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Pic 11: SAP standard process ChaRM action, executed late:
To register the relevant ChaRM action as late executed ChaRM action
after the consistency checks have been done, choose IMG activity ‘Determine Execution Time of Actions’ in the IMG with
path ‘…Change Management-> Standard Configuration-> Change Request Management Framework-> Actions in Change Request Management’.
IMG activity 'Determine Execution Time of Actions'
| Transaction type | Status profile | User Status | Seq. | Action | Logic |
|---|
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX2> | 20 | PRM_NEXT_IMP | Execute After Checks |
| | | | | |
Charm Consistency Checks
Pic 12: SAP standard process ChaRM consistency Checks:
To create the relevant ChaRM conditions setting for the Preliminary Import functionality, choose IMG activity ‘Assign Conditions to Status Values’ in the IMG with path ‘…Change Management-> Standard Configuration-> Change Request Management Framework-> Consistency Checks’
| Transaction type | Status profile | User Status | Seq. | Assign Conditions to Status Values | Assign Conditions to Status Values | Message | MT | User status |
|---|
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX1> | 10 | PRELIM_PRD_NOT_IMP | | | A Cancel | E0009 (‘Successfully Tested’ equivalent) |
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX2> | 5 | DGP_CHECK_OK | AI_CRM_CM_MESSAGE | 072 | A Cancel | EXXX1 |
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX2> | 10 | SAME_USER | AI_CRM_CM_MESSAGE | 069 | W Warning | E0009 (‘Successfully Tested’ equivalent) |
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX2> | 20 | PRELIM_PRD_NOT_IMP | | | A Cancel | E0009 (‘Successfully Tested’ equivalent) |
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX3> | 5 | DGP_CHECK_OK | AI_CRM_CM_MESSAGE | 072 | A Cancel | E0004 ( To Be Tested equivalent) |
| <transaction type> | <transaction type>HEAD | <EXXX3> | 10 | PRELIM_TR_IN_PRD_BUF | | | A Cancel | EXXX2 |
Specify Status Attributes
Pic 13: SAP standard process ‘Specify Status Attributes’ values:

Transaction Type: <transaction type>
Status Profile: <transaction type>HEAD
| User Status | System Role Type | Type | Sequence |
|---|
| <EXXX1> | Test System | Processing Phase | 1 |
| <EXXX2> | Test System | Processing Phase | 1 |
| <EXXX3> | Test System | Processing Phase | 1 |
| <EXXX4> | Test System | Processing Phase | 1 |
To create the relevant ChaRM partner setting for the Preliminary Import functionality, choose IMG activity ‘Make Settings for Change Transaction Types’ in the IMG with path ‘…Change Management-> Standard Configuration-> Change Request Management Framework’.
Select the relevant transaction type and choose ‘Use Partner Function’.
Pic 14: SAP standard process ‘Use Partner Functions’ values:

- Field ‘Partner to’ Defines that the business partner of the actual user setting this
status is set into the customized business function -> ChaRM action
SAVE_PARTNER - Field ‘Partner from’ Defines that the business partner maintained in this partner
function is not the business partner of the current user setting this status:
-> ChaRM action SAME_USER
Customize the Partner Functions:
Transaction Type: <transaction type>
Status Profile: <transaction type>HEAD
| User status | Partner to | Partner from |
|---|
| EXXX1 | SMCD0001 | SDCR0002 |
| EXXX2 | SDCR0002 | SMCD0002 |
Or your customer specific partner functions.