Enhancement Packages

[Former Member]

Hi,

Not sure whether this is the right forum to ask this question.

With the recent concept of Enhancement Packages is SAP planning the next release (maybe ERP 7.0 or ECC 7.0)? If yes, any idea when is it like to be released?

Or with this concept of Enhancement Packages SAP is altogether doing away with the concept of releases?

Also does SAP charge for these enhancement packages?

Regards,

Jayesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

Not sure whether this is the right forum to ask this question.

With the recent concept of Enhancement Packages is SAP planning the next release (maybe ERP 7.0 or ECC 7.0)? If yes, any idea when is it like to be released?

Or with this concept of Enhancement Packages SAP is altogether doing away with the concept of releases?

Also does SAP charge for these enhancement packages?

Regards,

Jayesh

[Former Member]

check this link:

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid21_gci1302513,00.html

Regards

Neha

[Former Member]

Thanks Neha.

Would appreciate if somebody from SAP could also address this question along with when is SAP releasing the next enhancement package (EHP4 was released recently in Nov 1008)?

Regards,

Jayesh

[Former Member]

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>(EHP4 was released recently in Nov 1008)?

Yes Right in Nov 2 008 .

Here is the whole Process for install EHP4 on ECC:

[How to install SAP Enhancement Package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/12133] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken];

And here is the whole series(Hostory) of EHP since yet.

[Introducing SAP enhancement packages for SAP ERP|https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/8056] [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken];

And OSS: 1143022,1064635

[Former Member]

Hi,

Upgradation is importertent in the context where the client is working on lower versions and wants to have features such as web enabled business docs such as ADOBE forms etc. Then he must upgrade to a version atleast to ECC6.0.

There is no need for separate license for an enhancement packages, it is cowered under your maintenance agreement.

SAP will maintain enhancement packages for as long as SAP maintains the release upon which the enhancement package is based.

SAP recommends installing the enhancement package for SAP ERP when performing a regular SP stack implementation.

Note: SP stack implementation are set of support packages and patches for the respective product version that must be used in given combination.

Hope this info helps you,

Murthy.

[Former Member]

Hi Check the info below,

The first enhancement package(EHP1) was released to customers in December 2006. Customers began downloading the second package(EHP2) in July 2007. First customers are already implementing the third package(EHP3), which is expected to be fully released later in Spring 2008.

The fourth enhancement package ( EHP4 ) will be in ramp-up stage from November of this year and will be available in completion from year 2009 .

Hope this helps,

Murthy.

[Former Member]

Thanks Murthy.

However if you navigate to the below link, you will find that the 1st EHP was released in Feb 2008, so there seems to be some confusion.

Also any idea when the next EHP (no 5) will be released?

[Former Member]

Hi Jay,

Please donot get confused here, trust what I have written for I have collected all this info to give a presentation on Enhancement Packages at my office. For which I did lot of study and zeroed in all these points.

EHP5 should be out in 2010.

Regards,

Murthy.

[Former Member]

this link could be helpful

pk

[Former Member]

Hello,

There is only one correct starting point for SAP Enhancement Packages.

You will find release strategies/dates, documentation, downloads, best practices, ...

The link is:

https://service.sap.com/erp-ehp

Wim