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1. SAP – ABAP…First Step
Author :
Akash R. Bhavsar

2. SAP
• SAP – SYSTEM APPLICATIONS AND
PRODUCTS IN DATA PROCESSING.
• ERP – ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

3. • VISMA – SALES PROCESS
• SALES FORCE – SALES PROCESS
• J.D.EDWARD – MANUFACTURING BUSINESS
• ORACLE – HR & FINANCE MANAGEMENT

4. WHY SAP - ERP
• TO OPTIMIZE – MAXIMUM UTILIZATION THE
CURRENT RESOURSES.
• THE CURRENT RESOURSES LIKE MAN POWER,
MACHINE, FINANCE, GOODS OF THE
ORGANIZATION
• AVOIDS DELAYS – CAUSE LOSES
• MAKE STAFF MORE RESPONSIBLE TOWARDS
THE JOB
• HELPS TO IMPROVE THE STRATEGIC DECISION
MAKING

5. WHY SAP - ERP
• USE REPORTING TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING
DIFFERENT PROCESS AND MAKE ONE
DECISION
• ADVANCE FEATURES –
– WEB DYNPRO
– SAP NETWEAVER
– ENHANCEMENT PACKAGES
SEAVES AS CROSS PLATEFORMS INTEGRATION
TOOL

6. SAP - ABAP
• ABAP – ADVANCE BUSINESS APPLICATION
PROGRAMMING
• SAP USE FOR IT FOR CREATING – MODIFYING
– DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS ALSO FOR OTHER
MODULES.
• ABAP/4 – SUPPORTS OOPS 4TH GENERATION
LANGUAGE

7. SAP - ABAP
• REPORTING LANGUAGE
• PART OF PASCALS & C
• PROCEDURAL PROGRAMMING AND OOPS
– SUPPORTS BOTH

8. SAP - FEATURES
• SUPPORTS INDUSTRY BUSINESS
• CONVENTIONAL BUSINESS PROCESS VS
ERP BUSINESS PROCESS – FUNCTIONAL
MODULES
• EASY TO MAINTAIN CENTERAL PROCESS

9. SAP - FEATURES
• 17000 TABLES
• 11000 APPLICATIONS
• DATABASE INDEPENDENT
• PLATEFORM INDEPENDENT

10. DRAWBACKS
• HIGH COST
• DELAYS
• NEED EXPERTS CONSULTANT
• FEAR OF – PROJECT MIGHT GET FAIL

11. SAP ERP PROJECTS
• END TO END - IMPLEMENTATION -
COMPLETELY NEW
• SUPPORT PROJECT – PERIODIC SUPPORT
• UPGRADE PROJECT –
- NOW 4.6CC TO 4.7EE – ENTERPRISE
EDITION
• ROLLOUT PROJECT – DATA IS KEPT IN OLD
VERSION MOVED TO NEW VERSION THROUGH
THIS PROJECTS

12. SAP – ERP VERSIONS
• 4.6CC – CENTERAL COMPONENT
• 4.7EE – ENTERPRISE EDITION
Now
• 6.0ECC – ERP CENTERAL COMPONENT

13. SAP – TRANSACTION CODE
• THROUGH WHICH WE CAN OPEN ANY
FILE – DIRECTORY DIRECTLY – APART
FOR LONG PATH
• TO OPEN AALICATION

14. LOGIN
• ONLY AND ONLY ONE WAY TO LOGIN TO
SAP
– CLIENT :
– USER ID :
– PASSWORD :
– LANGUAGE : IN18 –
INTERNATIONALIZATION – last part for
LANGUAGES

15. CLIENTS
• SET OF USERS
• STORES DATA TO DATA BASE SERVER

16. LANDSCAPES
• THREE TYPES OF CLIENTS
- DEVELOPMENT – ABAP DEVELOPER WORKS
- QUALITY – THIS CLIENT TO CHECK FOR
ERROR OR QUALITY OF DEVELOPMENT
CLIENTS – ABAP’ERS ALSO CAN WORK
- PRODUCTION – END USERS WORKS
- Functional Person CAN WORK IN ALL THREE.

17. Three Tiers Architecture
• Presentation Server – login pad of SAP
– Sapgui.exe – Need to install – You can get
presentation server or login pad
• Application Server – More then 11000
Applications
• Database Server – 17000 tables for database

18. Sap Offers Wast Range of Products
For All Companies
•
• SAP Business SUITE
• SAP Business ALL – IN – ONE MNC
• SAP Business BYDESIGN Company
USE
• SAP Business ONE
High Cost
Usage
Integration
Small Company USE

19. SAP Business ONE
• Company less then 100 employees and 30 users
• Ms WORD and EXCEL
• For SMALL and Mid Size Companies
• Implementation Time - Approx. 6-8 weeks
• Available in 40 countries – 20 languages

20. SAP Business ByDesign
• Used for midsize companies
• With between 100 – 500 Employees
• Available in USA, Germany, France, UK, China,
India
• Implementation Time – Approx 4-8 weeks

21. SAP Business ALL – in - ONE
• Up to 2500 employees
• Available in 50 countries
• Implementation Time – approx 8-16 weeks
• Industry Specific
• NETWEAVER

22. SAP Business SUITE
• Complete Spectrum of Business Solutions
• Complete Business Software Package
• Comprehensive and Flexible Applications with
highly evolved functions :
• Complete Integration
• Industry Typical Functional
• Unlimited Scalability
• Smooth Collaboration via INTERNET

23. Maintenance Strategy
• Maintenance for FIVE YEARS – followed by
the ONE YEAR Extended Maintenance for
Maintenance Fees of 2% More.. 5–
1–2
• Optionally 2 Year for Maintenance Fees of
4% More

24. SAP NETWEAVER
• People Integration
• Information Integration
• Process Integration
• Application Integration
• Life Cycle Management
• Composite Application Integration

25. Important Notes
• Just SAVE is not enough in SAP
• CTRL + S – for SAVE SAP OBJECTS
• User defined object names – starts with
“y” and “z”
• CTRL + F3 – for ACTIVATE the OBJECT
– MUST REQURED – for transport to next
object
• Objects get allocated in REPOSITORY.
• /NSE38 …DIRECT JUMP… “/N”

26. Important Transaction Codes
• ABAP DATA DICTONARY – SE11
• ABAP EDITOR – SE38
• FUNCTION BUILDER – SE37
• CLASS BUILDER – SE24
• SCREEN PAINTER – SE51
• MENU PAINTER – SE41
• REPOSITORY BROWSER – SE80
• MESSAGE CLASS – SE91
• TRANSACTION CODE – SE93
– ABAP WORKBENCH TOOLS IN ALL T-CODES
RESIDES THERE.

27. Some Important Tables
• LFA1
• EKKO
• EKPO
• KNA1
• VBAK
• VBAP

28. DATA DICTONARY - SE11
• DATABSE SERVER
• TABLE
• DATA ELEMENT
• STRUCTURE
• LOCK OBJECT
• VIEW
• TABLE TYPE
• TYPE POOL

29. Domain & Data element
• NAME SACHIN
• Filed.lable char(6)
• Data element domain (data type)
• (which types of field saved as Data Elements)

30. Important Websites
• Sap.COM
• Help.sap.com
• Sdn.com