SPDD / SPAU

Hi Experts,
I am working for an upgrade project from 4.6C to ECC 6.0. I need some clarifications regarding use of SPDD.
im intend to clear certain database before proceed with SPDD using new z program, can i execute this z program before SPDD completed? please kindly help.
thanks.

Hi,
what is the different between SCC4 and SPAU/ SPDD function ?
is it true that during the upgrade , we didnt have to bring object from old system to new system , but instead using SCC4?
Hi Rudy,
SCC4 is the Client Administration view. The only case that you will need it during the upgrade is to allow changes to client 000 during SPDD. SCC4 has absolutely nothing to do with actually transporting objects. If you plan to transport objects from the old release to the new one, you must use STMS. But please be very careful when transporting objects between different releases of an SAP system.
SPDD is used to display and adjust the modified DDIC objects. You must process these objects ("Reset to Original" or "Adjust") as soon as you reach the upgrade phase ACT_< target release >. Once you're done adjusting the objects, you choose "Repository ok". The upgrade phase ACT activates then all the objects of your system.
1. During tech upgrade , basis choose "Continue" instead of choosing "Adjustment completed" .
should we do this SPDD during techncl upgrade process? or do this later after techncl upgrade?
SPAU is used to display and adjust the modified DE objects of the system. The phase SPAUINFO is one of the last Post Processing phases of the technical upgrade. There is a message explaining that, if you want to use the result of the adjustments for a subsequent system, you must not continue. In that case, we just exit SAPup or leave it waiting for an input. As soon as the adjustment is done for ALL objects listed in SPAU, you go back to SAPup again and choose "Adjustments completed".
Your basis consultant choose "Continue" which means that the result of the adjustments won't be used during the technical upgrade of a subsequent system. This has also been the case in almost all the upgrades I've performed myself.
Regards,
Constantina

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Hi Abraham,
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1.If you have choosen strategy resource-minimized, they are adjusted during downtime before the ABAP Dictionary is activated.
copy the cofiles and datafiles in the respective directories. List all the requests in umodauto.lst.
In PREPARE phase ADJUSTPRP the following screen appears
For automatically maintaining your modification in your ystem during the upgrade transport request from earlier upgrades are searched in the umoauto.lst in directory /usr/sap/trans/bin..
The file could not be read
There are several reason why this may be correct
eg: 'this is your first upgrade' or 'your system is not modified'.
Did you expect a list of transports being found?
->Confirm a list of transports to be included in the upgrade
Select Yes & OK
Click on Yes to include the transport
Click Yes to stop the ACT_700 phase and check the results of SPDD
2.You can add additional requests to umodauto.lst
3. Regarding why its how in QA.? Reasons could be
1modification could have been done only in QA
2)Are the DEV and QA are on the same kernel & SP level's

Wht abt the tcodes SPDD & SPAU

Hi Experts,
what abt the tcodes SPDD & SPAU. what is the importance & usage of that tcodes. can anybody explain me.
Thanks,
Satish.

Hi Satish
<b>SPAU - for repository Objects Changes
SPDD -for Data Dictionary object changes</b>
see the doc
SPAU and SPDD Sights:
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
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005vp/helpdata/en/2e/6d66587d9011d396b60000e82de14a/frameset.htm
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Hello All,
Is there any diference between
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Manually
And
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Hi,
selecting "select for transport" is an pointer for the upgrade/ehpi tool that these requests are need to be exported by the tool.
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-- Niraj

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Hello All,
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3. We started our SPAU activities in the ECC 6 UC System after CUUC process completed.
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Hi,
You can add SPDD transport on your non-unicode system in umodauto.lst file and take this file to your quality system (also data file and cofile). So, when you will start upgrade on your quality system then upgrade tool will first read this umodauto.lst file and it will prompt you on the screen to has this transport as SPDD transport. And upgrade tool will then import this SPDD request.
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Hi Gurus,
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Hi Chakru,
You have to know the criticality of SPDD / SPAU objects before adjusting anything during upgrade.
Its always a safe precaution to takecare of SPDD (i.e only Database tables with custom field changes...otherwise you will loose data) adjustments during ACT_700 phase, Later after you upgrade your application you can move in the addtional SPDD/SPAU (i.e. your structures,Domains,pgms,searchhelps,data elements..etc) through transports safely.
I prefer you takecare only SPDD during the upgrade and SPAU adjustments after the upgrade.
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Regards,
Vamshi.

What to do with Deleted objects in SPDD

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I am shashidar Motoori. Currently working in an upgradation project from 4.6 C to Ecc 6.
I am an ABAP developer. When I run SPDD transaction I saw some objects are in " Deleted Objects". What to do with these objects. .Please help me in this

Hi Shashidar.
You can go for more information to the follow Sap note:
[Note 510138 - SPDD/SPAU - Processing of deleted DDIC objects|https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=510138]
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Dear forum members,
during the upgrade of our test system, the spdd transport from the dev system is not correctly taken into account.
All objects processed with modification assistant have correct status but other objects have a yellow status which can be seen here:
http://www.itn.is/~eirikur/sap1/spdd_list.htm
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Hi Eirikur,
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I prefer you manually adjust SPDD tables with fields as first priority(if you dont ajust you will loose the customer changes and data) .Also i have see ur SPDD list under deleted objects there is a SAP std table which was touched by the Customer,it is better you ask the technial team whether you need that object before you proceed otherwise the object will be completly deleted after upgrade.All changes you should include in a single transport request.You dont have to release the transport request because upgrade procedure does it automatically.For Next upgrade you can simply use this Request for adjustment.
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SPAU for Custom program.

