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Transport tips & tricks

This blog is a collection of transport tips & tricks.

Questions that will be answered are:

What to do if my transport number range is getting exhausted?
How to find objects in transports?
How to unlock objects in a transport in emergency case?
How to put objects from different transport in new transport?
How to execute program directly after transport?
How to check transport parameters?

Transport number range getting exhausted

If your transport number range gets exhausted, no new transports can be created. To fix this issue run program RSWBO301:

Then acknowledge the new number range proposed.

See also OSS note 2951296 – Transport TR range getting exhausted, which points to OSS notes 1674286 – How to modify CTS transport number range (ABAP) and 106911 – Transport system: number range filled for requests (that explains RSWBO301).

Put objects from different transport in new transport

Go to transaction. SE10 and select your transport. Then select: Request/task –> Object list –> include objects –> select other transport or object.

Find object in transport

Report RSWBO040 can be used to find and object inside transport(s):

Bug fix note for this program: 3237476 – Wrong result when searching for sub-objects in requests/tasks (SE03).

Unlock objects from a transport

In some special cases it might be needed to unlock an object from a transport. Be careful with this. Use program RSWBO099 to unlock objects from a transport:

Transporting ODATA

ODATA transports can be bit messy. Read the FAQ note 2244649 – SAP Netweaver Gateway Odata service transport FAQ.

Transporting in-app extensibility

For transporting FIORI in-app extension read this blog.

Execute program after transport

If you want a program to be executed directly after transport import, edit the transport and a a new object R3TR, XPRA (execute program after transport) and in the object fill the program name.

Most common use case is in transporting Requirements and formulas where it is common to add XPRA action for program RV80HGEN. See this blog.

Checking transport parameters

Start transaction code STMS, select menu Overview / Systems. Now choose a system and select display. On the tab transport tool you can see the transport parameters:

Including customer transports in SUM

You can include customer transports in the SUM procedure. Read more in this dedicated blog.

BRF+ transport issues

For BRF+ transport issues, read this dedicated blog.

Transport sequence and consistency check tool

SAP has a transport sequence and consistency check tool. Read more in this blog.

Adding critical objects to the transport check tool

The transport check tool is a very good SAP delivered tool to check sequences in SAP transports. It also has a feature on the import timing.

The option for online import criticality check is not always understood. The power of this option will be explained in this blog.

Questions that will be answered in this blog are:

How can I check for critical objects in my transport?
How can I filter on the settings per system?

Critical object definition

A critical object is content in your transport that you consider as import for live operations. Examples of critical objects:

Indexes (upon import of index of huge table, your system will be very slow or halted)
Customer extends of tables (upon import the ABAP code will recompile and all current user sessions using that table will terminate with a short dump)
Critical user exits like SAP MV45AFZZ
Any other object you think basis team should validate before importing to productive system

Critical object check implementation in target system

In the target system for import (normally user acceptance system and productive system), you have to maintain table /SDF/OI_CRITOBJ in SM30 with the transport objects:

This is the implementation for the 3 checks mentioned above. Notice the use of the * wildcard.

You can take the values from a transport in the SE10 transaction.

This table you need to fill per target system. This enables you also differentiate per system. For your ECC productive system the values can differ from the BI productive system, etc.

Also make sure that the Solution manager user in the managed system has sufficient rights to remotely read this data. See OSS note 2257213 – Authorizations for RFC users for SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SP02 and higher.

Running the critical object check

When you run the transport check tool transaction /SDF/TRCHECK select the option for Online Import Criticality:

This will now start the analysis. If a critical object is found it will show like this:

Double click on the line will give the details:

In this case it reports on a table extend to EKPO table and it shows that EKPO is read intensively.

This should warn you not to import this with many users in the system, but on a quiet time or even when all users locked out of the system.

Transport set up for FIORI in app extensibility

In the previous blog we explained how to execute in app extensibility for an out-of-the-box FIORI app. This blog will explain how to transport the changes done.

Questions that will be answered in this blog are:

What setup do I need to do for transporting the in app flexibility content?
How to activate the needed apps for transporting in app flexibility content?
How to use the needed apps for transporting in app flexibility content?

Initial setup

To set up the transport mechanism for in app extensibility start transaction S_ATO_SETUP:

These are packages used to only store the data for the key user.

For the final transport, create in SE80 once a final package, for example ZKUFLEX:

Background explanation on this transaction is present in OSS note 2807979 – Information to setup Adaptation Transport Organizer for S/4HANA On Premise system via S_ATO_SETUP.

FIORI apps activation for transports of key user flexibility content

Activate the FIORI app Configure Configure Software Packages. Full instructions are available on the FIORI reference library.
Short summary:

Activate SICF services: NW_APS_ATO_CONF, NW_APS_ATO_LIB and NW_APS_LIB
Activate ODATA service: APS_EXT_ATO_PK_CFG_SRV
Acitvate PFCG roleSAP_NW_APS_EXT_ATO_PK_CFG_APP and assign to your user

Activate the FIORI app Register Extensions for transport. Full instructions are available on the FIORI reference library.
Short summary:

Activate SICF services: NW_APS_ATO_REGI, NW_APS_ATO_LIB and NW_APS_LIB
Activate ODATA service: APS_EXT_ATO_PK_AI_SRV
Activate PFCG role SAP_NW_APS_EXT_ATO_PK_AI_APP and assign to your user

Use of FIORI apps for transports of key user flexibility content

Add the apps to on the FIORI launchpad:

In the app Configure Software Packages add your permanent package you created in SE80:

Also assign a transport request here.

