SAP Defined Keywords

SAP R/3 Keywords

SAP R/3 System has inoduced many Keywords. These

Keywords are frequntly used in SAP System Even In End-user Part also.

• ALE
  (Application Link Enabling) Application Link Enabling is the tool used for
  data migration Between two System either SAP Server at different location
  or any SAP System Or Client of SAP. This tool enables integration between
  two different systems for data exchange. It Provide full integration
  between two or more SAP R/3 Systems. This tool makes SAP System as
  distributed enterprise applications.  
• Application
  server In a client-server (SAP R/2/two-tier) environment, which means GUI
  (windows as user machine) & Server for Database Processing, the
  user's machine performs the business logic as well as the user interface,
  and the server provides the database processing. In a three-tier
  environment, an application server performs the business logic, may be
  some part can be handled by the user's machine. In three-tier environment
  Application Server provides middle processing between the user's machine
  and the database system that called as Database Management System like
  Oracle etc..
• Batch
  Input In SAP System Batch Input Refers as Batch Data Communication (BDC).
  It is the tool for entring the data using user input in screens of related
  transaction in SAP. After execute, screen of this processing are not
  displayed, but can be run in background.
• CATT
  (Computer Aided Test Tool) CATT Refers as Computer Aided Test Tool is used
  for creating automated test cases in SAP System. It is also used for
  upload or changing in master data of any SAP Module. This is used without
  user interaction.
• CCMS
  (Computer Center Management System) CCMS Stands for Computer Center
  Management System, is used for Monitoring, Controlling, & Configure
  the SAP System. This is also used for analyzing and distributes client
  workloads.
• Central
  System Central System is used to run both application and database on one
  computer.
• Client
  A client is the first field of data in tables that are not system-related.
  It is a grouping of data within one DBMS. In SAP System 800 is the default
  client for providing default database.
• Client/Server
  System Client Server System is also refered as Client Server Model is a
  distributed application that partitions tasks & work between
  Server(Provider of data) & Client(requester).
• Communication
  Server Communication Server is to establish connection between local
  system to server system. It can be either a router, a bridge or a gateway.
  

• Company code
  Company Code is the smallest organizational unit
  for which we can create a complete set of accounts which can be used for
  external accounting. Using this company code we can also create Balance
  sheet and profit and loss Accounts separately.
• CSP
  This is called as Complementary Software Program
  to their clients .
• Dispatcher
  The system R/3 Control Agent that manage all the
  resources present or new for the system.
• Ethernet
  Ethernet in nothing other that a Local Area
  Network using bus topology. The transmission speed is 10 MBPS.
• FDDI(Fiber Distributed Data Interchange)
  FDDI is the Local Network using ring Topology and light wave conductors.
  FDDI has transmission speed is 100 MBPS.
• Firewall
  Firewall is used for restricting access own network through public network.
  
• FTP(File Transfer Protocol)
  FTP is used for transferring file from one
  system to another using TCP.IP Protocol.
• GUI (Graphic User Interface)
  GUI is also called Graphical User Interface, it is used as front end for
  SAP environment.
• IDES(International Demonstration and Education System)
  IDES is the collection of application data for various business scenarios
  that can be run in the SAP System.
• IMG(Implementation Management Guide)
  It is a hierarchical structure that reflects the
  R/3 component hierarchy and contains every configuration activity.
• Instance
  It means application server and each one has its
  own set of work processes.
• IDoc(Intermediate Document)
  An IDoc is a data container for data exchange
  between SAP systems or between an SAP system and an external system.
  
• ITS(Internet Transaction Server)
  It links the R/3 application server with one or
  more Web servers, thus enabling the R/3 to communicate with the Internet.
  
• Number range
  A range of numbers that are laid down per file
  for the assignment of document numbers. It can be internal (carried out
  automatically by the system) or external (carried out manually by the
  user).
• OLE
  It is a technique introduced by Microsoft to
  incorporate objects of one application into another.
• OSS (Online Service System)
  SAP's Online Service System offers fast and
  effective help for R/3 System problems. It is also the basic element of
  communications between customers, partners, and SAP.
• RFC
  A way to implement communication between
  application programs via Abap/4 function call.
• Semaphores
  When a work process locks a resource, it sets a
  semaphore. Another work process that also wants to access it must then
  wait.
• SysID
  A set of three letters or number that identify a
  system. Some sets are not allowed because they are used by SAP. They are
  informed when the system is installed.
• Work process
  Work processes perform the bulk of the
  processing carried out by SAP systems. They perform dialog steps in user
  transactions and carry out updates, lock management, printing services,
  and so on.
• Workbench
  The ABAP/4 Workbench, a graphical programming
  environment, is used to create application programs. The programming tools
  are accessed using buttons, dialogs and windows.
• Workflow
  It consists of time and logical sequence of work
  items, which are processed by human agents or mechanical processing units.
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  Master Data: Data which seldom changes. data which will

  remain permanent and is less likely to change.

  Transaction Table: Data which frequently changes.