SAP Articles, Ebooks and Certification Materials

How to Install SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0

2009-11-04T21:05:00.000-08:00

How to Install SAP Enhancement
Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 A Practical Guide

This document serves as a set of step-by-step instructions for the installation of SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0. It describes the necessary actions for configuring and using SAP Solution Manager as well as the most important steps in the SAP Enhancement Package installer.

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Installation Guide SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 Java on HP-UX: Oracle

2009-10-23T20:45:00.001-07:00

Installation Guide
SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 Java on HP-UX: Oracle
Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 including Enhancement Package 1
Target Audience
System administrators
Technology consultants

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Installation Guide SAP ERP 6.0 - EHP4 Ready ABAP on HP-UX: Oracle

2009-10-21T22:57:00.000-07:00

Installation Guide SAP ERP 6.0 - EHP4 Ready ABAP on HP-UX: Oracle
Based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 including Enhancement Package 1
Target Audience
System administrators
Technology consultants

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TADMD5-- Delta Implementation & Operation SAP Web AS 6.20 – SAP Web AS 6.40 (Java & ABAP)

2009-09-03T00:17:00.000-07:00

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TZBPC2 - EPT SAP BPC 7.0 (NetWeaver) for Technical Consultants

2009-08-02T20:26:00.000-07:00

Duration: 3 days
Delivery Type

* Instructor-led Classroom

Audience

* Technical Consultants covering the Ramp-Up Phase for BPC, Version for the NetWeaver Platform

Prerequisites:
Essential

* Strong Microsoft Excel skills plus the skills and knowledge
* relevant to the following SAP Education courses:
* CPM030 Introduction to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
* CPM310/311 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation: Application
* Configuration
* CPM320/321 SAP Business Planning and Consolidation: Reporting,
* Budgeting and Consolidation
* NW001 Technology Solutions Powered by SAP NetWeaver
* BW001 SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
* BW310 BI - Enterprise Data Warehousing
* BC420 Data Transfer
* BC400 ABAP Workbench Foundations
* BW360 BI - Performance and Administration
* SM100 SAP Solution Manager for Operations of SAP Solutions
* TADM10 SAP Netweaver AS Implementation and Operation
* TADM12 SAP Netweaver AS Implementation and Operation II

Recommended

* None

Goals

* This course will prepare you to address the differences between BPC 5.1 and BPC, Version for the NetWeaver Platform, during implementation.

Course Based on Software Release

* SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0
* SAP BPC.Net server

Content

* Key differentiators between BPC 5.1 and BPC, Version for the NetWeaver Platform
* BPC Administration, BPC Office, Installation, and specific application changes that are pertinent to the Technical Consultant.

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SAP Business ONE Implementation 2009

2009-06-30T00:16:00.001-07:00

Wolfgang Niefert "SAP Business ONE Implementation"
Packt Publishing | English | 2009-06-15 | ISBN: 1847196381 | 377 pages | PDF | 7 MB

Bring the power of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning to your small-midsize business
• Get SAP B1 up and running quickly, optimize your business, inventory, and manage your warehouse
• Understand how to run reports and take advantage of real-time information
• Complete an express implementation from start to finish
• Real-world examples with step-by-step explanations

In Detail
SAP Business ONE brings the power of the SAP ERP platform to small and mid-size companies. It offers fast-growing companies the same ERP capabilities used in world-wide conglomerates and major corporations. SAP Business ONE is powerful, and to fully harness it takes careful planning.
This book will provide you with a guide to install and implement SAP B1 in your business. It starts with the basic tasks of installing and configuring, but moves at a fast pace and goes on to cover topics such as advanced CRM, e-commerce, and modern Distribution Center configurations for inventory optimization and Warehouse Management.

The book is divided into two main sections. The case study starts out in section one with an ad-hoc implementation of a simple Lemonade Stand business. This section is focused on getting SAP B1 up and running quickly. In the second section the Ad-Hoc Implementation is taken to the next level , and we professionally expand this idea and develop a Beverage Distribution Center with outsourced production. This includes advanced inventory optimization. The workflow is optimized using existing functionality and also using Add-Ons to expand the standard functionality and transform the generic SAP Business ONE business engine into an Industry Solution.

The book is full of examples with detailed step-by-step explanations. We will be implementing a complete SAP Business System including add-ons as part of a case study.

Finally we connect SAP to the Web and introduce a solution that presents SAP features in a web interface with real-time integration. The book is completed with a chapter focusing on growth. Franchise architecture for SAP Business ONE is introduced and applied to the case study to help you learn how to get started with this.

Each chapter has a section that assists you with applying knowledge for your own project. You will have your business set up and ready to go by the time you complete this book.

What you will learn from this book?
• Create a project plan using the latest accelerated implementation techniques
• Manage inventory-related tasks and learn the implementation of warehouse management
• Implement a competitive CRM that integrates multiple sales channels.
• Improve the SAP standard feature-set with the help of various add-on solutions
• Establish a strategy and toolset that helps you overcome limitations for the modules you use
• Migrate data from different sources into SAP Business ONE using different tools and methods and also learn about deciding what data to import
• Enhance the standard SAP reporting functionality using the reporting tools available within SAP Business ONE like Crystal and XL Reporter
• Define a workflow that helps you evaluate available web tools for e-commerce and CRM
• Franchise your business using SAP B1

Approach
With clear instructions and plenty of screenshots, this book will provide you all the support and guidance you need to implement SAP Business One in your business. We will work with a project plan in each chapter and implement new techniques in the related case study. Alongside this hands-on approach tips and tricks are provided that you can use for your own project.

Who this book is written for?
This book is written for technically savvy business owners, entrepreneurs, and departmental managers. If you are a departmental sales manager you can benefit from the advanced sales stages and workflow concept in this book. The seasoned inventory and warehouse manager can immediately utilize the inventory optimization and warehouse management concepts. Your web technicians will benefit from the e-commerce information and understand how your web strategy can be aligned with SAP B1. As a business owner your key players from sales to fulfillment gain back control and you can grow your business to the next level using modern franchising concepts. If you have SQL skills you can leverage your knowledge, connecting with SAP tools and features that are built on queries. No previous experience with SAP or ERP is assumed.

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Performance Best Practices Guide for SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.0

2009-06-12T21:17:00.000-07:00

1. Performance Best Practices
2. Using the Navigation Cache to Improve Performance
3. Configuring Portal Runtime for Performance
4. Configuring the Portal Content Directory (PCD) for Performance

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SAP HR Management and Administration THR10_EN_Col62

2009-06-09T23:33:00.000-07:00

SAP HR Management and Administration

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SAP HR Managment Administration-II THR12 _EN_Col62_FV_Part_A4

2009-06-09T23:26:00.000-07:00

SAP HR Managment Administration-II

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Test your SAP MM skill

2009-06-07T21:12:00.000-07:00

Test your MM skill 160 Questions with Answers.

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SAP PI/XI Tutorials

2009-06-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

This is a compilation of XI tutorials written by consultants working in different SAP consulting companies.Hope this 135 pages of document will help you in your practical work.XI Tutorials:

Understanding the importance of XI
Understanding and working with ABAP Mapping
Mapping Templates in PI 7.0
How-to-do Alert Configuration in XI
Useful information regarding SAP XI
Integration Engine Configuration
File Content Conversion
Accessing Adapter-specific attributes
Working with Decentralized J2EE Adapter Engine - Part 1
Working with Decentralized J2EE Adapter Engine - Part 2
Working with Plain J2SE Adapters
Simple File-to-File scenario using Plain J2SE Adapters
Message Mapping concepts and introduction to Queues
Understanding Java Mapping concepts
Implementation of Node functions

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Expert Oracle9i Database Administration

2009-06-01T21:18:00.000-07:00

Product Description: This is the only real Oracle9i database administration book in the market! This 1,000+ page book enables a beginner or intermediate level Oracle DBA or Oracle developer/manager to master the art of building and managing complex Oracle9i databases.

Expert Oracle9i Database Administration is thorough in covering all aspects of the 9i database, and includes a UNIX primer as well as an introduction to SQL and PL/SQL. Author Sam Alapati covers the entire spectrum of the new Oracle9i RDBMS software and clearly explains how to use all of its powerful features. Currently there is no one book that includes the necessary UNIX administration, Windows NT management, and SQL backgrounds and the necessary database administration principles. This book fills that gap well, by providing all the necessary material in one comprehensive volume. It takes several courses as well as mastery of several Oracle manuals to become a proficient DBA. Readers will be able to become expert Oracle DBAs by using this book. Expert Oracle9i Database Administration is designed to be the most complete Oracle9i database text available today.

About the AuthorSam R. Alapati is an experienced Oracle database administrator who holds the Oracle OCP DBA and the Hewlett-Packard UNIX System Administrator certifications. He currently manages Oracle databases at the Boy Scouts of America National Headquarters in Los Colinas, Texas. Alapati has been dealing with databases for a long time, including the Ingres RDBMS in the mid 1980s. He is also well versed in the Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase, and IBM DB2 database management systems.

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Oracle 11g for Dummies

2009-06-01T21:07:00.000-07:00

Publisher: For Dummies
Language: English
ISBN: 0470277653
Paperback: 408 pages
Data: Jan 2009
Format: PDF

Description: Are you a seasoned system administrator charged with setting up an Oracle database? Or did you suddenly become a DBA by default? If database administration with Oracle is part of your job, you’ll be glad to have Oracle 11g For Dummies in your cubicle. This nuts-and-bolts guide walks you through the mysteries of Oracle and database administration. You’ll learn how to understand Oracle database architecture, set up and manage an Oracle database, and keep it running in tiptop form. Oracle 11g For Dummies covers:

The building blocks behind the database engine as well as Oracle’s physical and logical structures
Hardware, software, system, and storage requirements for implementation
How to recognize and accommodate the differences between Oracle installations on Windows and on Linux/UNIX
Daily and intermittent tasks necessary to keep your database running properly
How to assess potential threats to your database, configure Oracle Recovery Manager, and set up backup and recovery procedures
When to use online, offline, controlfile, and archivelog backups
Troubleshooting methodology and how to use Oracle database logs and other diagnostic utilities
Different ways to manage your database
How to automate jobs with the Oracle Scheduler
Using SQL in Oracle, and a great deal more Completely up to date for the newest release of Oracle, Oracle 11g For Dummies will give you both the information and the confidence to set up and maintain an Oracle database for your organization.

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Oracle (IT Magazine) July-Aug 2008

2009-06-01T21:04:00.001-07:00

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Principles of of Users and Throughput Sizing

2009-06-01T20:57:00.000-07:00

Tell the different scopes of user and throughput sizing
Know when to use which approach
Understand the basic sizing algorithms for both sizing approaches

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SAP Project System Configuration with Screenshots

2009-06-01T20:55:00.000-07:00

SAP Project System Configuration with Screenshots

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SAP Business One Tips and Tricks

2009-06-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

This rar comprises of two files,

Document 1 contains useful tips and tricks for SAP Business one which include mainly; Calculation of Actual Component and Actual Product costs in production, and Gross profit in Sales BOM; How to stop users from creating/updating BOMs; How to populate Prior Period Bal in Customer Statements and Profit Centres in JE based on marketing docs.

