SAP NW Newbie

The area in which you enter an SAP transaction code is called Command-field or "OK Code". The shortcut to select this command field is CTRL+/ Here are some entry options for OK codes: /n - The /n option terminates the current transaction /n<TXNCODE> - The /n option terminates the current transaction and TXNCODE followed by /n calls transaction TXNCODE /nend - This option terminates all the sessions from the current PC and logs the user off. /nex - This option terminates all the sessions from the current PC and logs the user off immediately without issuing warnings /o - The option /o lists existing sessions and allows deletion or opening of a new session. /o<TXNCODE> - The option /o followed by a transaction code TXNCODE opens a new session and starts transaction TXNCODE in the new session. If the maximum number of sessions per user are breached, an error is displayed. /i - The option /i terminates the current session /i1 - The option /i1 terminate...

The 7.4x kernels allow you to trace the data that is being exchanged with SAP GUI for troubleshooting purposes. The tracing of SAP GUI data can be enabled via the dynamic  profile parameter rdisp/sapgui_data_trace . The following values are supported: 0: do not trace any SAP GUI data. 1: trace SAP GUI data in case of errors only. 2: trace received SAP GUI data in processes with trace level set to 2 or 3. 3: trace sent and received SAP GUI data in processes with trace level set to 2 or 3. Also trace the received data before SNC decryption and decompression in the work process.

SAPPLAPP lets you use SAP GUI with Apple iPod, IPad and iPhone . Download the application from iTunes and hook up to your company's VPN. The GUI will ask for details similar to those used by SAPGUI. The pre-requisite to using this tool is that your system must have an ITS server. ITS comes built in with WebAS 640 onwards. If you wish to connect to an older SAP system, you need to install an external ITS server in the landscape. The application is priced at $ 0.99. Here is the link to the developer's site.

Selecting text, copying and then pasting is not the smart way of copy-pasting. If you have used PuTTY any time, you may have noticed that the action of selecting text, copies the selected text into the clipboard. All you need to do is a right click to paste it back in PuTTY. Similar functionality exists in SAP GUI, which may not be activated by default. You can activate it by selecting the following option: Select "Quick Cut and Paste" option from GUI to enable the option.