Setting up a CTS+ enabled transport landscape in SAP Cloud Platform
Summary
In this blog I will describe step by step how to set up a transport landscape in SAP Cloud Platform integrated with SAP’s enhanced Change and Transport System (CTS+). The procedure is derived from the very useful how-to guide ‘How To… Configure HCP for CTS’. I will reference the chapters of this guide in the blog and extend the explanations of the guide where needed. On top of that I created short video clips of each and every step of the setup.
Prerequisites
You need:
- Access to a (global) account within SAP Cloud Platform (CP) in which you are allowed to create new accounts for development, test (optional) and production use or
- Access to an already existing account structure in SAP CP with the above mentioned accounts for development, test and production
- It is not possible to setup several accounts within a trial account. You need a ‘real’ SAP CP global account
- Access to a SAP NetWeaver 740 (support package level >= 10) system which will act as the coordinating CTS (or CTS+) system. If you are already use CTS+ for other application types you should use this system if it is already on SAP NetWeaver 740
- Optional: if you plan to integrate your SAP CP landscape into higher level change management tools like Change Request Management (ChaRM) or Quality Gate Management (QGM) this central CTS system has to be a SAP Solution Manager 7.2 system (SolMan 7.1 is not sufficient!)
Target Landscape
I will setup a three account (system) landscape with the account roles development, test and production. Enhanced CTS allows more complex landscapes as well, e.g. additional pre-production account, several production accounts, sandbox accounts, etc.
The development content will be exported from the development account, attached to a transport request and added to the import queue of the test system. When the import to the test system is performed the development artifacts are deployed to the test account in SAP CP and the transport request is added to the import queue of the production system. On import the content is deployed to the production account.
Step 1: Set up your SAP Cloud Platform accounts
The account structure within your SAP CP global account strongly depends on requirements concerning security, isolation vs. dependencies of development projects, resource sharing vs. separation etc. Separate accounts e.g. allow individual configuration of integration to backend systems or of the used identity provider. Therefore you might require more than the three accounts I will be using here.
Now let’s start with the configuration of the SAP CP accounts:
- Log on to your global SAP CP account
- Go to the overview page of your global account (showing the already existing accounts)
- Click on the ‘New Account’ button
- Enter a name and description for the new account
- Decide whether you would like to use the beta features of SAP CP. They are not required for the CTS+ integration but you might need them for your development project
- Click on Save
- Perform further configuration tasks like adding new members (users), setting up services or connectivity. For the CTS+ integration there are no further configuration steps required
Repeat the above steps for all accounts in your landscape, in my case for development, test and production account. Please see the corresponding videos:
I have now created three accounts within the global SAP CP account:
Step 2: Set up HTTP connections from CTS system to SAP CP accounts
This step refers to chapter 5.1 (‘Configuring an HTTP Destination’) in the How-To guide.
Currently the CTS+ integration of SAP CP is based on loose coupling. That means that you have to export your development artifacts from your source (= development) account into a multi target application archive (MTAR) file on file system. How this is done in detail differs from development type to development type.
Then from the CTS system you have to create a transport request (or use an existing one, which has not yet been released) and attach this archive file to the transport request. When you now release the transport request it is added to the import queue of the next target system(s), in my case the test system. If you trigger the import into the target system the CTS system calls a service in the respective SAP CP account via an HTTP connection. Therefore I have to setup an HTTP connection for each and every target system (= account) in my landscape. In my example I need the connections for the test and the production system. I do not need a connection for the development account (therefore the dotted line in the target landscape picture).
Now let’s set up the HTTP connection for the test system:
- Log on to your CTS+ system (SAP Solution Manager 7.2 or SAP NetWeaver 740)
- Start transaction ‘SM59’ (Configuration of RFC connections)
- In the displayed list select ‘HTTP Connections to External Server’ and press the ‘Create’ button (white leaf of paper)
- in the field RFC destination provide a name for the destination, e.g. ‘CAT_DESTINATION’ (I plan to name the representation of my test account CAT). Please observe that the name will be converted to upper case automatically. You will need the name of this destination later on.
- Enter some meaningful description (like ‘Destination for SAP CP Test Account’)
- Switch to the tab ‘Technical Settings’ (if not already there)
- The target host name depends on which datacenter hosts your account. To check that log on to the respective SAP CP account and look at the HTTPS address of that page. It should contain something like ‘account.eu1.hana.ondemand.com’ (eu1 standing for a Europe based datacenter). For the configuration of the CTS HTTP connection you have to replace ‘account’ by ‘slservice’. So the complete Target Host Name would be ‘slservice.eu1.hana.ondemand.com’
- The field Service No. must stay empty
- The Path Prefix follows the pattern /slservice/slp/basic/<target_account_name>/slp. You have to replace <target_account_name> by the technical name of your account, which can be found on the overview page in the Account Information area (something like ‘a123xyz1’)
- Press enter once and confirm the information that HTTP connections may not be secure
- If your CTS system accesses the internet via a proxy enter the proxy configuration
- Switch to the tab ‘Logon & Security’
- Choose ‘Basic Authentication’ and enter the credentials of a member of your SAP CP account who has the ‘Developer’ role in the target account
- I would like to encrypt the communication via SSL (secure socket layer). Therefore I set SSL to ‘active’
- Remember the Certificate List displayed, as it will be needed it in the next step
- Save the connection
Please see the video on creating the HTTP connection to the test system.
