Basic Navigation in SAP
For the Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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Topic 1: Getting Into SAP
SAP BRITE Website
www.broward.k12.fl.us/erp
 There will be a button to access SAP on the ERP Department web page:
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Logging Into the BRITE Portal
User Login ID
Password (first time users only)
Entry format = P00012345
Entry format= ja021956
• 8 digits starting with the letter p
• mm = first 2 letters of birth month (ja)
• Personnel Number 12345
• dd = 2-digit birth day (02)
• If personnel number is less than
• yyyy = 4-digit year of birth (1956)
8 characters, then leading zero(s)
should be added to it
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• Case sensitive, so make sure the
month letters are lowercase
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First Time Logging In
Once you have
entered the new
information, select
“Change” to
change your
password.
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Password Rules for BRITE Portal logon
 Passwords are case sensitive (initial password is
lowercase)
 Minimum six characters, maximum eight characters
(alphabet, numbers, and/or combination)
 Do not use a space, question mark, or exclamation point
in your password
 First three characters may not be identical
 Must change your password at least once each 45 days
 May not repeat a password until five unique passwords
have been used
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Portal Assistance
If you have trouble logging into the BRITE Portal, you will need to
contact the BRITE Support Center at 754 321-8120.
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BRITE Portal Screen
 The BRITE Portal provides you single sign on access to systems
you need to do your work, including SAP
 Tabs in the Portal screen will be customized for each user
– You may see some tabs that another user does not see. The
customization is based on roles.
– However, all users will have access to the Home and Employee
Self Service (ESS) tabs.
Tabs will be
customized based
on user’s role in
SAP.
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SAP Access via the BRITE Portal
1. You are now
logged into the
SAP Portal. To log
into SAP click the
SAP Access tab.
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2. As a Super User, you will have the SAP
Application installed on your computer. To
access this, you will click on the Windows GUI*.
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3. Finally, click ECC Production
link. It may take a few
seconds for the SAP
application to open.
*GUI stands for Graphical User
Interface. End Users will access SAP
via the web. With web access, SAP is
not installed on your computer.
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Copyright Pop-up Window
 You will only see this the first time you log onto SAP
Select to continue
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Topic 2: Getting Around in SAP
SAP Menus
The default screen is called the SAP Easy Access Screen.
 You can switch from one menu to the other by selecting the
appropriate icon
 When you log on, you will see either your user menu (specific to your
role), or the SAP standard menu (lists all transactions)
SAP
Standard
Menu
SAP User Menu
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SAP Easy Access Screen and Toolbars
Fast Path
Field
Standard
Toolbar
Application
Toolbar
SAP is a Windows-based system. You can navigate in SAP using buttons,
toolbars and windows the same way you would in other Windows applications like
Word or Excel.
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SAP Easy Access Screen
Title Bar
Navigation
Area
Status Bar
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Getting Into Transactions
 What is a transaction?
Transactions let users to create, change,
or display data or run a report in SAP.
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Getting Around
There are three ways to access transactions in SAP:
1. Fast Path
2. User or SAP menus
3. Favorites
1.
3.
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Using the Fast Path Field
Don’t hit
this…it will
close the Fast
Path Field!
Fast Path
Field
Enter
Icon
• Each transaction in SAP has a code. You can use the Transaction Code
instead of the menu path to navigate to the transaction (it can consist of
letters, numbers, or a combination)
• Type the Transaction Code in the Fast Path Field (ME51N was selected
above) and press Enter on the keyboard or click the Enter icon to navigate
to that transaction
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Closed Fast Path Field
Now you can
enter your
transaction
code
Select to ReOpen the Fast
Path Field
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Navigating Using the User Menu
 The user menu contains a list
of transactions based on your
role (menu path)
 Some of these transactions
are within folders
 You can navigate to these
transactions by double
clicking on the name of the
transaction
Double Click
to access the
screen
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Is there an Easier Way to Navigate?
 How can I easily get to where I need to be?
Set up Favorites!
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Favorites
You can set up links to commonly used transactions in the
Favorites folder.
