OSS notes

[Former Member]

hi,

I would like to know how to apply oss notes. I know basis would apply oss notes. But I would need step by step documentation of how to apply oss notes.

Thanks in advance....

[former_member187565 · Accepted solution]

HiJ Dorson,

Atfirst,Log on to client 000 in the appropriate SAP system.

Then Run transaction SNOTE.On the Note Assistant - Version XXX\XXXX: Worklist screen, on the top-most menu bar click Goto u2192 SAP Note download.On the Note Assistant: Download Note popup, type the number of the SAP note in the Note number box and click the clock picture-icon. A SAP Note XXXXXX is being downloaded message will appear in the bottom status bar. If you get a communications error message, verify that saprouter is up and try again.

Once the SAP Note has been downloaded, it will appear on the Assistant - Version XXX\XXXX: Worklist screen under the SAP Notes u2192 New navigation tree. The SAP Note can only be applied if there is a blue box with a black arrow to the left of the note number. If there is a gray diamond instead, the downloaded note cannot be applied or is not application for this SAP system.

To apply the SAP Note, on the Note Assistant - Version XXX\XXXX: Worklist screen double click on the downloaded SAP Note number.

On the Note Assistant u2013 Display Note XXXXXX screen, read the note text to see if there are any necessary manual tasks to be performed after the note is applied. When you are ready to apply the note, click on the clock picture-icon.

If there are any prerequisite SAP Notes which need to be applied to the SAP system before the downloaded SAP Note can be applied, a list will appear in a Load the following notes into your SAP system popup will appear. Click the clock picture-icon to download these prerequisite SAP Notes as well. If any of the prerequisite SAP Notes must be applied in parallel with the original downloaded SAP Note, a list will appear in a SAP Note queue to be Imported popup. Click the clock picture-icon to apply all the listed SAP Notes.

Before applying any SAP Notes to your SAP system, a Confirmation: SAP Note read popup will appear. Once you have read the information contained in this popup, click the Yes button.

Click the green u221A to continue.

On the Prompt for transportable Workbench request popup, click the blank page picture-icon to create a new change request. On the Create Request popup, fill in the Short description and click the Save picture-icon. You will be returned to the Prompt for transportable Workbench request popup which contains the generated change request number for this system change. Click the green u221A to continue.

On the Confirm changes popup, click the green u221A to continue.

After the SAP Note has been applied to the SAP system, you will be returned to the Note Assistant - Version XXX\XXXX: Worklist screen. There is no completion message. Click the green u221A and pencil picture-icon.

On the Set Processing Status for Note XXXXXX popup, click on the Completed line to turn u201Conu201D the radio button. Click the green u221A. You can now leave the SNOTE transaction. Modified programs, functions, etc. may require recompilation.

If the OSS note you applied changed a ABAP program, you must go to the SE38 transaction and manually recompile the program. If it changed a function, go to transaction SE37 and click the Single Test button u2013 this is enough to force the function to rebuild and you can back out of the SE37 transaction.

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[Former Member]

Login the System and run Tcode: SNOTE

Click on Goto and then Download SAP Note:

Give note no and Execute this

The note will be downloaded and will be added in the System.

Now Goto u2013Sap note Browser:

Enter the Note No and Execute this :

Select the Note and Execute this ,before that you should note: the Processing Status Status should beu2019In processingu2019 by clicking :

Then click u2018yesu2019 in the pop up.

Then one message will be shown , click to check button.

It will prompt for an work bench request.

Enter the CTS No

You should change the user to you of the task.Then only it will allow you implement the note.

Then one again message will come ,click yes to that.

[Former Member]

Hi

In order to fix one of the problem in R/3 system, SAP will asked you to download an OSS notes which is a ".car" file.

To work with a CAR File do the following at OS Level:

Get into OS as < sapsid >adm

Copy the .CAR file to a Temporary Directory.

Uncompress the file with SAPCAR

Copy the the data file generated in the data transport directory

( ej: = /usr/Sap/trans/data).

Copy the the cofile file generated in the cofiles transport directory

( = ej: /usr/Sap/trans/cofiles).

Run transaction STMS

Upload the support package with SPAM transaction and the support package will show "New support packages".

Examples of CAR command :-

1) UNIX only:

Log on as user adm.

cd /usr/sap/trans

CAR -xvf tmp/.CAR -V

2) Windows NT only:

Log on as user ADM.

cd \USR\SAP\TRANS

CAR -xvf TMP\.CAR

This Will create two(2) FILES

After you run SPAM you MUST run STMS and check the transport queues

As per 315963 note you can direct made the changes in the program or you can apply the support pack.

a) If you want to apply correction then first you need to register the object in SAP, so that you will get the Access key and then you can make the changes.

b) If you want to import the support pack then you need to down load from SAP market-place. and this is in CAR file. and then you need extract the same using CAR utility.

ex: CAR -xvf abc.car

or

you can directly apply the patch from SAPGUI, login to 000 client and then you can load the patch from Presentation server.

Also check what is your current basis patch level?

For example if you want to apply patch 07 and you are having 05 then you need to apply 06 and then apply 07.

Things to take note of:-

It would definitely be better to apply the latest spam/saint spam manager, tp, R3trans and possibly a new kernel patch.

This is not a simple task to complete on the fly. By applying SAP support packs, you may run into problems with SPDD and SPAU adjustments. Also include the fact that the support packages may break one of your transactions. You may want to test this in your sandbox environment, if you have one, before tackling it.

In most situation when you apply support packages, it can takes about 3 weeks to fully test the support packages before you can apply them to the production system.

Do test your "golden" transactions to make sure that they are not broken. If you are not familiar with SPDD and/or SPAU adjustments than do not attempt to load support packages.

You may be better off just to modify the SAP object in question via OSS note.

I hope this helps

Regards

Chen

[Former Member]

Hi Dorson,

You can find the procedure for applying notes in the follwoing PDF:

http://www.sappoint.com/PHPWebUI/Documents/OSS%20Note%20Application%20-%20Using%20SNOTE.pdf

This contains a step by step procedure with Screenshots

Rohit