Creating System Messages

You create a system message to send important information to the users of an SAP system. You can either create the message for all users on all application servers, or only for the users who are logged on to a particular application server.

Prerequisites

You have configured Remote Function Call destinations.

For more information, see Configuring Remote Function Call Destinations.
You are authorized to use transaction SM02.

For more information, see Standard Authorization Objects.
You have permission Service,Resource(CriticalCustomOperation).

For more information, see Standard Permissions.

Context

A system message is displayed to the users only once. Messages are displayed as follows:

Users who are logging on to the system see the message just after they have logged on.
Users who are already logged on see the message as soon as it is sent.

Users must actively confirm system messages before they can continue working.

Procedure

Choose Operations.
Choose Systems from the tabs.
From the Operations dropdown of the instance, select the operation RFC Create System Message.

Provide the following parameters:

Option	Description
Send to all AS	To create a system message for all running application servers, select this checkbox. To create a system message only for the application server that is currently selected, keep the checkbox deselected.
Message	Enter the text of the message. The message text has a maximum length of 3 lines.
Expiration Date	Set the date after which the message will no longer be displayed to users.
Expiration Time	Set the time after which the message will no longer be displayed to users.
Deletion Date	Specify the date on which the system message will be deleted.
Deletion Time	Specify the time at which the system message will be deleted.
Language	Specify the language if required.
Client	Select a specific client if required. If you enter nothing or an asterisk (*), the message will be sent to all users who are logged on to this system (regardless of the client).

Optional: Select the Set Note chekbox and enter a note to be displayed in the Description column of the instance.
Choose Execute.

Results

You have created a system message. This message will now be displayed to every user working in the system. Users receive all current system messages when they log on to the system.

Next Steps

You can view the log of all tasks involved in the process.

For more information, see Working with Logs.