Documents 2 contains guides on how to find out the description of a field in SAP Business One, the hierarchy of the default layouts when printing, in-depth workings of the Special Pricing functionality, what is a key pre-requisite for posting the journals generated from the Period-End Closing function and much more.

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WAS 700 TechEd Questions

2009-05-31T02:03:00.000-07:00

Most of question were Customer Scenario Based if will try to recollect as much as possible. Questions framed in exam were not exactly as stated below, they have created Customer based scenarios. I have tried to simply questions as much as possible.

1.Given the instance no tell the telnet port for java administration

2.Default schema is used during system setup where will db users stored and will the schema user (ABAP+JAVA),SID=
• table Dba_user , Schema user = SAP
• table Dba_users , Schema user = SAPSR3
• table Dba_users , Schema user = SAPDB
• table Dba_users , Schema user = SAPSR3DB

3.Different type of RFC

4.Customers Java stack is down and he ask you for support what you will do.
• Ask customer to review logs and traces
• Ask customer to start remote server and u will analyse log
• We request customer to send logs via mail

5.Start Sequence
• DB process  MSG server Dispatcher  ICM
• In Rest of all option sequence was changed
•
6.ECC 6.0 is first system to be setup in landscape which all options are true
• Require solman queue for installation
• ECC6.0 installtion cannot be done unless solman is installed
• Require solman key for ECC6.0 installation

7. Which all fields in SAPInst requires your active inputs
• RAM size
• Path for Kernel CD
• IGS_SOFT cd
• Dispatcher port

8. Requirements and Configuration of LDAP and Directory services ( 5-6 Question)

( You should know indepth knowledge abt topic Ex:- which release it supports, Type of RFC to be created, User type required, Agent to be configured, Interfaces used and so on.)

9. Different ways to give authorization
• Assigning profile
• Using role
• Authorization object
• Field assignments

10. Authorization concept of JAVA
(Permission and Actions concept and difference should be known to answere the questions)

11. Solutions not included in SAP Business Suite ( was asked twice)
• SAP ERP
• SAP SCM
• SAP Aerospace and Defense
• SAP All-in-one
• SAP Business one
12. Customer has 4.6 C system on 32 bit windows/oracle and want it to migrate to server with 64 bit Windows/Oracle
• SAP doesn’t support it.
• SAP provides minimal support
• Can be done without problem

13. Customer want to take backup on LTO tapes what configuration you will perform
• Adapt initSID.ora
• Adapt init_SID.sap
• Adapt init SID.sap
• Adapt cntrlSID.dbf

14. Solution manager operations ( 4 question)
( All questions were based on solution manager 4.0 configuration with system and SLD)

15. Different option for defining steps in BGD job creation
• ABAP Programs
• External commands ( Defined by Admin)
• External programs

16. Process that control transport at OS level
• RDDIMPDP
• RDDIMPDP.exe
• R3trans.exe
• Tp.exe

17. Check the status of listener as OS level
• Lsnrctl status
• Rest 3 options had spelling mistake

18 Which files does BRBACKUP copies

19 o/p of brconnect –f check includes

20. question related to redo logs ( like no. of redo log group, what will happen if configured on slow disk)

21. What you will discuss with customer during implementation
• Network topology to be used
• Ports to be opened
• Landscape design

22. Virtual host concept in SICF tcode

23. Variant to be used for jobs to send e-mail via SMTP

24. Reorg of TempSe (option included settings of parameter which are not existing)

25. Direction for sync of data between LDAP and system

26. No. of max clients
• 100

27. Step executed/included during Upgrade

28.Configurtaion,requirements and operations of QA approval process. (2-3 questions)

29.Reasons of Import queue and buffer not get updated
• Different transport groups
• Target is virtual
• Local objects in request

30. What will happen during SP application if some respective correction notes were applied on system

31. What will CRT do.
( to select correct options will require package level knowledge)
EX:- CRT application not required during ABAP and APPL patch appliction but CRT might be required during if patching IS)

32. Given the scenario you have to select which type of request will be created.
EX:- customizing request for local customizing

33.Which all components and Standalone engines can be installed using specified SAPInst CD.

34.Requirement for JAVA patch upgrade
• Sidadm passwd
• J2ee_admin passwd ---wrong option (as JSPM should be started with sidadm login and JSPM ask for profile and sdm passwd)
• Sdm passwd
• Profile parameter file

35. Important service required for JAVA monitoring (options also included services which doesn’t exist at all)

36.Valid Inputs during printer device type definition.

37. Advantages of using SAP Router

38. what all is possible if SAP router is configured in Landscape
• Can open http://help.sap.com
• Search for SAP notes
• Can open remote connection to SAP
• Create support message
• Can open http://service.sap.com

39. Required Parameter to be set in web dispatcher profile
• Ms/http_port - was only the correct option
(Most important thing in such type of question were option had improper syntax of parameters like ms/server_port_ instead of icm/server_port_)

40.Advantage the user gets by maintaining SAPDOCCD.ini
• Help can be configuredand called specific
• Release specific
• User specific
• Log on language specific.

C_ADM_ORA_70 TechEd Questions

2009-05-31T02:01:00.000-07:00

50-60% of the questions were based on Advanced Software Logistics, Monitoring (JAVA, CCMS), Database, CUA & LDAP.

8-12 questions in each of the above sections.

Also, there were many questions on ICM.

Below are the few questions that I could recollect.

1) If we run brconnect –f check, what will be the output?

2) Question on CBO & RBO based on Oracle 10g.

3) What is the use of sapbackup directory?

a. Store redo log files

b. Stores backup logs

More options

4) Based on Oracle 10g, which statements are true for SYSAUX tablesapace.

Need to know Oracle 10g features.

5) If you take online backup of your SAP system, which of foll statements are true.

o It will backup datafiles, controlfiles and redo log files

o You cannot run anything when backup s running

o Archiving must be stopped.

6) Which of following db activities can be performed using SAP ABAP transactions?

o Initialize tape.

o Validate Structure

o Extend tablesapace

o Adapt Next Extent

7) If instance no. is 20, what will be the telnet port for JAVA administration?

8) If there is trusted RFC between solution manager and satellite sys, how many RFCs will be created in satellite system?

9) To generate solution manager key using trx smsy, what details of the system are required?

10) Required Parameter to be set in web dispatcher profile

ms/http_port -à was only the correct option

(Most important thing in such type of question were option had improper syntax of parameters like ms/server_port_ instead of icm/server_port_)

11) Advantage the user gets by maintaining SAPDOCCD.ini

o Help can be configuredand called specific

o Release specific

o System specific (SRM, CRM, …)

o Log on language specific.

12) Reasons of Import queue and buffer not get updated

o Different transport groups

o Target is virtual

o Local objects in request

13) How many clients in SAP system?

14) How is sync carried out between your SAP & LDAP system?

15) Default schema is used during system setup where will db users stored and will the schema user (ABAP+JAVA),SID=

table Dba_user , Schema user = SAP
table Dba_users , ABAP Schema user = SAPSR3
table Dba_users , Schema user = SAPDB
table Dba_users , JAVA Schema user = SAPSR3DB

16) Different types of RFC

17) There are performance problems in your JAVA stack, what will u check?

o DSR

o Application trace

o System trace

o Session trace

18) Start Sequence

DB process à MSG server àDispatcher à ICM

In Rest of all option sequence was changed

19) Different ways to give authorization

o Assigning profile

o Using role

o Authorization object

o Field assignments

20) Solutions not included in SAP Business Suite

o SAP ERP

o SAP SCM

o SAP Aerospace and Defense

o SAP All-in-one

o SAP Business one

21) In bgd job scheduling which of foll are true?

External Commands and External Programs can be scheduled ( this was correct)

22) Process that control transport at OS level

o RDDIMPDP

o RDDIMPDP.exe

o R3trans.exe

o Tp.exe

23) Given the scenario you have to select which type of request will be created.

Eg: customizing request for local customizing

24) You have SAPGUI Server. Which of foll r true?

25) For printer configurations which of foll statements r true?

Need to know abt printer configuration & all device types

26) Step executed/included during Upgrade (2 questions on upgrade)

27) About storage of spool requests and spool jobs. Which are true?

o TemSe

o rspo/store_location

o (other options were incorrect)

28) About OPS$ mechanism.

29) During Operation Mode switch if a bgd wp is running some operation which of foll r true?

o Wait for it to complete, nd thn switch is performed

o Cancel the bgd job nd switch is performed.

o Operation mode switch is cancelled.

30) Which of foll ABAP traces can be started without restarting SAP system?

Some traces were incorrect.

31) About SMTP configuration.

o Automatically fwd mails to other domains?

o How may domains?

32) For Solution Manager what is reqd in ur SAP system?

o Application of ST-A/PI is must.

o SAP router reqd.

o No configuration reqd.

33) Logs created during installation.

34) When change in TMS configuration is reqd?

o New Application Server Installed.

o New SAP system to be included in same transport domain.

o When support pack are applied.

35) After installation what config are reqd?

Post Installation steps must be known.

36) Managing transports in projects with diff transport strategies Mass import and Import Single req. (2 qestions)

37) Question on SPDD and SPAU during SAP upgrade and Support Pack Appl.

38) Tools or phases during SAP upgrade.

o PREPARE

o ICNV trx

(Each had a description also. So need to know wht each phase does)

39) Availability Monitoring using GRMG.

(Need to know functionality of GRMG i.e. how monitoring if performed)

40) Question on gateway process. Which are true?

o 1 gateway process reqd per SAP instance.

o Only 1 gateway process which in Central Instance.

o RFCs use gateway processes.

41) Tools for JAVA Administration.

42) Which one of these is the text-based trace in the JAVA system?

o Visual Admin

o Telnet

o Configuration Editor

o SystemInfo Page

43) ICM can be used for which of the foll?

o Standalone ITS

o Integrated ITS

o Only ABAP sys

o Only JAVA sys

o ABAP+JAVA is must.

44) About JAVA monitoring using CCMS.

o Monitoring data is stored in database.

o Data transferred using HTTP/HTTPS

o Data transferred using RFC

44) For CCMS monitoring:

o R3 4.0 systems nd lower use RFC to transfer data to CCMS.

o R3 4.0 systems nd above use agent to transfer data to CCMS.

o 2 more options..

45) Question on LDAP. Which of foll statements are true?

o RFC of type T is reqd.

o Other RFC type also given.

o SAP user reqd to connect frm SAP to LDAP

o User created in LDAP trx toconnect frm SAP to LDAP

46) SID nd hostname given. Parameter rdisp/mshost is stored in which profile?

Start, Default or Instance Profile?

Other options had wrong profile names.

47) CCMS monitoring can be used to view alerts for both ABAP & JAVA. For JAVA, which alerts cannot be seen from JAVA but from CCMS?

48) Which of the foll terms relate to CCMS?

o MTE

o Monitoring Set

o Monitoring Attributes

o Other options were incorrect.

