Introducing SAP S/4HANA

Navigation within SAP GUI works mainly by entering so-called transactions (sometimes referred to as t-codes) in a text field in the upper-left corner (red highlighted text box in the following screenshot). Alternatively, the start screen contains a hierarchical navigation menu (Area Menu) that provides access to several locations, depending on the user's access rights. Also, users can create shortcuts to their favorite transactions by leveraging the Favorites entry from the main menu.

The following screenshot shows the integration-specific area menu of the SAP S/4HANA training system, opened in the SAP GUI. The menu can be opened by entering COD_INT_MENU in the red-highlighted text field in the upper-left corner.

Once you have opened a transaction and navigated away from the SAP Easy Access screen (area menu), you will notice that you can't navigate to another transaction until you go back with the green (Back), orange (Exit), or red (Cancel) buttons from the toolbar.

If you want to navigate to a transaction while you have already one opened, you have to enter the desired transaction with the prefix /N. That means instead of transaction SA38 you must enter /NSA38. Alternatively, you can open the transaction in a new window by entering /O instead of /N as prefix.

In contrast to the cloud-based solutions where you can navigate from screen to screen with a user-specific navigation menu, you must remember transaction codes for working with SAP S/4HANA (on-premise) or create favorite entries.

The following list serves as a reference, containing some of the most commonly used transactions during the integration setup to SAP Sales and Service Cloud:

• COD_INT_MENU: Area menu for integration with SAP Sales and Service Cloud, containing entries for many useful transactions
• SA38 / SE38: Run ABAP programs*, for example, RCOD_CREATE_CONNECTIVITY_SIMPL to launch the connectivity setup report
• SPRO: Access to Customizing
• STRUST: Manage Certificates
• DRFIMG and DRFF: Setup of the Data Replication Framework and filters (the latter opens in a browser window)
• DRFOUT: Send data via Data Replication Framework
• SOAMANAGER: Web services configuration (browser window opens)
• SRT_MONI, SRT_UTIL: Monitoring of web service-based communication
• WE20, WE21, SM59: Configuration of IDoc communication - Partner Profiles, Ports and RFC Destinations
• WE02, BD87: Monitoring of IDoc-based communication
• BD64: IDoc Distribution Model
• BP, MM##, VA##: Display or edit Business Partners (BP), Materials (MM), or Sales Orders (VA); where ## stands for 01 (create), 02 (edit), or 03 (display)

* ABAP programs are used to implement business logic, data processing, and user interfaces within the SAP environment. They are also referred to as reports. While in SAP Sales and Service Cloud, the term report refers to the analytics area, in on-premise systems, it can also refer to ABAP programs.

Most transactions or entries from area menus start ABAP programs that can also be executed directly from transaction SA38 or SE38. Hence, these are important transactions that allow you to flexibly run or search for ABAP programs.

The following screenshot shows the transaction SA38 at the top and the executed program RCOD_SALES_ORDER_EXTRACT for replicating sales orders from SAP S/4HANA to SAP Sales Cloud below. Alternatively, you could start this program from the integration area menu under Initial Load or Resend Objects from SAP S/4HANA to SAP Cloud for Customer → Load or Resend Sales Orders or Quotes. This program consists of a selection screen where you can enter different parameters for selecting and sending sales orders. To start the transmission you could hit the F8 key, or choose the Execute icon from the toolbar.