SPAU Modification Assistance

Hi,
we are upgrading the system and needs to clear the spau list. there is a huge list.
I implemented few of this. But i am not able to implement the remaining.¨
I see some types of errors.
1. "Format of correction instructions XXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX ; unable to
read corr. instruct."
2. And other issue is i get a green question mark for some notes.
NOw dont know how to clear this. can somebody help me in this.
Apart from Note correction there are also list in With Modification Assistant
and Without Modification Assistant.
My second query is can ignore the above note errors and move ahead with With
Modification Assistant list. Or i need to clear all Note correction and then
proceed with With Modification Assistant & Without Modification Assistant.
Thanks....

Hi
check this
http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c6/068d380be34e6ce10000009b38f842/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm
Please find below, answers to your questions:
1.What objects will come in SPAU and SPDD?
Ans: All the objects which are modified, after tansporting to the current system,
will be listed in SPAU and SPDD. SPDD contains the list of all modified Data Dictionary objects, like tables, dataelements, domains,view...etc. The rest of all the modified repository objects will be listed in SPAU.
What happens to the modifications done in the older version when we upgrade the version? (with Modification assistant and w/o)
Ans: After the initial upgrade happens, we have to do adjustments from SPAU/SPDD to maintain or reset the changes. That is, from the list of objects in SPAU/SPDD, you have to either carry forward the changes to the new version, by choosing the option ADOPT CHANGES (available on right click) or RESET TO ORIGINAL (available on right click).
Will they come in these transactions?
Ans: yes, they will be listed in these transactions, after the BASIS updgrade activity.
And what if we apply some patches(Notes) to the system? What is the impact of these patches to the SPAU transaction?
Ans: Patches will be supported by the version upgrade. In case of notes, we have to verify whether these notes are supported by the new version (you can go into http://www.service.sap.com/notes to verify this. Also, we have to analyze whther the code in the note is already incorporated in the new version. In this case you can ignore the chanes choosing RESET TO ORIGINAL option
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/2e/6d66587d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm
Regards
Anji

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SPAU: Modification assistant switched off Upgrade ended

Hi,
I am trying to modify an Include in a function group, but I am not able to activate it.It shows a message 'Operation Terminated'.When I checked in SPAU , for the same include it says 'Modification assistant switched off Upgrade ended'. How can I switch on the modification assistant.Its Urgent ..
Regards,
Smitha

Hi,
Double click on the object and go to editing mode; edit if any changes are required .Usually this problem comes if all the changes of old version did not come to new system , manually add those changes and then activate it. The red stop sign will change in to green check. If u dnt have any changes to modify the object the also go to editing mode and activate it manually.
Madhu.
Edited by: Madhu Omer on Apr 16, 2009 12:52 PM

SPAU issues with: Without Modification Assistant: No versions found

Hi,
We have upgraded from SAP 4.7 to SAP ECC 6 with Unicode.
After the upgradation we have started working with SPAU objects.
Currently I am working on SPAU: Without Modification Assistant.
I have gone though some docs in those they have asked to compare the versions using Version Management options.
But when I am tiring to check the Version Management for many of the objects I am getting the message: No versions found
Some of the objects are for which I am getting the message No versions found are as follows :
Selection Views : SAPBRFSTANDARD 100789 23.12.2010 ABCK900506
Programs :RM06BF00 Collective Release of Purchase Requisitions
Transactions FEBA A_1234 13.07.2006 XYZK906487 Postprocess Electronic Bank Statmt
Transaction Variants O4_TIGER1 D_ABCD 18.06.2005 AB5K901250
Screen Variants O4_TIGER1_0999 D_ABC 18.06.2005 AB5K901250
Message Classes 38 General Basis: ABAP Runtime Environment
Maintenance and Transport Objects J_1IEWT_ACKNS D_ABCDE 27.06.2008 ABC3910542
Request you to check and let us know how to proceed.
Thanks and Regards,
Prem.
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Edited by: Thomas Zloch on Jan 18, 2011 12:43 PM

Hi,
in SPAU you will be getting three things..
1>Green light 2>yellow light and 3>Red light
when the upgrade takes place if you see any object under Green that means the changes are automatically carried to the new version from older version
for yellow it has done partially and for red you need to do manually copying the code to the new version.
You have an option is "RESET to original" if you do this , the code will be reset to what SAP provided in the new version. Your old code won't be there.
Please go through the below link to understand about SPAU and SPDD.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm
Regards,
Nagaraj

