Basically, what is NetWeaver?

I would just like to clarify as to what is NetWeaver? What role they play in the installation of an SAP Netweaver System? Where do the Web AS come in? It is said that SAP Web AS replaces the Basis Framework, on that note, where does NetWeaver fit in? I would just like to deepen my knowledge with regards to this. Awards will be provided accordingly depending on the knowledge gain that will be acquired.

SAP Netweaver is a comprehensive tecnology integration platform. But what makes it different from R/3 is that it can integrate seamlessly with all the other components of SAP in providing various product solutions to the business:
Before we talk about the various integrations, there one common factor for all of these components WEB AS (application server). WEB AS is the BASIS platform on which has to installed as a base for using any of these components
So what does People Integration, data integration and process integration mean:
The solution provided by SAP for people integration is EP (Enterprise portal). As the name suggests this is browser based and links to the business' SAP servers. Earlier people where only able create, modify or delete data on SAP by logging in through SAP GUI or web based GUI. Now this can be done by any one with a browser and user ID and password. What make this possible is JAVA (J2EE) The SAP architecture is now compatible with J2EE thereby making it possible.
Similarly lets say the business wants to analyse the DATA created so far in the SAP system (purchase orders, sales orders, general ledger details etc). The SAP product here is BI (Business intelligence). This comes under Data integration
But unlike Enterprise portal, BI is not dependent on J2EE architecture but on ABAP architecture. This determies the configuration of the Web AS.
The three variations are:
Web AS - ABAP
Web AS - ABAP+J2EE
Web AS - J2EE
Based on the products being implemented by the business, the WEB AS config is determined
Process integration comes into picture where the Business uses SAP and its trading partners use other similar Enterprise resource planning software. In such cases and interface is require for transfer of data and also data mapping.
This requires extensive programming. The solution provided by SAP for this is XI - Exchange Infrastructure.
SAP Netweaver is providing various solutions for varied business needs in such a way that these solutions (products) intergrate with each other seamlessly.
Regards,
Prashant

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just read this
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NetWeaver is a SOA plattform. It allows to build business application with the services and the tools, which are released by the SAP. Enough said about that, you can find so much information about NetWeaver in the internet and of course of the SAP websites and here in the SDN. NetWeaver is the future for business applications.
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You can also get information about VC in the<a href="https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/VC/Main">VC wiki</a>.
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Hi experts,
Here am I with a big headache caused by the Netweaver concept which I can hardly understand. So, I would be grateful if you could give me some hints on these questions even if they sound foolish:
1. Is SAP-Gui an obsolete concept with Netweaver? That is, has the classical SAP-gui screen been replaced by a web site based on something like an Internet Explorer?
2. If I have a ITS attached now to a classical R/3 to convert some screens to the internet protocol, will this ITS be unnecessary once I go to Netweaver? I understood that the Netweaver WAS incorporates something like an ITS.
3. From my vague understanding of WAS, I reckon this is the name of the new "Development platform" of SAP, sort of workbench, with the difference that from now on, Java will be a possible language, as well as ABAP, for development, and also other "functionalities" are part of the kit: an internet server replacing the ITS, etc. Am I on the right track to consider WAS as a new and extended workbench?
4. All the classical R/3 modules are now part of the so-called "mySAP ERP". Right? So, let's say that mySAP ERP is the new brand which includes the old MM, PP, FI, CO, and so on.
5. I have read some threads about the ECC, but I can't get to the real meaning. Is the portal a web development delivered by SAP with some ready functionality? or is it just a basis on which we have to actually develop the functionalities? Is mySAP ERP part of the ECC? or rather, is ECC something that is connecting to mySAP ERP behind?
6. The easy-to-understand approach of a Development-Integration-Production platform in a classical R/3 schema, is it still valid with the Netweaver approach? I see so many elements in it (WAS, Portal, ECC, mySAP ERP, XI, etc) that I somehow get lost in this fuss and I can't see if Dev-Integr-Prod. is obsolete, and we need a hell of new systems to cope with it...
7. Where do the xApps fit into this tricky map? is it something to develop from the new development platform (WAS)? are the xApps a sort of RFC that we can call from an external system? what is really an xApp?
Well, that's all for now. Either I get some help from you, or my head will collapse. Sorry, but I wasn't able to get help on these issues, with an easy-to-understand vocabulary...
Thanks in advance.
Ray

