Ending a Session

Use

After you are done using a session, it is a good idea to end it. Each session uses system resources that can affect how fast the SAP System responds to your requests.

Before you end a session, save any data you want to keep. When you end a session, the system does NOT prompt you to save your data.

If you have only one session open and you end it, you will log off from the system. However, before logging you off, the system prompts you to save your data.

Procedure

You can either

• Choose System
® End session from the menu bar, or
• Choose in the upper right-hand corner of the active session.

The session is closed and you return to the previous session.

Moving Among Sessions

Prerequisites

You can move among sessions as often as you like without losing any data.

As long as you remain logged on to the SAP System, you can leave a session for as long as you like. Moving to a different session is like putting a telephone call on hold: You can resume the call whenever you are ready.

Procedure

To move from one session to another, click any part of the window that contains the session you want to go to (or use the key(s) specified for changing windows).

The window you choose becomes the active window: it moves in front of all the other windows on your screen.

If you have several sessions open, you can minimize the sessions you are not using. When you need to use one of these sessions later, you can restore it by clicking the appropriate symbol in the status bar, making it the active session.

By minimizing the sessions you are not using, you can significantly reduce the system load.

Creating a New Session and a Task at Once

Use

You can create a session and start a task in one step by using a transaction code. When you open a session with a transaction code, the system displays the initial screen of the task in a new session. To use this method, you must know which transaction code to use for the task you want to perform.

For more information, see Finding the Transaction Code for the Task You Want to Start.

Procedure

To create a new session and a task simultaneously:

1. In the command field, enter
/o (the forward slash and the letter o) followed by the transaction code for the task you want to start.

For example, to create a customer master record in the Accounts Receivable application, you use Transaction FD01. To open a session and start this task at the same time, you enter /ofd01 in the command field.

2. Choose Enter.

Result

The system opens an additional window for the new session and displays the initial screen of the transaction.

Creating a New Session

Use

You can create a session at any time. You do not lose any data in sessions that are already open.

You can create up to six sessions. Each session you create is as if you logged on to the system again. Each session is independent of the others. For example, closing the first session does not cause the other sessions to close.

Too many open sessions can result in slower system performance. For this reason, your system administrator may limit the number of sessions you can create to fewer than six.

Procedure

To create a new session from anywhere in the system:

• Choose System
® Create session from the menu bar, or
• Choose .

Result

The system opens an additional window. The new session becomes the active session and remains the active session unless you click on a different (open or new) session.

Each session has a session number, which appears in that session’s status bar. It appears in parentheses next to the system name.

This graphic shows the new session window on top of the original window. Note the session number in parentheses in the status bar.

Additional Information

Creating a New Session and a Task at Once.

Multiple SAP Sessions

Use

A session is basically another SAP instance on your screen. Multiple sessions allow you to work on more than one task at a time. This can save you time and reduces the need to jump from screen to screen.

Features

You can open up to six sessions, and do a different task, or even the same task, in each one. You can move around between the open sessions, and you can close any session without having to log off from the system.

If you try to work on the same record (for example, the material master record for a specific material) at the same time on multiple sessions, you may "lock yourself out" of one of the sessions. If this happens, choose Exit or Back to move out of the transaction. Then you will be able to proceed