Adjustment using SPAU for Objects Without Modification Assistant

Hi
How to adjust Objects under Without Modification Assistant.
For example if there is an issue with custom program or BAPI, do I have to manually edit them and adjust to old version.
Cheers
Senthil

Hi,
Tcode SPAU is for adjusting programs and Function Modules.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2e/6d66617d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm
SPAU - for repository Objects Changes
see the doc
SPAU
http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c6/068d380be34e6ce10000009b38f842/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm
Please find below, answers to your questions:
1.What objects will come in SPAU and SPDD?
Ans: All the objects which are modified, after tansporting to the current system,
will be listed in SPAU and SPDD. SPDD contains the list of all modified Data Dictionary objects, like tables, dataelements, domains,view...etc. The rest of all the modified repository objects will be listed in SPAU.
What happens to the modifications done in the older version when we upgrade the version? (with Modification assistant and w/o)
Ans: After the initial upgrade happens, we have to do adjustments from SPAU/SPDD to maintain or reset the changes. That is, from the list of objects in SPAU/SPDD, you have to either carry forward the changes to the new version, by choosing the option ADOPT CHANGES (available on right click) or RESET TO ORIGINAL (available on right click).
Will they come in these transactions?
Ans: yes, they will be listed in these transactions, after the BASIS updgrade activity.
And what if we apply some patches(Notes) to the system? What is the impact of these patches to the SPAU transaction?
Ans: Patches will be supported by the version upgrade. In case of notes, we have to verify whether these notes are supported by the new version (you can go into http://www.service.sap.com/notes to verify this. Also, we have to analyze whther the code in the note is already incorporated in the new version. In this case you can ignore the chanes choosing RESET TO ORIGINAL option
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/2e/6d66587d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm
If you have applied any OSS notes to objects in your system, the hot package may overwrite these objects.
SPDD is used to identify dictionary objects
and
SPAU (repository objects), will identify any objects where the hot package is overwriting changes you have made through OSS notes.
You must check all objects identified in SPAU and decide whether you need to reapply the OSS note or reset the code to the original SAP Code.
Also once the changes have been done you would see a green traffic light.
If you double click on the modified object it will show you a split window where on the left you will have the original version and on right the modified version. So you can choose which to keep and which to reject. You may keep the modified version incases where you know that the notes will only be pakages in the next version.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2e/6d66647d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/2e/6d66647d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/c6/068d380be34e6ce10000009b38f842/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/bc018.htm
http://www.sappoint.com/oss/spamspau.html
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fe/4b284837bf11d5b3bf0050dae02d7c/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/83/7a18ecde6e11d195460000e82de14a/content.htm
http://64.233.167.104/custom?q=cache:nJasGnXhh4sJ:www.asug.com/client_files/Calendar/Upload/SAP%2520Upgrade%2520Lessons%2520Learned.ppt+spau(SAP)&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&ie=UTF-8&client=pub-3723304925932908
Also the following link is very good
http://www.sapgenie.com/basis/starter.htm
Regards,
Naresh

Issues with modification assistant txn SPAU

Hi,
I have suceesfully adjust the changes to newly upgraded system using modification assistant - txn SPAU. But the adjustment category with modification assistant objects under on a different request in Development client 000. Without modification assistant objects under another request in Development client 500. Does it affect the changes made.
Cheers
Senthil

Hi,
All the adjustment should be done in the development client not in 000. So there will not be any issue if you have done changes in client 500.
Regards,
Atish

Spau without modification assistant

Hye all,
Im into upgradation project, In spau tcode > without modification assistant> programs, when im going for version management its displaying some 10 modified versions of tht program, now my Q is that from tht versions which i have to keep in my new version?
Full points will be rewarded.
Thanks,
Vibha

hi,
you have to compare with the version which is existed currently in Production(old version) and the latest one.
sudheer.A

Trapped by the completely useless Modification Assistant !!!!!!!

