Revoke User to Release TR

In this doc we will discuss various methods to restrict the user to release the Transport request in SAP.

THis scanerio is used when you are having third party support and you want to check all TRs at your end and dont want to give them authorization to release the TRs.

We don’t have any enhancement points in program so we will go with BADI.

Find your way to the BOPF

I set a learning path to catch up with SAP development tools and techniques that in spite of being around for a while now,  the comfort zone was just too comfortable to step out, until the breakthrough came in and I realized I didn’t want to be left behind. After one year things are starting to pay off now, which is great.

In this opportunity, I want to talk about the Business Object Processing Framework (BOPF), which is yet another way of maintaining database records in an Object-Oriented way. Although this is a rather simplistic view, as it turns out that the framework is capable of doing many more things, such as dealing with authorizations, or even orchestrate the application business logic flow. It can be integrated with several UI technologies, say UI5 or Web Dynpro/FPM.

ABAP Code Vulnerabilities, a call for real-time security alerts

ABAP code vulnerabilities

SAP security is a great challenge and will be a challenge for many years to come. In order to thoroughly secure an application, all of its components and potential threats need to be understood. SAP security is multi-layered, its building blocks range from infrastructure to application security. In order to break an application, only one flaw may be sufficient to compromise an entire environment.

Below an overview of SAP security notes released between June and November 2017, categorized by their priority.

Simulation of statistic riddle

So just proof the solution with a simulation.

1. Create 1.000.000 families with two children {m,f} 50:50 and born on {sa,su,mo,tu,we,th,fr} 1:7
2. Count chance, that family has two boys 1/4
3. Count chance, that family has two boys, if you know that one child is a boy 1/3
4. Count chance, that family has two boys, if you know that one child is a boy and born on tuesday 13/27

The performance of open SQL as in ABAP 7.52

The use of FOR ALL ENTRIES in Open SQL of ABAP has been used for very long time. And it is helpful for report data from different table.

Continuous Integration in ABAP using Jenkins

The team has setup a CI/CD pipeline in Jenkins to automate build, test, and deploy of those Java services. At the time we had the pipeline, I have realized the benefits for having such pipeline and that became my motivation to build one for ABAP.

The most important benefit in my view is the visibility over your software’s health. If someone asks whether the Java piece is working fine at the moment, we can have a glance at Jenkins monitor and be able to answer quite confidently. In ABAP, we are just blind. I even sometime break my software and found them out later.

FOR expression in ABAP 7.40 – Best case scenarios

As we all know, the In-line declarations, operators and expressions available in 7.4 SP02 onward are taking the abap world by storm for last few years. For the new or the experienced abap-ers this is almost like fall in line or fall apart. The main idea is to write code easily, keep it lean and compact as much as possible.

Troubleshooting ABAP Dumps in relation to SAP HANA

Purpose

The purpose of this document is to instruct SAP customers on how to analyse ABAP dumps.

Overview

How to troubleshoot ABAP Dumps

Simulate Shipment Cost (VT02N) – Using Function Module

I am here with yet another unsolved mystery, yup! You better believe me! As the subject is as clean as a whistle, this blog post is all about Simulating Shipment Cost through Function Module. Before I proceed, let’s have a clear understanding what actually I am trying to do and what exactly we will be going to achieve!

So, here is the scenario. You have the Shipment created and you see the button on VT02N to simulate cost. Well, when you do it through T-code, it is as easy as anything but the reality is as different as cheese and chalk! Oh yes, I mean it. It’s not easy when it comes to implement via Function Module.

ABAP to the Cloud

This morning Bjoern Goerke, SAP’s Chief Technology Officer and President SAP Cloud Platform, announced at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas that SAP are going to make the ABAP runtime available on the SAP Cloud Platform (SCP).

ABAP has been a bit maligned over the years for not being ‘cool’. Maybe this is partly because simple consumer style apps for the smartphone are more hip than enterprise applications? Maybe it is because SAP lost a bit of interest in ABAP during some of the noughties? Maybe it is partly because we ABAPers are not always great representatives of the language? Maybe you can think of other reasons?

How To Use SAP HANA ABAP Source Search via PowerShell

Here a tiny example how to use SAP HANA ABAP Source Search via PowerShell. After my question here, in the ABAP in Eclipse forum, I see how easy it is to use the ABAP Source Search from outside an SAP system. After the activation of the business function SRIS_SOURCE_SEARCH is it also possible with only one http get request to use it.

The Global Variable Dilemma

When doing complex coding, there’s always the dilemma of using or non using global variables. We all know that global variables are dangerous because you never know where they are set and what value they carry in a specific method.

On the other hand, if I keep everything local, I am ending with huge lists of parameters in every method just to pass the values needed to the deepest nested method where I need it.

How to replicate from ABAP to ABAP

With DMIS 2011 SP6 we released the capability for ABAP to ABAP replication. The underlying database is not imporatent for this setup. We get more and more request how to set it up. It is described in the system docu, but of cause a how to with screenshots is much better.

First of all, why should you setup a ABAP to ABAP replication?!

◉ Replacement of an batch-oriented option to move data between systems
◉ Fill additional ABAP system beside ECC with real-time data