About This Module

Duration: 25 Minutes
Module Knowledge

Using Transaction Codes in the Command Field

Target Audience

Application Consultant

Support Consultant

Technology Consultant

Project Manager

Project Stakeholder

Business User

End User

Super / Key / Power User

About This Topic

SAP provides a means to launch transactions directly from the SAP Easy Access
screen. In this lesson, you will examine working with transaction codes in the
Command field.
Estimated time to complete this topic: 25 Minutes
Objective(s)

Display transaction codes on the SAP Standard Tree structure

Use the Command field

Transaction Codes and Names

Advanced Navigation - Business Example

"Hi, i'm Vera. I work in Purchasing at IDES. I regularly navigate to the same
transactions and I want to learn more about the shortcuts available in SAP."

"Hi, i'm Vera. I work in Purchasing at IDES. I regularly navigate to the same
transactions and I want to learn more about the shortcuts available in SAP."

Transaction Codes and Names

Transaction Codes

Names

ME22N

Change a Purchase Order

ME23N

Display a Purchase Order

ME52N

Display a Purchase Requisition

SSC1

Appointment Calendar

SU01

User Maintenance

VA01

Create a Sales Order

VA02

Change a Sales Order

VA03

Display a Sales Order

The SAP system associates technical names with transactions. Every transaction or
function in the system has a unique technical name referred to as a transaction code
or Tcode. Transaction codes can be used to provide a more direct route to launching
transactions than navigating the Standard SAP Tree. The first step in working with
transaction codes is learning which codes are used for the transactions you want to
perform.

Exercise: Display Technical Names and Transaction Codes

Transaction Codes on SAP Standard Tree Structure
You can display transaction codes on the SAP standard tree structure:

Click Extras on the Menu bar, and select Settings from the drop-down list to
open the Settings dialog box.
Clcik Display technical names and then click Continue (Enter)

In the SAP Easy Access screen, Vera can view transaction codes by setting the
option to have the codes displayed on the SAP standard tree structure.
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She clicks Extras on the Menu bar and selects Settings from the drop-down
list. This opens the Settings dialog box.
She clicks Display technical names and then clicks Continue (Enter).

The system will then collapse the SAP standard tree structure. As she navigates
through the tree, she will see the transaction codes next to the transactions. Vera can
double-click on any transaction code or name to launch that transaction.

Exercise: Access Transactions Using the Menu Path and

Transaction Code
Transaction Codes in the Command Field

Using transaction codes provides another option for navigating in the SAP system.
Vera finds that she can enter a transaction code in the Command field to go directly
to a transaction or function from the Easy Access screen. With this method,
transactions can be accessed without navigating the SAP Standard Tree structure.

Components of the Command Field

The Command field can be displayed or hidden. To close the Command field, click on
the arrow pointing to the left next to the Command field. The arrow will then face to
the right and you can click on it again to open the Command field.

The Command field includes a command list that holds several of the transaction
codes most recently accessed via the Command field. This allows for those
transactions to be esily accessed again at a later stage.
To display this history, Vera will click on the command list. She can click on a
transaction code from the list and that code will populate in the Command field. She
can then click Enter, to launch the transaction.

Slash Commands
Vera is reviewing a Purchase Order. She needs to create a Purchase Requisition and
wants to navigate directly to that transaction. She knows she can accomplish this
using the slash function from the current transaction. Entering /o followed by a
transaction code starts a new session and then initiates the specified transaction
without closing the current session. Entering /n followed by a transaction code ends
the active transaction and then initiates the specified transaction.
If Vera uses this command, she will not be able to return to that session and will lose
any unsaved data. Vera decides she will want to return to the Purchase Order after
she launches the Purchase Requisition transaction so she enters "/oME51" in the
Command field. When a new session is opened with a transaction code, the system
opens a window for the new session and displays the initial screen of the transaction.
Now Vera can work within both sessions. She returns to her original session to
continue reviewing the PO.

If you were to enter a transaction code by itself in the Command field on any screen
other than the Easy Access screen, you would not be able to launch that transaction.
However, if you enter a "/" along with the appropriate command and transaction code
you can launch transactions from other transaction screens. This is helpful because
you can go directly from one transaction to another wothout having to return to the
Easy Access screen.
"/n" and "/o" are examples of slash commands. You can either:

End a session and go directly to another transaction in a new session using /n

Start another transaction in an additional session in one step using /o

Slash Commands Without Transaction Codes

Using the "/n" function will lose any unsaved data in the session being closed.

Using a slash command without indicating a transaction code in the command field
has additional functions.

Entering "/o" in the Command field and clicking Enter will show an overview of
the sessions you currently have open.

Entering "/n" in the Command field and clicking Enter will end the current
transaction.

Summary
You should now be able to:

Display transaction codes on the SAP Standard Tree structure

Use the Command field