SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Importing Support Packages
• According to SAP Instructions: In this case, programs and screens are
only generated if the generation during the import of these Support
Packages is allowed by SAP.
Figure 80: SPAM: Define and Import Queue
Do not import ABA and Basis Support Packages simultaneously. Import as
fewqueuesaspossible,andthereforequeuesthatareaslongaspossible,to
minimize the number of required SPDD/SPAU adjustments. The “worst”
aspect of importing Support Packages for customers is the SPDD/SPAU
adjustment, and especially the subsequent testing that is required. It is
therefore much better for the customer to import Support Packages 1 to 10
in one queue (one adjustment), instead of one after other (10 adjustments).
The notes must always be taken into account. These could explain, for
example, that Support Packages of a certain type cannot be import at the
same time in one queue, since certain problems would otherwise occur. For
example, the customer wants to import Support Packages of a particular
type, and to import numbers 10 to 30 there. Unfortunately, there is a note
that state that importing Support Packages 25 and 26 together causes the
import to terminate. The customer must therefore create two queues: one
from 10 to 25, and the other from 26 to 30. This means that the import does
not terminate, but there are two queues. Alternatively, the customer can
import packages 10 to 30 in one and correct the problem that causes the
termination manually. The notes that are displayed in the dialog box when
importing the queue should be read for every import.
Importing the Support Packages as a queue (other than during an upgrade
or a new installation) contradicts, of course, the SAP recommendation to
import the Support Packages as promptly as possible. In practice, the
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