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How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

pokrakam — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:50:25 GMT

Title says it all: I'd like to manually create a new version of a class or program, as we can do from SE38 via menu options Utilities > Version > Generate Version

Sounds like something we should be able to do in Eclipse, but I can't find it. Am I missing something?

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:27:28 GMT

Doesn't look possible.

TBH, I've never needed it since we have local versioning.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

SuhaSaha — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:20:15 GMT

Does "local" version not help? I understand this is local to your eclipse client and you can't share with your colleague.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

pokrakam — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:30:58 GMT

Thanks, yes local versioning is really great, but we need global.

Use case is to have more fine-grained audit than the default transport-generated versions if multiple people change an object within the same transport.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

pokrakam — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:14:20 GMT

Thanks, but no, the point is to create snapshots of multiple changes done within a transport.

I was hoping for a simple solution, of course it's possible to open it in SapGui and generate the version but that's clunky. And for classes it gets messy as you need to switch to the form based editor and open each method to pull a version.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:55:42 GMT

Could you not achieve the same goal using ToCs? I'm pretty sure there's a plugin for that.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:56:15 GMT

And talking of plug ins, that looks like an easy one to do.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

pokrakam — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:23:13 GMT

SAPGUI is already using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, creating a dummy TOCs is upgrading it to a steamroller 🙂

Of course the real solution is Git, but we're not there yet.

I don't have the Java skills or Eclipse know-how to write a plugin either. Not sure it is that straightforward, classes could be tricky as they are all in their own includes with their own versioning and the Eclipse compare merges them. It could be that's why SAP haven't added the feature to Eclipse yet...

Also the GUI solution is only possible in on premise. I might see if I can do something in ABAP.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

FredericGirod — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:01:51 GMT

mike.pokraka I think you said it, the solution is a GIT server

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:11:58 GMT

My plugin design would be to add a run as option. In the outline context menu, you could run as Create Toc, for example, and capture the object name, and then call a FM (or rest service) on the backend which generates a ToC containing only that object.

I've already done most of the work in another app I'm developing, so I'll probably give it a go over the next few weeks. My employer allows me to a few weeks a year for R&D 🙂.

My only concern is I don't actually know much about git so I'm not sure how to make it available for others.

I tell you what - you write the FM, and I'll develop the plugin.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:14:00 GMT

It'd have to be a ToC though, wouldn't it? Generated versions are temporary, I think. When you release the transport, they disappear.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

abo — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:40:52 GMT

I can't even find how to rollback to an earlier version from Eclipse without resorting to the GUI 😕

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

FredericGirod — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:51:44 GMT

c5e08e0478aa4727abc4482f5be390b2 did you try with right-click > compare ... ?

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

abo — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:01:03 GMT

frdric.girod

of course... NOT 😄

That specific menu entry did not inspire me! I kept looking for "version".

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

FredericGirod — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:03:35 GMT

There was this blog, but has you, I prefer using SAPGui when I want to be sure of the action

https://blogs.sap.com/2012/07/24/comparing-abap-source-code-using-adt/

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

pokrakam — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:12:02 GMT

c5e08e0478aa4727abc4482f5be390b2 in the comparison on the top right you have the option of merging non-conflicting changes or overwriting the entire content.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

pokrakam — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:17:26 GMT

matthew.billingham no, generated versions are permanent. At least I'm pretty sure because it used to be my "Git" in the bad old SapGui days. But now you have cast a tiny seed of doubt so I will double check next time I do a transport.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:38:35 GMT

Just checked on 7.31, and definitely temporary.

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 11:44:33 GMT

And on 7.52

Re: How can we generate a new version using Eclipse

abo — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:01:30 GMT

mike.pokraka

no chance to compare against a git repo for local objects in demo installations, right?