Session Basics

Each time you connect to SAP via the SAP GUI user interface you begin a user session. An SAP session simply means you have started the SAP GUI (the SAP graphical user interface) and established a connection with a particular SAP system—you’re connected, so to speak. You can have multiple sessions open with multiple SAP components—such as SAP ECC, R/3, CRM, and so on—or you can open one or more sessions with a single system. The number of the current session is displayed in the status bar, which you will see in a few minutes.

One of the benefits of this multiple session option is that you can multitask. Assume that you are processing a new customer order and your boss asks you to generate a report. There is no need to stop processing ...

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