SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO) is a software solution that enables dynamic supply chain management. It includes applications for detailed planning, optimization and scheduling, allowing the supply chain to be accurately and globally monitored even beyond enterprise boundaries. SAP APO is a component of mySAP Supply Chain Management.

A key component of the mySAP.com Supply Chain Management solution, the SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO) provides the complete toolset needed to plan and optimize supply chain processes at the strategic, tactical and operational planning levels.

The following business scenarios illustrate how SAP APO can be used to enhance supply chain processes across the extended enterprise, and equip your company to collaborate with trading partners via the Internet.

The tutorial is called "Access application data using WebSphere Federation Server and WebSphere DataStage".

Discover an alternate methodology for accessing application data sources in IBM® WebSphere® Federation Server using the WebSphere DataStage® product as the connection vehicle to SAP. Application data sources can also be accessed by WebSphere Federation Server using the WebSphere Business Integrator adapters. The WebSphere Business Integrator method is not described in this tutorial but can be found in the product documentation, specifically the "WebSphere Federation Server Data Source Configuration Guide - Chapter 8: Configuring access to business application data sources."

This type of Matchcode is displayed for a list of values. An example is the Matchcode for the Material group field on the "Create: Purchase Requisition: Initial Screen."

1. Click on the Matchcode button in the Material group field.

MaxDB is a relational database system with an SQL interface. The MaxDB data is organized in tables. You can use a set of simple SQL (Structured Query Language) statements based on English to perform a wide range of operations on data and tables in MaxDB.

This SQL tutorial is designed to introduce you to the SQL language using the MaxDB database system.