Working with SAP GUI Sessions

In addition to the navigation from Index or New Tab pages and the navigation panel, NWBC provides the option to seamlessly open SAP GUI sessions.

New SAP GUI Session

New SAP GUI sessions are always opened in NWBC. To open a session, you have the following options:

Enter /o or /t as a prefix to a transaction code in the quick launch.
Enter /o as a prefix to a transaction code in the SAP GUI command field.
Choose the icon with quick info text Creates New Session in the standard toolbar.
Choose System Create Session in the SAP GUI dropdown menu.
Use dynamic links in transactions.

By default, a session opens in a new tab. To change this behavior, choose Start of the navigation path Settings Next navigation step Personalize Open Session in New Window End of the navigation path .

Displaying a List of All Sessions

To display a list of all SAP GUI sessions for a system, enter /o in the SAP GUI command field and confirm. All your sessions will be displayed in a dialog box. You can also create and end sessions from here.

Closing SAP GUI Sessions

You can close a SAP GUI session as follows:

Close the tab.
Choose System End Sessions.
Enter /i in the SAP GUI command field of the session you want to close.
To close a specific SAP GUI session enter /i followed by the number of the session you want to close in the command field of any of the sessions. For example, enter /i3 to close the third session.

You can close all SAP GUI sessions belonging to the same system and client at once as follows:

Enter /nend in the SAP GUI command field. /nend prompts you to confirm that you want to close all the sessions.
Enter /nex in the SAP GUI command field. /nex closes all the sessions without prompting.
Choose System Log Off.