49) Which of foll r true for authorizations in SAP System.

(Need knowledge on Roles, Authorizations, User Assignment, Profiles)

50) Question on CUA.

o CUA can be between 2 clients.

o Logical Systems in CUA have RFCs of form CLNT.

o CUA and LDAP cannot be used for same client at a time.

2 more options…

SAP SD Certification Question

2009-05-09T05:40:00.000-07:00

1 In the customer order cycle inventory is reduced during:
A Sales
B Picking
C Delivery
D Goods Issue
E Billing

2 The following happens at post Goods Issue:
A Billing Doc created
B FI Doc created
C Billing doc due list performed automatically
D Sales doc status are updated
E Delivery requests and inventory updated

3 Which of the following are true of a Sales Organisation:
A Can be assigned to one or more plants
B Can be assigned to one controlling area
C Can be assigned to only one company code
D Can be assigned to many shipping points
E Is part of the Sales Area

4 Standard Customer order management process consists of:
A Sales order, delivery, billing, complaints
B Sales order, GI, billing, complaints
C Sales order, Delivery, complaints
D Sales order, delivery, billing, payment
E Quote, Sales order, delivery

5 Which of the following are true of Customer Master Data
A Bill to party, payer, ship to party, sold to party
B Exists in a Sales Area
C Exists in a Plant
D Critical to the customer order management cycle
E Not Critical to the customer order management cycle

6 A plant in the Sales Order is proposed in the sequence:
A Customer, Material, Customer material info record
B Material, Customer, Customer material info record
C Customer material info record, customer, material
D Customer material info record, material, customer
E Customer, customer material info record, material

7 The following happens when customer master data is changed
A All existing Sales Orders are updated
B Only open Sales Orders are updated
C All existing Invoices are updated
D Only open Invoices are updated
E None of the above

8 Sales between company code A and company code B is called:
A Sales area
B Intra-company Sales
C Inter Company Sales
D Indirect Sales
E Third Party Sales

9 The shipping process supports the following:
A Creation of delivery documents
B Billing
C Returns order
D Packing
E Goods Issue

10 The following are true about a Sales Order:
A Contains customer and material data
B Only contains header and item
C Contains header, item and schedule lines
D Created in a Sales Area
E Allows revenue posting of documents to FI

11 Linked documents are called:
A Customer order management process
B Goods Issue
C Document Flow
D Copy Control
E Sales Order

12 The following are true about Schedule Lines:
A Are assigned to a sales document type
B Are assigned to an item category
C Contain the movement type
D Controls transfer of requirements and ATP checks
E Contains delivery dates and quantity

13 Schedule lines are created during the creation of:
A Sales Order
B Delivery
C Transportation
D Billing
E Goods Issue

14 The following are true about the Item Category:
A have pricing relevancy
B have billing relevancy
C Item number counter
D Schedule lines
E Delivery relevance

15 Item Category determination is done using:
A Order type, Item category usage, Item category group, item category
B Order type, MRP type
C Order type, Item category group, Item usage, High level item
D Item category, Item category group, High level item
E Item category, MRP type

16 Schedule Line determination is done using:
A Order type, Item category group, Item Category
B Order type, MRP type
C Order type, Item category group
D Item Category, Item Category group
E Item Category, MRP type

17 The Sales document type controls the following:
A Plant determination
B Number assignment
C Relevancy for picking
D Default billing document type
E Default delivery document type

18 Which of the following statements are TRUE:
A A sales office can only be assigned to one sales area
B A plant can be assigned to only one company code
C A distribution channel is assigned to many sales organisations
D Customer master data is only created for SD
E A sales document type can only have an internal number range

19 A movement type is assigned to:
A Sales Document
B Item Category
C Schedule Line
D Delivery
E Goods Issue

20 In a Sales Order a delivery block can be assigned to:
A Sales Document
B Item Category
C Schedule Line
D Delivery
E Goods Issue

SAP Enterprise Portal Fundamentals Certification Questions Explanation

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Question 1 Explanation: For SAP Enterprise Portal, the load-balancing solution should ensure session persistence, or “stickiness.” This means that all requests of a specific user in a single session are forwarded to the same server. Stickiness is achieved at initial logon, by linking to the IP address and local port of the load-balancing system. If one node fails, the other servers assume the tasks of the failed node without any pause in operation or loss of information.

Question 2 Explanation: Portal Content Directory (PCD) is a file system which stores roles and role components, and page-to-role relationships. It also stores deployable (PAR) and master iViews (written in Java) with their personalization data and derivations (Java iViews, External Services). The PCD stores a copy of the page catalog.

Question 3 Explanation: The portal server needs read/write access to its PCD file system.

Question 4 Explanation: Roles are maintained with the Role Editor in both SAP Enterprise Portal 5.0 and 6.0. The Role Editor is a Web-based tool for creating roles and hierarchies and for assigning content objects to roles. In EP 5.0, the Role Editor is a central tool which can be used to create and edit External Services, master iViews and work sets as well as roles. Other editors are available for the administration of pages and iViews. In EP 6.0, the Role Editor is embedded in the central administration environment for the development and administration of content: the Portal Content Studio. This administration environment can be used to call all editors for the creation and administration of content, including the Role Editor. Only roles can be created and edited in the Role Editor.

Question 5 Explanation: Authentication provides a way of verifying the user’s identity before he or she is granted access to the portal. Once the user has been authenticated, he or she is issued a SAP logon ticket that allows him or her to access all the applications, information and services in the Enterprise Portal using Single Sign-On. Since many of these applications may contain sensitive data, it is imperative that the user in question can be identified and this identity authenticated. The process of authentication is based on each user having a unique set of credentials for gaining access. For example, with user ID and password authentication, the authentication server compares a user’s authentication credentials with other user credentials stored in a data repository. If the credentials match, the user is granted access to the Enterprise Portal. Otherwise, the authentication fails and portal access is denied. The Enterprise Portal 5.0 offers the following integrated authentication mechanisms:· Authentication with User ID and Password· Authentication with X.509 digital certificates· Authentication using external mechanisms¡ Windows 2000 authentication¡ Authentication Against User Data in SAP R/3 System¡ External Web access management tools, such as Netegrity Site Minder¡ COM interface allowing you to use any kind of external authentication service Note that you must use one method of authentication for all users. The only exception is authentication with digital certificates. Digital certificates can be used as an additional method of authentication. This means that users that have a client certificate use it to logon while other users have to provide credentials using a different authentication mechanism.

Question 6 Explanation: The recommendation is that do not place more than fifty (50) objects in a single folder.

Question 7 Explanation: The Enterprise Portal Plug-In (WP-PI) enables the exchange of data between SAP Enterprise Portal and the mySAP.com components, for example SAP R/3 and SAP BW. It is a prerequisite to enable Drag & Relate and Single Sign-

Question 8 Explanation: The Page Builder assembles the pages that are displayed in the Enterprise Portal. It gets information about the navigation between pages and the layout of the pages from the roles assigned to a user. Information about which roles are assigned to which users is stored in the portal LDAP directory.

Question 9 Explanation: The operating system collector SAPOsCol is a stand-alone program that runs in the operating system background. It runs independently of SAP instances exactly once per monitored host. SAPOsCol collects data about operating system resources, including:• Usage of virtual and physical memory SAP Enterprise Portal Fundamentals Certification questions By Aravindaaravind_sapep@yahoo.com• CPU utilization• Utilization of physical disks and file systems• Resource usage of running processes• Process monitoring

Question 10 Explanation: User access to content is determined by Role definitions. A portal role is a collection of content. While portal content is developed to enable access to information relevant to the organization in which the portal is deployed, roles define the subset of content available to each functional role within the organization. Users are assigned to the role or roles that provide content relevant to them. A user has access to the content that has been assigned to all of his or her roles.

Question 11 Explanation:J2EE Engine cluster is a set of independent nodes that are addressed and managed as a single system. The cluster consists of two types of nodes: dispatchers and servers. The administrator of the system determines the number of dispatchers and servers in a cluster. Each dispatcher node is connected to all server nodes in the cluster and each server node maintains connections to all other cluster nodes. Clustering enables dynamic load balancing by distributing client requests among the server nodes in the cluster, thereby providing higher scalability and improved system performance

Question 12 Explanation: Users and passwords are defined in the directory server. To enable those users and passwords for portal logon, you must define a security configuration, using the portal tools. However, in order to do so, you need to log on to the portal. The first time you logon to the portal, you log on as a default, predefined user, called admin, using the default password, admin. After you have defined a security configuration, you may continue to log on as user admin, or you may log on with the user information defined in the directory server. The admin/admin logon provides you with access to the portal as a fully qualified super administrator. Note that administrator access is enabled via Microsoft Internet Explorer browsers only. There is no administrator access via Netscape browsers.

Question 13 Explanation: Load balancing is dividing the work of one computer among several computers so that more work gets done in the same amount of time and all users get served faster. You can implement a hardware or a software load balancing solution.

Question 14 Explanation: The role definition determines the navigation structure within the portal. The navigation structure consists of the top-level navigation bar, and the detailed navigation tree. The top-level navigation bar is a series of tabs in the title area of the portal header. A user navigates portal pages and services by clicking tabs in the top-level navigation bar.

Question 15 Explanation: When the user performs a Drag & Relate action in the front end, the client sends a HRNP (hyper relational navigation protocol) request to the Unification Server through HTTP. The Unification Server resolves the relationship between the drag source and the drop target, and queries the database and/or applications to determine the record set. Then it redirects the result set to the Portal Server and launches the screen which appears in the browser.

Question 16 Explanation: If you are using basic authentication, we strongly recommended that you set up the browser and portal Web server to communicate using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).Otherwise users‘ credentials will be transmitted in clear text.

Question 17 Explanation: The SAP System has Release 4.0B or higher. SAP logon tickets are not supported in releases lower than 4.0B.

Question 18 Explanation: Reverse Proxy Filter enables the portal to do the following:• Check all HTTP requests coming to the portal platform.• Distinguish between the following HTTP requests to the portal: those coming from external sources, such as the Internet and outside the firewall of an enterprise, and those coming from internal sources, such as the intranet within the firewall.• Replace the scheme, host, and port number in an HTTP request.• Respond to more than one domain name using different proxy servers.

Question 19 Explanation: An iView is handled differently by Enterprise Portal depending on whether it is invoked from an Internet Explorer or Netscape browser. In Internet Explorer, each iView in a portal page is contained in an iFrame. Each iFrame is a distinct container, independent of the other containers. In Netscape, each iView is contained in an HTML table. When multiple iViews are displayed in a portal page in Netscape, you are actually viewing a single HTML page formatted into HTML tables.

Question 20 Explanation: Content Admin tab provides the tools for creating portal-related content, such as roles, iViews, pages, Web components.

Question 21 Explanation: Portal applications are configured according to the logger.xml configuration file. Various portal applications place information into different log files. SAP recommend that you set log levels in production environments to WARNING or ERROR.

