SAP R/3 is a standard software package for business applications. It integrates most of the currently run business applications in a single package. The software was developed by SAP AG company. SAP stands for systems, applications, products in data processing. SAP R/3 is a standard package which can be configured in multiple areas and adapted to specific needs of a company. To support those needs, SAP includes a large number of business functions, leaving room for further functionality and enhancements or adaptability to business practice changes.
The topic covers the functional diagram of R/3 software, the need of client/server architecture, the development environment provided by the software, the terms such as transaction, dialog steps, LUW etc ,the systems central interfaces, and the applications .The environment provided for development is ABAP/4 development work bench which allows us to integrate the applications according to the needs of our use as well as for developing new applications. In the central interfaces, operating system interface is the most prominent one. Others are database interface, presentation interface, and communication interfaces. It also covers the services provided such as dialog service, message service, gateway service, spool service, background service, and update service.
SAP R/3’s nucleus is the basis software also known as kernel. Kernel is responsible for integration of all the applications in the R/3 software.
INTRODUCTION
After the Internet, sap r/3 is one of the hottest topics in the computer industry, and the company that developed it, SAP AG, has become one of the successful in the software market. The SAP R/3 system is targeted to most industries: manufacturing, retail, oil and gas, electricity, health care, pharmaceutical, banking, insurance, telecommunications, transport, automotive, chemical, and so on. All hard ware vendors, without exception, are fully engaged to partner with SAP: currently, AT&T, Bull, Compaq, Data General, Digital, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Pyramid, Sequent, Siemens-Nixdorf, and SUN has supported and certified SAP R/3 platforms.
SAP AG was found in 1972 by four former IBM employees. Since its foundation, SAP has made significant development and marketing efforts on standard application software, being a global market player with its R/2 system for mainframe applications and its R/3 system for open client/server technologies.
The company name SAP stands for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. It is a standard software package that can be configured in multiple areas and adapted to specific needs of the company. To support those needs, SAP includes large number of business functions, leaving room for further enhancements or adaptability to business practice changes….