Analyzing ERP custom objects by transport
View Patent ↗The invention is directed to analyzing enterprise resource planning (ERP) custom objects by transport. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a development box, wherein the development box includes: a listing of a plurality of ERP object modifications from a plurality of transport versions; an output including at least one of an ERP object summary and a transport summary; and a proposal for transporting of at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications, wherein the proposal is derived from the output; providing at least one of: a test box or a production box; comparing the development box to at least one of the test box and the production box; and transporting the at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications.
1. A method for analyzing enterprise resource planning (ERP) custom objects, comprising:
providing a development box of transport eligible objects, wherein the development box includes:
a listing of a plurality of ERP object modifications from a plurality of transport versions, at least two of the plurality of ERP object modifications being related to an individual code object;
an output including at least one of an ERP object summary and a transport summary, the output eliminating all but a latest version of the at least two of the plurality of EPR object modifications; and
a proposal for transporting at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications,
wherein the proposal is derived from the output;
providing at least one of: a test box or a production box;
comparing, using a computer device, the development box to the at least one of: the test box or the production box at an object level to determine whether a version of an object for transport in the development box is an expected version; and
transporting the at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications from the development box to the at least one of: the test box or the production box.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
eliminating at least one redundant transport version.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ERP is one selected from a group consisting of SAP and advanced business application programming (ABAP).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ERP objects include at least one selected from a group consisting of: a program modification and a screen modification.
5. A system for analyzing enterprise resource planning (ERP) custom objects, comprising:
a system for providing a development box of transport eligible objects, wherein the development box includes:
a listing of a plurality of ERP object modifications from a plurality of transport versions, at least two of the plurality of ERP object modifications being related to an individual code object;
an output including at least one of an ERP object summary and a transport summary, the output eliminating all but a latest version of the at least two of the plurality of EPR object modifications; and
a proposal for transporting at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications, wherein the proposal is derived from the output;
a system for providing at least one of: a test box or a production box;
a system for comparing the development box to at the least one of: the test box or the production box at an object level to determine whether a version of an object for transport in the development box is an expected version; and
a system for transporting the at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications from the development box to the at least one of: the test box or the production box.
6. A computer program stored on a computer-readable storage medium, which when executed, enables a computer system to analyze ERP custom objects by transport, the computer program comprising program code for enabling the computer system to:
provide a development box of transport eligible objects, wherein the development box includes:
a listing of a plurality of ERP object modifications from a plurality of transport versions, at least two of the plurality of ERP object modifications being related to an individual code object;
an output including at least one of ERP object summary and a transport summary, the output eliminating all but a latest version of the at least two of the plurality of EPR object modifications; and
a proposal for transporting of at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications, wherein the proposal is derived from the output;
provide at least one of a test box and a production box;
compare the development box to at the least one of the test box and the production box at an object level to determine whether a version of an object for transport in the development box is an expected version; and
transport the at least one of the plurality of ERP object modifications.
7. The computer program of claim 6 , wherein ERP is SAP or ABAP.