Repeating Canceled Updates 
Use
When updates with the status
Error are listed in the Update Requests screen, it is not sufficient simply to correct the error that caused the premature cancelation. You have to repeat the canceled update, otherwise the change is not recorded in the database.
Procedure
To repeat canceled updates, proceed as follows:
- Display the canceled updates. To do this, choose Administration ®
System Administration ®
Monitor ®
Update in the Easy Access Menu, or transaction SM13. Select All, and specify a date and time prior to when the error occurred. You now have to repeat processing for the update records that have the status
Error, or are from the specified time period and are "stuck" in status init, started, auto, or run.
Repeat each canceled update. To do this, proceed according to the status of the update record:
Error: select each of the updates in turn, and choose Update request ® Repeat update for each update.
Update requests for which a repeated update cannot be performed are identified by the symbol 
in the Info column. In such cases, the system automatically terminates the repeat update. Potential causes are:
- Update is performed by batch input. This is shown by the symbol
in the Info column. In such cases, use the Batch Input Manager to repeat the canceled transaction, and then
delete the update request. For further information about this, see 
Correcting Sessions.
The update could result in data inconsistency. In this case, you have to extract the data from the update. For further information about this, see Displaying Users, Transactions and Data from Updates.
Enter the data using the relevant transaction.
In all remaining cases, the update is performed.
init: select each of the updates in turn, and choose Update request ® Repeat update for each update.
Only do this for "stuck" records from the time the problem occurred. Normally, records with the status
init are automatically updated!
started or auto: in exceptional cases, updates can "get stuck", in other words, they remain in an active state, and a (repeat) update cannot then be performed. In such cases, you can reset the status to enable the update to be carried out.
First, check your update server using the Process Overview function (transaction SM50), to ensure that the update is not running in one of the update work processes.
For further information about this, see
Resetting Update Statuses.
Once you have performed a reset, the status of the update record returns to
init and the record can either be updated automatically, or as described above.
There are update records for which a repeat update is not possible. This is indicated by the symbol in the Info column. This is the case if the records contain one or more update modules of the type
V1 repeat update not possible (see Displaying Update Modules).
- Extract the data from all canceled updates that cannot be repeated. You have to re-enter these updates manually.
For further information about this, see
Displaying Users, Transactions and Data from Updates.
Delete all canceled updates that cannot be repeated.
To do this, choose Update requests
® Delete.