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Procedure documentationPerforming Automatic and Manual Activities

 

To configure a scenario of SAP Solution Manager, you have to perform the automatic and manual activities of the steps belonging to the scenario. For automatic activities, you select the activities you want to perform and the system executes the configuration (without interaction). For manual activities, you perform the configuration yourself according to the documentation provided.

An activity can be optional or mandatory, which affects the status calculation. For more information, see Calculation of Configuration Status.

Note Note

When you install an upgrade or import a Service Package, the system automatically determines which parts of the installation have to be reconfigured. If an activity needs to be performed again, the Updates Needed checkbox is selected.

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Prerequisites

  • From the navigation panel, you have selected a scenario. From the roadmap, you have selected a step.

  • You are in edit mode.

Procedure

Automatic Execution

  1. In the Execution Status column, check the status of an activity to determine whether it is to be performed:

    1. To perform all automatic activities of one step, make sure that the execution status of the activities is Execute, and choose the Execute All button.

      Note Note

      If activities have already been executed successfully, a dialog box appears. You have the option to execute only the activities that have not yet been performed, or were performed with errors.

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    2. To perform only selected activities, in the Execution Status column, set the activities you want to perform to Execute and choose the Execute Selected button.

    3. To temporarily skip activities, in the Execution Status column, set the activities to Postpone.

  2. The system performs the configuration activity.

    Note Note

    To find detailed information on the configuration activity, display the help text of the activity from the Documentation column.

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    In the Status column, the system sets the status automatically. For more information, see Calculation of Configuration Status.

    Note Note

    To perform an automatic activity manually, for example, if the automatic configuration was performed with errors, see the Manual Execution section.

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Manual Execution

  1. To perform an activity manually, display the help text from the Documentation column.

    A detailed description of how to perform the activity is displayed.

  2. To start the transaction or the screen, choose the link in the Navigation column.

    This link is only available if you are authorized for the transaction or application.

  3. Perform the activity as described in the help text.

  4. After performing the activity successfully, set the execution status to Performed.

    If errors occurred when you performed the activity, set the execution status to Performed with Errors.

    Based on the execution status, the system sets the status of the activity in the Status column.

    For more information, see Calculation of Configuration Status.