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1.IsitpossibletodownloadoldversionofSAPNotes?
2.IstheimplementationofSAPNotesusingSNOTEakindofmodification?
3.Howtoadjust"NoteCorrections"partinSPAUlist?

4.WhatisthedifferencebetweenprocessingstatusandimplementationstatusforoneSAPNote?
5.IdownloadedoneSAPNoteusingSNOTE,butIcannotfinditinmyworklistinSNOTEinitialscreen,why?
6.HowtojudgewhetheroneSAPNotehasprerequisiteSAPNotesornot,andhowtoimplementtheseprerequisitenotes?
7.WhenIwasimplementingoneSAPNote,someprerequisitenoteswereaskedtobedownloaded.Butafterdownloading,Ifoundsomeofthemwereobsolete,no
needtoimplementthem.Whytheyarerequiredtobedownloadedevennotnecessarytoimplementthematall?
8.Whythereisnoimplementationlogsforsapnotesinthesystem?
9.WhyIcannotimplementtheSAPnoteagainafterdownloadingthelatestversion?
10.CanIdeimplementalreadyimplementedSAPnotes?
11.ThecorrectionsincludedinthealreadyimplementedSAPnotewerenotcompletelyimplemented,ItriedtoimplementthisSAPnoteagain,butwastoldthat"SAP
Notealreadycompletelyimplemented".CanIdeimplementthisSAPnoteandimplementitagain?
12.DuringimplementationaSAPNote,yellowtrafficlightoccuredforsomeobejctswithmessage"Correctionsincompletelycopied".Doestheyellowtrafficlight
justmeanawarningwhichcanbeignored?
13.InactiveObjectsarefoundinphaseCHECK_INACT_OBJECTSduringSPsimplementationusingSPAM/SAINT.Wheredidtheseinactiveobjectcomefrom?How
tohandlethem?
14.IsitpossibletoimplementSAPNotesusingSNOTEduringupgrade?

1.IsitpossibletodownloadoldversionofSAPNotes?
No,itisimpossible.Whennotecreater/ownerfoundtherewasinconsistenciesorerrorsintheSAPNote,he/shewoulddocorrectionaccoridnglyandreleaseanewversionforthisnote.whenever
youdownloadSAPnotes,youwillalwaysgetthelatestvesionONLY.EvenSAPSupportcannothelpyoudownloadtheoldversionofoneSAPNote.
Backtotop

2.IstheimplementationofSAPNotesusingSNOTEakindofmodification?
Yes,implementaitonofSAPNotesusingSNOTEisalsoakindofmodification,althoughthesamecodechangedeliveredbythecorrectioninstructionsincludedintheSAPNoteswillbe
implementedagainduringsystemupdate(SPSimplementation,EHPinstallationorsystemupgrade).Itcanalsoexplainwhy"notecorrections"partisdisplayedinSPAUlist.Astohowtoadjustnote
correctioninSPAUlist,pleasereferto3.
Backtotop

3.Howtoadjust"NoteCorrections"partinSPAUlist?
Duringoraftersystemupdate(upgradeorSPsimplementationetc.),youshouldperformmodificationadjustmentforSAPNotesthatwereimplementedusingSPAU.InSPAUlist,already
implementedSAPNotesweredeterminedwithdifferentadjustmentmodeswhichareidentifiedwithdifferenttrafficlightsasbelow:

