University of

Southern California

Enterprise Wide Information Systems


SAP R/3 Overview &
Basis Technology



Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

University of
Southern California
Topics
The R/3 Basis System
Client/Server Architecture
Application Architecture
System Communication
Technical Architecture
Client/Server Overview
Resource Management
Technical Configurations
Object Migration
The Database Client
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Southern California
SAP R/3 Basis System
Sales &
Distribution
Materials
Mgmt.
Production
Planning
Financial
Accounting
Controlling
Fixed Assets
Mgmt.
Quality
Mgmt.
Plant
Maintenance
Human
Resources
Workflow
Industry
Solutions
R/3
Client / Server
ABAP/4
Project
System
Logistical Financial
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Basis System: Three-Tier Computer Hierarchy
Input / Output
of data to users
Access to Dataase:
(Read / Write data)
Central Database
(Storage of all data)
Database
Application
Presentation
Processing of data
using application logic
Presentation of the
processed data to
the user
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Typical Basis Systems: Client Server Architecture
Central System

Two - tier
Distributed System

Two - tier
Client/Server

Three - tier
Client/Server

Multi-layer
Cooperative
Client/Server
(w/ release 4.0B)

Presentation Application Database
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Basis System: Application Architecture
Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif,
Presentation Manager, Macintosh
ABAP/4, C, C++
DB2/400
OS/400
Windows 95
OS/2
IBM
AS/400
AT&T Data General SNI
Bull/Zenith HP Sequent
Compaq IBM Digital
ADABAS D, Oracle 7.1,
MS SQL Server 6.0
Windows NT
UNIX systems
Bull HP SNI
Digital IBM SUN
AIX SINIX
HP-UX SOLARIS
Digital UNIX
ADABAS D,
DB2, INFORMIX,
ORACLE 7.1
Hardware
Operating
Systems
Databases
Dialog
SAPGUI
Languages
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O r d e r
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R/3 Communication / Interfaces
Remote
Function Call
Electronic Data
Interchange
Program Interface
Communication
Object Linking
and Embedding
Application
Link Enabling
Web
Interface
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Southern California
Topics
The R/3 Basis System
Client/Server Architecture
Application Architecture
System Communication
Technical Architecture
Client/Server Overview
Resource Management
Technical Configurations
Object Migration
The Client
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Southern California
Client/Server Overview
Client
Server
LAN
TCP / IP
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Southern California
Client/Server Overview (Logical Structure)
Presentation
Data Storage
Application
Logic
Client
Server
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SAP R/3 Resource Management: The Dispatcher
Data base
Application
Presentation
Buffers Work
Process
Work
Process
Work
Process
Dispatcher
SAP GUI
Communications
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Southern California
SAP Memory Buffer
Relational data base system
SAP GUI
SAP R/3 Resource Management: Data Flow
Data base
Application
Presentation
Work
Process
Dispatcher
Terminal
Process
Request queues
1
3
2
4
5
6
7
Roll
Page
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Southern California
SAP Dispatcher
SAP R/3 Resource Management: Work Processes
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
1999
Background Jobs
Spool
Enqueue
Dialog Update
Message
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M
Gateway
R/2
R/3
G
A
B
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Southern California
SAP R/3 Resource Management:
Lock Management by the Enqueue Work Process
Work
Process

Update
Work
Process

Enqueue
Dispatcher
Work
Process

Update
Work
Process

Enqueue
Dispatcher
Lock table in
main storage
Message
Server
Instance A
Instance B
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Southern California
SAP R/3 Resource Management: R/3 Instance
Dialog

. . . .

Update Spool
Back-
ground
Enqueue
Dispatcher
Database
Instance Message
Server
SAP
Gateway
Instance Profiles
(parameters)
SAP Buffers
Start
or
Stop
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SAP R/3 Resource Management:
Distributed SAP R/3 Processing
Dialog

Update

Enqueue Spool
Dispatcher
Mess-
age
Gate-
way
Instance 01
Enqueue

Dialog

. . .
Dispatcher
Instance 02
Dialog

Back-
ground

Enqueue
Dispatcher
Instance 03
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Technical Configuration
Development Testing Production
Database
Servers
Application
Servers
Presentation
Servers
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Technical Configuration: Example
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Object Migration
Program A
Table A
Screen A
Program A
Table A
Screen A
Program A
Table A
Screen A
Development
QA Testing Production
Corrections and Transport
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Object Migration
Program A
Version 1
Program A
Version 2
Program A
Version 3
Program A
Version 1
Program A
Version 2
Program A
Version 3
Originals
Development QA Testing
Corrections
and
Transport
?
?
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Southern California
The Client
R/3
America
R/3
Europe
R/3
Japan
America Client 010
Japan Client 030
Europe Client 020
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Southern California
Client Copies
Configuration
Development
Interface Testing
Quality Assurance
User Training