What is the difference between SAP Update and Upgrade

Question:
During SAP upgrade from ECC6 R3 to ECC6 EHP5, there is a question: "What is the difference between update vs upgrade?"

Answer:
Updating SAP products is for applying support packs, patches or hotfixes. Upgrade term is used exclusively when product release is changed.

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4 things you shouldn't do as an IT

 Thousand ways to Rome

That proverb applicable also to work in IT field. Higher pay salary, flexible time hours (for some position), get extra facilities (especially in techno), high demand jobs, and other things become magnets to work in IT.

But, some (or most) IT professional trapped on their job! They just realized after 30s or 40s, which is harden to move freely as before. Or some create wrong step, that blocked their future opportunity. Here are 4 things you shouldn't do as an IT.

1. Work for Money

Not just in IT, but also other field. If you work for money, in certain step it will get boredom to the max. Work for passion/strength that you good at!

If you really love IT, give all you got to this job seriously. Serve the customer 110%, respond all problems ASAP, read IT articles more frequent, update your skill with seminars, etc.

2. Become Generalist

This is a debatable topic for fresh graduate, "should I become specialist or generalist?"

Most seniors will say be specialist! Some people say that CIO won't handle technical things, it's true! But if they know one or two specific areas, they can communicate better with the subordinate (and earn respect easier).

• If you're still in colleagues, start take specific topic that you like most, and stick with it.
• If you just employed, see what specific area you can take in current office. If you can't find any, move to other company as soon as possible!
• If you're 30s now, find a credible course for specific subject. Don't wait, time flies! You might be start your career from bottom, recalculate with the acceleration and job security
• If you're 40s above, take your future step carefully. If there's a good opportunity to become specialist, take it. But if you can't, create strategy for higher position directly as manager, IT GM, or CIO.

3. Think you're an expert already

IT is one of fastest growing industry. If you think that you're an expert already & stop learning, you'll die pretty soon! Never stop learning, period.

4. My customer is computer

If you think your only partner is computer, you completely wrong! IT professional never work alone. 

Each day you might see computers, servers, routers; but it doesn't mean you no need others. User, vendor, management, colleague, boss, all of them are the resources we have to worked with.

Soft Skill vs Technical Skill for CIO/IT Manager

Here's a short interview between CIO/IT Manager (A) and technology consultant (Q) during their dinner.

Q: Which skill needed by IT Managers, technical or soft skill?
A: Of course both of them needed by IT Managers.

Q: But, which one is more important?
A: This answer can be various from one IT Manager to another. Sometimes its depend on company industry, company culture or customers he should handle for. But in my own experience, soft skill can eat larger portion instead of technical one.

Q: Interesting, can you elaborate more why Soft skill is more important, since non-IT will think twice to take your position?
A: I didn't say that technical things not important, but soft skill is more important one. Why soft skill is important, because IT serve human/people, not computer. To communicate with other people, you will need to have soft skill, to ensure that message between you can delivered perfectly.

Q: Give me an example?
A: For an example, when the computer system is down, IT team responsible to solve the problem ASAP. Soft skill to explain to user re the condition take an important role. During black out period, user should be informed about what is the problem, how long, impact of the problem, etc. If manager fail to do so, the network problem can become personal problem.

Q: I see, and technical skill use to solve the problem?
A: Exactly! Without technical skill, the manager will be difficult to find the root cause of the problem and solution. So again, technical and soft skill needed by IT Manager.

Q: So, can you wrapped up, what is the role of IT Manager?
A: IT should serve customer through technology. Don't ever say that IT work with technology, period.

IT should serve customer through technology

SAP HR Infotypes List

In SAP Human Resources, there are hundreds of Infotypes (IT). Every Infotypes represents group of information from each employee.

HR Infotypes usually accessed from t-code PA20 or PA30. Here's list of SAP HR Infotypes:

IT	Infotype
0000	Actions
0001	Organizational Assignment
0002	Personal Data
0003	Payroll Status
0005	Leave Entitlement
0006	Addresses
0007	Planned Working Time
0008	Basic Pay
0009	Bank Details
0011	Ext. Bank Transfers
0014	Recur. Payments/Deds.
0015	Additional Payments
0016	Contract Elements
0017	Travel Privileges
0019	Monitoring of Dates
0021	Family/Related Person
0022	Education
0023	Other/Previous ERs
0024	Qualifications
0025	Appraisals
0027	Cost Distribution
0028	Int. Medical Service
0029	Workers' Compensation
0030	Power of Attorney
0031	Reference Pers. Nos.
0032	Internal Control
0033	Statistics
0034	Corporate Function
0035	Company Instructions
0037	Insurance
0040	Objects on Loan
0041	Date Specifications
0045	Company Loans
0050	Time Recording Info.
0052	Wage Maintenance
0054	Works Councils
0057	Membership Fees
0065	Tax Data - GB
0069	National Insurance GB
0070	Court Orders GB
0071	Pension Funds GB
0077	Additional Personal Data
0078	Loan Payments
0080	Maternity Protection/Parental Leave
0081	Military Service
0082	Additional Absence Data
0083	Leave Compensation
0084	SSP Control GB
0085	SSP1(L) Form Data GB
0086	SSP/SMP Exclusions GB
0087	WFTC/DPTC GB
0088	Maternity GB
0094	Residence Status
0105	Communication
0121	RefPerNo Priority
0128	Notifications
0130	Test Procedures
0131	Garnishment/Cession
0139	EE's Applicant No.
0165	Deduction Limits
0167	Health Plans
0168	Insurance Plans
0169	Savings Plans
0183	Awards
0185	Teachers DfES Number
0198	Schedular Deduction Tax
0199	Addl. tax deduction
0207	Residence Tax Area
0208	Work Tax Area
0209	Unemployment State
0216	Garnish. Adjustment
0302	Additional Actions
0416	Quota Compensation
0422	Company Cars GB
0614	HESA Master Data
0615	HE Contract Data
0616	HESA Submitted Data
0617	Clinical Details
0618	HESA Academic Qualification
0757	Working Family Tax Credit
0793	Payment Made in Error GB
0874	Predetermination PAYE and NIC Adjus
1000	Object
1001	Relationships
1002	Description
1003	Department/Staff
1008	Account assignment features
1011	Work schedule
1015	Cost planning
1016	Standard profiles
1017	PD profiles
1027	Site-dependent information
1028	Address
1032	Mail address
1037	Billing/allocation information
1039	Shift group
1208	SAP organisational object
2001	Absences
2002	Attendances
2003	Substitutions
2004	Availability
2005	Overtime
2006	Absence Quotas
2007	Attendance Quotas
2010	EE Remuneration Info
2011	Time Events
2012	Time Transfer Specifications
2013	Quota Corrections
2050	Annual Calendar
2051	Monthly Calendar
2052	Weekly Calendar
4000	Applicant Actions
4001	Applications
4002	Vacancy Assignment
4003	Applicant Activities
4004	Status of Applicant Activity
4005	Applicant's Pers.No.