Learn SAP, the German way. Purpose of the document The purpose of this paper is to introduce German to ABAP/4 programmers & Functional consultants, who may be curious about the language which appears from place to place in their wor! "AP is an international system and co mmunity with installations and offices across the Globe! The multiple language standards which h a#e been implemented in their software are well done and efficient! The nati#e $nglish speaing programmer which studies a little bit of German German will be rewarded with a greater appreciation of that language in terms of understanding the Basic German to add #alue to career! Practitioners can follow their own methods of remembering Tables and certain technical %bects associated with German names! A list of German ' $nglish words and e(pressions follows! The first part lists some basic language words of German! )hat it is meant to highlight is that at a #ery basic le#el $nglish is a Teutonic Teutonic language and it would be #ery difficult to write write an $nglish paragraph without using u sing a Teutonic word or declension! The below Generic guidelines to remember the categorization of arious functional areas! nomenclature for "ata base tables# $'related to F*/+%!' B"$G & BPF' The tables start with B can b e mostly of F* transaction tables P' -elated to .-!' %'related to !'"$G, A-A,AT A-A,AT'' are #arious e(amples for aterial aterial anagement Tables Tables which start with 01 &'related to "2!' 3BA,3BAP are related to "ales Transactions and start with #5 indicating indicating 3erauf'which 3erauf'which can be understood to be sales in German T'related to Administration related!'T667' +ompany code ,T667)'Plant configuration entry are related +onfiguration tables ' 'related 'related to customer table 8A7,8B7,833' 8A7,8B7,833' -elated to +ustomer as underin is a customer in German L'related to #endor!'9FA7&9FB7 3endor aster 2ata and 2eli#ery Tables' 9*"&9*P ('related to purchase order details' $%&$P% : The purchase order .eader and item tables
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)ote; This list is not all inclusi#e the characters are connected based on the meaning
$asic words in German for SAP *onsultants
"ome German'$nglish phrases taen from different places in the "AP system )ummer +hargennummer
Gruppennummer "erialnummer Auftragsnummer 3orschlag; numerisch 3orschlag; alphanumeric 3orschlag; Flie>omma?ahl 8ummernreis art Auftragsart eldungsart
)umber Batch number
2efault #alue; alphanumeric 3ariable ' 2efault #alue; #ariable floating point 8umber range type %rder type 8otification
+nteresting +nsights in understanding and remembering the SAP Tables#
The +ustomer aster Table #iews mentioned below gi#es an o#er #iew on how to understand and remember the "AP Tables! *ustomer %aster Tables ')A, ')$ ')&&
7! 8A7' General 2ata 3iew' the German meaning for this is 'underin' +ustomer is associated with this table with a General 2ata #iew , in German it is 0Allgemeine 2aten1' +haracter 0A1is piced up! @! 8B7'+ompany +ode3iew'in German it means'underin'+ustomer #iew with +ompany +ode details, hence the word 1Buchungsreis 0 which is +ompany code 2ata is represented by character 0B1, totally 8B7 can be inferred to be +ompany +ode #iew of +ustomer aster! ! The "ales Area 2ata Table 833' in German, can be understood, when translated' 'underin' +ustomer and sales area 2ata 3eraufsbereichsdaten ,
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as 35 is spelt lie fa1, as it should be spelt lie feraif5 ' one can understand that 833 is sales area data by nowing the meaning of it in German, which gi#es a better comprehension The abo#e is an e(ample for +ustomer asterC similarly we can understand the root words in German, which impro#es our understanding in remembering the Tables, programs or any other standard %bects associated with German 8omenclature!
&endor %aster Tables LA L$ Analysis *n the similar fashion we can understand the below 3endor table with little effort; 7! 9*F8- 9ieferantennummer 3endor' All 3endor related Tables/Fields start with 091,in a seDuence 9FA7' 3endor General 2ata 3iew @! 9FB7' 3endor aster +ompany +ode 3iew, where5B5indicates' Buchungsreis' translates to the company +ode ! E88- unde nummer +ustomer'All +ustomer related Tables and Fields start with 1 "imilarly the Basic Financial Accounting -elated obects can be understood as shown in the below $(amples!
Accounting Table Analysis All accounting documents
$asic German understanding /ords and Phrases. All the $nglish pronouns ha#e Germanic roots! German pronouns
(nglish &ersion
*ch
*
)ir
we
2u
you
"ie
you
"ie
they
*hr
you
*hm *hre
him her
A selection of small words A selection of small words
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Alte it End %hne Fr Hur Enter
old with and without for for under
German 8umerics German )umeral *ounting %ade (asy
8ull
Hero
$ins
one
2rei
two three
Fier
four
Fnf "echs "ieben Acht 8eun Hehn $lf HwIlf 2rei?ehn 3iersen Fnf?ehn "ech?ehn "ieb?ehn Acht?ehn 8eun?ehn Hwan?ig
fi#e si( se#en eight nine ten ele#en thirteen thirteen fourteen fifteen si(teen se#enteen eighteen nineteen twenty
Seasons
der Frhl der "ommer der .erbst der )inter
"pring "ummer fall, Autumn winter
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)ishing you all a .appy 9earning and $noy "APJ
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