Basics of SAP and ABAP

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Introduction to ERP

▪ E - Enterprise R - Resource P - Planning.

▪ It's purpose is to manage any organization/company functions.

▪ It is a way to integrate the data and processes of an organization into one single system.

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Introduction to SAP

▪ S - Systems A - Applications P - Products in Data Processing.

▪ SAP is an ERP product.

▪ SAP introduced by SAP AG in 1972 at Walldorf(Germany).

▪ It is a German based product.

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Features of SAP

▪ Integration of all functions

▪ Multi-lingual software

▪ Support multiple currencies

▪ User-based license agreement

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Modules of SAP

▪ SAP divided the modules broadly in to 2 categories.

1. Functional modules

2. Technical modules

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Functional Modules of SAP

▪ SD - Sales & Distribution

▪ MM - Material Management

▪ HR/HCM - Human Resources/Human Capital Management

▪ PP - Production Planning

▪ FICO - Finance & Controlling

▪ WM - Warehouse Management

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Technical Modules of SAP

▪ ABAP - Advanced Business Application Programming. It is a programming language for

SAP.

▪ BASIS - Business Application Software Integrated Solution. It is for monitoring and

administration of SAP systems.

▪ BI - Business Intelligence. It is used to analyze and presents the data in the form of

reports, dashboards etc.

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Technical Modules of SAP(Contd.)

▪ CRM - Customer Relationship Management

▪ PI - Process Integration

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SAP Netweaver

▪ SAP NetWeaver(NW) is an integrated technology platform which can support various

SAP applications.

▪ Examples - SAP ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) , SAP CRM(Customer Relationship

Management) , SAP SRM(Supply Relationship Management) , SAP PI(Process

Integration) etc.

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SAP R/3 Architecture

▪ In SAP R/3 architecture - R stands for Real, 3 stands for 3 layers.

▪ The 3 layers in the architecture are as follows:

1. Presentation layer

2. Application layer

3. Database layer

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Presentation Layer

▪ Presentation layer is also called as user interaction layer.

▪ It acts as an interface between end user and SAP system.

▪ It collects user input and creates process request.

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Application Layer

▪ It acts as an interface between presentation layer and database layer.

▪ Application layer is responsible for writing the programs and applications.

▪ It uses the application logic of program to collect and process request.

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Database Layer

▪ Databases(Oracle, DB2 etc.) reside on the database Layer.

▪ It stores and retrieves the data.

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Introduction to ABAP/4

▪ A - Advanced B - Business A - Application P - Programming.

▪ ABAP is a programming language for SAP.

▪ It is a 4th generation Language.

▪ ABAP lies on application layer of SAP.

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Application Server Architecture

▪ Dispatcher

▪ Work Process

▪ User Context

▪ Roll Area

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Dispatcher

▪ All requests that come in from presentation servers are directed first to dispatcher.

▪ The dispatcher writes them first to the dispatcher queue.

▪ The dispatcher pulls the requests from the queue on a first-in, first-out basis.

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Work Process

▪ Each request from the dispatcher is then allocated to the first available work process.

▪ A work process handles one request at a time.

▪ A work process needs to address two special memory areas - the user context and the

program roll area.

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User Context

▪ The user context is a memory area that contains information about the user.

▪ When a user logs on, a user context is allocated for that logon.

▪ When a user log off, it is freed.

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Roll Area

▪ Roll area is a memory area that contains information about the programs execution .

▪ When a program runs, a roll area is allocated for that program.

▪ The roll area is freed when the program ends.

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SAP System Landscape

▪ SAP system landscape consists of 3 systems.

1. Development

2. Quality

3. Production

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Development

▪ It is used for all developments and configurations.

▪ The developments and configurations move from development system to quality system

through a mechanism called as transport request.

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Quality

▪ The testing of all the developments and customizations needs be done in the quality

system.

▪ The developments and configurations move from quality system to production system

through transport request.

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Production

▪ It is also called as live system or customer based system.

▪ Customer runs his business through production system.

