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Jim's Bio Jim Spath started programming FORTRAN in 1972, was an Oracle database administrator/developer starting in 1986 and began using SAP in 1997. He has a B.E.S. degree in Geography and Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, and worked as an engineer with the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment between 1977 and 1997. At SAP TechEd '07, Jim was inducted into the mystical order of SAP Mentors In December 2008, Jim was named Volunteer of the Year by the Leave No Trace organization. In February 2009, since Jim had too much free time, he added SCN Forum Moderator Jim's active ASUG volunteer duties reward him with free admission to the ASUG Annual Conference; when speaking at these events he also receives free admission. In his SAP Mentor role, Jim receives free admission to the SAP TechEd event. For being an hyperactive blogger in the SAP Blogger program, Jim receives complementary transportation and lodging for SAP events. As a result of all this extra work, Jim has no social life. My card: [Jim]
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| Case | Episode | Case notes |
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| The Dragon Network |
Return of the ABAP Detective - A Case of Peripheral Damage | A shadowy network story |
| Chapter Two: The ABAP Detective Vs. the Dragon Network | continued | |
| Missing Process |
Missing Process - another ABAP Detective pulp true story | Recently, I returned to the gumshoe detective world with a case tossed in my lap. Missing processes, or more precisely, lost remote function calls. Part 1 - how I started building the case. |
| Missing Process - ABAP Detective story - Chapter 2 | Previously, we saw the ABAP Detective grapple with a missing process case. In the next chapter, the investigation heads down to the client side of town. | |
| ABAP Detective: Missing Process, Chapter 3: Shadow Of The Thin Client | In the latest chapter of the ABAP Detective, we find out what happens when you shadow a thin client through the inter-op-world. | |
| The Switchboard | Operator? Support? Hello? No, I don't want to talk to Mr. Veedle. | Yesterday I spent time on the phone and online with a couple support issues. I would call these comedies of errors, though it was not funny at the time. It's less a detective story than stand up comedy material. If you were on the other end of one of these calls, I apologize in advance. I've been in your shoes, too. |
| Is This The Party To Whom I Am Speaking? | Here is the next installment of a saga that began after our BW 7 upgrade, with me looking for process chain performance history. The tension mounts as more and more solutions are proposed for one tiny issue | |
| Workload Analysis (ST03) Switchboard Jam (part 3) | In the last episode, we saw performance bogged down in application server CPU time, and a tantalizing glimpse at a possible fix from SAP support. Now what happens? | |
| If the phone don't ring, is it me? A Solution to Process Chain Workload Analysis fail? | In what should be the last part of a post-BW upgrade support saga, I get to verify a "proposed fix" is the right answer. My first pass is a disappointing hang-up, but then the call goes through. | |
| The Transaction In The Lake | Part 1 | The first chapter in a short saga of chasing an elusive transaction. |
| Part 2 | Continuing an investigation of an aberrant transaction, we divert to a shadowy world of mathematics. | |
| Part 3 | Part 3. Where we find the key, the falcon, and the next clue. | |
| Part 4 | Part 4 | |
| Stuck In The Update | part 1 | We hit a performance issue last week, or more accurately, I became aware of an issue with updating pricing conditions en masse. This is the beginning of the saga. |
| part 2 | Last week, I shared my case notes on a routine investigation. Today, I'm continuing the saga. Will we learn the perpetrator? | |
| part 3 | The third chapter, in an increasingly continuing saga, of a performance issue. For reasons you will shortly understand, I call this one "Watching the Detectives" | |
| part 4 | Is this the final chapter of the saga of the lost support ticket? Will the force prevail? Tune in and see... |
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Comments (2)
Dec 04, 2009
Mingzuo Shen says:
Hello, Regarding "Cleaning the OS06N basement". Thanks, but how do you get to ...Hello,
Regarding "Cleaning the OS06N basement".
Thanks, but how do you get to the "Monitoring: Change Technical Topology" screen?
I tried to leave a comment after your blog, but I was asked to "CS" log in. Do not know what that meant.
Tried my SMP S-username and password and that did not work.
Jun 08, 2010
Douglas Trammel says:
Jim, Can you share your presentation that was done at ASUG for Upgrades. ShaneJim,
Can you share your presentation that was done at ASUG for Upgrades.
Shane