your HR processes, align with your core business objectives, and support employee development. Whether you’re setting up the software or using it, this book provides end-to-end configuration steps, business sce-narios, and the dos and don’ts of mapping business objectives.

Highlights ■ Implementing and planning ■ Adobe Forms, FPM Forms, Form

Builder ■ Process design

■ SAP NetWeaver Portal integration ■ Administration ■ Design Time



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The SAP ErP Financials and Controlling Configuration 3-Pack For the most comprehensive information to implement, configure, and customize SAP ERP Financials (FI) and SAP ERP Financials Controlling (CO), nothing compares to this exclusive collection.

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■ SAP ERP Financials Configuration and Design (2nd Edition) ■ Configuring Controlling in SAP ERP ■ Configuring Financial Accounting in SAP

Save $60Actual 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 func-tionalities, such as using alternative valuation runs and actual costing cross-company code.


Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP (2nd Edition)by Faisal Mahboob

Master financial accounting (FI) and materials management (MM) with this completely updated and comprehensive guide. Explore the integration of MM and FI and optimize your entire supply chain network with ease. Ensure that you have the right product, in the right place, at the right quantity and price to meet your business needs. With a practical, straightforward approach, benefit from real-world examples, troubleshooting techniques, and step-by-step descriptions to create a smooth and efficient procurement process.


Implementing SAP business Planning and Consolidationby Peter Jones

Take the labor-intensive guess-work out of number crunching, financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting! With data at your fingertips and this compre-hensive guide to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, quickly model new business scenarios and efficiently create

and approve plans, budgets, and forecasts. Written for today’s busy financial consultants, business developers, and financial analysts, this book will help you configure and implement the necessary dimen-sions, master data, and hierarchies for both the Consolidation and the Planning components of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.0.


SAP business Planning and Consolidation (3rd Edition)by Sridhar Srinivasan and Kumar Srinivasan

Master the expanded and new func-tionality of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 10.0 and leverage its improvements for your own workflows and planning. This comprehensive guide covers the features, functionality, and best practices for the SAP NetWeaver version. Revised for the latest release, it explores the improvements to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation’s

technical architecture, user interface, and reporting functionality. In addition to learning best practices for budgeting, planning, forecasting, and consolidation, you’ll get to the heart of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation with a foun-dational understanding of the reporting and analysis framework. Understand how and why SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is the best solution for your business needs.




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Controlling-Profitability Analysis (Co-PA) with SAP (2nd Edition)by Marco Sisfontes-Monge

If you’re looking for a book that will help get you started with configuring profitability analysis (CO-PA) in SAP, look no further! Get up to speed with the basic tools, methods, and key functionalities you need for a CO-PA implementation. Find what you need to make CO-PA work best for your business, get an overview of how CO-PA and SAP HANA work together, and benefit from new information on integration topics, SAP BusinessObjects, and more.


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

This book provides finance and IT teams with best practices for delivering finan-cial 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 and compliance), this book will help you streamline and simplify financial business processes and automate financial and man-agement reporting in SAP ERP Financials. This new edition includes updated content on statutory reporting, segment reporting, AP and AR reports in SAP ERP, consoli-dated financial reporting, as well as the most recent reporting tools in SAP ERP and SAP BusinessObjects.


Discover SAP ErP Financials (2nd Edition)by Manish Patel

Business financials is an essential part of every business, large or small. This title offers a very detailed, reader-friendly reference that will give you an in-depth overview of the key components of SAP ERP Financials. Perfect for new users, decision-makers, and power users, you will learn how to improve your efficiency in key finan-cial areas, including profitability analysis, financial supply chain management, cost-accounting, and more. Updated for SAP ERP 6.0, enhancement packages 5 and 6 with a focus on expanded real-world scenarios and practical case-studies.


Accelerated Financial closing with sAPby James Fisher, Elizabeth Milne, and Birgit Starmanns

Navigate the complex last mile of finance with speed, efficiency, and ease with this comprehensive end-to-end overview of the financial close process. Guided by practical business workflow scenarios and customer examples, you will develop a single financial close workflow and learn how to maximize the potential of SAP’s financial close solutions. Next, critically evaluate your financial close process and create an action plan.

In addition to managing your close process, proactively address disclosure management, regulatory report-ing and weather regulation changes with finesse and flexibility. Visualize your entire global close and identify issues with real time analysis and the SAP Financial Closing cockpit. Close your books in record time with this one-stop resource for all your financial closing needs!

