Overview

SAP R/3 for Everyone is the nontechnical user's guide to working with SAP R/3, the leading business enterprise software product in the world. Written and road-tested by experienced SAP R/3 users and trainers, this book saves typical SAP R/3 users time and trouble by providing them with the universal skills needed to work with any module of this complex software. SAP R/3 can be used effectively by anyone who can perform a handful of simple procedures that are employed in nearly every SAP R/3 transaction. The authors explain these procedures in plain English, using illustrations and real-world examples. After a brief explanation of the architecture and operation of SAP R/3, readers get step-by-step instruction in Logging on and off, managing passwords, and customizing the SAP application window and screens Navigating between screens with menu folders, transaction codes, and the menu bar Setting up customized favorites folders with quick links to the initial screens of transactions and other useful resources Understanding the four basic transaction types Working on initial screens, including tips and techniques for entering codes, searching for codes, customizing initial screens, and using multiple selection screens and selection options Customizing output reports with filters, sorts, sums, and display variants Exporting output reports to Microsoft Excel and Word and e-mailing output reports to other SAP users Practical and jargon-free, SAP R/3 for Everyone provides readers with the skills and confidence they need to efficiently conduct any business activity with SAP R/3.

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Author:   Jim Mazzullo ,  Peter Wheatley
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.480kg
ISBN:  