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SAP GUI

▪ G - Graphical U - User I - Interface

▪ It allows end users to use various SAP applications by providing easy to use graphical

interface.

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Types of SAP GUI

▪ SAP GUI for Windows - SAP GUI for windows is a windows operating system that offers a

windows like user experience.

▪ SAP GUI for JAVA - SAP GUI for JAVA environment is written in JAVA and is the platform-

independent implementation of SAP GUI.

▪ SAP GUI for HTML - Consist of Internet Transaction Server (ITS) on the server side and a

web browser on the client side.

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SAP Logon Configuration

▪ Description

▪ Application Server

▪ Instance Number

▪ System ID

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Description

▪ Meaningful description of the SAP system.

▪ In case description is not provided, it is a combination of system id and application

server.

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Application Server

▪ It is the host name or IP address of the server.

▪ Example : Hostname of the server is SAPServer or IP address of the server is

XXX.XXX.XX.XX , where X is any number.

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Instance Number

▪ It is the instance number of SAP system which is defined during SAP installation.

▪ It is of 2 characters long.

▪ It varies from 00 to 99.

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System ID

▪ System ID is a unique identification code for every SAP system which is defined during

SAP Installation.

▪ It is of 3 characters long.

▪ Examples - A4H, S4H etc.

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Logging on to SAP

▪ Client

▪ User

▪ Password

▪ Logon Language

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Client

▪ This is the client number of SAP system which appears in the client field on the logon

screen.

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User

▪ As SAP is a user-based license agreement, valid credentials are required to logging on to

SAP.

▪ Enter the user id provided by the administrator.

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Password

▪ Enter the default password provided by the administrator for the first time login.

▪ After entering the default password, system prompts for the new password and confirm

password

▪ Next time, login with the new password.

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Language

▪ As SAP is multi-lingual software, one needs to provide the logon language.

▪ By default, one language appears, one can change the logon language depends upon

the requirement.

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Features of SAP GUI

▪ A single face GUI for accessing all SAP applications such as ERP(Enterprise resource

planning), CRM(Customer Relationship Management), SAP SRM(Supply Relationship

Management), PI(Process Integration) etc.

▪ Users are allowed to login with their preferred language, as the same GUI can be used in

different languages.

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Features of SAP GUI(Contd.)

▪ It contains user parameters that are defined for more frequently keyed inputs. This

enables the automatic population of text , based on specific user logins. This in result,

reduces the percentage of user inputs in real time.

▪ SAP GUI allows to configure GUI font size, colors, logos, custom layouts etc.

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Elements of SAP GUI(Parts of SAP GUI)

▪ Menu Bar

▪ Standard Toolbar(Function Keys)

▪ Command Bar

▪ Title Bar

▪ Application Toolbar

▪ Screen Area

▪ Status Bar
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Menu Bar

▪ The menu bar appears on the top of every SAP screen.

▪ The menu bar changes from screen to screen.

▪ System and help menus are always available on every screen.

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Standard Toolbar

▪ The standard toolbar is located below the menu bar.

▪ The standard toolbar buttons are also called as function keys.

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Command Bar

▪ Command bar is used to enter the transaction codes.

▪ Command bar can be opened and closed by using the icon on the right of the command

bar.

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Title Bar

▪ In between the standard toolbar and the application toolbar lies the title bar.

▪ It is used to display the name of the screen or application you are accessing.

▪ Title bar is dynamic and changes from application to application.

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Application Toolbar

▪ The application toolbar is located directly below the title bar.

▪ It contains buttons that duplicate functions available from the menu bar, but provides

quicker access to some of the most commonly used functions for the current screen.

▪ The buttons available in the application toolbar changes from application to application

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Screen Area

▪ The screen area of SAP GUI is the area where the actual application is displayed.

▪ It consists of layout elements like - buttons, input fields, radio buttons, checkboxes etc.

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Status Bar

▪ The status bar is located at the bottom of the SAP screen.

▪ It displays important messages such as errors and completion of transactions.

