OSS - What are they? How do you apply them?

[Former Member]

Hi,

What are OSS Notes?

What does the following involve: Applying OSS notes to restore proper functionality of the system?

How are OSS notes applied (the standard method)?

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[Former Member]

Hi,

OSS is an online SAP service portal which will have all

kinds of updates about SAP patches and latest note

information. I feel no one will ask what it contains? if

some ask like this you can ask him raise a SAP message to

get the answer.SAP Note is the new term for OSS. If standard SAP program

has any bug or error, SAP will provide small correction

instructions patch/note for customers to implement the

changes. You can user transaction SNOTE for downloading and

implementing note.

SAP while relasing the new versions, it has it own errors which are overloooked during the realese.

( i wont mean purely syntax error, but for example, in one satandard report , sap display the material with 14 char length instaed 18 char)

inorder to fix the error in SAP standard code in future, SAP releases oss notes which can be implemented for fixing the issue.

Please check this link to get the complete information regarding OSS notes

http://www.sap-img.com/basis/oss-notes.htm

http://www.sap-img.com/basis/manually-applying-the-oss-note.htm

Hope this helps...

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raam

[Former Member]

hi,

OSS note means SAP notes.

SAP Notes give you instructions on how to remove known errors from SAP Systems. They include a description of the symptoms, the cause of the error, and the SAP Release and Support Package level in which the error occurs.

Depending on the type of error, an SAP Note may also include:

· Workarounds

· Descriptions of how to correct repository objects in the ABAP workbench, known as correction instructions

· Links to Support Packages that solve the problem

You can access SAP Notes both from the SAP Service Marketplace and SAPNet - R/3 Frontend.

The Note Assistant can automatically implement only SAP Notes that have correction instructions.

Read the SAP Note carefully before you use the Note Assistant to implement it. The SAP Note can contain prerequisites, interactions, and references to postprocessing activities (making changes to a table, for example) that you must take into consideration when you implement it.

Correction:

Correction instructions describe the changes that must be made to repository objects in the ABAP Workbench and particularly the source code of ABAP programs to correct errors.

Validity :

All correction instructions specify the releases and Support Package levels in which you can implement them. These release and Support Package levels are known as the validity range of the correction instructions.

For example, if Support Package 5 corrects and error in Release 4.6C, the validity range of the correction instructions is 4.6C Support Packages 1 -4.

An SAP Note can also determine that correction instructions are not allowed to be implemented if a certain software component (an add-on, for example) exists in the system. This is the case, for example, when a correction changes a program part that is required by another software component in an unaltered form.

If an exception such as this was defined, it is displayed in the header area of the correction instructions, under Invalid for .

The Note Assistant automatically checks the validity and only implements a correction instruction if the system status is within the validity range specified.

For more information :

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/28/15ef3957fd0a1be10000000a114084/content.htm

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