Object Changeability in a Customer Content System 

Use

Because changes to objects from SAP Business Content require a comparison and thus require manual efforts, we recommend that you do not change objects if at all possible. Nevertheless if you do want to change SAP objects, we recommend that you limit this to a few very important objects (see Content Delivery by Customers and InfoArea, Application Components and InfoPackage Group).

To prevent customer changes from getting lost with a new delivery of SAP Business Content, the BW Content System does not allow objects delivered by SAP to be changed as a default. The following exceptions to this rule exist in a customer content system.

Object changeability in a customer content system

The following objects can be changed in a customer content system:

·        Objects in the namespace of the role P (Producer)

·        Objects in standard customer namespace (A* to Z*)

Changeability for other objects

You can set other objects imported into your system to changeable by making entries in Content System Administration (see Activities).

Prerequisites

You have set the customer development system as a content development system. You can find more information under System Settings in the BW System.

Activities

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       1.      On the Administrator Workbench: Business Content screen, choose Edit  ® Content System Administration. The Content System Administration screen opens (transaction RSOCONTENT).

       2.      Choose Switch External Content Objects to Changeable. The Changeable Objects in Customer/Partner Content System screen appears.

       3.      Enter those objects that should be changeable into the table with their Object Type and Object Name. Generic entries (with */?) are also possible.

For example, if you want to change all objects that begin with the character string 0AB to changeable, enter 0AB* into the Object Name field.

       4.      Choose the mode of changeability. The following mode are available:

¡        Object Is Not Changeable. This option is the recommended default setting.

¡        Object Changeable, No CTO Connection (D Version unchanged): Only use this option for testing purposes, for example, if you want to set an object to changeable, without transporting it immediately with the Change and Transport Organizer (CTO).

¡        Object Changeable, with CTO Connection (D Version Will Be Adapted): In order to be able to set objects to changeable and to transport them in exceptional cases, we recommend this option.