Transport object from Prod to Dev

Question

Hi Folks,
Developer wants to restore a version of SAP "Smart Form" from production to Dev system as the one in dev system lost some modifications. In Dev system, it was always showing the current active version and there are no traces of old versions or i am not looking in the correct place.
In this particular landscape, there is no transport path between Dev and Prod. We manually FTP transports (Cofile and data files). Could you please, guide how to create a transport with a "Smart Form" from production to dev. After searching the forum, i could find only one posting talking about opening the production system and create a transport.  I can open the production system for a brief period and create a transport but i am seeking for help if any one has done this before.
I am not sure if i have to crearte temporatry transport path.
Thanks a lot in advance.

Answer 1

Hello again rk_007
on this case, you can create a 'temporary' transport route from Production to Development (temporary on the sense that you can delete it afterwards. By all means, this route is just another normal one).  By doing so, you will be able to create a transport request in the Productive system, release it and import it on the other system.
You just have to go to u201CSTMS --> Overview --> Transport Routesu201D, create the route you want and distribute the new configuration. Once that the transport is done you can delete that transport request.
Do you know who to manage transport routes? It's not difficult, you need to go to STMS transaction, click on the routes button (or Shift + F7), go on 'Edit' menu, then 'Transport Route' option then 'Add Transport Route'.
You can find everything explained here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/44/b4a1df7acc11d1899e0000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
Further and valuable information can be found here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/57/38de0c4eb711d182bf0000e829fbfe/content.htm
http://www.sap-img.com/basis/transport-request-within-same-server-different-clients.htm
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/EmTech/TMSassigningclassorpackagetoroute
But there is another option where the creation of a transport route is not needed, which might fit your need (and which I believe it's the FTP option you're already using):: you can create the transport request in Productive system (from SE01) and instead of creating a Workbench transport request, create a Transport of Copies. Once that the request is created, you can add the objects you need manually and release the transport request. The datafile and cofile will be created in the data and cofile directories of the transport directory of the Productive system; now you will have to copy manually (at operating system level) the datafile and cofile of the transport request to the transport directory of the Development system, and go to u201CSTMS --> Overview --> Imports --> double click in DEV --> Extras --> Other Requests --> Addu201D  to add this transport request to the import queue of DEV system. Now you will be able to import it into DEV, avoiding the creation of the transport route from PRD to DEV.
Best regards,
Tomas Black