topic SPAU in Application Development and Automation Discussions

SPAU

Former Member — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:21:55 GMT

Hi exports,

am working on up gradation project

Could u plz provide the exact role of ABAPers working with SPAU.

points rewarded

Thanks in Advance

Re: SPAU

Former Member — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:24:10 GMT

Tcode SPAU is for adjusting programs and Function Modules.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2e/6d66617d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm

SPAU - for repository Objects Changes

see the doc

SPAU

http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c6/068d380be34e6ce10000009b38f842/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm

Please find below, answers to your questions:

1.What objects will come in SPAU and SPDD?

Ans: All the objects which are modified, after tansporting to the current system,

will be listed in SPAU and SPDD. SPDD contains the list of all modified Data Dictionary objects, like tables, dataelements, domains,view...etc. The rest of all the modified repository objects will be listed in SPAU.

What happens to the modifications done in the older version when we upgrade the version? (with Modification assistant and w/o)

Ans: After the initial upgrade happens, we have to do adjustments from SPAU/SPDD to maintain or reset the changes. That is, from the list of objects in SPAU/SPDD, you have to either carry forward the changes to the new version, by choosing the option ADOPT CHANGES (available on right click) or RESET TO ORIGINAL (available on right click).

Will they come in these transactions?

Ans: yes, they will be listed in these transactions, after the BASIS updgrade activity.

And what if we apply some patches(Notes) to the system? What is the impact of these patches to the SPAU transaction?

Ans: Patches will be supported by the version upgrade. In case of notes, we have to verify whether these notes are supported by the new version (you can go into http://www.service.sap.com/notes to verify this. Also, we have to analyze whther the code in the note is already incorporated in the new version. In this case you can ignore the chanes choosing RESET TO ORIGINAL option

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/2e/6d66587d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm

If you have applied any OSS notes to objects in your system, the hot package may overwrite these objects.

SPDD is used to identify dictionary objects

and

SPAU (repository objects), will identify any objects where the hot package is overwriting changes you have made through OSS notes.

You must check all objects identified in SPAU and decide whether you need to reapply the OSS note or reset the code to the original SAP Code.

Also once the changes have been done you would see a green traffic light.

If you double click on the modified object it will show you a split window where on the left you will have the original version and on right the modified version. So you can choose which to keep and which to reject. You may keep the modified version incases where you know that the notes will only be pakages in the next version.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2e/6d66647d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c6/068d380be34e6ce10000009b38f842/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm

http://www.sappoint.com/oss/spamspau.html

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fe/4b284837bf11d5b3bf0050dae02d7c/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/83/7a18ecde6e11d195460000e82de14a/content.htm

http://64.233.167.104/custom?q=cache:nJasGnXhh4sJ:www.asug.com/client_files/Calendar/Upload/SAP%2520Upgrade%2520Lessons%2520Learned.ppt+spau(SAP)&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&ie=UTF-8&client=pub-3723304925932908

Also the following link is very good

http://www.sapgenie.com/basis/starter.htm

Rewards if useful

Re: SPAU

Former Member — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:32:04 GMT

hello ,

thanks for ur kind information it is useful and could u tell me the main difference between WITH AND WITH OUT MODIFICATION ASSISTANCE .

Re: SPAU

Former Member — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:59:40 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.

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.

also see vofm transaction

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

TO BE MORE CLEAR

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.

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