Highlights ■ Sub-ledger ■ General close ■ Asset accounting close ■ Inventory management close ■ Account management close

■ Process governance ■ Disclosure management ■ Process controls ■ Intercompany reconciliation ■ Financial consolidation

■ Notes management ■ Financial reporting ■ Disclosure statements ■ XBRL




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

This book presents a detailed explanation of how production variance analysis works in control-ling 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

Have you ever spent days trying to figure out how to generate a report in SAP ERP Financials only to find out you just needed to click a few buttons. If so, you’ll be delighted with this book — it unlocks the secrets of controlling in SAP ERP Financials. It provides users and super-users with 100 tips and workarounds you can use to increase productivity, save time, and improve overall ease-of-use of SAP ERP Financials controlling. The tips have been care-fully selected to provide a collection of the best, most useful, and rarest information.


Controlling with SAP — Practical Guideby Janet Salmon

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.


Product Cost Controlling with SAP (2nd Edition)by John Jordan

This book will teach you how overhead costs flow from financial postings to cost centers and then on to manufacturing orders. Find answers to your questions regarding the material ledger, transfer pricing and reporting, and discover how to address common problem areas, including month-end processing, long run times, and message and variance analysis. This new edition includes updated content on cost object hierarchies, engineer-to-order, and make-to-order, as well as new case studies and real-world examples.

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Planning Your SAP CrM Implementationby George Fratian


Maximizing Your SAP CrM Interaction Centerby John Burton


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


Service with SAP CrMby Markus Kirchler and Dirk Manhart


Variant Configuration with SAP (2nd Edition)by Uwe Blumöhr, Manfred Münch, and Marin Ukalovic

With this all-inclusive reference, you have everything you need to implement, customize, and use variant configuration with SAP. Whether you’re a consultant, work directly with variant configuration, or are a manager, this book contains essential information you need in order to make key decisions on how variant configuration works best for your company.

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in processes such as quality management and customer service, and explore the necessary customizing steps. Additionally, find extensive coverage on business processes for SAP ERP, including the order engineering workbench, planning variant configuration, and more, and learn about unique configurations and enhancements that are possible within specific industries and how to manage them, accompanied by customer examples and practical suggestions. Benefit from the authors’ and SAP customers’ notes on special challenges encountered when implementing and using variant configuration for product models.


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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 development activities via the use of practi-cal 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 applica-tion using Web client.


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Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAPby Sanjeet Mall, Tzanko Stefanov, and Stanley Stadelman

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

If you’ve ever had any questions about working with SAP’s interactive forms, this book will be a valuable addition to your library. Whether you are a beginning or advanced technical consultant, developer, or form designer, you will learn every-thing you need to know about working with SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. The book offers a comprehensive discussion of the topic, explaining what interactive forms are, how they are created and used, and how to solve common problems associated with them.

This expanded second edition is updated for SAP NetWeaver 7.20, and includes new coverage of ABAP Offline Infrastructure, XDC Editor, JobProfiles Editor, parallelization of print jobs, and more.


The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portalby Manish Chaitanya

An SAP NetWeaver Portal implementation has many stages, and this book will help you every step of the way. From blueprinting, installa-tion, and configuration through portal content development and post-implementation monitor-ing techniques, you’ll find practical explanations and step-by-step instructions that will guide your everyday work. Whether you’re new to SAP NetWeaver Portal or want to learn about the new features in the latest release, this reference is your essential companion.




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100 Things You Should know About AbAP Workbenchby Abdulbasıt Gülşen

Work smarter with the ABAP Workbench! Are you ready to add to your ABAP Workbench arsenal, or maybe replace some cumbersome techniques you’ve been using? Here you go: SAP PRESS equips you with “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of working with the ABAP Workbench!

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You can implement custom debugging tasks by taking control from the ABAP Debugger! When you have complex cases that the standard tools offered by the ABAP Debugger can’t solve, the Debugger Scripting tool is here to help. This tip teaches you how to use scripting options to implement your custom requirements in the ABAP Debugger. Find out more on page 150!


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 introduction that explains the essential concepts, such as char-acter string processing, dynpro development, and more. For each statement, this two-vol-ume set offers an explanation of the function, the syntax listing, a description, 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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Next Generation AbAP Development (2nd Edition)by Rich Heilman and Thomas Jung

If you’re a seasoned developer, you know that it’s important to keep up with the latest ABAP changes. This second edition of our best-selling title follows along with a lead ABAP developer as he learns how to employ tools and features new to recent ABAP releases. Experience the entire process of building applications — design, develop-ment, and testing of all areas — and walk away with a firm understanding of tech-niques and technologies that were not previ-ously available. With this book, you’ll learn how to keep your ABAP fresh.

