You can load SAP Notes into your system. You can do this directly using an RFC connection (SAP Note download) or with the file transfer method (SAP Note upload).
The download method has the following advantages:
- When you download an SAP Note, you can use Note Assistant to load it directly into your system by establishing an RFC connection to SAP.
- If other SAP Notes are entered as prerequisites in a SAP Note, Note Assistant automatically downloads the prerequisite SAP Notes during implementation ( note queue).
- You can download updated versions of SAP Notes at the press of a button ( Updating an SAP Note). Note: To download an SAP Note, you need to establish an RFC connection to SAP.
You do not require a permanent RFC connection to SAP in order to upload an SAP Note. To upload an SAP Note, load the desired SAP Note from the SAP Marketplace and save it locally to your front end PC. You then upload it using Note Assistant.
Prerequisites
- SAP Note Download:
- You have created an RFC connection to SAP with the name SAPSNOTE, by copying the RFC destination SAPOSS (itself created by calling the transaction OSS1). For more information about creating the RFC destination SAPSNOTE, see SAP Note 797001.
- SAP Note Upload:
- You have installed SAP Download Manager, which enables you to load SAP Notes from SAP Service Marketplace. You can find SAP Download Manager on SAP Service Marketplace, under service.sap.com/download-basket -> Get Download Manager.
Procedure
SAP Note Download
- In Note Assistant, choose SAP Note Download.
- Specify the numbers of the SAP Notes that you want to download.
Use the selection function to load one SAP Note or a list of SAP Notes. - Confirm the selection.
The system loads the SAP Notes to your database via the RFC connection.
SAP Note Upload
- Select the correct SAP Note in the SAP Service Marketplace under service.sap.com/notes.
- Choose Download.
The SAP Note is added to your download basket. You can repeat this action for as many SAP Notes as you require. - To save the SAP Notes locally on your PC, start the SAP Download Manager. Choose Download.
The SAP Notes are loaded as files into the directory you have specified. - Use the upload function in Note Assistant (Goto -> Upload SAP Note) to load the SAP Note files into your system.
Result
Once you have successfully downloaded or uploaded an SAP Note that did not previously exist in your system, the processing status of this SAP Note in the SAP Note overview is set as ‘new’.
