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Defining the transport process includes determining how you transfer changes from your development system into your production system. This involves defining the transport routes for the SAP systems and defining the process itself (including the tasks and roles).

Transport Routes

The individual SAP systems are connected using transport routes. For more information, see Basics of Transport Control.

The Transport Process

Not only do you need to define the transport routes, you also need to define the process used for transports. This is more of an organizational measure than a technical measure and consists of determining who performs which tasks and when.

In general, the following example steps list the individual activities involved in the transport process in SAP systems.

Sample Process Flow

  1. Release the transport request for the transport.
  2. Review the log files to make sure that the export was successful. If there were errors, you need to correct them before continuing.
  3. Import the SAP system objects into the target system using TMS.

    You can use automatic import for imports into the quality assurance system, but not for imports into the production system.

  4. Review the import logs.
  5. Test your imports thoroughly. If errors occur, repair the objects in the development system and transport the changes to the quality and production systems. (Repeat the steps from step 3.)

    If additional systems exist in the complete system landscape, you need to import the objects into the other systems as well. This is normally not done automatically. You should review all logs to make sure no errors occurred.

Note We do not define the corresponding roles here. You need to define your roles yourself. For more information on the roles involved in the transport process, see Roles in Change and Transport System.