Chapter 4. Using SAP Systems

The SAP presentation interface will be the main point of access for all types of users of SAP systems, their business applications, and administration and development functions. SAP provides different ways of accessing the systems or applications, such as using only an Internet browser, through the Enterprise Portal, the Business Explorer for the SAP Business Warehouse, or the most typical one, known as the SAP graphical user interface, or SAP GUI. The SAP GUI is the program that connects the user workstations with the SAP systems.

SAP GUI behaves very similarly to any other typical Windows application with a bit of “Web flavor” and with many options to personalize or adapt the interface to specific users’ requirements. ...

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