▪ It also displays the session information also such as system, client, user, program,

transaction etc.

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SAP Easy Access

▪ After logging in to SAP system through GUI, the first screen that appears on system is

SAP Easy Access.

▪ It is a user specific point of entry.

▪ It is also called as SAP User Menu.

▪ The user menu contains only those items that are required to perform daily tasks such

as transactions, reports etc.

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SAP Easy Access - Adding Existing Item as Favorite

▪ Choose the existing item from the User Menu.

▪ Click on Favorites - Add

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SAP Easy Access - Adding New Item as Favorite

▪ Click on Favorites - Insert transaction

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ABAP Workbench

▪ ABAP workbench is a collection of ABAP tools.

▪ Examples : ABAP Dictionary , ABAP Editor , Function Builder , Class Builder etc.

▪ One can access the ABAP workbench tools through transaction code.

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Transaction Code

▪ Transaction Code is a shortcut to access the ABAP workbench tools(different

applications) in SAP.

▪ Examples : SE11 - ABAP Dictionary , SE38 - ABAP Editor , SE37 - Function Builder , SE24 -

Class Builder etc.

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Transaction Code(Contd.)

▪ /nxxxx - To call transaction xxxx( override the existing session)

▪ /oxxxx - To call transaction xxxx in a new session

▪ /n - To cancel a session

▪ /o - Display on overview of sessions

Imp point : A user can open a maximum of 6 sessions.

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Log Off From SAP System

▪ System - Logoff

▪ Transaction Code - /nend

▪ Transaction Code - /nex

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Difference Between /nend & /nex

▪ /nend - Before log off , one confirmation pop-up appears.

▪ /nex - Log off from SAP without confirmation pop-up.

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F1 Help in SAP

▪ F1 help is also called as technical information

help.

▪ It provides the technical Information of any

field/column.

▪ To get the technical help of any field, press F1

on that particular field.

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F4 Help in SAP

▪ F4 help is also called as value help.

▪ It provides the various possible values

any field/column.

▪ To get the possible inputs for any field,

press F4 on that particular field.

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Identifying SAP Objects

▪ SAP Specific objects name starts with

other than Z or Y.

▪ In the example shown - the table

name is VBAK , which is not starting

with Z or Y.

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Identifying Customizing Objects

▪ Customizing objects name start with

Z or Y.

▪ In the example shown - the table name

is ZEMPLOYEES , which is starting

with Z.

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Concept of Header and Item Information in SAP

▪ In every business process, header and item information plays an important role.

▪ Header information is the information applicable to whole document.

▪ Item information is applicable to specific line of a document.

▪ Header information stores in to header tables.

▪ Item information stores in to item tables.

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Concept of Header and Item Information in SAP

▪ In the example - header information is

customer name, time, date, mode of

payment, bill number.

▪ The item information is item number,

description and amount.

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SAP Standard Tables and Transaction Codes

▪ SAP provided the standard transaction codes to perform the various business process.

▪ The data for that particular business process is getting stored in to SAP standard tables.

▪ Example - To create a sales order, the standard transaction code is VA01 and the data

stores in to VBAK(Sales document header) & VBAP(Sales document item) tables.

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SAP Standard Tables and Transaction Codes - MM Module

▪ Transaction code to create material - MM01

▪ Transaction code to change material - MM02

▪ Transaction code to display material - MM03

▪ Tables - MARA(Material data), MAKT(Material description), MARC(Plant data for

material).

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SAP Standard Tables and Transaction Codes - SD Module

▪ Transaction code to create sales order - VA01

▪ Transaction code to change sales order - VA02

▪ Transaction code to display sales order - VA03

▪ Tables - VBAK(Sales document header), VBAP(Sales document item)

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SAP Standard Tables and Transaction Codes - SD Module

▪ Transaction code for billing document creation - VF01

▪ Transaction code for billing document change - VF02

▪ Transaction code for billing document display - VF03

▪ Tables - VBRK(Billing document header), VBRP(Billing document item)

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SAP Standard Tables and Transaction Codes - FICO Module

▪ Transaction code to create accounting document - FB01

▪ Transaction code to change accounting document - FB02

▪ Transaction code to display accounting document - FB03

▪ Tables - BKPF(Accounting document header), BSEG(Accounting document item)

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Concept of Object Navigator

▪ The object navigator is a central point of

entry to the ABAP workbench.

