Introduction to SAP

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Objectives Navigate the user interface Display material tables Understand the relationship between

organizational units Company, material storage location

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Accessing SAP I assume that NetWeaver is installed on

your computer First, you see a login screen allowing

you to select a sap client Click Log On to log in to the selected

client

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The SAP Log in Screen

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Accessing the SAP Client

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The SAP User Interface There are familiar menus and icons Access of most functions are gained

through the drill-down interface Drill-down items are used to access

screens Most screens have

Header data Overview data Detail data

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SAP Icons They differ a bit from what you are used

to

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The Three Parts of SAP There are three parts to working with

SAP Configuration – creating organizational

units and assigning them to each other Execution – Running the application to

create master and transactional data Customization – Changing the way SAP

works using ABAP

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SAP (Configuration) We use a tool called the IMG

Transaction code SPRO

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SAP Configuration (IMG) IMG hierarchical user interface

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SAP Screens

Header data

Position overview

Position details

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Transaction Codes (Introduction) Every transaction you record is

represented by a transaction code A transaction might be completed by

filling out several screens There are literally thousands of

transaction codes It’s often faster to use a transaction code

instead of navigating a menu Both do the same thing

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Enabling Transaction Codes

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Favorites Using Favorites, you can create a

custom folder hierarchy organized as you like

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Sessions A session is little more than an instance

of the SAP client that you see It’s possible to run different transactions

in different sessions Click

System / Create Session System / End Session There is a limit to the number of sessions

you can create

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How the Simulation is Set up You are using a configured SAP

simulation called Global Bike There are others supported by SAP

Each of you has a unique user id GBI-xxx where xxx is your user number This user number is “magical” and is used

when searching for information Your user number is on the handout that I

gave you. DON’T FORGET IT

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GBI Business Processes Sell – Fulfillment Buy – Procurement Make – Production Track – Financial Accounting Track – Controlling People – Human Capital Management Store – Inventory and Warehouse Management Plan – Material Planning Maintain – Enterprise Asset Management Service – Customer Service

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GBI Products Trading Goods

These are goods that we buy and resell

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GBI Products Raw materials

These are materials used in the manufacturing process

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GBI Products Semi-finished goods

Think of these as intermediate assemblies made from raw materials

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GBI Products Finished goods

These are goods made from raw materials and semi-finished goods

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GBI Procurement GBI buys products from vendors

The following are the German vendors

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GBI (Sales) GBI has customers in the US and

Germany German customers

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Common Processes (Sales) The sales process (order to cash)

Uses Sales and Distribution (SD) Materials Management (MM) Financial Accounting (FI)

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Common Processes (Sales)

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Common Processes (Procurement) Procure-to-Cash

Materials Management (MM) Financial Accounting (FI)

Involves the procurement of goods for resale or manufacturing

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Common Processes (Procurement)

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Searching for Data Search screens all work similarly Tabs across the top of the dialog boxes

allow you to search based on different criteria

Drop-down boxes allow you to select from a list of valid values

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Searching For Data (Material Stock Overview) Use Transaction Code MMBE to display a

stock overview

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Displaying Table Data Use SE11 to run the ABAP dictionary

(schema) Use transaction code SE16 to display a

table Use transaction code SE16N (new) for a

more robust interface Table characteristics

They are usually 4 characters long and are derived from German acronyms

Field names work the same way

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Selected Material Tables MARA contains material master MARC contains plant data

WERKS is plant field MARD contains storage location data

LGORT contains storage location field

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Data Browser (Example) Look up material DXTR1000 from table

MARA

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Data Browser (Example) Table MARA display

MSTNR material number

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ABAP Dictionary (Example)

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ABAP Dictionary (Example)