Organization and Contents of This Book

The body of this book consists of 17 lessons on the general use of SAP R/3. They are grouped into four parts, which correspond to the SAP workflow.

• Part I, Getting Started, describes the procedures for logging on and off the SAP R/3 software, customizing the SAP application window and screens to suit your preferences, entering personal and logistical data about yourself, setting default values for the use of the software, and managing your password.

• Part II, Navigating Between Screens, describes three methods for navigating from the SAP Easy Access screen to the initial screens of transactions, and a fourth method for navigating between initial and output screens.

• Part III, Setting Up Initial Screens, describes the procedures for entering and searching for object codes and creating customized versions of initial screens.

• Part IV, Working With Output Reports, describes the procedures for customizing the output reports of certain transactions and e-mailing them to other SAP users.

These lessons are preceded by the Introduction, which describes the design and operation of the SAP application window and its screens, and followed by a Coda, which presents a simple model of the four basic transaction types that are commonly executed by end users.

The instructions in the lessons of this book were written around and illustrated with screens from version 4.7 of the SAP R/3 software. However, they can also be applied to SAP 4.5 and 4.6, which are very similar in their design and operation to SAP 4.7. And with a little effort, they can also be applied to SAP 4.0, which differs slightly in its screen design but not its operation.