abap

[Former Member]

what is the difference between R/3 and ABAP.

[Former Member]

Hi,

R/3 means 3 tier architecure. i.e presentation server, application server, database server.

abap means is a language to be used in sap.

to do all the techinacal aspects of sap.

regards,

satish.

[Former Member]

R/3 is SAP's Architecture. This is the Platform on which the SAP is being implemented.

in R/3 :

R Refers to Real Time.

3 Refers to Three Tire Architecture.

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a Programing language used to develop programs in SAP. It is a 4th Generation Language.

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[Former Member]

ABAP its programming language for SAP..

R/3 --- it real time 3 tier Architecture,

In SAP we have 3 layers

1) presentation

2) application

3) database

so its called as R/3.

[Former Member]

Hi,

R/3 : Real time / Three tier Architecture.The three layers are 1.Presentation Layer 2.Application Layer 3.Database Layer.

ABAP - Advanced Business Application Programming.

Which is a language in SAP used to generate reports,conversions,interfaces,forms and enhancements.

*There are several modules in ABAP which are listed as HR module,Sales and distribution,PP,MM and FICO.

These are the major modules related with ABAP.

Thanks,

Sakthi C

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[Former Member]

Hi Ashok

ABAP is a part of R3 Server.

There are 3 servers in R3:-

1) Presentation Server - SAP GUI.

2) Application Server - ABAP.

3) Database Server.

The R/3 System is an open system. It supports a variety of network communication protocols.

Information can be exchanged between R/3 Systems and other R/3, R2, or non-SAP systems across a

network.

SAP supports the Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and System Network

Architecture: Logical Unit 6.2 (SNA LU6.2) protocols. Communication within the R/3 System uses

the standard protocol TCP/IP. LU6.2 was developed by IBM and is used to communicate with

mainframe-based R/2 Systems.

R/3 application programming supports the following communication interfaces: common

programming interface communication (CPI-C), remote function call (RFC), and object linking and

embedding (OLE) automation.

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Regards

deepanker

[Former Member]

Hello Ashok,

The first Version of SAP ERP( Enterprise Resource Planning ) was named R/1, Which was Replaced with R/2 & was based on mainframe based architecture. Later R/3 overpowered R/2 which is based on client server architecture.

The various versions are basically Platforms on which SAP has been designed & all the Enhancements, Changes, flexibilities, Robustness are included within the scope of the Architecture.

The same can be compared with different versions of the Windows Operating system like Windows 2000, Windows XP & the Recent one Windows Vista.

on the other hand

ABAP is a Programming Language like many other languages viz Java, C, C++.

ABAP is a proprietary language of SAP & SAP R/3 functionality is structured using its own proprietary language called ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming).

[Former Member]

Hello Ashok,

The first Version of SAP ERP( Enterprise Resource Planning ) was named R/1, Which was Replaced with R/2 & was based on mainframe based architecture. Later R/3 overpowered R/2 which is based on client server architecture.

The various versions are basically Platforms on which SAP has been designed & all the Enhancements, Changes, flexibilities, Robustness are included within the scope of the Architecture.

The same can be compared with different versions of the Windows Operating system like Windows 2000, Windows XP & the Recent one Windows Vista.

on the other hand

ABAP is a Programming Language like many other languages viz Java, C, C++.

ABAP is a proprietary language of SAP & SAP R/3 functionality is structured using its own proprietary language called ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming).

tc

gaurav