Repeat these steps for all your target accounts. In my example I have to do it for the production account (see video).
Step 3: Import SSL Certificate
This step refers to chapter 5.2 (‘Import SSL Certificate’) in the How-To guide.
In order to establish an encrypted communication from the CTS system to the SAP CP accounts the CTS has to validate the server identity of the SAP CP server. This is done with the root certificate which has been used to sign the SAP CP server certificate. Therefore this root certificate has to be imported into the CTS system. You get the root certificate e.g. by exporting it from a browser (shown here for Internet Explorer) or by downloading it from https://www.digicert.com.
- Start your browser (here Internet Explorer 11)
- Navigate to Tools (gear-wheel icon) -> Internet Options
- Choose the tab ‘Content’
- Press ‘Certificates’
- Go to the tab ‘Trusted Root Certification Authorities’
- Select ‘Baltimore Cyber Trust’
- Click ‘Export…’
- In the Certificate Export Wizard click ‘Next’ and then select ‘Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER)’ as export format and click ‘Next ‘ again
- Enter a filename and click ‘Next’
- Check the summary screen and click ‘Finish’
- The root certificate has now been exported
The next step is to import the certificate into your central CTS system.
- Log on to your CTS system and start transaction STRUST
- Switch to change mode
- Double-click on the SSL client you have specified in the HTTP connection definition (here ‘SSL client (Standard)’
- Click on the button ‘Import Certificate’ (bottom left in the right part of the screen)
- Enter the path and filename of the previously exported certificate and confirm by pressing the enter key
- Click on ‘Add to Certificate List’ and verify that ‘Baltimore Cyber Trust appears in the Certificate List
Here is the video on the certificate import.
Step 4: Test HTTP connection
After you have imported the root certificate you can check if the HTTP connections work:
- In your CTS system start transaction SM59
- Open the list of HTTP connections
- Double click on one of your your connections to SAP CP
- Click on ‘Connection Test’
- This should deliver an HTTP Response value ‘200’ (= OK)
- Repeat this check for all connections
I have also created a video for this check.
I now established the connections from the CTS system to the SAP CP accounts:
Step 5: Configure the Transport Organizer Web UI
This step refers to chapter 5.3 (‘Configuring the Transport Organizer Web UI’) in the How-To guide.
The transport request used in the CTS+ integration of SAP CP are created and maintained with an ABAP Web Dynpro application, the Transport Organizer (Web UI). This application is made available via the Internet Connection Framework (ICF) and has to be activated when using CTS+ for the first time. If you already use CTS+ for other application types (besides SAP CP) you do not have to activate the Transport Organizer Web UI again.
- In your central CTS system start transaction SICF
- Enter ‘SERVICE’ in the field ‘Hierarchy Type’ (if not already there)
- Enter ‘CTS*’ in the field ‘Service Name’
- Click on ‘Execute’ (green tick with clock)
- In the tree structure in the lower part of the screen right click on the entry ‘CTS_ORGANIZER’
- From the context menu select ‘Activate Service’. If this entry is greyed out and cannot be selected it means that the service is already active
- Confirm that you really want to activate the service
- Repeat the above steps for the entry ‘CTS_OBJECTLIST_BROWSER’
This video shows the above steps.
Step 6: Configure SAP CP as Application Type
This step refers to chapter 6 (‘Configure HCP as Application Type’) in the How-To guide.
Now I will define an application type serving as a unique identifier for the SAP CP content I will transport via CTS+.
- Log on to your CTS+ system and start transaction STMS
- Click on ‘System Overview’ icon (one orange box above two green ones)
- From the menu select Extras -> Application Types -> Configure
- If the entry ‘HCP’ is not yet there click on ‘New Entries’
- Enter ‘HCP’ in the field ‘Application ID’
- Enter a meaningful description like ‘Multi-Target Application (MTA) on SAP CP’
- For ‘Support Details’ enter ‘BC-NEO-INFR’. This is the SAP support component to use when creating an incident at SAP
- Save your entry
- Confirm the question to distribute the configuration change immediately
- Click the ‘Back’ button (green arrow to the left)
- You should now see ‘HCP’ in the list of application types
This procedure is documented in a video.
Step 7: Create the development account representation in the CTS system
This step refers to chapter 7.1.1 (‘Configuring the Development system (Export system)’) in the How-To guide.
Sources and targets for transports are identified in the CTS system by three letter acronyms (System ID or SID) which have to be unique within the transport domain managed by the CTS system. In our example I will use CAD (Cloud Account Development), CAT (Cloud Account Test) and CAP (Cloud Account Production). I will start with the system representing the SAP CP development account.
