TYPE OF PROJECTS IN SAP

SAP HAS 4 TYPES OF PROJECTS :

• 1) IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT - 1YEAR – 2YEARS
• 2) ROLLOUT PROJECT
• 3) SUPPORTING PROJECT - 24*7
• 4) UPGRADATION PROJECT - 30DAYS – 3MONTHS
• IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT:
• AS THE WORD SUGGESTS, I MEAN, IMPLEMENTATION MEANS IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS
PROCESSES. AFTER PURCHASING THE SAP (ERP), COMPANIES DO STUDY THE
METHODOLOGIES AND VARIOUS PROCESS AND CASE STUDIES.
• IN IMPLEMENTATION, SEVERAL PEOPLE WORKS ON VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL MODULES
LISTED BELOW (CAN BE CONSIDERED AS SAP BI ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, SAP
CONSULTANTS)
• EVERY MODULE HAS ITS IMPORTANCE AND IS LINKED TO OTHER MODULE IN ONE OR MANY
WAYS(SAP IS ALL TABLES AND TABLE RELATIONS)
• 1. FUNCTION MODULES: EX: FI CO CONSULTANT, SD CONSULTANT ETC.
• 2. TECHNICAL MODULE ABAP PROGRAMMER.
• 3. BASIS & SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
• 4. OTHERS
• COMPANIES FOLLOW 5 STEP/STAGES ASAP METHODOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT A
PROJECT.
• PROJECT PREPARATION
• BUSINESS BLUEPRINT
• REALIZATION
• FINAL PREPARATION
• GO-LIVE & SUPPORT
• ROLLOUT PROJECT:
WHEN EVER WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW MODULE IN EXISTING SAP
SYSTEM THE WE GO FOR ROLL- OUT PROJECT.