Hi all you SAP gurus
Some background....
Our system SAP r/3 4.7
We have a number of SAP screens we have modified to include functionality for Quick Address. The modifications were a couple of extra screen elements and a bit of code. This allows the user to populate address information via "Quick Address" into the sap address screen. This worked fine until the latest SAP support pack (SAPKB62070) amended the screens in question (Function Group SZA1 screens 0201 and 0301). The result of the support pack was that our bespoke code was replaced by the newly modified SPack code and screen changes. Modifcation assistant was on.
The problem....
So we thought, easy, all we have to do is re-apply our bespoke code to the now changed screens. However, the Modification Assistant had decided that that's not going to happen !. The Modification Assistant refused to allow any editing of the screens at all. So we checked SPAU and found entries for SZA1 screens 0201 and 0301. We accepted the modifications for these objects in SPAU which created a transport request. The entries in SPAU were cleared and we got the green tick. The Mofication Assistant proudly anounced modifications were now possible, Horray !
But No ! All the Modification Assistant had done was replace the support pack changes with the old code, it had lied, the objects were still unmodifiable. Now we had old unmodifiable code.
To fix this we used the version control to put the support pack changes back in. This worked, however, the entry in SPAU for these onbjects now returned so the Modification assistant now refuses to allow changes to the screens and code.
We are now in the fabled "Modification Assistant Loop of Death !" We cant modify because there are entries for these objects in SPAU. If we sort theses out it puts old code back in and we still cant modify anything. If we restore the correct version a new entry is created in SPAU preventing any further modification.
And No....
We can't switch Moddifcation Assistant off for this object, It won't let us (so don't suggest that and expect any points !!!!)
My general perception of Modification Assistant....
A good idea, but appallingly implemented by SAP, it it is very far from "assisting" anybody.
Cheers,
Hugh "I do not like Modification Assistant" Gemmell

the fiend wrote:
Douze wrote:
Another issue with shuffle:
3 - The podcasts are not taken into account
That's because Podcasts are set to "Skip on shuffle". If you really wish to change that behaviour, in iTunes select the Podcast episode and choose *Get Info/Options* and turn off the tick-in-the-box for *Skip when shuffling.* Then Sync the iPod to make the changes on the iPod as well. (Skip on shuffle is the default and most Podcast listeners prefer it that way.)
Thanks, I wasn't aware of this option set by default. Don't see the point of having this option set as default... podcasts are not in the same spot by default... Anyway I know now what to do to shuffle my music and podcasts
the fiend wrote:
I'm not sure I've understood your first post, about the shuffle feature. Are you doing this in iTunes or on your iPod? (Not that it should make any difference, they should work the same way.) If I have my iPod set to shuffle albums and I start the iPod playing at (for instance) track 3 of "an album", then it should play track 3, then 4 then 5 and so on to the last track of that album. It will not play tracks 1 or 2 from that album. Then it will start at track 1 of "another" album, at random and usually by another artist and play it from track 1 through to the last track. Are you expecting another album _by the same artist_ to be chosen at random? If so, try going into the menu as follows: *Main/Artist/<artist name>/(play).*
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With and without modification assistant

when we do upgrade and in teh upgraded version we can find some objects under modification assistant and some under without modidfication assistant when we run the tcode SPAU..as an abaper what is that we have to do with those objects..Could any one let me know the steps that i have to do with those objects??

check.. may be useful...
We have received many errors and it was really pain to go thruogh each and every error....top of that APO is not giving you vary specific error or some times there are no verbitze for the error..
Follow the steps below will help you lot
Extract the time series to an Info cube before the upgrade
Upgrade the system
De-initialie and Reinitialize the DP/SNP Planning area
Reload the Time series following the upgrade
Adjust the Like profiles
If Old like profile to be used then must assign the planning area to every like profile
If Existing LIKE profile cannot be assigned to several planning area, You must create the LIKE profile for second planning area manuallt with new name
Adjust the Phase-In/Out profile
If Existing Phase-In/Out profile cannot be assigned to several planning area, You must create the Phase-In/Out profile for second planning area manuallt with new name
Adjust the assignment table ( /SAPAPO/FCST_LC was replaced by /SAPAPO/FCST_LC1)
Activate all Infocubes by executing the RSDG_CUBE_ACTIVATE report
Check/Adjust the palnning area Data source
Convert the Note Anchor tables - Execute /SAPAPO/TS_NOTES_CONVERT_40 Report
If inconsistence - execute /SAPAPO/TS_GEN_DOCTAB_CHECK report
Check the converted notes for interactive planning
You must create the DB tables for the planning object structure/planning area - using taransction /SAPAPO/RLGCOPY
Realignment and copying steps must be stored in new DB tables
Adjust planning object ID with /SAPAPO/TS_D_OBJECTS_COPY

Reg: SPAU modification

Hi,
Can any one explain How to repair(Without Modification Assistant) Transaction Variants, Screen Variants and documentation in SPAU transaction
Regards,
Ram