9780131860858

ISBN 10:   0131860852
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   27 July 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments About the Authors Preface Introduction: Design and Operation of the SAP.     Application Window     Menu Bar     Standard Toolbar     Title Bar     Application Toolbar     Status Bar     Central Work Area     Popup Screens     SAP on the Web PART I. GETTING STARTED. Lesson 1: Logging On and Logging Off.     Logging On     Procedure: Logging On With the SAP Logon Pad     Procedure: Logging On With a Desktop Shortcut     Logging Off     Procedure: Logging Off Lesson 2: Working With SAP Sessions.     Controlling the Application Window Geometry and Location     Creating Multiple Application Windows     Procedure: Creating Multiple Application Windows     Killing a Session     Procedure: Cancelling a Transaction     Customizing the Layout of Application Windows and Screens     Procedure: Customizing With the Options Command     Procedure: Customizing With the New Visual Design Command     Customizing the SAP Easy Access Screen     Procedure: Customizing the SAP Easy Access Screen     Creating Desktop Shortcuts     Procedure: Creating Desktop Shortcuts Lesson 3: Entering User Profile Data.     Procedure: Entering User Profile Data Lesson 4: Changing Your Password.     Changing Your Password     Procedure: Changing Your Password When You Log On     Procedure: Changing Your Password After You Log On PART II. NAVIGATING BETWEEN SCREENS. Lesson 5: Navigating to Initial Screens With the Menu Folders.     Navigating With the Menu Folders     SAP and User Menu Folders     Searching for Transactions     Procedure: Searching for a Transaction With Keywords Lesson 6: Navigating to Initial Screens With the Favorites Folders.     Working With the Favorites Folders     Adding Favorites Folders     Procedure: Creating a Favorites Folder     Adding Transaction Links to the Favorites Folders     Procedure: Adding a Transaction Link With Its Code to the Favorites Folder     Procedure: Adding a Transaction Link Without Its Code to the Favorites Folder     Adding Web, Intranet, and E-mail Links to the Favorites Folders     Procedure: Adding a Web or an Intranet Link to the Favorites Folders     Procedure: Adding a Link to Your External E-mail Application in the Favorites Folders     Changing the Names of Favorites Folders and Links     Procedure: Changing the Name of a Folder or Link in the Favorites Folders     Deleting Favorites Folders and Links     Sharing Your Favorites Folders     Procedure: Downloading Your Favorites Folders     Procedure: Uploading Favorites Folders Lesson 7: Navigating to Initial Screens With Transaction Codes.     Navigating With Transaction Codes     Procedure: Selecting Transaction Codes From the Command Field List Menu     Identifying Transaction Codes     Procedure: Displaying Transaction Codes on the SAP Easy Access Screen     Procedure: Identifying Transaction Codes With the Menu Bar     Procedure: Identifying Transaction Codes With the Status Bar     Searching for Transactions by Transaction Codes     Procedure: Searching for Transactions With Keywords Lesson 8: Navigating Between Screens With Menu Bars.     Navigating from the Initial Screen of a Transaction     Navigating from the Output Screen of a Transaction     Exploring SAP PART III. SETTING UP INITIAL SCREENS. Lesson 9: Entering Codes and Text.     Tips for Entering Codes and Text Lesson 10: Searching for Codes.     Short Hit List Screens     Multiple-Tab Search Screens     Procedure: Searching for a Code With a Single Search Criterion     Procedure: Searching for a Code With Multiple Search Criteria     Tips for Using Multiple-Tab Search Screens     Structure Search Tree     List-Display Search Screens Lesson 11: Entering Codes on Multiple Selection Screens.     Design and Operation of a Multiple Selection Screen     Procedure: Copying Multiple Codes Onto the Multiple Selection Screen     Using the Multiple Selection Screen: An Example     Using the Multiple Selection Button     Procedure: Searching for Multiple Codes for the Multiple Selection Screen Lesson 12: Using Selection Options on Data Entry Fields.     Attaching Selection Options to Data Entry Fields     Procedure: Attaching a Selection Option to a Data Entry Field     Procedure: Removing a Selection Option From a Data Entry Field     What Do the Green Selection Options Do?     What Do the Red Selection Options Do? Lesson 13: Working With Screen Variants.     Adding Data Entry Fields With the Dynamic Selections Button     Procedure: Adding More Selection Criteria to an Initial Screen     Creating Screen Variants     Procedure: Creating a Variant of an Initial Screen     Changing a Screen Variant     Procedure: Changing a Screen Variant     Procedure: Changing a Screen Variant 2     Calling Up a Screen Variant     Procedure: Calling Up a Temporary Variant     Deleting a Screen Variant     Procedure: Deleting a Screen Variant     Procedure: Creating a Single Default Data Entry on an Initial Screen PART IV. WORKING WITH OUTPUT REPORTS. Lesson 14: Sorting, Filtering, and Summing Up Line-item Reports.     Sorting and Grouping Line-item Reports     Example 1: Single-Column Sort of a Line-item Report     Procedure: Single-Column Sort of a Line-item Report     Example 2: Multiple-Column Sort of a Line-item Report     Procedure: Multiple-Column Sort of a Line-item Report     Example 3: Single-Column Sort of a Hit List     Filtering Line-item Reports     Example 1: Filtering the Line-item Report of the IH08 Transaction     Procedure: Filtering a Line-item Report     Example 2: Filtering the Line-item Report of the Cost Center A/P/V Transaction     Procedure: Filtering Positive and Negative Values in a Line-item Report 1     Example 3: Filtering Positive and Negative Values on the Usual Filter Screen     Summing Up Data Columns in Line-item Reports     Procedure: Summing Up Data in a Column of a Line-item Report     Procedure: Grouping and Subtotaling Data in a Line-item Report Lesson 15. Display Variants for Line-item Reports.     Accessing the Display Variant Functions     The Change Layout Screen     Creating a Display Variant     Procedure: Creating a Display Variant for a Line-item Report     Saving a Display Variant     Procedure: Saving a Display Variant     Applying a Display Variant     Procedure: Applying a Display Variant After the Fact     Deleting a Display Variant     Procedure: Deleting a Display Variant     Working With Display Variants on Other Screens Lesson 16. Exporting Line-item Reports to Microsoft Excel and Word.     Front-Door Exports     Procedure: Exporting to MS Excel With the Option/Office Integration Button     Procedure: Exporting to MS Excel With the List Menu     Back-Door Exports     Procedure: Back-Door Export of a Line-item Report to MS Excel Lesson 17. Sending Line-item Reports via SAP E-mail.     The Create Document and Send Screen     The Upper Subscreen     The Lower Subscreen     Entering and Searching for the Names of Recipients     Procedure: Searching for Recipients     Working With Distribution Lists     Procedure: Creating Distribution Lists     Procedure: Searching for Distribution Lists     Reading SAP E-mail Messages     Procedure: Reading E-mail in the Business Workplace     Procedure: Storing or Deleting an E-mail Message     Sending E-mail From the Business Workplace Screen     Procedure: Creating and Sending New E-mail     Procedure: Replying to E-mail     Procedure: Forwarding E-mail     Coda: The Basic Transaction Types     Transaction Type 1: Displaying an Object     Transaction Type 2: Displaying a List of Related Objects     Transaction Type 3 : Creating an Object     Transaction Type 4: Changing an Object Appendix: Create a Plant Maintenance Order (IW31). Index.

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Jim Mazzullo is a consulting scientific and technical trainer, curriculum developer, and writer. Previously he worked as a training coordinator for a large electric utility company in the Pacific Northwest for which he developed, coordinated, and delivered training in SAP and other system and desktop applications. Jim began his career as a research professor and instructor of geology at Texas A&M University. You can learn more about him at www.JimMazzullo.com. Peter Wheatley oversees SAP implementations as a customer engagement manager in the Southwest region of SAP America. In the last seven years, he has been employed by SAP America as a consultant, technical consultant manager, and technical solutions architect. He has also worked at IBM as a developer and at Compaq as an SAP developer and production planning analyst.

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