Question 22 Explanation: SAP JCo is a middleware component that enables the development of SAP-compatible components and applications in Java. SAP JCo supports communication with the SAP server in both directions: inbound calls (Java calls ABAP) and outbound calls (ABAP calls Java). So, SAP JCo realizes communication between the ABAP and the J2EEenvironments that can be used in SAP Web AS.

Question 23 Explanation: You use the cryptographic tool SAPGENPSE to generate a key store in which you can store a certificate. You only need this key store for storing the root certificate of the portal Web server. It is therefore not necessary that you send the generated certificate request toyour CA.

Question 24 Explanation: The entire portal administration is performed using administration roles contained in the standard content of the portal. The administration roles contain all the functions possible for portal administration. The standard delivery of SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 contains four administration roles, all of which subdivide the existing administration tasks into the following four groups:· Super Administration (containing all administration tasks)· Content Administration· System Administration· User Administration

Question 25 Explanation: You implement the Knowledge Management (KM) platform of the Enterprise Portal to enable unstructured content management, and sophisticated search and retrieval functionality over unstructured content in disparate information repositories. The knowledge management platform also provides collaboration functionality, such assending messages, annotating documents, and setting up discussion groups.

Question 26 Explanation:

Question 27 Explanation: The Enterprise Portal iView interface enables you to create and manage portal channels and iViews. When you open the interface, a list of iViews and channels is displayed, along with a set of tools that let you create and maintain channels and iViews. In this section, we describe the main functions of this interface. iView Editor screen: (1) Search Tool, (2) Toolbar, (3) Channel List, (4) iView List

Question 28 Explanation: The user management component of the Enterprise Portal is an extensive application programming interface (API) that allows iViews to read data from the corporate LDAP directory and to read and write data to the portal LDAP directory. It also provides Single Sign-On functions and Authentication of portal users against user repository.

Question 29 Explanation: Single Sign-On (SSO) is a key feature of the Enterprise Portal that eases user interaction with the many component systems available to the user in a portal environment. Once the user is authenticated to the enterprise portal, he or she can use the portal to access external applications. With SSO in the Enterprise Portal, the user can access different systems and applications without having to repeatedly enter his or her user information for authentication. The Enterprise Portal SSO mechanism is available in two variants depending on security requirements and the supported external applications:· SSO with SAP logon tickets· SSO with user ID and password Both variants eliminate the need for repeated logons to individual applications after the initial authentication at the enterprise portal. Whereas SSO with SAP logon tickets is based on a secure ticketing mechanism, SSO with user ID and password forwards the user’s logon data (user ID and password) to the systems that a user wants to call.

Question 30 Explanation: Channels, used to organize iViews into logical groups, are also assigned to roles. While every iView must be assigned to a channel, not every iView is associated with a page. A user has access to the iViews displayed on the pages in his or her portal. When personalizing portal pages, the user will also have access to the iViews in the channels assigned to his or her roles.

Question 31 Explanation: There is a permissions concept for portal objects in SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0. It is valid for all objects of the Portal Content Directory that can be maintained with a special editor (Permission Editor) in the portal. Portal permissions mainly define the access rights of portal administrators to portal objects in the Portal Catalog. The access permissions are implemented with the Access Control List (ACL) method.

Question 32 Explanation: In a load balanced landscape with multiple portal server installations the lock server is the portal component that enables the components of the middleware layer to work concurrently with the persistence layer, notably with the Portal Content Directory (PCD) and the database server. The middleware layer is installed as clients that access the persistence layer and the shared resources. Each middleware client must not interfere with other clients accessing and modifying the same resources, therefore there is the need to implement a concurrent control mechanism. The control mechanism is a synchronization process over TCP/IP at port 3299. Through the port, the lock server identifies the specific process request coming from each middleware client. It then allows access to the shared resources and the persistence layer. By so doing, each portal works with a consistent view of the shared resources. Portals communicating with the lock server become the lock clients.

Question 33 Explanation: Web Dynpro is a browser-based, device-independent technology which provides a runtime and a development environment for professional business Web applications. Web Dynpro delivers a declarative meta-model to minimize the need to write programming code. From this abstract definition, Web Dynpro generates code to create a ready-to-run Web application.

Question 34 Explanation: The Enterprise Portal includes two user management master iViews that you can modify to suit your company’s requirements and integrate in the portal. These are:· Self registration master iView: Allows users, for example, external users that do not exist in the corporate LDAP directory, to register themselves as portal users.· Change password master iView: Allows users to change their password and optionally other user data.

Question 35 Explanation: For the portal cluster:· To guarantee proper portal functionality, external load-balancing solutions must always implement stickiness, using either a source-IP or cookie-based distribution policy.· All machines in a portal cluster are covered by a license installed on any of them. However, for high availability purposes, you should install a license on at least two portal machines, although a license on each machine is recommended. In this case, if the machine with the single license is stopped for more than an hour (the period of time during which the license is cached), portal operation will not be interrupted

Question 36 Explanation: My Pages tab contains the default Welcome page plus the pages assigned to all of the roles to which the logged on user is assigned. My Pages display iViews, small applications designed to retrieve information from various information resources.

Question 37 Explanation:

If you have a mixed system landscape including both SAP and non-SAP systems, we recommend that you use a corporate LDAP directory as a primary store for central user data। Also use this option if you have a large number of users in your system landscape। In the above figure, a system running CUA is used to administer user data from several SAPABAP systems centrally। The user data from the CUA is synchronized with a corporate LDAP directory। The UMEs of any standalone J2EE Engines are configured to use the corporate LDAP directory as data source। Third-party systems can also access user data on the LDAP directory।

Question 38 Explanation: The Unification Server enables your Portal for Drag & Relate (hyper relational navigation)। This means that you can relate business data across applications and/or databases for which you have installed a unifier on your Unification Server। Moreover the Unification Server provides functions to display data from the installed database unifiers।

Question 39 Explanation: To enable high load and avoid errors when running SAP Enterprise Portal with an Oracle database, increase the maximum number of processes and sessions in the database।

Make sure no one is currently using the database, as you must restart the database server. To change the number of processes on an Oracle database server:

1. From the Oracle program group in the Windows Start menu, go to Database Administration >DBAStudio, and log on to your Oracle database using DBA Studio as user SYSDBA.

2. Open the Database branch and choose: Instances > Database.

3. Choose All Initialization Parameters.

4. Scroll down the list of parameters to the processes property and increase its value (e.g. 150).

5. Verify the increase with your DBA.

6. Scroll down to the sessions property and increase its value to 1.2 multiplied by the number of processes.

7. Choose OK and then Apply. You are prompted to restart the database server.

8. Restart the IIS and the Oracle server.

Question 40 Explanation: When Single Sign-On with user ID and password is used, the user ID and password are transmitted in plain text using HTTP POST. We strongly recommend that you protect the connections to the SAP System using HTTPS or SNC to prevent the user ID and password being eaves dropped by an external party.

SAP Enterprise Portal Fundamentals Certification

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1. What is the load-balancing mechanism that allows all requests of a specific user in a single session forwarded to the same server?

A. Stickiness

B. destination based affinity

C. Active/passive clustering

D. Active/active clustering

2. Which of the following stores roles and role components, and page-to-role relationships?

A. Portal LDAP directory

B. Portal Content Directory (PCD)

C. Corporate LDAP directory

D. Repository database

3. What type of permission does the portal server needs to access to its Portal ContentDirectory (PCD) file system?

A. read/write

B. read

C. write

D. read/write/execute

4. Which of the following are true regarding the Portal Roles? (Choose all that apply.)

A. In EP 6.0, the Role Editor is embedded in the central administration environmentfor the development and administration of content: the Portal Content Studio.

B. In EP 5.0, the Role Editor is a central tool which can be used to create and editExternal Services, master iViews and worksets as well as roles.

C. Roles and master iViews can be created and edited in the Role Editor.

D. The Role Editor is a Web-based tool for creating roles and hierarchies and forassigning content objects to roles.

5. What are the different types of integrated authentication mechanisms that theEnterprise Portal 5.0 offers? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Authentication using a reverse proxy with UFS permissions

B. Authentication with X.509 digital certificates

C. Authentication Against User Data in SAP R/3 System

D. Authentication with User ID and Password

E. Authentication using Netegrity SiteMinder

F. Authentication using Digital envelopes

6. For administration tasks in the Portal Catalog, it is recommended that you organizethe content in a folder taxonomy. Placing many objects in a single folder increases thetime it takes for that folder to load. How many objects objects does SAP recommends tokeep in a single folder?

A. 75

B. 100

C. 25

D. 50

E. 5

F. 10

7. Which of the following is a prerequisite to enable Drag&Relate and Single Sign-On?

A. Retrieval and Classification (TREX)

B. Java Server Pages

C. Enterprise Portal Plug-In (WP-PI)

D. SAP Unification Server

8. ________ assembles the pages that are displayed in the Enterprise Portal.

A. Content Server

B. Unification Server

C. iViewServer

D. Page Builder

9. True or false: Enterprise portal 6.0 SP2 supports only software based loadbalancing.

A. True
B. False

10. Which of the following data about operating system resources are

collected by SAPOsCol? (Choose all that apply.)

A. IP filtering of the packets leaving the interface

B. Ile tie-out and gateway ping

C. Utilization of physical disks and file systems

D. Usage of virtual and physical memory

E. Process monitoring

F. Resource usage of running processes

G. CPU utilization

11. User access to content is determined by ________________.

A. content management

B. The top-level navigation bar

C. iViews in the channels

D. Role definitions

12. What are the two types of nodes that the J2EE Engine cluster consists

of?

A. dispatchers

B. clients

C. gateway

D. servers

13. The first time you log on to the portal as __________ (Choose two.)

A. default password, sap

B. default password, admin

C. predefined user, called administrator

D. predefined user, called admin

14. Which presents a hierarchical list of portal pages and services?

A. Channels

B. Roles

C. iViews

D. The navigation tree

15. What type of request the client sends to the Unification Server through HTTP whenyou perform a Drag&Relate action in the front end?

A. SSL

B. TCP

C. HRNP

D. UDP

E. HSRP

16. True or false: If you are using basic authentication, SAP recommends that you setup the browser and portal Web server to communicate using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).

A. True

B. False

17. Your organization has the SAP System Release 3.1H and you have a tough time toaccept and verify SAP Logon Tickets in your portal server. What could be the problem?

A. Portal Servers digital signature is missing

B. SAP logon tickets are not supported in releases lower than 4.0B

C. Access control list (ACL) is denying access

D. SAP System Release 3.1H has a bug

18. What does the reverse proxy filter enables the portal to do? (Choose all that apply.)

A. Distinguish between the HTTP requests

B. replaces your existing firewall in the DMZ

C. Replace the scheme, host, and port number in an HTTP request.

D. Respond to more than one domain name using different proxy servers.

E. Check all HTTP requests coming to the portal platform.

19. Which of the following are true regarding iViews when it is invoked from an Internet Explorer or Netscape browser?

A. In Internet Explorer, each iView is contained in an HTML table

B. In Netscape, each iView is contained in an HTML table

C. In Internet Explorer, each iView in a portal page is contained in an iFrame

D. In Netscape, each iView in a portal page is contained in an iFrame

20. Portal Admin tab provides the tools for creating Web components. (True or False)

A. True

B. False

21. You want to set the log levels of your new EP 6.0 installation in production environment to ERROR. Which file do you edit to accomplish this task?