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


Web Dynpro AbAP: The Comprehensive Guideby James Wood and Shaan Parvaze

Writing a Web Dynpro ABAP application may be a job, but it can also be a craft — and in this book, you have the tool you need to become a master. Start with the basics, jump right into advanced concepts, or flip straight to workbooks so you can apply your knowledge to real-life exercises. Whatever your WDA goal may be, this book will get you there.

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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 work-bench 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, performance, deployment, and other advanced topics round off this comprehensive book.


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Build your career and enhance your résumé by mastering the ABAP certification exam. With this book you will develop a thorough understanding of the ABAP certi-fication track, the structure of exam C_TAW12_71, and the technical information it covers. Each chapter offers you the key concepts, important terminology, and sample questions and answers about specific technical topics that appear on the test. Make the grade with this one-stop guide to certification success!

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

If a proven solution for a recurring 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 exten-sively 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 reference 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 programming skills. The book also provides coverage of more complex topics, such as lock objects.


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). Topics covered include SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, regular expressions, shared objects, class-based exception handling, assertions, Web Dynpro for ABAP, object services, dynamic programming, interface technologies (RFC, ICF, XML), and test tools, among others.

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AbAP Development for Sales and Distribution in SAP: Exits, bAdIs, and Enhancementsby Michael Koch

This book explains solu-tions to the most common enhancement scenarios in SD, and provides insight on how to implement light and flexible enhance-ments. You’ll follow along with specific examples of when the standard SD system doesn’t meet business require-ments, including sales orders and billing, and understand how to find the right

enhancement and implement the solution. Learning about ABAP development for sales and distribution in SAP has never been so practical — jump in with a book that explains the whys and hows!

Highlights ■ User prompts ■ Flexible text objects ■ Sales order creation and

simulation ■ Field validation ■ Remote function calls

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■ Track key performance indicators ■ Pricing routines


AbAP Development for SAP NetWeaver bW: Exits, bAdIs, and Enhancements (3rd Edition)by Dirk Herzog

Steer your BW-specific programming and push your implementation beyond standard BI business requirements. Consider this book your trusted guide to the most often-used and helpful custom enhancements in SAP NetWeaver BW. Dive into user exits and BAdls in planning, reporting, and data extract-

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Highlights ■ User exits and BAdIs ■ Data staging ■ Reporting

■ Extraction process ■ Data import process ■ Extension options



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 screenshots. You’ll quickly learn how to find the appropriate enhance-ment for a particular problem, use all available data, and avoid common programming errors.


AbAP Development for Materials Management in SAP: User Exits and bAdIsby Jürgen Schwaninger

Is there more to your materials management (MM) implementa-tion than meets the eye? The SAP standard is good, but it doesn’t always get the job done. Here’s your chance to learn how to take that extra step. With an explanation of basic programming prin-ciples, specific examples for the most important MM user exits and BAdIs, and a comprehensive description of all exits, you’ll learn the best options for enhancing and optimizing your MM system.


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AbAP Development for SAP business Workflow by Ilja-Daniel Werner

Learn the aspects of SAP Business Workflow that are directly related to the developer’s tasks — such as when it’s necessary to use custom code, and how to write it well. In the many activities and tutorials this book provides, you’ll discover how your work differs from the workflow engine of classic application development, as well as how to influence the behavior of a workflow with its own ABAP programs. Additionally, you’ll learn how to customize the workflow environment beyond standard programming. Implement your workflow needs and avoid typical pitfalls!




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

Find out how to make the most of your materials management (MM) implementation with this completely updated, comprehensive guide. Based on SAP ERP 6.0, this new edition of the best-selling book is a comprehensive reference to the ins and outs of materials management in SAP, with new real-world, practical examples to help you grasp the infor-mation quickly and efficiently. You’ll learn everything you need to know, from goods receipt and invoice verifi-cation to balance sheet valuation and the material ledger.



Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ErP (2nd Edition)by Akash Agrawal

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Warehouse Management with SAP ErP: Functionality and Technical Configuration (2nd Edition)by Martin Murray

This book provides an expanded, comprehensive overview of the various functionalities and configurations needed for SAP warehouse manage-ment (WM). The author has provided you with the ultimate reference for anyone looking for WM information, dealing with everything from the very basic key elements through standard WM functionalities, such as stock placement and stock removal, to more recent developments in EWM, Yard Management, and EDI. This is your one-stop guide to help you to under-stand and master WM in SAP, and work more efficiently.


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 refur-bishment. 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.


100 Things You Should know About Materials Management in SAP ErPby Martin Murray

Materials management is not an exact science; managing the end to end intricacies of a supply chain and sometimes the individual nuts and bolts within that network is a huge undertaking. This book provides 100 industry-tested, practical workarounds and tips for MM users of all levels. Focus less on navigating the complex materials management software but more on those tools and techniques that save time and increase productivity. SAP PRESS equips you with the “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of working with materials man-agement in SAP ERP with detailed screenshots, using easy implementation instructions and a hands-on approach.

Highlights ■ Master data ■ Purchasing ■ Inventory management ■ Planning

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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 processes (cross-company and third-party) and reporting. Each chapter provides you with the menu paths and transaction codes that are used to execute each of the many detailed examples.


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.


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 inte-gration 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.


Project Management with SAP Project System (3rd Edition)by Mario Franz

Don’t let projects stress you out any longer — get them under control with this book! From development through invoicing, no essential project step or function is left out. Get started with a thorough introduction to the functions and customization of SAP Project System. After mastering the basics, you’ll learn how to map specific business processes and execution, carry out the dif-ferent phases of project management, and much more.


100 Things You Should know About Sales and Distribution with SAPby Matt Chudy and Luis Castedo

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Integrating Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP (2nd Edition)by Faisal Mahboob

Master financial accounting (FI) and materials management (MM) with this completely updated and comprehensive guide. Explore the integration of MM and FI and optimize your entire supply chain network with ease. Ensure that you have the right product, in the right place, at the right quantity and price to meet your business needs. With a prac-tical, straightforward approach, benefit from real-world examples, trouble-shooting techniques, and step-by-step descriptions to create a smooth and efficient procurement process.


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 enhancements, 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 compo-nents. This is the one resource you need to get the most out of SAP SRM.


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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 organization, and the actual, step-by-step configuration of these options using SAP Enterprise Asset Management and Plant Maintenance. Readers will also benefit immediately from expert insights on organizational preparation, enhancing usabil-ity and volumes of best practices and practical advice to help you hit the ground running.

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sAP Product Lifecycle Managementby Hanneke Raap

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

Learn how to implement and configure global ATP to meet your company’s order fulfillment cycle, including the key elements of global ATP 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 sustain-ing the global ATP solution. After reading this book, you’ll have a thorough understanding of how global ATP bridges the integration gap between order fulfillment and planning, and know how to configure your systems to work efficiently and effectively.


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

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Demand and Supply Planning with SAP APoby Sandeep Pradhan

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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 management from the SAP perspective, and then teaches how the SAP solution is designed to work and teaches readers how to configure and customize the solu-tions. After reading this book, users will understand demand manage-ment, and will know how to config-ure and use the SAP solutions.


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.



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

This new, expanded edition is your must-have guide for implementing and using production planning (PP) in the SAP system. You’ll learn about the different customizing processes of PP in detail — from business fundamentals to integration with SAP SCM (APO component) — and everything you need to know about discrete manufacturing using SAP ERP. The book is based on the current release of SAP ERP (6.0), but is also suited for users of older releases.


Materials Planning with SAPby Marc Hoppe and Ferenc Gulyássy

With this comprehensive refer-ence, 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 pro-cedures. 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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SAP NetWeaver bW and SAP businessobjects: The Comprehensive Guideby Loren Heilig, et al.

Finally — the entire SAP business intelligence world in one volume! Get the big picture, and get it from all angles: backend, frontend, and everything in between. Tools covered include BEx Query Designer, BEx Analyzer, BEx Web Analyzer, BEx Web Application Designer (WAD), Analysis, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, SAP Crystal Reports, SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius), and more. Based on SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 and SAP NetWeaver 7.3, this book will get you up to speed on SAP’s evolving BI landscape.


Mobilizing Your Enterprise with SAPby Sanjeet Mall, Tzanko Stefanov, and Stanley Stadelman

If you’re holding this book in your hands — whether in print form or on a mobile device — you’ve got your ticket to SAP mobility. Learn how to develop a mobile strategy, and then learn how you can use the SAP Mobile Platform to put it in action. Manager, developer, or just kind of curious, you’re officially on your way to unwiring your world with SAP. Move forward!


