SAP GUI

SAP GUI

• The SAP GUI is a GUI client which is part of the presentation layer

• You need to install the SAP GUI on your machine to access the SAP systems from your machine.

• To use the SAP system you must use SAP Logon on your windows PC which acts as an intermediate between the SAP system and the SAP GUI user interface.

• The SAP Logon displays a list of available SAP systems where you can select the server which you want to access.

• It also allows you to create, modify and delete the list of SAP systems which we like to access .

SAP LOGON

    To start the SAP Logon, perform one of the following:

• Double-click the SAP Logon icon on your desktop .

                            (OR)

• Choose the Windows menu Start-->Programs-->SAP Front End-->SAPlogon.

         The SAP Logon main window will appear like this.

   You can view the SAP system entries in 3 different ways with different properties displayed namely..

1. Explorer view
2. List View
3. Tree View

Explorer view:

      The Explorer View contains three folders by default:

• Favorites
• Shortcuts
• Connections

       You can change the view of the main SAP Logon window by choosing the following buttons for the Explore View. And the main SAP Logon window will be displayed as follows



   Within these three main folders, you can create your own folder structure adapted to your working priorities:

1. Select the respective folder
2. Open the context menu by right-clicking
3. Choose Add new subfolder The following dialog box appears:
   
4. Enter a name for the new subfolder and choose OK.
   
5. A sub folder will be created.

List View:
       
               You can change the view of the main SAP Logon window by choosing the following buttons for the List View. And the main SAP Logon window will be displayed as follows

Tree View:
       
            You can change the view of the main SAP Logon window by choosing the following buttons for the Tree View. And the main SAP Logon window will be displayed as follows

The Connections Folder:
   
          When you open the Connections folder for the very first time, it may be empty. So you have to create the SAP system entries to the Connections folder or one of its subfolders.

Creating SAP system Entry:
     
         To create or add a new entry to the system list do the following steps:

1. Choose the   button or choose Add new entry from the folder's context menu.The following window will appear.
   
2. You can search or select one of the systems if it is shown in the system list or if you have the system credentials you can click next button where the following window will appear.
   
3. Give the respective entries and choose next.
4. The following window will appear, where you can maintain the Network settings:
   
   
      Activate Secure Network Communication: 
   
   
   • This checkbox is active if the SNC name is defined in the SAP system to which you are going to connect.
   • You can then choose this checkbox to turn on SNC mode and select the required SNC level (for example, Max. available) by selecting one of the radio buttons below the input field SNC name.
   • When you activate the SNC mode, the Single Sign-On mode will also be activated automatically. Optionally you can deactivate the Single Sign-On mode now and use a standard logon with user/password instead.
      High speed connection (LAN):
   
   
   • This is selected as default.
   
      Low speed connection (reduced network traffic):
   
   
   • You can choose this checkbox to turn on the low speed connection (WAN mode).
   • You find additional information regarding connection speed settings in SAP Note 161053
   
   
5. Check all entries, change them if necessary and choose Next.The last screen offers the possibility of maintaining the language and encoding settings:
   

   Language Settings:

• Choose the required language from the Language drop down list.

   Upload/download Encoding:

• Choose the required encoding from the Encoding dropdown list.
• Check all entries, change them if necessary and choose Finish.


6. The active wizard window closes and the new system entry is added to the Connections folder.
   

Changing Entries:       

1. You can change an entry by selecting it from the system list and choosing the  button in the toolbar.
2. Alternatively, you can open the context menu of the respective entry by right-clicking it in the list and choosing Properties...

Deleting Entries:       

1. Select the relevant item from the connection list.
2. Choose the    button from the toolbar.
3. Confirm deletion by choosing Yes on the following dialog:
   

The Shortcuts Folder:

        On this tab you can directly execute:

• Transactions
• Reports
• System commands

The Favorites Folder:

        The Favorites folder allows you to easily bundle a group of systems that you currently use frequently.

Logon Tab:

• It is used to select the SAP servers from the list of items by choosing the   button.
• The logon window for the relevant system appears as follows:
  

Variable Logon:

              It is used to logon to an SAP system without adding an item to the Connections folder by choosing    button.

Showing SAP Logon Version:

        To call up information about the SAP Logon version proceed as follows:

1. Click the icon in the top left-hand corner of the SAP Logon window.
   
2. Choose About SAP Logon....
   The following screen appears:
   
3. To display the information,
   Choose Client Environment the following window will appear,