Sap R/3 System:client/server Technology

• What is client/server computing?
• Basic technical principles of client/server systems
• The technical architecture of the R/3 System
• Application development using the ABAP/4 Development Workbench
• The business applications of the R/3 System
• Experience gained from real-world implementations of the R/3 System

This book is based on R/3 Release 3.x, which has undergone extensive expansion in both business features and use of technology. Topics covered include:

• Component software with OLE, CORBA2, etc.
• Object-oriented concepts
• Use of online information services
• Electronic commerce on the WWW (World Wide Web)
• SAP's Data Warehouse concept
• The new R/3 System graphical user interface
• Development of multilingual applications
• Automatic load distribution during dialog and background processing
• R/3 memory management for the runtime environment
• SAP database administration
• R/3 release optimization
• The new features of the ABAP/4 Development Workbench
• SAP Business Workflow
• Application interfaces
• Distributed applications using ALE (Application Link Enabling)
• Implementation using the Business Engineering Workbench
• New client reports from Yamaha, Seattle Times and others

The first authoritative guide to the R/3 system, this book addresses the issues involved in implementing the R/3 system. It provides an overview of the architecture of R/3, the uses of R/3, application development with R/3, and concludes with a practical discussion on implementing the system.