attaquer SAP

English translation: tap into SAP

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French term or phrase:attaquer SAP
English translation:tap into SAP
Entered by: katiej

19:09 Jan 26, 2017
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - IT (Information Technology) / SAP software
French term or phrase: attaquer SAP
Hi,

The complete sentence is: "L'option retenue pour attaquer SAP et renseigner nos indicateurs est restrictive" and another is this: "Nous avons regardé où attaquer SAP pour obtenir ces éléments [ie KPIs] dans SAP ECC ou dans BW".

I'm wondering what "attaquer" means in this context. The text I'm translating is about an ERP system for a large business. Is it simply "access"?

Many thanks for your help.
katiej
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:43
tap into SAP
Explanation:
It refers to finding ways to exploit SAP effectively for a specific purpose, or "points of entry" into the system for the extraction/analysis of data (think "data mining" - be it legitimate or otherwise...).

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/answer/Tap-into-SAP-Shift-No...
With SAP Shift Notes and Shift Reports, production and maintenance supervisors can ensure ... Tap into SAP Shift Notes, Reports for better production visibility.
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 20:43
Grading comment
Many thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
4tap into SAP
Jennifer Levey
3Deal with/ tackle SAP.
Chakib Roula
3access SAP / connect to SAP
Michelle Desaintfuscien


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Deal with/ tackle SAP.


Explanation:
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Chakib Roula
Algeria
Local time: 01:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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tap into SAP


Explanation:
It refers to finding ways to exploit SAP effectively for a specific purpose, or "points of entry" into the system for the extraction/analysis of data (think "data mining" - be it legitimate or otherwise...).

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/answer/Tap-into-SAP-Shift-No...
With SAP Shift Notes and Shift Reports, production and maintenance supervisors can ensure ... Tap into SAP Shift Notes, Reports for better production visibility.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 20:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 69
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Many thanks.
Notes to answerer
Asker: I think this is eactly it. It's for extraction of data. Many thanks.

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access SAP / connect to SAP


Explanation:
I asked my husband who works in IT about this one.
He said in French that it means "connecter à SAP".
I told him you suggested "access", he said that would work too.

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Note added at 50 mins (2017-01-26 20:00:12 GMT)
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It seems that they are hesitating about whether to connect to SAP ECC or SAP BW.
This forum answer explains the difference between SAP ECC and SAP BW:

ECC is SAP's ERP offering that has been around since the begining (back then called R/3), which consists of various modules including Finance, Logistics (Sales, Materials Management, etc.), Human Resources etc.

BW (or BI as it is called now) is SAP's original data warehousing/mining solution, mainly for long-term (as opposed to operational) reporting. (Nowadays, since the acquisition of Business Objects and Crystal, SAP have a lot of other reporting solutions).

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12380680/what-is-the-diff...



Michelle Desaintfuscien
France
Local time: 02:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks for your help.


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neutral  philgoddard: This looks convincing, but surely they would know how to access SAP.
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