Difference between R/3 4.7, ECC5 & ECC6 anyone?

[#1]

i am new to SAP, just i started learing ABAP and BW,i have so many doubts like this please please help me.......

what netweaver consists of?

is(netweaver) it a package that contain ABAP , functional modules and bw?

is bw3 is seperate sap product?

in later versions like ecc5 or ecc6 will these comes with abap and functional modules?

if not what ecc5 and ecc6 contains?

suppose if i installed ecc6 what about bw,later i have to install bw on ecc6 or it comes with ecc6?

what is latest version of bw is it bi7 or bw 3.5?

[Former Member]

Hi,

Wow, you asked a lot of questions. I'll trty to point you in the right direction:

1. SAP NetWeaver is SAP's technology platform. It has all of SAP's technology in it. It is used to build and run SAP Applications and customer applications (Application server, data warehouse, portal, coding, messaging, etc). You can find more information on the SAP NetWeaver page on the SAP Service Marketplace (http://service.sap.com/netweaver). Of course they is also in on the SAP NetWeaver page in SDN.

2. ABAP is part of SAP NetWeaver. BW is part of SAP NetWeaver (as of the 3.5 release).

3. Prior to SAP NetWeaver, BW was a seperate product. It is shipped as part of SAP NetWeaver since the SAP NetWeaver '04 release (SAP NetWeaver BI 3.5).

4. SAP ECC is part of the SAP ERP application (actually it is the minimal installation of SAP ERP). SAP ERP runs on SAP NetWeaver. So when you get SAP ERP you get SAP NetWeaver.

- SAP ECC 5.0 is part of SAP ERP 2004 [which runs on SAP NetWeaver '04]

- SAP ECC 6.0 is part of SAP ERP 6.0 (2005) [which runs on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (2004s)]

5. SAP NetWeaver is delivered with SAP ERP so ABAP and the functional modules are include in SAP ERP.

6. With SAP ERP (SAP ECC) you have a choice of activating BI within the SAP ERP system or deploying in a seperate system. This is information is in the SAP ERP master guides which can be found at http://service.sap.com/instguides.

For SAP ERP 6.0 (ECC 6.0) it will the SAP NetWeaver 7.0 version of BI.

I hope this helps,

Mike.

[Former Member]

Dear Michael

Thank you for clearing this.

It still is not clear to me, if ECC 6.0 is running on the Java stack or not.

Could you run ECC 6.0 without installing the ABAP stack?

If not, are there any parts of ECC 6.0 which in fact are running on the Java stack?

Many thanks for your answer.

Kind Regards

John

[Former Member]

Hi John,

ECC 6.0 is the core part of SAP ERP and requires the ABAP stack. It cannot run on the Java stack alone. There are certain application scenarios in SAP ERP that also require the Java stack.

Best Regards,

Matt

[Former Member]

Hi ,

I was trying to find if i could install ECC5.0 and the add-in XI 3.0 and EP as components?

and how about PI and BI 7 can they be part of ECC5?

Thanks,

M S

[Former Member]

Hi M S,

For installing XI and EP you need to follow the SAP NetWeaver installation guide. If you want to use XI and EP from within your ERP system then consult SAP note 855534. It has all the info you need.

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/oss_notes/sdn_oss_bc_ins/~...

Cheers,

Mike.

[Former Member]

Great . That's wonderful.

Cheers..