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The document discusses Online Service Support (OSS) notes in SAP systems. It provides the following information: 1) OSS notes give instructions on how to fix known errors in SAP systems, including workarounds, correction instructions, and links to support packages. 2) Note Assistant (transaction SNOTE) helps users work with OSS notes by allowing them to read notes, implement fixes, view implementation logs, and mark notes as complete. 3) To apply an OSS note manually, users must obtain a program access key by registering the object in SAP and can then modify SAP standard programs after necessary testing and transport.

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OSS Note

The document discusses Online Service Support (OSS) notes in SAP systems. It provides the following information: 1) OSS notes give instructions on how to fix known errors in SAP systems, including workarounds, correction instructions, and links to support packages. 2) Note Assistant (transaction SNOTE) helps users work with OSS notes by allowing them to read notes, implement fixes, view implementation logs, and mark notes as complete. 3) To apply an OSS note manually, users must obtain a program access key by registering the object in SAP and can then modify SAP standard programs after necessary testing and transport.

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oss notes -- what is full form of oss ?

Online Service Support

It helps you find out if there any techinal issues in the SAP Standard Programs like errors, Patches etc.,

SAP Notes give you instructions on how to remove known errors from SAP systems. They include a description
of the symptoms, the cause of the error, and the SAP Release and Support Package level in which the error
occurs.

Depending on the type of error, an SAP Note may also include:

Workarounds

Descriptions of how to correct repository objects in the ABAP workbench, known as correction instructions

Links to Support Packages that solve the problem

Read the SAP Note carefully before you use Note Assistant to implement it. The SAP Note can contain
prerequisites, interactions, and references to post-processing activities (making changes to a table, for example)
that you need to take into consideration when implementing it.

Note Assistant (transaction SNOTE) helps you when working with SAP Notes.

Apply OSS Notes On My SAP R/3 System


How to apply OSS notes to my R/3 system?
In order to fix one of the problem in R/3 system, SAP will asked you to download
an OSS notes which is a ".car" file.
To work with a CAR File do the following at OS Level:
Get into OS as <sapsid>adm
Copy the .CAR file to a Temporary Directory.
Uncompress the file with SAPCAR
Copy the the data file generated in the data transport directory
( ej: = /usr/Sap/trans/data).
Copy the the cofile file generated in the cofiles transport directory
( = ej: /usr/Sap/trans/cofiles).
Run transaction STMS
Upload the support package with SPAM transaction and the support package will
show "New support packages".
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Examples of CAR command :1) UNIX only:
Log on as user <sapsid>adm.
cd /usr/sap/trans
CAR -xvf tmp/<ARCHIVE_NAME>.CAR -V
2) Windows NT only:
Log on as user <SAPSID>ADM.
cd \USR\SAP\TRANS
CAR -xvf TMP\<ARCHIVE_NAME>.CAR
This Will create two(2) FILES

After you run SPAM you MUST run STMS and check the transport queues
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As per 315963 note you can direct made the changes in the program or you can
apply the support pack.
a) If you want to apply correction then first you need to register the object in SAP,
so that you will get the Access key and then you can make the changes.
b) If you want to import the support pack then you need to down load from SAP
market-place. and this is in CAR file. and then you need extract the same using
CAR utility.
ex: CAR -xvf abc.car
or
you can directly apply the patch from SAPGUI, login to 000 client and then you
can load the patch from Presentation server.
Also check what is your current basis patch level?
For example if you want to apply patch 07 and you are having 05 then you
need to apply 06 and then apply 07.
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Things to take note of:It would definitely be better to apply the latest spam/saint spam manager, tp,
R3trans and possibly a new kernel patch.
This is not a simple task to complete on the fly. By applying SAP support packs,
you may run into problems with SPDD and SPAU adjustments. Also include the
fact that the support packages may break one of your transactions. You may want
to test this in your sandbox environment, if you have one, before tackling it.
In most situation when you apply support packages, it can takes about 3 weeks to
fully test the support packages before you can apply them to the production
system.
Do test your "golden" transactions to make sure that they are not broken. If you
are not familiar with SPDD and/or SPAU adjustments than do not attempt to load
support packages.
You may be better off just to modify the SAP object in question via OSS not

Manually Applying OSS note on SAP Standard Program


What is mean by OSS how to work on that?
OSS are online sap support notes. These notes are available online for solving
critical problems in sap system.We may use the already existing notes or may add
our own quaries.
In order to apply any OSS note, you have to be authorized by your company
and be assigned an OSS ID and password.
For any SAP standard program modification, you are required to login to OSS and
request for a repair program Access key.
Access the SAP Support Portal:
http://service.sap.com/
- Keys and Requests
-- Request license key
--- Follow the Steps 1 to 5 of the License keys for SAP Business Suite
-------------Follow this step to obtain the Program Access key:
Menu Path: System -> Services -> SAP Service (Transaction code OSS1)
Login in with your OSS ID and Password
Click the Registration button
Click Register Object
Double click R/3 Value Contract
Fill in the Object Registration for Installation:

For e.g.
PGMID/Object/Name: R3TR FUGR MIGO
SAP release: 46C
Finished, click the Register button
Select the Key number and use the Copy and Paste short key to copy the Access
key
You are now able to modify the SAP standard program.
Finished the modification, do remember to transport it to the production system
after all the necessary testing.

SAP Note assistant - Using transaction SNOTE to apply OSS notes


The Note Assistant (transaction SNOTE) helps you to implement SAP OSS notes.
Although it is not perfect it does generally make the application of OSS notes a much
easier process. Note assistant is at its best when all that is required is a simple code
deletion/insertion into an existing ABAP object. If the object does not exists then you
will be required to do the creation bit manually, note assistant will then be able to
insert the ABAP code.
Another benefit of SAP note assistant is that it automatically prompts you to
implement any prerequisite notes that apply.
Note assistants biggest problem comes when updates have been provided by SAP
but not for general release (i.e. a specific fix for your company) or you have
modified standard SAP code. If note assistant tries to update an object which has
been changed using this method then it may have trouble inserting the code in the
correct place.
Implementing an OSS note via SAP note assistant
The table below outlines the simple steps required to implement an OSS note using
SAP note assistant (SNOTE).
Step
1

Icon
or

Description
Download note (differnt icon depending on your version of SAP)

Set process status to 'in process'

Read note instructions

Implement note (popup will appear allowing you to read note)

View implementation log, add comments of your own

Set status to 'complete'

Other icons
De-implement note.
Simply select the note, click on this icon and follow instructions.
Note browser (view all in system for your user)
Download latest version of SAP note.
To install a new version single click on the note number and press this icon to
download latest version. Once downloaded simply apply the note as normal
using the instructions above.

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