Documentation Landscape for SAP Solutions and Business Scenarios 

Purpose

This documentation gives you an overview of the major sources of information available to you on SAP solutions and business scenarios. Always use the current documents in your implementation.

Current Documents

Document	Quick Link on the SAP Service Marketplace (service.sap.com)
Master Guide, Installation and Upgrade Guides	instguides ibc
Business-Scenario Configuration Guide	ibc
Implementation Guide (IMG)	Note: This is in the SAP system, not in SAP Service Marketplace
Business Scenario Description	ibc
SAP Library	helpportal with all releases of a SAP component Note: Available in the SAP system under Help ® SAP Library

The following information supplements the individual documents:

Current Supplementary Information

Information	Quick Link on the SAP Service Marketplace (service.sap.com)
SAP notes	notes for the note search instguides listed by installation and upgrade guide
Technical infrastructure (for example hardware sizing, platforms, network security)	ti

Features

The following documents are available for a SAP solution.

Master Guide, Installation and Upgrade Guides

These documents describe how you install or upgrade the system landscape required by a business scenario. The central initial access document for each SAP solution is the Master Guide. It lists the SAP application components and third-party applications required by each business scenario, and refers to their installation and upgrade guides. These are component installation guides, business scenario upgrade guides, and component upgrade guides.

Business-Scenario Configuration Guide

This document describes the settings you use to configure the SAP application components and third-party applications required for a business scenario. It contains information specific to business scenarios for the particular IMG activity. It does not reiterate the IMG documentation but makes reference to particular IMG texts.

Implementation Guide (IMG)

This tool adjusts SAP systems to customer requirements. The IMG contains the IMG activities for all SAP components, and general documentation. The structure is component-oriented, without reference to a business scenario. The Business-Scenario Configuration Guide establishes the link between the IMG and the various business scenarios.

Business Scenario Description

This document describes how a business scenario runs once all components have been installed and configured. All the business processes of a business scenario are represented graphically in the component view, which illustrates the process steps of each SAP component.

SAP Library

This contains the entire documentation of SAP components and business scenarios. The Business Scenario description is part of the SAP Library.