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Business Intelligence, Analytics, and ReportingUnderstanding SAP BusinessObjects™ Enterprise Performance Management NEW 4SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence® ..................................................................4SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation....................................................4Reporting & Analytics using SAP BusinessObjects....................................................4Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorer........................................................................4Using Crystal Reports with SAP...............................................................................4Integrating SAP BusinessObjects XI 3.1 Tools with SAP NetWeaver®.......................4A Practical Guide to SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.0 ................................5SAP NetWeaver BW: Administration and Monitoring ..............................................5Efficient SAP NetWeaver BW Implementation and Upgrade Guide..........................5SAP NetWeaver BI Accelerator ................................................................................5Mastering Information Broadcasting with SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0..........................5ABAP™ Development for SAP NetWeaver BI — User Exits and BAdIs .....................5Practical Data Modeling with SAP NetWeaver BW ..................................................5SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0 Migration Guide ..................................................................5MDX Reporting and Analytics with SAP NetWeaver BW..........................................5Sales and Distribution Controlling with SAP NetWeaver BI ......................................5The SAP BusinessObjects Collection NEW .........................................................6Discover SAP BusinessObjects .................................................................................6Data Modeling in SAP NetWeaver BW 7.1 NEW.....................................................6SAP NetWeaver BW 7.1 Reporting NEW ................................................................6A User’s Guide to Creating Dashboards with Xcelsius®...........................................6SAP Certified Application Associate: SAP NetWeaver BW 7.0 NEW ........................6

Customer Relationship ManagementDiscover SAP CRM..................................................................................................7Planning Your SAP CRM Implementation................................................................7Maximizing Your SAP CRM Interaction Center........................................................7Service with SAP CRM ............................................................................................7The SAP CRM Collection......................................................................................7SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Development.............................................7Variant Configuration with SAP ..............................................................................7

Human Capital ManagementDiscover SAP ERP HCM...........................................................................................8Personnel Planning and Development Using SAP ERP HCM — 2nd Edition .............8Enterprise Compensation Management with SAP ERP HCM ...................................8Mastering HR Management with SAP ERP HCM — 2nd Edition..............................8Implementing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCM.....................8E-Recruiting with SAP ERP HCM .............................................................................8Authorizations in SAP ERP HCM .............................................................................9HR Reporting with SAP ...........................................................................................9SAP ERP HCM Performance Management...............................................................9Time Management with SAP ERP HCM...................................................................9Mastering SAP ERP HCM Organizational Management ...........................................9SAP Enterprise Learning ..........................................................................................9Configuring and Using CATS ..................................................................................9Integrating CATS — 2nd Edition.............................................................................9Creating Forms in SAP ERP HCM ..........................................................................10Configuring US Benefits with SAP.........................................................................10Practical SAP US Payroll ........................................................................................10Configuring and Customizing Employee and Manager Self-Services in SAP ERP HCM NEW..........................................................................................10100 Things You Should Know about SAP ERP HCM NEW ....................................10

Books for DevelopersPractical Guide to SAP NetWeaver PI – Development — 2nd Edition.....................11SAP NetWeaver Process Integration — 2nd Edition...............................................11The SAP NetWeaver PI 2-pack NEW .................................................................11SAP Interface Programming ..................................................................................11SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe ...........................................................................11Practical Guide to IDoc Development for SAP .......................................................11Mastering IDoc Business Scenarios with SAP NetWeaver PI ...................................11ABAP Cookbook NEW..........................................................................................12Official ABAP Programming Guidelines .................................................................12Getting Started with Web Dynpro ABAP...............................................................12ABAP Performance Tuning....................................................................................12Object-Oriented Programming with ABAP Objects ................................................12ABAP Development for SAP NetWeaver BI – User Exits and BaDIs.........................12Developing Enterprise Services for SAP .................................................................12

Object Services in ABAP........................................................................................13ABAP Objects: ABAP Programming in SAP NetWeaver — 2nd Edition ..................13Design Patterns in Object-Oriented ABAP — 2nd Edition......................................13Next Generation ABAP Development ....................................................................13ABAP Objects: Application Development from Scratch..........................................13ABAP Basics..........................................................................................................13ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 CERTIFICATION GUIDE ......................................13Enterprise Integration Patterns for SAP NetWeaver PI............................................14Java Programming with SAP NetWeaver — 2nd Edition........................................14The Developer’s Guide to the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment .............14Inside Web Dynpro for Java — 2nd Edition...........................................................14SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Development...........................................14Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal Applications .....................................14B2B Integration Using SAP NetWeaver PI ..............................................................14The Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Security ...............................................14Architecting EDI with SAP IDocs............................................................................15Building Extensible Composite Applications with SAP ...........................................15Developing Applications with Enterprise SOA .......................................................15The IDocs 3-pack NEW.......................................................................................15BRFplus – Business Rule Management for ABAP Applications ...............................15

Finance and ControllingSAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation..................................................16Transitioning to IFRS in SAP ERP Financials............................................................16Optimizing Value Flows with SAP ERP...................................................................16SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Design ......................................................16Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Receivable .............................................16SAP ERP Financials User’s Guide............................................................................16Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Payable..................................................16Optimize Your SAP ERP Financials Implementation................................................16Manufacturing Finance with SAP ERP Financials....................................................16Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP...............17Quick Reference Guide: Financial Accounting with SAP ........................................17Check Design and Payment Process Configuration in SAP ERP Financials ..............17Surviving an SAP Audit .........................................................................................17Optimize Your SAP ERP Financials Controlling Implementation .............................17Controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP ...............................................17Maximizing the SAP General Ledger .....................................................................17Migrate Successfully to the SAP General Ledger — 2nd Edition............................17Financial Reporting with SAP ................................................................................17Product Cost Controlling with SAP .......................................................................18Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling ...................................................18SAP Account Determination..................................................................................18Integrating SAP ERP Financials ..............................................................................18Maximizing Cash Management with SAP ERP Financials NEW ..............................18100 Things You Should Know About Controlling with SAP ERP Financials ............18The SAP General Ledger — 2nd Edition NEW ......................................................18

Governance, Risk and ComplianceImplementing SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services .....................................19SAP Treasury and Risk Management .....................................................................19SOX Compliance with SAP Treasury and Risk Management ..................................19Cross-Enterprise Integration with SAP GRC Access Control...................................19SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance................................................................19CobiT and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act........................................................................19The GRC Collection ............................................................................................19

Supply Chain Management, Logistics & ManufacturingSAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality and Configuration............................................................................20The SAP EWM 2-pack NEW ...............................................................................20Implementing and Configuring SAP Event Management.......................................20Optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Functionality and Configuration.....20Discover SAP SCM ................................................................................................20Project Portfolio Management with SAP RPM and cProjects ..................................20Quality Management with SAP — 3rd Edition ......................................................20Project Management with SAP Project System — 2nd Edition...............................21Maximize your Warehouse Operations with SAP ERP ............................................21Demand Management with SAP...........................................................................21Effective Document Management with SAP DMS .................................................21Implementing and Configuring SAP MII ................................................................21Transportation Management with SAP TM ...........................................................21

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SAP Security and Risk Management NEW ............................................................30

Books for BeginnersDiscover SAP — 2nd Edition .................................................................................31Discover SAP ERP Financials ..................................................................................31Discover ABAP ......................................................................................................31Discover SAP CRM................................................................................................31Discover SAP ERP HCM.........................................................................................31Discover Logistics with SAP ERP ............................................................................31Discover SAP SCM ................................................................................................31Discover SAP BusinessObjects ..............................................................................31The Beginner’s Complete Collection ................................................................31

Transportation Management with SAP LES ...........................................................21Sales and Distribution Controlling with SAP NetWeaver BI ....................................21Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP...............22Enhancing Supplier Relationship Management Using SAP SRM — 2nd Edition .....22SAP MM — Functionality and Technical Configuration — 2nd Edition..................22Materials Planning with SAP .................................................................................22Supplier Relationship Management with SAP SRM 5.0 CERTIFICATION GUIDE ..... 22Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP Operations..................22The Consultant’s Guide to SAP SRM.....................................................................22Efficient E-Procurement with SAP .........................................................................22Production Planning and Control with SAP ...........................................................23Maximize Your Plant Maintenance with SAP.........................................................23Inventory Optimization with SAP — 2nd Edition ...................................................23Capable to Match (CTM) with SAP APO ...............................................................23SAP Enterprise Asset Management .......................................................................23Understanding the SAP Logistics Information System............................................23Invoice Verification for SAP — 2nd Edition ...........................................................23Sales and Inventory Planning with SAP APO..........................................................23Optimizing Reverse Logistics with SAP ERP............................................................24SAP Warehouse Management: Functionality and Technical Configuration ............24Manufacturing Finance with SAP ERP Financials....................................................24Practical Guide to Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP .............................................24Production Planning with SAP APO — 2nd Edition NEW ......................................24

