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Copy Operating Concern including Customizing

In this IMG activity, you can create an operating concern by copying an existing one. There are three ways you can do this:

Note: This step is not intended to be used as a means of creating backup copies of operating concerns that could be imported if needed. No transaction data is copied in this step!

1. Import operating concern
This function lets you copy the customizing settings for an operating concern to another client. In particular, you can use this function to copy one of the standard "templates" from client 000 to your test client.
Note: Unlike the function
Import objects , this function copies ALL the settings for the operating concern, not just individual objects.
The logic for copying settings is different from the logic for transporting in that settings that simply reference the operating concern instead of being dependent on it (such as PA transfer structures) are copied as well. To avoid inadvertently overwriting settings in the target client, you should only use this function when the target client does not contain any customizing settings yet, or when you want customizing in the source and target clients to be identical.
1. Copy operating concern
This function lets you copy an entire operating concern within the same client. You can choose whether you want to copy the data structures only, the customizing settings only, or both. These are copied in separate steps.
a) First you need to copy the data structures. When you do so, you can decide whether the (cross-client) environment should be generated automatically or not. If you want to make changes to the new operating concern after copying it, you should generate the environment later.
Note: To copy the data structures, you must enter a target operating concern name does not yet exist.
b) Once you have done this you can copy the customizing settings. You can also repeat this step as often as required. The data structures in the target operating concern must be active, and they must at least contain the same characteristics and value fields as the source operating concern.
If you repeat the copy, the system overwrites any existing settings.
2. Copy specific objects
This special function lets you copy specific customizing settings between clients or between operating concerns within one client. To do so, you must collect all the relevant tables in a transport request using the transaction Transport objects or the manual transport function in the transaction for each setting. Do NOT release the request. When you call up this function, enter the number of the TASK (not the request). The source client is determined based on the client the transport request is defined for. If you are copying between clients, you cannot change the operating concern. If you are copying between operating concerns, they must be in the same client.
Caution: The system cannot automatically check whether all the table entries in the transport request belong to the specified source operating concern. You need to pay special attention to this when you use this function.

Log display

For each copying action, the system writes a log in the application log. You can display these logs at any time using transaction SLG1. Use the object "COG_PA" and the subobjects "IMPORT" (Import operating concern) and "COPY" (copy operating concern and copy specific objects).

When you import an operating concern (SAP template), you need to generate the operating concern's environment. In addition, you need to maintain the record types and number ranges.