Summary

The new Change Analysis (ABAP) is a tool to identify different kind of changes implemented in an SAP System – NetWeaver based, ABAP – during a given timeframe. The tool is released within transaction ST13 under Backoffice Tools for use by SAP or certified Service consultants and is only available in English.

Transaction ST13 and its toolset are delivered in Add-on ST-A/PI "Service Tools for Applications Plug-In" and the new Change Analysis (ABAP) tool will be available from ST-A/PI Release 01S*.

The objective of the document is to give information on how to use the Change Analysis (ABAP) tool. Official information can be reviewed in the Knowledge Based Article 2223746 - Backoffice Tools - Change Analysis (ABAP) in ST13.

Prerequisites & Limits

The new toolset Backoffice tools in ST13 which includes the Change Analysis (ABAP) tool will be available with the Add-on ST-A/PI Release 01S*. Please refer to SAP Note 69455 - Servicetools for Applications ST-A/PI (ST14, RTCCTOOL, ST12) for further information on how to install the Add-on.

In general a support user with minimal authorizations is needed to run the tool (refer to SAP Note 1405975 - Minimum Authorization Profile for Remote Service Delivery for necessary authorizations).

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE TOOL:

According the selected timeframe the performance of the tool can increase significantly. Please choose proper selection criteria to restrict the result set to a minimum – normally < 7 days should be sufficient. In maximum you can select a timeframe of 30 days only.

Introduction

With the Change Analysis (ABAP) tool it is possible to identify:

- Start time & date of Active Hosts

- OS/DB/SAP Parameter Changes

- Transport Requests

- Imported from other System

- Transport Requests

- Created in current System

- Change time & -date of Specific Program/Function Group/Class

In the following section a detailed description is provided on how to access and make use of the tool:

1. Logon to the SAP System with your support user and run transaction ST13.

2. Choose tool “BACKOFFICE_TOOLS” and press the execute button.

3. On the following screen mark “Change Analysis (ABAP)” and Execute (F8). Then the selection screen of the tool will open up.

4. On the selection screen you have five different kind of options to select which changes should be identified. Please mark the once you need.

a. Start time & date of Active Hosts

This option will be selected all the time as it identifies on which Hosts the System is currently running and when they have been started up (date & time).

b. OS/DB/SAP Parameter Changes

This option can be selected to identify Parameter Changes mainly on SAP level during a specific timeframe. For OS and DB also other vendor specific tools should be considered as the Change Analysis (ABAP) won’t be single source of truth.

Please note:

- The maximal selectable timeframe is 30 days. The performance can increase significantly if no proper timeframe is chosen.

- The Job SAP COLLECTOR FOR PERFMONITOR and/or Report RSORA110 has to run to collect the newest parameter changes. Only after a successful run the changes will be visible. Further details can be found in SAP Note 1733253 - CCMS: Monitoring of parameter changes in SAP system.

c. Transport Requests - Imported from other System

This option can be selected to identify which Transport Requests have been imported from another System (e.g. DEV/QA) during a specific timeframe. As an additional option the development package can be specified to restrict the result set.

Please note: The maximal selectable timeframe is 30 days. The performance can increase significantly if no proper timeframe is chosen.

d. Transport Requests - Created in current System

This option can be selected to identify which Transport Requests have been created in the concurrent System – changes that have been implemented directly in the System - during a specific timeframe.

Please note: The maximal selectable timeframe is 30 days. The performance can increase significantly if no proper timeframe is chosen.

e. Specific Program/Function Group/Class

This option can be selected to identify the change date, time and user of the specific Program/Function Group/Class.

Please note: This check only makes sense if you have already identified a specific Program/Function Group/Class to be the cause of an issue and just want to reconfirm when it was changes and who changed it.

5. After you finished your selection press the button “Execute” to get the results of the change analysis.

6. For each option you selected a single Tab will be visible on the result screen.

a. Start time & date of Active Hosts

The result of this check shows all currently active Hosts of the SAP System with the associated IP address and start date and start time.

b. OS/DB/SAP Parameter Changes

The result of this check shows which kind of parameter was changes (OS, DB or SAP), on which host it was changes, when it was changed, the parameter name and only the new parameter value.

c. Transport Requests - Imported from other System

The result of this check shows all Transport Requests transported from another system (e.g. Development/Quality) into the current system with Transport Request ID and information on the changed object (type & name), who changed it, change date and time, client and also the short description of the transport request.

d. Transport Requests - Created in current System

The result of this check shows all Transport Requests directly created in the current system with TR ID and information on the changed object (type & name), who changed it, change date and time, client and also the short description of the transport request.

e. Specific Program/Function Group/Class

The result of this check shows the information who changed the Program/Function Group/Class and when it was changed.

Additional Information

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