SAP Session Manager: Central User Interface Under (SAP Library - Release Information for 3.0E)

SAP Session Manager: central user interface on Windows95 and WindowsNT

Description

The Session Manager is a new user interface for running the R/3 System from Windows95 or WindowsNT frontends.

The user has access to the complete SAP menu, a reduced company menu and a user menu on the frontend.

The SAP menu contains the full R/3 System functionality.

The Company menu contains only the part of the SAP menu which the customer uses.
When an R/3 System is installed, it is configured by choosing the application components which are actually to be used in the enterprise. The reduced company menu for the Session Manager is automatically created from these chosen components, which can then be modified manually.

The User menu only contains those parts of the company menu, which are intended for the user.
Activities are defined in the transaction PFCG, to which menus can be chosen. Users are then assigned to the activities. A specific menu is thus assigned to each user.

The new user interface on the frontend comprises a window with several indexes:

Logon index
The logon index allows you to logon to various systems.
The logon index can be used in a simple or in an extended form.

The user can logon to pre-set systems using the simple form.

Using the extended form the user can choose between several systems.

Overview index
The overview index provides the user with an overview of all sessions which he or she has opened in one or more R/3 Systems.

System index (one for each system)
At each logon to a system, a system index is created. The system index contains the SAP menu, the company menu and the user menu. Transactions and analyses are performed by mouse-click or "drag and drop".
The user can also save frequently-used functions in a personal folder in which they are always directly available.

Further notes

Further information:

"Session Manager" user documentation in the R/3 library under "Introduction to the R/3 System"

IMG documentation: Tools -> Business Engineering -> Customizing,
Implementation projects -> Disp. SAP refer.IMG.
Choose the components Basis, Frontend Services and Session Manager in the structure display.