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Spilling My SAP HCM Reporting Secrets
27 August 2018
Written by Danielle Larocca
With over 25 years in SAP Human Capital Management, Danielle is a recognized leader in HR technology. She holds the distinguished roles of SAP Mentor and SuccessFactors Confidant, and serves as HXM Chairperson for ASUG (America's SAP User Group). Danielle is a sought-after speaker at international conferences, sharing insights on HR tech trends. She has authored four best-selling books on SAP and holds certifications in both SAP and SuccessFactors technologies.
Tricks of the trade for customers still using SAP Query, the Ad Hoc Query and transaction code SQ01.
In my 20-plus years in the SAP HCM space I am probably most known for reporting. After a few books, hundreds of speaking engagements around the world and more articles than I can count, I am still here talking about SAP Query. What’s fascinating is that there is still a very large number of SAP HCM’s approximately 14,000 on-premise customers who are using these SAP delivered tools for reporting.
I’ve put together a quick little ebook that showcases my six favorite workarounds or secrets that you can leverage to get the most out of your SQ01 reporting. It is available for download for free below. Enjoy.
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