ABAP related concepts

[Former Member]

Hi All

Could any body tell me wat all ABAP related concepts should a SD consultant know when working in support and implementation projects?

[Former Member]

Hi,

Knowledge(ABAP) is required on the following concepts for a SD consultant in A suuport Project.

1) Functional Specs

2) Reports

3) LSMW

4) Field Names ( SD Related)

5) Database Tables

Cheers,

Sumith

[Former Member]

hi,

first and foremost is you should very comfortable in understanding the SD tables and how the data flows through them. Also you must be conversant with the important fields of these tables to start with.

check this link for SD table flows :

[sdtables|http://www.erpgenie.com/abap/tables_sd.htm]

the others things would be

1) to be able to prepare a good functional spec

2) Decision making skill whether to do somehting in config or go for customization depending on the implications of a particular scenario after discussing with abapers.

3) Understand output related developement work, in terms of driver program and screen layouts.

4) To be able to locate userexits for your requirements and give a proper logic to work with. Generally the problem comes when you try to hard code something which is not so advisable and to eliminate this, a good logic based on the business requirement needs to derived which you again need to translate it to the abaper.

regards

sadhu kishore

[Former Member]

The most important information which an SD Consultant should know is about tables, which will help in providing logic for development activities. Link below may be helpful:

Link: http://www.sap-img.com/

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SAP MM, SD, FI, PS, PP, PM, HR, System Tables

Debugging is another area which can be of great use, but normally we may require an Abaper to help us & we can try to learn over a period of time.

SAP Query can be of great use, which is an alternative of development of reports.

Hope the above is helpful.

Regards,

Rajesh Banka

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[Former Member]

hello, friend.

now that's a general requirement. but in simple terms, you can start with the following:

1. technical names of Tables (e.g. KNA1, VBAK, VBAP, etc.) and Fields (e.g. ZTERM, AUDAT, MATNR, KUNNR)

2. do queries based on tables and fields

3. do functional specifications for ABAP developments using tables and fields, with added emphasis on chronology of report/transaction process

please do search for SD related tables and fields in the past threads and this issue has been discussed extensively.

regards.