University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

08/23/2013

Installing SAP GUI on Mac OS X:

Note: This document was written based on the Mac OS X 10.8.4 - Mountain Lion operating
system running Java SE 7 Update 25.
Pre-requisite Software: You need to download and install the Java JDK 7 Environment for Mac
OSX 64-bit. This can be downloaded at http://java.com/jdk.

1) Download the file PlatinGUI-MacOSX-730-#.jar

2) Double-click the PlatinGUI-MacOSX-730-# file and continue through the installation
procedure.

To Access SAP GUI:

1) Open Finder
2) Click on Applications
3) Double-click on SAP Clients
4) Double-click on SAPGUI 7.30
5) Double-click on the application SAPGUI 7.30.

NOTE: If you get the following error, you need to download the Java JDK at http://java.com/jdk.

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

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To Connect to our Servers:

1) Open SAP GUI
2) On the Mac top-menu bar, click on SAPGUI, then Preferences:

3) The Logon Configuration screen should appear.

4) Copy or enter the following URL in the Configuration File box:

http://gui.ucc.uwm.edu/sapgui/connections
5) Click Apply and then Save.
6) Our servers should now be listed on your SAP GUI.

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