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Navigating SAP GUI and Transaction Codes
Teaches the classic SAP GUI still used heavily in on-premise and Private Edition systems: logging on, transaction codes, menus, favorites, system messages, ALV lists, selection variants and layouts. Shows how to capture messages and report results as test evidence, and notes that SAP GUI is not available to business users in Public Edition.
- 40 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Everyone, Business User, Key User
What you’ll be able to do
- Start transactions by code and from the SAP Easy Access menu
- Interpret status bar messages by type (error, warning, information, success)
- Use ALV list functions to filter, sort, total and export
- Create and use selection variants and layouts
- Explain when Fiori apps replace SAP GUI transactions and where to check
Sources and further reading
- SAP S/4HANA product documentation (on-premise / Cloud Private Edition) · SAP Help Portal
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition product documentation · SAP Help Portal
- Message Types (ABAP documentation) · SAP Help Portal
- Changing Layout (ALV) · SAP Help Portal
- Simplification item: Business Partner approach (customer/vendor integration) · SAP Community (blog by SAP)
- SAP Fiori apps reference library · SAP