A. config.xml

B. logger.xml

C. logger.csv

D. logadmin.xml

22. Which of the following is a middleware component that enables the development ofSAP-compatible components and applications in Java?

A. SAP JCo

B. SDM

C. J2EE Engine

D. SAP Web AS

23. Which of the following cryptography tool is used to configure secure communication between the TREX preprocessor and the portal Web server and between the TREX Web server and the TREX ISAPI Register?

A. SAPCAR

B. SAPSECPI

C. SAPSSLC

D. SAPGENPSE

24. The standard delivery of SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 contains four administration roles, all of which subdivide the existing administration tasks into four groups. Which ofthe following deals with the administration roles? (Choose four.)

A. Security Administration

B. User Administration

C. System Administration

D. Content Administration

E. Super Administration (containing all administration tasks)

F. Network Administration

25. Which of the following Enterprise Portal platform enables unstructured content management, and sophisticated search and retrieval functionality over unstructured content in disparate information repositories?

A. Unification Server

B. Portal Server

C. Page Builder

D. Knowledge Management (KM)

26. What are the three elements of the KM platform that have different tasks?

A. Collaboration

B. TREX

C. Portal Content Directory (PCD)

D. Content Management

27. Which component of the Enterprise Portal provides authentication of portal users against user repository ?

A. Portal server

B. User management

C. Portal LDAP directory server

D. Corporate LDAP directory server

28. What are the two variants in Enterprise Portal SSO mechanism available on security requirements and the supported external applications?

A. SSO with SAP logon tickets

B. SSO with user ID and password

C. SSO with Digital Certificates

D. SSO with LDAP server

29. Which of the following is used to organize iViews into logical groups, are also assigned to roles?

A. Channels

B. iPanel

C. iViews

D. Roles

30. True or false: The SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 permissions mainly define the access rights of portal administrators to portal objects in the Portal Catalog. The access permissions are implemented with the Access Control List (ACL) method.

A. False

B. True

31. What is the TCP/IP port number that the lock server use to identify the specific process request coming from each middleware client?

A. 3299

B. 1080

C. 80

D. 443

32. True or false: Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) is a browser-based, device-independenttechnology which provides a runtime and a development environment for professional business Web applications.

A. False

B. True

33. What are the two user management master iViews that you can modify to suit your company requirements and integrate in the portal?

A. Self registration master iView

B. Anonymous Logon with Named Guest Users master iView

C. Change password master iView

D. Microsoft Active Directory Server master iView

34. True or false: All machines in a portal cluster are covered by a license installed onany of them. However, for high availability purposes, you should install a license on atleast two portal machines, although a license on each machine is recommended. In this case, if the machine with the single license is stopped for more than an hour (the periodof time during which the license is cached), portal operation will not be interrupted.

A. False

B. True

35. Which tab contains the default Welcome page plus the pages assigned to all of the roles to which the logged on user is assigned?

A. Portal Admin

B. My Pages

C. System Configuration

D. Content Admin

36. When will you use a corporate LDAP directory as a primary store for central userdata? (Choose two.)

A. if the system landscape consists of Novell NetWare clients

B. if there is a mixed system landscape including both SAP and non-SAP systems

C. if there are large number of users in the system landscape

D. if there are large number of Windows XP users in the network

37. Which technology relate business data across applications and/or databases for which you have installed a unifier on your Unification Server?

A. Drag&Relate

B. iView

C. Drag&Drop

D. Unifiers

38. You want to tune your system database. How do you enable high load and avoid errors when running SAP Enterprise Portal with an Oracle database?

A. by decreasing the maximum number of processes and sessions in the database.

B. by using the Oracle Enterprise Manager (or DBA Studio), decrease the process numbers

C. by increasing the maximum number of threads and logs in the database.

D. by increasing the maximum number of processes and sessions in the database.

39. Why is it not recommended to implement Single Sign-On with user ID and password?

A. the user ID and password are transmitted in plain text using HTTP POST

B. it takes longer hours to update the LDAP server

C. it requires additional configuration steps to enable CHAP

D. SAP does not support Single Sign-On with user ID and password

Updating The SAP System Kernel With JSPM

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Updating The SAP System Kernel With JSPM

16 tips for developing successful SAP EP roles

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Portal success is always highly subjective. It is driven by how easy it is for someone to find and complete the task he or she wants to do within the portal and measured by gut reaction and level of adoption among users. A good user-centric design makes a compelling portal application.

This tested and proven advice will help you to organize and manage your SAP Enterprise Portal content.

Unfortunately, in my experience too many portals fail to meet their business objectives. With SAP Enterprise Portal (SAPEP) implementations, the most common problem is a lack of understanding of how to organize and manage portal content. This is often the most true at longtime SAP shops. The key to organizing and managing portal content is the SAP portal role.

I've used the following 16 best practices for planning and implementing portal roles with good results on many SAP EP implementations, and they apply to both SAP EP 5.0 and SAP EP 6.0. By following these best practices, you can realize the full business value of your portal and deliver a business solution your end users will truly welcome rather than fear.

The number of portal roles and their definition should mirror the long-term scope of your portal. Failing to address how your portal content is organized in the end state will generate significant rework and lower the adoption rate when multiple phases of deployment are planned. The tendency is always to meet immediate needs rather than long-term objectives. Taking an existing portal and significantly changing its functional scope rarely works. Don't expect to design a portal that deals only with, for example, employee benefits and be able in the future to turn it into a single internally facing portal for your organization.
Recognize how much attention you need to give to portal roles. If you intend to use SAP EP only to create point solutions, similar to simple standalone Web sites, the organization of portal content is designed once, and the amount of portal content remains relatively static. In this scenario, there is little need to focus on how to grow and manage your defined portal roles.
As the volume of content available to a group of users gets very large, the desirability for a business user to simply search for what they are looking for, rather than navigate via the portal roles to it, dramatically increases (as does the cost of maintaining the portal roles). For large-scale portals, consider supplementing the use of portal roles with the SAP Knowledge Management (SAP KM) tools, especially the search tool TREX.
The key success criterion for a portal role is driven by the business user's perception of what the role should contain and what content is actually embedded within the portal role.
Portal roles provide the starting point for navigating portal content. For the end state scope of your portal, plan to assign no more than eight to 10 portal roles to a group of users. More than 10 roles typically force the user to scroll across the two portal navigation bars to find portal roles, a major irritant.
With a Web site, the Web developer typically has full control over the semantics of how users navigate to content and the content itself (e.g., clicking on "Display customer quotation" delivers a similarly titled Web page). Portals aggregate and organize existing content (e.g., SAP R/3 transactions). It's important that the descriptions of the portal content within the portal role are consistent with each other rather than with the title of any actual content if this cannot be changed. Getting the user to the right content is your key consideration.
The effort to develop portal roles should be 70 percent design and 30 percent building the portal roles. It's cheaper to get it right on the whiteboard! Use mock-ups and prototyping to test representative portal roles with real users before building the portal roles. Don't design a portal role with too many sublevels. Once a portal role structure goes beyond five levels deep, it becomes harder and harder for users to find what they want. Similarly, you should not typically have more than eight to 10 items at each sublevel of your portal role.
Plan and design for growth and change. At a high level, you should know the number of portal roles needed in the final stage of your portal. Design each portal role only when you need to build and deploy it. Keep in mind that, as much as possible, the content structured in a particular portal role should be unique and not duplicated in other portal roles.
Keep the overall number of portal roles as small as possible to keep the total cost of ownership low. For example, avoid creating business unit-specific roles.
When designing a specific portal role, consider using, for example, lists within iViews, favorites-style iViews, and portal eventing functionality to help simplify portal role structures. The bigger or more "bushy" (the number of menu items available) a portal role becomes, the less likely that it is easy and intuitive for a user to find a specific item.
You have several basic approaches to organizing the content within your portal roles. The most common is to use a functionality-driven structure - e.g., to create a contract within a sales role, you would click on "Sales," then "Order Management," and finally "Contracts" to find the item. This is intuitive, mirroring many business applications. Process-centric approaches - e.g., create requisition, approve requisition, or create purchase order - provide the preferred approach for users, but it can be difficult to implement processes with more than 12 key steps. For a large-scale internal SAP portal, it is often politically astute to use an organizationally driven model - e.g., business unit, finance department, accounts payable team - as the first two or three levels of your portal roles. At the lowest level of a portal role, sequencing content in a descending alphabetical order works well in single-language portals.
Ensure that within each portal role the most frequently used items are the most quickly seen and accessible. The order of portal content must represent its relevance to the users who have access to the portal role. Making it quicker to display a credit memo than a sales order in your portal will generate a poor perception of your portal as a business tool.
For a portal that uses content from SAP R/3, determine what relationship, if any, you want to establish with SAP R/3 authorization (security) roles. Remember that portal roles guide navigation only for the user. You can import SAP R/3 security information into SAP EP to provide some baseline structures for your portal roles. However, this does not negate the portal role design effort required unless you are using SAP EP as simply an expensive alternative to SAPGUI.
Keep it simple. The technology for building portal roles is highly flexible and can be implemented in many ways. How you build your portal roles should ultimately be driven by the cost of maintaining them. Avoid embedding portal roles inside other portal roles, and limit your use of the delta link capabilities.
In designing portal roles, the design effort should reflect the heterogeneous nature of the users to be assigned the portal role. For a highly targeted role - for example, accounts payable - it is reasonable to assume a common level of comfort with IT systems, a common understanding of relevant business terminology, and a relatively small volume of portal role content. This makes designing a portal role reasonably simple. For an organization-wide role such as benefits enrollment, expect to spend significant design and usability testing time to ensure acceptance from the boardroom to the shop floor.
The biggest cost associated with portal roles is not in initial design and building of them, but with how they are managed long-term. The more portal roles you create, the bigger the maintenance overhead. The definition of each portal role should be clear and as much as possible enable each item of portal content to be found in only one portal role. Having the same content duplicated in multiple portal roles significantly increases the maintenance cost.

One final thought: I've dealt with considerations and best practice for organizing content within a single portal. Organizations may choose to deploy multiple portals to serve internal business users and customers and business partners. In all scenarios, it is imperative for long-term success to plan how you will organize content within your portals and have the governance put in place to deliver on this plan. Steve Dunne is a senior manager at Capgemini and leads its SAP NetWeaver practice on the west coast. Steve has been delivering SAP projects for the last 12 years and has been focused on portal projects for the last five years.

SAP NetWeaver Rapid Installer

2009-05-01T23:29:00.001-07:00

SAP NetWeaver Rapid Installer –A tool that allows you to quickly install and deploy the SAP NetWeaver2004 components Portal, Knowledge Management, Collaboration and Web Application Server 6.40 (Java).

