automatic transport of TR concept

[Expert]

For the "start within" in the Import Automation Settings, what should be the value for the transport to be imported let's say every 2 min or immediately after reaches the test system? also, can I get an example explaining the "start within" values (let's use 1,16, and 24 hours).

I've been through the documentation in SAP help portal and the concept is still vague to me.

[Expert · Accepted solution]

Here is the official explanation of the Automation settings: "choose the earliest start time for your import. You can determine the number of hours within which the automated import should start. The start of the automated import depends on the system utilization. At the end of the automated import time range, the import process of collections won't end immediately. It'll still finish running the imports but not start new ones from the transport queue" - (refer this help doc - section Transport Automation - https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/0f69f8fb28ac4bf48d2b57b9637e81fa/74940689b4a54c89a04f11dc....

These automation settings for imports into the test system, provide us the option of selecting the frequency (days/week) and the start time (dont think it is possible to schedule imports immediately, but rather only based on the selected days). This Best Practices help page (https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/b249d650b15e4b3d9fc2077ee921abd0/61dca0faa9564765b2ebd5ce3158b54a.html?locale=en-US), provides scenarios (simplified time based vs. Sprint scheduled approach) that you could decide for your specific implementation - we recommend you to check these best practices and decide for your case, check some examples - https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_CLOUD/b249d650b15e4b3d9fc2077ee921abd0/61dca0faa9564765b2ebd5ce....