Recently I was asked the following question by a fellow EDM consultant:I want to use the replacement value procedure just in case of billing simulation and not during billing. So I started to play around in the system and I discovered that when defining the RV Procedure there is a setting called RVP After Imp (in SPRO -> SAP Utilities -> Energy Data Management -> Profile Management -> Replacement Value Creation -> Define Replacement Value Creation Group.

I quickly defined a RVP group and I didn’t set up the RVP After Imp field. I created a profile and a quick file to use in transaction EEDMIMP01 – Profile Import. When the RVP After Imp field was set on the RVP group, the system created the missing profile values.If the field is not set, system doesn’t create the missing profile values.Also, when doing the billing simulation in EA00 the system creates the missing profile values based on the RVP configuration.

So, if you need to set up your RVP group to be used only in billing simulation but not in billing do not set up the field RVP After Imp.

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Citrix has just hired Roland Wartenberg, the SAP Chief Virtualization Evangelist.

Wartenberg has been in SAP since 1997, covering multiple roles.
In 2006 he developed the virtualization strategy for the SAP Labs division.

Wartenberg has been actively involved in pushing the company’s marketing message about virtualization through the many SAP Virtualization Week events arranged around the world.

He will start at Citrix in a couple of weeks, in charge of the the strategic alliance with SAP.

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Currently, Forrester rankings show that SAP and Oracle-Siebel are the leaders in CRM software. However, competition is close at their heals. Because the CRM software market has developed immensely in recent years, this has made it difficult to make distinctions between products. The Forrester report stated that the reason Siebel and SAP do so well is because they are both adequate absolute CRM software products that have a tremendously high usability.

Even with the high level of success that SAP and Siebel have achieved with their products, other companies are close behind. CDC, Microsoft, Oracle’s CRM On Demand application, RightNow, and Salesforce.com are all treading close to SAP and Siebel’s waters.

In particular, CDC’s rise in the rankings is due to a new commitment in its marketing strategies. Also Oracle’s other CRM products, (not including Siebel and On Demand) ranked fairly high as well.

As far as the CRM software market itself; it is still considered relatively healthy. A survey conducted by Forrester showed that out of 455 large organizations, 56% had already put into operation a CRM tool and an additional 17% plan to implement CRM software in the next 12 to 24 months. Another survey illustrated that of 286 businesses, 62% of business and IT professionals have put into use or are growing their customer business intelligence solutions.

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A list of some of the topics Packt will be interested in publishing includes:

SAP Business Intelligence SAP reporting with various SAP tools and crystal reports SAP ERP SAP certification guides SAP Netweaver

Packt is laso looking to develop books on specific industries like finance, fashion, medicine, law and so on.

While Packt is interested in these topics, this list is not exhaustive. If you have some interesting ideas on topics not mentioned in this list, you are welcome to send them across to the editorial team at Packt.

You don’t need to have any past writing experience to write these books. If you have expert knowledge of your subject, a passion to share it with others and an ability to communicate clearly in English, you will be a perfect fit to write for Packt. Having an official recognition as SAP expert will be an advantage but not necessary.

Packt pays a royalty of 16% to its authors and an advanace against it.

So, if you love SAP and fancy writing a book, here’s an opportunity for you. Contact Packt at author@packtpub.com with your book idea (if you have one). Even if you don’t have a book idea and are simply interested in writing a book, Packt is keen to talk to you.

More details about this opportunity are available at: http://authors.packtpub.com/content/Packt-invites-sap-experts-write-books

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Seeing the Big Picture: A Corporate Guide to Better Decisions through IT

The sheer amount of information available in today’s business climate can be a double-edge sword. This TEC whitepaper takes an informative look at how small businesses and midsize companies can develop ways to access the right information at the right time in order to make better, faster decisions — without getting bogged down or delayed.

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Business Intelligence: The Definitive Guide for Mid-Size Organizations

Ready to move beyond spreadsheets? Read this whitepaper to learn why Business Intelligence has never been more important and how BI will help your organization turn data into useful and meaningful information and then distributes the information to those who need it, when they need it, wherever they need it regardless of limited resources or the size of your company.

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