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BASIS / NETWEAVER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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1..What is the meaning and use of  SAP?

A German  software company  whose  products allow businesses to track  customer and business interactions. SAP is especially well-known for its  Enterprises Resources planning(ERP) and data management programs.. SAP is an acronym for   System Application and Products.

2..What is  Sap BASIS?

Basis means Business Application Systems Integrated Solutions. A set of middleware programs and tools that provide the underlying base that enable applications to be interoperable across operating systems. SAP Basis includes a RDBMS, GUI, and client server architecture. Beyond the interface aspect of Basis, it also includes such components as a data dictionary as well as user and system administration. Basis is the administration of the SAP system. It's a piece of middleware which links the application with the database and the operating system. Basis is most commonly associated with the GUI interface to the SAP.

3..What is Sap NetWeaver?

SAP NetWeaver is a set of capabilities that are provided by many different SAP products constructed to work with each other to make applications work together, build new applications on top of existing applications, and lower the total cost of owning applications

People integration : it simply means that it enables you to bring people together and help them work more efficiently.

Information integration: means you can bring together information from a variety of locations and have it make sense in the context of what your folks do every day.

Process integration: means coordinating the flow of work across departments, divisions, and between companies.

4..What is the difference between  Basis  and Netweaver?

BASIS is a module in SAP which deals with system administration (which you already know).

Netweaver is comprehensive technology integration platform and there are a lot of components in it like CRM, SRM, XI, EP, ECC and WAS (Web application server). No matter which component is used from the above list, it has to sit on the WEB AS (WAS) platform.

ECC is the latest version of R/3. (it came after 4.7 for SAP).

So coming to your question, yes, you can learn courses on WAS component of Netweaver  (that will make you a BASIS consultant).

Solution manager is now a days coming bundled with SAP. (of course license fee has to be paid for it to be used).

More and more people are using Solution manager right from implementation to support and monitoring purposes. So solution manager with WAS (BASIS) is an additional advantage.

5..SAP guarantees certain maintenance periods for SAP NetWeaver-based products. The mainstream maintenance can be extended by paying increased maintenance fees. How many years will an SAP product be maintained in total, if you are willing to pay a maintenance fee increased by 2% for a part of the maintenance time?

The software product is maintained 6 (5 + 1) years in this case

6..How much Swap memory should be in the system ?

Three times of main Memory – at least 2GB

7..What is authorization in basis?

Actions and the access to data are protected by authorization objects in the SAP system. Authorization objects allow complex checks that involve multiple conditions that allow a user to perform an action. The conditions are specified in authorization fields for the authorization objects and are AND linked for the check. Authorization objects and their fields have descriptive and technical names.  An authorization is always associated with exactly one authorization object and contains the  value for the fields for the authorization object. An authorization is a permission to perform a certain action in the SAP system. The action is defined on the basis of the values for the individual fields of an authorization object.

8..What is landscape in Basis?

Landscape is like a server system or like a layout of the servers or some may even call it the architecture of the servers viz. SAP is divided into three different landscape DEV, QAS and PROD.

9..How much swap memory should be in the system ?

Three times of main Memory – at least 2GB

10..What is spool request?

Spool Request data only readable at Spool Work Process. after creating it will go to Spool Wp. But Output Request  will be create at Spool WP. It will be sent to Operating Spooler. After that it will print at O/S level.