IT ManagementDiscover SAP — 2nd Edition .................................................................................25Practical Workflow for SAP — 2nd Edition............................................................25Managing SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Projects..............................................................25Outsourcing SAP Operations.................................................................................25SAP for Retail........................................................................................................25Implementing SAP Customer Competence Center ................................................25Business Process Management: The SAP Roadmap ...............................................26SAP Enterprise Support: ASAP to Run SAP — 2nd Edition NEW ...........................26Enterprise SOA Roadmap......................................................................................26Managing Organizational Change During SAP Implementations ...........................26SAP NetWeaver: The Official Guide.......................................................................26Inside the SAP Community Network .....................................................................26Applying Real-World BPM in an SAP Environment ................................................26Measuring Your SAP Total Cost of Operations with SAP Solution Manager KPIs NEW .........................................................................26

For AdministratorsChange Request Management with SAP Solution Manager ..................................27Conception and Installation of System Monitoring using the SAP Solution Manager — 2nd Edition ..................................................................27SAP Solution Manager Enterprise Edition ..............................................................27Performing End-To-End Root Cause Analysis Using SAP Solution Manager ...........27SAP Solution Manager Service Desk — Functionality and Implementation ............27SAP Change and Transport Management — 3rd Edition ......................................27The SAP Solution Manager Collection .............................................................27Authorizations in SAP Software: Design and Configuration ..................................28Understanding SAP NetWeaver Identity Management...........................................28SAP MaxDB Administration...................................................................................28SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP System Administration..................................................28SAP Database Administration with Oracle.............................................................28Migrating Your SAP Data — 2nd Edition ..............................................................28Global Portal Systems with SAP ............................................................................28SAP NetWeaver Portal...........................................................................................28Content Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portal ...................................................28Practical Workflow for SAP — 2nd Edition............................................................29Mastering SAP NetWeaver PI Administration — 2nd Edition .................................29Enterprise SOA Roadmap......................................................................................29Global SAP Systems — Design and Architecture ...................................................29Building Web Infrastructures with SAP NetWeaver Application Server...................29Sizing SAP Systems ...............................................................................................29SAP on Windows..................................................................................................29SAP CRM Middleware Optimization Guide ...........................................................29Job Scheduling for SAP.........................................................................................29Managing SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Projects..............................................................30SAP Performance Optimization Guide — 5th Edition ...........................................30Archiving Your SAP Data — 2nd Edition...............................................................30Implementing SAP Enhancement Packages NEW..................................................30

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UnderstandingSAP BusinessObjectsEnterprise Performance Managementby William D. Newman

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Reporting & Analytics using SAP BusinessObjectsby Ingo Hilgefort

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Inside SAP BusinessObjects Explorerby Ingo Hilgefort

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Integrating SAP BusinessObjects XI3.1 Tools with SAP NetWeaverby Ingo Hilgefort

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Discover SAP CRMby Srini Katta

Learn how you can achievecustomer-driven growth and theability to attract and retain qualitycustomers using SAP CRM. Whether you’re considering implementing SAPCRM, you’re a project leader looking for details on how it works, or you’re new to SAP, this reader-friendlyguide is the resource you need. Itdetails all of the functionality andprovides practical insights into how itworks in the real world.


Planning Your SAP CRMImplementationby George Fratian

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Maximizing Your SAP CRMInteraction Centerby John Burton

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SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Developmentby Michael Füchsle and Matthias Zierke

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Implementing Employee andManager Self-Servicesin SAP ERP HCMby Jeremy Masters and Christos Kotsakis

Written for HR and IT professionals currently sup-porting or considering implementing (or upgrading to) the new SAP ERP HCM ESS/MSS framework, this book provides core information on the basic and advanced concepts of ESS/MSS. Readers willlearn how to use these tools to develop an effec-tive strategy and implement a simple ESS & MSSapplication. Using real-world examples throughout, the book provides practical information that can beused immediately.


Mastering HR Management with SAPERP HCM — 2nd Editionby Sven Ringling, Jörg Edinger and Janet McClurg

This completely updated and expanded second edition guides you through the entire HR man-agement process using SAP ERP Human CapitalManagement. You’ll learn the ins and outs ofpersonnel administration and recruitment, how totransfer HR data to the financial and cost account-ing departments, and much more. With this practical book, you’ll be introduced to the core functionality of SAP ERP HCM 6.0 and learn the key principles of customization. Each chapter explainsthe relevant concepts and business principles of anHR process, and provides real-life examples withpractical guidance to teach you how to optimizethis powerful component.


E-Recruiting with SAP ERP HCMby Jeremy Masters and Christos Kotsakis

This book provides a practical guide to configur-ing and using SAP E-Recruiting effectively in thereal-world. It is written to teach SAP ERP HCM users and the implementation teams that sup-port them what the SAP E-Recruiting tool is, so that they can use it effectively in their recruitment process and integrate it easily with other SAP ERPHCM components. Beginning with an overview, thebook guides you through the configuration processfrom a real workflow perspective. And all of theprocesses are covered in detail and in the order inwhich they are used in a real recruiting project. Thisresource is a must for all those who will be involved with SAP E-Recruiting.


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

Strategically managing compensation is a keyhuman capital management initiative that cangreatly impact your company’s success, and with SAP ERP HCM enterprise compensation manage-ment you have the tools you need for an effectiveand consistent strategy. So if you’re an HR profes-sional, IT professional, or SAP ERP HCM consultant who needs to know how to deliver and support asuccessful enterprise compensation implementationusing SAP, you’ll find exactly what you need in thisdetailed, practical book.


Personnel Planning and Development Using SAP ERP HCM — 2nd Editionby Richard Haßmann and Christian Krämer

Qualified and motivated employees are the most critical asset of every company, and recruiting, retaining, and training them forms the basis for the future. To manage all of this effectively, SAPERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM)provides you with all the tools you need. With this book you’ll learn about all of the processes of personnel planning and development, explore thefunctions and basic customizing, and find out how to implement and use the components successfully.


Discover SAP ERP HCMby Greg Newman

Whether you’re a decision-maker, consultant, or administrator considering implementing SAP ERPHCM – 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’lllearn about the core functionality, how it works,and how it can benefit your company. Everythingfrom recruitment through benefits managementand payroll is explained using real-world examplesand case studies.




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SAP ERP HCM Performance Managementby Christos Kotsakis and Jeremy Masters

The authors take you on a guided journey, from design to implementa-tion, and provide volumes of insights to help increase your company’s productivity. First, learn about perfor-mance management process design, supplemented with practical and insightful case studies. Then, you’ll discover, step-by-step, how to imple-ment your own performance man-agement application. Based on theSAP R/3 Enterprise Release (4.7), thisbook also provides coverage specific to SAP ERP 2005.


HR Reporting with SAPby Hans-Jürgen Figaj, Richard Haßmann, and Anja Junold

Learn how to use the variousreporting tools, what options theyprovide, their strengths and weak-nesses, and more. This book covers the area menu, the Human Resource Information System, the Manager’sDesktop, and the SAP NetWeaver Portal in great detail. It also dis-cusses how to resolve authorization problems and much more. Based onSAP ERP 6.0, this book can be used with SAP R/3® Enterprise or more recent releases.


Authorizations in SAP ERP HCMby Martin Esch and Anja Junold

Learn how best to create and implement the right authoriza-tion strategy for your enterprise using SAP ERP HCM. This book covers everything you need toknow from the general, structural,and context-sensitive autho-rization checks to the specific challenges involved in using per-formance management functions.In addition, you’ll learn about common problem areas and theirpossible solutions.



Time Management with SAP ERP HCMby Brian Schaer

This book provides a detailed guide to understanding, implementing,and configuring the time manage-ment component of SAP ERP HCM.It teaches you the core topics oftime management and provides the fundamental information you need for implementing and configur-ing the business requirements. Italso provides insight into some ofthe more advanced topics, such as process flows and more.


