Update 26.07.2017: SAP BOC is no longer the name of the product and SAP changed it to SAP Analytics Cloud. I changed any references to SAP BusinessObjects Cloud within the text and future posts will have the title changed. Sorry for the inconveniences! I am back! After some weeks of holidays and relax I’m back […]
Author: Mike
Stack Clash critical vulnerability for *NIX OS
Some days ago a new vulnerability related to Stack Clash was discovered for *NIX OS (Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris). This kind of vulnerability was already know on 2005 and 2010 and it was patched and gone for a while. The vulnerability was discovered by security researches from Qualys and they released an article explaining […]
SAP WhatsApp Broadcast List
You can use Twitter, Blogs, Newsletter, etc. to get news and information about SAP… until today! SAP decided to release a WhatsApp Broadcast List for different products and areas. Joining the list is really easy and it shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes, here is how to do it. Can I have your number? First […]
SAP BOC: How to connect to data sources
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud (SAP BOC) is becoming a popular choice for companies that doesn’t want a a SAP BO system on premise. The Cloud systems are more and more popular nowadays and SAP is betting hard for them. If you didn’t see SAP BOC before I recommend watching this video: I have been working with […]
SAP Performance 101: Getting close to Mach 5
It is quite usual that customers ask for a performance study for their systems. Performance is a big pain in the ass because as I always said it depends on the point of view of everyone. Lets take FBL3N transaction for example. If we execute it without any filter it will probably take ages to […]
SAP GUI 7.50: Let me introduce you my friend Belize
SAP released a new version of SAP GUI in the beginning of May. I didn’t receive any information about it in the SAP newsletter so it took me a while to install and test it. On the SAP Note 2417687 – New features in SAP GUI for Windows 7.50 you can find a list of […]
SAP SL Toolset SP20: SWPM now in Fiori flavour!
SAP released a new Support Package for the Software Logistics Toolset 1.0. As you may know, the Software Logistics Toolset contains tools as Software Update Manager (SUM), Database Migration Option (DMO) and Software Update Manager (SWPM). These tools are used to installing, updating, upgrading, etc. different SAP products. The most interesting thing on this SP […]
SAP Performance 101: World War Z
I been doing performance analysis for SAP systems for a while. After this time it’s quite easy to do an initial check so I quickly know what could be the issue causing the performance problem. In case of custom code (also know as Z code) the issues usually are the same ones again and again. […]
How I feel when I’m reading the SAP SCN
I know that feel bro…
SAP Maintenance Planner: Bye bye MOPz
2017 started with a wonderful new related to Solution Manager: The Maintenance Optimizer (MOPz) is no longer under maintenance! Do not get me wrong, I like the concept behind MOPz but it had a lot of issues.One of the most important issues is related to the technical definition of the system once you transfer the […]