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Use

Change recording is an optional capability of the portal and requires that you activate the change recording service in SAP NetWeaver Administrator. In SAP NetWeaver Administrator you need to verify that the change recording service is started. (Super administrator permissions are necessary.)

Note

In a cluster environment, activation of change recording requires restarting the cluster.

  1. Log on to SAP NetWeaver Administrator as follows:

    Modify your portal URL by replacing everything after the port number with /nwa .

  2. Navigate to Start of the navigation path Configuration Next navigation step Infrastructure Next navigation step Java System Properties  End of the navigation path and then choose Show Advanced Properties .

  3. In the Details pane, select the Services tab, filter for PCD , select the service PCD Generic Layer and press Enter .

  4. In the Extended Details pane, filter for IsChangeRecording .

  5. Select Pcd.ChangeRecording.isChangeRecordingActive and choose Modify .

  6. In the Enter Custom Value field of the Modify Property Value window, enter true , press Set , and Save .

Configuration of Properties in SAP NetWeaver Administrator

Following are additional properties of the service Pcd.ChangeRecording that the portal administrator may want to modify:

  • defaultUserID - The user ID of the default changelist owner

  • isCrLockingEnabled - If false , the changed object is available for use by other users during change recording and the object is recorded in the changelist of the default user.

  • isRecordingOfImportsEnabled - If true , the content import operations are recorded.

  • isUserDefaultUserEnabled - If true , changes are listed in the changelist of the default user; if false , changes go to the changelist of the user who makes the changes.

  • includedLocations - The value is the portal ID of the folder (the entire string following pcd: ) and applies to all subfolders.

You can make additional configurations to define the locations affected by change recording in the portal itself. For more information, see Configuring Change Recording