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> table and column names are German abbreviations too). This was the craziest part of doing SAP development. (I'll admit this is an America-centric viewpoint.)
by avisser 4y ago
> table and column names are German abbreviations too).
This was the craziest part of doing SAP development. (I'll admit this is an America-centric viewpoint.) But the codes to get to various screens were (to me) totally random. e.g. to create a purchase order, the code is ME21N. Only after 6 months, did my German boss let me in on the secret that all the codes "made sense" if you knew the German phrase for "purchase order" or whatever.
I guess it's fair for the world having to deal with .cfg .txt .exe and all the other English that's essential for modern computing.
- rvba 4y agoThe transaction codes generally follow logic of similar stuff in same place. But the table and column names are literal german abbreviations. E.g. table AUFK - "SAP Order master data" is named after "Auftrag" (=order). Column "AUFART" = auftrag art = order type. And often more When you go into the actual ABAP code of some transactions, it can have comments in German, made by programmers many years ago. https://www.se80.co.uk/saptables/a/aufk/aufk.htm https://www.se80.co.uk/saptables/a/aufk/aufk.htm
- majewsky 4y agoAt least it's still Latin characters. Just imagine if instead of ME21N you had to enter 請求.