1. Introduction to SAP

2. Objectives Navigate the user interface Display material tables
Understand the relationship between organizational units
Company, material storage location

3. 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

4. The SAP Log in Screen

5. Accessing the SAP Client

6. 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

7. SAP Icons
They differ a bit from what you are used to

8. 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

9. SAP (Configuration)
We use a tool called the IMG
Transaction code SPRO

10. SAP Configuration (IMG)
IMG hierarchical user interface

11. SAP Screens
Header data
Position overview
Position details

12. 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

13. Enabling Transaction Codes

14. Favorites
Using Favorites, you can create a custom folder hierarchy organized as you like

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. GBI Products
Trading Goods
These are goods that we buy and resell

19. GBI Products Raw materials
These are materials used in the manufacturing process

20. GBI Products Semi-finished goods
Think of these as intermediate assemblies made from raw materials

21. GBI Products Finished goods
These are goods made from raw materials and semi-finished goods

22. GBI Procurement GBI buys products from vendors
The following are the German vendors

23. GBI (Sales)
GBI has customers in the US and Germany
German customers

24. Common Processes (Sales)
The sales process (order to cash)
Uses Sales and Distribution (SD)
Materials Management (MM)
Financial Accounting (FI)

25. Common Processes (Sales)

26. Common Processes (Procurement)
Procure-to-Cash
Materials Management (MM)
Financial Accounting (FI)
Involves the procurement of goods for resale or manufacturing

27. Common Processes (Procurement)

28. 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

29. Searching For Data (Material Stock Overview)
Use Transaction Code MMBE to display a stock overview

30. 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

31. 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

32. Data Browser (Example)
Look up material DXTR1000 from table MARA

33. Data Browser (Example)
Table MARA display
MSTNR material number

34. ABAP Dictionary (Example)

35. ABAP Dictionary (Example)