sap netweaver interview questions - set 7

This article covers some of the most important basis/net weaver theoretical interview questions

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1)    What is SAP Business Suite?

Answer: The SAP Business Suite is a comprehensive integrated suite of business applications that help companies, institutions, and other organizations run their business better.

SAP Business suite consists of

v  SAP ERP

v  SAP Industry Suite

v  SAP Net weaver

SAP ERP is an application within SAP Business Suite. All the applications from the SAP Business Suite are powered by SAP Net weaver

2)    What does SAP GRC stands for?

Answer: GRC stands for Governance, Risk and Compliance

3)    What is SAP’s Release and Maintenance Strategy?

Answer: As of now, SAP follows 2 release and maintenance strategies. They are
             I) 5-1-2 release and maintenance strategy and
             ii) 7-2 release and maintenance strategy

 5-1-2 release and maintenance strategy is introduced in 2004. It means for duration of 5 years, SAP does a mainstream maintenance for a software release. Thereafter, extended maintenance is available for 1 year at an additional fee of 2%. Thereafter, extended maintenance is available for 2 years at an additional fee of 4%. Thereafter customer specific maintenance will be offered case to case basis. 

It applies to core applications based on SAP Netweaver 2004 and higher, as well for addons.

§  SAP NetWeaver 2004 and add-ons

§  SAP ERP 2004 and add-ons

§  SAP CRM 2005, SAP CRM 2007 and add-ons

§  SAP SCM 2004, SAP SCM 2005, SAP SCM 2007 and add-ons

§  SAP SRM 2004, SAP SRM 2005, SAP SRM 2007 and add-ons

7-2 maintenance strategy was introduced in 2008. It applies to new releases of core applications of SAP Business Suite as of November 2008, as well as add-ons and enhancement packages.

§  SAP ERP 6.0 and add-ons

§  SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and add-ons

§  SAP CRM 7.0 and add-ons

§  SAP SCM 7.0 and add-ons

§  SAP SRM 7.0 and add-ons

4)    How does connectivity between SAP Net weaver AS ABAP and SAP Net weaver AS Java will happen?

Answer: Connectivity between SAP Net weaver AS ABAP and SAP Net weaver AS Java will happen via SAP Java Connector (SAP JCo)

5)    What are Usage Types in SAP? Name some of the usage types in SAP?

Answer:  Usage types determine the intended purpose of an SAP system. They are structuring element for SAP software on a technical level. Usage types are realized by installing and configuring a collection of software components. Some usage types also require other usage types in the SAP system to operate.

Please find below the usage types present in SAP

ü  Application server ABAP (AS ABAP)

ü  Application server Java (AS Java)

ü  Enterprise Portal Core (EPC)

ü  Enterprise Portal (EP)

ü  Business Intelligence (BI)

ü  Business Intelligence Java components (BI Java)

ü  Development Infrastructure (DI)

ü  Mobile Infrastructure (MI)

ü  Process Integration (PI)