Customer Reviews

Administering SAP R/3: SD-Sales and Distribution Module

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This book offers no help at all in configuring the SD module.

It basically just explains all the functionality that is available in the SD module, without explaining how you can configure SAP to use the functionality.

If you are buying the book to see what SAP SD can do, fine. But if you want to configure the module, try another book! I recommend the SD book by Glynn Williams from McGraw Hill.

I have also read the MM and FI-CO books in the ASAP series, and they are the same! - they cover the functionality and not the configuration.

And even though these books cover the functionality, they don't explain how to use it effectively, they just tell you what functionality is available.

You may as well spend some time using the SAP online help.

I suppose these books were great when SAP was new and not many people understood it, but now the market is more intelligent and aware of what SAP can do the market expects quality information on configuring the SAP system and using it to solve business situations.

This book was a waste of time and money. This is the worst technical book I have ever read. The second bullet on the the cover states, "Learn how to develop and intergrate the SD module with your existing SAP R/3 system.". This is very misleading as this book is nothing more than a high-level overview of SD and goes into no detail on "how" to develop anything. I also have the MM book by the same name and it also is worthless.

I should have paid more attention to the title. It's called "Administering" SAP R/3 and not "Customising". It explains how to use the different SD functions not how to implement them. Unfortunately, it cannot be recommended to users either because it is too technical and does not explain things in a comprehensive manner. There are some books that emphasise the business process and help you decide how to implement this in SAP. This is not one of them. This book is smack in the middle of a no-mans land. It's no good for customising, no good for users and no good for planning business processes.

I totally agree with some of the other reviewers. Your better off with the online documentation.

Save your bucks. Don't waste them on this book.

Incidently, if your looking for a book on SD customising, I can recommend "Implementing SAP Sales and Distribution": 5 stars!

Much of the content and context is in SAPs on-line help files. The title is quite misleading... buyers beware!

I looked at some of the other books in this series, as well, and had a similar reaction.

The majority of people want configuration information, not a re-worded version of the help files. R/3 is about configuration, configuration and configuration!!

The title on the front cover promises much, but the book fails to deliver. The book implies in the title by mentioning ("administering") that areas of configuration will be covered. It is not, it is just an overview of functionality.

Most of the content of this book is freely available in the SAP on-line help.

If you have the on-line help then don't bother buying the book.

If you don't have the on-line help, then this book provides a good overview, just don't expect anything indepth.

Authors/ Publishers please note: I, like every other SAP configurer have access to the on-line help. It covers nearly everything in terms of functionality overview (and it's free!) The real gap in the book market is in terms of SAP configuration/ module integration and problems/ solutions therein.

I'm very dissapointed with this book. It does not deliver what it should. All are explained very briefly & i think R/3 help is way much helpful than this book .

The book content of this book is composed of:

1. an enhanced reprint of the SAP online help
2. blunt advertising

Implementing SAP for large multinationals, I was looking for a book that provides a backup when configuring SD. It is definitely not an implementation reference for experienced SAP consultants, although the title partly suggests that.

The internet part is o.k. and as reference for using SAP (excluding any IMG configuration) it may be useful.

What really annoys me is the subtile advertising within the book. We all know that SAP currently is the best solution available, but we also know its weaknesses and there are quite a few of them. A bit more honesty would honor the audience.

I am very dissapointed with this book, it did not deliver at all. In other words, the book is out dated. Actually, it should be written off market. Why? One reason is that the book did not have any form of configuration screen at all. Basical, if you use this book there is no form of step-by-step guide to tell you if you right or wrong. Secondly, there has been so much upgrade done on the module which the book did not mention. Even though, I was looking for a cheap book at the time of purchase. Personally, I felt like this is one of those bad investments.