SAP Module Interview Questions and Answers

Answer - 21 : - SAP is the integration of all the modules and the topics are very relavent to each other because basically its management skillsetgroup. From manufacturing the product/goods/services to reaching the customer. All the transaction process is depending on sales area, sales doc, item proposals, shipping, delivery and billing. Wheras Cost centre is a particular area where the production or the project is taken up and expenditure is identified separately with a separate GL account

Answer - 22 : - 1. Business area is where the total business is valuated as a whole Whereas Profit centre is an area where the company/work place allows the outside agency to use its machinery for external profits (eq: A CNC machine which can run 24 hrs a day is utilized in our company for 15 hrs and the balance 9 hrs is let out for addition to the company's profit) is known as Profit Centre. 2. Business area is related term to FI module and Profit centre is related to CO module. One business area can have one or more profit centers. 3. Business area is gared on external accounting where as profit centers are used for internal accounting purposes

Answer - 23 : - 1. LSMW is widely used by EDI programmers. EDI Programmers connect the SAP system to Non SAP system. During this Data migration is a necessity. When data migrates from source to destination the destination code is differrent from the source code. So what LSMW does is * Converts the data in to batch files * Then converts the batch files in to source code batch files * And then mirgates data. Standard Interfaces like BAPI or Idoc are used in this process. 2. The LSMW comprises the following main steps: * Read data (legacy data in spreadsheet tables and/or sequential files). * Convert data (from the source into the target format). * Import data (to the database used by the R/3 application. But, before these steps, you need to perform following steps : * Define source structure : structure of data in the source file. * Define target structure : structure of SAP that receives data. * Field mapping: Mapping between the source and target structure with conversions, if any. * Specify file: location of the source file Of all the methods used for data migration like BDC, LSMW , Call Transaction which one is used most of the time? How is the decision made which method should be followed? What is the procedure followed for this analysis? All the 3 methods are used to migrate data. Selection of these methods depends on the scenario, amount of data need to transfer. LSMW is a ready tool provided by SAP and you have to follow some 17 steps to migrate master data. While in BDCs Session method is the better choice because of some advantages over call transaction. But call transaction is also very useful to do immediate updation of small amout of data. (In call transaction developer has to handle errors). Bottom line is make choice of these methods based of real time requirements. These methods are chosen completely based on situation you are in. Direct input method is not available for all scenarios; else, they are the simplest ones. In batch input method, you need to do recording for the transaction concerned. Similarly, IDoc, and BAPI are there, and use of these need to be decided based on the requirement. Try to go through the some material on these four methods, and implement them. You will then have a fair idea about when to use wh

Answer - 24 : - 1. A stock transfer from plant to plant generally takes place within a company code. It can, however, also take place between two company codes, if the plants are assigned to different valuation areas, which belong to different company codes. Unlike a stock transfer from storage location to storage location, a stock transfer from plant to plant affects both accounting and Materials Planning, as follows: * Accounting Accounting is affected if both plants are assigned to different valuation areas. This means that a stock transfer leads not only to a quantity update but also to a value update (stock value, G/L accounts). Thus, parallel to the material document for stock transfer, an accounting document is created. * Materials Planning Materials Planning is affected because a change of plant stock is taken into account by Materials Planning.     2. The stock transfer from one plant to another belonging to same company code is same as that of belonging to different company code functionally. In both the types of transfers, there will be a material document generated which will update the QTY in both the plants in the respective storage location. Accounting document generation will depend on the valuation level of the material. If the materials are being valuated at company level and it is being transferred from one plant to another belonging to the same company code, no accounting entry is generated. However, if the valuation is being done at plant level, the accounting document will be generated in both the cases.

Answer - 25 : - A movement type can be created using T code OMJJ. Copying an existing movement type and modifying the field contents can create a new movement type. The SAP system is delivered with some pre-defined movement types from 100 to 899. 900 onwards can be used for customized movement types.  

Answer - 26 : - Condition type has an access sequence assigned to it which determines which tables to access for data and in what sequence. This has a sequence of table based on the most specific to most generic. It can be used for any new condition type creation.

Answer - 27 : - The pricing procedure assigned to a vendor has a calculation schema attached to it. This schema defines the various conditions’ pre-requisite, calculation & sequence in the PO. Generally, only one type of pricing procedure is followed for all the vendors.

Answer - 28 : - - Consignment stock - vendor - Components provided to vendor - Project stock - Consignment stock – customer - Pipeline material - Orders on hand

Answer - 29 : - - RFQ/Quotation - Purchase requisition - Purchase order - Master data (Info record, Source list, Conditions, Vendors etc.)v - Outline agreements

Answer - 30 : - - Standard - Pipeline - Consignment - Subcontracting