The Best SAP Tricks

06/13/22

SAP is software dedicated to business administration that facilitates the management of different modules of a business, such as finance, human resources, logistics, among others.

SAP has many functionalities, which can be complex for many people. For this reason, many people wonder how to learn SAP to maximize this tool and help both the management and growth of their companies.

From Xamai, we show you some SAP tricks that you can use to streamline your tasks.

5 SAP Tricks for Business

SAP Keyboard Shortcut

Keyboard shortcuts are key combinations that allow us to access different operations automatically, thus streamlining our tasks. Here are some of the most common shortcuts:

Copying items in a SAP report: select the columns you want by pressing Ctrl+Y, press Ctrl+C to copy, go where you want to paste the information, and press Ctrl+V to paste.
Save a document: press Ctrl+S.
Open a new window: press Ctrl along with the + symbol.
Go to the command bar: Ctrl+/
Search for what you want: Ctrl+F
Print: Ctrl+P
Go to the first page of a report: Ctrl+AvPag
Go to the last page of a report: Ctrl+RePag
View Matchcode: F4
End a transaction: Shift+F3
Cancel a transaction: F12

How to manually modify and insert data into a table

This trick is used to change the data in a table manually. To do this, we follow these steps:

The first thing we must do is consult the data of the table we want to modify. For this, we use the SE16N transaction. A screen will open asking for the table name, we enter it and press F8 to display all its data.
To add data, we enter the SE37 transaction (Function Library) and then enter the SE16N_INTERFACE function and press F8 (Execute).
Enter the name of the table you want to edit and add an X in the value columns I_EDIT and I_SAPEDIT.
Press “Blank sheet” to enable the option to enter data into the table.
When we enter the data, we press “Record” to save it.
Now we must validate that the data is saved with transaction SE16N.

How to view multiple project windows

If you want to view multiple windows of the same project at the same time, press Ctrl+Cmd-Shift-T. Then, select Window > New Window. A duplicate of the window you were using will open, and from there, you can go to another section without any problems.

Log off a user

This is used to delete users in order to have access to modify some element of a transaction.

If we access a transaction, we can view different types of data, including the names of the users logged in to the SAP system. Click on the user to view all the transactions they are in. Select the transaction you want to close for the user by clicking on their name and press the “Clear Mode” button, thus closing the session for the user and regaining control of the transaction modification.

How to find a transaction

This trick is useful for finding a transaction in the SAP menu quickly and easily.

Enter “”search_sap_menu” in the command field to view the menu paths of SAP transactions.
A pop-up will appear with a search section. Enter the text to search for, press ok, and the transaction we are looking for will appear.
It will show us a path of the folders where we have to go accessing, but it is shown in reverse, so you must follow the path from the last to the first.

We hope this article has been useful to you for learning some SAP tricks.

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