The first week of SAPPHIRE NOW is behind us. Besides a keynote SAP is bringing several topic focused keynotes and sessions to the different regions in the world. I’ll try to cover the keynote(s) and impressions in a later blog. To bridge the time until then, I decided to write Read more…
In case you are following SAP and CAP related topics, you noticed that the CAP enthusiasts are still trying to convince SAP to make CAP available under an open source license. SAP, at the same time, is declining the request. While I’d welcome having CAP as open source very much, Read more…
Microsoft Build conference is currently running and full of announcements. You can read the in the book of news published by Microsoft to get an overview. One of the most impactful announcements concerns Azure apps. You can now run Azure application services (App Service, Functions, Logic Apps, Event Grid, API Read more…
With CAP, SAP has a nice, modern development model. One of the benefits is that it is using a modern architecture combined with commonly used tools. While the default usage scenario for CAP is focused on SAP and their strategy (Cloud Foundry, HANA, BTP), it’s open architecture allows to run Read more…
“It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses” Blues Brothers Through a tweet from the SAP Community I came to read a blog from SAP’s Chief Learning Officer Max Wessel. In the blog he lays Read more…
There are many alternatives available to achieve single sign-on to a NetWeaver (ABAP) system. I’ve already demonstrated these at DSAG AK Development as well as documented almost all of them in my blog. For instance, take a look at SAML 2.0, X.509 based logon or OAuth 2.0. All of the Read more…
SAPPHIRE NOW is going to be presented in a different format this year, starting with a global keynote followed by regional follow-up events. All virtual, all free. The agenda is not published yet, so we do not know what message SAP wants to communicate. For sure, it will be very Read more…
Problem You want to start SAP NetWeaver ABAP. The ASCS service starts, the dialog instance not. The status reported of the DIA is GRAY for disp+work. /usr/sap/A4H/D00/exe/sapcontrol -nr 00 -function GetProcessList Root cause More information can be obtained in the output of the work processes. The traces can be found Read more…
One dream, one soulOne prize, one goalOne golden glance of what should beIt’s a kind of magic It’s a kind of magic – Queen A key performance indicator is a nice tool to evaluate the success or progress towards a given goal. SAP has many KPIs to measure success and Read more…
What is this that stands before me? Figure in black which points at me Turn ’round quick and start to run Find out I’m the chosen one Oh, no Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath Recently I was searching for a training on SAP topics. I found some learning journeys which Read more…