Filtering Errors in Log Files
When it comes to SAP Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN), the log file is king. It is the source of information about all the transactions and activities carried out. In my first few weeks working...
View ArticleSCN Contribution - Should I contribute to SCN
A little under a year ago I joined the world of SAP. I've been working in IT for some time now in a wide variety of roles, but it is only relatively recently that I've entered into the mysterious and...
View ArticleSCN Contribution - How can I contribute to SCN?
In my first blog post in this series on contributing to SCN I wrote about making the decision to contribute to the SAP Community Network (SCN). In this blog post I'm going to take a look at some of the...
View ArticleSCN Contribution - How much should I contribute to SCN?
If you've been following my previous posts on whether you should contribute to SCN and how you can contribute to SCN I would hope that by now you have made some sort of commitment to yourself that you...
View ArticleSCN Contribution - Improving contributions to SCN
Creating something new is one of the most rewarding things you can do and for the last few days I've been posting about why, what and how to do just that on the SAP Community Network (SCN). In this...
View ArticleSCN Contribution - What now?
I hope at least some of you have been following my posts of the last week about contributing to SCN. In this my final post in the series I thought I'd just wrap things up with a bit of a summary of...
View ArticleQuick Copy Evernote Note Links
A little while back I was scanning through some questions on Quora when I spotted one relating to Evernote that I thought I could help with. The question was "Is there a shortcut to copy the note URL...
View ArticleAutoHotKey: Quick Access to Files and Folders
I'm a big fan of AutoHotKey a great scriptable automation tool for Windows and I use it for a number of things. One of these is to quickly access favourite files and folders.
View ArticleUse AutoHotKey to create a daily folder
I spend a fair bit of my time checking the results of automated jobs over the course of a few days for different clients. As a result I frequently ended up creating temporary folders for several days...
View ArticleSome Random DOS Batch File Nuggets
It was mainly this last factor that was the driver behind my particular recent use, but it really is amazing what can be done with such scripts and there are a lot of great resources out there that...
View ArticleConverting ZIP files to 7Z archive file using VBScript and 7-Zip
Whilst storage is continuing to get cheaper all the time I occasionally find myself needing to save some space. Usually where some cloud storage and archiving of old material is involved. ZIP files...
View ArticleVBScript to Convert Microsoft Office Files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) to PDF
I spend a lot of my time working with Word documents and Excel spreadsheets - it's in the nature of what I do. I frequently found that I need to create PDF copies of these files and eventually I grew...
View ArticleDo the mons go on the left or the right?
After the recent gradings I was asked the perennial question by one of my students - "Which side do my mons go on?". So I thought this was worth writing a little piece about.
View ArticleThoughtAsylum Review of 2012
Like most bloggers I'm hoping I'll get a lot more blogging done in 2013. However I thought this would be a good time to cover a few changes and the top items on thoughtasylum.com for 2012.
View ArticleStephen Millard - SAP Community Network Member of the Month 2013
2013 got off to a great start for me - I was selected from millions of people as the SAP Community Network's Member of the Month.
View ArticleEvernote Search+: An Alfred 2.0 Workflow for searching Evernote
Alfred is an essential app for many Mac users, myself included. It is so much more than an application launcher and as of this last weekend, version 2.0 has been released to beta testers. Previously I...
View ArticleAudio Notifications in Alfred 2.0 Workflows
Since the beta release of Alfred 2.0 I've been working on several workflows that I'll be sharing here (as well as in the Alfred 2.0 Beta Workflow forum). Some of these are practical workflows (such as...
View ArticleHands on with Nakisa OrgHub for Mobile
Today Nakisa formally launched their new OrgHub for Mobile application onto the Apple App Store. It seems every man and his dog seem to be developing mobile applications to serve up corporate data and...
View ArticleA Month on the SCN Home Page
Well January's almost over and it's the twilight of my days as SCN Member of the Month. So it seemed to be a good time to reflect on my time in the spotlight so to speak.
View ArticleTransitioning Between 3.0 and 4.0 in Visualization Solutions by Nakisa
In November 2012 Nakisa released the latest version (4.0) of their visualization product suite and with it a number of changes to the availability of modules, nomenclature and licensing. In this post...
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