Unicode conversion with MDMP, Errors in various TC´s SAINT , SNOTE,

Question

Hallo All,
We perform CU&UC of R/3 4.6C sandbox system to the ERP 6.0 EHP5.
Currently the upgrade phase is completed and Unicode conversion should
be started (we are in the step "Additional Preparation Steps in NW 7.02
non-UC" in the CU&UC guide).
In various transactions (PFCG - Generating of profiles, SPAM/SAINT ) we
received an error "SAP characters 00367 and 00065 are not unique in
character set 1180". As a workaround we temporarily deleted Polish
language (PL) in program RSCPINST and activated (so only codepage 1100
was active). Currently we have activated the Polish language again.
In the source 4.6C system TMB (created by System Copy from productive
system PMB) there was also the configuration in RSCPINST of more than 1
codepage (1100, 1401) and in TCPDB table 1180 codepage was configured
(see attached pictures).
Our question :
How is it possible to avoid this situation in upgrades of following
system (IMB, QMB, PMB)? Could this configuration cause any
problems/inconsistencies during/after Unicode conversion export &
import ?
Regards Peter Gauer

Answer 1

Hello Nils,
After upgrade, before unicode conversion we got the following error message in PFCG, SAINT,..
"SAP characters 00367 and 00065 are not unique in character set 1180"
I got the information from T-Systems that they excluded polish languages out of RSCINST,
then codepage 1100 was used, than T-Systems added polish language again to have the original situation.
First message I got with the simulation (choose  blank latin-1)
The required language combination is supported
only in Unicode systems
Please refer to SAP Note 73606.
Now I Choose: 4EU,  EuropTranslit
and  simulation showed no message above, but went to the next page.
see below
S e l e c t e d   S e t t i n g s :
Language(s):
EN (E) English
FR (F) French
DE (D) German
PL (L) Polish
ES (S) Spanish
Country code:
4EU    EuropTranslit
R e s u l t s :
Code page configuration type:
Non-Unicode - Single Code Page configuration
Processed language entry:
DEFLS
Language(s) and Corresponding Code Page(s):
EN (E) 1180   Transliteration from Latin-2 (...) to Latin-1
FR (F) 1180   Transliteration from Latin-2 (...) to Latin-1
DE (D) 1180   Transliteration from Latin-2 (...) to Latin-1
PL (L) 1180   Transliteration from Latin-2 (...) to Latin-1
ES (S) 1180   Transliteration from Latin-2 (...) to Latin-1
T a s k s :
Required OS locales and their current status:
Locale installed     = the locale is installed correctly
Set locale failed    = the locale needs to be corrected on the app server
citmb07_TMB_07       de_DE.ISO-8859-1               Locale installed
                     en_US.ISO-8859-1               Locale installed
                     fr_FR.ISO-8859-1               Locale installed
                     de_DE.ISO-8859-1               Locale installed
                     es_ES.ISO-8859-1               Locale installed
Required profile parameter modifications:
RSCPINST does NOT change the value of profile parameter.
Please check the value of below parameter(s) after activation.
1)  Please update zcsa/installed_languages.
    e.g. Copy the new value and paste it into a field in transaction RZ10
New:                  DEFLS
Current (sorted):
citmb07_TMB_07       DEFLS
2)  Please proceed with Check result for below parameter(s):
OK     Checked and no inconsistency found.
Regards Peter