BASIS
Basis (System Administration)
10 sections · 60 quiz questions
SAP Basis is the technical layer the business modules run on. Where FI and SD are about what the system does, Basis is about keeping it running: building systems, managing users and authorisations, moving developments between systems, monitoring performance, and securing the whole thing.
Basis work is invisible when it goes well and stops the entire company when it does not, which makes its responsibilities quite unlike those of a functional module.
These ten sections begin with system architecture and the client concept, then cover authorisations, transports, background jobs, monitoring, printing, patching, performance and security.
System ArchitectureUser & Authorization Mgmt.Transport ManagementBackground Jobs
Start with the first sectionSections
Work through them in order — each section builds on the previous one.
- 01What is SAP Basis?What SAP Basis is and what it is responsible for, the three-tier architecture, work processes, and the three-system landscape.6 questions
- 02Clients and System LandscapeWhat a client is, client-dependent versus client-independent data, client copies, and landscape design choices.6 questions
- 03User Management and AuthorizationUser master records, roles and profiles, authorisation objects, tracing authorisation failures, and segregation of duties.6 questions
- 04Transport ManagementHow transport requests are structured, the TMS, import order, return codes, and the common failure modes.6 questions
- 05Background JobsWhy background processing exists, defining jobs and variants, monitoring, and why a completed job is not necessarily a successful one.6 questions
- 06System MonitoringA daily checklist, what the main monitoring transactions show, and how to design alerts people will actually act on.6 questions
- 07Spool and Print ManagementHow spooling works, configuring output devices and access methods, and diagnosing print problems.6 questions
- 08System Updates and Patch ManagementSAP Notes, support packages and kernel updates — what each covers, how they are applied, and where the risk sits.6 questions
- 09Performance ManagementBreaking response time into components, the analysis transactions, buffers and memory, and the right order in which to improve things.6 questions
- 10Security ManagementDefault users, security parameters, the audit log, protecting RFC connections, and periodic security review.6 questions