Configuring and Using CATSby Manuel Gallardo

This complete guide to effectively configuring CATS provides detailedexplanations of Special Approvalsand customizing for Duet®, along with detailed steps for setting up CATS to fulfill the many complexconfiguration requirements. Detailson each CATS User-exit and tips onwhat functionality can or cannot beaccomplished with particular User-exits is also included. In addition, theauthor provides in-depth guidance for how to prevent and correct performance problems, answers tofrequently asked questions, tips foraudit report development, and muchmore.


SAP Enterprise Learningby Prashanth Padmanabhan, et al

SAP Enterprise Learning providesa comprehensive environment for organizations’ training and knowl-edge transfer needs through class-room and computer-based training,virtual learning events, Web-based training, and collaboration features. This book provides a go-to reference that will help those just consideringSAP Enterprise Learning or looking to improve their current EnterpriseLearning solution.


Mastering SAP ERP HCM Organizational Managementby Sylvia Chaudoir

The author shows you how to takethe OM model to the next level by determining which elements to use and how. You’ll identify methods formaintaining this complex data struc-ture, including OM maintenance toolsto modify and transform your data. And you’ll discover how to customizethe user interface layout. Once youknow how organizational data goes into SAP, you’ll learn how to get it back out through evaluation paths and hierarchy reporting.


Integrating CATS – 2nd Editionby Martin Gillet

Using this detailed, fully updatedsecond edition, you’ll find all of the information you need to successfully and effectively integrate and use the Cross Application Time Sheet withthe key SAP ERP 6.0 components. Coverage includes accounting, HR, Plant Maintenance, and Material Management. It also teaches youabout recent changes in SAP ERP 6.0, including the new feature CATEX andhow to use it to determine which datarequires approval, the new workflowtasks, and the use of Web Dynpro tocreate data entry profiles for ESS as well as approving the time entries.


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Configuring US Benefits with SAP

This guide provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to configuring SAP’s US Benefits module. It’s written for payroll and benefits departments using SAP solutions (power users), project teams, consultants, off-shore and outsourced benefit administrators, andbenefit providers interacting with SAP custom-ers. Coverage includes the complete employeelifecycle from enrollment, benefits changes,and FSA and claims processing, to terminationand COBRA.

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Practical SAP US Payrollby Satish Badgi

Starting where SAP’s official documentation and training classes end, Practical SAP US Payrolladdresses key issues not covered elsewhere, pro-viding the technical details and in-depth contentneeded by those charged with mission-criticalUS payroll responsibilities. You’ll learn how to configure the payroll business process, in-depth details on schemas and rules, as well as detailson important tax issues. The author also provides detailed instruction to master advanced topics,such as overpayments and much more.


Creating Forms in SAP ERP HCMby Stefan Kauf and Viktoria Papadopoulou

This book teaches users how to use the HRForms Workplace (Form Builder) and its Smart Forms and SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe tools to create flexible forms to deliver their HR masterdata, time data, and payroll results in a profes-sional style. It shows users how to consistentlyselect, conveniently design, and effectively print data from the different sources. It explains how to design remuneration and time statements with both tools, and then how to customize them for specific business requirements. From there theauthors show you how to integrate forms withexisting applications, including time managementand payroll.




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BOOKS FOR DEVELOPERS

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration — 2nd Editionby Mandy Krimmel and Joachim Orb

Whether you are already familiar with SAP NetWeaver ProcessIntegration or want to learn aboutthe component for the first time, thiscompletely updated second edition is exactly the source you need. Afterreading this book, you will have a firm grasp of the architecture, functions,and uses of SAP NetWeaver ProcessIntegration, and you will know howto handle mappings, interfaces, andmessages. Numerous screenshots as well as extensive customer exampleswill help you implement your newlyacquired knowledge in the real world.


Practical Guide to SAP NetWeaver PI – Development — 2nd Editionby Valentin Nicolescu et al.

With this practical guide, you’lllearn how to develop mappings, adapters, and proxies for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration.Each exercise includes detailed descriptions for all development andconfiguration objects (including mon-itoring), and then concludes withan integration example. The book issuitable for SAP NetWeaver PI begin-ners, and can also serve as a refer-ence guide for experienced users.


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Practical Guide to IDocDevelopment for SAPby Sabine Maisel

For years, IDocs have been usedas interfaces for internal and cross-enterprise communication. But does the SAP standard meet the demandsand requirements for your business?With this book, learn how you can change standard IDocs and evendevelop your own IDocs for special customer information. With expertknowledge and hands-on advice, thiscomplete reference helps you hit the ground running.


SAP Interactive Forms by Adobeby Andreas Deutesfeld, StephanRehmann, Thomas Szücs, PhilippThun, and Jürgen Hauser

This comprehensive guide to SAPInteractive Forms by Adobe, based onSAP NetWeaver 7.0/SAP IntegratedERP 6.0, teaches you about the newest forms technology available forSAP and how to integrate it in yourbusiness processes and workflows.

The first part of the book gives youthe know-how to immediately startwith form design, covering the instal-lation and configuration of softwarecomponents, the design of the initial form templates with Adobe LiveCycle Designer, and the design of form output.


SAP Interface Programmingby Michael Wegelin and Michael Englbrecht

This book teaches you how to integrate third-party programs with your SAP systems while avoidingthe many pitfalls that can arise from different programming languages and interface technologies. It provides a comprehensive descrip-tion of the communication protocols that are supported by SAP, whichcomponents of the SAP NetWeaverApplication Server implement them,and how these components must be configured to enable communication with external systems.


Mastering IDoc BusinessScenarios with SAPNetWeaver PIby Michal Krawczyk and Michal Kowalczewski

Beginning with expert advice on theusage, configuration, and administra-tion of IDocs, you’ll progress through the key integration processes carried out with SAP NetWeaver ProcessIntegration. You’ll also explore sending IDocs to SAP NetWeaver PIor vice versa, IDoc monitoring within SAP NetWeaver landscapes, and allaspects of exchange development. New topics covered include the ALE distribution model, IDoc monitoring with SAP Solution Manager, and IDocpackaging.


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ABAP Performance Tuningby Hermann Gahm

This book covers the most critical performance-relevant pro-gramming issues and performance monitoring tools, to teach you how to best analyze, tune, and implement your ABAP programs.Starting with a description of the client/server architecture, the author moves quickly to discuss the different tools for analyzingperformance, and concludes with a detailed look at specific pro-gramming techniques based on numerous real-life examples. This is the one resource you need to ensure that your ABAP programs are tuned for optimized performance.


ABAP Cookbookby James Wood

Are you an amateur ABAP cook looking for pro-fessional ABAP dishes? Or are you already the exec-utive chef in your ABAP kitchen, just looking for more flavors or different spices? Either way, you’llfind classical and new recipes for common and specific development tasks in this ABAP Cookbook! This book is intended to quickly provide answersto typical ABAP development problems or tasks:persistence programming, interface programming,security and tracing techniques, etc. You’ll discoverbest practices in developing solutions, and you can use this book to broaden your skills and see how to apply ABAP to solve various types of problems. Thecomplexity of the recipes ranges from the simple starter plates to the complex main courses – and some sweet desserts, of course!


Object-Oriented Programming with ABAP Objects

ames Wood


ABAP Development for SAPNetWeaver BI – User Exits and BaDIs

Dirk Herzog


Developing Enterprise Servicesfor SAP

Markus Peter and Thomas Pohl


Official ABAP Programming Guidelinesby Horst Keller and Wolf Hagen Thümmel

How do you program high-quality ABAP? Thisbook, the official SAP programming style guide,will show you how to maximize performance, readability, and stability in your ABAP programs. Sorted by programming tasks, the book providesyou with guidelines on how best to fulfill each task. Starting with basic considerations on the use of comprehensive programming concepts, the book continues with formal criteria such as organizing your source code, and then concludeswith detailed descriptions of the various areas and tasks of ABAP development. Loaded withreal-life code examples, both good and bad, thisbook is truly a must-have guide for serious ABAP developers.


Getting Started with Web Dynpro ABAPby Dominik Ofenloch and Roland Schwaiger

If you are an experienced ABAP developer and want to benefit from component-based UI devel-opment using Web Dynpro ABAP, this book isexactly what you need to get started. With manyexamples designed to facilitate understanding, it covers topics such as the architecture of WebDynpro, the most important UI elements, and standard components. Each chapter is structured such that you learn about the basic conceptsfirst, and then apply these concepts via practicalexercises accompanied by screenshots and sample code. Traditional topics such as using components,views, controllers, and contexts are discussed, as are the use of tables, value helps, and multi-component frameworks.




