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Function documentationImminent Check

 

The system can detect impending (imminent) downgrade conflicts when transport requests are imported. This kind of conflict would become an actual downgrade if you ignored the conflict.

Example Example

Any kind of transport request (workbench request, a customizing request or a transport of copies) containing, object “A” is imported on top of another transport request containing the same object “A” but with a more recent export time stamp. It is also referred to as an “overtaker”. This situation is reported within Downgrade Protection and the import is canceled.

End of the example.

Prerequisites

See Downgrade Protection.

Activities

  1. When a transport request is imported into the production or quality assurance system, a downgrade check is performed.

  2. If the system detects a conflict, it displays an error message and cancels the import.

    The conflicts are logged and displayed in the Downgrade Protection assignment block in Change Request Management and in the Downgrade Protection dialog box in quality gate management.

  3. To import the transport requests, you can ignore the conflicts in the assignment block or dialog box and repeat the import.

    If you ignore the conflicts and continue with the import, the conflicts are archived in the system.

Recommendation Recommendation

Do not ignore the imminent downgrade conflicts and continue with the import. Import the transport requests in the correct order, including the newer request and its predecessor (if the newer request is in the project import).

End of the recommendation.