Tour the SAP Community 2024

In order to participate fully in the SAP Community, you need to set your display name once you have registered via the SAP Universal ID process.

Your display name is what all other members can see when you post comments, ask questions, or write blog posts. The name should be professional, unique, and appropriate. For example if your name is “Sally Smith,” you could use “sallysmith,” “sallys,” “ssmith,” or (perhaps your are lucky and no one has already claimed it) “sally.”

Please do not use your login ID, email address, your company name, or a series of numbers or letters.

Notifications can let you know when something happens related to your published questions, blog posts, replies, comments, or around the topics you find interesting. The platform offers an extensive ability to fine-tune your notifications to meet your needs.

Go to My settings (accessible by clicking your avatar in the upper right and selecting “Settings”), select Subscriptions & Notifications, and choose which notifications you would like to receive.

Note: While there, be sure to select your default time zone under the Preferences tab.

Understanding the SAP Community Rules of Engagement will allow you to be active in the community without encountering issues or negative feedback when you post a question, answer, or blog post. For example, when you try to publish a blog post, if you have not read the Rules of Engagement, the publishing process may be postponed because the blog post does not follow the Rules of Engagement.

This step covers the Participation Etiquette section of the Rules of Engagement.

1. Read the details of the Participation Etiquette section.

2. Answer the following question:

Understanding the SAP Community Rules of Engagement will allow you to be active in the community without encountering issues or negative feedback when you post a question, answer, or blog post. For example, when you try to publish a blog post, if you have not read the Rules of Engagement, the publishing process may be postponed because the blog post does not follow the Rules of Engagement.

This step covers the Unacceptable Content section of the Rules of Engagement.

1. Read the details of the Unacceptable Content section.

2. Answer the following question:

Now that you have yourself sorted, you are ready to start taking full advantage of the platform. There are a couple of things we recommend to start with that will help you familiarize yourself with the platform and topics.

Note: If you wish to blog in SAP Community, you must take these actions. New members who don’t join a group and participate as outlined below will be unable to blog on the site.

Your first step whenever you come some place new is to introduce yourself. We just so happen to have the perfect place for that!

Once there you can choose to “join” the group.

Now that you have “joined” the group, you are able to contribute to the conversations within that particular group, so why not take a quick moment to say hello. By taking this quick and easy step, you’ll already receive a special thank you from the SAP Community. And, as previously noted, joining a group and saying hello will help you move up the rank ladder so you can participate in blogging.

We have a wide selection of groups to choose from. Feel free to explore and join others.

We have a dedicated space for new information related to the SAP Community, new groups being added, new features and functionalities, and so on. Your next quick step into the community is around your subscriptions.

Head over to the What’s New area and there you will see Options on the right-hand side. Click that and select Subscribe.

This will now keep you informed whenever we send out updates.

We have a dedicated section allowing you to subscribe to events. You can RSVP, comment, and even watch livestreams.

Here you can view things in either a list view or a calendar view, filter, subscribe, and more.

With a wealth of knowledge already available, our Q&A areas can provide you with the answers you need. If you can’t find an answer though, you can simply ask your question directly.

Our blogging areas may also be the destination of choice for learning about topics and how others have been working with various products and technology. You can share your own knowledge here as well.

The next several steps will help you prepare and manage your blog posts on SAP Community, provide tips for better blogging, and teach you how to interact with readers. They cover our blogging guidelines, expectations, and processes related to blogging within the platform.

Please note: If you were previously a blogger within the SAP Community and you are not able to submit blog posts today, you should be able to resolve this issue by completing this tutorial. If not, please contact community@sap.com. (Before contacting the SAP Community team, make sure you have completed all of the actions in this tutorial, particularly in Step 5.)

Guidelines make everything better!

The SAP Community is an inclusive environment that has multiple personas, roles, and types of users, so it is important to us that you are familiar with our own blogging guidelines and Rules of Engagement. Blogging and community are not new topics, and each destination on the internet has its own variations. SAP Community is no different. You should have read our Rules of Engagement earlier, but please be sure to review our terms before continuing.

Additional points to keep in mind when starting your blogging journey.

• Employees are subject to additional guidelines that can be found within our internal resources.
• A blog post is a snapshot in time; these are not meant to be continuously updated or modified over extended periods of time.
• A blog post is not a tutorial. A blog post can reference a tutorial but should not be the tutorial itself.
• In this case, a tutorial and “how to” are similar.

Please familiarize yourself with the Rules of Engagement, then answer the following.

To submit your blog post, you will first need to decide the appropriate spot within the community for your post. Is it a group? Or one of our product-related areas?

For the purposes of this tutorial, we will assume you are selecting an area within the Products and Technology section for your blog post. Each area is set up in a similar manner.

As an SAP employee, you should select the “Blogs by SAP” section. If you aren’t an employee, you should select “Blogs by Members.” Once you’ve made the appropriate selection, you should click Create a Blog Post, which then opens the blogging tool.

The primary elements of the blogging tool can easily be broken down into these three sections: “Title,” “Teaser,” and “Body”

The title should be something readable by the user and easily understood. Avoid clickbait titles as the SAP Community audience avoids those posts.

The “Teaser” is optional and can be skipped. If you choose to use it though, this can be something catchy or central to your post that you can add or copy and paste in to help readers decide if they would like to open your post.

And finally the “Body” is the heart of your post and contains the primary information.

If you need a bigger window to work in, you can click and drag the symbol in the bottom right corner to enlarge the area.

Please familiarize yourself with the tool and the advice above, then answer the following.

Once you decide where you will write, you’ll need to select tags that match the topics that your blog post covers. Please read the SAP Managed Tags section of the Help page to learn more.

You must enter at least one SAP Managed Tag.

There are also article tags that allow you to further refine your content with additional meta information. These are free-form tags and should be used with consideration for the reader and how they would interpret the terms.

SAP Community brings together people from all around the world and from all aspects of the SAP ecosystem, and by learning how to write relevant content for them, you’ll draw a larger audience and increase readership for your blog post.

When preparing a blog post, you should write in your voice – so that you can establish yourself as an expert while growing your reputation and building your professional network.

Reviewing our content, we have found that blog posts following a three-act structure – with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion – ensure the best readability. These posts perform better and draw more readers compared to posts without this structure.

Finally, once you’ve published your blog post, you have the opportunity to promote it and interact with your audience. If your post does well, there is a chance that it may be featured within the site or social media. In those cases, a cover photo may be added if one does not exist. (If you add a cover photo yourself, please ensure that its dimensions are 600 x 420 pixels.)

As your progress in your journey and climb up the SAP Community rank ladder, you will unlock additional permissions such as being able to publish directly and even scheduling your post for publication. But remember: If you’re new and want to start blogging, you must take the actions outlined in this tutorial, particularly in Step 5.

Also please keep in mind that new bloggers may have their posts go through moderation, and curators/owners for certain groups may need to review posts prior to publication to decide whether the content is relevant for their areas.

If your post needs to go through moderation, please note that the moderation team may require up to five business days to conduct each review.

We believe that community is for everyone, and we welcome you to ours! We are here to help you on your learning journey! To learn even more about SAP Community, please read the FAQs in our Help section and watch our How-To Videos.