Chapter 19. Logon, Session, and SAP GUI Basics

What You’ll Learn in This Hour:

  • Logging on and off the system

  • Session management and multitasking

  • Menu path navigation

  • Transaction code navigation

This hour helps you understand the basics necessary to actually use SAP. First, we guide you through setting up your initial connection and logging on to the system. Once you are logged in, we cover the basics regarding how to navigate SAP using menu paths, transaction codes (T-codes), the SAP menu bar, and the standard and application toolbars.

Accessing the System

As we have discussed, SAP applications can logically be divided into three tiers: application, database, and presentation. The presentation tier is the user interface to the SAP systems. The user interface ...

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