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Support Packs:
These are the upgrades we get for one release of SAP. For example, for component 4.7 you have
support pack levels too (you can see this in transaction SPAM). SAP releases support packs for standard
corrections which you can also implement separately through OSS notes (if you do not want the import
the support pack). OSS notes might not carry all the changes that the SP might bring.
SAP Note:
When an end user of SAP finds a bug in the SAP product he reports the same to SAP support, SAP
developers check the same and develop a correction for the same. This correction is sent to the customer
in the form of a NOTE.
If the same or similar bug is reported by multiple clients or end users, then SAP recognizes such bug
corrects them and collects all these corrections in one place and adds some enhancements to the earlier
version of SAP and then calls this as a SUPPORT PACK.
Transaction SPAU:
This is for repository objects (programs, screens, functions, classes, etc.). These have to be compared to
the previous versions too and any missing modified code is too re-inserted.
SPAU comes after the downtime phase of upgrade and is carried in normal client.
Transaction SPDD:
This is for data dictionary corrections. If any standard tables have been modified, then that object appears
in the list and you have to adjust it again after comparing the versions.
OSS note adjustment is also a part of SPDD, where we either reset the OSS note (It will come default
with the upgrade version) or apply the OSS note (If OSS note is applicable for our release and if possible
note should be applied using SNOTE.)
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