SAP Integration Suite

Integrating VIES VAT Validation with SAP S4 HANA

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In this article, we will look into VAT registration numbers for business entities in the European single market. Then we will learn about the APIs provided by the EU commission (VIES services) to facilitate VAT number validation of business partners, and how businesses can use this service when creating vendors, customers, and other business partners […]

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Integration Architecture

Electronic Bank Statement Integration (SAP S4 HANA)

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In the article, we will go through different aspects related to Electronic Bank Statement (EBS) integration with SAP S4 HANA. First, we will have a look at the system integration architecture of message exchange between banks and SAP ERP. Then, at the integration solution design from an SAP perspective: how messages are encoded/decoded by systems, […]

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Application Log

SAP S4 HANA Application Log (User Manual)

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The application log provides an infrastructure and a set of tools to record and monitor system/application-specific log messages in SAP. The application log allows users to monitor all message logs in S4 HANA system centrally. Application log records system events, such as the execution of workflows for later use, especially to employ when it comes […]

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Integration Architecture

POS Integration with SAP S4 HANA and CAR

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Across the world, a lot of retail businesses centrally manage their organizational retail processors using SAP S4 HANA ERP systems. For such organizations, it is important to integrate Point of Sales (POS) information of the retail stores with SAP S4 HANA back-end system. In this article, we will look at the system landscape of a […]

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SAP Integration Suite

Ultimate Guide to SAP PI/PO to CPI Migration

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SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) is SAP’s answer to having cloud middleware software. SAP Process Orchestration (PO), which is the on-premise middleware solution from SAP, has more than 12.000 productive licenses and it’s being used by the biggest SAP customers worldwide. A few years back, SAP decided to become a cloud software company, and one […]

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AIF

A Guide to Custom Functions in AIF

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What is a Custom Function in AIF? Custom functions allow users to call an SAP transaction, SAP report program, or a URL directly from a log message in the AIF message monitor. AIF custom functions make the life of an interface monitoring user a little bit easier. They let the users open SAP documents or […]

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Integration Scenarios

Microsoft Power Apps Integration with SAP S4 HANA

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What is SAP? SAP is the market leader of Enterprise Resource Planning software in the world. SAP was first founded back in 1972 and it has evolved over the years to become one of the most comprehensive ERPs across the globe. SAP allows organizations to run all day-to-day business processors in one software platform. It […]

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ALE/iDoc

Outbound IDoc Configuration with Output Determination in SAP – Techno-functional​ Guide

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In this article, we will look at an end-to-end EDI transmission that utilizes outbound iDocs and Output Determination. Not only will we examine Outbound iDoc and Output Determination configuration steps in detail, but also discuss different outbound iDoc generating methods in SAP, as well as how to troubleshoot and test an outbound iDoc scenario. Moreover, […]

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ALE/iDoc

Change Pointer Tables in SAP (ALE) and BDCP2

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In this article, we will talk about table BDCP2 and other Change Pointer tables of SAP. First, we will discuss the structure of SAP table BDCP2 and how the Change Pointer table is updated. Secondly, we will talk about how to process Change Pointers from the BDCP2 table. Thirdly, how to migrate Change Pointers when […]

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ABAP

ABAP Numeric Check in SAP HANA

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In any ERP system such as SAP which interacts with users and other integrated systems need certain checks to validate the data flowing to the system. The validations could be master data validation, data type validation or other custom validations. Numeric check falls under the category data type validation. Applications can use numeric or number […]

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