How to Download Digitally Signed SAP Notes Using SNOTE Transaction

Based on your SAP NetWeaver version, you have the following ways to download SAP Notes into your system:

NetWeaver 740 and later:

Download Service
HTTP
RFC (Enabled by default until end of 2019. Please see Prerequisites section below for more details)

NetWeaver 700 to 731:

To directly download the digitally signed SAP Notes using SNOTE transaction, proceed as follows:

Prerequisites (Optional)

You have performed the Customizing using the following reports:

Note

This customization is an optional step for preparing SNOTE to consume digitally signed SAP Note. However, for NetWeaver 740 and higher, this is an optional step only until the end of 2019.

Starting 1st January 2020, downloading SAP Note using RFC procedure will no longer be supported. You need to choose a download procedure between Download Service Application or HTTP Protocol.
Defining the settings in the reports is a one-time event. If required, you can change the settings in these reports at any given point in time.

For more information on the Customizing reports, see

Depending upon the settings defined in the Customization, the digitally signed SAP Notes are downloaded.