Glossary
Campus on SAP, briefly explained.
The terms from SAP Student Lifecycle Management, from the registry and from SAP BTP – in a sentence or two. If you know SLcM you will find the familiar words here; if you come from outside, the translation.
- Student Lifecycle Management (SLcM)
- SAP Student Lifecycle Management is SAP’s student administration solution for higher education, technically the component IS-HER-CM (Campus Management). It runs inside the SAP ERP system and builds on the SAP HR object model. SAP currently offers it for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.
- Student information system (SIS)
- Software that manages application, admission, student records, course registration, exams, graduation and fees of an educational institution. In German it is usually called Campus-Management-System.
- Study object
- In SLcM the object that represents a person’s pursuit of one programme – with its own status, admission, re-registrations, progression and graduation. Two degrees mean two study objects.
- Module booking
- A person’s registration for a module or teaching event in an academic period. Booking checks run before the booking.
- Booking check
- A rule that allows or prevents a module booking, such as registration window, prerequisites, attempt limit, hold, credit limit, timetable clash and capacity. AcademyTailor runs all seven at once and shows every reason together.
- Degree audit
- The evaluation of which requirements of a programme a person has met, which are in progress and which are open – the basis for advising and graduation.
- Hold
- A flag on the record that blocks certain actions – such as booking with unpaid fees or graduation with missing documents.
- Contract accounting (FI-CA)
- Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable in SAP: the subledger for high-volume receivables in which SAP-based universities manage tuition, payments and dunning. Formerly PSCD in the public sector.
- Accounts receivable (FI-AR)
- Classic accounts receivable in SAP S/4HANA – for institutions that post fees without contract accounting.
- Time slice
- A version of master data with valid-from and valid-to. A change creates a new time slice instead of overwriting the old one – so you can always see what a curriculum looked like on a given date.
- Official notice (Bescheid)
- A legally significant letter from a university, for example on admission, recognition or de-registration – in German-speaking countries with a template, archive and proof of delivery.
- Clean core
- The principle of leaving the SAP ERP core unmodified and building extensions beside it – for example on SAP BTP. That keeps upgrades simple and costs predictable.
- SAP BTP
- SAP Business Technology Platform: SAP’s cloud platform for applications, integration, data and AI beside the ERP.
- SAP CAP
- SAP Cloud Application Programming Model: SAP’s framework for business applications on SAP BTP, with CDS data models and OData services.
- MTX and HDI container
- MTX is SAP CAP’s multi-tenancy. Each tenant gets its own HDI container in SAP HANA Cloud – institutions’ data is separated in the database.
- IAS and AMS
- SAP Cloud Identity Services – Identity Authentication (IAS) for sign-in and the Authorization Management Service (AMS) for roles and attributes as policies.
- Destination and Cloud Connector
- A destination describes on SAP BTP how a target system is reached; the SAP Cloud Connector securely connects BTP with systems in your own data centre.
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
- SAP S/4HANA as a cloud subscription in a dedicated system landscape, usually as part of RISE with SAP. SAP Student Lifecycle Management is offered for it.
- Verifiable credential
- A digitally signed credential whose authenticity any recipient can check herself – without asking the issuer. The W3C standard is the Verifiable Credentials Data Model.
- Learning management system (LMS)
- Software for course content, assignments and learning progress, such as Moodle, Canvas or SAP SuccessFactors Learning. Campus management keeps the record, the LMS runs the course – both sync rosters and grades.
- Corporate academy
- A company’s internal education with its own programme, exams and certificates – often with university-like requirements: registration, capacity, assessment, credential, recertification.
- Flywheel
- A loop that reinforces itself. At AcademyTailor, the lifecycle: whoever is well attracted, supported and credentialed comes back as alumni and lifelong learner – every turn feeds the next with data and people.
Frequently asked
Frequently searched.
- What is SAP Student Lifecycle Management?
- SAP’s student administration solution for higher education, technically the component IS-HER-CM. It runs inside the SAP ERP system on the HR object model and is currently offered for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.
- What is a study object?
- In SLcM the object that represents a person’s pursuit of one programme – with its own status, admission, re-registrations, progression and graduation.
- What is a degree audit?
- The evaluation of which requirements of a programme are met, in progress or open – the basis for advising and graduation.
- What does clean core mean?
- Leaving the SAP ERP core unmodified and building extensions beside it, for example on SAP BTP. That keeps upgrades simple and costs predictable.
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