Installation facts not updated, although change documents was created

[Former Member]

I updated the installation facts via bapi BAPI_UTILINSTALLATION_CHANFACT. No error message was triggered and the changes were written to the change documents. However, when i try to display the installation and the updated facts, it looks like no changes were made... any advice about what could have gone wrong?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hello,

All the installation facts are stored in table ETTIFN...

Hence i remember the FM for updating the table ETTIFN..(Try to search in SE37-> isudbettifn*...)

Just check out if this works fine..

Regards

Shiva

[Former Member]

I used ISU_DB_ETTIFN_UPDATE to update the facts and this works fine .

[Former Member]

Further to Shiva, I would also suggest you to use BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT F/M whenever you are using any BAPI's for updation. Many a times this has happened that even though the BAPI was successful, the changes are not reflected since there was not commit.

Do let me know if this helped.

Thanks,

Pranjal.

[Former Member]

I did use a BAPI_TRANSACTION_COMMIT.

ISU_DB_ETTIFN_UPDATE does indeed update table ETTIFN but no checks or whatever are carried out... Is this safe to use?

[Former Member]

Yes, besides the fact that this is not a BAPI, it also does not return or raise any exceptions. So I assume you can use it if you are absolutely sure of the changes that you want to use.

But when i tested the BAPI_UTILINSTALLATION_CHANFACT that you have used, in a program, it did reflect the changes to the installation facts, only that it was not immediately visible.

When I put wait for 2 sec, even after BAPI_COMMIT, did the changes actually got reflected when viewed via ES32 - Installation.

[Former Member]

Hello Krish,

We have a business case where in, I need to update the installation facts using BAPI_UTILINSTALLATION_CHANFACT. But our development environment system does not have any installation facts created earlier. So I am trying to create one and change the same using the BAPI.

So I want to know how to create the installation facts using which T-Code and how to use the BAPI for change.

Please Help if you are aware of doing it

Thanks

Suma