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The Free of Charge version only supports native XBP functionality provided by the XBP release of the SAP System. This means that depending on the XBP release, it will have different XBP functionality.

SAP CPS takes advantage of transport files that are installed on the remote SAP System and that enhance the XBP and Industry Solutions (IS) functionality offered by that system.

The following illustrates the enhancements that transport files offer.

  • Faster monitoring (all XBP releases)

  • The standard SAP calls only allow SAP CPS to monitor jobs by doing a full table scan on the SAP job table. In larger systems, this can be quite time consuming. To improve performance, an optimized call is included that allows scanning for jobs changed since the previous scan.

  • Extra print parameters (XBP 0.1, 1.0,2.0)

  • Older XBP releases did not allow access to all job print parameters. This extends the functionality found in XBP 2.0. with two new print parameters.

  • Dereleasing jobs (XBP 0.1, 1.0)

  • Older XBP releases did not allow dereleasing jobs. This closely emulates the functionality found in XBP 2.0.

  • External Alerting (XAL)

There was a problem in an XAL RFC call, where a table was not passed correctly. This made it impossible to receive alerts from SAP Systems. A corrected call is included in the transport file and is also available from SAP, see SAP Note 662694 for more information.

  • Variant handling (XBP 0.1 - 2.0)

Variant handling has been improved with additional calls in the transport files.

  • Recipients (XBP 0.1 - 2.0)

It was not possible to get a list of recipients from an SAP System. Calls have been added to retrieve the list of recipients. Recipients retrieval functionality has been added to XBP 3.0.

When should a transport file be loaded

If one or more of the following conditions are applicable:

  • You want to monitor other SAP jobs in SAP CPS, loading the XBP+ transport file is recommended.

  • You want to intercept SAP jobs, and are running XBP 2.0, loading the XBP+ transport file is recommended.

  • You want to intercept SAP jobs, and are running XBP 0.1 or 1.0, loading the XBP+ transport file is required.

  • You want to receive CCMS alerts, loading the XAL+ transport file is required.

  • You want to start and control mass activity runs on systems prior to ERP 2005S, loading the IS transport file is required.

  • You want Variant handling, and you are running XBP 2.0 or lower, loading the XBP+ transport file is required.

  • You want to work with Recipients, and are running XBP 2.0 or lower, loading the XBP+ transport file is required.

The XBP+ transport files

The XBP+ ("XBP Plus") transport file is delivered by Redwood to supply missing functionality in BC-XBP. Several different versions are available for different SAP releases:

SAP Basis/WAS releaseXBP+

Transport files

3.1-4.0b

K000042.B31, R000042.B31

4.5b-4.6b

K900095.B45, R900095.B45

4.6c-710

K900099.I46, R900099.I46
The IS transport files

For Industry Solutions (IS) Mass activities, there is currently only one set of transport files K900101.i46 and R900101.i46 for releases 4.6.4 and 4.7.2.

Note Note

These are the names of the transports at the time of this writing, the names change frequently as the transport files are updated.

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Note Note

If you have a higher SAP basis version you must contact SAP Support Services for more information.

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Procedure

Loading the transport files

  1. Copy the K*.* file to /usr/sap/trans/cofiles directory.

  2. Copy the R*.* file to /usr/sap/trans/data directory.

  3. Open Transaction STMS in SAPGUI.

  4. Choose Import Overview and choose the correct Import queue.

  5. Add the request via menu item   Extra → Other Requests → Add  .

    1. The name of the request is the extension of the K*.* file followed by the name. For example, if the transport to be loaded consists of the files R900099.I46 and K900099.I46, the transport request to specify is I46K900090.

Inspecting XBP Settings

  1. Navigate to   Definitions → Job Definitions  .

  2. Choose Submit from the context menu of the job definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions.

  3. Select the target SAP System, select Show for Interception action and Parent/Child action.

  4. Choose Submit and inspect the output of the corresponding job.

Enabling XBP 2.0 Features

  1. Navigate to   Definitions → Job Definitions  .

  2. Choose Submit from the context menu of the job definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions.

  3. Select the target SAP System, select Enable for Interception action and Parent/Child action.

  4. Choose Submit and inspect the output of the corresponding job, to verify if the settings were applied.

Enabling XBP 3.0 Features

  1. Navigate to   Definitions → Job Definitions  .

  2. Choose Submit from the context menu of the job definition SAP_MaintainXbpOptions.

  3. Select the target SAP System, select Enable with XBP 3.0 features for Interception action.

  4. Choose Submit and inspect the output of the corresponding job,to verify if the settings were applied.