OSS note dummy question

[Former Member]

Dear Gurus,

Here is our situation:

We are in the process of uprading our system from SP8 to SP11. For now, the dev and QA systems are stacked with SP11.

At the same time we have some transports we want to import in prod before the implementation of the SPs, but that will be released from the dev which includes the SPs. In that transport, we delete an object. We transported a copy of that transport through SOLMAN to the stacked QA. The deletion did not work. We found an OSS note that is supposed to correct that issue. Here is the question:

Is it possible to implement the OSS note on the productive system which is not yet stacked ? Is that OSS note transport request contain just the corrections instructions and not the source code already corrected ?

Thanks for your input

PY

[Former Member]

Hi PY,

How do you plan to implement the OSS note in production? What does it require (Code corrections, manual activities).

Is that OSS note transport request contain just the corrections instructions and not the source code already corrected ?

I did not quite understand your problem and specifically the underlined text.

Regards,

Shravan

[Former Member]

Hi Shravan,

Thanks for the quick update.

Actually, when I look into a transport request for an oss note, I see entries for the corrections instruction (only ABAP code modifications) and the name of function that is to be changed.

So, I am wondering, if the transport will:

Option 1:

     - implement the corrections instructions to the function in target system (QA or Prod), using the verions of the code that is in the target system

     - then activate the function

Option 2:

     - Transport the source code from the dev to the target system. thusit would mean it will embed the source code from the SP11 dev system to the SP8 productive system...

We might then face some issues as the SP11 also bring a lot of modifications

which option is it going to be used ?

PY

[Former Member]

Definitely option 2. But chances are the object touched by the OSS note are not impacted by SP11. (Do a remote version comparison between dev, quality and prod for all objects in the transport to confirm).

Though it might not matter as it is not a big difference in versions. SAP does not recommend TR's from systems on different SP level as things can go wrong.

Regards,

Shravan

[Former Member]

Hi Shravan

Actually, we are sure the same object is changed by SP11..so, we will postponed the OSS note to include it later

Thanks for your help

Py

[former_member213851]

Hi PY ,

Implementing OSS note on Production Directly (w/o Testing) is not a good idea. As it may lead to Catastrophic effect and severe Escalations if anything goes wrong .

Pierre-Yves Guillou wrote:
Is it possible to implement the OSS note on the productive system which is not yet stacked ? Is that OSS note transport request contain just the corrections instructions and not the source code already corrected ? 
Thanks for your input
PY

To check the consequences of that OSS note and to ensure that nothing goes wrong , try to impliment it on Test client and then after proper Testing from Functional consulatants , import the Transports on Production.

Best Regards,

Sachin

[Former Member]

Hi Sachin

We understand very clearly the effect of the modification given by the OSS note.

the concern is more on the way ti is going to be implemented...

PY