SAP Transport Management System Concepts

SAP's Transport management system represents the centralized change and transport system CTS for all R/3 systems. SAP introduced transport management systems TMS from version 4.0 onwards. One of the main
benefits of the new transport management system is that it enables the SAP administrator to manage all SAP R/3 change requests from one single SAP client. Centralization of change request results in streamlined change management.

Earlier the transport of objects was done through transaction code SE06. With the introduction of transport management system, the movement of objects is now controlled through transaction code STMS. SAP TMS allows SAP administrators to define transport routes before hand. This minimizes human intervention in handling transport requests. As a segregation of duties best practice, access to transport management system transactions should only be restricted to the Basis team. Below, I have listed some of the important SAP transactions related to transport management.

Important Transport Management TCodes

SCC1, SCC4 - These are Client Administration transactions which enable user to create a new client SCC1 and copy data from an existing client to a target client.

SE10 - SE10 represents the transport organizer. It is used to manage and verify transport requests.

SE11 - SE11 is the ABAP
dictionary and is used to manage and release transport requests.

STMS - The transaction for transport management system, controls the movement of objects between various SAP systems.