Managing Custom Code in SAP

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-59229-436-7
Verlag: SAP PR

Buch, Englisch, 351 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Reihe: SAP Essentials

Custom code is a vital component of any successful SAP implementation. But it must be managed, or it becomes an obstacle to future enhancement and innovation. Take the proactive approach to taming your custom code with this book: always be in control, make changes when and where they are needed, don't get slowed down by bad code, and always be ready for the next upgrade.

1. Custom Code Management Business Blueprint
Meet your most trusted companion in managing custom code! Learn what the SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint does, how to create it, and understand and use the different management phases.

2. Practical Advice
No matter your volume of custom code, learn when and where to use specific tools to optimize your custom code investment.

3. Code Measurement
Understand how to set up and use different tools and metrics that analyze, measure, and display custom code: SAP Coverage Analyzer, SAP Global Workload Monitor, and more.

4. How-To Steps
Find detailed, step-by-step instructions that will help you get the specific tools you need up and running in no time.

5. Bonus Appendices
Find coding examples, helpful lists of SAP Notes, information on upcoming functionalities, and more to get you on your way.

Highlights Include:

- Custom Code Lifecycle Management

- Reverse Business Process Documentation

- Solution Documentation Assistant

- Guided Self-Services

- SAP Clone Finder

- SAP NetWeaver 7.1 UPL technology

- Reporting metrics and dashboards

Autoren/Hrsg.

Templeton, Alisdair

De Thomasis, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware SAP

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ... 13Introduction ... 151. Custom Code Management and Methodology ... 19 1.1 ... Defining Good Code ... 20 1.2 ... Types of Custom Code ... 23 1.3 ... Why Custom Code Management Is Important ... 24 1.4 ... SAP Solution Manager Methodology: The Four Phases ... 26 1.5 ... Creating an SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint ... 28 1.6 ... Summary ... 422. Custom Code Transparency ... 43 2.1 ... Reverse Business Process Documentation ... 44 2.2 ... Custom Code Lifecycle Management (CCLM) ... 69 2.3 ... SAP Guided Self-Services ... 81 2.4 ... Service Summary--Results of Running a TEA Report ... 100 2.5 ... Summary ... 1433. Custom Code Control ... 145 3.1 ... Testing and Monitoring Overview ... 146 3.2 ... SAP Coverage Analyzer (SCOV) ... 147 3.3 ... SAP Coverage Analyzer Lite (SCOV Lite) ... 158 3.4 ... Other Technologies to Track Custom Code Usage ... 164 3.5 ... SAP Continuous Quality Checks ... 169 3.6 ... SAP Enterprise Support Advisory ... 172 3.7 ... Service Summary--Custom Code Results of Running an ESR Report ... 173 3.8 ... Summary ... 1914. Custom Code Optimization ... 193 4.1 ... SAP Custom Code Analysis ... 194 4.2 ... Custom Development Management Cockpit ... 216 4.3 ... The CDMC Process ... 217 4.4 ... Business Process Change Analyzer ... 230 4.5 ... Code Inspector ... 237 4.6 ... Summary ... 2515. Custom Code Reporting ... 253 5.1 ... Initial Steps ... 254 5.2 ... Accessing the SAP Delivered Custom Code Dashboards ... 254 5.3 ... The Continuous Improvement Dashboard ... 262 5.4 ... Creating Your Own Custom Code Dashboards ... 274 5.5 ... Proofing Your Dashboards for Future Use ... 279 5.6 ... CCLM Reports ... 280 5.7 ... Summary ... 286Appendices ... 289 A ... Further Resources ... 291 B ... SAP Solution Manager Navigation Principles ... 303 C ... Upcoming Functionality and Enhancements to Help Manage Custom Code ... 307 D ... Calculating Cohesion ... 313 E ... A Discussion on Writing Custom Code ... 321 F ... The Authors ... 343Index ... 345

Über Autor(innen)

Templeton, Alisdair
Alisdair Templeton has been involved in writing SAP custom code for more than 15 years. A strong advocate of testdriven development, Alisdair has been preaching the value of building well-architected software to everyone who even looks like they might start the ABAP Development Workbench.
Using these principles, Alisdair has been involved in successfully delivering many large custom development projects in mining, utilities, retail, and government sectors. Alisdair won the 2010 Demo Jam at SAP TechEd Las Vegas with fellow SAP Mentor Matt Harding with their vision of an HTML5-based mobile application. Since then, Alisdair has gone on to win the 2012 Mastering SAP Technologies Demo Jam with an SAP Streamwork-based collaborative code review tool.

Alisdair has an honors degree in engineering (computer systems) from the University of Tasmania. He became an SAP mentor in 2011, and he regularly presents at SAP TechEd, Mastering SAP Technologies in Australia, and the SAP Australia User Group.

De Thomasis, Tony
Tony de Thomasis is a well-known figure in the SAP community with more than 20 years of industry-related experience. He was responsible for the installation of the first R/2 system in Australia and has worked on some of the largest companies worldwide. He has helped many organizations establish and optimize their SAP Solution Manager capability as an initiative to promote SAP Best Practices and reduce
support costs across a complex landscape.

Tony holds a bachelor of business degree and several SAP certifications, including the SAP Technical Quality Manager Certification earned in September 2012. He is a regular presenter at SAP TechEd, SAP Australia User Group, and Mastering SAP Technologies events; a lecturer at the Victoria University of Technology; and a frequent contributor to the SAPexperts magazine.

As an SAP Mentor, Tony has achieved SCN Platinum status through his series of SAP Solution Manager contributions and can regularly be spotted on YouTube interviewing several SAP technology thought leaders.