Before you can use the SAP system, you must log on. And when you are finish using the SAP system, you must log off. The first time you log on and at regular intervals thereafter, you must change your password.
Regardless of the tasks you are doing in an SAP system, you must always start up and shut down the system.
1. You start the SAP system by selecting the SAP Logon icon on your desktop.
2. You log on to the SAP system by double-clicking its icon on the Systems tab or highlight the system and click the Log on icon.
3. If it is your first time to log on, you must change the initial password provided by your system administrator. If this is not your first time logging on, you have to change your password in accordance with the security policies of your company.
4. When you are finished working with the SAP system, you must log off.
How to Log Off?
To log off from an SAP system from any screen, you can perform one of the following:
1. From the menu bar, choose System > Log off.
2. If you have only one session running, choose the pushbutton at the upper right corner of the screen.
The Log off dialog box appears. It informs you that if you choose Yes, any unsaved data will be lost.
If you are not sure that you have saved all your data and you do not want to log off, choose No to return to the screen in which you were working, otherwise, choose Yes.
All your SAP system sessions are close. You have successfully logged off.
Alternatively, you can type in the Command field /nex to exit all sessions open.
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