SAP Basics

Question 1

SAP stands for:

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Stands for Systems applications and products in data processing

Question 2

What is SAP?

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SAP ERP is an enterprise resource planning software

Question 3

What does ERP stands for?

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Enterprise resource planning

Question 4

Benefits of a centralized system

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• It eliminates the duplication, dicontinuity and redundancy in data
• Provides information across departments in real time
• Increases productivity, better inventory management, promotes quality, reduced material cost, effective human resources management
• Better customer interaction and increased throughput. It also improves customer service.

Question 5

Modules concepts

Answer 5

SAP is very flexible and almost anything is customizable,
to achieve this flexibility SAP has different modules. Depending on the organization you can have one module, a few or all of SAP modules.

SAP  system is divided in two types of modules, functional and technical
Each module has a submodule.

Question 6

Modules

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Financial, logistic, Human resource management and cross application modules

Question 7

Dev server

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Development server is also known as sand box client. It is the server where the consultants do the new customization, write new programs as per the business requirement. It has three clients

Question 8

Dev server clients

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1. Sand Box – Sand box client is the place where all the system design work takes place
2. Customizing client – After configuration in the sand box, if everything is ok then recreate the same configuration in configuration client
3. Development-testing – This client is used for unit testing. In some projects integration testing also done in this client.

Question 9

Quality Assurance (QA)server

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Quality server is where the team members and other members test the new customization, programs etc.

Question 10

Production Server

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Production Client is also known as Golden Client. It is the server where the live data of the company is recorded after project go live. The authorization for production client is very limited.

Question 11

Minimum landscape environments

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DEV, QAS, PRD

Question 12

ABAP

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(Advanced Business application programming): A high level programming language created by SAP, the syntax is similar to COBOL

Question 13

Account group

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Controls the creation and maintenance of master records, determines which data is required for the master records and the number range assigned to those master records. It determines which screens and fields are necessary for entering master data, how master record numbers are assigned, and whether the business partner is a one-time customer or one-time vendor.

Question 14

Account type

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Is denoted by one character out of five default characters in SAP. It specifies different areas to which a general ledger a/c belongs.

Question 15

Chart of accounts

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Is a list of GL accounts that used to post transactions from cross modules and FI modules. Can be used for reporting like balance sheet, p&l, and trial balance

Question 16

Client

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Highest hierarchical level in SAP. Is an entity with different information and data

Question 17

Company

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Consolidated financial statements are created at a company level. A company can include one or more company codes.

Question 18

Company code

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A legally independent entity. Is a combination of various organs of company code. It is compulsory field

Question 19

Database Refresh

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When production database is copied to QAS environment to keep QAS environment as similar to production as possible for testing purposes

Question 20

Document

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Is the result of posting in accounting in SAP, and is the connecting link between various business operations. Is created out of every business transaction in the system.

Question 21

Document number range

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Each document in SAP system is given a number that uniquely identifies it within a fiscal year in a company code.

Question 22

Fiscal year variant

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Specifies the accounting fiscal year for reporting purposes, is assigned to each company code.

Question 23

HANA (High performance Analytics appliance)

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In memory, column-oriented, relational database management system developed and marketed by SAP

Question 24

Master data

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Data which remains unchanged over a long period of time. Contains info needed again and again in the same way

Question 25

Parked document

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Is used when we need to get clarification regarding some account. We can temporarily park or store this document till we get it cleared or approved.

Question 26

Performing Transports

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is used to promote customization, programs and data between environments. Transports can be scheduled at a time of day and done automatically or they can be done manually

Question 27

Post document

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When you post the document, the system saves it and updates the G/L account balances and generates a document number.

Question 28

Posting Keys

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Are predefined sd two character numerical key that controls the entry of line items. Determines account type, debit/credit posting, layout of entry screens.

Question 29

Landscape

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A group of two or more SAP environments that are part of the same development or customization cycle

Question 30

SAP SID

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Sap system ID, is a unique three letter ID that identifies an SAP environment (system).

Question 31

Transactions

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The execution of a SAP program. Combination of screens and programs to provide a function such as maintaining customer master record

Question 32

SAPGui

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Front end client for SAP, graphical user interface

Question 33

SAPS units

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Is how you measure the CPU power that you need for SAP

Question 34

Transaction code

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Also known as T-code consists of letters, numbers, or both, and is entered in the command field at the top of the SAP screen. Is used to access functions in a SAP

Question 35

Transactional data

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Data relating to the day-to-day transactions. Can change very often and are not constant, is created, modified out of an application transaction

Question 36

Database Tables

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It helps in create and maintain the tables, table should begin with letter Y or Z and length up to 16 characters.

Question 37

SAP Tables

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Sap Tables are created, displayed and mantained via the SAP data dictionary using transactions such as SE11 and SE80 and are the building blocks of the SAP environment. Here is where all the data within your SAP system is stored ready to be processed or accessed via your ABAP code

Question 38

ABAP Dictionary

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is a central repository for data definitions in SAP system. It is used to store the data definitions, create and maintain user defined types.

Question 39

Sap Netweaver

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It is a technology computing platform and is the technical foundation for many SAP applications since the SAP business Suite.