Customizing Distribution and Customizing Scout Prerequisites  

Purpose

Before you use the Customizing Distribution or compare customizing with the Customizing Scout, you must fulfill their technical prerequisites in the systems involved. This process describes how to make the necessary system settings.

Process Flow

Install and set-up system landscape

You have installed the SAP Solution Manager, as described in the Installation Guide.

The installation guide is in the SAP Service Marketplace service.sap.com/instguides -> SAP Components -> SAP Solution Manager.

Assign authorizations

System administrator

The system administrator or project leader must have the following authorizations in the component systems, to be able to make Customizing Distribution settings:

Authorizations in the component systems

Authorization	Description	Note
S_USER_AUT S_USER_GRP S_USER_PRO	Create user
S_PROJECT S_PROJECTS	Project administration
S_CTS_ADMI	Transport administration	Customizing Distribution only
S_TRANSPORT	Create transport requests	Customizing Distribution only
S_RFCACL	Trusted System connections	Customizing Distribution only

 

SAP Solution Manager system authorizations:

SAP Solution Manager system authorizations

Authorization	Description	Note
S_CD_SYSAC	System access for comparisons	Customizing Scout only
S_CD_SYST	Set up system landscape
S_PROJECT S_PROJECTS	Project administration
S_RFCACL	Trusted System connections	Customizing Distribution only

 

Customizer

All customizers in the component systems have the following authorizations:

Authorizations in the component systems

Authorization	Description	Note
S_TABU_CLI S_TABU_DIS	View maintenance
S_TABU_LIN	Row authorization
S_TABU_RFC	Data transfer by RFC
S_BCSETS	Create and activate BC Sets	Customizing Distribution only

 

All customizers in the SAP Solution Manager system have the following authorizations:

SAP Solution Manager system authorizations

Authorization	Description	Note
S_CD_SYNC	Comparison or Distribution authorization check
S_TABU_RFC	Data transfer by RFC	Customizing Scout only
S_TABU_DIS S_TABU_CLI	View maintenance

 

You can also use the authorization profile S_CUS_CMP in the component systems. You must edit it if it was not already edited during the installation of the SAP Solution Manager. See SAP note 492908.

The role Application Consultant has all authorizations which are needed to set-up the Customizing Distribution in the SAP Solution Manager system.

Client settings

The Customizing Distribution requires that all customizing changes are automatically put in a transport request. Set the clients in the component systems to Record Changes Automatically, in the transaction SCC4. Set all clients in the component systems to changeble in the transaction SE06, and make settings in the transaction SCC4 to allow changes to cross-client customizing.

Check Support Package status

For the minimum Support Package status in the source and target systems, see the SAP Solution Manager configuration guide, or the following notes:

●      SAP note 552457: Prerequisites for Customizing Distribution target systems

●      SAP note 552494: Prerequisites for Customizing Distribution source systems

The configuration guide is in the SAP Service Marketplace service.sap.com/instguides -> SAP Components -> SAP Solution Manager. The relevant chapter is: Implementation and Distribution - Support Package Levels for Customizing Distribution

Setup RFC connections with the System Landscape transaction

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Create the RFC connections for Customizing Scout or Customizing Distribution, in the transaction Set-Up System Landscape (SMSY_SETUP).

Follow the detailed instructions in the System landscape help.

 

	Customizing Scout	Customizing Distribution
RFC connections required	SM_<system ID>CLNT<client>_READ to read data	●      SM_<system ID>CLNT<client>_TRUSTED for interactive access for the Customizing Distribution ●      SM_<System ID>CLNT<client>_BACK to check/display customizing objects which are in an active distribution, and are to be locked

 

For the Customizing Scout:
If you have created RFC connections for SAP R/3 3.1I or 4.0, enter them in the table scdtsysrfc with the transaction SE16, because the system does not do so.

RFC read connection (only for Customizing Scout)

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       1.      Go to the target system to which you want read access with the Customizing Scout, for a customizing comparison.

       2.      Create a user with which you want read access to the target system, in the user maintenance transaction (SU01).

       3.      Assign the authorization profile S_CUS_CMP to the user. Read SAP note 492908 to check the authorization profile for completeness, and enhance it if necessary.

       4.      If no RFC connection has yet been created, create an RFC connection to the SAP Solution Manager system, with the RFC connection maintenance transaction (SM59).

       5.      Save the created user and password in this RFC connection, for future read access to the system with the user.

Create Customizing Distribution project (only for Customizing Distribution)

Follow the detailed description in the Project Administration help (transaction solar_project_admin), to perform the following steps:

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       1.      Create a project in the Project Administration.

       2.      Define a system landscape for this project. Ensure that development systems are defined for all components.

       3.      Generate a project IMG for all development systems.

You go to the Project Administration in the system. Transports, which are also used during customizing, must be created for this project, in the component systems.

       4.      Create customizing and workbench transports for this project.

       5.      If you want to distribute customizing changes after transport change or transport release, create tasks for all customizers in the systems involved, in the transport requests.

       6.      If you want to distribute customizing with the Initial Distribution or timed, as system administrator, create tasks for yourself in the transport requests in the systems involved. If you want to Redistribute Customizing after Errors, you must also have a task in the transport requests in the systems involved.

       7.      Go Back and save your entries in the SAP Solution Manager system.

Load synchronization objects for SAP components

If you use another component than those of the ERP system, e.g. to compare SAP R/3 and SAP MDM, you must load the synchronization objects for these components, to adjust structure differences between SAP ERP and SAP MDM.

Go to the Synchronization group editor and load the synchronization objects with Goto → Load Object Lists.

Result

You can now compare customizing in different systems, with the Customizing Scout. You can also now use the Customizing Distribution.