Business Content - Version Comparison

Hi Folks,
I have a request to provide a list of activated business content objects which have been modified.
I can tell if business content has been installed when I go to Administrator Workbench - Business Content and collect an object. I can also find out more details on differences between the delivered version and the active version using RSD1. If I want a list of active objects, I can go to the metadata repository
However, is there a list or report available to give me list of business content active objects which do not match the delivered version? If not I would like to develop a report.
Any ideas would be helpful,
Thanks,

Try installing the business content for exploring system objects such as
Content Browser (INFOAREA 0BWTCT)
BW Metadata (INFOAREA 0BWTCT_META)
Once you have installed the InfoCubes, infoobjects, etc. Install the related queries to these cubes. Setup the infopackages, load masterdata first, then load the cubes (for content browser, metadata is a remote cube and thus doesnt require dataloading).
Then execute and explore the varios queries. At the very least, it will help you to identify the activated business content that you use. As for comparing the installed content to the delivered content, that might be a bit trickier or more of a manual process. There are also other business content that may be worth exploring for your purposes.
Also of note, the content browser in BI 7.0 already indicates that it is obsolete, but the infocube indicates the new alternative for this.
These reports are also useful for tracking the customer defined objects and queries. Also please note that if you copied business content to a customer name space (0FIGL_V03 --z ZFIGL_V03) that these objects will most likely technically not show up as business content in the reports.
Hope this at least helps or solves your question.
Victor Ayers

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