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I am not looking to upgrade for some time – Will my release be supported?
SpinifexIT maintains only one single version of it’s software. This means that even if you are on an old release, you will still be supported and continue to receive updates to the software. However, depending upon the age of the release, some functionality may not be possible to deliver.
It is recommended that a customer stay with SAP supported systems releases to ensure they can take advantage of any new functionality.
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I am looking to upgrade to a Unicode version of SAP. Will this work?
Yes – The Generic Reporting Toolkit has been modified to work within a Unicode environment.
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What are the Minimum Client or server requirements?
There is not really any minimum requirements. The Spinifex reports all use the existing SAP data, so other than the execution of these reports, there is no overhead. The execution of the reports is generally no additional overhead as they are to replace manual reconciliation and reporting processes, which often mean that the load on the SAP system is less.
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What logical security arrangements are built into the information systems
The reports link directly into the standard SAP authorisations. Each report / product has it’s own set of SAP transaction codes, which the individual users can be given authority to execute if they are allowed. Additionally, the nreports then use the SAP logical database security. This means that if you have limited a person to only be able to see certain employees within the SAP application, or only certain master data, then the Spinifex reports will still only read the data that the user is allowed to see.
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Does it have a data store and if so, is the information systems application data
There is only minimal tables that the Spinifex tools uses, and these are generally for setup and execution of the reports. Where these may hold data, it will not be payroll related data. As these tables sit within SAP these can be restricted, if required, using the standard SAP authorisations.
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How does Spinifex integrate with SAP?
Fully integrates into SAP
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Does it have auditing?
It is possible to track who has run the reports, using the standard SAP transaction audit functionality.
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Does the information systems application have complete/acceptable
The software comes with a full user manual. This is very comprehensive and is delivered in hard and soft copy. Additionally, training powerpoint slides are delivered with the software.
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What is Spinifex written in?
The software is written in SAP ABAP.
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Does the application require encryption?
No.
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Will the application support scheduling?
The reports can be scheduled to reduce load on the system. The scheduling is using the standard SAP scheduling functionality.
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Does the application use data compression?
No – The software reports on existing data in SAP, which means there is very little data / tables used by the Spinifex tools. This means that due to the extremely small amount of data, there is no need for data compression.
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How will upgrades be delivered?
Upgrades to the software are delivered on a 6 monthly basis. These are delivered as SAP transports and can either be emailed directly, or can be sent via the post.
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