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November 13, 2025
ERPfixers Blog Series
ERPfixers
Beyond the General Ledger: How SAP’s ...

SAP didn’t just build ERP — it built the modern finance function.

From Business Objects to Ariba, Concur, and Signavio, every acquisition was a deliberate move to expand the CFO’s reach — from reporting to spend control, process visibility, and AI-driven insight.

This post breaks down how SAP’s 20-year acquisition strategy quietly redefined what “finance transformation” really means — and why the modern CFO’s tech stack now extends far beyond the ledger.

It’s not just about recording numbers anymore. It’s about governing spend, accelerating processes, and predicting outcomes.

Beyond the General Ledger: How SAP’s Acquisition Strategy Built the Modern Finance Function
October 29, 2025
ERPfixers Blog Series
ERPfixers
A Global Celebration of Code: Reflecting on SAP ...

October wasn’t just another month for the SAP developer community—it was a festival of innovation, collaboration, and code.

From September 29 to October 24, SAP Devtoberfest 2025 brought developers together worldwide for a month-long virtual experience leading up to SAP TechEd 2025 (Nov 4–6).

In this recap, we unpack what made this year’s event remarkable:

💡 Themed Learning Weeks – From ABAP Cloud and Fiori tooling to Integration, Data & AI, and CAP development.
🎮 Gamified Challenges – Hands-on coding contests, tutorials, and leaderboards that turned learning into play.
☁️ Cloud & AI Focus – Deep dives into SAP BTP, CAP, Kyma, and Joule—showing how AI and cloud-native innovation are shaping enterprise development.
🌍 Community & Open Source – A global, open-source-driven spirit that connected developers from the US to Berlin.
🌱 Tech for Good – A strong sustainability message encouraging developers to build code that creates real-world impact.

If you’re part of the SAP ecosystem—or simply passionate about cloud, AI, and enterprise apps—this reflection captures the key themes and lessons shaping the next wave of intelligent development.

A Global Celebration of Code: Reflecting on SAP Devtoberfest 2025
October 17, 2025
ERPfixers Blog Series
ERPfixers
Beyond the Debate: How SAP Blends Best-of-Breed ...

For too long, organizations—especially finance leaders—have been forced to choose: an integrated suite or agile, best-of-breed innovation. The choice meant trading seamless data for cutting-edge tools, or vice versa.

SAP is rewriting the rules.

This new article breaks down the strategic trio delivering "both/and": Apps, Data (via the Business Data Fabric), and Embedded AI (Joule).

We explore how this approach provides:

  • The agility to adopt new innovations instantly.

  • Confidence in a single, trusted view of data.

  • Intelligence embedded directly into financial decisions.

If you're currently wrestling with system fragmentation, data silos, or slow innovation cycles, this is a must-read.

Beyond the Debate: How SAP Blends Best-of-Breed Innovation with Suite Power through Apps, Data, and AI
September 16, 2025
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ERPfixers
The SAP Partner Advantage: The Strategic Value ...

Free doesn’t always mean limited—in SAP’s partner ecosystem, free licenses can unlock real strategic value for finance organizations.

In this blog, we break down how SAP’s partner license offerings enable finance teams to experiment, innovate, and test solutions without upfront cost. Whether it’s piloting new analytics, building proof-of-concept automations, or accelerating adoption of SAP’s latest tools, free licenses create a sandbox for value creation.

We explore:

  • How partners leverage free licenses to co-innovate with finance teams.

  • The hidden benefits of experimenting without additional license spend.

  • Why free access accelerates both transformation projects and user adoption.

For finance leaders, these licenses aren’t just “extras”—they’re a way to lower risk, validate investments, and fast-track business outcomes.

Read the full blog to understand how SAP’s partner advantage can work in your favor.

The SAP Partner Advantage: The Strategic Value of Free Licenses for Finance
August 25, 2025
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ERPfixers
Cash Flow Crisis or Cash Flow Control: The SAP ...

In today's volatile economic landscape, a cash flow crisis is a CFO's worst nightmare. But what if you could move beyond reactive firefighting to gain complete control over your company's cash? This blog explores how modern SAP solutions are transforming treasury management. We'll dive into the capabilities of SAP S/4HANA that provide a real-time, holistic view of your organization's liquidity, moving beyond traditional reporting. Discover how advanced features use integrated data from across the enterprise to deliver precise liquidity forecasting, helping you anticipate and prevent potential shortfalls. Finally, we'll highlight how automation and seamless bank integration are freeing up finance teams from manual tasks, enabling them to shift their focus from mere survival to strategic growth. The future of cash management isn't about crisis—it's about control.

Cash Flow Crisis or Cash Flow Control: The SAP S/4HANA Perspective
Bill Pettit
April 20, 2016

Making Error Messages User Specific

Bill Pettit
April 20, 2016

You may want to prevent users from processing a requisition if the quantity doesn’t meet a certain minimum maintained in the vendor master or info record.

Tagged: Sales, Shipping, Billing, Transportation, Purchasing, Invoice Verification, Logistics (General), Inventory Management, Materials Planning, Make to Order, Repetetive Manufacturing, PP for Process Industries, PP Processes

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Vinod
April 13, 2016

ABAP How-To

Vinod
April 13, 2016

Need assistance with SAP ABAP? Check out these helpful Advanced Business Application Programming How-Tos, Tips and Tricks. Learn more here!

Tagged: ABAP, SAP BASIS

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Vinod
April 13, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

How to Automate TMS Requests (Transport Management System)

Vinod
April 13, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

Looking for more information on how to automate TMS requests (Transport Management System)? Follow these step-by-step instructions here.