"Greentrafficlight"means"SAPNoteimplemented,althoughpartsincludedinSupportPackage".Byclickingthegreentrafficlight,itwillchangeto"greencheckmark"automatically.
"Yellowtrafficlight"means"SAPNoteimplemented,butnotincludedinSupportPackage"or"CorrectionimplementedbyanSAPNoteandincludedinaSupportPackage,howeverSAPNote
versionisdifferent".Byclickingtheyellowtrafficlight,SAPNotecanbeimplementedagain.Beforethat,itisbettertodownloadthelatestversionforitusingSNOTE,and"determineadjustment
mode"inSPAU.
"Trafficlightwithoutcolors"(called"greytrafficlight"aswell)means"CorrectionimplementedbyanSAPNoteandincludedinaSupportPackage".Byclickingthegreytrafficlight,youcan
resettheSAPNote.
"Greenquestionmark"means"AdjustmentmodeforSAPNoteimplementationundetermined".Youshoulddotwothings:Firststep,downloadthelatestversionoftheSAPNoteusingSNOTE
Secondstep,calculatetheadjustmentmodesagainby"Goto">"DetermineAdjustmentMode"inSPAU.Afterthat,refreshSPAUlist,generallythequestionmarkwillchangetoyellow/green/grey
trafficlight,thenyoucangoaheadwiththeadjustmentaccordingly.
"Greencheckmark"means"adjustmentalreadydone,noactionanymore".AfteryouadjustedoneSAPNote,yellow/green/greytrafficlightwillchangetogreencheckmark,ordisappearfrom
SPAUlist.Formoredetailedinformation,youcanrefertoonlinehelp:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_snc_uiaddon_10/helpdata/en/48/b41a60fc096ff4e10000000a42189b/content.htm
4.WhatisthedifferencebetweenprocessingstatusandimplementationstatusforoneSAPNote?
ImplementationstatusindicateswhethertheSAPnotewasimplementedcompletelyornot."Canbeimplemented"meansthattheSAPnoteisvalidbutisnotimplementedyet(orimplemented
beforebutdeimplementednow)."Completelyimplemented"meansthatallthevalidcorrectioninstructonswithintheSAPnotewascompletelyimplemented(oryouhaveconfirmedthattheSAP
notewasimplementedcompletelyeventhoughitwasnot.)"Incompletelyimplemented"meansthatnotallvalidcorrectioninstuctionswereimplemented,itisstillnecessaryforyoutocontinuethe
implementation."obsoleteversionimplemented"meansthattheversionimplementedbeforeisanoldone,nowyoujusthavedowloadedthelatesversion,itisnecessarytoimplementitagain.By
clicking"ImplementSAPnote"button,theoldversionwillbedeimplementedandthenthelatestversionwillbeimplemented."Cannotbeimplemented"meansthattheSAPnoteisnotvalidforyour
system,itisnotnecessarytoimplementthisSAPnote.Soimplementationstatusindicateswhetherthenotewasimplementedcompletelyornot.Ifimplementationstatusis"completely
implemented",eventhoughprocessingstatusisstill"inprocessing",wecansaythattheSAPnotewasimplemented.
Generallytheprocessingstatusisnotimportant,canbeignored.Well,iftheSAPnotewascompletelyimplementedbyyou,youcansettheprocessingstatustobe"completed",thenthisSAPnote
willdisappearfromyourworklistinSNOTE'sinitialscreen.Generallyitisnotnecessaryforyoutodoit.Butwhenyourworklististoolong,toolarge,itmightleadtolongtimeforyoutoopen
SNOTE,thentosettheprocessingstatusforthosealreadyimplementedsapnotestobe"completed"wouldbehelpful.
5.IdownloadedoneSAPNoteusingSNOTE,butIcannotfinditinmyworklistinSNOTEinitialscreen,why?

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ThereasonmightbethatthiSAPnotewasdownloadedandprocessedbyotherusersbeore,soitisnotinyourworklist.YoucandisplaythisSAPnotebyGoto>SAPNoteBrowser>inputtheSAP
notenumber>Execute,youwillseethisSAPnoteunderwho'sname.Thenyoucandisplayimplementationlogtocheckwhetheritwasdownloadedwiththelatestversion.
6.HowtojudgewhetheroneSAPNotehasprerequisiteSAPNotesornot,andhowtoimplementtheseprerequisitenotes?
WecanjudgewhethertheSAPNotetobeimplementedhasprerequisitenotesornotfromcorrectioninstructions.Forexample:

