SAP BASIS FAQ and Tutorials for Beginners

This document provides a collection of frequently asked questions, clear instructions, interview questions and most used transactions used in SAP Basis systems. The document contains chapters on the following topics:

  • Work process
  • RFC – Remote Function Call
  • Operation mode
  • STMS: Sap Transport Management System
  • Prerequisites for ECC installation steps
  • ECC Post Installation Steps
  • Support packages
  • Kernel patch upgrade
  • SMLG – Logon load balancing
  • SAP startup problems
  • Performance
  • Database

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SAP BASIS: Introductory Presentation for Newbies

This document provides an overview of SAP Products, Netweaver and Architecture fundamentals.

  • Overview of SAP Products & Components
  • Introduction to Netweaver
  • SAP Architecture Fundamentals
    • ABAP & JAVA Runtimes
    • Client Server Architecture
    • Concept of SAP Instances
    • AS ABAP Processes & Architecture
    • Request Processing in AS ABAP
  • Application Server – ABAP Processes

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How to Check Status of Users in SAP [SM04]

SM04: This tcode is used to check the status of users in SAP. i.e how many users have been logged in, how many sessions a user is working. User Overview IMG Menu Path SAP Menu→Tools→Administration→Monitor→System Monitoring→User Overview Transaction Code SM04 See the fig below.   From the above figure you can see, total 9 users …

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How to See List of Processes Status in SAP [SM50]

In SAP, you can use SM50 transaction code to see the list of status of running work processes. Work Process Overview IMG Menu Path SAP Menu→Tools→Administration→Monitor→System Monitoring→Process Overview Transaction Code SM50   The following are the points we observe from SM50: No of each work processes like (Dialog, Background, Enqueue, Update, spool ) What is …

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How to See Active Servers in SAP [SM51]

In SAP, you can see the list of  the active servers available for the Central Instance if there by using SM51 transaction. See the fig below. List of Active Servers IMG Menu Path SAP Menu→Tools→Administration→Monitor→System Monitoring→Servers Transaction Code SM51     This information is grabbed from Daily SAP BASIS Activities document.

SAP BASIS Authorization Management Transaction Codes

In the following table you will see the reference list of useful transaction codes for mostly used in SAP Basis related to Authorization Management. Tcodes Description PFCG Profile Generator for Maintaining Authorization Roles PFUD User Comparison for Roles and Profiles ROLE_CMP Compare Role Menus SE43N Create and Maintain Area Menus SE54 Assign Authorization Groups to …

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SAP BASIS User Administration Transaction Codes

In the following table you will see the reference list of useful transaction codes for mostly used in SAP Basis related to User Administration. Tcodes Description AL08 Overview of Active Users (Multiple Instances) BD87 Status Monitor for IDocs (CUA) SA03 Maintain Titles SCUA Create Distribution Model (CUA) SCUG Synchronization of Users and Company Addresses (CUA) …

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SAP BASIS Performance Transaction Codes

In the following table you will see the reference list of useful transaction codes for mostly used in SAP Basis related to performance. Tcodes Description DB02 Database Analysis ST02 Performance Tuning Analysis ST03N Workload Monitor ST04 Database Performance Monitor STOS Performance Analysis (Traces) ST06N Operating System Performance Monito ST07 Application Monitor ST10 Statistics for Table …

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SAP BASIS Security Administration Transaction Codes

In the following table you will see the reference list of useful transaction codes for mostly used in SAP Basis related to security administration. Tcodes Description SCC4 Set Changeability of Clients SE03 Set System Changeability SM01 Lock Transactions SM18 Delete Security Audit Log Files SM19 Configure Security Audit Log SM20 Analyze Security Audit Log (Global) …

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SAP BASIS Database Administration Transaction Codes

In the following table you will see the reference list of useful transaction codes for mostly used in SAP Basis related to Database (DB) Administration. Tcodes Description DB01 Display SQL Locks DB02 Database Analysis DB03 Maintain Database Parameters DB05 Table Analysis DB11 Maintain Connection Between SAP System and Database DB12 DBA Backup logs DB13 DBA …

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