Compare
You want to compare a selected group of customizing objects.
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In customizing project processing or customizing project administration, choose
Tools 
Customizing Objects Cross-System Viewer 
in the SAP menu.or
or choose
Tools Customizing Customizing Cross-System
Viewer in the SAP menu. -
Choose one of the three comparison categories in the New Comparison Based On group box as the basis of your comparison:
Category
Comparison based on:
IMG activities
Project IMG
SAP Reference IMG
Application Components
Select components
All components
Further selections
Customizing Piece List/Transport
Business Configuration Set
ALE Distribution Group
Manual Selection
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Choose Create.
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Continue acording to your comparison:
IMG activities
For a comparison based on:
Follow the procedure below:
Project IMG
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Enter a project.
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Choose one of the following options:
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All activities
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Selecting Views
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Selecting Activities
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Choose Continue.
SAP Reference IMG
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Choose one of the following options:
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All activities
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Selecting Activities
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Choose Continue.
Application Components
For a comparison based on:
Follow the procedure below:
Select components
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Choose component(s) from the application component hierarchy.
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Choose Continue.
All components
Further selections
For a comparison based on:
Follow the procedure below:
Customizing Piece List/Transport
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Enter the customizing piece list/transport.
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Choose Continue.
Business Configuration Set
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Enter a Business Configuration Set.
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Choose Continue.
ALE Distribution Group
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Enter the ALE distribution group.
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Choose Continue.
Manual Selection
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Specify object names and types.
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Choose Continue.
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Provide a description for the comparison.
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Specify Client-Specific or Cross-Client.
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Specify an RFC connection, if required.
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Specify the comparison type that you want to execute:
To...
Choose...
Perform complete comparison in dialog
Complete Comparison
Perform complete comparison in the background
Complete comparison in background
Run large jobs in the background and view the results later.
Table fields with value prompt at activation in Business Configuration Sets
If table fields were given the attribute Get Value at Activation when a Business Configuration Set was created (see Create BC Set via IMG Hierarchy), a window containing all variable table fields with their proposed values opens at the start of the comparison. You can change these values before the comparison. You can compare Business Configuration Sets flexibly for various organizational units, for example, company codes 0000 and 0001 in this way.
If you change the value of a Business Configuration Set table field with the attribute Get Value at Activation in a comparison, the most recent value is the proposal in the next comparison of the BC Set.
The comparison shows for each object:
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the total number of entries in the logon system
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the number of entries only in the logon system
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the number of changed entries
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the number of entries only in the comparison system
Both processing status and comparison status are displayed.
If no differences were found, the processing status of objects which were
Open (
) is set to
Completed (
).
Business Configuration Set comparisons
The graphical display of Business Configuration Set comparisons differs from that of comparisons based on other criteria.
The comparison fields show:
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the total number of entries in the Business Configuration Set
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the number of changed entries (cannot be changed after activation)
The constants in a view are the values which were defined as constants in the Business Configuration Set. They cannot be changed.
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the number of changed entries (proposals)
The proposals in a view are the values which were defined as proposals in the Business Configuration Set. They can be changed.
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the number of entries, which are only in the Business Configuration Set (and not in the logon client).