Now you can use the Register Extensions for Transport app to assign you extension to the package and transport:

Select the field and press the button Reassign to Package.

SAP references

Excellent overview blog can be found here.

SAP full help reference can be found here.

Bug fix OSS notes

3282241 – Enhancement of consistency check in S_ATO_SETUP

BRF+ transport issues

BRF+ rules are nice for developers to use, but can give you some serious issues at transport level.

Questions that will be answered in this blog are:

Which tools and analysis programs are available in case I have issues with BRF+ transports?
How to recognize BRF+ transport issues?
Which relevant OSS notes to check in case of transport issues?

BRF+ transport issue detection

BRF+ rules can cause both issues at export (RC-8) and at import (RC-8 or content not updated while transport shows RC-0 or RC-4). Check the transport for BRF+ rules: they start with FDT.

Troubleshooting BRF+ with FDT_HELPERS

The main basis troubleshooting transaction is FDT_HELPERS.

It contains many tools that can assist in issue solving.

BRF+ transport issue support programs

BRF+ versioning and transport information is not displayed by default. You have to switch to expert mode first. See OSS note 2830979 – Versioning and transport information missing in the BRF+ workbench.

Support program FDT_TRANS can be used to put BRF+ rule into a transport (the person that runs this program must be owner of the transport as well):

For mass checking run program FDT_TRANS_MASS_CHECK:

RC-8 upon export

If somebody is still in Edit mode in the BRF+ transport you want to release, then the transport export of the BRF+ transport will end in an RC-8. This is quite hard to detect in the RC-8 export log of the transport. So in case you are faced with export RC-8 of BRF+: ask everybody to go away from the BRF+ edit modes and re-export the transport.

Transport issue OSS notes

You can also check the following OSS notes:

Set up CTS project

This blog will explain on how to setup a CTS project.

Questions that will be answered are:

How to setup CTS project?
How to test if CTS project can be used in SE10 transports?

Set up of CTS project

Start transaction SPRO_ADMIN.

One TEST project is already created. We will now create new project TEST2. Hit the create button and give the project a technical name:

In the overview screen you now can give a long description name:

Goto the Transp.Requests tab to activate the CTS functions (save first is required):

Alternative way of creating the project for CTS only is via SE38 program RSWBO_AUX_PROJECT.

Testing the project

To test if the project is created correctly go to SE10 and create a transport. The project should be visible now:

Transport check tool

SAP has delivered a new transport check tool. Goal of the check tool is to make sure your imports are done successful. The tool is designed to answer the following questions:

Do I import transports in the right sequence?
Do I have dependency on other transports, which are not yet imported?
Are there objects in the transport also used in other transports, which I should also import now, or when I do later make a downgrade?
How long will the import time take?

SAP transport check tool

The transport check tool is a program with name /SDF/CMO_TR_CHECK, or tcode /SDF/TRCHECK. It is delivered in updates of ST-PI component. You can run this program in the normal system or from SAP solution manager.

If you start you get the following initial screen:

Here you see that you need 2 RFC’s: one to the source system where the current transports are and one to the target system where the imports will happen.

Tip: make 2 variants for this program. One is called quality import with RFC source is development and target is quality system. Second is called production import with source is quality and target is the productive system.

In the transport details you can enter 1 or more transport numbers you want to validate. Enter in the transport list the sequence of wanted import.

Important for multiple transports: sequence does matter! If you enter transports in sequence A1, A3, A2 this will give different result from A1, A2, A3.

Cross reference check

The cross reference check will take all the objects in the transport and will execute a where used list in the target system and will check their versions. If any strange thing is found in missing items, or potential version conflicts, you will be alerted. If check is ok the list of items will be empty.

For the cross reference check to work, the transports need to be released. See OSS note 3382914 – /SDF/TRCHECK Cross Reference Check error.

Sequence check

The sequence check will check the sequence of your transports if they are in the right order. It will also check other transports as well for containing the same objects, which have not yet been imported to the target system. If any strange thing is found in missing items or potential version conflicts you will be alerted. If check is ok the list of items will be empty.

Import time in source system

This check will add up the import times of the transport in the source system. This will be a good indication for import time needed in the target system. Example: if import to quality system took 2 minutes, you can expect productive import to be about 2 minutes as well. If the import to quality took 2 hours, you might want to decide more carefully on the exact time of import to productive system.

Online import check

The online import check is for checking critical objects inside the transports. This needs to be configure in the target system of the transport. Read more in this dedicated blog.

History of transport check tool runs

If you use the option Save Results, the results of the analysis will be saved for future reference. These can be retrieved via the History button on the first screen of the transport analysis tool or via program /SDF/CMO_TR_CHECK_HISTORY.

More information

More information on the check can be found by hitting the I (information) button on the program itself. Features of the tool including the PDF explaining the setup of the Online Import Check feature can be found in OSS note 2475591 – Transport Check Report.

Generic SAP blog on the transport tool and its usage can be found here and here.

Specific SAP blog on cross reference check can be found here.

Limitations of the cross reference check are listed in this OSS note: 2964512 – Limitations of the Cross Reference Check.

Bug fixes

This tool is also subject to having bug fixes. The bug fixes can be needed centrally on the SAP solution manager system and on the SAP systems that are being checked for transport imports.

List of bug fix OSS notes: