SAP

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SAP Microsoft

• Office Integration

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SAP's Integration with Microsoft Office Products

• Travel Expenses Microsoft Access
• construction parts Microsoft Excel
• Consolidation Microsoft Access/Excel
• Human Resources Microsoft Word
• Customizing Microsoft Word
• Scheduling Microsoft Visual Basic
• XXL Listviewer Microsoft Excel
• R/3 Help Microsoft Help Compiler
• Startup of Excel/Word out of the R/3 Application

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Integration Architecture
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Architecture - Current
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SAP Automation Integration of Alternative User
Interfaces
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BAPIs and Business Objects
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SAP Automation for OCX/ActiveX
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ActiveX (OLE)

• Today Integration via RFC
• Future Replacement of RFCs with ActiveX Controls
  (R/3 4.0 Q3/Q4 1997)
• R/3 will directly support ActiveX Interfaces
• ABAPs directly call ActiveX Server Objects
• R/3 directly export ActiveX Objects
• SAPs Strategy further exploit NT Standard
  Functionality

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ActiveX Insight for SAP R/3
Insight 2.0 von Arcplan GmbH www.arcplan.de
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COM Support

• COM supported Components
• RFC Component
• GUI Component
• Transaction Component
• BOR Component
• SAP Assistant
• Delivers Language neutral access
• Delivers object-oriented programming

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Session Manager User Interface

• Navigating in R/3 Systems is more straightforward
• User-specific requirements
• List of the most frequently used transactions
• Different settings for the screen layout (column
  width, font, etc.)
• Transactions start up immediately
• Double-click
• Drag and drop
• It is possible to work in more than one R/3
  System

Frontend Windows 95 oder Windows NT 3.51
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Session Manager 2
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Aktives Excel Reporting with Excel
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aktives Excel - 1
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aktives Excel - 4
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Microsoft ExcelOpen Information Warehouse
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Integration Word
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SAPInq

• End User PO, Invoice, Delivery Inquiry
• Receptionist Inquiry for Goods Delivery
• Reduce inquiries to AP Helpdesk
• Moving to Web with MSMarket
• No training
• Easy install

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Journal Entry Upload

• Excel Based JE Front End
• Replaced Functionality used in Legacy Systems
• On-line Validation
• Rolled Out WW
• 125,000 line items per month

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SAP Developer Program

• ISVs are encouraged to develop R/3 complementary
  products and add-ons based on Microsoft
  technology
• First SAP Developers Conference took place in
  Orlando, May 15-17. Big success
• Next SAP/Microsoft conference for partners or
  customers who do a large amount of development
  complementary to R/3, or adding functions, is
  planned for end of 1996