ST-PI and ST-A/PI are SAP add-ons that contain application-specific data collectors which contribute to Service Data Control Center (SDCCN). ST-PI basically provides various function modules and SAP reports which assist in the data collection process. Whereas ST-A/PI contains standard tools like ST14, ST12, and RTCCTOOL. So we need to keep these add-ons up to date […]
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In the FI module, functional team members can use OB52 to maintain the Posting periods. So when they execute OB52, a pop-up appears to provide the “Posting period variant”. If we do not enter any value here and click on continue, It will allow us to maintain posting periods for all the company codes. Even
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To upgrade any SAP system, we need to create a stack file. SUM uses this file to upgrade the system. SAP provides a tool named “Maintenance planner” to plan any kind of upgrade. Let’s go through all the steps in detail. First, open Maintenance Planner and click on “Access Maintenance Planner”. Enter your S-user id
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XPI inspector tool is used to collect traces and logs from Messaging system or XI module.Note: It does not do any modification on the system. Also, it doesn’t store any user credentials. SAP recommends using the updated version of the tool. So, check note 1514898 – XPI Inspector for troubleshooting SAP Process Orchestration / Integration
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We recently got an opportunity to update our MS SQL server as the current version was going out of support. So we noted down all the steps and issues faced during this activity. We will be updating our database from SP1 to SP2 latest version. You can check the latest version for MS SQL 2016
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SAP upgrade is one of the most important activities in the life of an SAP BASIS consultant. SAP highly recommends upgrading your SAP systems from time to time. This helps to provide new functionalities as well as resolution to lots of bugs. We will use the SAP Maintenance planner tool to create a stack file
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While doing SAP upgrades, we need to download lots of support packages. Downloading them one by one would be time consuming. So, to save our time and efforts, we can use SAP Download Manager provided by SAP. Click on “Push to Download Basket” to add the required files to download basket using the Maintenance planner
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We can lock printers using SPAD individually, but SAP doesn’t provide a standard option to lock printers in mass. But there is always a workaround. Go to SPAD –>Utilities –> For Output devices –> Export Devices Select options as below screen and execute. A pop-up will open to save the data as a text file.
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SAP provides a standard Security Audit log functionality via transaction SM19 to record security-related system information such as changes to user master records or unsuccessful login attempts. By activating the audit log, you keep a record of those activities which can be accessed using transaction SM20 transactions. Go to transaction SM19 or RSAU_CONFIG (for SAP
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We can get the client size using 2 SAP standard reports: RSSPACECHECK RSTABLESIZE Go to SA38/SE38 and execute one of these reports in background with below selection: In the spool of the job, we will see the client size in both the reports. How to check the number of tables in a client ? RSSPACECHECK
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