Rapid Share Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/228160884/SAP_Netweaver_Rapid_installer.pdf

SAP FI-CO Certification Preparation(Exclusive Material)

2009-05-01T22:45:00.000-07:00

Contents

Document Control
Controlling Org Types and Master Data
Schedule Manager
Finance Master Data
Payment Program,Dunning Program,Correspondence,Interest Calculation
Periodic Processing
Planning
Overhead Orders
Profit Centre Accounting
Solution Manager

Rapid Share Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/135498857/SAP_FICO_Certification.pdf

Security and Control For SAP R/3

2009-05-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

his handbook will assist agencies in meeting this obligation by outlining the security and internal
control mechanisms in the form of best practice procedures that can be used by an agency to protect and control
the financial information within the SAP system. This handbook highlights three types of best practice
procedures. These are:
•Best practice procedures considered critical to achieving an acceptable level of control, which if not
implemented will result in significant risks to the organisation;
• Best practice procedures which are considered important to achieving a good level of internal control
but which if not implemented would not result in a high risk to the organisation; and
• Best practice procedures which do not have a significant impact on the overall control environment but
which may assist the control or efficiency of the business process
Rapid Share Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/135858933/Security_and_Control_for_SAP_R3.pdf

SAP MM – Functionality and Technical Configuration

2009-04-28T00:08:00.000-07:00

SAP Press:

SAP MM – Functionality and Technical Configuration by

Find out how to get the very most from your SAP MM implementation with this completely updated, comprehensive guide to SAP Materials Management (MM). Based on SAP ERP 6.0, this new edition of our bestseller provides you with a thorough understanding of how MM works and integrates seamlessly with your other SAP components. All of the important new aspects related to SAP ERP 6.0 are covered in detail, along with essential insights on Material Master Data, Purchasing, and Inventory Management. Crucial 'touchpoints' with other components, such as PP, SD, QM, and FI are covered as well. And, a number of cross-application issues, such as document management, batch management, and classification are explained in detail. In addition, you'll learn how MM can enhance your own expertise, and find out how to make software application decisions by exploring the functionality and technical configuration issues that must be considered. By reading this book, you'll understand the entire breadth of SAP MM, while you boost your skills and abilities to leverage MM functionalities in your daily work.

Rapid Share Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/226623274/SAP_MM___Functionality_and_Technical_Configuration.pdf

Combined Upgrade and Unicode conversion guide

2009-04-27T22:58:00.000-07:00

Combined Upgrade and Unicode conversion guide on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SR1

RapidShare Links: http://rapidshare.com/files/226292977/Combined_Upgrade_and_Unicode_conversion_guide.doc

How to Upgrade from SAP ECC 5.0 to SAP ECC 6.0

2009-04-27T22:35:00.000-07:00

Upgrade from ECC 5.0 to ECC 6.0 on AIX 5.3 with Oracle(non Unicode)

RapidShare Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/226271757/Upgrade_-_ECC_5.0_to_ECC_6.0.doc

How to Install Solution Manager

2009-04-27T22:33:00.001-07:00

Install SOLMAN 4.0 with MS SQL Server

RapidShare Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/226597699/Install_SOLMAN_4.0.doc

How to Install Solution Manager

2009-04-27T22:33:00.000-07:00

Install SOLMAN 4.0 with MS SQL Server

RapidShare Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/226597699/Install_SOLMAN_4.0.doc

Complete Tutorials on SAP Solution Manager

2009-04-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

Seriously, this file is a must downoload for any one interested in knowing Solution Manager or if you are already working on Solution Manager. This file is around 110 MB.

Contains:
SAP Solution Manager Overview
Business Process & Solution Maintenance (Solution Directory)
Business Process Monitoring (BPM)
EarlyWatch Alert (EWA), Service Level (SL) and Solution Reporting
Example Scenarios
Job Scheduling Management
Process Scheduling Adapter for SAP Solution Manager
SAP Solution Manager Enterprise Edition
Solution Monitoring
System and Solution Maintenance (SMSY)
System Monitoring Administration
Technical Configuration

RapidShare Links: http://rapidshare.com/files/111921005/SolutionManager_Part_1.zip
http://rapidshare.com/files/111923230/SolutionManager_Part_2.zip.html

SAP WM Configuration

2009-04-27T00:20:00.000-07:00

SAP WM Configuration
RapidShare Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/225696265/SAP_WM_CONFIG.rar

Trobuleshooting in configuration-How to solve

2009-04-26T23:59:00.000-07:00

In this document we try to list down how you will trouble shoot missing configuration steps. We take up broadly 3 types of cases which you will come across after having done the basic configuration.Missing configuration steps are generally pointed out by the SAP system.You need to know how to fix these missing configuration steps.Case 1:A missing configuration step error can be directly maintained fromthe error message, provided you have the necessary authorization.Case 2:In some cases you are not as lucky as in Case 1. But systemnevertheless still gives you an error message as to which table needsto be updated.Case 3:If a configuration step is missing you will only get an error message,listing a configuration error. No details are available as to whatneeds to be done, in this case you need to actually go and checkthe relevant configuration steps.

RapidShare: http://rapidshare.com/files/225692008/trouble_shooting_in_configuration.pdf

SAP Finance Questions and Answers(ECC6.0-200 Q & A))

2009-04-17T15:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a exhaustive collection of around 200 Finance Quesitons and Answers related to SAP ECC 6.0. This Q & A Set will answers a lot of questions you need to know to be a expert in this area.Enjoy !!!

RapidShare: http://rapidshare.com/files/222604173/ecc6fqa.pdf

High Availability Guide SAP XI 03 1 0

2009-04-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

High Availability Guide SAP XI 03 1 0

RapidShare Link: http://rapidshare.com/files/163011230/High_Availability_Guide_-_SAP_XI_03_1_.0.pdf

SAP Workflow Video Tutorials

2009-04-11T10:42:00.000-07:00

Two workflow video tutorials. First one shows the step-by-step of creating a workflow using the 'Block' step. 'Block' step is one of the new features introduced in ECC 6.0.

Second one is to allow user to run a report in Workflow. For second one to work, please also enter the below Z00CUSTOMERS report in SE38. Both of them were tested in ECC 6.0 IDES. Second one should work in 4.7 IDES as well.

Rapidshare Link
http://rapidshare.com/files/111892594/SAP.Workflow.Training.2008.05.01.Block.avi.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/111893878/SAP.Workflow.Training.2008.05.01.Reports.avi.html

SAP PM Interview Questions, Answers, And Explanations: Sap Plant Maintenance Certification

2009-04-11T10:35:00.000-07:00

Jim Stewart, "SAP PM Interview Questions, Answers, And Explanations: Sap Plant Maintenance Certification Review"
Equity Press | 2006-02-11 | ISBN: 1933804130 | 152 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

The Ultimate Reference&Learning Guide for S A P PM Consultants SAP PM Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations! It' s clear that SAP PM is the future for maintenance activity in SAP -- but finding resources can be difficult . SAP PM Interview Questions, Answers, and Explanations guides you through your learning process. From helping you to assess your SAP PM skills to evaluating candidates for a job, SAP PM Interview Questions & Answers will help you understand what you really need to know. The book is organized around several areas of SAP PM: Equipment Master, Enterprise Asset Management, and Routing. Each question includes everything you need to know to master the interview or properly evaluate a candidate. More than just a rehash of SAP documentation and sales presentations, each question is based on project knowledge and experience gained on successful high-profile SAP PM implementations. Key certification and interview topics include: Equipment Master versus Material Master, Equipment Characteristics, Enterprise Asset Management, Work Order Cost Control, Everything an SAP PM Resource Needs to know Before an Interview.

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SAP XI Training Materials, by Siemens

2009-04-11T10:32:00.000-07:00

Here are the presentation documents By Siemens given to students including exercises

Contents
TBIT40
TBIT41
TBIT42
TBIT43
TBIT44
TBIT401
RapidShare Links
http://rapidshare.com/files/140775943/TBIT40.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/140775944/TBIT41.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/140775946/TBIT42.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/140775947/TBIT43.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/140775948/TBIT44.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/140775949/TBIT401.rar

SAP Basis Netweaver APO materials

2009-04-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the Links for SAP Basis materials SAP Basis Pdf files

RapidShare Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/121734534/1ADM100_-_WAS_Admin_1.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121736799/ADM102_-_WAS_Admin_2.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121737477/ADM105_-_WAS_Advanced_Admin.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121737829/ADM106-AdvancedSAPSystemMonitoring.doc.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121738969/ADM325_-_Software_Logistics.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121739296/ADM355_-_APO_Sysadmin.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121740417/ADM505_-_DB_Oracle_Admin.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121740694/ADM555_-_APO_Livecache_Admin.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121741648/ADM940_-_SAP_Authorizations.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121742756/ADM960_-_SAP_Security.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121742903/Backup_and_Recovery.pdf.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/121744244/SAPTEC_Netweaver_Fundamentals.pdf.html

SAP R/3 Handbook, Third Edition

2009-04-11T10:25:00.000-07:00

SAP R/3 Handbook, Third Edition
By Jose Antonio Hernandez, Franklin Martinez, James Keogh

* Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
* Number Of Pages: 606
* Publication Date: 2005-11-30
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0072257164
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780072257168
* Download Size: 6.5 mb

RapidShare: http://rapidshare.com/files/185046307/tradition.rar

Mass Recompilation of ABAP Programs

2009-04-06T22:41:00.005-07:00

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SGEN.
3. On the SAP Load Generator screen - Generation task section, click on the line reading Generate all objects in selected software components to turn “on” the radio button to the left. Click on the Continue button at the bottom.
4. On the SAP Load Generator screen - Selection by software components of generation set section, click the button to the left of each entry listed in the Software component box. Click the Continue button at the bottom of the screen.
5. On the SAP Load Generator screen – Select server for parallel generation section, there should only be one entry in the Server box. Click the button to the left of this entry. Click the Continue button at the bottom of the screen. Several messages will appear in the bottom status bar before the next screen appears.
6. On the SAP Load Generator – Job Monitor screen, fill in the time and date listed under the Schedule job at button located at the bottom of the screen. Click on the Schedule job at button.
7. On the SAP Load Generator – Job Monitor screen – Load generator status section, the status of mass generation is shown. You may now leave the SGEN transaction and later return to check the progress of the recompilation. No other load regeneration jobs can be scheduled until this one completes. If a load regeneration jobs fails for some reason, return to the SGEN screen for instructions on how to restart the job.

Deleting Obsolete Temporary Objects and Reclaiming the Space

2009-04-06T22:41:00.003-07:00

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SP12.
3. On the TemSe --- Administration of Temporary Sequential Data screen, on the top-most menu bar click TemSe database → Reorganization.
4. On the TemSe --- Administration of Temporary Sequential Data popup, click the All TemSe objects older than option to turn “on” the radio button to the left. Fill in the Days box with “7” for development and quality assurances SAP systems, and “32” in production SAP systems. Click the Delete button.
5. On the TemSe objects older than XX days popup, click the Yes button.
6. After the successful deletion of the selected temporary objects, you will be returned to the TemSe --- Administration of Temporary Sequential Data screen. There is no task completion message.
7. You may now leave the SP12 transaction.

