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SAP: How to Find User Exits for Transactions

Feb 16, 2017

As ABAP developers, we work with user exits a lot. Their big advantage is the possibility to modify the behavior of standard SAP ERP programs without actually doing a modification. Consequently, it is very important to know which user exits are available for certain transactions. In this posting, I’ll show you a few ways to find user exits for transactions in SAP ERP.

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How to Get a Free SAP Demo System

Feb 14, 2017

When trying to learn SAP and ABAP, having access to an actual SAP system to practice in is crucial. Unfortunately, this is quite hard to do. In this post, I’ll point you towards a few ways to acquire a free SAP demo system with the Netweaver stack.

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Find the Transport Request for an Object in SAP

Feb 4, 2017

We often need to find a specific programming object in an SAP transport request. This could be a program, an authorization object or a database table, or whatever else you can create in the ABAP developer workbench. This article will show you how to find objects in transport requests in SAP ERP. There are several ways to accomplish this task, I will show you all of them so you can

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SAP: Execute Transactions Without Authorization

Jan 22, 2017

Whenever we encounter that pesky “You are not authorized to use transaction XYZ” in an SAP system, it usually blocks or workflow. Quite often we are developers in need of some tool that the SAP Basis admin has unknowingly blocked for us. However, there are ways around the SAP authorization system, and I will show you some of them in this blog post.

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What is SAP? An Overview

Jan 15, 2017

Beginners in the SAP ecosystem are often confused about the various terms and concepts that the word “SAP” is used for. If you want to know what the various meanings of “SAP” are and have asked yourself the question “What is SAP” before, continue reading.

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