Enterprise Wide Information Systems

SAP R/3 Overview & Basis Technology

Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

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Topics
The R/3 Basis System

Client/Server Architecture Application Architecture System Communication

Technical Architecture

Client/Server Overview Resource Management Technical Configurations Object Migration

The Database Client

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SAP R/3 Basis System

Logistical

Sales & Distribution

Financial Accounting

Financial

Materials Mgmt.

Controlling

Production Planning

R/3
Quality Mgmt. Plant Maintenance

Fixed Assets Mgmt.

Client / Server ABAP/4

Workflow

Project System

Human Resources

Industry Solutions

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Basis System: Three-Tier Computer Hierarchy

Central Database
(Storage of all data)

Access to Dataase:
(Read / Write data)

Database
Input / Output of data to users
Processing of data using application logic

Application

Presentation

Presentation of the processed data to the user

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Typical Basis Systems: Client Server Architecture

Presentation Application Database

Central System Two - tier Distributed System Two - tier Client/Server Three - tier Client/Server Multi-layer Cooperative Client/Server (w/ release 4.0B) University of Southern California

Basis System: Application Architecture

Hardware UNIX systems
Bull Digital HP IBM SNI SUN AT&T Data General SNI Bull/Zenith HP Sequent Compaq IBM Digital

IBM AS/400

Operating Systems

AIX SINIX HP-UX SOLARIS Digital UNIX

Windows NT

OS/400

Databases

ADABAS D, DB2, INFORMIX, ORACLE 7.1

ADABAS D, Oracle 7.1, MS SQL Server 6.0

DB2/400

Dialog SAPGUI
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Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif, Presentation Manager, Macintosh

Windows 95 OS/2

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Languages

ABAP/4, C, C++

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R/3 Communication / Interfaces

Remote Function Call
Application Link Enabling Electronic Data Interchange

Object Linking and Embedding

Web Interface

Program Interface Communication

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Topics
The R/3 Basis System

Client/Server Architecture Application Architecture System Communication

Technical Architecture

Client/Server Overview Resource Management Technical Configurations Object Migration

The Client

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Client/Server Overview
Server

LAN
TCP / IP

Client

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Client/Server Overview (Logical Structure)

Server

Data Storage

Application Logic
Client

Presentation
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SAP R/3 Resource Management: The Dispatcher

Presentation
SAP GUI

Application
Dispatcher

Communications

Work Process

Work Process

Work Process

Buffers

Data base

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: Data Flow

Presentation
Terminal Process SAP GUI

1 Application
Dispatcher

7 2 6
Work Process Request queues SAP Memory Buffer Roll Page

4 Data base

5
Relational data base system

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: Work Processes

A
Dialog Update

B
Message
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Background Jobs
1999
1 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 4 11 18 25

SAP Dispatcher

Enqueue Gateway

Spool
R/3 R/2 G

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: Lock Management by the Enqueue Work Process
Instance A
Dispatcher

Message Server

Work Process Update

Work Process
Enqueue

Instance B
Dispatcher

Lock table in Work Process main storage Update Work Process

Enqueue

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: R/3 Instance

Database Instance

Message Server

SAP Gateway

Instance Profiles (parameters)

Dispatcher Background

Dialog

....

Update

Spool

Enqueue

SAP Buffers
Start or Stop

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SAP R/3 Resource Management: Distributed SAP R/3 Processing

Instance 03
Dispatcher Background Dispatcher

Instance 02

Dialog

Enqueue

Enqueue

Dialog

...

Instance 01
Dispatcher Message Gateway

Dialog

Update

Enqueue

Spool

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Technical Configuration
Development
Database Servers

Testing

Production

Application Servers

Presentation Servers

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Technical Configuration: Example

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Object Migration
Corrections and Transport
Development QA Testing Production

Program A Table A Screen A

Program A Table A Screen A

Program A Table A Screen A

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Object Migration
Development Corrections and Transport QA Testing

Program A Version 1 Program A Version 2 Program A Version 3

Program A Version 1 Program A Version 2 Program A Version 3

Originals

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The Client
America Europe Japan Client 010 Client 020 Client 030

R/3 Europe R/3 America R/3 Japan

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Client Copies

Configuration

Development

Quality Assurance
Interface Testing User Training

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