ADM325AS ABAP – Software Logistics

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COURSE OUTLINE.

Course Version: 17Course Duration: 5

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Contents

vii Course Overview

1 Unit 1: Introduction to SAP Software Logistics

1 Lesson: SAP System Landscape1 Lesson: Client Concept1 Lesson: System and Client Change Options

3 Unit 2: Setting Up an SAP System Landscape

3 Lesson: Setting Up the Transport ManagementSystem (TMS)3 Lesson: Extended Transport Control

5 Unit 3: Creating and Exporting Transport Requests

5 Lesson: Customizing and Customizing Projects5 Lesson: Transport Requests for Customizing5 Lesson: Customizing Procedure5 Lesson: Transport Requests for Development5 Lesson: Customer Development6 Lesson: Modifying SAP Objects

7 Unit 4: Importing Transport Requests

7 Lesson: The Transport Process7 Lesson: Imports Using TMS7 Lesson: QA Approval Procedure and Transport Proposals7 Lesson: Import Process8 Lesson: Monitoring Tools8 Lesson: Cleaning up the Transport Directory

9 Unit 5: SAP Note Assistant, SAP Support Packages, SAP Enhancement Packages and SAP System Upgrades

9 Lesson: SAP Note Assistant9 Lesson: SAP Support Packages9 Lesson: SAP Enhancement Packages and SAPSystem Upgrade

11 Unit 6: Client Tools

11 Lesson: Client Copy and Client Transport Tools11 Lesson: Client Compare and MaintenanceTools

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13 Unit 7: Enhanced Change and Transport System (CTS+)

13 Lesson: Enhanced CTS – The Basic Idea13 Lesson: Configuration of the Change and Transport System for the

enhancedCTS13 Lesson: Transport of non-ABAP Objects

15 Unit 8: Appendix: Change Request Management with SAP Solution Manager

15 Lesson: Introduction to Change Control Management15 Lesson: Excursus: Application Lifecycle Management with SAP

SolutionManager15 Lesson: Introduction to Change Request Management

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TARGET AUDIENCEThis course is intended for the following audiences:

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UNIT 1 Introduction to SAP Software Logistics

Lesson 1: SAP System LandscapeLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe SAP systems

● Identify the SAP system landscape recommended by SAP

Lesson 2: Client ConceptLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Identify the types of data in an SAP system

● Explain the client concept in an SAP system

Lesson 3: System and Client Change OptionsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe the system change options in an SAP system

● Describe the client change options in an SAP system

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UNIT 2 Setting Up an SAP System Landscape

Lesson 1: Setting Up the Transport ManagementSystem (TMS)Lesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Set up the Transport Management System (TMS)

● Configure transport routes

Lesson 2: Extended Transport ControlLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain the use of transport target groups and client dependent transport routes

● List the necessary steps to perform transports between different transport groups and transport domains

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UNIT 3 Creating and Exporting Transport Requests

Lesson 1: Customizing and Customizing ProjectsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain the use of customizing

● Explain how the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG) and IMG projects can be used for customizing

● Explain how the SAP Solution Manager can be used for implementation projects

Lesson 2: Transport Requests for CustomizingLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Create transport requests for customizing

● List the tools used for managing transport requests

Lesson 3: Customizing ProcedureLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe the customizing procedure

Lesson 4: Transport Requests for DevelopmentLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Create Workbench Transport requests

● Identify various implementation tools used for customizing and development

● Describe the function of the Transport Organizer

Lesson 5: Customer DevelopmentLesson Objectives

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After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Perform customer development

● Understand the principles of the version management

● Check and adjust the Transport Organizer settings

Lesson 6: Modifying SAP ObjectsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Outline the ides of modifications

● Describe the difference between customer development and modifications

● Describe how the Modification Assistant assists developers

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UNIT 4 Importing Transport Requests

Lesson 1: The Transport ProcessLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Outline the transport process

Lesson 2: Imports Using TMSLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Perform imports using TMS

● Explain the relationship between import queues and transport buffers

● Decide whether to import single transport requests, complete projects or to import the entire import queue

● List the different transport strategies

Lesson 3: QA Approval Procedure and Transport ProposalsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain the QA approval procedure

● Describe a situation in which using special transport workflow would be practical

● Explain the transport proposal

Lesson 4: Import ProcessLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain the import process

● Identify the relationship between tp, R3trans and RDDIMPDP

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Lesson 5: Monitoring ToolsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● List Monitoring tools

● Identify the way to ensure a stable development environment

Lesson 6: Cleaning up the Transport DirectoryLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Clean up the transport directory

Unit 4: Importing Transport Requests

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UNIT 5 SAP Note Assistant, SAP Support Packages, SAP Enhancement Packages and SAP System Upgrades

Lesson 1: SAP Note AssistantLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● List the advantages of automatically implementing SAP Notes

● List the goals, functions, and the features of SAP Note Assistant

● Describe Note Browser and list the preconditions for handling SAP Notes

Lesson 2: SAP Support PackagesLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Describe the import of SAP Support Packages

● Reduce the downtime when applying SAP Support Packages

● Perform a modification adjustment during the import of SAP Support Packages

Lesson 3: SAP Enhancement Packages and SAPSystem UpgradeLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Explain the terms update and upgrade

● Roughly explain how an SAP enhancement package installation and an SAP system upgrade works

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UNIT 6 Client Tools

Lesson 1: Client Copy and Client Transport ToolsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● List client copy and client transport tools

● Perform a client copy

● Troubleshoot client copies and client transport errors

Lesson 2: Client Compare and MaintenanceToolsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Perform a client comparison

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Unit 6: Client Tools

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UNIT 7 Enhanced Change and Transport System (CTS+)

Lesson 1: Enhanced CTS – The Basic IdeaLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● explain the basic idea of the enhanced CTS

Lesson 2: Configuration of the Change and Transport System for the enhancedCTSLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● list the configuration steps to configure the Change and Transport System for transporting non-ABAP objects

● create non-ABAP SAP systems in transaction STMS and define transport routes between them

Lesson 3: Transport of non-ABAP ObjectsLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● outline the process of transporting non-ABAP objects with the help of the ABAP Change and Transport System

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UNIT 8 Appendix: Change Request Management with SAP Solution Manager

Lesson 1: Introduction to Change Control ManagementLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● List tools that SAP offers for Change Control Management and describe their use

Lesson 2: Excursus: Application Lifecycle Management with SAP SolutionManagerLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Highlight the benefits from the integration of IT Service Management into Application Lifecycle Management

Lesson 3: Introduction to Change Request ManagementLesson ObjectivesAfter completing this lesson, you will be able to:

● Outline the Process Flow for SAP Solution Manager Change Request Management

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