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SAPR/3isEnterpriseSoftware
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WhatisSAPR/3?
Aseriesofintegratedcorebusinessapplication
modulesfortransactionprocessing
Asetoffunctionsthatimplementbestbusiness
practices
Client/Serversoftwarethatprocessesbusiness
transactions
Amethodologyforimplementingapplicationsoftware
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WhatisMySAPERP?
R/3EnterpriseFunctionalityplusAnalytics,SEM,
FinancialSupplyChainManagement,MSS/ESS,SAP
Learningsolution,ERecruiting,SelfService
Procurement,InternetSalesR/3EditionAsetof
functionsthatimplementbestbusinesspractices
FullNetWeaverSuiteAmethodologyfor
implementingapplicationsoftware
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mySAP Business Suite
mySAP Business Suite
CRM
CRM
SCM
SCM
PLM
PLM
SRM
SRM
NetWeaver
mySAP ERP
R/3
My SAP ERP My SAP ERP
SAPR/3Advantage
Allofitsapplicationsarerobustandintegrated
Forindividualbusinessapplication,youmayfind
softwarewithgreaterfunctionalitythanthatincluded
inR/3
But,itisnotintegratedwithotherbusinessapplications
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SAPlogonscreen
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SAPR/3SystemFirstscreenafterlogon
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SAPR/3System
OverviewofR/3System
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LogicalViewofR/3System
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LogicalViewofR/3System
ThepreviousdiagramshowshowtheR/3Basissystem
formsacentralplatformwithinR/3System
1.KernelandBasisServices
RunningAppl.,User&ProcessAdministration
DatabaseAccess&Communication
SystemMonitoringandAdministration
2.ABAPWorkbench
ThisisthefullfledgeddevelopmentenvironmentforallR/3
Application
3.PresentationComponent
ResponsibleforInteractionwithUser
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SoftwareOrientedViewofR/3System
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SoftwareOrientedviewofR/3System
TheR/3BasissystemismultitierClient/Serversystem.
DatabaseLayer
Thislayerconsistsofacentraldatabasesystemcontainsall
ofthedataintheR/3System
Components:DBMS&Databaseitself
ApplicationLayer
Thislayerconsistsofoneormoreapplicationserverand
Messageserver
Messageserverisresponsibleforcommunicationbetween
theapplicationservers
PresentationLayer
ThislayerinterfaceswithR/3System&Users
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AdvantagesofMultitierArchitecture
DistributionofR/3softwareoverthreelayersmeansthatthe
systemloadisalsodistributed.Thisleadsthebettersystem
performance.
Sincethedatabasesystemcontainsallofthedatafortheentire
R/3system,itissubjecttoaveryheavyloadwhenthesystemis
running.Itisthereforeagoodideanottorunapplication
programsonthesamehost.
ThearchitectureofR/3System,inwhichtheapplicationlayer
anddatabaselayerareseparate,allowsyoutoinstallthemon
separatehostsandletthemcommunicateusingthenetwork.
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UserOrientedView
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ApplicationServerofR/3System
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ComponentsofApplicationServer
Dispatcher
Thisisthelinkbetweentheworkprocessandtheusers
loggedontotheApplicationServer
Gateway
ThisistheinterfacebetweentheR/3Communication
protocol(RFC,CPI/C).
ItcancommunicatewithotherApplicationServerinthe
sameR/3System,withotherR/3Systems,withotherR/2
Systems,orwithothernonSAPSystems
SharedMemory
AlloftheworkprocessesonanApplicationServerusea
commonmainmemoryareacalledsharedmemoryareato
savecontextortobufferconstantdatalocally
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ComponentsofR/3ApplicationServer
WorkProcesses
Eachworkprocesseslinkedtoamemoryarea
containingthecontextoftheapplicationbeingrun.
Thecontextcontainsthecurrentdataoftheapplication
program.