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Next Generation ABAP DevelopmentRich Heilman and Thomas Jung

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ABAP Objects: Application Development from Scratch

Thorsten Franz and Tobias Trapp


ABAP Objects: ABAP Programming in SAP NetWeaver — 2nd Editionby Horst Keller and Sascha Krüger

Based on ABAP Objects, this 1000+ pagebook describes all concepts of modern ABAP upto Release 7.0 (including a “sneak preview” ofRelease 7.10). Brand new topics found in the newedition include SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, Regular Expressions, Shared Objects, class-based exception handling, assertions, Web Dynprofor ABAP, Object Services, dynamic programming,interface technologies (RFC, ICF, XML), and testtools, among others.

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ABAP with SAP NetWeaver 7.0by Puneet Asthana and David Haslam

This book gives you the tools and understanding you need to besuccessful on your way to becoming an SAP Certified Development Associate in ABAP. Learn the topics, terminology, and definitionsas they’ll be presented on the exam. Get familiar with the different types of exam questions, and find tips and strategies for answering them correctly. Understand how SAP solutions are used in everyday business scenarios. Learn how to improve your odds of doing well ineach section of the exam.

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Design Patterns in Object-Oriented ABAP — 2nd Editionby Igor Barbaric

If a proven solution for a recurring problemalready exists, why would you reinvent the wheel?This hands-on programming tutorial explainswhy and how you can use design patterns tohelp complete your ABAP tasks in less time withbetter code. Step-by-step, the author guides you through class and interface definitions, as well as the coding for all relevant methods. Plus, benefitimmediately from extensively commented real-world code that shows how to implement MVC, Façade, Adapter, Decorator, and more in ABAP Objects.


Object Services in ABAPby Christian Assig, Aldo Hermann Fobbe, and Arno Niemietz

Object Services provide ABAP applications with various central services that are not directly covered by ABAP objects, and this practical bookintroduces proven solutions for the use of these standard services. Readers learn how to easilylink Object Services with user interface elements,or enhance them elsewhere with useful func-tions, plus much more.


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Enterprise IntegrationPatterns for SAP NetWeaver PIby René de Daniel andHermann Steinrötter

This practical workshop providesSAP NetWeaver PI developers with the most important patterns, from aggregator to content filter and guaranteed delivery to request reply and splitter. The book describes thefunction and structure of individual EIPs, applies them to specific real-life problems, and shows you how to implement them in Java for SAP NetWeaver PI.



Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Portal Applicationsby Marcus Banner, Berthold Latka, Roland Schroth, and Michael Spee

The book first provides a step-by-step introduction to roles, worksets,pages, and iViews. From there it guides you through all essential implementation phases, including useradministration, connecting externalsystems using single sign-on, layout of externally facing portals, and ultimately transporting data to your live system.Two detailed workshops providehands-on examples showing youexactly how to customize portal com-ponents and even create new ones.


The Developer’s Guide to SAP NetWeaver Securityby Martin Raepple

This book covers all security technolo-gies in conjunction with SAP NetWeaverApplication Server up to and including Release 7.0. In addition to describing thebasic principles of the different technolo-gies, such as Web Service Security, single sign-on, SAML, SPML, the book focuses on providing practical exercises and examples that help you gain a profound understanding of the standards used,enabling you to better assess their intended purpose. This book serves asan A-to-Z reference that enables you to use open security standards that arebased on enterprise service-orientedarchitectures (enterprise SOA).


B2B Integration UsingSAP NetWeaver PIby Sam Raju and Claus Wallacher

This comprehensive guide for B2B process integration provides in-depth coverage of the implementation of SAP NetWeaver to support B2B col-laboration. If you are an advanced administrator, developer, or consul-tant in the PI area, you’ll learn new ways to exploit SAP NetWeaver PI’sintegration functionality to optimize connectivity with your (global) tradingpartners by setting up a reliable, secure, and low-effort data exchange.Plus, discover the ins and outs of implementation, development, con-figuration, security considerations, testing, and that’s just for starters.


SAP CRM Web Client Customizing and Developmentby Michael Füchsle and Matthias Zierke

Do you want to utilize the new CRM user interface in the bestpossible way? This comprehensiveguide, suitable for SAP CRM 2007 and SAP CRM 7.0, explains every-thing that you need to know about the SAP CRM web client: the archi-tecture of the UI framework, the cus-tomizing options (roles, navigation, portal integration, and much more),as well as all options that are avail-able for customer-specific extensionsthrough programming.


Java Programming with SAP NetWeaver — 2nd Editionby Karl Kessler, et al

With this completely updated and extended second edition, you’ll get profound insights on business logic,persistence, scalability, maintain-ability, development in teams, and UIdesign, plus much more.

Three all-new chapters illustrate the development of composite appli-cations with the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment and allother chapters have been fully revisedand updated for Java EE 5.

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Inside Web Dynpro forJava — 2nd Editionby Chris Whealy

This updated and completelyrevised second edition of Inside Web Dynpro for Java covers everythingyou need to know to leverage the full power of Web Dynpro for Java — taking you well beyond the standard drag and drop functionality.For this second edition, sections onthe migration of legacy applicationshave been added, as well as another entirely new section devoted to integration topics. In addition, you’ll find key details on the portal, AdobeDocument Services, Business GraphicsServer, MS Office, mobile applica-tions, and much more.


The Developer’s Guide to the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environmentby Jan Rauscher and Volker Stiehl

By reading this book you’ll learnhow to use the development tools and methods to build compositeapplications using SAP NetWeaver CE in your daily work. The book enables you to decide at any time which tool is the best choice inyour particular situation: CompositeApplication Framework, Web Dynpro,SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, SAP Interactive Forms, or Guided Procedures.

BONUS DVD: Includes trial versionof SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 on DVD,plus all examples.




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Architecting EDI with SAP IDocsby Emmanuel Hadzipetros

Serving as your project-based guide to archi-tecting Enterprise Data Interchange (EDI) with SAP IDocs, this unique book follows a com-prehensive and fully detailed sample scenario of an order-to-cash process from blueprint to code. You’ll get an A-to-Z explanation of what an EDI system or architecture looks like. The author then goes on to explain the basics of the process, using a real-life implementa-tion, and introduces utilities, test strategies, monitoring and troubleshooting activities. By following along with the sample project, you’ll learn all there is to know about EDI.


Building Extensible Composite Applications with SAPby Matthias Steiner

This book teaches you how to build exten-sible Java applications and extend existing ones in a non-invasive manner. It illustrates the composites’ development on the basis of SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment, and provides a complete “enhancement framework” for Java applications similar to its pendant in ABAP. Many examples and practical tips help you understand the different extensi-bility concepts and support you in building yourown custom framework.


Developing Applications with Enterprise SOAby Martin Huvar, Timm Falter, Thomas Fiedler,and Alexander Zubev

With this unique book, developers, softwarearchitects, and administrators get an introduc-tion to developing applications using SAP’s enterprise SOA tools. The authors describe theenterprise SOA components (Enterprise Services Repository, Enterprise Services Infrastructure,and others), as well as methodologies and meta models. Detailed step-by-step instruction on service composition and configuration inservice provider and service consumer scenarios serve to further complement this invaluable resource.


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SAP ERP Financials: Configuration and Designby Naeem Arif

This comprehensive SAP ERP Financials guide deals with the most important issues related to design and configuration. Coverage includes everything from understanding SAP ERP Financials and its place in the SAP landscape, to learning how the general ledger can work for you. In addition, this long awaited book also explores accounts payable andaccounts receivable and offers expert advice on inte-grating Financials with other modules.


SAP BusinessObjectsPlanning and Consolidation

ar Srinivasan and rinivasan

this book, you learn how sinessObjects Planning and dation works for the SAPaver platform, and discover

how it integrates with SAP NetWeaverBW and other SAP components to

provide a complete solution for planning and consolidation in an SAP landscape. In addition to the core topics related to planning and con-solidation, you’ll also benefit from additional coverage of reporting and statutory compliance, and the future direction of the larger-scale enterprise performance management solutions offered by SAP.


Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Receivableby Manish Patel

Every company implementing SAP ERP Financialshas use for the Accounts Receivable (AR) compo-nent, but many never utilize it to its full capacity.This often leads to decreased return on investmentand increased user fatigue. In this book, you’ll findtools and strategies for avoiding this scenario bymaximizing and enhancing your SAP ERP Financialsaccounts receivable implementation!


