Individual Comparison

Use

Compares customizing tables and views in two logical systems (clients in either the same SAP system or different ones).

Start the function in the logon client (client of the system in which you are logged on) and then logon in the compare client (client to be compared).

Integration

You can make individual comparisons:

  • using other Cross-System tools

  • independently

Integration with other Cross-System tools

The individual comparison is in the following tools:

You usually start the individual comparison from the extended table maintenance. You can compare and adjust objects in change mode (in display mode you can only compare). You can select entries and copy or delete their contents in your current table. Copied or deleted entries are returned to the extended table maintenance.

Independent individual comparison

The individual comparison can independently:

  • compare tables which are not maintained in the extended table maintenance or maintenance views

    You can only compare because only the extended table maintenance guarantees consistency, performs additional logical checks and records changes (depending on system settings).

  • compare non-customizing tables.

    If the table structure and size allow.

Prerequisites

You must logon to the comparison client to perform comparisons. You must create a Remote Function Call connection.

For more information, see Maintaining Remote Destinations.

Authorizations

Individual comparison requires the following authorizations:

Operation

Logon client

Remote client

Object comparison

S_TABU_DIS (display authorization)

S_TABU_RFC

S_TABU_DIS (display authorization)

S_TABU_RFC

The authorization S_TABU_RFC is in the authorization profiles S_A.SYSTEM, S_A.CUSTOMIZ, and S_CUS_CMP.

Security

The compare client security level must be:

  • 0 (unrestricted)

  • 1 (no overwriting)

You can set this in the client maintenance. For more information, see Maintain Clients.

You must logon to the compare client, even if it is in the same system as the logon client. You must create a Remote Function Call connection. For more information, see Maintaining Remote Destinations.

Features

Selection Criteria

When you make individual comparisons of customizing objects you can:

List format

The comparison lists created by the individual comparison are displayed in a compact table format which you can adjust to your requirements. For example, you can:

  • define your own list format

    You can change various settings, e.g. list width and maximum field length, to optimize your list. You can choose the setting Optimal Field Length, or specify the length of each field (column) individually. You can hide columns which you do not need for your comparison.

  • filter the display

    You can display local and remote view entries consecutively, to show differences.

    You can display differences only.

    You can specify the object types to be displayed.

Utilities

There are utilities to:

  • display difference and object type statistics

  • display an entry type legend

  • display a detailed view for each entry

  • sort the list in ascending or descending order of each field (column).