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Former Member · ‎2006 Jan 19

Hi All,

Can anyone explain what is ABAP/4, Netweaver and basis and what is the difference between these?

Thanks in advance.

Sriram.

Former Member · ‎2006 Jan 20

Hi Sriram,

ABAP/4:

ABAP/4 is a registered trademark of SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, Neurottstr. 16, D-69190 Walldorf

ABAP/4 is a programming language developed by SAP for the interactive development of application programs. 

    ABAP/4 is a fourth-generation programming language that is the backbone of the R/3 System. 

    The language is event-driven with user actions and system events controlling the execution of the applications. 

   You can use the ABAP/4 programming language to create entirely new client/server applications, 
as well as extend existing R/3 modules,which is the most common use of the ABAP/4 language.

For More Information. See the below links...

1. http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/abap4.html

2. http://faculty.bus.olemiss.edu/breithel/final%20backup%20of%20bus620%20summer%202000%20from%20mba%20...

3. http://www.sapfans.com/sapfans/sapabap.htm

Netweaver

NetWeaver is an application builder from SAP for integrating business processes

and databases from a number of sources while exploiting the leading Web services technologies.

Part of the company's mySAP product group, NetWeaver is getting a lot of industry attention

as the first fully interoperable Web-based cross-application platform that

can be used to develop not only SAP applications but others as well.

NetWeaver allows a developer to integrate information and processes from geographically

dispersed locations using diverse technologies, including Microsoft's .NET, IBM's WebSphere and Sun's Java technologies.

NetWeaver has been tagged as a product that could help spur industry adoption of Web services.

Although Web services are often seen as the development model of the future,

the implementation rate has not been high, often because of competition and incompatibility

between enabling products. At a January 2003 press conference,

Microsoft's Bill Gates anticipated that NetWeaver would increase the adoption rate of Web services.

For More Information Check these links...

1. Suberb PPT. Go Through...

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/searchSAP/downloads/Joshua_Greenbaum_Talk_818.ppt

2. http://www.sapgenie.com/netweaver/

3. http://www.sap.com/solutions/netweaver/index.epx

4. http://www.sap.com/solutions/netweaver/components/portal/index.epx

Basis

Basis is a set of middleware programs and tools from SAP, the German company whose

comprehensive R/3 product is used to help manage large corporations,

that provides the underlying base (thus the name) that enables applications

(such as FI, CO, and SD, for example) to be seamlessly interoperable and

portable across operating systems and database products. R/3 Basis includes

client/server architecture and configuration, a relational database management system (RDBMS),

and a graphical user interface (GUI). In addition to the interface between system elements,

Basis components include a development environment for R/3 applications, and a data dictionary,

as well as user and system administration and monitoring tools.

For More Infromation, See....

1. Full Basis http://searchsap.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid21_gci989635,00.html

2. Training Programs for Basis.

http://www.training-classes.com/course_hierarchy/keyword_index/sap_basis.html

3. Basis Components.

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-bc.htm

Abap/4 is a programming language which is basic for all the modules in sap. Without it no module exists in sap.

Netweaver is application builder which intergrates the sap with non-sap systems or sap-sytems

for business purposes.

i.e. Consider an application in VB with it's own database can communicate with sap

which is running in different platform with it own database.

It is inter-operable and hetero-geneous.

Basis is a set of middleware programs where after installing the was server you use basis to

configure the server for your own use. You can use the was server to work like...

1. MI Server

2. BI Server,.. Etc..,

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Maheswaran.B

LeonardoAraujo · ‎2006 Jan 19

It is very wide question in scope.

Please refer to http:
help.sap.com for documentation on netweaver and its components, including WebAS and the programming language ABAP/4.

Good luck.

RichHeilman · ‎2006 Jan 19

ABAP/4 or ABAP Objects is the proprietary programming language developed by SAP. It is used in R/3 as well as other packages delivered by SAP(I think BW and CRM uses it). Netweaver is a brand name which includes all the products of SAP. Basis is a term that used to be used to refer to the technology layer of R/3. The "platform" in which the R/3 functional modules were built on. The basis layer has now been refined and renamed to the Web Application Server.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Former Member · ‎2006 Jan 20

ABAP/4

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a programming language for developing applications for the SAP R/3 system, a widely-installed business application subsystem. The latest version, ABAP Objects, is object-oriented programming. SAP will run applications written using ABAP/4, the earlier ABAP version, as well as applications using ABAP Objects.

SAP's original business model for R/3 was developed before the idea of an object-oriented model was widespread. The transition to the object-oriented model reflects an increased customer demand for it. ABAP Objects uses a single inheritance model and full support for object features such as encapsulation, polymorphism, and persistence.

NETWEAVER

NetWeaver is an application builder from SAP for integrating business processes and databases from a number of sources while exploiting the leading Web services technologies. Part of the company's mySAP product group, NetWeaver is getting a lot of industry attention as the first fully interoperable Web-based cross-application platform that can be used to develop not only SAP applications but others as well. NetWeaver allows a developer to integrate information and processes from geographically dispersed locations using diverse technologies, including Microsoft's .NET, IBM's WebSphere and Sun's Java technologies.

NetWeaver has been tagged as a product that could help spur industry adoption of Web services. Although Web services are often seen as the development model of the future, the implementation rate has not been high, often because of competition and incompatibility between enabling products

BASIS

NetWeaver is an application builder from SAP for integrating business processes and databases from a number of sources while exploiting the leading Web services technologies. Part of the company's mySAP product group, NetWeaver is getting a lot of industry attention as the first fully interoperable Web-based cross-application platform that can be used to develop not only SAP applications but others as well. NetWeaver allows a developer to integrate information and processes from geographically dispersed locations using diverse technologies, including Microsoft's .NET, IBM's WebSphere and Sun's Java technologies.

NetWeaver has been tagged as a product that could help spur industry adoption of Web services. Although Web services are often seen as the development model of the future, the implementation rate has not been high, often because of competition and incompatibility between enabling products

REGARDS

SANJITH SUNDARAM

Former Member · ‎2006 Jan 20

Hi Sriram,

ABAP/4:

ABAP/4 is a registered trademark of SAP Aktiengesellschaft Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, Neurottstr. 16, D-69190 Walldorf

ABAP/4 is a programming language developed by SAP for the interactive development of application programs. 

    ABAP/4 is a fourth-generation programming language that is the backbone of the R/3 System. 

    The language is event-driven with user actions and system events controlling the execution of the applications. 

   You can use the ABAP/4 programming language to create entirely new client/server applications, 
as well as extend existing R/3 modules,which is the most common use of the ABAP/4 language.