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Whilst working with BW BEx users, I often get asked to explain what a key date is and how it affects query results. It’s understandable that this can sometimes be a little confusing to users as you really need to know a little bit about how your BW handles Master Data within your data model [...]

Transfer rules and Update rules are the main areas within a BW system where the BW professional can transform your transaction system data into the required format for what ever InfoObject / InfoProvider is being updated.
Quite often when ABAP is used as part of your transfer and update rules there is a need to debug [...]

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You know when you look at some of the aquisitions going on today with Internet-based companies. You might be inclined to think that the 1990s dot-com boom era is making a return.
Think about it, eBay bought Skype for $2.6billion. News Corporation, Rupert [...]

GNot has updated his Add-Meta-Tags plugin for WordPress just one day after I installed his previous version and sugested an improvement.
Good going GNot.
As much as I would like to think GNot did the change on my request , I think not. This enhancement was at the top of the To-Do list. I [...]

I’ve been hunting around for a good plugin that will add Meta-Tag data to my blog posts. I tried a few different ones out but had little niggles with each one until I came across ‘Add-Meta-Tags‘ WordPress Plugin by GNot.
The plugin GNot has written does exactly what it says on the tin.
In summary it will [...]

When users run SAP BW queries and use the F4 key to select values for selections and parameters there is the possibility they will get to see sensitive information they are not authorised to view e.g Payroll information (Pay Grade) which could be part of the Employee master data Infoobject.
To alter the settings that determine [...]

SAP HR users have difficulty understanding how to use the Action Type and Action Reason dimensions on the employee and personnel action Infocube.
The confusion exists when a user tries to restrict the BW query on Action Reason without first choosing the Action Type. When this happened a pop-up window display all the entries of Action [...]

It is sometimes unclear how BW handles the formatting of dates. Here is a quick overview:
For BEx reporting, SAP BW uses the settings stored on the users local machine. On your desktop click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Regional options to view the settings local to your PC.
Some date related reporting objects get [...]