topic Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

niamor — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 09:16:27 GMT

Hi all,

I want to compare the source code of a program between SIDs. However, the source code of the program I want to compare contains multiple "include" statements. I am therefore wondering whether SAP code compare functionality exists which automatically compares all included programs (and possibly, functions) as well.

I am aware of SE38 Version management remote compare, SE39 split compare, and SREP. I am however not sure whether these functionalities also consider the included objects.

Many thanks.

Best regards, Niamor

Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

matt — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:49:34 GMT

No. There is nothing built in that does this. I do remember a blog that included a custom program exactly for this functionality.

Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

niamor — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:52:35 GMT

Thanks Matthew.

I will do a search on the program.

I was thinking of another approach: retrieving the ABAP source code using (multiple) Remote function calls. Functions I have identified so far are "RFC_READ_REPORT" and RFC_READ_DEVELOPMENT_OBJECT. I am not sure however whether these are the ones to go with.

Thank you

Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

pokrakam — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:29:15 GMT

What is wrong with SREP? Compare a package and it should all be included. Or if your packages are too big (not good), use the appropriate selection criteria to limit the results to the report and includes you want.

Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

matt — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 09:34:56 GMT

You can simplify matters using FM SVRS_GET_REPS_FROM_OBJECT (locally and remote) to get the code, and then SVRS_COMPUTE_DELTA_REPS to get the differences between the local and remote code. This is what the program RSVRSDC3 uses.

Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

niamor — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:00:46 GMT

Hi all,

FYI: Given TCODE restrictions I have used function "RPY_PROGRAM_READ" to download the program code.

Best regards

Re: Remote code compare which automatically compares included programs as well

matt — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:11:24 GMT

You can compare entire classes in Eclipse, which I've found to be very useful.