I roto i te 1976, SAP GmbH Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte i der Datenverarbeitung ("Pūnaha, Taupānga, me Products i roto i Data Processing") i whakaturia rite te hoko, me te tautoko āpiti. E rima tau i muri mai, kua whakakorehia te hononga tūmataiti, a ka haere ona tika i runga i ki SAP GmbH. Ko te tari i neke i te tau e whai ake nei ki Walldorf, Germany. E toru nga tau i muri mai, i roto i te 1979, whakarewa SAP SAP R / 2, whakawhānui i te kaha o te pūnaha ki ētahi atu wāhi, pērā i te whakahaere rauemi me te whakamahere production. i roto i te 1981, tukua SAP he hoahoa hou ki te mākete. Heoi, kihai i SAP R / 2 whakapai ake i te wā i waenganui i 1985 me 1990. i tukuna i roto i te 1995 SAP R / 3 me te SAP R / 3 i roto i te 1992 SAP R / 3 ("Pūnaha, Taupānga, me Products i roto i Data Processing") i whakaturia rite te hoko me te tautoko āpiti.
Ko te tau 1981