SAP ERP Financials User’s GuideHeinz Forsthuber and Jörg Siebert


Optimize Your SAP ERPFinancials Implementation

Shivesh Sharma


Transitioning to IFRS in SAP ERP Financials

aul Theobald

book provides conversion project ms with a roadmap for preparing their

ERP Financials systems for conver-rrto IFRS. It includes detailed coverage

he transition process, an overview ofUS GAAP/IFRS deltas and how they

are mapped in SAP ERP Financials, and real-world advice from an IFRS conversion

project at a large petrochemical company. Finance professionals, execu-tives, technical staff, project managers, and consultants will appreciate this concise guide to jump-starting their IFRS projects in upgrade or non-upgrade scenarios.


FINANCE AND CONTROLLING

Optimizing Value Flows with SAP ERPby Andrea Hölzlwimmer and Andreas Vogelsang

Discover how and where value flows move through the SAP system, and where they sometimestrickle off. You will learn the financial processes inprocurement, distribution, and production in detailand how to optimize them for better integrationand cost efficiencies. Closing and reporting arealso illuminated. The example of a real value-flowproject, centered around the introduction of SAPGeneral Ledger, gives you insight into the project management process of working with value flows.


Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Payableby Martin Ullman


Manufacturing Finance with SAP ERP Financials

Subbu Ramakrishnan


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Optimize Your SAP ERP Financials Controlling Implementationby Shivesh Sharma

Using this book you’ll learn how to maximize your SAP ERP controlling implementation by lever-aging value-added activities and a process-drivenapproach. Discover how to meet a variety of chal-lenges, including enterprise structure definition,managing integrated processes and applications, complex reporting requirements, and more.


Surviving an SAP Audit by Steve Biskie

This book is designed to help SAP project managers, implementation teams, administrators, andusers learn how to “think like an auditor” so theycan be better-prepared for an internal or externalaudit of their SAP system. It provides practical, provenadvice for preparing an audit roadmap for the system as a whole, and drills down into specific domains(applications, components, and business processes) to provide expert guidance on the most common auditobjectives for those areas. No team facing an SAPsystem audit should be without it!



Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAP

Mahboob

work with Materials Management P ERP Financials, this book teaches ut the intersection points between explains how to configure the

system effectively so that you can stream-line your business processes, and continually improve your procurementprocesses with MM and SAP ERP Financials. You’ll learn about account and controlling postings as related to FI compliance, and their impact on MM functional design and configuration. And you’ll find many real-world examples, troubleshooting techniques, step-by-step descriptions that make the material straightforward, practical, and easy to use.


Quick Reference Guide:Financial Accounting with SAP

nzo Sopracolle

nitive guide is a must-havee for the day-to-day use of Financial ting with SAP. Using clear, simple step instructions and detailed

hots, you will learn how to perform key activities in the core areas of SAP

General Ledger, Asset Accounting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable,Banking, and the Special Purpose Ledger. Each section starts with quickreference material such as transaction codes, tables, and menu paths, and ends with easy-to-use answers to frequently asked questions and problemscommonly encountered by users.


Check Design and Payment Process Configuration in SAP ERP Financialsby Donald Eyres

This book provides finance professionals with the data-gathering strategies, configuration steps,best practices, technical guidance, and case studies necessary for smoothly implementing or optimizing the check delivery and payment processes. Inside,you will learn the steps for payment configura-tion in SAP, how to design check and electronic payment strategies, and technical considerations for both printed checks and electronic payments.


Controlling Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP

y Dr. Marco Sisfontes-Monge


Migrate Successfully to the SAPGeneral Ledger — 2nd Edition

Paul Theobald


Maximizing the SAP General LedgerShivesh Sharma


Financial Reporting with SAPAylin Korkmaz


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Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controllingby John Jordan

This in-depth guide helps you analyze your company’s performance by showing you how to use production variance analysis in SAP Controlling(CO). The author helps you identify the breakdown points in your company’s performance and provides exclusive insights to better understand how these processes can be improved. Readers quickly learn how to make production processes more efficient,thereby directly and positively impacting your organization’s bottom line. With this comprehen-sive guidebook, you’ll be able to maximize the full potential of your SAP installation by making crucialprocess improvements.


Product Cost Controlling with SAPby John Jordan

This comprehensive resource is for anyone in finance, production planning, purchasing, or sales and distribution with an interest in the integratedareas of product costing.

The author shows you how overhead costs flowfrom financial postings to cost centers, and then on to manufacturing orders. Readers also discover theins and outs of the material ledger, transfer pricing, reporting, and learn how Product Cost Controlling allows management to manage product costs andmake decisions about the optimal price at which tomarket products.



SAP Account Determinationby Manish B. Patel

Finally, a single reference point for all of thevarious account determination techniques used in SAP! Readers can reduce implementation time with expert insights and step-by-step clarification of the various techniques in each module for generatingGeneral Ledger postings. Learn account determina-tion techniques for HR/Payroll, MM, SD and otherimportant modules. With additional coverage on AR/AP, tax, and bank transactions, this comprehen-sive guide is a must-have resource.

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GOVERNANCE, RISK AND COMPLIANCE

SOX Compliance with SAP Treasury and Risk Managementby Balaji Kumar Alamanda and Arjun Krishnan

This book provides Finance profes-sionals, Treasurers, and CFOs witha roadmap for making their SAP processes compliant with SOX require-ments. Combining comprehensive coverage of the major applications (Electronic Banking, Positive Pay, Cash & Liquidity Management, In-HouseCash) with discussion of relevantcontrol structures, processes, andcompliance matrices for each, this book lends guidance to those taskedwith integrating SOX compliance into established or proposed SAP imple-mentations.


Cross-Enterprise Integrationwith SAP GRC Access Controlby Raj Behera

This book provides cross-enterpriseconfiguration instructions and bestpractices for SAP GRC Access Control implementations in companies with multi-system architectures. Theauthor provides the implementationstrategies, configuration steps, and best practices necessary to implementand manage a global access control, risk remediation, and compliance framework across a multi-system landscape, including non-SAP and legacy systems.


ImplementingSAP BusinessObjectsGlobal Trade Servicesby D. Rajen Iyer

The author helps you master the concept of compliance and showsyou how all the components of compliance use that concept for dif-ferent functionality (shared settings), as well as how to quickly configure Embargo. You’ll get an in-depth understanding of how the Sanctioned Party List works, and how pre-deliv-ered configuration and best knownmethods can be applied for rapid configuration and implementation.


CobiT and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by Sabine Schöler, Liane Will, and Marc O. Schäfer

This pocket-sized guide is your roadmap to implementing therelevant CobiT Controls using SAPtools. Starting with the business/IT requirements dictated by theSarbanes-Oxley Act, the authorsexplain the relevant controls of theCobiT framework and show you exactly which tools and services SAPprovides for the smooth implementa-tion of these controls within your IToperations.


SAP Governance, Risk, and Complianceby Sabine Scholer and Olaf Zink

Business processes, use cases andconfiguration scenarios are presented in detail, with a focus on the threemost important components: SAPGRC Process Control, SAP GRC Access Control, and SAP GRC Risk Management. This book is your exclusive roadmap for mastering the processes and configuration of the essential components of the SAP governance, risk, and compliancetechnology foundation.


SAP Treasury and RiskManagementby Sönke Jarré, Reinhold Lövenich, Andreas Martin, and Klaus G. Müller

This comprehensive guide intro-duces you to the functionality and helps you quickly master the usage of SAP Treasury and RiskManagement. With volumes of detailed screenshots, in-depth over-views and practical examples, allcomponents of the tool are covered in detail — from transaction and position management, to risk and performance analyses, to reportingand beyond. Plus, you’ll also benefitfrom expert guidance on interfacesand integration as well as compli-ance requirements. The book is up-to-date for SAP ERP 2005.


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

This is the definitive guide to SAP EWM, covering everything

from a general functional overview to detailed system setup and configuration guidelines. You’ll learn about the key capabilities of the SAP EWM solution; explore the configuration elements available in the standard solution; discover the methods used to solve common business process requirements; and find out how to extend the solution to meet your more complex or unique business requirements.


Implementing and Configuring SAPEvent Management by Sandeep Pradhan

This book provides compre-hensive coverage of the supplychain visibility business processes and technical architecture of SAPEvent Management 5.1, includ-ing detailed step-by-step, set-up content for five critical supply chain

visibility processes: Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Manufacturing, Transportation and Returnable Items based on the Supply Chain council’s SCOR framework.