▪ One can navigate to any workbench

object through object navigator.

▪ The transaction code for object navigator

is SE80.

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Concept of Package

▪ In SAP, every object stored in to a

package.

▪ A package is a container for the objects

like tables, structures, programs etc.

▪ The package for local objects is $TMP.

▪ The transaction code to create a package

is SE21.
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Concept of Transport Request

▪ Transport request is a mechanism to

transport the objects from one system to

another system.

▪ Local objects can never be transported.

▪ To transport the workbench objects,

one needs to create a workbench request.

▪ The transaction code to create a transport request is SE09.

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Types of Projects in SAP

▪ There are 4 types of projects in SAP.

1. Implementation

2. Support

3. Upgrade

4. Roll out

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Types of Projects in SAP

1. Implementation - In these types of projects, Customer is implementing SAP for the first

time. All Legacy system data needs to be migrated to the SAP system.

2. Support - It is also called as Maintenance project. Customer is running his business

through SAP. Customer requires support for the daily issues, tickets, and new change

requests (CR).

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Types of Projects in SAP(Contd.)

3. Upgrade: In this type of project, customer is moving from older version of SAP to higher

version of SAP.

4. Roll out: In this type of project, the existing SAP system is going to implement for

different countries/region.

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RICEFW

▪ The another name for RICEFW is WRICEF.

▪ SAP technical objects are divided in to 6 different categories.

▪ R - Reports , I - Interfaces , C - Conversion , E - Enhancements , F - Forms , W - Workflow

▪ When the business requirement cannot be fulfilled by standard SAP functionalities, then

we require a RICEFW.

▪ The requirements which cannot be satisfied by standard SAP application are called gaps.

▪ Based on the category of the gap, objects are created in the form of a RICEFW item.
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R - Reports

▪ Reports are used to display of information in the required format.

▪ If the business requirement cannot be fulfilled by standard SAP reports, then we

develop custom reports based upon the customer requirement.

▪ The various report formats are classical reports, ALV reports etc.

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I - Interfaces

▪ Interfaces are used to transfer the data from Non-SAP to SAP , SAP to Non-SAP, SAP to

SAP.

▪ The various cross applications like BAPI, RFC, IDOC’s are the example of interfaces.

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C - Conversion

▪ The process of converting data from one form to another is called as conversion.

▪ When the customer is implementing SAP for the first time, all Legacy system(Non-SAP)

system data needs to be migrated to the SAP system.

▪ To upload the data in the SAP system the data needs to be converted from one form to

another as per the system requirement.

▪ After conversion, the data is uploaded into the SAP system by making use of the various

data migration tools or techniques like BDC, LSMW, BAPI etc.

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E - Enhancements

▪ The process of adding our own functionality to SAP standard functionality is called as

enhancements.

▪ If the business requirement cannot be satisfied by standard SAP functionality, then we

add our own functionality to the SAP standard functionality.

▪ The various enhancements techniques are - Implicit and explicit enhancements,

customer exit, BADI etc.

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F - Forms

▪ Forms are layouts in SAP.

▪ If the business requirement cannot be satisfied by standard layouts, then we create our

own custom layouts.

▪ We design layouts in SAP by using the various tools like smartforms, adobe forms(PDF

forms), SAP Scripts.

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W - Workflow

▪ Workflow is the flowing of data from one level to another level.

▪ At every level, one or more actions are required.

▪ Example - When we apply leave in the system, it goes in to workflow of our supervisor

to approve or reject that leave.

▪ If the business requirement cannot be satisfied by SAP standard workflow, then it results

into creation of custom workflow.

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Thank You

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