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Creating a Favorite
 Select the transaction from
menu path
 From the menu bar in the
Easy Access Screen, select
Favorites>Add to create a
shortcut to the transaction
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Changing the name of a favorite
Select the favorite you want to change From Menu Bar select
Favorites>Change
Enter the name change then green check
Name has been changed in Favorites
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Topic 3: Other SAP Basics
Types of Fields
 Mandatory fields have a check mark
 Optional fields are blank
 Fields with matchcodes (drop down icon) allow searching
on the field for allowed entries
Mandatory
Field
Matchcode
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Using Matchcodes
 Some fields have a Match
Code icon to their right.
 When you click on the Match
Code icon, a list of possible
entries appears.
 Double click on an item in the
list to select it.
Doing so will enter it into the field.
Match Code
Icon
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Standard Toolbar Icons
• The Standard Toolbar appears on all screens,
not just the Easy Access Screen
• However, if an icon is gray on a screen, it is not
active and cannot be used
• The meaning of an icon can change, depending
on which screen it is located
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Other Key Icons
• To determine what each icon represents on the menu bar,
place the cursor on the icon. Balloon help provides the
icon name and the associated function key.
Enter
Save
Back
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Exit
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Help
Moving from One Transaction to Another
Type /N and
Transaction
Code and then
Select Enter
You must type /N before the transaction code to
move from one transaction to another
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Application Toolbar
•This is an example of a screen-specific toolbar
(application toolbar)
•Applies to the transaction
•This example is from the Create Purchase
Requisition screen (ME51N)
•Hovering your cursor over a button (icon) will tell you
what it means
Check
Availability
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System Messages
•Train your eye to look at the bottom of the screen for system messages.
• You must correct an error message to proceed.
• You must hit Enter to proceed past a warning message.
• An information message usually appears when you complete a
transaction, such as giving you the number of a purchase requisition you
just created.
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Creating a New Session
 A session is like a window
within SAP
 Opening up a new session
allows you to work on more
than one thing at the same time
 Follow: System> Create
Session or Select the Create
Session button from the
standard toolbar
 You must have chosen the
Windows GUI, not the Web
GUI for this to work
 You can have up to six
sessions running
simultaneously
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 The Create a New Session
Button (for PCs only)
Create a
New
Session
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What New Session Screen looks like
 You can only navigate from here using the fast past field.
No menu paths or favorites show up.
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Starting a New Session using the Fast Path
Field
 Type /O before the transaction code and hit Enter
 You will be taken directly to the new transaction in a new
session without closing what you were working on
 You can do this from any screen
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Switching between Sessions
 Click the session represented by a button at the bottom of
your screen, just like you do for any windows program
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Field Help (F1)
 Put your cursor in a field and select F1 or the field help
icon (the yellow question mark on the standard toolbar)
 A pop up box will appear that tells you what the field
means
Example of
Field Help
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Printing a Hard Copy of the Screen
(For PC only)
Select
 Click on the last icon on the
right of the Standard Toolbar
 Select Hard Copy
– This will print a screen
shot of your current
screen
– The screen shot will be
automatically sent to your
default printer
Select
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Ending a Transaction if You Start “Clocking”
(for Dell computer only)
 Select
 Then choose Stop Transaction
 You can do this from any
screen
from the very top left of the
screen
 This icon is hard to see unless
you put your cursor on it!
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Ending a Session
 Save your work before you
close the session.
 From the menu bar choose
System> End Session
 Or Click
in the upper right hand corner
of the screen
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Logging Off of SAP
 Select the yellow arrow
at the top of any screen
> You will be warned about
saving your data even if
you have saved it!
 Or select System: Log off
> Select “Yes” to log off
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Congratulations!
You have finished the SAP Basic Navigation
lesson for Super Users.
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User Support Options
 HELP DESK 754-321-8120
 BRITE Website:
web/erp -orhttp://www.broward.k12.fl.us/erp/
 e-Learning
 Context Sensitive Help
 CAB Conference
 BRITE LITES (By Role)
Help Desk is staffed 7:30 am – 5:00 pm, Monday thru Friday
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