Some basic questions

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Q1. What is a client? Difference between Dependent and Independent client?

Q2. What is the difference between config data and transaction data?(please don't say transaction data changes frequently and config data doesn't changes frequently, I know that )

Q3. What is actually a config data and transaction data?

Q4. What is a sandbox?

Thanks in advance,

Sangeeta.

[Former Member]

Hi,

In every server, you have more than one client for specific purposes,

for example <b>one for development, other for testing .</b>

<b>programs are client independent,i.e ther are available throughout the server (in all clients)

tables are client-independent, but data is dependent</b>

Regards,

Sowjanya

[Former Member]

What do you mean by client? How will you explain it?

[Former Member]

Client is like an individual system for an instance of R/3. You can have more than one client for a system. Each client can represent a different "system". For example, say you have one development box with an instance of R/3 on it. You have two clients, one is a development client which is open for customizing and repository changes, the other is the QA client where everything is locked down and you are only to do testing in this client. Most respository objects are client independent which means that if you create it in the dev client, it will also be avaiable in the QA client if they are in the same instance of r/3, but the data is specific to each client. So you testing data in QA is different then in DEV.

Most companies have separate boxes for DEV QA and PRD. Each with a number of clients depending on the company.

Just remember that clients allow you to break up the data and the customizing in an instance of the system.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/6c/a74a3735a37273e10000009b38f839/frameset.htm

[Former Member]

HI,

client is nothing but a group of users who have rights for that particular task or apllication to do.

Regards,

Sowjanya

[Former Member]

The <b>client</b> is group of users who has similar rights. It can be group of users in a business entity or a whole business entity or a whole company

[raguraman_c]

Hi,

1. SAP defines client as

<b>A legally and organizationally independent unit which uses the system.</b>

Client dependant - Some objects will be client dependant which will b available only in the client in which it is created. (Eg:-A SAPScript Object) A field of type MANDT will b available in the table.

Client independant - objects will be client independant(Cross Client) which will affect more than a client.

2. Config data is the data that decides how the system will behave. Transactional data is the actual business data,PO DATA, GRN DATA etc...

3. Sandbox usually is for exploring new things, if you want to learn. The name says SAND BOX. You cannot expect the sandbox to be perfect in config or behaviour.

Hope I answered your questions.

--Ragu