how will be sap output in super market

[Former Member]

hi,

i have a doubt, how to identify that the super market is using the sap application?

with seeing at one glance how to make out that the super market is using the sap application for his invoice?

and sap application which used in super market will be like the output which we get in se38 or it wil in the form of web application

please tell me

Thanks & Regards,

Sagar

[AndreasHuppert]

I fear I have to dissapoint you.

- SAPGui is not used on any cash register as far as I know.

- SAP offers a solution with web interface. Usually this interface will be "branded" by the customer, so you'll not see an SAP logo or something which is easy to regognize.

- SAP also bought Triversity, a supplier of cash register software. But even if you see a cash register running Triversity, you can not be sure that there is a SAP backend.

Best advice I have is to read through the reference list - it shows at least some of the customers:

http://www.sap.com/industries/retail/large/customersuccess/customerreference.epx

Regards

Andreas Huppert

[ThomasZloch]

So that was actually a serious question by the OP? Pretty hard to tell though...

[Former Member]

There is actually a POS solution SAP acquired back in the late 2005 called SAP Triversity POS and now is called SAP POS.

I believe there are a few supermarkets that run on this, since the application supports functionality such as scaling, bonus buys, item groupings, and all those fun things that would make a supermarket operations to run smoothly.

Now, it is very hard by just "looking at the screen" or by just "asking the cashier to do this or that" to tell whether or not the supermarket is running on SAP POS since the application is extremelly configurable.

Now, you can try by asking the cashier to enter 499 + once function key. This will trigger Manager Code 499 = EXIT POS and, if the application closes then you'll know they have SAP POS.

Good luck,

Alfredo Carigga

[Former Member]

Hi sagar,

The best thing is u can ask the cashier :):):)

Regards,

Azhar

[Former Member]

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> Hi sagar,

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> The best thing is u can ask the cashier :):):)

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> Regards,

> Azhar

And (s)he will ask you: what is SAP? I don't know what i am working with.

[Former Member]

You know it, when the Cashier runs some transaction and looks at the monitor with an expression of complete abandon of hope (You can sense that he is looking at one of those ST22 screens)...:P

Cheers,

Ravi Kanth Talagana

[Former Member]

I usually look at their terminal monitor...If I see a familiar soft blue screen...Then I know it's SAP -;)

Greetings,

Blag.

[Former Member]

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> If I see a familiar soft blue screen...

Often you cannot see the terminal monitor screen though (particularly in small supermarkets).

Workaround: Ask the cashier what one of those <look around for a product which has not been sold for years - perishables are a good place to start> cost. If the cashier places their mouse cursor somewhere, then enters 4 key-strokes on the keyboard and hits the Enter button... => the screen is most likely soft grey

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

What about 5 keystrokes for all the new xxxxn transactions?

[Former Member]

A couple of big SuperMarkets uses SAP here on Perú...I actually were on of those working in a project...So when I'm buying something and the systems goes down I'm temped to tell the cashier...I can fix it you know? I'm an ABAP Consultant...I don't charge you if you don't charge me -;)

Greetings,

Blag.

[Former Member]

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> What about 5 keystrokes for all the new xxxxn transactions?

I had that one covered: I said soft grey screen and perishables...

[Former Member]

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> I'm temped to tell the cashier...I can fix it you know?

Ohhh... I had a bad experience doing that when a soft red screen appeared. Rather leave it!

Cheers,

Julius

[Former Member]

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> hi,

>

> i have a doubt, how to identify that the super market is using the sap application?

> with seeing at one glance how to make out that the super market is using the sap application for his invoice?

>

> and sap application which used in super market will be like the output which we get in se38 or it wil in the form of web application

>

> please tell me

>

> Thanks & Regards,

> Sagar

Are you going to boycot supermarkets that don't use SAP?

[ThomasZloch]

You can usually tell by looking at the invoice number on the back of the receipt. If it starts with 3.14, it will be a sap application, since it comes preconfigured with that number range. Most store managers would be too lazy to change this setting. Other ranges would hint to other applications like XP or Wii. Output will look like SE38, anything more modern would seem out of place in the average super market.

I hope this completely mystified the problem.

Happy shopping

Thomas