what is data manipulation

[Former Member]

dear experts,

i have got a requirement saying ABAP developers needed ..in that they mentioned

Data manipulation and Scripting...

i am assuming data manipulation as inserting, modifying ie. doing modifications in the database

and not sure of the scripting...

what do they really mean?

thanks in advance.

[RichHeilman]

Data manipulation can be pretty much anything related to modifing data either at runtime or in the database, maybe even data conversion programming. Scripting, could mean SAPscript, which is the form developing tool. Usually it is not referred to as scripting, but SAPscript development.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

hi heilman,

here is the actual text ..could u please try to help me now comprehensively

LSMW Scripting tools

Customizations

Data Conversion

Data Manipulation

Scripting

thanks in advance.

[RichHeilman]

LSMW Scripting tools - the referrs to data transfer or conversion from legacy system to SAP. LSMW is a tool within R/3 that we use to do this.

Customizations - This could be modifying standard SAP programs to conform to the business requirement and/or writing custom programs to fill the gap

Data Conversion - This is converting data from 3rd party or legacy systems to SAP database.

Data Manipulation - Again, not sure, but it could be anything related to data.

Scripting - I think this may refer to the sapscript forms tool that I mentioned before.

Really all of them except for the first are a little ambiguous.

Regards,

RIch Heilman

[abdul_hakim]

Hi

Data Manipulation Can be of anything like writing Data Conversion Programs or even Reports.

Scripting generally refers to SAPScripts/SMARTFORMS

Cheers,

Hakim