KPro vs Knowledge Management What is the difference ?

[Former Member]

Hi All, I have read up on the ECM on this website, yet i don't really understand what is the difference between Knowledge Management and Knowledge Provider. Is it 2 different ways of implementing the same thing ?

If anyone can help with an example would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[former_member188883]

Hi,

Please find required difference

SAP Knowledge Provider(KPro)

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The SAP Knowledge Provider (KPro) is a cross-application and media-neutral information

technology infrastructure within the R/3 Basis System. The modular structure and openness on

which KPro is based is reflected in its modular services and clearly defined interfaces. Its

extensive flexibility means that KPro can be used to process the widest variety of information

types within and relating to documents and document-like objects. For example, administration

and index data, as well as pure content.

Applications that use the SAP Knowledge Provider involve various end users, who in turn have

different requirements. There is therefore no universal interface for accessing KPro services

regarding the following points:

Specific knowledge management functions for end users

Specific terminology for describing the document-like objects within the context of the

individual application

Specific design of work process flows

Specific design of user interfaces

SAP Knowledge Management

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With its Knowledge Management capabilities, SAP NetWeaveru2122 provides a central, role-specific point of entry to unstructured information from various data sources in the portal. This unstructured information can exist in different formats such as text documents, presentations, or HTML files. Workers in an organization can access information from different source such as file servers, their intranet, or the World Wide Web. A generic framework integrates these data sources and provides access to the information contained in them through the portal.

Knowledge Management functions support you in structuring information and making it available to the correct target audience. These functions include search, classification, and subscriptions (see below): You can use these functions on all content of integrated data sources, as long as the technical conditions are met.

Knowledge Management is a part of SAP Enterprise Portal. The entire functional scope and configuration of Knowledge Management are available in portal iViews.

Functions such as discussions, feedback, and sending items from KM folders by e-mail are integrated into Knowledge Management and enable you to work across role and department borders. In addition, Knowledge Management functions are used in Collaboration, for example, to store documents in virtual rooms.

Knowledge Management supports the SAP NetWeaveru2122 scenario Information Broadcasting. You can use the BEx Broadcaster and Knowledge Management to make business information from SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence available to a wide spectrum of users in the portal. You can store the following BI objects in KM folders:

· Documents with precalculated reports.

· Links to BEx Web applications and queries with live data.

Various Knowledge Management functions, such as subscriptions for documents, are available for these items. There is a specially modified user interface for displaying BI items in KM folders. You can also change or extend this interface to meet your requirements.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[Former Member]

Kpro is the technology (framework) through which documents are stored in content servers. It is part of SAP Web application server.

Where as knowledge management is the concept which facilitates a single platform to make available the documents across various areas. Knowledge management is part of Netweaver and accessed through portal.

Cheers

Amit