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SAP Glossary B
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BC Basis
Backflush
Material is issued for use in an order. Automatic posting of a goods issue for these components some time after their actual physical issue is termed as backflush. During confirmation, the goods issue posting of backflushed components is carried out.
Background Processing
To schedule a process to happen without coming onto the screen. Data can be processed in the background while other functions are being carried out in parallel on the screen. Some programs can be schedules to run on week ends at a particular time. This is particularly useful for batch processing, taking back-up of data etc.
BAPI
Business Application Programming Interface
Batch Input
Interface to facilitate the transfer of large amounts of either old data or external data to an SAP system.
Batch Processing
The procedure to process large volumes of data at once. The processing can not be modified once processing has begun.
BBP
Business-To-Business Procurement
BDC
Batch Data Communication. Used to define processing mode for a batch input sessions like Displaying all records, Displaying error dialogs, Process sessions in background etc.
BW
Business Information Warehouse
SAP Glossary A
Here are a few Terms used in SAP. The detailed list can be had in on-line help of SAP.
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AAA Materials Management Automatic Account Assignment (configured with transaction omwb)
ABAP/4
Advanced Business Application Programming/4, the Fourth generation programming language developed by SAP to develop application programs. The program can be executed/tested without saving the same.
Account determination
System function that determines automatically the accounts in financial accounting to which the amount(s) in question should be posted for the user during any posting transaction.
AM
Asset Management Module
Application Link Enabling
Application Link Enabling (ALV) supports the creation and operation of distributed applications and application integration is achieved via synchronous and asynchronous communication , not via a central database. Provides business-controlled message exchange with consistent data on loosely linked SAP applications.
APO
Advanced Planner & Optimizer
ARIS-Toolset
Tool for creating the graphical models that describe the functionality and integration of the SAP R/3 System.
ATP
Available-to-promise is the quantity of a material or part still available to MRP which can be used for new sales orders.
Authorization
Allowing a person/system/module to have a specified access limitations. An authorization specifies one or more permissible values for each of the authorization fields that are listed in an authorization object.
Designing SAP Transactions SAP Dynpros
A sap dynpro is nothing but a SAP screen that provides a forum for the user to interact with the SAP database. The dynpro forms the heart of any transaction, and in order to design one for a particular process, the process needs to be broken down into a sequence of dynpros.
The main components of a typical SAP custom transaction dynpro are
These describe the screen in detail. Common screen attributes are
| Screen Attributes | Purpose |
| Program | Module pool program name associated with the screen |
| Screen number | 4 digit unique number within a module pool program |
| Short Description | Purpose of the screen – one liner |
| Original Language | Maintenance language of the screen derived automatically from module pool maintenance language |
| Package | SAP release version that the screen belongs to |
| Last changed or Last generated | Date/time when screen was last changed/generated |
| Screen Type |
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| Normal | Default setting – identifies the screen as normal screen |
| Modal Dialog Box | Special setting to display list in a dialog box |
| Subscreen | Identifies the screen as a subscreen |
| Selection screen | Identifies an auto-generated screen for accepting values from the user as criteria for database selections while running a report |
| Settings |
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| Hold Data | Setting which remembers the data entered on the screen and displays it again automatically if the user calls it again |
| Switch off Run time Compression | Option that prevents the screen from getting compressed at run time. Advisable not to use this option |
| Hold Scroll Position | Option to specify whether the vertical/horizontal scroll position should be remembered. Generally used for large screens |
| Without application toolbar | Option that does not display the application toolbar that belongs to the current program. This option cannot be changed during run time |
| Other Attributes |
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| Next Screen | Number of the next screen to be displayed. Can be changed dynamically through code |
| Cursor Position | Screen element that the cursor is placed on when the screen is displayed |
| Screen Group | 4 character identifier for a group of related screens |
| Lines/Columns used | Size of the screen area currently used |
| Lines/Columns Maintained | Size of the screen starting from upper left corner. Maximum size is 200 rows X 255 column |
SAP DB Interview FAQs
What are the tools used in SAP Implementation? How do you create Alert Messages?
One of the Tools being used for SAP Implemention is QuickSizer, which is used to size the SAP Server based on number of users using various modules in SAP.
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