A Customer Use Case: Transport of Copies (ToC's) in the Defect Correction
Today I will share some other type of blog, not directly from me but hopefully worth sharing...Some weeks ago I got an email from an internal consultant having a specific problem. He was asked to...
View ArticleWhere does CRM store the date fields?
Following a recommendation, I am placing this answer into a blog so that it can be easily found. It is a challenge to completely understand the logic behind CRM to why dates are stored in a single...
View ArticleThe need for an Advanced Delivery Management (ADM) team
In the last years the role of the CIO has changed from an ICT manager who maintains the ICT landscape to a business information manager who must also advise the business on E2E process improvements and...
View ArticleTemplate Maintenance
End-to-End Monitoring and Alerting Infrastructure (MAI) System Monitoring contains various templates which contain the metrics, events and alerts (MEA), and their attributes. They also contain settings...
View ArticleVariants Maintenance
Purpose of MAI Consumer VariantsMaintaining variants helps in reducing the overhead of maintaining notification, incident, third-party and auto-reactions related data multiple times in multiple places...
View ArticleFull update of automated transfer from Business Bluprint to HP ALM / QC
Introduction and Use Case descriptionWith SAP Solution Manger and the optional adapter it is possible to synchronize content like processes, process steps as well as related Requirements with SAP...
View ArticleHow to Replace GRMG with Enduser Experience Monitoring - Part II
Welcome back to the second part of this blog, what we have done so far ist getting the infrastructure ready and create a script that will do the monitoring job for us. The first part can be found here:...
View ArticleHow to Replace GRMG with Enduser Experience Monitoring - Part I
Have you ever wondered why there isn't a better way to do a remote availability check within MAI for HTTP availability of a system rather that letting the diagnostics agent ping on the very same host...
View ArticleBusiness Process Monitoring on MAI available with Solution Manager 7.1 SP12
For many years you've had the option to monitor the successful execution of your core business process via classic Business Process Monitoring. As of SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP12, you also have the...
View ArticleHow to use String Functions in CBTA
Use Case DescriptionSelect a value from a message text to be used as output parameter During test automating you might face the challenge that only a part of a string is required as output parameter...
View ArticleCBTA using dynamic date parameter input #solman
A common need in a test script recording / playback tool is the need to insert dates throughout business processes. While I was working together with end-users at customer side, we noticed the date was...
View ArticleMaintanance of Implementation Project BP Structure by ARIS (via Template...
How To Set Up Project Environment in Order to Maintain your Implementation Project with ARIS tool In this blog we will show how to maintain your Business Process Structure of your Implementation...
View ArticleChanges in the Infrastructure for BPMon on MAI compared to classic BPMon
As of Solution Manager 7.1 SP12, you have the option to use Business Process Monitoring on MAI. This new Business Process Monitoring function uses the monitoring and alerting infrastructure, which is...
View ArticleHow To Set Up Project Environment in Order to Maintain your SolMan...
In this blog we will show how to maintain your Business Process Structure of your Implementation project with the ARIS tool ( supported via a Template project in Solution Manager) This blog will only...
View ArticleOur SAP Solution Manager services and experience
After working on SAP Solution Manager during more than 2 years I would like to share with you our experience. Your feedback as “Solmaner” or SAP Solution Manager customer is more than welcome to help...
View ArticleEnable Favorites and Tags by default in CRM_UI
As of SAP Solution Manager 7.1 the CRM Web UI is the standard access to ITSM and ChaRM.The Web Client User Interface is the first step into a new era of user interfaces regarding usability and...
View ArticleGetting started with SAP Solution Manager 7.1
During SAP TechED && Dcode Berlin, attendees (yes, more than once) asked me how do I get started with SAP Solution Manager. What is the best practice?Since SAP Solution Manager 7.1 has a huge...
View ArticleGetting a grip on your business process documentation using SODOCA #solman
IntroductionUsing business process documentation in SAP Solution Manager? Then you definitely want to know about the Solution Documentation Assistant (codenamed SODOCA). SODOCA allows you to verify...
View ArticleBusiness Process Analytics: ad-hoc and real time with or without SAP HANA
As you might know Business Process Analytics was first introduced in 2010 with SAP Solution Manager 7.0 support package 23. A lot has happened since then, e.g. Business Process Analytics went mobile on...
View ArticleConfiguration overview for Business Process Monitoring
As part of my blog series on SAP Solution Manager 7.1 features and functions, I decided to write this blog post to give a high level overview of the steps needed to set up Business Process Monitoring...
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