MINS 298C SAP Terminology & Structure Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998 - James R. Mensching, Gail F. Corbitt Contents of this file are for the exclusive use of the special MINS 298C class dealing with SAP software at CSU Chico for the Spring 1998 semester. Any other use in either electronic or hardcopy form is prohibited without the express written permission of the author. This material is confidential. Do not share it with anyone not enrolled in the class. Lecture #3 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3 1 1 1 1 1

SAP Terminology & Structure SAP Definitions Client/Server Architecture (3 tier: Presentation, Application, Database) SAP Instance: Group of R/3 components that offer 1 or more services that are stopped or started together Oracle Instance (SID) = SAP System Identifier SAP Client (Mandant): Legally and organizationally independent units within a corporation (sets of companies) Client Copy Client Independent: Client Dependent 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3 4 4 2 2 2

SAP Terminology & Structure SAP Definitions (cont.) SAP Landscape: Independent SAP Systems - DEV, TST, PRD Application Server: (Middleware Server) Presentation Server - uses SAP GUI (Client) Session: one user period of activity (can have more than 1) Transaction: Sequence of related steps that allows users to change the database 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3 5 5 3 3 3

SAP Terminology & Structure Typical Landscape Suggested Landscapes: Develop- ment Test Staging (Training) Produc- tion Develop- ment Test Produc- tion 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure CSU Chico Landscape Start-up landscape Waldorf NT Server 17 PCs SAP DB Server & App Yosemite Presentation Server X-terms SAP used for Development, Testing, & Production 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure CSU Chico Landscape Desired landscape Zeus: Production system Poseidon: Test & Development Hades: Basis Sandbox Production: Accounting, Production Mgmt, HR, etc. classes Test & Development: Configuration and ABAP programming Basis Sandbox: Test Backup, Recovery, Performance Adjustments, etc. 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

Current Environment Fall 1998 FDDI ATM GS_Lab Router Mojave Mannheim Glenn Subnet Bus_Lab 100 Base T Switch .5 100VG Waldorf Ares 2 CPU - 1Gb Yosemite 2 CPU - 1Gb Zeus J282-2 2Gb 80 Gb disk New Hub Bryce Poseidon J282-2 2Gb 80 Gb disk Hades J282-1 1Gb 40 Gb disk Athena 40 Gb disk Info DB Mammoth 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure Work Process Dispatcher: Manages resources on SAP system - controls user queue (1 per SAP instance) Dialog: Communication and interface with end user Background: Batch processes Spool: Formats data for printing Enqueue: Manages locks so updates to DB can happen in synchronized manner even though physically it is asynchronous Update: Executes changes to data base (Add, Change, Delete) Message Server: Exchanges data, routes internal messages Gateway Server: Exchanges large amounts of data between application servers (not applicable to our landscape) 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure SAP Modules: FI (Financial Accounting): GL, AR, AP, etc. CO (Controlling): Overhead, Product, Activity-Based, etc. IM (Capital Investment Management) EC (Enterprise controlling): EIS, BP, Mgmt. Consolidation TR (Treasury): Cash, Funds, Mgmt PS (Project System) LO (Logistics) HR (Human Resources): PD, PA, Payroll within PA PP (Production Planning): Sales and Operations Planning, CRP, MRP, etc. 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure SAP Modules Continued MM (Materials Management): MRP, PUR, IM, WM, EDI, etc. PM (Plant Maintenance): Preventative , Plant, Equipment, etc. QM (Quality Management): Planning, Product, “Service” SD (Sales & Distribution): Sales, Shipping, Billing, EDI, etc. INT (International Development) IS (Industry Solutions): Hospitals, Banks, Oil, Public Sector, etc. 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure Work Processes and Modules SD MM PP FI ... X X X Customer Sale X X X Vendor Purchase Assemble Product X X X Distribute Product X X X . 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3

SAP Terminology & Structure Relation Of Oracle, Operating System & SAP SAP Runs On Top of an RDBMS In Our Case the RDBMS is Oracle SAP Saves Data, Programs, Screens and Just About Everything Else In Oracle SAP Modifies Data That It Stores in Oracle & Also Has Its Own Set of Tools to Manage the Database Oracle runs on top of OS (UNIX) which manages files for Oracle SAP Work Processes pass data to Oracle tools which call UNIX processes in order to update the database 9/18/2018 SAP Terms: lecture 3 6 6 7 4 4