SAP Configuration


What Is SAP Configuration?

Installing and configuring an SAP system, particularly an ERP system, can be a complex and time-consuming task. While SAP Basis teams manage the installation itself, SAP systems are standard software that has nothing in place that is developed specifically for your organization. This is where SAP Configuration becomes important to the process since every company has its own specific way of posting and creating purchase orders, sales orders, or any of their other day-to-day tasks.

What Is SAP Configuration?

Installing and configuring an SAP system, particularly an ERP system, can be a complex and time-consuming task. While SAP Basis teams manage the installation itself, SAP systems are standard software that has nothing in place that is developed specifically for your organization. This is where SAP Configuration becomes important to the process since every company has its own specific way of posting and creating purchase orders, sales orders, or any of their other day-to-day tasks.

Configuration is not coding, nor is it customization which involves changing standard features. It is a part of the implementation of a system that allows you to specify information like currency, language, organizational structure, function, and processes. SAP software is designed in such an open way to let you configure it the way your organization needs it to be set up. You can define how your company runs, since it’s your processes. While SAP introduced the concept of the SAP Model Company in 2019, which included preconfigured end-to-end processes, business content, and industry specific accelerators to streamline the implementation of SAP S/4HANA and SAP SuccessFactors, organizations still have the capability to configure an SAP system exactly how they want it to look.

Key Considerations for SAPinsiders

  • You can use tools like SAP Solution Manager to accelerate and manage the configuration of your SAP systems. Rather than having to use different transactions or configuration files to go in and make configuration changes to your SAP systems, a tool that SAP supplies in order to readily manage configurations across multiple systems is SAP Solution Manager. Managing a configuration from SAP Solution Manager allows you to control access to the configuration as well as document the process. It also allows you to preserve configuration states, support testing, and manage delivery of configuration to different systems around the organization.
  • The SAP Model Company can help accelerate your configuration when it comes to the move to SAP S/4HANA. While organizations have always had the ability to configure their SAP systems so that they support the way their individual organization works, there has always been a debate between those who prefer fit to standard, using a standard out-of-the-box solution with as few changes as possible, to a fit-to-requirement model which involves a highly customized solution that very much fits the specific needs of a given organization. Leveraging the SAP Model Company provides a pre-configured reference example of a fit-to-standard implementation that can both streamline and accelerate an SAP S/4HANA deployment, while making SAP configuration considerably easier.

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  1. Allow Your Customers to Track Deliveries Online with SAP E-Commerce for mySAP ERP

    Published: 01/October/2005

    Reading time: 17 mins

    You can use two different methods to allow customers to track orders via the Web. The simplest method involves tracking orders with the Bill of Lading field and works best when all items for one line item in an order ship together in the same package. A more complex method involves the Express Delivery Company...…

  2. Considering IC

    Published: 15/October/2006

    Reading time: 21 mins

    Learn how to put together a quick proof of concept for Interaction Center (IC) WebClient and how you configure it based on configuration profiles. Then, discover how to tweak these configuration profiles to fulfill your business requirements. Key Concept Interaction Center (IC) WebClient is the framework that links various applications available in mySAP CRM (and...…

  3. Integrate the Four Capabilities of SAP GRC Access Control

    Published: 15/September/2008

    Reading time: 15 mins

    Learn about integration points of the four capabilities of SAP GRC Access Control in one place. Key Concept Risk Analysis is the process by which user access is evaluated against segregation of duties (SoD) rules to determine if the access causes any SoD conflicts. SAP GRC Access Control is comprised of four separate capabilities: Risk...…

  4. Back Up Your T512W Table to Prevent Payroll Disaster

    Published: 15/November/2004

    Reading time: 10 mins

    A variety of configuration processes may result in unwanted changes to your T512W table, the core table of your SAP R/3 Payroll system. Two standard SAP programs could prevent headaches by giving you the ability to restore previous configurations of your T512W table. Key Concept The SAP Payroll system uses wage types to permanently or...…

  5. Learn How to Use New Generic UI Building Blocks in the Floorplan Manager

    Published: 20/March/2013

    Reading time: 16 mins

    Learn about the User Interface Framework of SAP Business Suite, the Floorplan Manager (FPM) with a focus on generic UI building blocks. See how to deal with generic UI building blocks and prepare new applications with rich content features. Key Concept The Floorplan Manager (FPM) as a User Interface (UI) Framework provides generic user interface...…

  6. SAP NetWeaver 7.3: AEX: A New Installation Option for SAP NetWeaver PI

    Published: 07/December/2010

    Reading time: 13 mins

    Gain a good understanding of how you can use the new installation option of Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX) and for which business cases it is the option of choice. In addition, get an overview of how to work with this new installation option in SAP NetWeaver 7.3. Key Concept Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX)...…

  7. Debug Business Processes Built with SAP NetWeaver BPM to Resolve Errors Fast

    Published: 21/May/2010

    Reading time: 23 mins

    Developers are all used to finding bugs in common programming languages, but how does this work for graphical models? This article explains in detail how to solve your process issues by using the tools shipped with SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment. Key Concept SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management (SAP NetWeaver BPM), as part of SAP NetWeaver...…

  8. Plan and Schedule a Sustainment Program for Complex Assets to Increase Uptime

    Published: 28/March/2012

    Reading time: 21 mins

    Managing a fleet of complex assets requires a well-organized and detailed approach to document maintenance requirements and to schedule their execution. The aim is to balance uptime for the asset and leverage the use of the repair facility. These capabilities are available using SAP’s Maintenance Program Definition (MPD) Workbench and Maintenance Event Builder (MEB). Using...…

  9. Maximize the Accuracy of Your ATP Response Using Configurable Process Scheduling

    Published: 21/January/2010

    Reading time: 12 mins

    Learn when and how to use Configurable Process Scheduling (CPS) in SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO) Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP). Understand the master data needed to support CPS and help avoid common mistakes while setting up CPS. Key Concept Available-to-Promise (ATP) is an order management business process that attempts to commit to the...…

  10. Save Time Setting Up SAP Solution Manager After Installation Using Guided Procedures

    Published: 17/June/2010

    Reading time: 9 mins

    ManagerSAP Solution Manager 7.0 with SAP enhancement package 1 provides a guided procedure to help you set up your SAP Solution Manager system and connect to the satellite systems in minutes after it is installed. Key Concept SOLMAN_SETUP is a transaction that allows you to make initial and basic configurations of SAP Solution Manager in...…