Re-routing Print to a Different Printer

2009-04-06T22:41:00.001-07:00

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SP01.
3. On the Output Controller: Spool request selection Screen screen, fill in any information needed to filter the selection results. Then click on the clock picture-icon.
4. A list of all spool requests will be displayed. Double click on the spool request that is to be reprinted.
5. Click on the printer with a box outline picture-icon. On the Output controller: Print spool request XXXX screen, tab down to the line reading Output device and select a new printer. Click on the printer picture-icon.
6. On the Output control: Save attributes popup, click the Yes button.
7. On the Confirm redirection of output popup, click the Yes button. An Output request created message should appear in the bottom status bar.
8. You may now leave the SP01 transaction.

Reprinting a Document

2009-04-06T22:40:00.005-07:00

Viewing a List of Output Requests for a Specific Printer

2009-04-06T22:40:00.003-07:00

Viewing a List of Pending Printer Output Requests for All Printers

2009-04-06T22:40:00.001-07:00

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SP01.
3. On the Output Controller: Spool request selection Screen screen, click on the Output requests tab.
4. On the Output Controller: Output request selection Screen screen, fill in any information needed to filter the selection results. Then click on the clock picture-icon.
5. A list of all pending output requests will be displayed.
6. You may now leave the SP01 transaction.

Creating a Local aka Frontend Printer aka Desktop Printer

2009-04-06T22:39:00.002-07:00

Local or frontend printing is sometimes confusing in concept but actually very easy to understand. As a rule, local printer is simply another way of saying that the user is going to print to the default printer designated on his/her workstation. You probably do this all the time with Windows to printer spreadsheets, Word documents, etc without thinking about it. You can do the same thing using SAP.1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SPAD.
3. On the Spool Administration: Initial Screen screen, click the Output Devices
button.
4. On the Spool Administration: List of Output Devices screen, click the
Change button and then the Create button.
5. On the Spool Administration: Create Output Device screen, fill in the
Output Name and Short name - I normally use a short name of “DESK” for
“Desktop Printing” but alot of people use a Short name “SWIN” or “LOCL”
as well. Use the following DeviceAttributes fields: Device type = SWIN Device Class = standard printer

And the following Access Method fields:
Host spool access method = F: Printing on frontend computer Host printer = __DEFAULT. That is _ _ D E F A U L T

Save the printer.
6. You may now leave the SPAD transaction.

Using this printer will cause print to go to SAPLPD which will use the default printer of the current workstation.

Resetting the Cache for a Printer

2009-04-06T22:39:00.001-07:00

If resetting the printer cache does not clear your printing problem, try using
some a non-SAP application to print to it to see if it working correctly on the
network. This should at least narrow down the possibilities.

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SPAD.
3. On the Spool Administration: Initial Screen screen, under the Devices/servers tab click the Output devices button.
4. On the Spool Administration: List of Output Devices screen, double click on the printer you need to reset.
5. On the Spool Administration: Output Device (Display) screen, click on the pencil picture-icon to switch from display mode to change mode.
6. On the Administration: Output Device (Change) screen, on the top-most menu bar click Edit → Reactivate.
7. On the same Administration: Output Device (Display) screen, on the top-most menu bar click Edit → Reset Cache.
8. On the same Administration: Output Device (Display) screen, on the top-most menu bar click Edit → NI Reset.
9. You may now leave the SPAD transaction.

Transporting a Printer or a Group of Printers

2009-04-06T22:38:00.001-07:00

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SPAD.
3. On the Spool Administration: Initial Screen screen, under the Devices/servers tab click the Output devices button.
4. On the Spool Administration: List of Output Devices screen, click the pencil picture-icon to switch into change mode.
5. Click on an output device to be transported and then click the truck picture-icon.
6. On the Spool Administration: List of Output Devices (Change) popup, click the green √ picture-icon.
7. On the Prompt for Workbench request popup, click the blank page picture-icon to create a new change request. On the Create Request popup, fill in the Short description and click the Save picture-icon. You will be returned to the Prompt for transportable Workbench request popup which contains the generated change request number for this system change. Click the green √ to continue.
8. You will receive an Entry is made in transport request message in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. Repeat steps 11 through 14 as many times as necessary, using the same transport request for all printers.
9. You may now leave the SPAD transaction.

Deleting a Print Device

2009-04-06T22:37:00.004-07:00

Modifying a Print Device

2009-04-06T22:37:00.003-07:00

Creating a Print Device

2009-04-06T22:37:00.001-07:00

1. Log on to any client in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SPAD.
3. On the Spool Administration: Initial Screen screen, under the Devices/servers tab click the Output devices button.
4. On the Spool Administration: List of Output Devices screen, click the pencil picture-icon to switch into change mode. The easiest way to create a new printer is to copy an existing one. Click on a similar printer in the output devices screen then click the create with template picture-icon.
5. On the Spool Administration: Create Output Device screen, fill in the Output device and Short name. Make any changes that are unique for the new printer on the Device Attributes and Host Spool Acc Method tabs. When all the required data has been changed/added, click the Save picture-icon.
6. You will receive an Output device was saved message in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. Click the lit match picture-icon to activate the printer.
7. You may now leave the SPAD transaction.

Checking the Status of a Reported Problem

2009-04-06T22:36:00.002-07:00

Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights –
http://service.sap.com/message.
2. Click on Customer Messages. All the open OSS problems you have sent to SAP
will appear here.
3. You may now leave the Message Wizard and close the web browser window.

Reporting a Problem to SAP

2009-04-06T22:36:00.001-07:00

1. Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights –
http://service.sap.com/message.
2. On the Create Customer Messages screen, click on the Start Message Wizard button.
3. On the Customer messages – Create screen, click the Select a System button.
4. On the System Selection popup, click on the + sign next to Show systems to see a list of your SAP systems registered with SAP. From the expanded list of system, click on the radio button just left of the for which you are reporting the problem. Click the Choose button and you will be returned to the Customer messages – Create screen.
5. On the Customer messages – Create screen, click on the radio button to the left of the System type which has the problem: development system, test system, or production system. From the Release dropdown, select the appropriate SAP software release. Click the Continue hyperlink.
6. On the next Customer messages – Create screen, scroll down to the bottom of the screen. If the problem involves an add-on, select the appropriate Add-on and Add-on release from the dropdowns; if an add-on is not involved, leave these dropdowns blank. Verify that the information showing in the Oper. System, Database, and Frontend dropdowns is correct. If it is not correct, selection your SAP system’s information from the appropriate dropdowns. Click the Continue hyperlink.
7. On the next Customer messages – Create screen, scroll down to the bottom of the screen. From the Priority dropdown, select the appropriate priority of Low, Medium, High, or Very High. From the Component dropdown, select which SAP component is having the problem. Once you select a component, a secondary Component dropdown will appear. Select a secondary component and a third component as well. Do the best you can to make all three component pieces fit your problem as closely as possible. Click the Continue hyperlink.
8. On the next Customer messages – Create screen, scroll down to the bottom of the screen. Select a language from the Language dropdown, type a short but descriptive summary of your problem in the Short description box, and type a more detailed description of your problem in the Long test box.
9. If there are logs or other files which might assist SAP in resolving the issue, rename them all so that they have a suffix of “.log” and use the Add attachment hyperlink and the Attachments popup to attach them to the message. After attaching all the necessary files, click the Close hyperlink to return to the Customer messages – Create screen.
10. When you have provided as much information as possible, click the Send to SAP hyperlink.
11. You will receive a confirmation screen with a generation problem number. Write this problem number down for later use.
12. You may now leave the Message Wizard and close the web browser window.

Opening a Service Connection for SAP Support

2009-04-06T22:35:00.006-07:00

Before opening a service connection for SAP, be sure that the SAPAG client has been added to the appropriate SAP system and Client, and that a Security Audit Trace has been activated for the SAPAG ID.

Before a Service Connection to a SAP server via your saprouter can be created, the saprouter must run the LOP – Line Opener Program – to initiate the mode of SAP connection. Please LOPInstalltion.exe on your saprouter server before trying to add and open any Service Connections.

1. Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights – http://service.sap.com/serviceconnection.
2. On the Service Connections screen, click the Service Connections button.
3. On the Service Connections – Overview screen, scroll down the page and find the SAP instance you want to open. Click on the red X in that instance’s line.
4. In the Enter Data for the system’s semi-automatic opening popup, set the days, hours, and minutes you want the service connection to stay open. Click the Continue button.

This part is being rewritten to meet the new SAP procedures.

Generating an Object Key to Change a SAP-owned Object

2009-04-06T22:35:00.005-07:00

1. Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights – http://service.sap.com/sscr.
2. In the navigator tree on the right-hand side of the SSCR screen, click on Registration.
3. On the SSCR – Registration screen, click the Register object radio button and click an Installation hyperlink. Make sure you use the MS SQL installation and not R/3.
4. On the SSCR – Register Object screen, fill in the information necessary to generate an object key. If you need help, this information is contained in the Register Object popup the programmer received on his workstation. Or, if this is a repair, the information can be found in the SAP Note containing the advanced correction. Click the Register button once all information has been enter.
5. A new Details section will appear. Note the generated object key or cut-and-paste for other storage.
6. You may now close your web browser session.

Generating a Developer’s Key for a Programmer

2009-04-06T22:35:00.003-07:00

1. Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights – http://service.sap.com/sscr.
2. In the navigator tree on the right-hand side of the SSCR screen, click on Registration.
3. On the SSCR – Registration screen, click the Register developer radio button and click an Installation hyperlink. Make sure you select the correct Installation Number for the SAP “flavor” you need or the generated key will not work.
4. On the SSCR – Register Developer screen, type in the developer’s SAP user ID and click the Register button.
5. A new Details section will appear. Note the generated developer’s key or cut-and-paste for other storage.
6. You may now close your web browser session.

Applying a SAP License Key the New Way

2009-04-06T22:35:00.001-07:00

1. Log on to client 000 in the SAP system in which the new license key is to be installed.
2. Go to transaction SLICENSE.
3. From the top-most menu bar on the SAP License Administration screen, click Edit → Install license.
4. On the Install New License popup, fill in the new license key you obtained from SAP. Click network picture-icon to finish the new license installation.
5. You will receive a License key successfully installed message. You may now leave the SLICENSE transaction.

Applying a SAP License Key the Old Way

2009-04-06T22:34:00.004-07:00

1. Log on to the server that contains the new SAP system as adm.

saplicense -install

2. You will be prompted for the , hardware key, expiration date of the new license, and the new license. Press Enter after the entry of each piece of data.
3. Once the new license key has been accepted, you will received a License key applied message. If you have the TXT file SAP e-mailed you, you can place it somewhere on your server and use the following syntax to install the license as well:

saplicense –install ifile=¬

4. You may now log off the server.

Checking the Status of a Requested SAP License Key

2009-04-06T22:34:00.003-07:00

1. Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights – http://service.sap.com/licensekey.
2. In the navigator tree on the right-hand side of the License Keys screen, click on mySAP Business Suite.
3. On the License keys for mySAP Business Suite screen, click on the Display license keys requested by me hyperlink.
4. On the License key: request screen, look for your requested key. It should appear with the you provided during the request process. If the Status shows as Sent to SAP, the license key has not yet been generated. If the Status shows as Completed, your new license key has been generated and you can click on the System hyperlink to continue.
5. On the License key: request screen, scroll down until you can see the License request section. Under the License key header you will see you new SAP system license key. Write this key down and remember that it is case sensitive. Or you can cut-and-paste it to a more convenient storage location.
6. You may now close your web browser session.

