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• Software license management tools can help with SAP indirect usage

  Companies can use third-party license management tools to audit their SAP environment to address indirect access issues, but the tools need to be a part of an overall strategy. Continue Reading

• Avoiding SAP indirect access woes requires good faith

  Some customers are concerned that SAP will hit them for indirect access licensing fees, but they can avoid trouble if they act in good faith and better understand their contracts. Continue Reading

• SAP indirect access issue needs clarity for users, experts say

  The indirect licensing access issue is confusing to many SAP customers, and the company's efforts to explain it have not been fully successful, according to industry analysts. Continue Reading

• What's the best way to write an SAP support ticket?

  Try other avenues first, but then prepare an SAP support ticket that will clearly describe and recreate your incident, so SAP can assign it to the right experts. Continue Reading

• What's the difference between different SAP production types?

  In this tip, expert Jawad Akhtar outlines how to differentiate between discrete, process and repetitive production types and how SAP ERP supports them. Continue Reading

• How to minimize upgrade downtime during SAP ERP 6.0 upgrade projects

  Learn why downtime management means controlling the time the system is unavailable as well as how to reduce downtime-related costs, and find out how the total amount of downtime can affect other decisions of an upgrade project.Continue Reading

• Converting IDocs to XML format

  In this tip, learn how to convert IDocs into XML format for use in the SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) and additional applications.Continue Reading

• Web Services 101 for DBAs and data architects

  Web services promise simplified interfaces for application-to-application interaction. This chapter describes the key technologies that enable them (such as XML, WSDL, SOAP and UDDI) and then peeks at the bigger picture of service-oriented ...Continue Reading