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Unit 8: SUM - Execution Part

Figure 129: Overview: Types of Phases

The SUM contains several hundred phases. Most of the phases fit into one of three classes.
SAPup itself cannot connect to the database. To read or change information in a database
table, SAPup needs a tool that can access the database. In each of the three classes, SAPup
chooses different tools. Details on these classes are described in the following.
During the SUM run phases with names like JOB_ or RUN_ , SAPup starts a function module in
the system using RFC to schedule and start a background job. After the job has finished, the
result is evaluated from the log file.
Phases with names such as TABIM, TABUIMP, VIEWIMP, PORT_IMP, TOOLIMP, and so on are
classical import phases. tp starts R3trans, R3trans imports data.Phases like DIFFEXP or
SHADOW_IMPORT are similar phases, except that R3trans imports into the shadow tables.
The EU_IMPORT phases are the bulk import phases during which the new repository is
imported into the shadow tables invisible to the production SAP system. Most of the data in
the repository is not unique to the system, which is why an exchange is more efficient than an
import of the delta. In contrast, customizing is unique to each SAP system, and therefore only
the delta is imported.

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