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modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:42:56 GMT

Hello All,

Can any one explain what is the difference between them?

Thanks,

Vibha

Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:45:49 GMT

With Modification Assistant all your changes were automatically recorded with some documentation like thing like change no etc

And you have to use the functions like INSERT,DELETE commands from the Menu.

Where as if you switch off the modification assistant it will become a open Text editor and the changes will not be recorded, it look like writing our own program.

Generally when we are doing the STd program changes and the Programs which were already transported to PRD then it is better to use modification assistant.

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Regards

Anji

Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:52:19 GMT

When you do the changes with the modification assistant, it helps you during the upgrade/support pack implementation. At that time you can adjust the objects very fast.

Regards,

Atish

Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 04:56:15 GMT

see the VOFM transaction to get better understnading modification assitants..

Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:11:20 GMT

Modification Assistant helps to identify all the changes made under a particular development request.

It is used as documentation purpose as well as helps while upgrade.

Without Modification Assistant, SAP does not keep track of changes and you'll have to identify changes by comparing 2 different versions

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/60/d6ba5aceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/b8/3cf839fd35384de10000000a11402f/content.htm

Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:16:58 GMT

Modifications With the Modification Assistant

If the object has not been adjusted in transaction SPAU, a traffic light appears in front of the object. In the Modification Browser these objects are highlighted. When using Reset to original the active version on the database is confirmed as the new original version. The object remains unchanged. Only the modification data is deleted. When using Modification adjustment the version imported in the last upgrade or Support Package is saved in the modification logs as original. In addition, there are the modifications from the adjustment. The Modification Browser (transaction SE95) gives an overview of these modifications.

If the object has been adjusted, in SPAU either a green checkmark or a stop sign appears in front of the object. If an adjusted object is reset to original, the active version is replaced by the original version saved in the modification logs. The modifications made using the Modification Assistant are lost when you Reset to original.

You can use Reset to original in the category With Modification Assistant also for objects that are contained in note corrections.

Already adjusted data elements cannot be reset to the original version. Edit the data element in the ABAP Dictionary to restore the desired status. You can make use of the version administration to do this.

Modifications Without Modification Assistant, Translations, Migration Objects

If the object appears in the tree in one of the categories Without Modification Assistant, Translations or Migration Objects, always the active version becomes the original version when you use Reset to original. The modification log is deleted, independent of whether the object has been adjusted or not. The object itself remains unchanged. If the object has been adjusted, the user gets a warning message. Unlike with objects supported by the Modification Assistant, the original version no longer exists. The modified active version is confirmed as original version.

regards

ravish

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Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 05:33:51 GMT

Hi,

There are some client who ask the developers to add comment lines before making any changes to an already existing code...

In such cases Modification assistance should be used so that you can maintain the change history in the code... Modification assistance allows you access only to select portions of a code at a time depending on which button you choose to edit the code...

Use the INSERT button to add new lines in the code...

Use the DELETE button to comment existing lines of code...

Use the REPLACE button to comment a peice of code and immediately replace it with some other code...

Modification assiatance should be maintained when you are applying notes manually instead of using the Transaction code SNOTE...

Without modification assistance the ABAP Editor will look just like a notepad or a wordpad... No INSERT, REPLACE , DELETE buttons will be seen on the menu bar... Never delete any peice of code from any program, just comment it out... You never know when you need the same code back in action!

To turn off modification assistance use the following menu path :

Utilities --> Modification Operations --> Switch off assistance

Hope this helps,

Mamata Swamy.

Re: modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Former Member — Thu, 31 May 2007 08:30:11 GMT

thnks all