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SAP Customizing: Total Compensation Statement (TCS)

Apr 19th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Compensation Management, Lead Article

SAP standard delivered Total Compensation Statement (TCS) is different from the Compensation Review Statement (CRS). The Compensation Review Statement was ment to act like similar to a merit slip, showing your employee his/her recent performance merit increases, bonuses, and stock option awards. It is only available via ECC transaction, so would need to be printed [...]



Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR

Apr 2nd, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Photography By Kevin

Mention in my previous post on the 80-200 2.8 AF-D, I was curious on the performance of the 70-200 2.8 VR and decided to try it out. I went back to Samy’s Camera and exchange my one week old 80-200 2.8 AF-D for the sparkling new 70-200 2.8 VR lens by Nikon, Nikkor lens as [...]



Miscommunication?

Mar 27th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Miscellaneous

Came across this a few years ago, though it to be funny. Enjoy!

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Nikkor 80-200mm ED 2.8 AF-D

Mar 25th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Photography By Kevin

The lastest addition to my setup recently purchased is the Nikkor 80-200mm ED 2.8 AF-D lens. While I drool to get the 70-200mm 2.8 VR AF-S lens, the price is way out of my range. The 80-200mm is about 1/2 the price.

The lens is a bit shorter than the latest generation 70-200 2.8 VR. It [...]



Showing Keys In Dropdown

Mar 19th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Technical Miscellaneous

There is a simple setting in SAP to turn on and/or turn off showing KEYS in SAP dropdown field. Have you been on an SAP environment where the keys are turned on and you don’t know how to turn it off? Vice Versa?

Above is an example shot from transaction PP01.

To enable it or disable it, [...]



Soften B&W Shot

Feb 22nd, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Photography By Kevin

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to work with RAW format a little more while I was up in San Jose, CA. During my visit, we stopped by Santana Row, a very nice shopping area.
Website: http://www.santanarow.com/shopping/
Here is a shot I took from there. The original shot was done in color using RAW format. [...]



Maintain Table via Transaction!

Feb 21st, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Technical Miscellaneous

I am sure a few people will come across this requirement for any SAP implementation they are in. There will be at times need to maintain certain tables in your production environment or in any environment where it is maintained by the “non-hris” organization, such as functional business people or SME (site matter experts). These [...]



Marriott Fairfield Inn & Suites San Jose Airport, California

Feb 6th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Hotel Review By Kevin

I took a quick trip up to San Jose, California recently. To my surprise, I came across this hotel off marriott.com website at a extremely reasonable price for a weekend night. The location is very close to San Jose International Airport (under 3 miles).
Address: 1755 North First Street, San Jose California
Phone: 408-453-3133
Website: http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/SJCFI
Map: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=marriot+san+jose+fairfield+airport#
According to [...]



Request For SAP Marketplace ID (OSS ID)

Jan 26th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: FCS, Technical Miscellaneous

I came across this method recently while trying to register for a training course off SAP education website. Apparently you could easily obtain an OSS ID through their website, granting you have access to the SAP environment at the company you are at.
Click HERE to access the registration page.

Upon entering this site, you [...]



Easily Populate T510F

Jan 17th, 2007 | By smilepak | Category: Compensation Management

Often time, most of us forget to populate T510F or don’t even know T510F exist. For those who don’t know this table, it control what currency to default for the employee at the wage type level on P0008 based upon their country assignment, pay scale type, and pay scale area.
Forunately there is a standard deliver [...]