Technological Infrastructure System Landscape

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Technological InfrastructureSystem Landscape

• Intro arranged by
• Helia / Martti Laiho

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Sources

• R/3 System - Technological Infrastructure
• Multiple Components in One Database (pdf)
• R/3 repository
• ABAP Users Guide (pdf)

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R/3 Overview
Continuous Business Engineering
Applications
(R/2) R/3 business modules
Business Technology
Workflow
ALE
OIW
Objects
ABAP/4
...
R/3 Technology Infrastructure
Internet
OpSys
DBMS
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R/3 Repository

• Technical objects
• Dictionary definitions, screens, ABAP programs
• R/3 Reference Model
• over 80 Basic Business scenarios (value added
  chains)
• Business processes (over 800 R/3 transactions)
• Business objects (over 170 BO)
• Business functions
• Data
• communicating by method calls
• Information flow
• Technical system administration
• Organisational structure
• Application distribution

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Business Engineering Workbench

• Navigation in the R/3 repository
• R/3 reference model
• Business configuration
• SAP Business workflow
• ABAP/4 workbench
• Open R/3 Repository API
• integration of 3rd party engineering tools
• System configuration
• System administration

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SAP Business Workflow
- Tech. Infra
Organisation
person
position
Org. unit
task
role
reference
Processes
WF definition
WF step
data
data
Call-up and results
Read access
Status change
Business objects (BO)
attributes
events
methods
object
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SAP Business Workflow
SAP Business Workflow p 229
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Components of the database interface
SAP BC ABAP Users Guide p 34
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ALE Distribution Flow
ALE Introduction and Overview
EDI / XML