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Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:36:48 GMT

Hi all,

I need to compare the code of a report between our test and development systems. I know SE39 will do a compare but when I run se39 in DL2 (development) I can't see TL2(test system) in the list. The same happens when I run se39 in TL2, I can't see DL2 in the list of systems. That's only the first part of the problem. The second part is I can't open the code in our test system. I'm trying to look at the report RV13F501. It is for Transaction VK11. This transaction works fine in our test system but not in development. In development it has a runtime error on the last IF statement:

  IF KOMGF-ZZPMATN IS INITIAL AND LFD_INDEX < R_BEDNG.
    R_SUBRC = 4.
    EXIT.
  ENDIF.
  ADD 1 TO LFD_INDEX.

The problem is ZZPMATN is not in the table KOMGF. However, it isn't in the table in either system so I need to find out why it works in Test but not Dev. Any help would be appreciated!

Regards,

Aaron

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:41:04 GMT

If ZZPMATN doesn't exist in KOMGF then a syntax error should occur. Syntax check both programs in both systems.

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:52:10 GMT

Thanks for the reply. I wanted to do a side-by-side comparison but I can't even view the code in Test. I go to SE38 and type in the report (RV13F501) and it says that RV13F501 does not exist.

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:55:52 GMT

A standard SAP program does not exist in the test system. I think you have other problems then. Therefore there is no point in doing a remote compare if the program does not exist in test.

You need to find out why it is not in the test system.

Have just realised. Is this program an output requirement.

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Martin Shinks

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:58:51 GMT

Well the strange thing is Tcode VK11 works in Test (where RV13F501 doesn't exist) but not in Dev (where RV13F501) does exist.

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:01:08 GMT

Is this program an output requirement program. Who created it. Check the created by user in your dev system and find out what transport it is on.

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:06:12 GMT

Martin,

How do I check the created by user or the transport it belongs to?

Also here are the comments at the beginning of the program. They concern me a bit.

***********************************************************************

*
Report for the access of condition records. *
*
Usage : F *
Table : 501 *
Physical Tab : KOTF501 *
*
Report-Generation from 01/18/2007 17:03:02 *
*
Please do not call this coding directly. You must first call *
the function RV_T681_SELECT_AND_GENERATE to insure that the report *
exists and/or is up-to-date. *
*
Do not change this report; your changes will be lost ! *
*

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:10:19 GMT

You can check by looking at the attributes of the program in SE38. This will tell you who created it. Within SE38, goto menu Utilities->Versions-Version Management. This will tell you if it is on a transport.

The comment * Report for the access of condition records. * suggests to me that it is an output requirement program that will be used to specify if document output (Print, EDI etc ) is requried or not.

The program should be called via standard SAP to determine if output is required or not. I am suprised that this does not exist in your test system. That is why I can only assume it was not created by SAP. These program can be created manually, but usually have the numbers 901, 902 etc in them. As SAP will not use this number range for new programs.

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:18:36 GMT

When I go to version management it says that no version are found. From what I gather the program check to ensure that all data is correct before a save is performed. Tcode vk11 is used to create pricing conditions. Even if I try to compare the code in SAPMV13A I can't do it because the other system (Test or Dev) is not available in the split-screen editor. (SE39) Is there another way to do an automatic compare? I need to find out how the validation is done in Test.

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Aaron Shover

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:24:31 GMT

The strange thing, to me, is that if I do a where used on RV13F501 in Dev (where it exists and is called by tcode vk11) it comes back and says that "Program RV13F501 not found in search area". I checked off every box to search in every area and it isn't found.

EDIT: It is an SAP Program (or so I assume) because when I try to change the program it asks for an access key.

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Aaron Shover

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:25:51 GMT

To be able to use SE39, then the second system needs to be set up as a logical system. This is a basis task.

I think u might have to abandon using SE39 and have two seperate sessions open for both dev and test.

Which user created the program.

I would still want to know y this program is not in test. Should the program still be in dev.

Re: Compare code between systems

Former Member — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:04:59 GMT

Ok, I think I found the answer the problem (but not the question) if that makes sense. We did an upgrade to ECC 5.0 the last weekend of October. If I look in Test and Prod RV13F501 does not exist but RV13F502 does and it has a timestamp of 10/30/06 (the date of the upgrade). Also both RV13F501 and 502 are SAP generated programs. This leads me to two "things".

1. A table/report/data element did not get created in Dev during the upgrade.

2. Somewhere SAP thinks that we have a data element ZZPMATN in table KOMGF. Why it thinks we have this element is beyond me. I guess I am going to do an OSS search on RV13F501 and RV_T681_SELECT_AND_GENERATE to see if anything shows up. Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks for your help,

Aaron