SAP Query Reporting (Paperback)

by Danielle Larocca Signorile (Author)
Key Phrases: human capital management, flight date, field templates, Basic List Line Structure, List Viewer, Microsoft Excel (more...)

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Product Description
SAP Query Reporting is everything an SAP user needs to know to create your own reports in SAP using Query tools, no programming required! Designed as a hands-on learning aid, you will be able to follow along and perform each new skill learned on your own SAP system. The book's tutorial style, step-by-step instruction will teach you everything you need to know to use the SAP Query tools, including its configuration, advanced usage, and integration to Microsoft. Additionally the book gives best business practice recommendations for the technology and internal business use of the tools. Learn to:

• Understand query security, table reads, and table joins
• Perform basic and advanced calculations
• Incorporate pictures and graphics into reports
• Configure shortcuts and tran codes, schedule jobs and email PDFs
• Utilize SAP Reporting with Microsoft Office applications

About the Author

Danielle Larocca Signorile, an independent executive SAP consultant, has written a handful of books on SAP technologies. Danielle is a featured speaker at many SAP conferences throughout the United States. Her articles have been published in multiple trade magazines, including SAP Professional Journal, SAP Insider, and SAP HR Expert, a publication on which she served as an advisor and columnist for the “Ask the Expert” section. Danielle has also been interviewed for HR Executive Magazine. She earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology and holds certificates and certifications for many areas of SAP, including Human Resources, ABAP Programming, and Basis Technologies. Danielle is an ABAP programmer as well as an expert on SAP query-based reporting and the Human Capital Management module. Danielle has documented and instructed people on multiple computer languages and applications, including ABAP, Visual Basic, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP. Danielle is also an avid technical and leisure reader. She is currently working for the 12^th-largest employer in the world, Compass Group, as vice president of HR Information Systems for the Americas Division.

 

Danielle is originally from Massapequa, Long Island, New York. She and her husband James and their chocolate Labrador retriever, Casey, live in Weddington, North Carolina. They can be reached at [e-mail].

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (August 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672329026
• ISBN-13: 978-0672329029
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,238 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book - actually all that is available, August 10, 2008

By	S. Pearson "Mom" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not much is written about SAP Query Reporting, so when I saw this book, I bought it right away. It does offer a good overview and some good details as well. There is even some good background information included. However, like another reviewer said, the SAP Query Reporting tool isn't that great but that is no fault of the author.

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written - a very clear overview of SAP queries, June 21, 2008

By	Robert Fately "f8lee" (Van Nuys, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently started as an SE ("Solutions Engineer" - otherwise knows as 'demo guy') for a partner of SAP. My experience includes 20 years in the software industry at other companies, but as as this is my first exposure to SAP I looked for some coherent documentation (which IMHO is sadly lacking in most areas of the program).

Ms. Larocca-Signorlile actually writes in a clear and digestible manner - making sense of the processes rather than focusing purely on rote instructions. I only hope she will write documentation for other areas of SAP software, of that other writers will mimic her style.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, bad tool, September 20, 2007

By	Lee Henkel (Boise, ID) - See all my reviews

The author does a great job of covering SAP queries and is one of the only books I found that covered it at all. It's a confusing subject, but the book is well organized and builds nicely.

It tilted a little towards HR, but most of the concepts translated pretty well.

However, I was new to SAP queries and was shocked how awful the technology was (no fault of the author's, of course). It's at least 10-15 years behind state of the art, even by SAP standards. If information is important to your business (and you have a choice), go with Crystal Reports, BI, Cognos or practically anything other than this.