TypesofWorkProcesses
Dialog
Update
Enqueue
Spool
Background
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DatabaseInterfaceServices
Establishingandterminatingtheconnectionsbetweenthework
processanddatabase
Accesstothedatabasetables
AccesstoR/3Repositoryobjects(ABAP,Screen,)
AccesstoCatalogInformation(ABAPDictionary)
ControllingTransactions(Commit/Rollback..)
TableBufferadministrationontheapplicationserver
TwowaysofaccessingDatabases:
OpenSQL
NativeSQL
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DatabaseAccess:OpenSQL
OpenSQLStatementsaresubsetofstandardSQLthatisfully
integratedwithABAP.Theyallowtoaccessthedatabase
irrespectiveofdatabasesystemR/3SystemInstallationusing.
OpenSQLConsistsof
DML,DDL,DCL
OpenSQLgoesbeyondStandardSQLtoprovidethestatements
that,inconjunctionwithotherABAPconstructions,cansimply
orspeedupthedatabaseaccess.
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DatabaseAccess:NativeSQL
NativeSQLonlylooselyintegratedintoABAP,andallowsto
accessallofthefunctionscontainedintheprogramming
interfaceoftherespectivedatabasesystem.
UnlikeOpenSQLstatements,NativeSQLstatementsarenot
checkedandconverted,butinsteadaredirectlysenttothe
databasesystem.
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ABAP/4
Fourthgenerationlanguage
Eventdriven
AllSAPR/3applicationsandpartsofBasisare
developedinABAP
TheABAPprogramminglanguageunifiesthe
advantagesofanobjectorientedlanguage
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ABAPDevelopmentWorkbench
Objectives
Understandworkbenchanditstools
Createaprogram
Knowadvancedfeaturesofworkbench
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ABAPDevelopmentWorkbench

ABAPDevelopmentWorkbenchisagraphical
programmingenvironmentwhichenablesustocreate
newABAPapplicationsandchangeexistingSAP
applications.
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Workbench
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Workbench
DevelopmentWorkbenchismadeupofthefollowingtools
Versioningsupport
Structuringthedevelopmentobjectinpackages
InterfaceeditorsforSAPGUIbasedinterfaces
DevelopmenttoolsforWebinterfaces
Supportformultilingualtextelementsandmessages
ConnectiontotheTransportOrganizer
DirectaccesstoalldatadefinitionsintheABAPDictionary
Debugger
Toolsforruntimeanalyses
Testtools
Modificationassistanttocompareuserdefinedextensions

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Workbench
ThemenupathisTools>ABAPWorkbench
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WorkbenchTools
RepositoryBrowser Usedtodisplayandedit
hierarchicallistsofdevelopmentobjects.
Dictionary Usedtodefineandsavedata
definitionsYoucanalsostoredocumentation,help
information,datarelationships,andother
information.YoualsousetheDictionaryto
generatedatabaseobjectsliketablesandindexes.
ABAPEditor YouusetheABAPEditorto
createandeditprogramcode.
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WorkbenchTools
FunctionBuilder YouusetheFunction
Buildertodefineandstorefunctionmodules.The
FunctionBuilderstoresthesemodulescentrally.
Youcanusethelibrarytowritenewmodulesand
lookupinformationonexistingmodules.
ScreenPainter Usedtodesignthescreensinan
application'sgraphicaluserinterface.
MenuPainter Usedtodesignthemenusthat
appearinyourinterface
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ClickthebuttonABAPEditorintheWorkbench
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...CreatingaProgram
Nameoftheprogramtobecreatedisgiveninthe
programfieldandclickthecreatebutton.
Theattributesscreenappears,fillthefieldsand
save
it.
Thedevelopmentclasshastobeenteredinthe
dialogboxthatappears.
Gotothesourcecode.
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Creatingaprogram
Theprogramattributesscreenlookslikethis
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Creatingaprogram
TheDevelopmentClassscreenlookslikethis
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