The report RSTLAN_IMPORT_OCS is used to import language content of support packages and this report is executable by using transaction code SE38 or SA38.
Purpose
All Support Packages delivered by SAP have been translated completely. Support Packages can be used to deliver missing translations, or correct incorrect translations.
If you install a language after you have imported Support Packages into your system, you may have overwritten new Support Package translations with obsolete translations. The language is then inconsistent.
To correct the language data, you need to import the language part of the Support Package. This program supports you in this with the following functions:
- Check language data to see whether it is correct.
- Determine which Support Packages are in the system, and which Support Package translations need correcting.
Integration
To access this program, call transaction SMLT and choose Goto -> Other Tools.
Prerequisites
To correct the language, you need to access the Support Package files. These files can be in several different formats:
- Transport requests
- EPS package in the EPS Inbox
- CAR or SAR archive in the tmp subdirectory of the transport directory
- Collection CD.
The first three of these options are supported automatically. If you use a Collection CD to access Support Package data, you must specify the path to the CD.
Using the Program
Step: Selecting the Support Packages
All Support Packages are categorized with a traffic light as follows:
- Green: No import is required for these Support Packages
- Yellow: No import required
- Red: Import required
All Support Packages with red lights are already selected. You can also select Support Packages with yellow lights (however, this is not normally necessary). Go to the next screen (F6). When you do this, the system searches for usable files in the file system.
Step: Searching for existing files at the operating system level.
To import Support Packages, you require data in the following form
- R3trans data file of the Support Package request, or
- the PAT file of the Support Package, or
- the CAR archive of the Support Package.
The tool first searches for R3trans data files in the data directory of the transport directory, followed by PAT files in the EPS Inbox (usually $(TRANS_DIR)/EPS/in), and finally CAR archives in the directory $(TRANSDIR)/tmp.
You have the option of searching for CAR archives in other paths. Enter a path and start the search. The system also searches for subdirectories, so that you only need to specify a single path to search a Support Package Collection CD.
Caution: When searching for suitable CAR archives, the system assumes that a CAR archive with the name Kxxxxxx.CAR contains the Support Package SAPKxxxxxx. This is always the case with SAPNet downloads and Support Package Collection CDs.
Important: Not all required files need to be available at the same time. You can start the import with the first X files and then continue later with file X+1. A restart function is available for doing this.
Proceed to the next screen (F6).
Step: Starting the import
The import queue appears. Choose F6 to start the import process.
Step: Importing
All Support Packages are processed, one by one. The import is online, as in transaction SPAM. There should not be any timeout problems. The import of a Support Package involves the following steps:
- Copy the CAR archive to $(TRANS_DIR)/tmp, if necessary.
- Extract the CAR archive, if necessary. This creates a PAT file.
- Disassemble the PAT file, if necessary. This creates an R3trans data file.
- Import the R3trans file in special mode.
Files created temporarily by the import process (CAR archive in $(TRANS_DIR)/tmp, PAT files and R3trans files) are deleted as soon as possible to avoid overflows in the file system. However, large import logs are written to the log directory of the transport directory.
Possible Errors
Some errors are possible during the import process. If an error occurs, the program stops, and an error message appears in the status bar. You can restart the import process after you have removed the error. Double-click the error message in the status bar to display information about the error and troubleshooting measures.
Logs
Transaction SMLT creates a new action with the name OCS_IMPORT_[ISO code]_[Release] under the import actions for the language. The processed Support Packages are listed under this action.
