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SAP Business One Online Help 2020

The first port of call for SAP Business One support is, of course, SAP's online help. The website's manual addresses all ERP software topics. Of course, the user manual is not a book, but a website. The site covers various versions of SAP Business One. Of course, the current version 1000 is included, which has been released in 2020. The following topics can be accessed directly here:

• Introduction
• administration
• finance
• opportunities
• sale
• Purchasing
• Business partner
• bank processing
• warehouse management
• resources
• production
• Material Requirements Planning
• service
• staff

Specialities of the country versions

SAP Business One is consistently on the international designed for use. We always start from the same basis. But many countries have their own peculiarities. Of course, this often involves taxes, bank processing or electronic reports. The SAP Business One manual has its own chapter on this: Country-specific information.

How to - Instructions for operation

In addition to the SAP Business One Manual, there are "How to - documents" on individual topics. However, these are all in English and are not all accessible without an SAP User ID. An extract:

• How to Define Authorizations in SAP Business One 10.
• How to Define and Use User-Defined Values 
• How to Manage Sales and Purchasing Tax in the US
• How to Work with Electronic Billing in the India Localization for SAP Business One 10.0 
• How to Work with GST Simplified Returns - ANX in the India Localisation for SAP Business One 10.0
• How to Work with GST in the India Localization for SAP Business One 10.0 
• How to Work with SAP Business One Office 365 Integration 

SAP Business One Manual To Go

SAP Business One To Go„, published in English, is somewhat more compact and more orientated towards business processes. With its 274 pages, the manual is a quick guide through the functions of SAP Business One. Somehow a somewhat smaller but effective manual.

SAP Business One Community

The SAP Business One Community is for anyone who wants to keep up to date with the latest developments and special topics relating to SAP Business One: the blogs in the SAP Community. Here you can learn a lot from SAP employees as well as consultants who pass on their knowledge in blogs.

The reference books

For many people, a book is still the preferred source when it comes to acquiring knowledge. Books have also been published on SAP Business One. The works presented here are actually also available as e-books. This means that this type of SAP Business One help can also be obtained digitally.

The standard work

"The practical handbook for beginners and users" by Robert Mayerhofer has become a kind of standard work on SAP Business One in German-speaking countries. It is not just an aid and manual. The book also provides orientation on the processes behind the functions. The reader is also guided through exercises to help them learn. Of course, a reference book that accompanies software that has now reached version 10.0 always has to contend with one drawback: it can never be up to date. However, this has become bearable with the latest versions. Many fundamental things will no longer change significantly.

The successor

If you want it to be up to date, you will have to be patient, but from July there will be a new, updated edition of "SAP Business One - The Practical Handbook" give. The new edition has an additional author, which is not surprising as the range of functions in SAP B1 is now awe-inspiring. At the same time, a gap in the textbook has been closed: From this new and expanded edition, the topics of MRP and production are also covered. The book will be on sale from 24 July 2020. Also as an e-book, of course.

English language SAP Business One Guide

The specialist publications have all been written by experienced SAP consultants. This makes it interesting to compare the different books with each other. The English-language book "SAP Business One: Business User Guide" brings you closer to the views and insights of six SAP consultants. All areas of the ERP software are covered. This reference work is also available in hardback or as an e-book.