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Project Portfolio Management with SAP RPM and cProjects

Stefan Glatzmaier and Michael Sokollek


Quality Management with SAP — 3rd Editionby Michael Hölzer and Michael Schramm


Optimizing Sales and Distribution in SAPERP: Functionality and Configuration by Ashish Mohapatra

If you want to learn how to configure and use Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP to optimize and streamline 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 effectively, improving performance of the system and getting a better return on investment foryour Sales and Distribution implementation. Throughout this book, you’llfind step-by-step instructions and real-world examples that will help you understand and optimize Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP.


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Demand Management with SAPby Christopher Foti and Jessie Chimni

This is the first resource that managers and business leaders needto understand and effectively use SAP demand management tools.Each chapter begins with a generaldescription of a business strategyor a process in demand manage-ment from the SAP perspective, and then teaches how the SAP solutionis designed to work and teaches readers how to configure and cus-tomize the solutions. After reading this book, users will understand demand management, and will know how to configure and use the SAP solutions.


Maximize your Warehouse Operations with SAP ERPby Martin Murray

With this book, discover how to examine all of your warehouse pro-cesses from incoming products toshipment completion, and reviewthe challenges and opportunities ateach key processing point from bothtechnical and operational perspec-tives. Loaded with best practices, this comprehensive reference provides you with the knowledge you need toachieve results with minimal time and expense.


Project Management with SAP Project System — 2nd Editionby Mario Franz

This book provides consultants, project leads who use project system, members of project system imple-mentation projects, and key users with highly detailed information on the functions and configuration options of project system. It features a comprehensive overview of theall essential customizing options,showing readers how best to managethe entire project lifecycle — from start to finish.


Sales and Distribution Controlling with SAP NetWeaver BI

Susanne Hess, Stefanie Lenz, and hen Scheibler


Effective Document Management with SAP DMSby Eric Stajda

Readers will benefit immediatelyfrom this complete and practical refer-ence on getting the most from the SAP Document Management System (SAPDMS). It teaches project managers, functional users, and consultants every-thing they need to know to under-stand, configure, and use SAP DMSto its fullest, and provides volumes ofstep-by-step instructions and real-world scenarios, which make the conceptspresented easy to understand. This is amust-have guidebook for anyone inter-ested in learning how best to create an efficient, effective document manage-ment system using SAP.


Transportation Management with SAP TM

Rüdiger Fritz and Till Dengel


Transportation Management with SAP LES

Othmar Gau


& MANUFACTURINGImplementing and Configuring SAP MIIby Abesh Bhattacharjee and Dipankar Saha

This book is the complete guide to the features of SAP MII, how toimplement it, and how to config-ure and customize it for differentmanufacturing tasks and issues. The book will help manufacturingteams get processes and systemsworking together by showing

how to create composite applications that connects them. Oncethe systems are linked and generating comprehensive and accurate data, the book details how to use SAP MII tools to generate accurate reports for analysis and planning.


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SAP Certified Application Associate

Supplier Relationship Management with SAP SRM 5.0

This certification guide prepares readers to take and pass the “SAPCertified Application Associate — Supplier Relationship Management withSAP SRM 5.0” exam. The coverage is mapped specifically to the objectivesof the exam, and it provides practice questions and answers for each topic to provide further exam preparation and help ensure that readers can pass the exam. This is the first resource available to help consultants and SRMprofessionals prepare for and pass the test.


SAP MM — Functionality and Technical Configuration — 2nd Editionby Martin Murray

Based on SAP ERP 6.0, this fully updated edition of our bestseller provides you with a thorough under-standing of how MM works and inte-grates seamlessly with your other SAPcomponents.

All-new aspects related to SAPERP 6.0 are covered in detail, alongwith essential insights on Material Master Data, Purchasing, and Inventory Management. Crucial ‘touchpoints’ with other compo-nents, such as PP, SD, QM, and FIare covered as well.


Materials Planning with SAPby Marc Hoppe and Ferenc Gulyássy

With this comprehensive refer-ence, you’ll learn how to imple-ment, optimize, and use SAP ERPand SAP APO for effective materials planning. Expert insights help youunderstand cross-component mate-rials planning with SAP ERP and SAP SCM as well as modern materi-als planning procedures. Readers discover how to configure and usethe different SAP ERP applications and how best to integrate them with an existing SAP system. In addition, the authors show you howto optimize the tools and determine which settings are useful, and howthey affect other settings.


SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS & MANUFACTURING

Integration of Materials Management with Financial Accounting in SAPby Faisal Mahboob

If you work with Materials Management and SAP ERP Financials, this book teaches you about the inter-section points between them. It explains how to configure the system effectivelyso that you can streamline your business processes, and continually improveyour procurement processes with MMand SAP ERP Financials. You’ll learnabout account and controlling postingsas related to FI compliance, and theirimpact on MM functional design and configuration. And you’ll find many real-world examples, troubleshooting techniques, step-by-step descriptions that make the material straightforward and practical.


Enhancing SupplierRelationship Management Using SAP SRM — 2nd Editionby Sachin Sethi

This completely updated andexpanded new edition is a detailed and practical guide to the essentialsof SAP SRM 5.0 and 7.0, including a functionality overview, new productenhancements, and best practices for optimizing your business processes.Throughout the book, you’ll find tipsand tricks, practical examples, expertanalysis of the changes in SAP SRM7.0, and information on how SAP SRM integrates with core SAP ERP components. This is the one resourceyou need to get the most out of SAP SRM.


Customizing Materials Management Processes in SAP ERP Operations

Akash Agrawal


The Consultant’s Guide to SAP SRM

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Efficient E-Procurement with SAPEduard Gerhardt and Kai Krueger


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Maximize Your Plant Maintenance with SAPby John Hoke and Lorri Craig

This book explains how to use SAPfrom a maintenance perspective, andalign SAP functions with how you have to do your job. It covers impor-tant topics such as organizational preparation and refocus, common configuration and implementationissues, and the information systemof plant maintenance. Real-worldexamples, step-by-step instructions, and volumes of practical advice helpyou get started immediately.


SAP Enterprise Asset Management by Karl Liebstuckel

This must-have resource for learning the ins-and-outs of SAP Enterprise Asset Management teaches you how to successfully structure your technicalsystems and business processes in plant maintenance using SAP Enterprise Asset Management. All of the essential customizing settings and processes,from refurbishment to condition-based maintenance are covered. You’ll explorethe existing interfaces to other enterprises, learn about reporting options, and understand how to use new technologies, such as Mobile Asset Management(MAM), the Portal, or RFID. In addition, an entire chapter is dedicated to thesuccess and risk factors of implementation projects, along with suggestions on how you can improve your system’s usability. Throughout the book you’llfind practical, real-life tips for customizing your daily SAP Enterprise AssetManagement operations in SAP ERP 6.0.

BONUS DVD: Comes loaded with examples, practice tests, presentations, and much more.


Production Planning and Control with SAPby Jörg Dickersbach, Gerhard Keller,and Klaus Weihrauch

Expert insights help you masterthe processes and customizing features of production planning andfunctionality in SAP (mySAP ERP 2005 release). This comprehensive refer-ence covers all production planningand control aspects, as well key details on mySAP SCM (APO) inte-gration, all bolstered by volumes ofexamples and a complete glossary.


Inventory Optimization with SAP — 2nd Editionby Marc Hoppe

This updated edition provides acompletely up-to-date reference to help you manage your inventory toincrease profitability and operationalefficiency using SAP ERP 6.0 and/or SAP SCM 5.1. Coverage includesadditional sections on Material Requirements Planning, Controllingwith SAP NetWeaver BI, Vendor Managed Inventory and Supplier Managed Inventory, and much more.


Capable to Match (CTM) with SAP APOby Balaji Gaddam

Finally, a book that fully explainsand teaches all of the core functionsof Capable-to-Match (CTM) func-tionality in SAP. This step-by-step guide for configuring CTM, includingCTM master data selection, order selection, CTM profile maintenance, and CTM configuration, educates readers on the basic aspects of CTM,such as demand prioritization, supply categorization, multilevel inventory,and production planning, as wellas several advanced topics includ-ing, CTM planning for safety stock, safety days of supply, and maximum earliness.


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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS & MANUFACTURING

Optimizing Reverse Logisticswith SAP ERP

hsan Narayanan

the book you need toreverse logistics. You’ll learnconfigure and use SAP ERP

mize reverse logistics practices, arly returns, repairs, and refur-

bishment. And with the step-by-stepinstructions, 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 thereverse logistics tools in SAP ERP.


