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Function documentationStatus-Dependent Import and Selective Import of Transport Requests

 

When you import transport requests into the quality, preproduction, and production systems using the task list (transaction SCMA), the system imports all transport requests in the import queue of the system, regardless of the status of the change document. Using the status-dependent import, you can import transport requests into systems with specific roles, depending on the status of the change documents. Using the selective import, you can remove changes and transport requests from the import.

Example Example

After carrying out all required activities for an urgent change, the change document is in status "Successfully Tested". The Change Manager needs to change the status to "Authorized for Import". Technically, if your project is in the test phase, the transport request is in the import buffer for the production system. In Customizing, you can specify that urgent changes can only be imported when the change has the status “Released for Production”, so the import only takes place when this status has been set.

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Example Example

Usually, after having passed the "Successfully Tested" status, normal changes are imported into the production system, and you cannot prevent these changes from being imported into the preproduction or the production system. Using the status-dependent import function, you can add a status after the "Successfully Tested" status, for example, "Consolidated". The import into the preproduction system then only takes place when normal changes are in status "Consolidated".

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Example Example

You roll-out new and changed functions in consecutive phases, not at the same time. You can remove those transport requests from the import that are to be rolled out in only one of the following phases.

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Prerequisites

You have made the settings in Customizing under Start of the navigation path SAP Solution Manager Next navigation step Capabilities Next navigation step Change Request Management Next navigation step Transport Management System Next navigation step Define Import Strategy for Transport Requests End of the navigation path .

If you make no settings, all released transport requests for a change document are imported, independently of their status.

Features

  • You can only import a transport request when the change document has a specified status.

    Example Example

    You can specify, for example, the following:

    • Transport requests for normal changes can only be imported when the change has the status “Successfully Tested”.

    • Transport requests for urgent changes can only be imported when the change has the status “Authorized for Production”.

    • Transport requests for test messages can only be imported when the message has the status “Confirmed”.

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  • You can specify in Customizing, per project, system, system role and transaction type, whether and how imports are to depend on the status.

  • You can specify that the system displays a popup showing all transport requests for an import, either all or those in a change document with a specific status. You can remove those transport requests or changes that are not to be imported.

    Note Note

    Selecting changes individually can affect the transport request import sequence, because the import buffers of the follow-on systems are modified. Only import selectively if the changes transported are not related to each other, and have no interdependencies.

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  • Integration with downgrade protection: After selecting the changes and transport requests for import, the transport requests are checked for potential downgrade conflicts. If the system finds conflicts, they are displayed in a dialog window. You can either ignore all conflicts or cancel the operation. If you ignore all conflicts, the import continues. The conflicts are recorded in the conflict history and in the application log. If you cancel the operation, the selective import dialog window is displayed again.

    For more information, see Downgrade Protection.

The following table provides an overview of which transport requests are imported with each of the import strategies:

Import Strategy

Change Documents with Specified Status

Change Documents with Non-Applicable Status

Transport Requests without Assignment to Change Document

Original Transport Request

Transport of Copies

Standard strategy (Import all transport requests)

x

x

x

x

Status-Dependent Import

x

x

Selective Import

x (depending on selection)

x (depending on selection)

x (depending on selection)

x (depending on selection)

Status-Dependent Selective Import

x (depending on status and selection)

x (depending on status and selection)

x (depending on selection)