Requesting a New SAP License Key

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1. Log on to the SAP Marketplace using an OSS ID with Administration rights – http://service.sap.com/licensekey.
2. In the navigator tree on the right-hand side of the License Keys screen, click on mySAP Business Suite.
3. On the License keys for mySAP Business Suite screen, click on the Request license key hyperlink.
4. On the License key: Request screen, click the correct Installation hyperlink the mySAP Business Suite component.
5. On the License key request: System overview screen, click the New system button.
6. On the License key: Request for a new system screen, fill in the required information in the System section. In the License request section, fill in the Hardware key box right above the Save New Item button. After you have supplied the hardware key, click the Save New Item button. The license key request will be shifted up to the first line of the License request list. Click on the □ to the left of the license request to place a √ in the box. Now you are finally ready to click the Send Request button.
7. You may now close your web browser session.

Alternative Method for Finding your Hardware Key

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1. Log on to client 000 of the newly installed SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SLICENSE.
3. From the top-most menu bar of the SAP License Administration screen, click Goto → Get hardware key.
4. On the Determine Remote Hardware Key popup, find the host name or IP address for the new SAP system server. Click the button to the left of this entry to high-bright the line. Click the Detrmne button to continue. The hardware key will appear in the box to the right of the Detrmne button.
5. You may now leave the SLICENSE transaction.

Working with the SAP Marketplace

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When a SAP instance is first installed, it comes with an automatical four week license. But you can’t install any kind of SSCR key on a termporary instance, so it is best to get the permanent license key immediately.

The license key request process has been drastically overhauled by SAP over the past. Normally, if you request a new SAP license key, the information will be e-mailed to you in the form of a script. But in case you don’t receive this e-mail promptly, it is important to know how to obtain the newly generated key “the old-fashioned way”.

Finding your Hardware Key

1. Log on to the server containing the new SAP system as adm.
2. Type the following, pressing enter when you are done:

saplicense -get

3. You will see a line reading “saplicense: HARDWARE KEY = XXXXXXXXXXXXXX”. Make note of this information before pressing Enter.
4. You may now log off the server.

Applying a SAP Note

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Not all SAP Notes can be applied via the SNOTE transaction. Some are information only, providing no code corrections. Others entail corrections that can only be done manually. This latter type of SAP Note should be applied to your SAP system in conjunction with a trained ABAP programmer. Also, SAP recommends that SNOTE change requests NOT be transported into other systems. Use the SNOTE transaction in each SAP system that needs the correction, and delete the generated change requests since they should never be transported and could lock resources during application of other SAP Notes and support package application.

If you do not have a working OSS connection, you can download an OSS note from the SAP Marketplace using the SAP Download Manager and use the upload feature in SNOTE to load it into the SAP instance instead.

1. Log on to client 000 in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SNOTE.
3. On the Note Assistant - Version XXX/XXXX: Worklist screen, on the top-most menu bar click Goto → SAP Note download.
4. On the Note Assistant: Download Note popup, type the number of the SAP note in the Note number box and click the clock picture-icon. A SAP Note XXXXXX is being downloaded message will appear in the bottom status bar. If you get a communications error message, verify that saprouter is up and try again.
5. Once the SAP Note has been downloaded, it will appear on the Assistant - Version XXX/XXXX: Worklist screen under the SAP Notes → New navigation tree. The SAP Note can only be applied if there is a blue box with a black arrow to the left of the note number. If there is a gray diamond instead, the downloaded note cannot be applied or is not application for this SAP system.
6. To apply the SAP Note, on the Note Assistant - Version XXX/XXXX: Worklist screen double click on the downloaded SAP Note number.
7. On the Note Assistant – Display Note XXXXXX screen, read the note text to see if there are any necessary manual tasks to be performed after the note is applied. When you are ready to apply the note, click on the clock picture-icon.
8. If there are any prerequisite SAP Notes which need to be applied to the SAP system before the downloaded SAP Note can be applied, a list will appear in a Load the following notes into your SAP system popup will appear. Click the clock picture-icon to download these prerequisite SAP Notes as well. If any of the prerequisite SAP Notes must be applied in parallel with the original downloaded SAP Note, a list will appear in a SAP Note queue to be Imported popup. Click the clock picture-icon to apply all the listed SAP Notes.
9. Before applying any SAP Notes to your SAP system, a Confirmation: SAP Note read popup will appear. Once you have read the information contained in this popup, click the Yes button.
10. A standard Make repairs in foreign namespaces... popup will appear. Click the green √ to continue.
11. On the Prompt for transportable Workbench request popup, click the blank page picture-icon to create a new change request. On the Create Request popup, fill in the Short description and click the Save picture-icon. You will be returned to the Prompt for transportable Workbench request popup which contains the generated change request number for this system change. Click the green √ to continue.
12. On the Confirm changes popup, click the green √ to continue.
13. After the SAP Note has been applied to the SAP system, you will be returned to the Note Assistant - Version XXX/XXXX: Worklist screen. There is no completion message. Click the green √ and pencil picture-icon.
14. On the Set Processing Status for Note XXXXXX popup, click on the Completed line to turn “on” the radio button. Click the green √. You can now leave the SNOTE transaction. Modified programs, functions, etc. may require recompilation.
15. If the OSS note you applied changed a ABAP program, you must go to the SE38 transaction and manually recompile the program. If it changed a function, go to transaction SE37 and click the Single Test button – this is enough to force the function to rebuild and you can back out of the SE37 transaction.

Stopping saprouter

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1. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
2. Click Start → Administrative Tools → Services to open a Services window.
3. Right-click on the SAPROUTER service and click Stop.
4. You may now log off the server.

Verifying the Status of saprouter

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If you have previously successfully established SAPNet (OSS) communications with SAP via saprouter in the past, there can only be three reasons for a “broken” SAPNet connection to SAP: the SAP VPN is down (which rarely happens); your saprouter configuration has been incorrectly changed (also very rare); or your saprouter is not running (happens all the time).

1. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
2. Click Start → Administrative Tools → Services to open a Services window.
3. Look at the SAPROUTER service. If is not started, right-click to start the service. If it is started, right-click & Stop the service and then right-click & Start the service. This should “bounce” your saprouter instance.
4. You may now log off the server.

Starting saprouter (OSS Link)

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1. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
2. Click Start → Administrative Tools → Services to open a Services window.
3. Right-click on the SAPROUTER service and click Start.
4. You may now log off the server.

The DEV and QAS Instances

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Weekly backup should be made for these SAP specific directories:

/usr/sap/
/sapmnt/
Any directories containing flat files that are used by the SAP instance

Weekly backups should be made for these Oracle specific directories:

/oracle
Directory holding redo logs if not in the /oracle structure

Monthly backup should be made for these OS specific directories:

Root
/etc
/dev

For Oracle, the entire /oracle directory should be backed up daily if there is only one Oracle Instance on the server, and each separate /oracle/ directory if there is more than one instance on the server.
It is also recommended that a full offline image of the entire server be made at the same time every month

What Needs to Be Backed Up?

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The PRD Instance

Daily backup should be made for these SAP specific directories:

/usr/sap/
/sapmnt/
/usr/sap/trans on the TMS Domain Controller Server
Any directories containing flat files that are used by the SAP instance

Daily backups should be made for these Oracle specific directories:

/oracle
Directory holding redo logs if not in the /oracle structure

Weekly backup should be made for these OS specific directories:

Root
/etc
/dev

For Oracle, the entire /oracle directory should be backed up daily if there is only one Oracle Instance on the server, and each separate /oracle/ directory if there is more than one instance on the server.

It is also recommended that a full offline image of the entire server be made before the monthly closing cycle.

Backups

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Your Company’s Take on Backups

Backup and recovery for a SAP instance is best handled along with the other
backup and recovery needs of your company’s computer systems. But for those company’s who do not yet possess a solid backup and recovery solution, or who simply want to segragate the SAP landscape from all other internal IT solutions, here are a few things you need to know.

Online versus offline, high availability, frequency, are all decisions your IT staff need to make based on their history with similar procedures at your company, the recommendations of SAP, and the guidance of your implementation Basis consultant. Enforced backups, and detailed and tested recovery procedures should be part of any Disaster Recovery plan, and a documented part of any SAP implementation project.

If your company falls into the latter category, SAP does supply tools for your uses which can be used in either line command form or from within the SAP instance. If you SAP server contains a tape drive or has access to the network tape unit, transaction DB13 can be used to schedule periodic backups. This is the same transaction where weekly statistics, log cleanup, and database verification jobs are scheduled in the post-installation work after installation of a new SAP instance. DB13 scheduled BRCONNECT runs which can also be CRONed in command line form by the IT staff.

For more information, please see the SAP Online Documentation for DB13 by going to the DB13 transaction and clicking Help -> Application Help or referring to the section Creating Database Statistics, Index Rebuilds, and Log Backup Jobs – Oracle. More information regarding BRCONNECT can be found in the SAP BRCONNECT Guide which can be found at http://service.sap.com/instguides.

Stopping the SAP OS Collector

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1. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
2. Type in the following:

cd /usr/sap//SYS/exe/run¬
./saposcol -k¬

3. Log off the server.

Starting the SAP OS Collector

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1. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
2. Type in the following:

cd /usr/sap//SYS/exe/run¬
./saposcol¬

3. Log off the server.

Stopping the SAP Instance

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The stopping of a SAP instance is practically the reversal of the start up
Process; stop the SAP instance, stop the Oracle Listener, and stop the SAP OS
Collector. The only real difference is that the stopsap script will NOT stop the SAP OS Collector for you, you have to stop that manually once everything else it down. There could be other SAP instances still running so the OS Collector needs to continue to gather information.

1. Log on to the appropriate server as adm.
2. Type in the following:

stopsap¬

If you only need to stop the SAP instance and not the database too, type
instead:

stopsap R3¬

And do not do the rest of the start up procedures listed below, you can stop now.
3. Log on to the same server as ora.
4. Type in the following:

lsnrctl stop¬

5. Log on to the same server as root.
6. Type in the following:

cd /usr/sap//SYS/exe/run¬
./saposcol -k¬

7. Log off the server.

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Mass Recompilation of ABAP Programs

Deleting Obsolete Temporary Objects and Reclaiming the Space

Re-routing Print to a Different Printer

Reprinting a Document

Viewing a List of Output Requests for a Specific Printer

Viewing a List of Pending Printer Output Requests for All Printers

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Applying a SAP Note

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Verifying the Status of saprouter

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The DEV and QAS Instances

What Needs to Be Backed Up?

Backups

Stopping the SAP OS Collector

Starting the SAP OS Collector

Stopping the SAP Instance

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