Selection Screen of Transaction SPAU

After you call transaction SPAU, the following selection screen helps you to decide whether to display all or only specific objects to be adjusted.

You can enter the name of one or several system users who last modified the object in the selection fields. It is also possible to select one or several transport requests which were last used to process the object. A developer's task number cannot be selected here.

If the object was subsequently modified by several developers, the tree display only shows the user who last changed the object and the transport request used last. Certain transport objects such as function modules, report sources and screens can consist of several modularization units (FORM routines, PAI and PBO modules, interfaces, and so on). These units may have been last changed by different users or last used by different transport requests. The transport object is always shown in the tree display if at least one of these user names or request numbers has been selected on the selection screen.

Another selection criterion are one or several packages which are determined through the object catalog entry of the complete object (such as the function group for function modules).

In the Request/task field, you can enter any transport request or a work breakdown structure BOM. Then all objects of this request are displayed in the tree. Objects processed at a later time in other transport requests are not displayed if the same request number is entered in the Last transport request field.

The Modifications and Reset Objects tabs contain a number of checkboxes. You can use them to determine which subtrees to display. The fewer checkboxes you select, the faster the tree is set up initially when you call the transaction.

The Note Corrections category is only available with the add-on SAP Note Assistant. Transaction SPAU merely displays a notes list since modification adjustment always affects all objects involved in the note correction. In the Modification Browser (transaction SE95), you can expand a subtree below each note which contains the objects involved in the note correction.

The Without Modification Assistant category displays objects that were modified in the current SAP System before upgrade from a Release prior to 4.5A to Release 4.5A or higher. This category also displays all Repository objects from those areas in the SAP standard where modifications are not supported by the Modification Assistant.

In the Translations tree, all modifications made to translations are logged.

The Business Add-Ins and Appends categories are only available in the Modification Browser (SE95). These customer enhancements are retained during a release upgrade.

Migration objects are only displayed in the modification adjustment transaction (SPAU) After match code objects for tables, structures, views, and search helps have been migrated, the new objects created are displayed in the tree. The Customer Enhancements (SMOD) part is listed in the Migration Objects category if converted by SAP into a corresponding Business Add-In definition. The associated CMOD part is converted into a Business Add-In implementation during modification adjustment.

If you reset note corrections to original, the note numbers with the associated objects are displayed in the Reset Objects category. Note corrections that have become obsolete after the import of the Support Package are displayed in a separate subtree. When you reset modifications with Modification Assistant and without Modification Assistant to original, the system writes a log entry for the complete transport object. The details of previous modifications are no longer available. Translations and migration objects which are reset to original are listed in a category of their own.

The Adjustment Filter tab is only displayed in the modification adjustment transaction. Objects that still need to be adjusted can be shown in the tree with a black, green, yellow, or red traffic light. These symbols mean obsolete notes, automatic, semi-automatic, or manual adjustment mode. By selecting the corresponding fields, you restrict the object display to specific adjustment modes. If you select the Objects already adjusted option, objects are displayed with a green checkmark or a stop sign.

The display is normally structured by the modification type (note corrections, modifications with and without Modification Assistant, and so on) and the object type (programs, function groups, and so on).

On the Display Options tab, you can use various radio buttons to choose another display format. In the first hierarchy level, the system displays all names of the persons who last changed the objects, all last transport requests or all packages.

You can create a selection variant for this screen by choosing Goto ® Variants® Save as Variant. The next time you call transaction SPAU, your selection options are then automatically set which allows you to skip the selection screen.