Hi,
Please go through the OSS note 546801 for all your questions on SPAU.
Reward if helpfull.
Regards,
Imran

Modification assistant vs without modification assistant

Hello All,
Can any one explain what is the difference between them?
Thanks,
Vibha

hi
Modifications With the Modification Assistant
If the object has not been adjusted in transaction SPAU, a traffic light appears in front of the object. In the Modification Browser these objects are highlighted. When using Reset to original the active version on the database is confirmed as the new original version. The object remains unchanged. Only the modification data is deleted. When using Modification adjustment the version imported in the last upgrade or Support Package is saved in the modification logs as original. In addition, there are the modifications from the adjustment. The Modification Browser (transaction SE95) gives an overview of these modifications.
If the object has been adjusted, in SPAU either a green checkmark or a stop sign appears in front of the object. If an adjusted object is reset to original, the active version is replaced by the original version saved in the modification logs. The modifications made using the Modification Assistant are lost when you Reset to original.
You can use Reset to original in the category With Modification Assistant also for objects that are contained in note corrections.
Already adjusted data elements cannot be reset to the original version. Edit the data element in the ABAP Dictionary to restore the desired status. You can make use of the version administration to do this.
Modifications Without Modification Assistant, Translations, Migration Objects
If the object appears in the tree in one of the categories Without Modification Assistant, Translations or Migration Objects, always the active version becomes the original version when you use Reset to original. The modification log is deleted, independent of whether the object has been adjusted or not. The object itself remains unchanged. If the object has been adjusted, the user gets a warning message. Unlike with objects supported by the Modification Assistant, the original version no longer exists. The modified active version is confirmed as original version.
regards
ravish
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Table for Modification assistant

Hello Gurus,
When we modify a standard program or program imported from other system, the system will popup for Modification assistant.
Then we will add our coding either using modification assistant or by turnign off modification assistant.
Now my question is, which table will hold the information about the modification assistant for a particular program.
Because, if we have turned modification assistant off, then the program will not popup modificaiton assistant, the next time we change the program. If we have used modification assistant, then it will popup for modification assistant.
So, definitely, this stuff is stored in some DB Table. So, please let me know how this stuff works or in which DB Table, information about modification assistant is stored.
Thanks and Best Regards,
Suresh

Hi,
If you find entry in table SMODISRC means, you have done modification operation off for your object.
Regards
Nimesh S. Patel

Modification assistant in Local Program to be turned ON

Hi all,
I need to get the modification assistant ON for programs created on local system as well,
currently it works only for programs transported from other servers.
Is there a way to prevent the developer from Switching it OFF.
Thanks.

MA will active for the programs which are not in ur domain (package ), but in this case u cannt .
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peram

Modification assistant or similar concept for Z program

Hi,
I have a requirement where I want to switch on the modification assistant for Z programs.
The requirement is such that I want the user to allow to make change for only a particular part of the code the rest part should be frozen for any changes. I think Modification Assistant will partially provide this.
But it seems that MA cannot be used for Z programs. Is there any other way to do this ?
Please pour in your thoughts.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Megha

Hi,
Why dont you try to create 2 objects ...1 main program with editor lock and the other 1 include program where in all the part that the user can change are there..much like the user-exit concept
Just a suggestion.
Regards,
Leonard Chomi

SAPGUI 7.20 patch level 5 problem with Modification Assistant

I'm using SAPGUI 720 patch level 5 on a Windows 7 sp1 machine. There is a serious issue with modification assistant not working properly.
For some reason it does not focus on the correct code line and automatic comments are not inserted either.
Anyone else facing this issue?

Hello Jason,
sounds as if this could be related to the correction from note 1569250 "Focus set to textedit toolbar on roundtrip".
I assume that a textedit control is used in the Modification Assistant - right?
If so the easiest solution for you is to apply hotfix 2 we published couple of days ago (hotfix 2 is available on SAP SMP).
Best regards,
Frank

Switch on modification assistant -- Very urgent

Hi,
How to switch on modification assistant?
I'm facing a problem in a standard include....modification assistant is not appearing
Regards
Jiku

Jiku,
See the below link
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/83/7a18d1de6e11d195460000e82de14a/frameset.htm
To modfy the std programs SAP has provided the Modification assistant to clearly indicate the modification process(like Insert/delete with numbers).
Once you switched off it, you can't make it switch on .
once it gives the complete code accessable(SWITCH OFF), then it won't make it to ON again.
Courtesy-AnjiReddy.
K.Kiran.
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Kiran K

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