SAP HANA — An Introductionby Dr. Berg and Penny Silvia

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A system administrator’s job isn’t easy. When stuff works, no one notices. When stuff breaks, suddenly everyone knows your name. Your most important task, then — for your users and for you — is to set up your system right the first time, and to keep it running effectively. With this book, do just that. Guided by step-by-step instructions and screenshots, you’ll learn how to perform the most common administration tasks in an SAP BusinessObjects system, and also get acquainted with the vital changes in the 4.0 SP4 release.

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■ Troubleshooting and maintenance

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SAP businessobjects bI Securityby Christian Ah-Soon and David François Gonzalez

“Don’t talk to strangers” — if only data security policies were this easy. Learn to keep your SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence data truly safe from unauthorized actions with this compre-hensive guide. Begin with security basics and work your way to advanced concepts; along the way, you’ll explore functional and data security, define a rights model, and secure data sources and uni-verses. Step-by-step instructions ensure that you can implement important security techniques in your administration and design work. This book puts the master key to data security in your hands.

Highlights ■ SAP NetWeaver BW, LDAP, and

Active Directory authentication ■ Single sign-on ■ Rights framework and inheritance

model ■ Access levels ■ General and specific rights

■ Secured connections ■ Universe security ■ Access restriction ■ Data and business security profile ■ Scheduling, publications, and

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SAP businessobjects System Administration and Security 2-pack With these exceptional books by your side, you get a complete picture of administration in an SAP BusinessObjects BI system and learn how to size, install, and configure a system that will best meet your needs. Then, discover how to keep your system secure by mastering functional and data security, understanding how to define a rights model and secure uni-verses, and MUCH more.

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

An SAP system is only as good as its performance — is yours the best it can be? If not, it’s time to get up to speed. With this book, learn the techniques you need to make your system as efficient as possible. From information on SAP NetWeaver BW to information on SAP Solution Manager, the sixth edition of this best-selling book has you covered.


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

Nobody said workflow in SAP was simple — but with this book, it gets easier. Demystify your workflow pro-cesses with comprehensive coverage that includes instructions on deploying and extending existing workflows, as well as directions for creating your own successful workflow projects. Learn about upgrading workflows, the universal worklist (UWL), ABAP Objects, and more.





The SAP Administration 2-Pack From getting started with the system, to client administration and authorization concepts, to system monitoring, you’ll find all administration tools and practical instructions to optimally configure your system. Click-by-click and with accompanying screenshots, learn about all work processes that are relevant to everyday practice: routine and special tasks, administration with SAP Solution Manager, and the administration of operating systems, databases, and authorizations.

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The Complete Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portalby Manish Chaitanya

An SAP NetWeaver Portal imple-mentation has many stages, and this book will help you every step of the way. From blueprinting, instal-lation, and configuration through portal content development and post-implementation monitor-ing techniques, you’ll find practi-cal explanations and step-by-step instructions that will guide your everyday work. Whether you’re new to SAP NetWeaver Portal or want to learn about the new features in the latest release, this reference is your essential companion.


SAP NetWeaver AS AbAP System Administration (4th Edition)by Frank Föse, Liane Will, and Sigrid Hagemann

This updated, all-inclusive resource on the administration of ABAP-based SAP systems is just the tool you need to become up-to-date on the latest changes. This book takes a holistic approach to the topic and provides all of the main concepts and back-ground information on all adminis-tration tools for SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP. Additionally, with the tips and exam questions included, you can use this book to prepare for the Certified Technical Consultant exam.



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.


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

What’s new in SAP Solution Manager 7.1? In this book, you’ll find much more than the answer to this question. Discover all of the platform’s functions and learn how to support and improve the planning, operation, and optimization of your solution with SAP Solution Manager. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this defini-tive book leaves no questions unanswered! Whether it’s the new monitoring and alerting infrastructure, custom code management, or change impact analysis that you are interested in, you can take a look “under the hood” of SAP Solution Manager and understand its concepts.



IT Service Management in SAP Solution Managerby Nathan Williams

Stay ahead of the curve with IT Service Management (ITSM)! This comprehensive guide provides everything you’ll need to work effectively with the latest versions of ChaRM and Application Incident Management (the new Service Desk). Based on release 7.1 of SAP Solution Manager, the book first presents an overview of ITSM, its user interfaces, and how to prepare your system to support it. If you’re already familiar with ITSM, skip ahead to find in-depth configuration and functionality details on AIM and ChaRM.

