Enabling Note Assistant for TCI for Lower SAP_BASIS Releases (700, 701, 702)

Prerequisites

  • Support Package Manager version 70 or higher.
  • You have the user authorization to SAP_OCS_STD to implement the TCIs.

  • You have performed the following, based on the SAP_BASIS releases:

    Releases

    You have...

    SAP_BASIS 700
    • Downloaded and implemented following SAP Notes if they are valid:

    SAP_BASIS 701

    Downloaded and implemented following SAP Notes if they are valid:

    SAP_BASIS 702

    		 Downloaded and implemented following SAP Notes if they are valid:

Context

As said above, Note Assistant cannot consume TCIs by default. To enable the Note Assistant tool for consumption of TCI, you should implement the bootstrap SAP Note that contains TCI. The following table provides information about the bootstrap TCI SAP Notes for lower SAP_BASIS releases (700, 701, and 702) along with the relevant TCI packages:

Releases

Bootstrap SAP Note

TCI Package

700

SAP Note 2446868 Information published on SAP site

SAPK70000PCPSAPBASIS

701

SAP Note 2444141 Information published on SAP site

SAPK70100DCPSAPBASIS

702

SAP Note 2444141 Information published on SAP site

SAPK70200GCPSAPBASIS

Procedure

  1. Download the TCI:
    1. Search and open the relevant bootstrap SAP Note xxxxxxx based on the SAP_BASIS from SAP Support Portal HomeInformation published on SAP site. For example, SAP Note 2446868 Information published on SAP sitefor 700 release. For more information on relevant bootstrap SAP Notes, refer to the table in the Context section.
    2. Choose Correction Instructions and select SAP_BASIS under the Software Component tab.
    3. On the Correction Instruction view, select the relevant software component version and choose Download. The system provides a SAR file. You have to save the downloaded SAR file into your directory.
    4. Log on into client 000 of the system you want to install the TCI.
    5. Upload the bootstrap TCI SAP Note to the system: Call transaction SPAM, then choose Start of the navigation pathSupport Package Next navigation step Load Packages Next navigation step From Front EndEnd of the navigation path and navigate to the directory, into which you downloaded the SAR file (for example, K70003CPSAPBASIS.SAR).
  2. Define Queue::
    1. In transaction SPAM, display the new support packages.
    2. From the OCS Package Directory: New Packages screen, select the respective bootstrap TCI SAP Note.
    3. To define the TCI queue, click the Calculate Queue button.
    4. Import the TCI queue: Click the Import queue button to import the TCI queue.
    5. Confirm the queue

      Once the queue is imported, you are prompted with the next action - to go to the SAP Note Assistant (transaction snote) and download(Even if the Note is available download it again) and implement the bootstrap note. that the status of the SAP Note is completely implemented. Doing this will automatically confirm the SPAM queue.

  3. Verify the SAP Note Status: Verify if the status of the SAP Note xxxxxxx is set to Completely Implemented.

Results

The Note Assistant tool is now able to consume TCIs for lower releases.
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