A Support Package contains quality improvements for the SAP system or makes necessary adjustments, for example, due to legal changes. The objects in question are replaced in your system.
Each Support Package is valid for only one release (but for all databases and operating systems) and requires an exactly defined number of predecessors. The upgrade in the following release or correction contains all the Support Packages from previous versions that were available up to the delivery of the upgrade.
Support Package Manager makes sure that Support Packages are imported in the specified order.
To prevent errors, import Support Packages at regular intervals. This keeps your system landscape up to date.
Use
The following Support Package types are offered:
- SPAM/SAINT Update
- A SPAM/SAINT Update (PAT) contains updates and improvements to Support Package Manager.
- Component Support Package
- A Component Support Package (COP) is valid for one software component (SAP_BASIS, SAP_HR, SAP_APPL, Add-On software components… ) and contains corrections to errors in the Repository and Dictionary in this software component only. In addition to these corrections, Support Packages for the SAP_HR software component also contain adjustments due to legal changes.
- Conflict Resolution Transport
- A Conflict Resolution Transport CRT is used for add-ons, for example, IS-H or IS-OIL. It is used to adjust Support Packages for an add-on.
- Please note that a CRT, which is valid for an add-on release, also contains all adjustments for earlier releases of this add-on. A CRT can also contain other quality corrections for the add-on in question. A CRT can an also be a special Component Support Package for an add-on software component.
- Transport-based correction instructions for SAP Notes
- Transport-based correction instructions for SAP Notes (TCI) are packages of corrections for a functional area of a software component. These packages are installed using the Note Assistant (transaction SNOTE).