Asyoucanseethatcorrecitoninstruction01200615320000878907withinSAPNote1035309forBBPCRM400needsprerequisitenoteslike639960,681002,691379......932314.Butitisnot
necessarytoimplementtheseprerequisitenotesmanuallyonebyone.WhenyouimplementSAPNote1035309usingSNOTE,SNOTEwillcheckwhethertheseprerequisitenotesareexistingin
thesystemornot.Ifnotyet,theprerequisitenoteswillbedownloadedautomatically.ThenSNOTEwillimplementallnecessaryprerequisitenotestogetherwithnote1035309automatically.
7.WhenIwasimplementingoneSAPNote,someprerequisitenoteswereaskedtobedownloaded.Butafterdownloading,Ifoundsomeofthemwereobsolete,noneedtoimplementthem.Why
theyarerequiredtobedownloadedevennotnecessarytoimplementthematall?
ItismentionedinSAPnote421211thatSNOTEcandeterminewhethertheSAPnoteisvalidornotONLYafterithasbeendownloaded.SoeventhoughmanyprerequisiteSAPnoteswere
dowloadedautomatiallyduringimplementingthetargetSAPnote,notallofthemarenecessarytobeimplemented.Finallyyoumigthtfindthatonlyfewofthemcanbeimplementedtogetherwiththe
targetSAPnote.BTW,youdonotneedtowonderaboutwhichnotetobeimplementedfirstly,whichoneisthesecond,thethird...SNOTEwillcalculateandimplementallthenecessarynotesinthe
rightsequenceautomatically.ButbeforeyoustarttoimpelmentthemusingSNOTE,pleasecheckthetextofthesenotescarefully,whetherthereismanualstepstobeimplementedornot.If
therearepreimplementationmanualstepsmentionedinthesenotes,pleaseimplementallthepreimplementationmanualstepsfirstly.Mostofthepreimplementationmanualstepsaretoupdate
DDICobjects(table,structure,viewetc.)inSE11,assuchmanualchangescannotbeperformedbySNOTE.Ifyoudonotperformthepreimplementationmanualsteps,syntexerrorsmightoccur
duringimplementationusingSNOTE.
8.Whythereisnoimplementationlogsforsapnotesinthesystem?
Asyouknow,itisrecommendedtoimplementSAPnotesindevelopmentsystem,afterthattransportthegeneratedrequestintonextsystems.Therequestincludesthenoteinformation,allthe
objectschangedbytheimplementation.Howeverimplementationlogisnotincludedintherequest.SoGenerallyimplementationlogcanonlybefoundindevelopmentsystem.Well,ifyou
downloadedandadjustedSAPnotesmanuallyduringSPAUajustmentinQASandPRDsystems,youcanalsofindtherelevantinformationinimplementationlog.
9.WhyIcannotimplementtheSAPnoteagainafterdownloadingthelatestversion?
GenerallyafterdownloadingthelatestversionoftheSAPnote,theimpelmentationstatuswillchangeto"obsoleteversionimplemented"automatically.ButithappenONLYwhenthereischangein
correctioninstruction.Ifthereisnochangeoncorrectioninstruction,forexample,thenotecreater/ownerjusteditedthenotedescription,theimpelmentationstatuswillnotchange,keepsas
"completelyimplemented".Insuchsituation,thereisnothingnecessaryforyoutodo.
10.CanIdeimplementalreadyimplementedSAPnotes?
ItisnotrecommendedtodeimplementanyalreadyimplementedSAPnote.EvenyoudeimplementedtheSAPnote,thecorrectionsincludedinthisSAPnotewillbeimplementedagainsooneror
laterwiththecorrespondingsupportpackageinthefuture.
SAPSupportcanhelpcustomerstoimplementSAPNoteswhichwerenotimplememtedcompletely,butwecannothelpcustomersdeimplementanyalreadycompletelyimplementedSAPNote.
Onlyifsapdeveloper(s)suggestedcustomerstodeimplementoneindividualSAPnote,canSAPsupporthelpdeimplementthisindividualSAPnoteforcustomers.

IfthecorrectionsincludedintheSAPnotewerenotcompletelyimplemented,orerrorsoccuredafternoteimplementation,youhavetoimplementthisSAPnoteagain.Iftheimplementationstatusof
thisSAPnotehasbeenchangedto"completelyimplemented"afterimplementation,youcan"deimplement"itinaspecialway,thenimplementitagain.Abouthowto"deimplemnt"theSAPnotein
thespecailway,pleasereferto11.
11.ThecorrectionsincludedinthealreadyimplementedSAPnotewerenotcompletelyimplemented,ItriedtoimplementthisSAPnoteagain,butwastoldthat"SAPNotealreadycompletely
implemented".CanIdeimplementthisSAPnoteandimplementitagain?
Yes,itispossibleforyouto"deimplement"thisSAPnoteandimplementitagain.
IfcorrectionsincludedintheSAPnotewerenotcompletelyimplemented,youmusthaveignoredsomeerrorsduringimplementationandconfirmedthattheSAPnotewascompletelyimplementedin
thefinalscreenduringimplementationasbelow:

Theabovescreengenerallyindicatesthatnotallcorrectionswereimplementedcompletely,ifyouclicked"Yes",theimplementationstatuswillchangeto"completelyimplemented".Ifyouwantto
implementthisSAPnoteagainlater,youwillberefusedwithamessage"SAPnotealreadycompletelyimplemented".

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InordertoimplementthisSAPnoteagain,youshouldfirstly"deimplement"thisSAPnoteandimplementitagainlater.
Youcanclickthe"ResetSAPNoteImplementation"buttontostart"deimplementation",andyouwillget"confirmchanges"screen,forexample:

Herepleasedeflagthecheckboxfor"copychanges":

(Herethereisonlyoneobject,butgenerallytherewouldbeseveralobjectsinthisscreen.Youshoulddeflagthecheckboxforallofthem.)
Lateronyouwillreceivethesamescreen,askingyoutoconfirmthattheSAPnotehasbeencorrectlydeimplemented,youcanjustclick"Yes"tocontinue.
Afterthat,theimplementationstatusforthisSAPnotewillchangeto"canbeimplemented",thenyoucanimplementitagain.
AstohowtoreimplementAlreadyimplementedSAPNotes,youcanrefertohttp://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/x/AIVsGQforanexample.
12.DuringimplementationaSAPNote,yellowtrafficlightoccuredforsomeobejctswithmessage"Correctionsincompletelycopied".Doestheyellowtrafficlightjustmeanawarningwhichcanbe
ignored?
Youmayfindyellowtrafficlightdisplayedforsomeobjectsasbelow:

