Why use CTS? CTS vs CTS+

[luigi_co]

Hi,

I am new to the forum. Would like to ask on how transports were being moved before CTS was invented? And what are the benefits of using CTS compared to any old method of moving transports?

Also, what is difference of CTS and CTS+? Is it just the capability of moving non-ABAP objects?

Thanks in advance.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

CTS:

The Change and Transport System (CTS) is a tool that helps you to organize development projects in the ABAP Workbench and in customizing, and then transport the changes between the SAP Systems and clients in your system landscape.

This documentation provides you with an overview of how to manage changes with the CTS and essential information on setting up your system and client landscape and deciding on a transport strategy. Read and follow this documentation when planning your development project.

For practical information on working with the Change and Transport System, see Change and Transport Organizer and Transport Management System.

What ever is developed in sap is assiged to a transport request, it is created by transaction SE09 and then it is released when the data needs to be transported in various other systems.

The Change and Transport System (CTS, SAP NetWeaver usage type AS ABAP) is enhanced with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SPS 12 to be capable of transporting Non-ABAP object types, such as from the SAP NetWeaver usage types PI (Exchange Infrastructure), EP (Portal), etc. The enhanced CTS I will refer to as CTS+. Using its new capabilities further simplifies system administration of an SAP system landscape.

rfer:

CTS+ in a SAP NetWeaver Portal Landscape:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/03/dcb6b6048711d3b42a00609419f767/frameset.htm

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/90d3b550-b6fb-2910-0fa5-ece5d61f...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/e0249083-c0ab-2a10-78b8-b7a7854b...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/80bbbd55-5004-2a10-f181-8bb09692...

CMS

Change Management Service (CMS) is an infrastructure based on Netweaver Developer Infrastructure and it is used to transport development objects (e.g. XI interfaces) between different systems in your lanscape.

CMS is running in SAP J2EE Engine

CMS provides central for administrative and QM tasks for all JAva development Systems.

Features

• Track defination

• Development configuration defination

• Defien runtime systems and deployment paths

CMS is the central point of access for developers to get new development configurations

Read this to have more details on CMS and it's use with XI

CMS for SAP Exchange Infrastructure

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b8d8f7b2-0701-0010-b09a-cda4cca2...

Configuration of CMS in Central NWDI & SLD to transport XI objects

How to Use CMS in XI 3.0.pdf

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/43f5d790-0201-0010-2984-ff72d822...

CMS based transport in XI

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/b8d8f7b2-0701-0010-b09a-cda4cca2...

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/9e76e511-0d01-0010-5c9d-9f768d64...

Change and Transport Lists for CMS Transports

How To Transport XI Content Using cms:

CMS

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/f85ff411-0d01-0010-0096-ba1...

Edited by: bhavanisankar.solasu on Feb 2, 2012 12:17 PM

[luigi_co]

Thanks! To make it simpler, can we say that CTS+ is equivalent to CTS and the capability to transport Non-ABAP objects?

[prateek]

>>can we say that CTS+ is equivalent to CTS and the capability to transport Non-ABAP objects?

Yes.

Regards,

Prateek Raj Srivastava

[Former Member]

Hi ,

The CTS stands for Change Transport System , If you want to transport the following objects from SAP Net Weaver PI with the CTS Transport Request .

ESR Design objects.

Integration Directory Configuration.

Transport to QAS can be done either through File system based or CMS or CTS+..

if you are using PI 7.0 or 7.1 then better can go for CTS +

Please gone through this below blogs , I hope you will get better understand.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi71/helpdata/en/9a/775de286874bc78dcb1470bc80f0f9/frameset.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwpi71/helpdata/en/d6/de4b1157794ebd92720c3dad4d87a9/content.htm

Thanks&Regards,

Sudeepth