SAP Warehouse Management: Functionality and Technical Configuration

n Murray

re all of the most important of SAP WM, including Master

tock Replenishment, picking and y strategies, and storage unit

management. You’ll uncover invaluabletechnical configuration insights and gain a comprehensive understand-ing of SAP WM —- while drastically enhancing your knowledge andexpertise. This unique reference provides exclusive insights for SAPWM practitioners, with comprehensive coverage on new technologies such as RF devices and RFID, as well as on the new functionality of Extended Warehouse Management and Value Added Services. Fullyup-to-date for SAP ECC 6.0, this book also discusses how WM inte-grates with the MM, SD, QM, and PP modules.


Manufacturing Finance with SAP ERP Financialsby Subbu Ramakrishnan

This book provides manufacturing finance managers,finance team members, implementation projectmanagers, and consultants with a comprehensive,practical guide to the Finance functionality available forthe manufacturing environment and the configuration and integration processes necessary for optimizing SAP ERP Financials for manufacturing. Focusing primarily on the core functions of the Financial Accounting andControlling components, the book provides readers with a holistic look at the business drivers, KPIs, con-figuration schemes, and technical issues relevant to the manufacturing finance function.

For Finance users, the book covers the standard business drivers and KPIs as they apply to the majormanufacturing models, and lends guidance for con-figuring Financial Accounting and Controlling to maximize functionality for manufacturing finance. Implementation managers and consultants will benefit from the coverage of integrating SAP ERP Financials with other SAP applications such as PP and MM, aswell as the configuration sections for Master Data,Cost Object Controlling, and the Information System,among others.


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Implementing SAP Customer Competence Centerby Boris Otto and Jörg Wolter

As the standard reference on SAP CustomerCompetence Center (CCC), this book bringstogether strategic advice, pragmatic instruc-tions, real-life examples, and best practices. Each area of CCC — from developing and establishing an CCC strategy to creatingand enabling employees — is addressed as it would appear in a project. In addition, the book provides practical advice on theoperation of a CCC, and includes numerous examples based on the authors’ extensive project experiences.


Practical Workflow for SAP —2nd Editionby Ginger Gatling, et al

This second edition of our bestselling workflow book provides practical guidance on SAP Business Workflow. You’ll explore a general overview of workflow processes, learn how to deploy and extend existing workflows, and discover how tocreate your own successful workflow projects.The book contains a plethora of technical details you’ll need if you’re implementing.

The book is up-to-date for SAP NetWeaver 7.0and includes information on upgrading workflow, Universal Worklist (UWL), ABAP Objects, and other effective capabilities.


IT MANAGEMENT

Managing SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Projectsby Martin Riedel

This book provides project managers and projectteam members with comprehensive information onupgrade projects to SAP ERP 6.0.

After explaining the SAP tools and services for determining the value of an upgrade, the authordetails the tasks of the individual project phases. You’ll explore how to schedule the project, andhow to estimate costs and risks. You’ll also learn how to build the project team and organize test cycles, plus, how to plan for a smooth cutover.In addition, SAP Solution Manager, the technicalupgrade tools, testing tools, services and more are covered in a separate tools chapter.


Outsourcing SAP Operationsby Yosh Eisbart

This book explores the various outsourcing models,starting from point solutions for a specific SAP business process up to outsourcing the complete SAP department: Which company is a candidate forapplying the outsourcing model? Why should theyconsider this approach? When is a good time for implementing outsourcing in the company? What partof your SAP operations might be right to outsource? The basic question remains, however: How to do it?The author provides detailed explanations for imple-mentation, production support, global delivery, andthe set-up of an engagement construct and therebyleaves no important questions unanswered.


Discover SAP — 2nd Editionby Nancy Muir and Ian Kimbell

Discover what SAP is all about and learn how the new products and solutions can improve your business processes. In this completely updatededition, you’ll find what you need to really under-stand where SAP can fit into your operations.Whether you’re a decision-maker, consultant, ornew SAP professional, this practical guide will takeyou 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 solutions 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.


SAP for Retailby Heike Rawe

Written in an easy-to-follow style, with real-world examples, this book provides all the toolsand tips you need. Beginning with a generalintroduction, the book explains what SAP for Retail is, and how the different components relate to each other. From there, it explores the features ofmaster data administration and the most impor-tant planning options. It reviews purchasing andorder processing, and explains how important theyare when managing supply chains. In addition, it teaches you how to manage customer relation-ships and improve customer retention. The book concludes by teaching you how to use enterpriseSOA to keep IT costs down, despite ever-changingbusiness processes and requirements.


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SAP Enterprise Support:ASAP to Run SAP — 2nd Editionby Gerhard Oswald

This book provides IT managers anddecision makers with a detailed guide to SAP Enterprise Support. Using a top-down approach, the book beginsby explaining why SAP Enterprise Support was introduced, and then details the concrete benefits and concepts of SAP Enterprise Support. Itteaches you how and why to use SAPEnterprise Support and covers thenew services that have been included in the portfolio. This is the one book you need to really understand what SAP Enterprise Support can do foryour organization.


Enterprise SOA Roadmapby Stefan Hack andMarkus A. Lindemann

Based on a detailed analysis of morethan 500 consulting projects that have been implemented by SAP Consultingacross various industries, the authorsdevelop concrete recommendationsregarding the implementation of enterprise SOA. You’ll benefit from a lessons-learned approach as youuncover how enterprises can best be supported on their individual paths towards the adoption of enterpriseSOA. In addition, you’ll discover proven methods for minimizing imple-mentation risks and for sidestepping them altogether as the authors showyou how you can apply proven imple-mentation options and best practices within your organization.


Managing Organizational Change During SAPImplementationsby Luc Galoppin and Siegfried Caems

This book helps you prepare for change in a carefully organized manner, taking a holistic look at the organization, the impact of an SAP implementation, and how negative factors can be lessened or, in mostcases, prevented early on. With areal-world, practical approach, this book gives readers pragmatic insightsinto the complex dimensions oforganizational change that cannot be found elsewhere. Additional valueis added as the authors describe the key considerations for each phase ofthe project lifecycle.


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Business Process Management:The SAP Roadmapby Jim Hagemann Snabe,Ann Rosenberg, Charles Møller,and Mark Scavillo

This book explains what BusinessProcess Management (BPM) isand how to implement it in your company, and it provides real-lifeexamples of BPM implementations. Not only does it explain the phase model and the building blocks of the BPM approach (both for the businessand IT perspective), but it also covers the important topic of aligning BPM and SOA concepts. With this book,you’ll gain invaluable informationon modeling and composing tools,enterprise SOA, project milestones,and monitoring approaches.


SAP NetWeaver: The Official Guideby Loren Heilig, Steffen Karch, Oliver Böttcher, Christophe Mutzig, Jan Weber, and Roland Pfennig

This revised edition of our bestselling SAP NetWeaver Roadmap has been completely updated for release SAP NetWeaver 7.1. It explains the concepts behind SAP NetWeaver using fourcustomer examples from the automotive, banking,oil and gas, and manufacturing industries. The book gives you insights into optimizing and rede-signing business processes with SAP NetWeaver, and you’ll also get an introduction to enterprise SOA and to SAP NetWeaver as an integrated technology platform.


Applying Real-World BPM in an SAP Environment

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FOR ADMINISTRATORS

Conception and Installationof System Monitoring using the SAP Solution Manager — 2nd Editionby Corina Weidmann and Lars Teuber

This practical guide provides youwith comprehensive information on how to develop a concept for central system monitoring and then imple-ment it using SAP Solution Manager. Based on detailed, step-by-stepinstructions, you’ll learn about the con-figuration of this solution, how to setup the monitoring functionality, andhow best to utilize the alert monitorand central auto-reaction methods.A chapter on performance reportingusing SAP NetWeaver BW serves toround out this exceptional book.


Change Request Management with SAP Solution Managerby Matthias Friedrich and Torsten Sternberg

If you’re tired of managing changerequests in Microsoft Excel lists or sending transport releases via email,this practical guide is the book foryou! With detailed coverage of boththe basic and extended configuration of Change Request Managementwithin SAP Solution Manager, you’llquickly master all the methods andtools needed to systematically imple-ment changes to SAP systems. Inaddition, you’ll learn about importanttopics such as enhanced TransportManagement (CTS+), TransportStrategies, Conditions, and Quality Gate Management.


