SAP Search Guide
11/22/2007 by Nicolaj Ammann
Searching the right information in the SAP information jungle can be quite time consuming. This guide is intended to help to SAP professionals to quickly find answers to typical questions on the internet. For each proposed search starting point prerequisites as well as an estimate for the time needed to find the solution are listed.This list for sure does not claim to be complete, so it does not reflect information needs specific to versions of SAP.
| Problem | Source, Categorie |
Requi- rements |
Search start |
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Procedure / Comment | |
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General / Naming |
What does SAP stands for? | Wikipedia | - | SAP AG SAP ERP |
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About the company and its products |
| What is SAP talking about? | Terms, Definitions |
- - |
German English |
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| What stands this abbreviation for? | Acronyms, Abbreviations |
- | SAP Designguild |
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The most important. | |
| Was this product renamed? | Naming | - | n/a |
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Will be my next Blog! | |
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Education |
Does SAP offer a course on this topic? | Education | S-User* | SAP Education Catalog |
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| When and where the next TechEd is planed? | TechEd | - | SAP Events |
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Apply > participate > Overview on future products and solutions | |
| Does SAP has CBTs (Computer based Trainings)? | eLearning | - | SDN eLearning |
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Select product in the catalog. | |
| Can i find a book on this topic? | SAP Press usw. | - | SAPPressAmazon |
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Releases |
When will the next version released? | Product Availability Matrix |
S-User* | PAM |
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Select product |
| On what product do I have to count on in next time? | Special PAM Tabelle |
S-User* | PAM Tabelle |
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Sort for Availability | |
| Timeline for ServicePacks? | Servicepack Stack Schedule |
S-User* | SP Schedule |
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Use Link on products for details. | |
| What’s the difference between two SAP ERP Releases? | ERP Solution Browser |
- | Solutionbrowser |
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Source-, Targetrelease and Solution area. | |
| Is my product still supported? | Special PAM Tabelle |
S-User* | PAM Tabelle |
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KBase / Solutions |
How to install a SAP product? | Installation documentation |
S-User* | Installation Guides |
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Read the hole document incl. links on SAP Notes! |
| How to configure a SAP product? | SAP Help | - | SAP Help |
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Select product (version) > Search > (follow the postinstallation configuration) | |
| Where to find the solution to a technical problem? | - S-User* - - |
SDN SAP Notes SAPFANS SDN Wiki |
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According to experience: SDN > SAP Notes > Google > SAPFANS > SAPTechies Important: Check for notes to optimice your search! |
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| Who can answer a technical question? | Depose a problem |
S-User*, License*** SDN-User** |
OSS SDN |
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Slowly but surely. Faster but without guaranty for success |
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| Who can deliver a SAP solution? | SAP partners Search |
- | Switzerland |
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| If all else fails! | ultimo ratio |
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079 447 xx xx Website  |
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Design |
How to design a SAP applications? | UI Design Resources |
- | SAP Designguild |
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| Where do I get original SAP icons? | SAP Icon Library |
- | SAP Designguild |
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* To access http://service.sap.com/ a SAP S-User is needed. Alternative a C- or I-User works of course too.
** SDN user needed. Free subscription possible on http://sdn.sap.com/. Alternative the logon works with the S-User*.
*** For product support you need an SLA with SAP.