The Customizing

Cross-System
Viewer

Sabine Reich
SAP

Comparing settings in customizing

Development
system

Corporate
headquarters

Setting A

Setting A

Setting B

Setting B

Setting C

Setting C

QAS system

Subsidiary

Setting A

Setting A

Setting B

Setting B

Setting C

Setting C

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Comparing customizing settings in two systems

DEV

QAS

customizing
customizing
settings
settings

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customizing
customizing
settings
settings

The cross-system viewer: basic functions

The cross-system viewer
! compares settings in two separate systems or settings in two clients of
one single system
! can also be used to compare settings in an SAP system with settings
stored in a BC set, in an IMG project or in a transport request
! is used to create a comparison and then analyse the results

You can run

! a general comparison: for status checks
! a detailed comparison: for identifying differences

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Comparison objects
BC sets
IMG activities
! project IMG
! SAP reference IMG

manual selections
application components
! selected components
! all components

customizing piece list/ transport

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Starting the cross-system viewer

Transaction:
Transaction:
SCU0
SCU0

The
Thecross-system
cross-systemviewer
viewer
can
canalso
alsobe
beaccessed
accessed
through
throughthe
thetools
toolsmenu
menuof
of
the
theIMG
IMG

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Functions of the entry screen

Display
Displayuser's
user's
worklist
worklist
New
Newcomparison:
comparison:
select
selectcomparison
comparison
object
object
Select
Selectexisting
existing
comparison
comparison
Delete
Deleteexisting
existing
comparison
comparison
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Creating a new comparison: two examples

Reference
Reference
IMG
IMG

Select
SelectIMG
IMG
nodes
nodes
Manual
Manual
input
input

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Comparison: aggregate view

start
startaadetailed
detailed
comparison
comparison
Processing
Processing
status
status

object
object
Overall
Overallresult
result

Application
Application
component
component

Statistics:
Statistics:
identical
identicaland
and
different
differententries
entries

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Monitoring
Processing status:
! open
! in process
! completed

can be edited by the

user

Comparison results:
! view/table contents are identical
! view/table contents are identical and differences in structure
exist
! view/table contents are not identical
! view/table contents are not identical and differences in
structure exist

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Comparison: field-level view

Table logon client

Table comparison client

field 1
field 2
field 3

field 1
field 2
field 3

Cross-system viewer: Overview

Field 1
Logon client
Comparison
client
Logon client
Comparison
client

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Value A
Value A

Field 2

Field 3

Value B
Value B

Value C
Value X

Value E

Value F
Value Y

Value D

Only
Onlyinin
logon
logonclient
client

Only
Onlyinin
comparison
comparisonclient
client

Field
Fieldcontents
contents
differences
differences

DEMO

What kinds of differences does the CSV detect?

! view/table entry differences
! field contents differences
! entry only exists in logon client
! entry only exists in comparison client

Legend
Legend

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Additional features of the cross-system viewer

! statistics: total entries, modified entries, only entries, identical

entries
! detail view of selected table rows
! filters: display local data only, display comparison data only, display
identical entries only, display different entries only, ...
! personalized list settings
! link to IMG environment

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Link to IMG environment

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Benefits of the cross-system viewer

The cross-system viewer is
! an integral part of every R/3 system since release 4.0A
! free of charge
! designed specifically for comparing SAP systems
! capable of handling self-defined groups of objects, e.g. BC sets,
IMG projects or transport requests

This tool can be used

! by project teams, for comparing settings during different
implementation phases or during upgrade projects
! by administrators, for running effective online comparisons in a
cross-system landscape
! by subsidiaries, for checking settings compliance with their
headquarters

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References
Melich, Matthias (1999) "Enhancements in Customizing: Business
Configuration Sets, the Customizing Cross-System Viewer, and
the Activity Log", SAP Professional Journal 1(2), 71-90.
Fact sheet "Consistency Checks for Business Process Changes",
No. 50 026 717 (Cross-System Viewer)

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