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Unit 8: Support Packages, Plug-Ins, and Add-Ons ADM100
Other ways in which Add-Ons are imported “in the real world”: using
transport requests, as “sealed” Support Packages, and so on.
Figure 77: SPAM and SAINT
Transaction SPAM allows you to import Support Packages. This applies
for Support Packages for the standard SAP system, for Industry Solutions,
and for CRTs.
It is also only possible to import a SPAM/SAINT update using transaction
SPAM.
Transaction SAINT allows you to install and upgrade an Add-On, such
as an Industry Solution, from the SAP system. To install or upgrade an
Add-On, it can be necessary to import Add-On Support Packages and
CRTs. Transaction SAINT deals with this.
SPAM - Prerequisites and Settings
The SAP system supports you when importing Support Packages. Specific
transactions are used, depending on the software to be update; that is,
whether it is the standard SAP system or Add-Ons and Industry Solutions.
In terms of transaction SAINT, an Add-On is everything that does not
belong to the standard SAP system. This includes, for example, Industry
Solutions, Software Development Projects (SDPs), and Plug-Ins.
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