SAP Solution Manager Enterprise Editionby Marc O. Schäfer and Matthias Melich

The second edition of this excep-tional book helps administrators and IT managers quickly understand the full functionality of SAP Solution Manager,enterprise edition. Readers get expertadvice and detailed guidance on implementation, operations, ServiceDesk, Change Request Management, and the brand new Diagnostics (Root Cause Analysis) function. Step-by-stepinstruction and expert guidance isbolstered in this book by extensively commented configuration examples. In addition, the integration capabilities with third-party tools from the HelpDesk and Modeling areas are also covered in detail.


SAP Solution Manager Service Desk — Functionality and Implementationby Thorsten Sternberg and Matthias Friedrich

This guide is your ideal com-panion for implementing service desk projects using SAP SolutionManager 4.0. Get a process-oriented description of the service desk function, and detailedinstructions on implementing the service desk process in your enter-prise. Readers learn about specific functions in detail, such as the solution database, the bidirectional and Web interfaces, and much more.


SAP Change and TransportManagement — 3rd Editionby Armin Kösegi and Rainer Nerding

This benchmark book is indispens-able when it comes to planning,implementing, and maintaining SAPsystem landscapes.

First, you’ll learn everything aboutplanning and setting up the SAP system landscape. Then, you’ll be introduced to technical tasks, such as transport relevant measures at instal-lation, configuration of the transport management systems, and creatingand configuring clients. From there,the authors introduce you to all of thecritical tools and how to handle themfor both the ABAP stack and Java.


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Performing End-To-EndRoot Cause Analysis UsingSAP Solution Managerby Michael Klöffer and Marc Thier

Within the pages of this one-of-a-kind guidebook, the architectsof SAP Solution Manager walk you through the complete set of toolsSAP provides for problem analysis. Each type of available analysis tool isdescribed in detail, focusing on theavailable End-to-End tools and tech-nology tools that are not solution-specific. Then, each individual tool isdescribed separately with a brief case study, as well as architecture details and best practices for usage. Thisexceptional guide provides you witheverything needed to fully analyzeyour SAP system landscape.

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SAP NetWeaver AS ABAPSystem Administration by Frank Föse, Liane Will, and Sigrid Hagemann

This updated and extended edition of our bestseller provides administrators and Basis con-sultants with the required background knowl-edge for effective system maintenance of SAPNetWeaver Application Server ABAP 7.0 and 7.1.Readers uncover the fundamental concepts, such as architecture, processes, client administration,and authorizations, while learning how to use the system’s administration tools efficiently. The bookis also suitable for certified SAP technical consul-tant exam preparation.


Authorizations in SAPSoftware: Design and Configuration

Lehnert and Katharina Bonitz

ok gives you a practical and ensive overview of the designagement of authorizationsou’ll learn how to develop aful authorization concept that

meets statutory requirements and istailored to your business processes. In addition you’ll gain insight intowhich tools and functions of the change management process in SAPplay a role in designing and implementing an authorizations concept, andlearn about SAP NetWeaver ID Management, CUA, SAP BusinessObjects Access Control, and the UME.


SAP Database Administration with Oracleby Michael Höding, André Faustmann, Gunnar Klein, and Ronny Zimmermann

This book provides administrators with essentialinformation on Oracle databases as well as their interaction with SAP systems. By bridging the gap between basic background knowledge and real-life instruction, this book assists you in solving concreteadministration problems, structuring the operationof your system to achieve higher performance, and improving data security and availability.


Migrating Your SAP Data — 2nd Editiony Johann Gradl and Michael Willinger


SAP NetWeaver PortalValentin Nicolescu, Katharina Klappert, d Helmut Krcmar


Understanding SAPNetWeaver IdentityManagement

n Heilig, et al

n considering an identity manage-olution for your business, it can beto figure out what your options

s book teaches you everythinged to know to understand what

SAP NetWeaver ID Management is, what it can do for your business, and whether it is the right fit for you. You’lllearn everything from functionality and integration to project manage-ment issues and scenarios.


SAP MaxDB Administrationby André Bögelsack, Stephan Gradl, Manuel Mayer, and Helmut Krcmar

This book provides you with a detailed overview of the current MaxDB release 7.7, as well as earlierreleases as needed. With this book you’ll learn about the internal structures of the database, based on the interaction with the SAP NetWeaver ApplicationServer. The book is filled with step-by-step instruc-tion, schematic diagrams, and screenshots to helpyou learn how to quickly resolve errors in typical situ-ations, manage daily administration tasks, and findperformance bottlenecks. After reading this book, you’ll be prepared to administer MaxDB successfully.


Global Portal Systems with SAPby Valentin Nicolescu, Mladen Medjovic and Helmut Krcmar


Content Integration with SAP NetWeaver Portal

y Marty McCormick and Matt Stratford


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Practical Workflow for SAP — 2nd Edition

er Gatling, et al

econd edition of our bestsell-kflow book provides practicale on SAP Business Workflow.plore a general overview ofw processes, learn how to deploy end existing workflows, and

discover how to create your own success-ful workflow projects. The book contains

a plethora of technical details you’ll need if you’re implementing.

The book is up-to-date for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and includes infor-rrmation on upgrading workflow, Universal Worklist (UWL), ABAPObjects, and other effective capabilities.


MasteringSAP NetWeaver PIAdministration — 2nd Edition

cus Banner, Heinzpeter Klein,ristian Riesener

he core middleware in your systemape, SAP NetWeaver PI plays an rise-critical role. But how can you

ensure smooth operation? This bookanswers your questions. Using a highly detailed scenario as an example, the authors guide you through all administration tasks and provideuseful tips for your daily work.


Sizing SAP Systemsby Susanne Janssen and Ulrich Marquard


SAP CRM Middleware Optimization Guideby Juliane Bode, Stephan Golze, and Thomas Schröder


SAP on Windowsosef Stelzel, Uwe M. Hoffmann, ch B. Boddenberg, and Michael Mißbach

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Building Web Infrastructures with SAP NetWeaver Application Serverby Oliver Nocon and Volker Zirkel

With a practical focus on application and infra-structure know-how, this book deftly supports system administrators, network architects, technicalconsultants, and security experts in making keydecisions on how best to create a complex Webinfrastructure that fulfills all the latest security requirements. Several detailed examples shed addi-tional light and serve to complete the intricate, yetstraightforward, picture painted by the authors.


Global SAP Systems — Designand Architectureby Alexander Davidenkoffand Detlef Werner

Project managers, IT managers, and other decision makers profit from business-relevant facts along with technical details for the practical real-ization of international implementation projects. You’ll learn about the multifold requirements forsuch systems, which factors influence the system architecture, and which options there are for dif-ferent system architectures. You’ll also benefit fromvaluable tips, best practices, and customer reports.


Enterprise SOA Roadmapby Stefan Hack and Markus A. Lindemann

Based on a detailed analysis of more than 500 con-sulting projects that have been implemented by SAP Consulting across various industries, the authors develop concrete recommendations regarding the implementa-tion of enterprise SOA. You’ll benefit from a lessons-learned approach as you uncover how enterprises can best be supported on their individual paths towards theadoption of enterprise SOA. In addition, you’ll discoverproven methods for minimizing implementation risksand for sidestepping them altogether as the authorsshow you how you can apply proven implementation options and best practices within your organization.


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SAP Performance OptimizationGuide — 5th Editionby Thomas Schneider

Learn how to identify and analyze performance-related issues, adapt the appropriate tuningmeasures, and verify their success.

This expanded edition includes coverage of thenewest tools for monitoring Java applications — especially end-to-end workload and runtime analysis with SAP Solution Manager diagnostics. In addition, analyzing Web Dynpro applications is covered in detail.


Archiving Your SAP Data — 2nd Editionby Helmut Stefani

This completely revised edition of our bestseller isup to date for SAP ECC 6.0 and provides you with valuable knowledge to master data archiving with SAP. This fully updated book includes two all-newchapters on XML-based data archiving in SAP ERPHCM and detailed descriptions of all the new func-tions and technologies, such as Archive Routing and transaction TAANA. The book focuses on therequirements of system and database adminis-trators, as well as project collaborators who areresponsible for implementing data archiving in anSAP customer project.


Managing SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade Projectsby Martin Riedel

This book provides project managers and projectteam members with comprehensive information on upgrade projects to SAP ERP 6.0.

After explaining the SAP tools and services for determining the value of an upgrade, the author details the tasks of the individual project phases. You’ll explore how to schedule the project, andhow to estimate costs and risks. You’ll also learn how to build the project team and organize test cycles, plus, how to plan for a smooth cutover.In addition, SAP Solution Manager, the technicalupgrade tools, testing tools, services and more are covered in a separate tools chapter.



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