WHEN EVER WE PURCHASE A NEW COMPANY IF WE WANT EXTEND THE SAP TO

THAT COMPANY THEN WE GO FOR ROLL OUT PROJECT.
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• SUPPORT PROJECT:
• AFTER IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETED, SUPPORT IS IN ACTION.
• MEANS IMPLEMENTATION ERRORS WILL BE RECTIFIED IN SUPPORT ( I.E. ANSWER
SHEET IS AGAIN GIVEN TO ADD OR CHANGE) BY USER BY ARISING A TICKET TO
SOLVE THE BUG.
• *WE USE REMEDY AS A TICKETING TOOL FOR TRACKING THE
ISSUES/TICKETS/CALLS*
• SAP UPGRADE PROJECT:
• SAP UPGRADE MEANS UPGRADING THE SOFTWARE WITH A LATEST VERSION
WHICH HAS GOT MORE ADVANTAGES (I.E. BUGS FIXED COMPARED TO PREVIOUS
VERSION)
• EXAMPLE: JUST THINK , ANDROID PHONE WITH VERSION 2.2 UPGRADED TO 4.2
WILL HAVE SAME FEATURES BUT INTERFACES CHANGE AT A GREAT LOOK)
• WE CAN UPGRADE FORM SAP 3 TO 3.5 (EXAMPLE).
NOTE : LATEST VERSION OF SAP ARE R/3 ECC 6.0.
ECC : ENTERPRISE CONTROL COMPONENT.
 REAL TIME SYSTEM LANDSCAPE
• SAP SYSTEM LANDSCAPE IS THE GROUP OF SYSTEMS YOU HAVE INSTALLED, ALL
THE SYSTEMS ARE LINKED TO DIFFERENT TRANSPORT ROUTS TO MAIN SYSTEM,
SYSTEM LANDSCAPE MAY VARY FROM COMPANY TO COMPANY OR BUSINESS TO
BUSINESS, SAP RECOMMENDED LANDSCAPE IS EXPLAINED BELOW.
IN REAL TIME PACKAGES ARE CREATED BY BASIS PEOPLE. BASED ON MODULE.
IN REAL TIME WHEN EVER WE DEVELOPED ANY TASK THEN WE MUST SAVE IN OUR
OWN PACKAGE AND REQUEST NUMBER THEN ONLY THE TASK IS TRANSPORTED
TO QUALITY AND LIVE SERVER.
NOTE : $TMP IS THE DEFAULT PACKAGE WHICH IS NON TRANSPORTABLE OUR OWN
PACKAGE IS TRANSPORTABLE.
• NOTES :
IN ABAP EACH STATEMENT ENDS WITH ‘ . ‘.
WRITE IS THE OPERATIONAL KEYWORD TO DISPLAY THE O/P IN ABAP.
IF MORE THEN ONE VARIABLE HAVING THE SAME KEYWORD INSTEAD OF
MAINTAINING THE SAME KEYWORD EVERY TIME WEE USE CHAIN OPERATOR (:)
AND VARIABLES ARE SAPERATED BY “,” AND LAST ONE ENDS WITH ‘.’.
DATA : A TYPE I,
B TYPE I,
C TYPE I.
C = A + B.
WRITE C.
 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS TO CREATE
NAME OF THE PROGRAM :-
PROGRAM
IN ABAP THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM MUST BE STARTS WITH Y OR Z. BECAUSE
‘A X’ RESERVED FOR SAP.
PROVIDE THE PLACE/ FOLDER WHERE WE SAVE THE PROGRAM THE PLACE /
FOLDER IS CALLED DEVELOPMENT CLASS UP TO 4.6 VERSION .
NOW IT IS CALLED PACKAGE.
R/3 VERSIONS : 3.0A 3.0B …….. 3.6A, 3.6B … 4.0A, 4.0B, …. 4.6A,4.6B,4.6C. DEV CLASS
4.7 , ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0.  PACKAGE .
IN OUR OWN PC BEFORE LOGON THE SAP WE MUST UPDATE THE SERVER.
 STEPS TO UPDATE THE SERVER
• DOUBLE CLICK ON SAP MGMT CONSOLE IN THE DESKTOP.
• SELECT THE SERVER , RIGHT CLICK ALL TASKS
• STARTS
• PROVIDE THE PASSWORD : INDIA
• CLICK ON F5 UNTILL THE ABAP UP TABLES IS WAIITS.
STEPS TO LOGON TO SAP :-
• DOUBLE CLICK ON SAP LOGON IN THE DESKTOP.
• SELECT THE SERVER CLICK ON LOGON.
• PROVIDE THE CLIENT : 800
• USER : SAPUSER
• PWD :
• TRANSACTION CODES
• TRANSACTION CODE (T-CODE) IS A SHORT COMMAND THROUGH WHICH YOU CAN GO TO A
SPECIFIC APPLICATION IN SAP.
• EX: SE38 FOR ABAP EDITOR
• COMMENTS IN SAP ABAP
• YOU CAN PLACE COMMENTS IN SAP ABAP BY USING TWO KINDS OF SYMBOLS.
• *THIS IS A COMMENT WITH * SYMBOLSOME ABAP STATEMENT . "THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF
COMMENTING IN SAP ABAP WITH " SYMBOL
• ABAP/4 EDITOR ( SE38 )
• ABAP/4 EDITOR IS A SAP PROGRAMMING EDITOR, T-CODE FOR ABAP/4 EDITOR ( SE38 ) IS
SE38.
• PRINT OUT PUT IN SAP ABAP
• WRITE:/ IS A STATEMENT WHICH IS USED TO PRINT DATA ON SCREEN, HERE : IS CHAIN
STATEMENT WHICH IS USED TO PRINT MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES .
ABAP EDITOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
 USEFUL T-CODES FOR SAP ABAP DEVELOPERS
• WHAT IS A T-CODE ?
T-CODE IS A SAP COMMAND THROUGH WHICH WE CAN GET INTO A PARTICULAR APPLICATION.
THE BELOW T-CODES ARE VERY USEFUL FOR ABAP DEVELOPERS WHO ARE WORKING WITH CORE ABAP CONCEPTS.
• SE11 DATA DICTIONARY.
• SE16 DATA BROWSER.
• SE24 GLOBAL CLASS MAINTENANCE.
• SE30 ABAP RUN-TIME ANALYSIS.
• SE37 FUNCTION MODULE EXPLORER.
• SE38 ABAP EDITOR AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.
• SE41 MENU PAINTER.
• SE51 SCREEN PAINTER.
• SE71 SAPSCRIPT LAYOUT SET.
• SE72 SAPSCRIPT STYLES.
• SE80 ABAP DEVELOPMENT WORKBENCH .
• SE93 MAINTAIN TRANSACTION CODES.
 SAP ABAP EDITOR KEY BOARD SHORTCUTS EVERY
ABAPER SHOULD KNOW
• CTRL + F2 CHECK SYNTAX
• CTRL + F3 ACTIVATE OBJECT
• CTRL+F SEARCH
• CTRL+L SMALL LETTERS
• CTRL+U UPPERCASE LETTERS
• CTRL + N OPEN A NEW WINDOW IN SAP