Spend Performance Management 2.1 SP5 on BW7 EHP1 Patch 6

[Former Member]

Hi All

The note 1520113 states the following:

Recommended Pre-Requisites:

- NW 7.0 SP 21; BW/BI SP 23; BI CONTENT 704 SP5

or

- EhP1 for NW 7.0 SP 7; BW/BI SP 7; BI CONTENT 704 SP5

Our client is using BW7 EHP1, SP6.

Given that the note states that these are "recommended" rather than "requirements", what comments might you have surrounding the use of SPM2.1SP5 on EHP1 SP6 instead of SP7?

Obviously the ideal would be for them to update, but as we all know this is easier said than done...

Rajesh and Rohit, many thanks for your ongoing help and prompt responses.

Kind regards,

Neil

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Neil

The recommended levels are just what you stated, recommended. That means that we have tested with those levels. If there are any bug fixes that have comein as part of a particular SP then yiou would need to make sure that those bugfixes are also available as independent notes that you could apply on the side on top of your own SP level.

So to answer your question, you could go lower, but you would need to verify that all fixes in the recommended SP can be brought in (individually as notes) in your lower SP.

For the 2.1 release, for BI content, the recommended is actually 704 SP7. But the minimum required is 704 SP5. If you are not going to go with SP07 then there would be a need to apply manual content corrections explained in the note 1410526.

Hope that answers!

Regards

Rajesh