Hello,
I am new to Upgrade project.
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Any documentation on SPAU would be appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Abhishek.

Question on SPAU and SPDD.
You have to aware of all related program like BDC's , Screens related errors and all dictionary related problems.
Some function modules may become obsolete, and some screens will change
abnd some new fields will be added in the new versions etc.
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You should be able to know about Unicode concept in sap.
Upgrading within a new version of SAP R/3 :
The upgrade process for the SAP R/3 application does not modify any of the adapter's ABAP development, but it may modify the SAP R/3 application so that some of the adapter's ABAP development does not work properly.
This section describes how to upgrade the adapter's ABAP development in an upgraded SAP R/3 application. Before you can upgrade the adapter, you must have already upgraded your SAP R/3 application.
To upgrade the adapter's ABAP development:
Install the latest ABAP Extension Module transport files for the correct version of the SAP R/3 application.
You must install the correct version-specific transport files. For details on installing these transport files, see Connector transport file installation.
Compile all programs and resolve syntax errors associated with the ABAP development.
The easiest way to find syntax errors is to generate each function group associated with each object and fix the errors one at time. Repeat this process until all function groups compile successfully. Be sure to generate any other programs such as triggering programs that are not associated with a function group. Be aware that minor updates may need to be made to your ABAP triggering programs after applying the required new transports to upgrade the adapter.
If you are upgrading to SAP R/3 version 4.x, note that the 4.x ABAP handlers use the product namespace /CWLD/. For special considerations for upgrading to the connector supporting SAP R/3 version 4.x, see Connector for SAP R/3.
Test the new environment and make modifications as needed.
Only a full system test enables you to work out any problems with the upgrade. Test your event detection mechanisms by running the appropriate transaction or program and sending business objects to the SAP system. Use the connector's log within the SAP system to help identify other issues.
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http://www.thespot4sap.com/upgrade_guide_v2.pdf#search=%22upGRADE%20STEPS%20-%20SAP%22
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Technical Upgrade is only a version upgrade without any functionality changes.
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Includes
Function Groups / Function Modules
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OSS Notes
SAP Repository Objects
SAP Data Dictionary Objects
Domains, Data Elements
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BDC Programs
Print Programs
SAP Scripts, Screens
User Exits
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https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/wiki?path=/display/profile/2007/05/07/upgradeFROMR3TOmySAPERP-PARTII&
https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/profile/UPGRADEFROMR3TOmySAPERP-PARTIII
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/60/d6ba7bceda11d1953a0000e82de14a/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2e/6d66647d9011d396b60000e82de14a/content.htm
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5ac31178-0701-0010-469a-b4d7fa2721ca
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Just want to ask anyone here who has done the upgrade from r/3 4.7 to ecc 6.0 inclusive of ehp4 - is the upgrade runtime extended/longer compared with the upgrade just to ECC 6.0 SR3 ?
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SPDD: This transaction allows you to adjust modifications to ABAP Dictionary objects during an upgarde.
Using this transaction we can adjust the Domains, Data Elements, Tables, Strcutures, Transparent tables, pooled and cluster tables including their technical settings, indexs of transparent tables. If you adjust data elements that have been changed with the Modification Assistant in an earlier release, the changes can be copied automatically.
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       4.      4) Choose Edit ® Select all.
       5.      5) Save your changes.
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SPAU: This transaction allows you to adjust programs, function modules, screens, interfaces, documentation and text elements after an upgrade.
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1) Start transaction SE03 as user DDIC and choose Tools ® Administration ® Set system change option.
       2.      2) Select Modifiablein the Global setting dialog box.
       3.      3) Choose Continue.
       4.      4) Choose Edit ® Select all.
       5.      5) Save your entries.
       6.      Then log on as a normal user, since user DDIC may not perform any repairs.
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Upgrading the Production System: During this phase, the R3up upgrade control program checks whether there are any change requests registered for transport from the development system to the production system. If this is the case, R3up offers to import the transport automatically, instead of you carrying out adjustments with transactions SPDD/SPAU. If you choose this procedure, you still have the option of stopping SPDD/SPAU to check the changes accepted automatically before they are activated.
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If there are more modified objects in the production system than in the test system, they cannot be dealt with by the transport. This means that you have to adjust these objects.
If you had more modified objects in the test system than in the production system and these are also contained in the transport, you import these into the production system with the transport
regards
karthik
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> Hi All,
>
> Please let me know what are the changes we can expect
> in this upgrade from ABAP side .
Did you search the forum?
ABAP Upgrade Documents
> Please let me know procedural steps for starting ABAP
> fixes.
See above thread?
> Please confirm me wether we can get all adjustment
> details what need to be done at ABAP end using SPDD &
> SPAU Transaction codes.
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