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- Build Custom Java iViews for SAP Data Using Eclipse: A Guide for Developers and
Implementation Teams
by Carl Vieregger, Senior Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services
iViews provide integrated views of business information in the mySAP Enterprise Portal. You can use one of SAP's prebuilt iViews or you can build customized iViews to meet your users' unique needs. As SAP continues to move the mySAP Enterprise Portal toward a pure J2EE-based environment, the importance of building custom iViews in Java will only increase. With a downloadable example as a guide, this article walks developers and implementation teams through the tasks involved in developing a custom Java iView that displays data from an SAP system. The example makes use of the SAP Portal Development Kit (PDK) and the Eclipse development environment.
- Developing Custom Applications for SAP Enterprise Portal — Advanced Java
and .NET Options to Consider in Light of SAP NetWeaver
by Patrick Dixon, Technology Integration, Deloitte
In light of SAP NetWeaver’s native support for ABAP, Java, and .NET, and the release of myriad new development tools, SAP teams now have a dramatically expanded menu of options for developing custom applications for delivery via SAP Enterprise Portal. This article is the second in a two-part series that compares the platform and skill set requirements, level of effort, and code complexity involved in your eight main custom development options. The first installment covered your best options for developing SAP-centric applications and straightforward Web applications that run exclusively in an SAP environment. This second installment covers the more complex options that are available for developing highly customized, cross-platform Java applications and applications based on ASP/.NET.
- Integrating SAP Transactions, Reports, and Data into Your SAP Enterprise
Portal — A Guided Tour of Your Options, Which to Use, and When
by Patrick Dixon, Technology Integration, Deloitte
While the advantages of SAP Enterprise Portal (SAP EP) are most apparent in its features for end users, it provides equal benefit for developers and administrators through its suite of wizards, tools, and predeveloped iViews for integrating content from a variety of SAP, non-SAP, and Web sources. This article takes you on a guided tour of the options available in SAP EP 5.0 and 6.0 for integrating SAP transactions, reports, and data, to help you choose the right ones for rolling out SAP content and applications to your users. It points out their pros and cons, and how they can be used to integrate your existing SAP content and applications.
- Leverage component-based architecture in Web Dynpro for Java business
applications: Part 1 - Design methodology,
concepts, and case study
by Bertram Ganz, Senior Product Specialist, SAP AG, and Richard Tucker, Principal
Web Development Architect, Atos Origin UK
Reusable components enable developers to build applications that are easy to understand, support, and maintain. This is the first installment in a three-article series that explores Web Dynpro componentization. This first article explains design methodologies and concepts underlying componentization and provides recommendations fundamental to a successful implementation. It also presents a real-world case study that used componentization to implement a suite of applications that delivered a lower TCO and a quicker ROI for the customer. This article deals with Web Dynpro for Java business applications implemented in SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure, but applies to Web Dynpro for ABAP as well.
- Reduce Memory Consumption and Improve Runtime Performance with ABAP Shared
Objects: A New API for Shared Memory Programming
by Kai Baumgarten, Developer, SAP AG and Rolf Hammer, Development Architect, SAP
AG
Have you ever wished for a data buffer that provides access to data across transaction boundaries, without requiring additional memory or resource-consuming copy operations from the database? ABAP Shared Objects, available with SAP NetWeaver ’04, is a new ABAP API that provides direct access to data structures stored in a shared memory area. Using simple examples, this article explains the basic functionality of ABAP Shared Objects, and shows you how to use them in your ABAP programs. After reading this article, you will be able to start leveraging ABAP Shared Objects to achieve improved performance in your own ABAP applications, while reducing resource requirements.
- Use SAP Solution Manager’s extensive reporting capabilities to ensure consistent performance
across your system
landscape through proactive monitoring
by Henrik Zimmermann, Senior Product Manager, SAP AG
Veit Eska, Senior Developer, SAP AG
Michael Mayer, Senior Support Consultant, SAP AG
The growth of SAP Solution Manager as a tool to
maintain, support, configure, and upgrade SAP landscapes
brings with it the need for increased reporting capabilities,
so you can be proactive in addressing issues before
they become critical. SAP Solution Manager 4.0 includes
a wide range of reporting options for generating
technical and administrative information about your
system landscape, including SAP EarlyWatch Alert
Reporting, Service Reporting, EarlyWatch Alert Reporting
in SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence, Service Level
Reporting, and System Availability Reporting. This
article provides an overview of these new options
and explains how you can use them to ensure consistent
performance across your system landscape.
- Web Dynpro — what it is, what it does, why it exists, and how to get the best results from
it: An introduction to the
fundamental principles of Web Dynpro
by Chris Whealy, RIG Expert (Web Dynpro), SAP NetWeaver Regional Implementation Group (RIG)
EMEA, Walldorf, Germany
Web Dynpro is SAP’s newest user interface development option for the SAP NetWeaver platform. Available in both an ABAP and a Java edition, Web Dynpro can cut the development time of a complex business application by as much as 50% by using graphical and declarative programming techniques; the only code required is that related to the core business process. This article describes the fundamental principles of Web Dynpro and illustrates them using a code-free example implementation. Regardless of whether you are interested in Web Dynpro for Java or ABAP, this article will help you make a well-informed decision about how you can use it to create low-maintenance, high-performance business applications.
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