SAP – Basis

What is SAP LSMW? LSMW is a tool that supports the transfer of data from non-SAP systems (“Legacy Systems”) to SAP R/3 systems. This can be a one-time transfer as well as a periodic one. LSMW also supports conversion of data of the legacy system in a numerous way. The data can then be imported…

This tutorial is divided into 4 sections Step 1: Setup an RFC connection Step 2: Trusted RFC connection Step 3: Testing an RFC connection Step 4: Error Resolution Step 1: Procedure to setup an RFC connection Enter Transaction Code SM59 In the SM59 screen, you can navigate through already created RFCs connection with the help…

What is RFC? RFC is a mechanism that allows business applications to communicate and exchange information (in pre-defined formats) with other systems. RFC stands for ‘Remote Function Call’ RFC consists of two interfaces: A calling interface for ABAP Programs A calling interface for Non-SAP programs. Any ABAP program can call a remote function using the…

What is OSS Notes? OSS NOTES is an online SAP service portal that provides up to date information on SAP notes. It frequently releases bug fixes, patches, new program developments or enhancements and other miscellaneous updates by SAP. It provides a list of correction notes for SAP objects. OSS stands for “Online SAP Support.” At…

What is System Monitoring? System monitoring is a daily routine activity and this document provides a systematic step by step procedure for Server Monitoring. It gives an overview of technical aspects and concepts for proactive system monitoring. Few of them are: Checking Application Servers. Monitoring System-wide Work Processes. Monitoring Work Processes for Individual Instances. Monitoring…

What is a Kernel? The Kernel is a central program which acts as an interface between SAP application and operating system. The Kernel consists of the executable programs that reside under the path “/sapmnt/<SID>/exe” (UNIX) or \usr\sap\SID\SYS\exe\run (Windows) These files help startup the R/3 system, initialize the memory, create buffers and start managing the requests…

What is a Support Package? When an end user of SAP finds a bug in the SAP product, he reports the same to SAP support. SAP programmers inspect the bug and develop a correction for the bug. This correction is known as SNOTE (SAP Note). With time, multiple end users, report bugs for which SAP…

What is a Transport Request? Transport Requests (TRs) – is a kind of ‘Container / Collection’ of changes that are made in the development system. It also records the information regarding the type of change, the purpose of transport, request category and the target system. It is also known as Change Requests. Each TR contains…