The purpose of the SAP R/3 Mini Style Guide is to help developing user-friendly software for the SAP R/3 Systems. It is meant to provide state-of-the-art knowledge on user interaction design. The official SAP R/3 Style Guide will be discontinued; from now on this style guide is the only usability resource for the R/3 system.

Since the Reference Lists are the most frequently requested section of the R/3 Mini Style Guide, they are in a separate section.

The SAP R/3 Mini Style Guide is part of the SAP Design Guild - a stage for UI people. SAP offers its design resources there, be it style guides, methods, or insights on how a user-centered development process should be carried out and how the mind change within a company towards user-friendly software can be faciliated.

The Design Guild is based on a dual access concept: general information is offered free of charge, whereas access to certain design resources such as toolkits and cookbooks require a yearly subscription fee.