The Quick Guide lists the minimum activities you must perform to make the basic Customizing Distribution settings. You can use it for reference, as a quick reference, or as a checklist.
The detailed information refers to other sources of information in which the listed activities are described in more detail.
Depending on your role, you have:
● Authorization to set up Customizing Distribution as system administrator
● Authorization to customize the source and target systems as a customizer
The system settings allow customizing to be recorded in transport requests in the source client (transaction SCC4).
For detailed information about authorizations and client-specific system settings, see: Prerequisites for Customizing Distribution and Scout
The following activities apply for the initial distribution, automatic distribution, and manual distribution of Customizing settings with Customizing Distribution, except where stated otherwise.
Required Activities |
Details |
Check minimum technical requirements |
Configuration Guide: Solution Manager <release> on SAP Service Marketplace /instguides → SAP Solution Manager: Relevant chapter for use case “Implementation and Distribution”, keyword: Customizing Distribution |
System
landscape ● Landscape component Systems: record systems involved in distribution, centrally ● Clients tab: Generate client-specific RFC connections for each product instance: ○ If no client information has been imported yet: Generate RFC connections and read users to update system data ○ Set up trusted system RFC connection for customizing synchronization ○
Return RFC to check
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Prerequisites for Customizing-Distribution and Customizing Scout |
SAP
Solution Manager: Project Administration ● Create Solution Manager Project (Type: Implementation Project) ● Tab: System Landscape/Systems: ○ Define logical components with products/product versions ○ Assign logical systems for system role to development system (corresponds to distribution source and target systems) ● Tab: System Landscape/IMG Projects: ○ Generate IMG projects for logical systems (development systems), with the same name ○ Generate transport requests for IMG projects, and tasks for customizers in source and target requests, at the same time ○ ○ Initial distribution only needs a transport request in the target system. |
Create/Change
Project; |
Set Up
Customizing Distribution: Overview |
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If some
synchronization objects have been defined, for example, to map
customer-specific objects |
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For cross-component
distribution (for example, from SAP R/3 to SAP MDM) or for defined user
objects: Load synchronization objects from target system |
Create and Load Synchronization Objects
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● If synchronization groups that are not predefined by SAP are used: Define synchronization groups in the editor (choose Goto → Synchronization Group Editor in the Set Up Customizing Distribution: Overview initial screen) |
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Recommendation: If there are several transport
requests in the target client: Assign source and target transports by IMG
project |
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● Set Up Customizing Distribution: Details: Automatic or manual distribution: ○ Select synchronization group from input help ○ Select source IMG project for distribution-relevant transports ○ Specify distribution type and source system ○ Specify distribution target system(s) ● If you have problems with automatic (transport-controlled) distribution, set up distribution in the Customizing Distribution: Details screen: ○ Trigger manual distribution of transports (Goto → Customizing Distribution: Individual Transport) or ○ Trigger redistribution of failed distributions of a project (Edit → Automatic Redistribution after Errors) |
Set Up Automatic Customizing Distribution, |
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Analyze
Customizing Distribution Logs |