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SAP Overview
Date Training Center Instructors Education Website

Participant Handbook
Course Version: 2006 Q2 Course Duration: 3 Day(s) Material Number: 50079723
An SAP course - use it to learn, reference it for work

Copyright
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About This Handbook

This handbook is intended to complement the instructor-led presentation of this course, and serve as a source of reference. It is not suitable for self-study.

Typographic Conventions
American English is the standard used in this handbook. The following typographic conventions are also used. Type Style Description Example text Words or characters that appear on the screen. These include field names, screen titles, pushbuttons as well as menu names, paths, and options. Also used for cross-references to other documentation both internal (in this documentation) and external (in other locations, such as SAPNet). Example text Emphasized words or phrases in body text, titles of graphics, and tables EXAMPLE TEXT Names of elements in the system. These include report names, program names, transaction codes, table names, and individual key words of a programming language, when surrounded by body text, for example SELECT and INCLUDE. Example text Screen output. This includes file and directory names and their paths, messages, names of variables and parameters, and passages of the source text of a program. Example text Exact user entry. These are words and characters that you enter in the system exactly as they appear in the documentation. <Example text> Variable user entry. Pointed brackets indicate that you replace these words and characters with appropriate entries.
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Contents
Course Overview......................................................... vii

Course Goals ...........................................................vii Course Objectives .....................................................vii

Unit 1: Introduction........................................................1
SAP: The Company ....................................................2 Product Overview .................................................... 15

Unit 2: Navigation........................................................ 39
Logging On to a SAP System ....................................... 40 Navigating in the SAP System ...................................... 49 Using Help and Personalizing Your User Interface............... 71

Unit 3: Systemwide Concepts ........................................ 91

System-Wide Concepts .............................................. 92

Unit 4: Logistics ........................................................125

Logistics Overview...................................................127 Sales Order Management ..........................................131 Customer Relationship Management .............................155 Production ............................................................171 Supply Chain Management ........................................204 Procurement .........................................................215 Supplier Relationship Management ..............................235 Additional Processes and Product Lifecycle Management ....245

Unit 5: Financials .......................................................285

Financials ............................................................286

Unit 6: Human Capital Management ...............................325

Human Capital Management .......................................326

Unit 7: Analytics and Strategic Planning..........................355

Reporting, Analytics, and Strategic Planning.....................356

Unit 8: SAP NetWeaver ...............................................397

SAP NetWeaver: Overview.........................................398 People Integration ................................................... 411
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Information Integration ..............................................425 Process Integration .................................................435

Unit 9: Customer Service Network .................................447

SAP Services.........................................................448

Index .......................................................................473

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