Sams Teach Yourself Sap R/3 in 10 Minutes

by Sharpe, Simon; Gambrel, Bryan

• ISBN13: 9780672314957
• ISBN10: 0672314959
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

This book offers straightforward, practical answers for when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you'll learn everything you need to know to take advantage of the new features of SAP R/3 through version 4.x. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Accessing SAP R/3	p. 6
What You Need Before Logging On	p. 6
Working with Clients and Client Names	p. 7
Logging On	p. 8
Using the SAP R/3 Interface	p. 13
Looking at the SAP R/3 Interface	p. 13
Getting Around the Screen	p. 21
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 21
Getting to an SAP R/3 Document Entry Screen	p. 22
Getting Around an SAP R/3 Document Entry Screen	p. 26
How the Fields Are Used	p. 28
Moving Between Screens	p. 30
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 30
The Difference Between Back and Exit	p. 30
Screen Buttons and Scrollbars	p. 32
Scrolling Around a Screen	p. 34
Understanding the Menus	p. 35
Using Basic Help	p. 39
Online Help in SAP R/3	p. 39
Where to Start with Help	p. 39
Searching the Help Files	p. 41
The Glossary	p. 42
Getting Help on Messages	p. 43
Using Task-Level Help	p. 44
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 44
What Task-Level Help Can Do for You	p. 44
Getting to the Right Help Module	p. 45
Creating a Document	p. 51
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 51
Creating the Purchase Requisition	p. 52
Using Default Data	p. 60
Using Matchcodes	p. 62
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 62
Exploring Matchcodes	p. 62
Using a Different Matchcode	p. 67
Text Searching and Wildcards	p. 68
Other Ways of Searching	p. 70
Displaying a Document	p. 71
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 71
Doing a Direct Lookup	p. 71
Looking Up with Matchcodes	p. 75
Changing a Document	p. 78
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 78
Finding the Document	p. 78
Changing a Line Item	p. 79
Adding and Deleting Line Items	p. 81
Using List Display	p. 83
User Requirements for This Lesson	p. 83
Reporting with List Display	p. 83
Generating Reports and Printing	p. 90
Selecting and Generating Reports	p. 90
Other Reports	p. 96
Printing	p. 96
Using Variants	p. 99
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 99
Creating and Saving Variants	p. 99
Editing Text	p. 105
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 105
Adding and Editing Text	p. 105
Using Master Data	p. 111
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 111
Kinds of Data	p. 111
Maintaining Data in a Master File	p. 112
Using User Parameters	p. 118
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 118
Setting Up the User Parameter	p. 118
Using User Menus	p. 123
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 123
Setting Up a User Menu	p. 123
Using Transaction Codes	p. 128
What You Need for This Lesson	p. 128
Getting Directly to a Transaction	p. 128
Customizing Your User ID	p. 134
Setting Defaults	p. 134
Understanding Configuration	p. 142
Adapting to Your Specific Requirements	p. 142
What About Things SAP R/3 Doesn't Do?	p. 144
SAP R/3 and the Internet	p. 147
Doing Business on the Web with SAP R/3	p. 147
Visiting SAP's Home Page on the World Wide Web	p. 149
Reading the Newsgroup	p. 150
Kinds of Business Documents	p. 152
Kinds of Business Documents	p. 152
SAP R/3 Industry Solutions	p. 157
What Is an Industry Solution?	p. 157
Industry Solutions and the Future	p. 158
Where to Go from Here	p. 160
Haven't We Had Enough Help Already?	p. 160
Get It Online	p. 162
Practical Advice for Training and Getting Trained	p. 162
It's in Your Hands Now	p. 163
Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, and Production Planning Modules	p. 164
Sales and Distribution	p. 164
Materials Management	p. 167
Production Planning	p. 170
Quality Management, Plant Maintenance, and Human Resources Modules	p. 174
Quality Management	p. 174
Plant Maintenance	p. 177
Human Resources	p. 180
Financial Accounting, Controlling, Asset Management, and Project System Modules	p. 183
Financial Accounting	p. 183
Controlling	p. 185
Asset Management	p. 188
Project System	p. 189
Index	p. 195
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