Compare

Prerequisites

You want to compare a selected group of customizing objects.

Procedure

  1. In customizing project processing or customizing project administration, choose Start of the navigation pathTools Next navigation step Customizing Objects Next navigation step Cross-System ViewerEnd of the navigation path in the SAP menu.

    or

    or choose Start of the navigation pathTools Next navigation step CustomizingEnd of the navigation path Customizing Cross-System Viewer in the SAP menu.

  2. Choose one of the three comparison categories in the New Comparison Based On group box as the basis of your comparison:

    Category

    Comparison based on:

    IMG activities

    Project IMG

    SAP Reference IMG

    Application Components

    Select components

    All components

    Further selections

    Customizing Piece List/Transport

    Business Configuration Set

    ALE Distribution Group

    Manual Selection

  3. Choose Create.

  4. Continue acording to your comparison:

    IMG activities

    For a comparison based on:

    Follow the procedure below:

    Project IMG

    1. Enter a project.

    2. Choose one of the following options:

      • All activities

      • Selecting Views

      • Selecting Activities

    3. Choose Continue.

    SAP Reference IMG

    1. Choose one of the following options:

      • All activities

      • Selecting Activities

    2. Choose Continue.

    Application Components

    For a comparison based on:

    Follow the procedure below:

    Select components

    1. Choose component(s) from the application component hierarchy.

    2. Choose Continue.

    All components

    Further selections

    For a comparison based on:

    Follow the procedure below:

    Customizing Piece List/Transport

    1. Enter the customizing piece list/transport.

    2. Choose Continue.

    Business Configuration Set

    1. Enter a Business Configuration Set.

    2. Choose Continue.

    ALE Distribution Group

    1. Enter the ALE distribution group.

    2. Choose Continue.

    Manual Selection

    1. Specify object names and types.

    2. Choose Continue.

  5. Provide a description for the comparison.

  6. Specify Client-Specific or Cross-Client.

  7. Specify an RFC connection, if required.

  8. Specify the comparison type that you want to execute:

    To...

    Choose...

    Perform complete comparison in dialog

    Complete Comparison

    Perform complete comparison in the background

    Complete comparison in background

    Run large jobs in the background and view the results later.

Table fields with value prompt at activation in Business Configuration Sets

If table fields were given the attribute Get Value at Activation when a Business Configuration Set was created (see Create BC Set via IMG Hierarchy), a window containing all variable table fields with their proposed values opens at the start of the comparison. You can change these values before the comparison. You can compare Business Configuration Sets flexibly for various organizational units, for example, company codes 0000 and 0001 in this way.

If you change the value of a Business Configuration Set table field with the attribute Get Value at Activation in a comparison, the most recent value is the proposal in the next comparison of the BC Set.

Result

The comparison shows for each object:

  • the total number of entries in the logon system

  • the number of entries only in the logon system

  • the number of changed entries

  • the number of entries only in the comparison system

Both processing status and comparison status are displayed.

If no differences were found, the processing status of objects which were Open ( ) is set to Completed ( ).

Business Configuration Set comparisons

The graphical display of Business Configuration Set comparisons differs from that of comparisons based on other criteria.

The comparison fields show:

  • the total number of entries in the Business Configuration Set

  • the number of changed entries (cannot be changed after activation)

    The constants in a view are the values which were defined as constants in the Business Configuration Set. They cannot be changed.

  • the number of changed entries (proposals)

    The proposals in a view are the values which were defined as proposals in the Business Configuration Set. They can be changed.

  • the number of entries, which are only in the Business Configuration Set (and not in the logon client).