As a consultant, I have the opportunity to work on many different SAP installations. I continue to be surprised by the discovery that many of these companies are not properly... read more →
While working with a client on developing EDI-856 transactions with one of their trading partners, an error occurred that cost my client thousands of dollars in charge back fines. In... read more →
The other day I ran into an issue with a test client missing transports in one of my clients QA systems. Upon reviewing the logs I determined that the entire... read more →
My previous post discussed the "hidden" menu in the SAP PI message mapping tool that can only be unlocked by pressing <Ctrl> + <Shift> while right clicking in the data... read more →
When I was young, one of my favorite Nintendo games was Contra by Konami Corporation (old-skool NES). Standard play with Contra afforded you with 3 lives. I was not particularly adept at Contra... read more →
Learn how prioritization of your company's receivables will increase cash flow. Most SAP Implementations do not provide prioritization and automation of the receivables collection process. Join Cforia Software on June... read more →
Learn how effective cash mangement automation can free up finance resources from manual keying of lockbox data. Many SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Baan and Lawson implementations do not provide... read more →
For those of you familiar with PI, you know that it likes to deal with single messages, and not multiple messages in bulk. Many interfaces to "legacy" systems require single... read more →
Even though this blog will primarily be about SAP XI/PI, I would be remiss if I didn't mention other SAP integration topics. So, my first technical blog will be about... read more →
Hello. Welcome to the DataXstream XI/PI Blog. SAP XI/PI means SAP Exchange Infrastructure/Process Integration. SAP XI (the old name) and SAP PI (the new name) are SAP's applications for integrating software solutions. Our... read more →