How to apply a note in SAP system ?

How to apply a note in SAP system ?

This article answers the following queries :

What is SAP note ?

What is the use of SNOTE transaction code ?
How to apply a SAP note in SAP system?
What is SAP Note ?
SAP releases notes on regular basis to provide the corrections/minor
improvements to the existing bugs/issues/functionalities. Since
periodicity of release of Support packages is very less, to resolve
customer issues SAP releases notes to customers on regular basis to fix
bugs.
What is the use of SNOTE transaction code ?
A note can be applied in SAP system using SNOTE transaction.
How to apply a note in SAP System ?
Before applying any note, please download SAP note. Go to SNOTE
transaction and navigate as shown below and download the note that is
to be applied

Enter the note number to be downloaded and press execute button to

download the note as shown below

You can view the downloaded note in the New section under SAP notes
as shown below.
Once the note got downloaded, to implement the note, select the note
as shown below and click on execute button to implement SAP note

After that, system prompts you to confirm that you have read the note.
Please make sure you have read the note thoroughly before you
implement the note. Please find out the applicability of the note to your
system by cross-checking with the system SAP release/version/database
etc.

As shown above press Yes button to confirm that you have read the note
and proceed further.

In the information popup window, press continue as shown above.

After that, systems prompts for transportable workbench request. Please
click on create request button as shown in below screen.

In the create request popup screen, please provide request details and
save to create request as shown below screens

After that, list of changes that are being made will be displayed as
shown below. Click on continue button to proceed to apply the changes

Click on continue button in the below screen to proceed further

Once the SAP got implemented successfully, it moves from New section
to Processing section as shown below