SAP in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself, Rough Cuts, 5th Edition

Description

Thoroughly Updated and Expanded!

Includes New Coverage on HANA, the cloud, and using SAP’s applications!

In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll master the latest updates on SAP, and discover just how much has changed over the last few years. Through detailed scenarios, hands-on examples, and a case study that weaves its way through each hour, you’ll also find yourself absorbing all of this new material quickly. Each lesson builds on what you’ve already learned, providing a strong real-world foundation for both business users and IT professionals. Leading SAP consultants Michael Missbach and George Anderson start with the absolute basics, work through the clutter of the old and the new, and ultimately take you to SAP’s cutting edge.

Step-by-Step instructions walk you through common user and IT-related SAP tasks.

Quizzes and Exercises at the end of each chapter help you test your knowledge.

By the Way notes present additional information related to the discussion.

Did You Know? tips offer advice or show you easier ways to perform tasks.

Watch Out! cautions alert you to challenges or issues including advice on how to address them.

Learn…

· About Hybris, SuccessFactors, Ariba, Concur, Fieldglass, and other new applications

· Why HANA is so fast and so misunderstood

· How to differentiate between SAP’s applications, components, and modules

· How to use several of SAP’s new cloud and other applications

· How to use NetWeaver, SAP ERP, and several of the SAP Business Suite’s applications

· How simplified SAP will change the playing field

· How to run SAP solutions on the cloud

· About SAP’s end-user access methods, user roles, and authorizations

· How to customize your user interface for maximum convenience and productivity

· How to run a number of common SAP business processes

· How to run reports using SAP and other tools

· What is means to manage new SAP projects

· How to professionally tune, maintain, and monitor existing SAP systems

· To develop your career as a SAP business or technology professional

Sample Content

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction to SAP

Hour 1. SAP Explained

Hour 2. SAP Business Basics

Hour 3. SAP Technology Basics

Hour 4. SAP Project Basics

Part II: SAP Applications and Components

Hour 5. Overview of SAP Applications and Components

Hour 6. SAP NetWeaver and HANA

Hour 7. SAP ERP and Business Suite

Hour 8: SAP on the Cloud and New SAP Solutions 

Part III: SAP for Business Users

Hour 9. A Business User’s Perspective on Using SAP

Hour 10. Using SAP’s Traditional and New User Interfaces

Hour 11. Using SAP ERP to Do Your Job

Hour 12. Using Other SAP Business Suite Applications

Hour 13. Using SAP for Reporting

Hour 14. Using Cloud-Based and Other SAP Products

Part IV: SAP for IT Professionals

Hour 15. An SAP Project Manager’s Perspective

Hour 16. A Technology Professional’s Perspective on SAP

Hour 17. An SAP Developer’s Perspective

Hour 18. SAP Installation and Implementation

Hour 19. SAP and the Cloud

Hour 20. SAP System Administration and Management

Hour 21. SAP System Maintenance and More

Part V: SAP Careers

Hour 22. SAP Careers for the Business User

Hour 23. SAP Careers for the IT Professional

Hour 24. Other Resources and Closing Thoughts

Appendix A. Case Study Answers

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