OSS notes

[Former Member]

hi,

where we can see all these OSS notes in SAP ?

are these notes are same on every system?

what does it means,actually?why do we need this?

please specify in simple words.

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thanks

Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Mar 4, 2008 2:42 PM

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is mean by OSS how to work on that?

OSS are online sap support notes. These notes are available online for solving critical problems in sap system.We may use the already existing notes or may add our own quaries.

In order to apply any OSS note, you have to be authorized by your company and be assigned an OSS ID and password.

For any SAP standard program modification, you are required to login to OSS and request for a repair program Access key.

Access the SAP Support Portal:

http://service.sap.com/

- Keys and Requests

-- Request license key

--- Follow the Steps 1 to 5 of the License keys for SAP Business Suite

-

---

Follow this step to obtain the Program Access key:

Menu Path: System -> Services -> SAP Service (Transaction code OSS1)

Login in with your OSS ID and Password

Click the Registration button

Click Register Object

Double click R/3 Value Contract

Fill in the Object Registration for Installation:

For e.g.

PGMID/Object/Name: R3TR FUGR MIGO

SAP release: 46C

Finished, click the Register button

Select the Key number and use the Copy and Paste short key to copy the Access key

You are now able to modify the SAP standard program.

Finished the modification, do remember to transport it to the

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How to apply OSS notes to my R/3 system?

In order to fix one of the problem in R/3 system, SAP will asked you to download an OSS notes which is a ".car" file.

To work with a CAR File do the following at OS Level:

Get into OS as <sapsid>adm

Copy the .CAR file to a Temporary Directory.

Uncompress the file with SAPCAR

Copy the the data file generated in the data transport directory

( ej: = /usr/Sap/trans/data).

Copy the the cofile file generated in the cofiles transport directory

( = ej: /usr/Sap/trans/cofiles).

Run transaction STMS

Upload the support package with SPAM transaction and the support package will show "New support packages".

Examples of CAR command :-

1) UNIX only:

Log on as user <sapsid>adm.

cd /usr/sap/trans

CAR -xvf tmp/<ARCHIVE_NAME>.CAR -V

2) Windows NT only:

Log on as user <SAPSID>ADM.

cd \USR\SAP\TRANS

CAR -xvf TMP\<ARCHIVE_NAME>.CAR

This Will create two(2) FILES

After you run SPAM you MUST run STMS and check the transport queues

As per 315963 note you can direct made the changes in the program or you can apply the support pack.

a) If you want to apply correction then first you need to register the object in SAP, so that you will get the Access key and then you can make the changes.

b) If you want to import the support pack then you need to down load from SAP market-place. and this is in CAR file. and then you need extract the same using CAR utility.

ex: CAR -xvf abc.car

or

you can directly apply the patch from SAPGUI, login to 000 client and then you can load the patch from Presentation server.

Also check what is your current basis patch level?

For example if you want to apply patch 07 and you are having 05 then you need to apply 06 and then apply 07.

Things to take note of:-

It would definitely be better to apply the latest spam/saint spam manager, tp, R3trans and possibly a new kernel patch.

This is not a simple task to complete on the fly. By applying SAP support packs, you may run into problems with SPDD and SPAU adjustments. Also include the fact that the support packages may break one of your transactions. You may want to test this in your sandbox environment, if you have one, before tackling it.

In most situation when you apply support packages, it can takes about 3 weeks to fully test the support packages before you can apply them to the production system.

Do test your "golden" transactions to make sure that they are not broken. If you are not familiar with SPDD and/or SPAU adjustments than do not attempt to load support packages.

You may be better off just to modify the SAP object in question via OSS note.

Regards,

Priya.

[Former Member]

well SAP call them notes, but in real notes are nothing else than Patches or Bugfixes.

You dont need a full new release in SAP, but can patch just the routine or whatever goes wrong.

[Former Member]

Hi,

to be simple:-)

where we can see all these OSS notes in SAP ?

a) tcode : Snote

are these notes are same on every system?

a) as oss note is relased by sap, it will be same .

It doesnt depend on system

what does it means,actually?why do we need this?

a) SAP while relasing the new versions, it has it own errors which are overloooked during the realese.

( i wont mean purely syntax error, but for example, in one satandard report , sap display the material with 14 char length instaed 18 char)

inorder to fix the error in SAP standard code in future, SAP releases oss notes which can be implemented for fixing the issue.

Revrt back if you have any simple issues

Regards,

Naveen