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This display shows you the changes to a repository object that are required when implementing one or more SAP Notes. The system shows you if any complete or partial changes already exist in your system. The system also informs you in case the Note Assistant is unable to implement a change due to modifications or a Note containing errors.

Features

The display consists of two parts: the navigation area to the left, and the detailed display to the right. In the navigation area, the system displays the parts of the selected repository object. If you double-click any of these parts, the system displays its contents on the right-hand part of the screen, together with the changes that have to be inserted.

Changes to the Source Code

Changes to the source text are displayed in a special Splitscreen Editor. Here, you can also change the source code manually, for example to adjust modifications.

Changes to Tables

The non-source code parts of a repository object are stored in database tables. The changes display shows you the table contents of a repository object and the changes that have to be made to them. The display is provided for troubleshooting by expert users whenever problems arise during note implementation. You do not need to pay attention to this display during the normal course of note implementation. You cannot manually change the changes to table contents contained in the note.

The changes display for a table contains the entire table contents, as well as further information about changes that have been performed and that have not yet been performed. The first column in the display uses a symbol to show you which operation is to be performed with a table entry. The operation may be one of the following:

  • Add a Row

  • Delete a Row

  • Change Non-Key Fields

  • Move a line, possibly in combination with changing non-key fields. (In this case, the first two columns are used for the operation.)

  • No change to the line

The second column uses a traffic light icon to show whether or not the operation is possible.

The remaining columns display the actual table contents.

In addition to the lines containing the actual table contents, the display contains help lines containing additional information about the changes being performed. When the note is implemented, these help lines are not written to the database.

  • When changing non-key fields, the old field value is displayed in a help line below the changed table row. If the field value cannot be changed, the unchanged value is displayed in the table row, and the old value that is to be deleted is displayed together with the new value in two help lines below the actual table row.

  • If a line cannot be inserted because the insert position (the line located immediately in front of the insert position) cannot be found, the system will display the line being inserted and the key value of the line that was not found in two help lines at the end of the table.

  • Lines that are to be deleted are displayed in help lines.

Changes to Files:

Files that are integrated into repository objects are not changed by the implementation of a note with correction instructions. They can only be created or swapped. Examples are files as mime objects or files that are used by the Internet Transaction Server as mime objects.

The Note Assistant displays the file to be deleted and the file to be created. To display files, either double-click the entry or select the entry and choose F2.