Sap R/3 Ale & Edi Technologies (Sap Technical Expert Series)
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SAP is the world's largest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provider with an installed base of more than 15,000 worldwide. ALE (Application Link Enabling) and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) are two hot technologies that enable data communications between two or more SAP systems and/or SAP and legacy systems.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: not worth buying at all
Comment: This book is not worth buying at all. the author cleverly uses buzz words and selling tactics that try to make the book look good. I would shop for other SAP books. Dont waste your money on this one.
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Summary: ABAP Developers MUST READ THIS BOOK
Comment: Mr. Kasturi presents the ever confusing world of SAP EDI and ALE in a very simple manner. His penchant for using "honking big images" really helps out as he takes you through the configuration steps required to get ALE/EDI up and running on your SAP system.
I have used this book on project after project to help enable EDI and each time it fulfills it's purpose perfectly.
This book is an invaluable reference - Thanks Raajiv!
RMW
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worthwhile
Comment: I am an experienced SD consultant and work often with EDI. I have about 15 SAP books of which 2 are worthless: this book and the large 'Que' handbook. When you eliminate screenprints, abap code and dictionary descriptions dumped right out of SAP you are left with only about 150 pages of basic text. My colleague and I have half-jokingly considered trying to get McGraw Hill to buy this book back. On completely the other side of the coin - the book on the same topic by Arvind Nagpal is possibly the best SAP book I own. If this book is worth $5 (probably not) then the Nagpal book is worth $500.
It appears certain that the 5 star reviews shown here are mistaken or false. They just do not correspond with the reality. I suppose it is possible that someone has used the Nagpal book and mistakenly wrote a review for the book here (titles are similar and both are Indian authors - would certainly be possible). I tend to believe, however, that the reviews are actually contrived to prop this book up and that is why I feel the need to write this review. Even worse - it seems there are false-negative reviews written for the competing SAP EDI book by Nagpal.
If there is any question just find a place to thumb through the 2 texts. There is NO doubt of the result.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Logically structured, lucid and comprehensive
Comment: I found this book to be very well written and very well structured. It is definitely for both beginners and advanced folks in ALE. I like the systematic handling of topcis and the examples. I would say all in all an excellent work. Came in handy for solving many problems. Only expectation is an updated version for 4.6C.
Customer Rating:
Summary: On-line SAP help
Comment: Have you access to the on-line SAP help? If yes, then do not waste your money! If this is your first approach to ALE and EDI, it worths the bucks you'll spend on it. No original ideas, no tricks in this book.
Technical Details
Binding: PaperbackFormat: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 334
Publication Date: 1999-02-11
