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transport link

Definition

This indicator registers to what extent the object maintenance transaction provides support for transport. The following settings are available:

• No transport
  The maintenance transaction is not linked to transports. An object can only be transported if all components of the object (individual table entries) are placed in a change request using the request editor.

• Manual transport
  The object maintenance transaction offers a manual link to transports. You can branch to it by selecting the Transport menu option. In the transport session, you can then select objects to place them in a Change request. A special transport program may be available instead of the menu option Transport , to place the object in a change request. The setting Manual transport means that changes to the object are not automatically recorded. If the maintenance transaction offers an automatic transport link, in addition to the manual one, you should select the setting Automatic transport .

• Automatic transport
  The maintenance transaction is automatically linked to transports. The system notes all changes to objects (insertion, modification or deletion) in a change request. To automatically record changes to client-specific objects, the option for automatically recording changes has to be active.
  In addition to the automatic transport link, the maintenance transaction also provides a manual transport link. Transport not required This setting is only allowed for dummy objects; it means that the subobject transactions for the object do not make any changes that have to be transported.