Difference between SAP ECC IDES 6.0 and SAP NetWeaver?

[Former Member]

Hello everyone!

I am a bit confused since I am also new to SAP world, so I would to ask you, we have a SAP IDES ECC 6.0 in our server here to our company, I was trying to see a little of SAPUI5 and in a tutorial a guy was using SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer.

1- But, what's the difference between the SAP IDES ECC 6.0 and SAP NetWeaver?

2- What are the other parts I am missing? Are there any other IDES or such a thing around those terms?

3- How can I get installed SAP NetWeaver?

4- I have also got some info about SAP ERP, SAP CRM, SAP MM, SAP BW.. And those?

5- What are they in term of software/patch/ide/plugin/addon... ?

Please, I really need an overview in order to make all the things clear in my mind,

Thank you!

Denis

[former_member188883]

Hi Denis,

Currently most of the SAP products are based on NW stack. Even IDES systems are based on SAP NW.

NW visual composer is also a SAP solution using which you can design screens and have some backend actions coded.

When you install ERP, NW stack is also installed along with that. Refer installation guide for detailed steps.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori

[Former Member]

Yes sure its more helpful than having no other response but I want to understand their role within SAP, why does they exists, why all those specific names and "solutions"?

I want to understand what you mean with "solution", what you mean with "stack", I want to understand the real idea, if there is a software behind it, if its a patch of an existing software, if its a parallel program which will run among another one, if its more tables on database.... this I want to understand, I want a little more details

I will highly appreciate it,

thank you so far

Denis

[former_member188883]

Hi Denis,

SAP is a big umbrella where lot of products are developed and made to use in various industry solution like Engineering, Chemical, Retail, Oil & Gas. I used the term Solution to relate SAP application to these solutions.

SAP NW is comprised of following components SAP_BASIS, SAP_ABA, PI_BASIS and SAP_BW. In totality we refer this as NW stack.

SAP application will have underlying database like Oracle, DB2, MSSQL or MaxDB where actual business data is stored.

Please check link Products | SAP to have more insight of SAP products ,services and offerings.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Deepak Kori