SAP R/3 Enterprise Core – popularly known as Enterprise Release 4.7 - is the latest version of the SAP R/3 suite of enterprise software applications. It is designed to offer the best possible foundation for easily carrying the company through to e-business with mySAP Business Suite.
The first release of SAP R/3 Enterprise Core (4.7) contains some functional enhancements, but it is primarily a technical change. SAP R/3 Enterprise is built on SAP Web Application Server (SAP Web AS) and integrates seamlessly with the enterprise portals and exchange infrastructure.
SAP Enterprise Core is the heart of SAP R/3 4.7 and supports the packaging concepts, business configuration sets and Unicode-compliance. In addition, enterprise core provides users with the SAP R/3 Enterprise HR and non-HR Core Support Packages.
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| As it’s name suggests, Enterprise Core will contain the inward, enterprise processes that make the enterprise work. The outward, collaborative processes will not be included in Enterprise Core. They will be included in what is called Enterprise Extensions. |
Release 4.7 is a major change of direction for SAP and therefore for it’s customers. This new release needs to be closely studied by each of it’s customers and then acted on.
In this 7 article tutorial we will cover subjects such as:
- Architecture
- Features and Benefits
- Technical Specifications
- New Functionality
- Upgrade PathArchitectural model of SAP R/3 Enterprise 4.7
The SAP R/3 4.7 version is the functional and technical advancement over classical Enterprise Resource Planning solution that provides customers flexibility, stability, new functions and new technology. It achieves these functions by facilitating connection to marketplaces, portals and other collaborative applications as well as enabling an easy evolution to mySAP.com. This new model of SAP R/3 is also more flexible to future upgrades.The basic model of SAP R/3 Enterprise Release 4.7 consists of three parts:- Web Application Server
- Enterprise Core
- Enterprise Extensions
Figure: Architectural Model of SAP R/3 4.7 (Enterprise Core)
The WAS 6.2C of SAP Enterprise integrates all the features of already existing SAP Basis and Web application server. In addition, it provides users with additional enhancements in the form of package concept, global parameterization with business configuration sets, Unicode compliance, and accessibility.
Read This NuggetThespot4sap.com offers a premium paper covering SAP Web Application Server. You can take a look at the table of contents at http://www.thespot4sap.com/shop/SAP_WAS_302_TOC.htm Enterprise Core (SAP Release 4.7) includes all R/3 4.6 functionality with limited functional enhancements and developments. On a go-forward basis, all legal changes and support packs, including stabilization and performance enhancements, will be applied at the Enterprise Core level. According to SAP, this Enterprise Core will remain stable until at least 2007. Therefore, no planned upgrades are necessary, just support packages.Extensions use a technology called ‘package builder.’ The concept is similar to user exits. Extensions may be activated selectively and independently of each other or remain inactive. A new set of extensions will be released annually as the Enterprise Core remains stable. For example, Extension Set 1.10, available with R/3 Enterprise, will consist of extensions in FIN (FI/CO), HR, PLM, TRVL, and SCM (WM, PP, MM). If you take advantage of any Extension, the Extension would need to be activated in a similar manner and with the level of effort required to customize new functionality. This Extension philosophy decouples all development from the R/3 technical platform, allowing the SAP community more flexibility in taking advantage of enhanced functionality The Enterprise Extensions are the center of functional developments. These functionalities are selectively deployable and each functionality has its own release cycle.
Read This NuggetSAP R/3 Enterprise Core will remain stable until 2007. This means that the functionality will not change unless absolutely necessary – and then this will be done via support packs. All functionality upgrades from now on will be done via the Enterprise Extensions which will have their own release schedules (probably yearly). 
- SAP 4.7 has all the features such as development workbench, transport management system, monitoring, versioning and business object repository of already existing SAP 4.6C.
- Web Application Server6.20 of 4.7 includes all the features of SAP Basis of SAP 4.6C.
- SAP 4.7 has a more structured approach as compared to SAP 4.6C from a technical perspective. It is based on mySAP.com technology, which is actually the Web Application Server 6.2C. This not only includes SAP Basis Technologies with their latest advancements but also the new features of SAP Web AS 6.20.
- SAP 4.7 is more structured even from a functional perspective as this version has been developed after functional and infrastructure developments of earlier SAP R/3 4.6C.
- In SAP 4.7 the functional and infrastructure developments are made on separate levels. The functional developments are made in the Enterprise Extensions and infrastructure developments are made in the Enterprise Core unlike SAP 4.6C in which both the developments take place within the systems.
- SAP in its Web AS has additional enhancements in the form of package concept, global parameterization with business configuration sets, Unicode compliance and accessibility that are not present in 4.6C.
- SAP 4.7 Core supports the above-mentioned enhancements that SAP 4.6C does not.
- SAP 4.7 unlike 4.6C has Enterprise Extensions that can be separately deployed and have their own releases.
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