License: Faculty/Staff, Texas State Owned Computers

SAPGUI is a Mac OS X  application used by faculty/staff to access the SAP administrative database.

For more information on SAP at Texas State, visit the SAP Resources web site.

IMPORTANT: This software is NOT needed if you are only want to enter timesheet information or to view your electronic paycheck stub. You will use Firefox and the SAP Portal. Only Texas State faculty or staff previously authorized to directly access the administrative database will be able to use the SAPGUI for Mac OS X application.

It is highly recommended that ALL users upgrade their Macs to the latest version of Mac OS X using Software Update prior to installing SAPGUI for Mac OS X.

To download the SAPGUI for Mac OS X client software:

1.   Mac OS X 10.5.7 to 10.7.x (Lion), Intel Mac only:  Download SAPGUI 7.20 Install  (32MB, ZIP)
                Mac OS X 10.4.11 or PowerPC Mac: Download SAPGUI 7.10 Install  (36.2MB, ZIP).
    
2. You can also download just the Configure the Install application (38K, ZIP)
3. On your desktop on in the Downloads folder, double-click on the SAPGUI-Install-720.zip icon to decompress that file if necessary. A folder named SAPGUI Installer will appear.

IMPORTANT: You must be logged into an account with administrative privileges to install SAPGUI. If you are not, you will need to log out and then log into an Administrator account and install the SAPGUI according to the instructions below. Then you will need to log back into the user account and download just the Configure the Install application and run it while logged into the user's account. You can then also drag the SAP application icon to the dock for easy access by the user.

The Computer Resource Center provides the following sites for license acquisition information:

See the Supported Macintosh page for information on licensing Mac OS X.

Installing SAPGUI for Mac OS X:

The install folder should have the following items in it once it has been uncompressed: the installer named Install SAPGUI for Mac OS X, a Configuration folder and the file Configure The Install.

Step 1

Double-click on the file named Install SAPGUI for Mac OS X. This will launch the installer for SAPGUI. Note: If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 or higher, you will prompted to allow the Install and Configure scripts to run.

The Installer will check your version of Mac OS X.

If you using too old a version of Mac OS X , you will be presented with a warning message that you need to upgrade to a certain minimum version of Mac OS X in order to run SAPGUI for Mac OS X. See the Macintosh Software page for information on obtaining a license for the latest Mac OS X for a faculty/staff computer.

If you are using an up-to-date version of Mac OS X for the SAPGUI for Mac OS X client, you will see:

Click the Install 7.20 button to begin the installation

Step 2

You will get a Welcome dialog about the install.

Click on the button labeled Next to continue.

It will proceed to a screen that looks much like this:

Click OK

This will install the SAPGUI application in the folder SAP Clients located in the main Applications folder at the top level on your Macintosh HD.

Step 3

The installer will now run and unpack and install the SAPGUI program and its support files. When finished, the following dialog will appear:

Click OK button to proceed to configure the installation.

Step 4

At this point, the following window will come to the front:

Click the Configure button to configure your SAPGUI installation to work with Texas State.

If installing SAPGUI on a Mac running Lion (Mac OS X 10.7.x), you will be prompted for an adminstrative username and password in order to create a SAP preference folder if it does not exist:

You should then see the following window indicating that the configuration was successful:

The installation is now complete.

Step 5 (if needed)

If you setting up a non-Admin user account, you will need to run the Configure the Install program manually while logged into the user's account. After installing SAPGUI as described above using an Admin account, log out and into the user's account. Download the Configure The Install program by itself.

Double-click on Configure The Install to place two settings files into the appropriate locations on the drive for the logged in user. It doesn't require any additional action on your part.

Using SAPGUI for Mac OS X:

IMPORTANT: In order to access the SAP Financial or HR system using SAPGUI you must have been granted access.  You can request SAP access using one of the SAP forms on the SAP forms web page.

To run the application and connect to SAP, open the Applications folder on your hard drive. You will see a folder titled SAPGUI Clients.

Open the SAPGUI Clients folder and then the folder within it - this is the SAP folder.

Inside it, you will find an application icon beginning with "SAPGUI" and ending with the revision number such as "7.20rev6.1".

Here is a screen shot illustrating where SAPGUI should be located:

For easy access to the application later, it is recommended that you drag the application to your dock.

It is recommended that you delete the folder containing the older version of SAPGUI found in the SAP Clients folder.  You will need to delete the older SAP shortcut on the dock and create a shortcut on the dock for the new version you just installed.

Double-click the SAPGUI 7.20 application icon to launch it, you will then be presented with the connection screen.

Here is a sample screenshot. There is one choice for the RP1 production server and one for the BP2 server (Business Warehouse).

To connect, click on the desired server, and then click on the button labeled Connect.

Upon successful connection, it will present you with the log-in screen, you can then enter your SAP ID and SAP password to enter the system.