Loading an SAP Note

Use

You can load SAP Notes into your system from the SAP Service Marketplace or SAPNet - R/3 Frontend. You can do this using an RFC connection (upload the SAP Note) or with the file transfer method.

When you download an SAP Note, you can use the Note Assistant to load it directly into your system from SAPNet - R/3 Frontend.

If you want to upload an SAP Note, you must first download it from the SAP Service Marketplace and save it on the hard disk of your PC. You then use the Note Assistant to upload the SAP Note using a file transfer.

Prerequisites

You have created an RFC connection to SAPNet - R/3 Frontend (only for downloading SAP Notes). (See also: Activating the Note Assistant)

Procedure

Note Download

1. Specify the numbers of the SAP Notes that you want to download.

Use the selection function to load one SAP Note or a list of SAP Notes.

2. Confirm the selection.

The SAP Notes are loaded from the system into your database.

Note Upload

Note that you can only use this function in the SAP Service Marketplace.

1. Select the correct SAP Note in the SAP Service Marketplace.
2. Choose Download.

The SAP Note is downloaded as a file using the Web browser.

3. Save this file locally on your PC.
4. Use the upload function (Goto -> Upload SAP Note) to load the file into your system.

Result

After you have successfully downloaded or uploaded an SAP Note that did not previously exist in your system, the processing status of this SAP Note is set as new in the SAP Note overview.