Enhanced Retrofit

FACT SHEET

Hannes Kerber
ALM EMEA RIG

January, 2011
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 System Landscape in the Standard Retrofit
Scenario

Maintenance Landscape

DV1 QA1 PRD

Retrofit Implementation Landscape

DV2 QA2
…

+ further Implementation Landscapes

The Retrofit is performed for a transport request which is controlled by SAP Solution Manager

The Retrofit is part of the Change Request Management Process supported by SAP Solution Manager

The Retrofit is performed with the SAP Solution Manager

Retrofit can be performed between any types of landscapes
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Dual phased Landscape

D O O P
Re
CON pack QAS PRE PRD
A P

Cutover
Retrofit

Cross System
Object Lock
Maintenance Project

R Implementation Project
A

DEV TST
D O
System Role Types
D – Source System
O – Target System
P – Production System
R – Post Processing System
 Typical Customer Challenges

Customers face typical challenges when maintaining a dual landscape/multiple

development system landscape

Conflict Detection?

Synchronization? Comparison of Systems?

Organization? DV1 QA1 PRD

DV2 QA2 STG Avoid Downgrades?

Automation? DV3 QA3 Project Harmonization?

Sequencing? Conflict Resolution?

Different EHP Levels? When to synchronize?

Originality?
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 Motivation of the Enhanced Retrofit

The enhanced version of the retrofit was developed due to the following reasons and
with the following goals:

Retrofit available with SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EHP 1

Support of synchronization between Maintenance and Implementation Landscape  Reduce Manual
Work

Achieved with Use of Correction Workbench for Repository Changes and BC-Sets for Customizing

Support of approx. 75% of objects changed in Maintenance (due to limitations of tools) in average case

Goals of the Enhanced Retrofit

 Support 100% of transportable objects
 Automatic Conflict Detection
 Reduce manual effort (more automation)
 More information for users performing the retrofit (logging, messages, process control)
 Detect technical dependencies
 Customizing and BADIs for customer specific requirements

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 Enhanced Retrofit – Quick Facts

The main new features and advantages of the Enhanced Retrofit Functionality can be
summarized to:

Automatic Retrofit via Transport on Button Click

Automatic Conflict Detection

System Comparison

Detection of technical sequence dependencies

Additional Features like logging, access to expert tools, enhancements

Some Numbers:

Customer Case % Automatic Retrofit % Tool Supported Retrofit % Manual Retrofit

3000 Transport per Month,
90 10
Upgrade Scenario
Classic Dual Phased
85 8 7
Landscape, Multiple Products
Highly Customized and none
standard solution, Data 80 10 10
Conversion in parallel

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 Dual Landscape Synchronization - Retrofit
Reduce effort for double maintenance – 3 Step Approach
Maintenance Project

DV1 QA2 PRD

Retrofit

Implementation Projects
Tool based

Minimized risk through integration in the
maintenance project
DV2 QA2
Logging of the changes

Less manual effort for double maintenance

Improved process reliability for retrofit
1. Select Transport
2. Choose Method
(based on conflict detection) 3. Retrofit
Automatic

Tool Supported
(Conflict Case)

Manual
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(Conflict Case)
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 Enhanced Retrofit vs. Standard Retrofit

The Enhanced Retrofit provides various additional features and improvements:

Feature Standard Retrofit Enhanced Retrofit

Automatic Data Capturing

Tool Support for Landscape

Synchronization

ChaRM Integration

Easy & Fast Setup

Full Support of Objects

Automatic Conflict Detection

Detection of Sequence Dependencies

System Comparison

Enhancement Options
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 Enhanced Retrofit – Quick Facts

The main new features and advantages of the Enhanced Retrofit Functionality can be
summarized to:

Automatic Import for Objects of Transport Request into the Retrofit System (Support of 100% of
transportable objects!)

Automatic Categorization of Objects (Auto Import, Retrofit and Manual)

Set status also on Object Level, not only on transport request level

Possibility to perform retrofit on object level

Detection of technical sequence dependencies

Detection of same objects to be retrofitted in which order

Advanced Control of Retrofit Sequence

Additional Features

Enhanced Logging of Messages

Access to TMS Alert Viewer

Access to BC-Sets

Comparison of compatible objects before retrofitting

Various Customizing Possibilities

Implementation
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 Retrofit Object Category Calculation –
An Example
Req. Obj. Cat. Stat.

1 RA AI 1 Modify Report RA on MAINT and release it

4 2 RB NO 2 SolMan creates Retrofit Data  Auto Import RA
RB
DEV 3 RC AI 3 SolMan Triggers Auto Import of Report RA
3 RB RF 4 Report RB is modified on DEV
5
2 5 Lock Entry for Report RB is created on SolMan
SolMan 6 Reports RB/RC are modified and released in MAINT

7 SolMan creates RFIT Data  RC is Auto Import

 RB is Retrofit
3 8 8 SolMan triggers retrofit  RC via Auto Import
7  RB via SCWB

Maintenance Landscape
6
RB, RC
MAINT RA QAS PRD
1

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 How to retrofit with the Enhanced Retrofit?

The retrofit is always performed for a transport request, but based on the object
categorization offers different options:

Automatic Import for Objects of Transport Request into the Retrofit System

Applies for all Objects of a Transport Request which have no conflict  They have not been changed
in the retrofit system

Retrofit is performed through a transport of copies which is automatically created and released and
contains only the objects without conflicts (retrofit tool imports this transport of copies)

Current figures of other pilot customers show a rate of around 90% of all transports and objects are
handled with the “Automatic Import”

Semi-Automatic Retrofit with Correction Workbench (Note Assistant) or BC-Sets

Applies for all Objects of a Transport Request which have a conflict and which are supported by one of
the tools (Repository Objects with Correction Workbench, Customizing via BC-Sets)  This was
available with the “old” version of the retrofit (supportability of 70-80% of objects)

Both tools offer the possibility to do adjustments, which are necessary in case of a conflict to not simply
overwrite a change in the Implementation Project (Release Development)

Manual Retrofit

Objects with conflicts which have no tool support

 Conflict Detection is performed via Cross System Object Lock

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 New Features – Overview 2 Sequence
Dependency
of a TR

3
Additional
Functions

1
Retrofit possibility based on
objects inside TR (automatic
conflict detection)

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 New Features of Retrofit
(1. Retrofit possibility based on objects inside TR)

Retrofit can be performed based on objects inside a transport request

Objects are evaluated  this determines the possibility of retrofit tools (automatic conflict
detection)

Automatic Import (New) 

SCWB/BC-Set (Currently Existing) 

Manual Retrofit (New) 

Access via Double Click on TR

All Objects in this TR

Line Color determines category

Filtering is possible

Remote Comparison is possible

Detailed Sequence Dependency

Status Information

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 New Features – Overview
(2. Analysis of Sequence Dependency)

Icon can
work as
filter Button
to show
complete
sequence

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Thank You!

Hannes Kerber
ALM RIG EMEA

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