SAP系统术语

SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing)

Glossary

Information Technology has many key words and SAP R/3 has introduced many others. In order

to understand the field of SAP even better you should keep those terms in mind.

ALE (Application Link Enabling)

It provides integration for separate R/3 systems, keeping full interaction. This makes possible

distributed enterprise applications.

Application server

The application server is used to run the business application programs in the R/3 client/server

concept. The application modules are loaded from the data base server to the application server

as required. Thus the application server requires only storage capacity to accommodate UNIX,

Swapping and the SAP runtime environment.

Batch Input

A technique to input data safely. It ensures application data integrity for background interfaces.

It pretends to be someone typing. See also direct input.

CATT

(Computer

Aided

Test

Tool)

It

allows

you

to

combine

and

automate

sequences

of

repeatable transactions in test procedures. CATT reduces the number of manual tests, and forces

you to test systematically, defining input values and expected test results.

CCMS (Computer Center Management System)

It allows you to monitor, control and configure your R/3 system. This toolset lets you analyze

and distribute client workloads and report on resource consumption for system components.

Central System

In an R/3 central system, both application and data base software are run on one computer.

Client

In commercial, organizational and technical terms, a self-contained unit in an R/3 system with

separate master records and its own set of tables.

Client/Server System

Client/server systems are structured modularly, with components working in a sender/receiver

relationship. Software components can also be used in a client/server relationship.

Communication Server

It provides the connection between local area and wide area networks and may be either a router,

a bridge or a gateway. In R/3 installations, the communication server must support the TCP/IP

protocol over wide area networks.

Company code

The

smallest

organizational

unit

for

which

a

complete

self-contained

set

of

accounts

can

be

drawn up for purposes of external reporting. This involves recording all relevant transactions

and

generating

all

supporting

documents

for

legally-required

financial

statements,

such

as

balance sheets and profit and loss statements.

Computer type

The R/3 system supports various computer types of SAP's platform partners, such as Bull, DEC,

IBM

and

HP.

The

suitability

of

a

particular

computer

type

depends

on

sufficient

CPU

performance.

Common Programming Interface- Communications

Common CPI-C Programming Interface of Communication has been introduced by IBM as a

high-level

interface

to

SNA/LU6-2.

CPI-C

has

become

the

subject

of

the

X/Open

standardization and is used by SAP to facilitate

program- to-program

communication

between

R/3

and

external

system.

SAP

offers

CPI-C

libraries based on TCP/IP. Correction It contains all the objects that a developer has changed or

created. It also controls customizing that has been maintained.

CSP

A system to help SAP employees to give comprehensive support to their clients.

Data Base Server

The

data

base

server

stores

the

SAP

application

programs

and

data

in

the

R/3

client/server

concept. It also handles the SAP update program and batch jobs.

Direct Input

A

recent

technique

to

input

data

safely.

It

ensures

application

data

integrity

for

background

interfaces. See also batch input.

Dispatcher

The system R/3 agent that identifies the type of task (on-line, update, batch, etc.) and sends the

job to an idle work process.

EarlyWatch

It is a service that entails having your R/3 installation regularly inspected by SAP employees, in

other to ensure high system availability and high data throughput at all time.

Ethernet

It is a LAN architecture using bus topology. The transmission speed is 10 MBit/s.

FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interchange)

It

is

a

local

high-speed

network

with

ring

topology

based

on

light

wave

conductors.

The

transmission speed is 100 MBit/s.

Field status

Indicator that specifies whether a field can take an entry in the entry screen or if it must be filled.

Firewall

It is a means of controlling access through a public network to a private network.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

It is the most commonly used file transmission protocol of the TCP/IP protocol family.

GUI (Graphic User Interface)

A graphical interface used by SAP environment as part of the three tiers. It is normally called