PerhapsyouthinkthatyellowmeansWarning,soyoujustgoahead.ItisWRONG.Theyellowtrafficlightheremeanserror/problem,shouldNOTbeignored.Ifyouclicktheyellowtrafficligtht,you
willbeleadedintotheSplitScreenEditor,inwhichyouwillfinderrorlike"contextblock(notfound)"or"deleteblock(notfound)"asbelow:

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AsyoucanseethatSNOTEcannotfinddeleteblock.Astheresult,SNOTEwilldonothingchange.
Andifyoucontinuewithoutanyadjustment,youwillreceiveamessagelike

Ifyouclick"Yes"andgoahead,theimplementationstatuswillchangeto"completelyimplemented".Butsomecorrectionswerenotimplementedactually,andyouwillfindmessage"Correction
instructionsxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxincompletelyimplemented"intheimplementationlog.Thatwillleadtosyntexerrors/problemsafterimplementation.
13.InactiveObjectsarefoundinphaseCHECK_INACT_OBJECTSduringSPsimplementationusingSPAM/SAINT.Wheredidtheseinactiveobjectcomefrom?Howtohandlethem?
Theseinactiveobjectsaregenerallycausedbymodification.Youmusthavemodifiedtheseobjectsbefore,butfailedtoactivatethemintheend.Astheresult,theseobjectswereleftinthesystem
withthemodified(inactive)version.GotoUtility>Versions>VersionManagementinworkbenchtools(suchasSE38,SE37,SE24etc),youwillfindtheModif.versionexistingwiththeactive
versiontogether.
Asthefirststep.weshouldfindoutwheretheseinactiveobjectscomefrom.IwouldsuggestyoutouseModificationBrowser(transaction:SE95).ModificationBrowsercontainsallmodifications
thathavebeenperformedbefore.InthemodificationBrowser,youshouldexpandsubtree,andthensearchtheinactiveobject,toseethemodificationhistory.Here,Iwouldemphasize:inmost
casesaswefoundthat,theseinactiveobjectswerecausedbyincompletenoteimplementation.Thatis,theseobjectshavenbeenchangedbyimplementingsomeindividualSAPNotesbefore,but
thoseSAPNoteswerenotimplementedordeimplementedcompletely,sothattheseinactiveobjectswereleftinthesystem.SopleaseexpandthesubtreesinNoteCorrectionspart,searchthe
inactiveobject,toseewhichSAPNote(s)wereinvolved.ThenyoucanchecktheSAPNote(s)inSNOTE.SometimeitisdifficulttoconfirmwhethertheSAPNote(s)wereimplemented
completelyornotastoimplementationlogorimplementationstatus,inthiscaseyouhavetoimplementtheSAPNote(s)againasper11.ButbecauseSNOTEislockedbySPAM/SAINT,youmay
havetoresettheimportqueueinSPAM/SAINTfirstly,thenyoucanusingSNOTEtoimplementtheSAPNote(s).

14.IsitpossibletoimplementSAPNotesusingSNOTEduringupgrade?
DuringSUMexecutiontheimplementationofSAPNoteswithtransactionSNOTEisdisabledsoasnottocorruptthesystemstate.
TomaketheimplementationofchangestoSAPobjectseasier,SNOTEhasbeenenabledduringthefollowingupdatephases:
XPRAS_AIMMRG
XPRAS_UPG
XPRAS_AIMMRG_CUST
XPRAS_UPG_CUST
FurtherdetailscanbefoundintheSAPKBA1993236ImplementingSAPnotecorrectionsduringUpgradeDowntime.
AsfromSUMSP15,itispossibletoimplementSAPNotesusingSNOTEinshadowinstanceforashorttimeframeifyouruneitherSUMwiththeZeroDowntimeOptionorrunSUMwithrelease
SAP_BASIS>=7.50.FutherdetailscanbefoundinSAPNote2207944HowtoimplementaSAPNoteduringSystemupdateusingSUM(ABAPonly).

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MikeHan
Like!Veryhelpful.

Nov06,2015

JamesWong
HelloMike,
Iamgladyoufindtheinformationhelpful.Tocontinueimproveandcreatevaluablecontentforourcustomers,wewouldliketohearyourfeedback.Pleasetakeafewmomentsto
completeashortsurvey.
Yourfeedbackisveryvaluabletous.
Thankyouinadvanceforyourtime.
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Nov06,2015

MikeHan
HelloJames,
Ihavefinishedthesurvey.
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