Hi Ray, I'll take a stab at it.
1. Is SAP-Gui an obsolete concept with Netweaver? That is, has the classical SAP-gui screen been replaced by a web site based on something like an Internet Explorer?
Yes and No. Currently you use SAPgui to access ECC 6.0 system, which runs on Netweaver ABAP stack, which is the latest release. But I do believe that Project Muse may push SAPgui asside in the future.
2. If I have a ITS attached now to a classical R/3 to convert some screens to the internet protocol, will this ITS be unnecessary once I go to Netweaver? I understood that the Netweaver WAS incorporates something like an ITS.
I believe that is correct, the ITS is a part of the Application Server.
3. From my vague understanding of WAS, I reckon this is the name of the new "Development platform" of SAP, sort of workbench, with the difference that from now on, Java will be a possible language, as well as ABAP, for development, and also other "functionalities" are part of the kit: an internet server replacing the ITS, etc. Am I on the right track to consider WAS as a new and extended workbench?
WAS has been renamed to SAP Netweaver Appliation Server and it has two stacks. The ABAP stack which you access via SAPgui and is the technlogy layer under ECC 6.0, and the java stack which runs underneath the SAP Netweaver Portal. The NW Application Server ABAP Stack is the technology layer which includes all of the development tools and the system infrastructure. The basic components which allow the system to run. This is very simular to the "Basis" layer of eariler SAP versions, but greatly enhanced. Development done for the ABAP stack is done thru SE80 via SAPgui. The java stack is a little different, you do your development locally using NWDS and deploy your appliation to the java engine(stack).
4. All the classical R/3 modules are now part of the so-called "mySAP ERP". Right? So, let's say that mySAP ERP is the new brand which includes the old MM, PP, FI, CO, and so on.
Yes, all modules of the previous named R/3 are there. my SAP ERP also includes other bolt-on applications.
5. I have read some threads about the ECC, but I can't get to the real meaning. Is the portal a web development delivered by SAP with some ready functionality? or is it just a basis on which we have to actually develop the functionalities? Is mySAP ERP part of the ECC? or rather, is ECC something that is connecting to mySAP ERP behind?
ECC 6.0 is the core component, formerly named R/3. ECC is just one part of the mySAP ERP package. The Netweaver Portal is actually a bunch of java classes delievered by SAP which when deployed to your java stack allows for one point of entry to the users. It is a role-based frontend. You create iViews and assign them to roles and assign roles to your users. The iViews can be running pretty much any application, Web Dynpro ABAP, Web Dynpro Java, BSP, JSP, etc, etc. The are SAP Delivered business packages that you can deploy that are standard applications.
6. The easy-to-understand approach of a Development-Integration-Production platform in a classical R/3 schema, is it still valid with the Netweaver approach? I see so many elements in it (WAS, Portal, ECC, mySAP ERP, XI, etc) that I somehow get lost in this fuss and I can't see if Dev-Integr-Prod. is obsolete, and we need a hell of new systems to cope with it...
Yes, on the ABAP stack, you still have the TMS(Transport Management System), the java side also as something simular, it is called the JDI, or NWDI.(Netweaver Development Infrastucture) and it mimics the TMS on the ABAP, sort of.
7. Where do the xApps fit into this tricky map? is it something to develop from the new development platform (WAS)? are the xApps a sort of RFC that we can call from an external system? what is really an xApp?
Can't answer that one. Sorry.
Hope this was a little helpful.
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Hi, I am really new to SAP and to NetWeaver, i usually work with ASP.net and other data sources, let me tell you a little bit of my scenario:
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3- import the file in MS Excel, and apply a Macro to parse it
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2 - Can i query the same reports I am running inside ..Net and work with the results locally?
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You can't run the report directly but if you make the same report run as a RFC enabled function module, whose EXPORT is the result of the report, then yes, you have access to that data in Visual Studio.
You can then integrate .Net with Excel.
In my case, what im doing is extracting customer data, and their respective sales orders to Excel. I have a spreadsheet, with VBA code. I fill a field with the customer number, press a button. It then does the following:
1 - Excel's VBA code calls a .Net library (DLL) that I created, using the customer code as import parameter.
2 - The DLL then calls a function module in SAP, supplying the customer number as an import parameter.
3 - The function module runs, and returns the data in table format to the DLL.
4 - The DLL returns the data to VBA in Excel.
5 - I process the data, and write it to the cells.
The .Net library was created using Visual Studio 2003 with SAP .Net Connector 2.0.
Hope this helps you get a picture of what you can do.
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The term "SAP NetWeaver 2004s SR2" ,
a.) 2004s , what does the "s" stand for ?
b.) SR2 , what does it mean ?
c.) if we were to login to a system, how to proof or where to check that the system is actually has netweaver ?
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a.) 2004s , what does the "s" stand for ?
S stands for the extended release of NW 2004 release. Since it was confusing, SAP now has removed the old convention and now NW 2004's is called as NW 7.0 Release.
b.) SR2 , what does it mean ?
SR2 means : Service Release 2, which includes all the SP's of NW. If you want to apply sp's into your system, you can directly apply service release packs, instead of applying lot of Support packages indivually, which is time consuming and bit tedious.
Now NW SR3 is available in market. SR3 means - it includes all the support packages of NW till SP11.
c.) if we were to login to a system, how to proof or where to check that the system is actually has netweaver ?
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Proof: If it contains: SAP_BASIS, SAP_ABA, SAP_BW and PI_BASIS 700 release, then u can say that
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As you noticed, in the SAP world NetWeaver tend to be important.
Or to put it diffrent: If NetWeaver is not mentioned it looks like outdated skills.
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Web AS
ABAP (Here ABAP Objects, BSP, WebDynpro are also important skills)
Java (Also specify what you have done in this area. WebDynpro ?).
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The resume should be tasteful and like a an appertizer,
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What is the difference between SAP 4.6c and netweaver.
Does netweaver support ABAP ?
Please explain in your words...not links thanks !

Hi Dear.......
get a better overview into SAP NetWeaver i suggest to start with this page:
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