Follow step-by-step instructions and screenshots that explain what these different tools accomplish, how to configure them, and how to use them. You’ll also learn how to work with the software with expert, practical tips and best practices gained from the author’s experience. With this all-in-one resource to ITSM, you’ll be using the new and improved functionalities in SAP Solution Manager in no time!

Highlights ■ Change Request Management

(ChaRM) ■ Application Incident Management

(AIM) ■ UIs for ITSM functions

■ End-user roles and process flows ■ Reporting and analytics ■ Functionality and configuration ■ Transport Management System ■ Troubleshooting and error handling




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100 Things You Should know About Authorizations in SAPby Massimo Manara and Andrea Cavalleri

Work smarter with authorizations! Have you ever had an unauthorized user access something in your system that you could have sworn was off limits? Here you go: SAP PRESS equips you with “100 Things” that unlock the secrets of managing your security and authorizations in SAP.

■ Learn 100 little-known time-saving tips and tricks

■ Receive detailed instructions and guiding screenshots

■ Take home practical, expert advice for system administrators

Full of screenshots and instructions, this book will help you pick up new tips and tricks in no time, such as implementing effective auditing practices and better security.





SAP Security and Authorizations Collection Security is not just a “nice-to-have” option, it’s a necessity. With this exclusive collection, we’ve assembled the most mis-sion-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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Managing Custom Code in SAPby Tony de Thomasis and Alisdair Templeton

Custom code is a vital component of any successful SAP implementation. But it must be managed, or it becomes an obstacle to future enhancement and innovation. Take the proactive approach to taming your custom code with this book: always be in control, make changes when and where they are needed, don’t get slowed down by bad code, and always be ready for the next upgrade.

Highlights ■ Custom Code Lifecycle Management ■ Reverse Business Process

Documentation ■ Solution Documentation Assistant

■ Guided Self-Services ■ SAP Clone Finder ■ SAP NetWeaver 7.1 UPL technology ■ Reporting metrics and dashboards



using sAP: A Guide for Beginners and end usersby Olaf SchulzLearn 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 com-fortable with SAP ERP.

Highlights include: ■ SAP products and concepts ■ Logging in ■ Navigating the system ■ System layout and user

data ■ Evaluation and reports ■ Printing ■ Automating tasks ■ Messages and the business

workplace

■ Roles and authorizations ■ Help functions ■ Materials management ■ Sales and distribution ■ Financial accounting ■ Controlling ■ Human capital

management


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

In this completely updated edition, you'll find what you need to really understand where SAP can fit into your operations. 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 solu-tions for sustainability and the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio to the tried-and-true solutions for small to midsize businesses, financials, CRM, HR, supply chain management, and more are covered.

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

If you’re new to ABAP and want practical programming guidance, look no further. Discover ABAP offers a clear and concise introduction to SAP’s main programming language, giving you the information you need to immediately start writing code. Based on an extended, real-life example that is carried through-out the book, you’ll quickly develop your own programming solutions, starting from page one. You can then take your new skills to the next level as you suc-cessfully use your custom source code in practice. This revised second edition is updated for SAP NetWeaver 7.2/02, and is exactly the tool you need to begin your ABAP experience.


Discover SAP SCMby Shaun Snapp

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 under-stand 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.

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Discover SAP ErP Financials (2nd Edition)by Manish Patel

Business financials is an essen-tial part of every business, large or small. This title offers a very detailed, reader-friendly reference that will give you an in-depth overview of the key components of SAP ERP Financials. Perfect for new users, decision-makers, and power users, you will learn how to improve your efficiency in key financial areas, including profit-ability analysis, financial supply chain management, cost-accounting, and more. Updated for SAP ERP 6.0, EhP 5 and 6 with a focus on expanded real world scenarios and practical case-studies.


Discover SAP CrM (2nd Edition)by Srini Katta

SAP CRM provides you with the tools you need to attract and retain quality customers. Whether you’re new to SAP or need to brush up on SAP CRM, this book will explain the core areas of CRM in an easy-to-understand manner. Perfect for managers and consultants, this book comprehensively explains what SAP CRM is, how it can improve your relationship with your customers, and how it can enhance cost effective-ness while improving profitability.


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