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

Logistical

Sales &
Distribution

Financial

Financial
Accounting

Materials
Mgmt.

Controlling

Production
Planning

Fixed Assets
Mgmt.

R/3
Client / Server
ABAP/4

Quality
Mgmt.
Plant
Maintenance

Human
Resources

Project
System

Workflow

Industry
Solutions

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Southern California

Basis System: Three-Tier Computer Hierarchy

Central Database
(Storage of all data)

Access to Dataase:
(Read / Write data)

Database
Input / Output
of data to users

Application

Presentation

Processing of data
using application logic

Presentation of the
processed data to
the user

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Southern California

Typical Basis Systems: Client Server Architecture

Presentation

Application

Database

Central System
Two - tier
Distributed System
Two - tier
Client/Server
Three - tier
Client/Server
Multi-layer
Cooperative
Client/Server
(w/ release 4.0B)
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Southern California

Basis System: Application Architecture

Hardware

UNIX systems
Bull
Digital

Operating
Systems

Databases

Dialog
SAPGUI
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HP
IBM

SNI
SUN

AIX
SINIX
HP-UX SOLARIS
Digital UNIX

ADABAS D,
DB2, INFORMIX,
ORACLE 7.1

AT&T
Data General SNI
Bull/Zenith HP
Sequent
Compaq
IBM
Digital

IBM
AS/400

Windows NT

OS/400

ADABAS D, Oracle 7.1,

MS SQL Server 6.0

DB2/400

Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif,

Presentation Manager, Macintosh

Windows 95
OS/2

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Languages

ABAP/4, C, C++

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R/3 Communication / Interfaces

Remote
Function Call
Electronic Data
Interchange

Application
Link Enabling

Program Interface
Communication

Object Linking
and Embedding
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
Server

LAN
TCP / IP

Client

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Southern California

Client/Server Overview (Logical Structure)

Server

Data Storage

Application
Logic
Client

Presentation
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SAP R/3 Resource Management: The Dispatcher

Presentation
SAP GUI
Communications

Application
Dispatcher

Work
Process

Work
Process

Work
Process

Buffers

Data base

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Southern California

SAP R/3 Resource Management: Data Flow

Presentation

SAP GUI
Terminal
Process

Application
Dispatcher

Data base

SAP Memory Buffer

Roll

Work
Process

Request queues

Page

5
Relational data base system

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Southern California

SAP R/3 Resource Management: Work Processes

A

B
Message

Update

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Background Jobs

SAP Dispatcher

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Enqueue

C
Gateway

5
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Order

Spool
R/3
R/2

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Southern California

SAP R/3 Resource Management:

Lock Management by the Enqueue Work Process
Instance A
Dispatcher

Work
Process

Work
Process

Update

Enqueue

Message
Server

Instance B
Dispatcher

Lock table in

main storage

Work
Process

Work
Process

Update

Enqueue

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Southern California

SAP R/3 Resource Management: R/3 Instance

Database
Instance

Message
Server

Instance Profiles
(parameters)

SAP
Gateway

Dispatcher

Dialog

....

Update

Spool

Background

Enqueue

SAP Buffers
Start
or
Stop

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Southern California

SAP R/3 Resource Management:

Distributed SAP R/3 Processing
Instance 03

Instance 02
Dispatcher

Dialog

Background

Dispatcher

Enqueue

Enqueue

Dialog

...

Instance 01
Dispatcher

Dialog

Update

Enqueue

Spool

Message

Gateway

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Southern California

Technical Configuration
Development

Testing

Production

Database
Servers

Application
Servers

Presentation
Servers

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Southern California

Technical Configuration: Example

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Object Migration
Corrections and Transport
Development

QA Testing

Program A

Program A

Program A

Table A

Table A

Table A

Screen A

Screen A

Screen A

Production

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Southern California

Object Migration
Development

Program A
Version 1
Program A
Version 2
Program A
Version 3

Corrections
and
Transport

QA Testing

Program A
Version 1
Program A
Version 2
Program A
Version 3

Originals

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Southern California

The Client
America
Europe
Japan

Client 010
Client 020
Client 030

R/3
Europe
R/3
America

R/3
Japan

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Southern California

Client Copies

Configuration

Development

Quality Assurance
Interface Testing
User Training

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Southern California