Hi Rajan
As you rightly said instead of giving fish as food to a hungry man , teach
him to fish and you would do a great service.
As for my personal experience, I had no one to teach me when my mind was
clouded with n number of questions. SAP helpline , being too cryptic,
frustrated me more than providing help. While I have no right to blame the
helpline squarely ( I have to blame my ignorance as well) , there were times
when I longed for help and support which never was there for me. Whatever
little I managed to learn was mostly by trial and error .I did not even know
that forums like ittoolbox existed. Imagine my plight. It was then that I
thought that you must try to be really user-friendly and be of some help
and assistance when somebody needed it most. I honestly wanted to minimize
the plight of those who had a real desire to learn and were feeling helpless
and frustrated. I do not find fault with Waza's comments in full. But the
reason that was ascribed ( namely loss of one's own importance subsequent
to making known cryptic knowledge into an open book for the benefit of
others ) for not imparting a solution in full (despite knowing it) was not
what I could appreciate. I hope Waza meant it as a joke and did not really
mean it.As regards adoption of knowledge, I trust the person who seeks it
and I find that most such people seem to have an earnest desire to learn (
some may be novices without the know how and the impact, some may be hasty
to learn things in the easiest possible way) and I respect the attitude. The
very fact that that people pose questions sounds healthy to me and I would
like to be of some help to them whenever it is within my reach.
I hope you understand me. Nor is it my intention to blame Waza. I thought
people would accept my honest views irrespective of the fact that they may
or may notr they concur with the same.
Regards
VidhyaDhar
Regards
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:20 AM, PSD Rajan via sap-acct <
sap-acct@groups.ittoolbox.com> wrote:
> Posted by PSD Rajan
> on Oct 1 at 10:56 AM Vidhyadhar,
>
> To quote from your response to Waza - '... such knowledge transfer should
> be
> done to the benefit of the person(s) seeking clarifications.' How would
> one interpret benefit? Getting the full solution in a platter or being
> shown a way to develop the solution through one's own diligence? As the
> Chinese saying goes "Give a man a *fish*; *you* have fed him for today.
> *Teach
> a man to fish*; and *you* have fed him for a lifetime". I will add to it -
> 'Teach a man to fish; and he can feed himself as well as a few others for a
>
> lifetime'.
>
> Sadly enough, majority of the posts in this board are made without even
> taking the effort to press the F1 key, let alone try something out or go
> deeper or even check the archives. If a pointer is provided, there is no
> effort to carry it further and develop on it. Provide the full solution and
>
> you have one more 'very experienced' consultant who is going to implement
> the solution without knowing why it would work. Knowledge sharing involves
> a great deal of responsibility and effort on the one who is getting the
> knowledge. And the one who is sharing the knowledge gained it from own
> efforts and persistence, which the knowledge seeker is either refusing to
> follow (the easy way out, ask someone who knows) or is incapable of doing
> it
> without a little support. The latter category will run along once they get
> the lead and the former would make no sense out of the lead provided.
>
> Waza's statement "I prefer to give a hint, rather than give a full bodied
> solution, or maybe tomorrow I won't be employable anymore!!! "
> is very revelant and valid. It is not the sharing the knowledge that would
> make any one un-employable, but the inefficient adoption of such knowledge.
>
>
> Enough said, I will leave the rest to one's imagination. As for Waza, he
> had been providing valuable contributions for a very long time now and I
> concur with his stated view absolutely.
>
> Rajan.
> On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:06 AM, VidhyaDhar via sap-acct <
> sap-acct@groups.ittoolbox.com> wrote:
>
> > Posted by VidhyaDhar(User-friendly SAP FI Consultant)
> > on Sep 30 at 10:17 AM Hi
> > Waza
> >
> > While I enjoy your posts, I also feel that this is a forum for sharing
> > knowledge and if it has to be done then it is my humble opinion that such
>
> > knowledge transfer should be done to the benefit of the person(s) seeking
>
> > clarifications. Otherwise what is the point in clarifying? If one is so
> > concerned about oneself, then would it not be better not to clarify at
> all
> > and thus safeguard his / her employment? I sincerely feel that
> > participation
> > in this forum should be altruistic in nature with preference to it over
> > self- preservation. However, there is no compulsion to offer any
> > clarification ( in parts and using hints only) if one is concerned more
> > about his / her self-preservative instincts.
> >
> > Hope you agree with my views and do not take me amiss
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > VidhyaDhar
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:43 AM, VidhyaDhar via sap-acct <
> > sap-acct@groups.ittoolbox.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Posted by VidhyaDhar (User-friendly SAP FI Consultant)
> > > on Sep 29 at 11:13 PM
> > > Thanks Waza
> > >
> > > I have always enjoyed reading your posts and learn from them.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > VidhyaDhar
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:08 AM, wnash7658 via sap-acct <
> > > sap-acct@groups.ittoolbox.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Posted by wnash7658 (SAP Specialist
> > > > and Leader)
> > > > on Sep 29 at 10:38 PM Hello,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Correct, but the above shows the code that can be used. Robert can
> use
> > > his
> > > > own logic to resolve the cost centre and G/L account coding from my
> > > example.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I prefer to give a hint, rather than give a full bodied solution, or
> > > maybe
> > > > tomorrow I won't be employable anymore!!!
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Waza
> > > >
> > > > ---------------Original Message---------------
> > > > From: rchoi90495
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 3:14 PM
> > > > Subject: GGB0 Validation Rule Using Sets
> > > >
> > > > > I am trying to create a GGB0 validation rule using sets. I need to
> > have
> > >
> > > > the rule give an error whenever a cost center in a set is attempting
> to
> >
> > > post
> > > > on a GL account in another set. Any assistance would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Robert
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