topic Re: Version management in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Version management

soumya_jose3 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:52:55 GMT

Hi,

Please tell me the difference between the versions in the development database and versions in the version database.

Regards,

Soumya.

Re: Version management

Former Member — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:58:16 GMT

Hello Soumya,

Version management is nothing but the number of versions you are maintained for a report/object.

See, If you are creating a program, you have to save under a transport request, so that you can tranport it into target system. This is the first version of the program.

after some time, if any changes has to do for that report. So you are changing the first version of the porgram. you need to create one more transport request inorder to trasport the changes to the target system. This is the second version.

So Versions are dependent on number of changes requests.

You can see the versions of your program in MENU, UTLITIES~~>VERSIONS~~>VERSION MANAGEMENT.

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Regards

Sasidhar Reddy Malti.

Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Feb 14, 2008 3:55 PM

Re: Version management

Former Member — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Version management is active for all objects of the ABAP Workbench.

U can check with version management..In SE38 editior,

Utilities -

>select version -

> version management..

Version management serves different purposes and user groups:

The developer can keep track of his or her work ("What have I changed?")

The developer can restore a previous version by reactivating it.

The system administrator can monitor work ("Which objects were changed and how in a specific time interval?")

It provides a basis for any auditor who requires a complete history of changes.

It enables customers to use the system to adjust data after they have upgraded to a new release.

Activities

You can access version management from the following:

Object Navigator (SE80)

Transport Organizer (SE09)

Check the table VRSD (Version management: Directory table)

Display and maintenance transactions for Repository objects

Edited by: Mahalakshmi Padmanaban on Feb 14, 2008 8:06 AM

Re: Version management

Former Member — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:16:09 GMT

I guess versions in dev db corresponds to the changes made to a program.In this you can see all versions that the developer had made including the modifiable one.

But in Versions db, you can see only released versions of all objects in SAP. you won't find a modifiable/ unreleased version in the tables.

you can check tables VRSD VRSX VRSMODISRC VRSX3 VRSX4

The version history of changed SAP objects in particular, and customer objects is important for future SAP upgrades.

Cheers

~Arun