Tagged: Automate, TMS Requests, TMS

5 Comments
Pallavi Agarwal
April 13, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

How to Change the Color Theme of SAP Clients

Pallavi Agarwal
April 13, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

In order to differentiate between various clients such as Development/Quality/Production, you can change their background color theme. Learn how here.

Tagged: Service Processing, Service Contracts, Color Scheme, Tips and Tricks

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Madhava RV
April 13, 2016

Key Drop Down Values

Madhava RV
April 13, 2016

How do you get the keys in the drop down list, as opposed to having to on text in a list to make a selection? Get answers to your SAP questions here.

Tagged: General Ledger Accounting

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Saurabh Sahu
April 13, 2016

The Importance of Key Fields in Select Query

Saurabh Sahu
April 13, 2016

If we are selecting data from a table and if we are not passing all key fields while getting data from table, this result in loss of data. Read on here.

Tagged: ABAP Workbench, Data Dictionary

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ERPfixers
April 13, 2016

HANA SQL Query Tuning Tips for Column Engine

ERPfixers
April 13, 2016

This document lists up high-cost features that are better to be avoided in formulating SQL queries to get the best out of NewDB column engine.

Tagged: HANA SQL, Column Engine, HANA

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Rahul Nayak
April 13, 2016

SAP MM Common Error Resolutions

Rahul Nayak
April 13, 2016

Getting this error? Error in Inbound Delivery BAPI- GN_DELIVERY_CREATE-- not possible to create an inbound delivery message no. VL 148. Find a resolution here!

Tagged: SAP MM

1 Comment
Kaustubh Khare
April 13, 2016

Extended Notifications

Kaustubh Khare
April 13, 2016

If you are using SAP Business Workflows and have not yet moved on to Extended Notifications, you should enable them ASAP. Learn why here.

Tagged: Extended Notifications, SAP Business Workflow, Business Workflow, Outlook Mailbox

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ERPfixers
April 13, 2016

F1 Help & SE85

ERPfixers
April 13, 2016

Instead of using F1 Help to see technical information, we can use T.Code SE85 to see all other alternative tables which will return that field Information.

Tagged: F1 Help, SE85, Field Information, Alternative Tables

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Vishnu Vardhan Tanguturu
April 12, 2016

How to Create a Custom Business Object

Vishnu Vardhan Tanguturu
April 12, 2016

It is often necessary to create a business object to create/post IDocs of specific objects like SALES Contracts. Get step by step instructions here.

Tagged: How-To, Business Object

1 Comment
Bill Pettit
April 11, 2016

Sending Vendor Remittances by Email

Bill Pettit
April 11, 2016

Need SAP help on sending vendor remittances by email? Get information on SAP SCM, SAP MM and SAP LIS by visiting the ERPfixers blog here.

Tagged: Vendor Remittance, Email

2 Comments
ERPfixers
April 4, 2016

How to Debug a Running Job

ERPfixers
April 4, 2016

Get step-by-step tips on how to debug a running job in background mode. Visit the ERPfixers blog for helpful SAP tips and tricks here.

Tagged: ABAP Programming, Runtime Environment, Debugger, Running Job

1 Comment
Vyash Mishra
April 4, 2016

How to: Reset ABAP SCHEMA SAPSR3 User Password

Vyash Mishra
April 4, 2016

Read our blog for more information on how to reset your ABAP SCHEMA SAPSR3 user password. Visit the ERPfixers blog for SAP tips and tricks.

Tagged: SAP BASIS, ABAP

5 Comments
ERPfixers
April 4, 2016

Restricting Range Completely in Selection Option

ERPfixers
April 4, 2016

We can use the FM SELECT_OPTIONS_RESTRICT, which does the job for us by removing the ranges tab and therefore completely restricting the range in select option.

Tagged: ABAP Workbench, Screen Painter, Data Dictionary

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ERPfixers
April 4, 2016

SAP MM Common Error Resolution

ERPfixers
April 4, 2016

Getting this error? Error in Inbound Delivery BAPI- GN_DELIVERY_CREATE-- not possible to create an inbound delivery message no. VL 148. Find a resolution here.

Tagged: Logistics (General), Purchasing, SAP MM

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Sidharath Jain
April 1, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

SAP Tips & Tricks

Sidharath Jain
April 1, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

Visit the ERPfixers blog for professional tips and tricks from SAP experts across a wide range of topics. Get SAP Software help here!

Tagged: Dialog Programming, Data Dictionary

1 Comment
Vinod
April 1, 2016

SAP SRM: Replace Portal Logo & Apply New Certificate

Vinod
April 1, 2016

Learn how to replace the portal logo in SAP SRM and apply a new certificate on SAP SRM systems by visiting the ERPfixers blog here!

Tagged: SRM, SAP Basis

1 Comment
Kumar Rishant
March 29, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

How to Debug a Sample Program in ABAP

Kumar Rishant
March 29, 2016
ERPfixers Blog Series

Debugger is a tool used by ABAP programmers to track down an issue in a given piece of code and also to understand the logic used by the other programmer. 

Tagged: ABAP, Debugger, Tips and Tricks

1 Comment
Venkatesh
March 23, 2016

Restricting Range in Selection Option

Venkatesh
March 23, 2016

We can use the FM SELECT_OPTIONS_RESTRICT, which does the job for us by removing the ranges tab and therefore completely restricting the range in Select Option.

Tagged: ABAP Workbench, Screen Painter, Data Dictionary

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