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Product
SAP ERP
G.B.I.
Release 6.07
Level
Beginner
Focus
Navigation
Authors
Babett Koch
Stefan Weidner
Version
2.30
Last Update
May 2014
MOTIVATION
This material explains how to
navigate in SAP systems. It is
aimed at students at universities,
universities of applied sciences
and other educational institutions
with no previous experience of
SAP software. It can be used in
the class or for self-study.
After completion of the course,
students will be able to navigate
through the user interface to work
on business processes and case
studies on their own.
Furthermore, this material serves
as a reference for occasional users
of SAP systems.
LEARNING METHOD
The learning method used is “guided
learning.” This is a suitable method
because navigating in SAP systems
is a fundamental skill but also very
complex.
The benefit of this method is that
knowledge is imparted quickly.
Students also acquire practical skills
and competencies. Similar to a case
study, this method explains a
process or procedure in detail.
By using exercises at the end of each
part, students can put their
knowledge into practice and gain a
sustainable understanding of the
underlying processes.
Navigation in SAP Systems
Introduction to Navigation in SAP solutions on the basis of SAP ERP
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Logging
O
n
Task
Use the SAP GUI to log on to the SAP system.
Time
10 Min.
Find and double-click on the icon depicted on the left side of this
page that you can find on your desktop. If it is not there, choose
Start
►
All Programs
►
SAP Front End
►
SAP Logon
A dialog box similar to the one
shown on the right appears. Select
the SAP system specified by your
lecturer and choose
Log on
or
Enter
.
The logon screen appears. The
system requests the client, your
user, password, and preferred
language.
SAP Logon
Client:
_ _ _
User: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Password: _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Language: _ _
Before you log on, you need to know the definition of the term “client.”
SAP systems are client systems. With the client concept several separate
companies can be managed in one system at the same time.
Clients
are the highest organizational level in the system. In business
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terms, each client can represent a group of companies, a company, or a
firm – regardless of the size of the organization.
In commercial, organizational and technical terms, a client is therefore a
self-contained unit with separate master records and its own set of tables.
In SAP systems, different clients are identified by their client numbers.
Client
Use the client number given by your instructor.
For you to be able to log
on as a user, a user master record must be created for you in the relevant
client. For reasons of access protection, you must enter a password when
you log on. Your password entry is case-sensitive.
