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what is a request

Former Member — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:40:59 GMT

hai all..

can any one explain me in detail,what is a request and what are the types of requests and what is the difference between a transport request and a customizing request and what is a workbench request...

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will be rewarded if helpful

Regards,

Jhansi

Re: what is a request

Former Member — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:44:07 GMT

Change requests:- Changes to Repository and Customizing objects are recorded in change requests

Have a look at this

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/4b/b155e40c3e11d3959a00a0c930dcc1/frameset.htm

Transporting Customizing Settings

All system setting changes are put in project-specific change requests. You can transport the system settings into other SAP Systems with the change requests. The change requests are managed in the Transport Organizer.

There are two types of Customizing change requests:

Customizing request

Customizing requests contain changes to client-dependent tables.

Workbench request

Workbench requests contain changes to client-independent tables.

You can monitor the change requests by project in the project management. The Transport requests tab contains the following functions for the current client:

Activate CTS functionality

As prerequisite for creating change requests. When the CTS functionality is active, the pushbutton label changes to Display CTS project data. When the CTS project is finished, the pushbutton label changes to Reactivate CTS functionality.

Assigned CTS requests

Go to Transport Organizer request overview, where you can create requests for a project.

CTS project object list

The project object list is unchanged. When the customizing project is finished, the complete object list can be exported.

CTS project status switch

Sets the project status switch.

End CTS project…

End your customizing project. You can reactivate it later.

See transport control by project for further information about the Change and Transport System (CTS) for customizing projects.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/09/88f330db9911d2b41a00609419f767/frameset.htm

Re: what is a request

Former Member — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:45:15 GMT

There are 2 types of Objects

1) Workbench requests - All the developemt objects which are realted to the developmets(ABAP) will be created under the WB request

2) where as the customized information/data/tables will be created under the Customized requests.

Transportable objects will be transported to one to another system unlike local object. When you are making an object as Transportable object, needs to create REQUEST.

Collection Transportable objects under the unique no i.e Request no.

Regards

KER

Re: what is a request

Former Member — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:48:23 GMT

Hi Jhansi,

you can create 2 type s of requests

Workbench Request & - Used for Objects like programs ,domains etc

Customizing Request - used for data

But you can also create Transport of Copies to transfer data.

Change Requests

Change requests are managed by the Transport Organizer. Changes to Repository and Customizing objects are recorded in change requests.

So that you can differentiate between global changes to the system and client-specific Customizing settings, the CTS records your changes in either a Workbench request or a Customizing request:

Workbench Requests

When you change a Repository object of the ABAP Workbench, a query window appears in which you need to specify a Workbench request. You can only save the changes if you have assigned the object to a change request.

Workbench requests and the tasks assigned to them are normally used to record changes to Repository objects and Customizing for all clients. However, you can also include client-specific Customizing.

Whether the changes to Repository objects are transported depends on whether a transport route is defined from the current SAP System for the package of these objects. From the system settings, the system automatically determines whether the change requests are transportable and to which target system they should be transported.

Customizing requests

Customizing requests record client-specific Customizing settings made in a single client (the source client of the request).

Automatic recording of configuration activities in the Customizing work for a client can be activated or deactivated for each client with Client Control. If automatic recording is active, a query window appears when you change Customizing settings, asking you to specify a Customizing request.

Whether Customizing requests are transported or not, does not depend on the objects entered, as is the case with Workbench change requests. The Customizing requests in an SAP System (or in a client if you use Extended Transport Control) are either all transportable or all local, depending on the system setting. The system uses the standard transport layer to determine automatically whether the change requests are transportable and to which target system they should be transported. However, you can change this manually.

Re: what is a request

Clemenss — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:57:41 GMT

Hi Jhansikiran,

in SAP terminology a request is a task where you create, modify or delete objects in the system.

If you make entries into existing tables or views using a maintenance view, this may be in customizing or using transactions SM30 or SM31, the system will ask you for a request where the changed objects are recorded. This request usually is connected to a transport request. After finishing the work, you release this request to the connected transport request. Then you can export the transport request. This creates a file at operating system level which can be imported to another system. If configured properly, most of these steps run automatically.

This is about customizing requests.

Workbench requests are very similar. The main difference is that a workbench request is for workbench objects as programs, function groups, dictionary tables, structures, views, data elements, domains, sapscript forms and more.

Use transaction SE09 to see and manage (your) requests.

Since some releases, SAP introduced transaction STMS to handle all requests which have been released (exported). This transaction covers the whole SAP sytem landscape allowing to control the way of transport requests through the systems.

This is just a brief description. Check help.sap.com for more.

Regards,

Clemens