Loading an SAP Note (SAP Library - Technical Operations Manual for mySAP Technology)

Loading an SAP Note

Use

You can load SAP Notes into your system from the SAP Service Marketplace or SAPNet - R/3 Frontend. You can do this using an RFC connection (SAP Note download) or with the file transfer method (SAP Note upload).

The SAP Note download has the following advantages:

When you download an SAP Note, you can use the Note Assistant to load it directly into your system from SAPNet - R/3 Frontend.

If other SAP Notes are entered as prerequisites in an SAP Note, the Note Assistant automatically downloads the prerequisite SAP Notes during the implementation (Implementing Correction Instructions).

You can download updated versions of SAP Notes at the press of a button (Updating an SAP Note).

Note

To download an SAP Note, you must create an RFC connection to the SAPNet – R/3 Frontend.

Uploading an SAP Note does not require a permanent RFC connection to the SAPNet – R/3 Frontend. For this, you first download the required SAP Note from the SAP Service Marketplace and save it locally on your front-end PC. You then use the Note Assistant to upload the SAP Note.

Prerequisites

SAP Note Download: You have created an RFC connection to the SAPNet – R/3 Frontend. (See: Activating the Note Assistant)

SAP Note Upload: You have installed the SAP Download Manager, which enables you to load SAP Notes from the SAP Service Marketplace. For more information about the SAP Download Manager, refer to the SAP Service Marketplace under service.sap.com/swcenter.

Procedure

SAP Note Download

In the Note Assistant, choose SAP Note Download.

Specify the numbers of the SAP Notes that you want to download.

Use the selection function to load one SAP Note or a list of SAP Notes.

Confirm the selection.

The system loads the SAP Notes from SAPNet – R/3 Frontend into your database.

SAP Note Upload

Select the correct SAP Note in the SAP Service Marketplace under service.sap.com/notes.

Choose Download.

The SAP Note is added to your download basket. You can repeat this action for as many SAP Notes as you require.

To save the SAP Notes locally on your PC, start the SAP Download Manager. Choose Download.

The SAP Notes are loaded as files into the directory you have specified.

Use the upload function in the Note Assistant (Goto -> Upload SAP Note) to load the SAP Note files into your system.

Result

After you have successfully downloaded or uploaded an SAP Note that did not previously exist in your system, the processing status of this SAP Note is set to new in the SAP Note overview.