Introduction to SAP S/4HANA MODULE 1

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the history of SAP, the features of S/4HANA, data types, deployment methods, and transition strategies.

SAP SE

A German multinational company that is the market leader in enterprise application software and pioneered ERP software.

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Software that lets companies streamline processes, use live data, predict customer trends, and connect entire businesses.

1972

The year SAP was founded for the development of real-time data application software.

SAP R/2

The software version introduced by SAP between $1981$ and $1982$.

SAP R/3

The software developed between $1986$ and $1989$ that was later connected with the Windows NT operating system in a partnership with Microsoft.

SAP HANA

The first SAP in-memory computing product implemented in $2011$ that made data access possible in seconds.

SAP S/4HANA

The digital core of the company introduced in $2015$ as the next-generation Business Suite and the biggest innovation since SAP R/3.

Real-time simplification

An advantage of SAP S/4HANA where a typical booking transaction with $15$ tables can be compressed to $4$ tables.

SAP Fiori

A design system and user experience (UX) layer that provides a user interface for SAP S/4HANA with simple screens for any device.

Transactional apps

SAP Fiori application types used to access tasks like Create, Change, or Display Process with guided navigation.

Analytical apps

SAP Fiori application types that provide a visual overview of business data.

Factsheet

An SAP Fiori application type providing a view of essential information about objects and contextual navigation between related objects.

Organizational Data

Data that are part of an organizational unit, such as company code, plant, storage location, and distribution channel.

Master Data

Logically grouped data such as person, material, customer, and vendor that is stored for a long time and rarely changed.

Transaction Data

The system record of a business event that references master and organizational data, such as a sales order record.

Document

The record generated when a business transaction is executed, including relevant information from master and organization entities.

Cloud Edition

An SAP S/4HANA deployment with subscription licensing, maintained by SAP, featuring quarterly innovation upgrades and current release cycles.

On-Premise Edition

An SAP S/4HANA deployment under traditional licensing with customer control of deployment, maintenance, and hardware located at the company's site.

Efficiency

An optimization lever in SAP S/4HANA focusing on accelerated execution, automated process steps, and digital out-tasking.

Effectiveness

An optimization lever in SAP S/4HANA focused on speeding up action, de-layering processes, and raising process intelligence.

Agility

An optimization lever in SAP S/4HANA focusing on process flexibility, organizational flexibility, and assimilating process innovation.

New Implementation

Also known as the greenfield approach, this transition scenario involves migrating from a legacy system to a new SAP S/4HANA system.

System Conversion

A transition scenario where customers convert their current system into an SAP S/4HANA system in a single step covering the database, SAP NetWeaver, and application.

Landscape Transformation

A transition scenario used to consolidate landscape or selectively transform data into an SAP S/4HANA system.

SAP Data Services (SAP DS)

A tool used for initial data load from source systems during On-Premise new implementations.

SAP Landscape Transformation (SAP LT)

A tool used for data migration in Cloud implementations and for consolidation or selective data transformation.