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Difference between support packs /plugins /add ons ?

Former Member
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Hello Experts ,

wt is the difference between support packs /plugins /add ons . how to recognise wt is plugin , wt is add on and wt is support pack ? is support pack different frm patch ?wt is the difference between it?

what specifically is application plugin and how is it different from normal plugins ?

and wt are hotpacks and how are they different frm support packs ?

These queries iam carrying since long in my mind ,tried to read through a lot of stuff but never got the things resolved ? so useful answers shall be surely rewarded points .

Regards,

Somya

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Former Member
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SP:

'Hot packs' is the old name, new name is "support Packs'(from '99). Both are same.In simple words, SP is the collection of sap notes(bug fixes) in one place.

Applying SPs are also called patching.

Add on:

Add ons in simple words are extra functionalities offered in your current SAP setup.

Plug In:

Plug ins in simple words are connectors to external applications in SAP.

Former Member
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Just to add,

In case you are having a Newspaper company and you want to implement SAP in ur organization, you need to use the Add on: IS_Media apart from the available SAP set up so that you get the extra functionalities / business flows related to Media industry

Former Member
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Thnx Bidwan quite helpful answer , assigned u points , but two queries left :

1. Wt is the difference between plugin and application plugin ?

2. Can u detail plugin a bit ang give example for it ? Can u give examples of support packs , plugins , applicattion plugins , hotpacks , and addons /

Plz revert at earliest so tat i close the thread .

Regards,

Somya

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Plugin: Say you are using Windows Media Player, now you want to use a software called say "DJ Mix" which will give you the DJing effect in ur songs. Then what do you do? You install a plugin which facilitates use of DJ Mix in ur Windows Media Player. Same here in SAP.Ex: To integrate between SAP BW 3.5 and SAP EP 6.0 , you need to import the SAP Enterprise Portal Plug-In (PI_BASIS).

There is no difference between normal plugin and application plugin. Its the same. Plugins are also called Application Plugins

Add on: I explained in the last post

Support Packs: In simple words, Say the latest Basis SP available in market is SAPKB7001. Now say customers report 10 bugs in 5 months after applying this SP in their system. So SAP corrects this bugs individually in the form of SAP Notes and after sometime say 5 months it comes up with a new SP SAPKB7002(which will contain all the 10 bug fixes)

Hope everything is clear now!

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Thanx Bidwan assigned u full 10 points so in all 16 points to u . Plz revert to my other threads also , iam in search of such satisfactory answers and this is an answer to ppl tat if satisfactory and useful answers are given ,points are provided .

Thnx again ,

Regards,

Somya

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cristinagg
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Support Packs as mentioned before are collection of SAP Notes.

According to the help of SAP, "SAP add-ons can be Industry Solutions, plug-ins, or customer-specific development projects.". This means that a plugin is one kind of the possible add-ons you can use in SAP.

If you have interest, in this post you can find more information:

https://gayoway.com/deciphering-sap-part-ii-add-ons/