Support Package Manager: Settings
Choose Extras ® Settings to go to the dialog box where you can make general settings for the Support Package Manager. These settings influence the behavior of the system when you load and import Support Packages of different types. The SPAM/SAINT updates are an exception, where certain settings are already fixed.
You can set or check the following attributes:
Tab: Load Packages
When you activate the Transmission Monitor, you can follow the progress when you load Support Packages from SAPNet - R/3 Frontend on a graphical monitor. Otherwise, the progress of the download is displayed in the status line.
You see the name of the RFC destination for the connection to SAPNet - R/3 Frontend. You do not need to change the default setting (SAPOSS). To set up the SAPOSS RFC destination, use transaction OSS1.
You can check in which directory on the application server the Support Packages are located.
You can decide whether to display a dialog box with the contents of the CAR/SAR archive before you decompress it. This is the default setting.
You can choose whether you want to delete the CAR/SAR archive, which was transferred to the application server, after decompressing it. This is the default setting.
You can decide whether to save the last used upload directory of your front-end host. This directory then appears as the start directory in the dialog box where you select an archive next time. This is the default setting.
You can enter your own choice of upload directory in the Upload directory field. This upload directory then appears as the start directory in the dialog box where you select an archive.
Tab: Import Queue
When you choose the scenario, you determine which activities you want to be performed when the Support Package is imported.
You use the standard scenario to import Support Packages completely; all steps are performed. If you choose the standard scenario, you can choose between the normal import method, and an inactive import of report source code and texts, to reduce downtime.
Use the test scenario to determine if a modification adjustment is required before the Support Package is actually imported, or if conflicts occur that must be resolved before the import. The test scenario does not import data into your SAP System.
There is no test scenario for SPAM/SAINT updates. A SPAM/SAINT import ignores the scenario you select.
You can determine whether you want the data files to be unpacked from the EPS parcels each time you import Support Packages. This is the default setting.
If you use a multiple system landscape with a common transport directory, it is best to only activate this option in the first system into which you import Support Packages, and to deactivate it in the following systems. This saves time because the data files do not need to be created again in these systems.
You can determine whether to delete the data files after the Support Packages have been imported. This saves hard disk space and is the default setting.
If you use a multiple system landscape with a common transport directory, it is best to deactivate this option, since then you do not need to create new data files in the other systems (see Create new data file above).
This option does not apply to SPAM/SAINT updates.
You can choose to create versions of the objects in the Support Packages in the queue when they are imported. This option is deactivated by default, since it is a good idea only if version creation is active for all imports. This can take a long time and use up a lot of space in the database.
Note that if version creation is activated in the configuration of the transport tools in the Transport Management System (transaction STMS), the VERS_AT_IMP parameter must be set as ALWAYS.
Select this option if you want the programs and screens delivered in the Support Packages to be generated when they are imported.
You cannot influence generation for the SPAM/SAINT update.
If you use this option, the programs and screens are generated only when they are called for the first time.
If you use this option, the programs and screens are always generated. Note that the generation can take a long time and may cause errors.
If you use this option, the programs and screens are generated if the option of generating during the import of these Support Packages has been activated by SAP.
Default Settings in the Support Package Manager
|
Option |
SAP Global Settings |
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Transmission Monitor |
Off |
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RFC Destination |
SAPOSS |
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Display contents before decompressing |
On |
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Delete archive after decompressing |
On |
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Back up previous upload directory |
On |
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Scenario |
Standard |
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Inactive import of report source code |
Off |
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Create new data file |
On |
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Delete data file after import |
On |
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Create object versions during import |
Off |
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Generate ABAP/screen |
Never perform |