Sap Bests Tips&Tricks

SAP best tips & tricks introduces practical system tips and tricks from a consultant with more than a decade of experience, with demonstrations in the system to help learners engage.

Insert a folder and a transaction by right-clicking insert folder or insert transaction. Rename or delete favorites and drag items to favorites to organize folders and transactions.

Discover how to download and upload favorites, save the favorite list to your desktop, and re-upload it for another user using a favorite folder workflow.

Learn how to configure a default start transaction in SAP, enabling automatic opening of a chosen transaction like a purchase order at login by setting start transaction.

Change fonts and gui settings by selecting font options, adjusting to 16 and bold, previewing the menu layout, and verifying the changes.

Create a desktop shortcut to a SAP transaction, enabling quick access to enter incoming invoices by double-clicking the shortcut; learn to right-click, create a shortcut, and verify properties.

The lecture demonstrates creating a shortcut to the internet from SAP by adding a web address object and linking it to Gmail, then opening mail with a double click.

Show the transaction code in SAP by displaying the technical name, then organize favorites by placing them at the end of the list or displaying only favorites.

Export reports to excel using the export to excel or export spreadsheet options, then save and convert to an Excel file.

Explore viewing a report in Excel mode and enable Excel output by selecting option 10 and area 1000, so the report opens automatically in Excel mode.

Create a named variant and layout for an SAP report by defining a variable, saving it as a variant, and overwriting it to reuse the settings.

Create default parameters in SAP to auto-fill a company code, such as 2000, using the parameter id retrieved via F1 technical information.

Create a defaults list for the user by selecting specific accounts, managing a private list, and using add, delete, and display actions to tailor the view.

Create and attach files by making a shared folder, a document, and an attachment—like an Excel list—on the desktop, illustrating attachment creation and access.

Learn how to send a message to another user in SAP, including creating a new message, selecting recipients, and understanding express mail and express document.

Learn how to create a default printer for a user, set the default output device, and see how Windows uses the default printer.

Display the key by navigating to the reveal option, applying the change, and viewing the value's name and key, which relate to the old key in the system.

Set the interface to show only your favorites by enabling the favorites display option and hiding submenus, so you work exclusively with your favorite items.

Save a hard copy of a report by using the hard copy save option, demonstrating how to generate and preserve a printed version within the SAP tips and tricks course.

Learn how to copy only the data you need from a report into Excel using keyboard shortcuts such as ctrl+c.

Learn a quick cut and paste workflow to reuse values across a transaction by typing once, highlighting the value, and pasting wherever needed with right-click.

Learn how to stop a transaction when a report is very long, using stop transaction to halt execution and complete the task efficiently.

Navigate the calendar with simple actions: double-click entries to view, edit details, delete items, or change the time.

Find a transaction by using the search menu, double-click or type the transaction to decode it, and view its nodes across documents, invoices, and modules like accounting and logistics.

Display the character count of a field by right-clicking the field, choosing technical information, and double-clicking the field name to reveal its length, such as Lamptey showing 40 characters.

Explore the display field setup and how to customize search and field configurations by drilling down via right-click and the customize icon to view groups like purchasing and accounts receivable.

Learn how to change your password by entering your old password, choosing a new password, and repeating it to confirm.

Discover how to display print jobs and view them by user, using output control, and explore range and multiple selection options, including excluding ranges.

Explore the user menu and its submenus to access role-based transactions, understand authorization limits, and view only permitted codes in the SAP user manual.

Learn to show error messages in sap by changing the notification option to display error messages in a dedicated box, then apply to see large, useful messages.

Explore enhanced search using hand search to apply a definition, auto-discover a company code 2000 with its namespace, description, and name.