Displaying Additional Status Information (SAP Library - Support Package Manager (BC-UPG-OCS))

Displaying Additional Status Information

Use

You can display additional status information and the import status for Support Packages.

Procedure

Displaying the Support Packages that are in the System

You can display detailed information about the Support Packages that are available in your system.

To display the Support Package status of your system, select one of the following options under Directory and choose Display:

New Support Packages (have not yet been imported)

Terminated Support Packages (were not imported successfully)

Imported Support Packages (were imported successfully)

All Support Packages

A list appears with information about the selected Support Packages.

The list contains information about the software component, the import status, and the import date. It also contains information about dependencies for Support Packages. This means, about which Support Packages, software components, or add-ons have to be imported as a prerequisite before a certain, additional Support Package can be imported.

Note

This list enables you to analyze errors in detail. You can manually check the import prerequisites in the tree display. You can determine why a queue could not be defined, for example. For more information about errors, see Support Package Manager: Troubleshooting.

The following, additional functions are available:

Displaying Additional Information About a Support Package

You can display additional information about a Support Package.

Double-click the relevant Support Package to display the following information:

Name of the OCS package
Name of the EPS file
Required SPAM/SAINT version
SAP Note about the Support Package, which you must read before you import the Support Package If an SAP Note about the Support Package exists, you can open it by choosing Display SAP Note.

Displaying an Object List

You can display the object list that belongs to a Support Package in the Transport Organizer. To do this, position the cursor on a Support Package and choose Object List.

The object list indicates which objects are contained in the Support Package and whether they have been imported.

Note

You cannot display object lists for new Support Packages. You must have at least started the import of the Support Package.

Checking the Log

You can display the log for a Support Package for steps of the Support Package Manager that use the transport control program tp.

To do this, position the cursor on the relevant Support Package and choose Log.

See: Support Package Manager: Checking Logs.

Defining a Queue Based on a Target Support Package

You can calculate a Support Package queue based on a target Support Package and define it for import.

To do this, proceed as described under Defining a Queue.

Recommendation

If the queue calculation based on a software component contained errors, we recommend that you calculate the queue based on a target Support Package. In this case, the display enables you to analyze errors in detail.

Note, however, that you cannot select multiple software components if you use this method.

Updating Package Attributes

The import prerequisites for the Support Package are defined in the attributes. You do not usually need to make changes to the attributes for a Support Package. However, you can reload the attributes if you want to make sure that the attributes are up-to-date.

To do this, position the cursor on the relevant Support Package and choose Reload Package Attributes.

Searching For a Link in the Tree

For a prerequisite Support Package, you can search for the corresponding Support Package in the tree to view its prerequisites.

To do this, position the cursor on a Support Package under the prerequisite set, and choose Search For Link in Tree.

The system displays the corresponding position in the tree. The prerequisite Support Package is selected.

Displaying the Support Package Level of the Installed Software Components

You can display a compressed overview of the software components that are installed in your SAP system.

To display the software components and their corresponding package level, call the Support Package Manager and choose Status ® Package Level. A dialog box appears that lists the installed software components and additional information.

If a software component is currently being edited by the Support Package Manager or the SAP Add-On Installation Tool, the status is indicated by the color displayed:

Yellow: Processing is at a non-critical stage (queue has just been defined, import is complete, for example)

Red: Processing terminated or is at a critical stage (Dictionary import, main import, for example) The system is temporarily in an inconsistent state.

Displaying the Import Status

To display the import status of a Support Package queue, call the Support Package Manager and choose Goto ® Status ® Queue. A dialog box appears that tells you if the Support Package was imported.