Export (SAP Library - Change and Transport System)

Export

Exports are usually started within an SAP system (Transport Organizer) or from tp (transport control program), where R3trans is called indirectly.

The control file for an export has the following structure:

export
# < options >
# < selections >

This entry shows a single step. A control file can consist of several steps.

Export Options

You can use the following parameters in control files:

CLIENT = DEFAULT | ALL | <client>

The default is 0. The export is performed from client 0 by default.

Note

Cross-client data is also exported.

The option allows you to perform the export from clients other than 000 or from all clients.

COMPRESS = YES | NO | C | D | P | L

The default is L.

You can export compressed data. The data is automatically unpacked at import. There are the following options:

D: Simple compression, where successive bytes with the same value are grouped together

P: Compression of common prefixes of successive data entries

C: Combination of D and P

L: Compression according to Lempel Ziv (default)

FILE = <file name>

The default is trans.dat in the current working directory. The data is exported to this file.

LANGUAGE = <languages>

Objects belonging to the class TEXT or entries from language-dependent tables are only exported if they exist in one of the languages specified here.

Note

With this parameter, not the differences in upper and lowercase spelling. Lowercase letters in the language vector are not converted automatically into uppercase letters.

RECCLIENT=XXX

You can activate table logging with this R3trans option.

XXX can have the following values:

nnn: Logging is performed only in client nnn for client-specific tables.
mmm,nnn,ppp,...: Logging occurs for the clients listed here for cross-client tables.
ALL: Logging always occurs for all clients for client-specific tables.
OFF: No logging (default)

Note

Only the tables marked appropriately in the ABAP Dictionary are logged (particularly Customizing tables).

For further information, particularly on evaluating these logs, see Note 1916.

SQLTRACE = YES | NO

The default is NO.

With this option, you activate a trace for an R3trans run for a database statement. You can use this trace to determine the causes of performance problems during transports.

This database trace is only implemented for Oracle (tkprof).

Selections for Export

There are various methods for specifying which data is to be exported. Normally this is done using change requests (command files). If this is not possible for any reason, you can also specify selections directly.

Control File Parameters for Control Files

USE COMMANDFILE<change request>: <change request>

Change request that was maintained by the Transport Organizer

Several entries of this type may also be contained in a single step.

USE DEVCLASS <devclass>

R3trans creates an object list DEVC<devclass> with all objects belonging to this development class and exports these objects.

Several entries of this type may also be contained in a single step. This type of selection is especially suited for transporting complete development classes.

Direct Selection

For special purposes (such as repairs), you can export without command files by specifying direct selections of objects in a control file:

SELECT <object> [<whereclause>]

The following objects can be specified directly: CMDFILE, CUA, DATAELEMENT, DOCUMENTATION, DOMAIN, DYNPRO, REPORT, SQLTABLE, TABLE.

You have the following options in <whereclause>:

WHERE NAME = <name>, where <name> can also end with "*" (for generic names)

WHERE NAME BETWEEN <name1> AND <name2> for selecting an interval

SELECT * FROM <tabname> WITH KEY <generic key>

This command lets you select records from a table with a generic key.

Example

SELECT * FROM THLPF WITH KEY SAPMS01*