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Function documentationCreation of Snapshots in the Background

 

You can create snapshots manually or let the system create them automatically at a given time. It is not possible to create them in accordance with specific business transactions.

Features

A log is available after you have carried out this function and contains the following information:

  • Versions that match your selection criteria

  • Versions in which snapshots can currently be created

  • Success message stating that a snapshot was created for the project you entered

If a snapshot could not be created, it could be because:

  • The version has not been released

  • The version was not valid at the appropriate point in time

  • A snapshot already exists for the current project in the specified version

Activities

  • To create a snapshot manually in the SAP Portfolio and Project Management back-end system, choose Start of the navigation path Project Management Next navigation step Versions Next navigation step Create Snapshots End of the navigation path in the SAP Menu and enter a version number and project number.

  • To schedule the creation of snapshots in the background, choose Start of the navigation path Tools Next navigation step CCMS Next navigation step Jobs Next navigation step Definition End of the navigation path in the back-end system.

    Note that you have to create a separate version for each snapshot you create in the background because you can only use a version once for a project.

    Example Example

    You want to create a snapshot every month for a whole year: Create twelve versions each with a validity period of one month and whose names all start with the same characters. Then release them. Enter a placeholder for the first characters of this name (for example, SNAP*) as a version in the batch job. When you carry out the batch job, the system checks the validity of the possible versions and creates a project version with the version that is currently valid.

    Messages in the log inform you about which versions are valid and in which version a snapshot was created.

    End of the example.