MyToolKit
OCR in SAP: extract text from a screenshot, without retyping it
A ticket arrives with a screenshot full of article numbers, orders or invoices "stuck" inside the image. You can't select them. Here's how to turn them back into text, ready to paste into SAP, with a single shortcut.
The problem
On SAP, a large share of requests come as screenshots: a user sends you an image of a screen, an email or an export with a list of references. The text lives inside the image, so it's not selectable. The result: you retype every number by hand, eyes bouncing between the image and SAP, slow, tedious, and error-prone.
By hand
You open the screenshot, read a number, type it into SE16 (or a notepad), go back to the image, read the next one… For fifteen 13- or 18-digit references, that's several minutes of typing, with the risk of swapping two digits and breaking your search.
With MyToolKit: a built-in OCR
OCR (optical character recognition) reads the text inside the image and converts it into reusable characters. MyToolKit ships with an OCR triggered by a shortcut: you select the area of the screenshot, and the recognized text lands straight in your clipboard.
- Show the screenshot (ticket, email, PDF…).
- Press the OCR shortcut and draw the area that holds the references.
- The recognized text is copied to the clipboard, ready to paste.
Combined with a cleanup pipeline, you can even chain it: OCR → keep only the numbers → remove duplicates → paste into a SE16 multiple selection. All in a single move.
Try SAP OCR for free
MyToolKit is in free early access. Install it and turn your screenshots into text with a shortcut.
↓ Download MyToolKitFrequently asked questions
Does the OCR work offline?
Yes. Text recognition is embedded in MyToolKit; no image is sent to the internet, which matters for business data.
Does it work on any screenshot?
On anything shown on screen (screenshot, email, PDF, application). The sharper the image, the better the recognition; you can zoom in before capturing to improve the result.
Can I keep only the numbers?
Yes, by chaining a pipeline that extracts digit sequences and drops the rest, handy to grab only EANs or article numbers.