- Log on to your central CTS system and start transaction STMS
- Click on ‘System Overview’ icon (one orange box above two green ones)
- From the menu select SAP System -> Create -> Non-ABAP System
- Enter your development SID in the field ‘System’ (in our example ‘CAD’)
- Enter a meaningful description like ‘SAP CP development account’
- Select the flag ‘Activate Transport Organizer’. This allows to call the Transport Organizer Web UI for this system
- The Client specified here should be the one used for transporting (normally the one you are currently logged on to). Please observe that all users who should be authorized to attach SAP CP content to transport via CTS+ have to have a user in this client. The users need the authorizations as specified in the template role SAP_CTS_PLUS. Please do not use the role directly but copy it to a role in the customer name range (‘Z_*’). Also take a look at SAP note 1003674 for recent updates on authorizations
- Save your system definition
- Confirm the question to distribute the configuration change immediately
- Your system should now appear in the list of systems
Please also see the corresponding video.
I have now created the representation of the development account in the CTS system:
Step 8: Create the test and production account representation in the CTS system
This step refers to chapter 7.1.2 (‘Configuring the Test and Production System (Import Systems)’) in the How-To guide.
I will now setup the target systems for the transports, in my example the test and the production accounts.
- Log on to your CTS+ system and start transaction STMS
- Click on ‘System Overview’ icon (one orange box above two green ones)
- From the menu select SAP System -> Create -> Non-ABAP System
- Enter your development SID in the field ‘System’ (in our example ‘CAT’)
- Enter a meaningful description like ‘SAP CP test account’
- In the frame Target System Settings activate the flag ‘Activate Deployment Service’
- Activate the Method ‘Other’ and deactivate all other Methods
- Save your system definition
- Confirm the question to distribute the configuration change immediately
- You are automatically taken to a screen showing the deployment methods for different application types (currently none)
- Click on ‘New Entries’
- In the field ‘Application ID’ choose ‘HCP’ (as defined in step 6 above)
- Set the ‘Deploy method’ to ‘HTTP-based Deployment (application specific)’
- In the field ‘HTTP destination’ specify the destination you created in step 2 for your test account (in our example ‘CAT_DESTINATION’). Please double-check the correct spelling and correct case (all upper case)
- Leave the other fields empty and save your setting
- Confirm the question to distribute the configuration change immediately
- Click the ‘Back’ button (green arrow to the left)
- You should now see the newly created deployment method for your test system
- Click the ‘Back’ button again
- Your new test system ‘CAT’ should now be listed
The creation of the test account representation is shown in this video.
Repeat the above steps for your other target accounts, in omy example for the production account, this time using another SID, e.g. ‘CAP’ and the HTTP destination for the production account (in this example ‘CAP_DESTINATION’. Please also see this video.
I have now representations for all our accounts in the central CTS system:
Step 9: Define Transport Routes
This step refers to chapter 7.1.3 (‘Transport Landscape: Defining Transport Routes’) in the How-To guide.
I will now create the transport routes connecting the three systems / accounts I have setup in the previous steps.
There are two types of transport routes: consolidation and delivery. The consolidation route is used for a connection where development artifacts are exported from one (development) system and imported into a consolidation (respectively test) system.
The delivery routes are used for all subsequent connections in your landscape. When you import a transport into a system with an outgoing delivery route the transport is automatically added to the queue of the target system.
In my example I will setup a consolidation route between the development and the test system and a delivery route between the test and the production system.
The transport routes can be created using a graphical editor (described here) or by entering the required data into dialog windows.
- Log on to your CTS+ system and start transaction STMS
- Click on ‘Transport Routes’ icon (three small boxes connected by a curved line)
- You now see the currently configured transport landscape. The newly created systems (CAD, CAT and CAP) should be visible on the top of the screen
- Switch from display to change mode by clicking on the corresponding icon (pen and glasses)
- Click on your development system (here CAD) and then click in the area below where the transport routes are shown
- Repeat this for your other systems (in our example CAT and CAP). Try to arrange your system from left to right in the sequence your planning to connect them by transport routes, typically development – test – production
- Switch to ‘Add Transport Route’ clicking on the corresponding icon (an orange box trying to get between to green boxes)
- With the mouse pointer (now shown as a pencil) draw a line between the development system (CAD) and the test system (CAT)
- In the automatically opening dialog window select ‘Consolidation’
- In the field ‘Transport layer’ enter a four letter name starting with ‘Z’, e.g. ‘ZHCP’
- Press Enter (or click on the green tick)
- Enter a short description for the transport layer, e.g. ‘MTA Transport in HCP’
- Confirm by clicking on the green tick or pressing Enter
- You should see the newly created transport route from your development system (CAD) to your test system (CAT)
- Now draw a line from your test (CAT) to your production system (CAP)
- In the automatically opening dialog window select ‘Delivery’
- Confirm by clicking on the green tick or pressing Enter
- You should see the newly created transport route from your test system (CAT) to your test system (CAP)
- If there are more systems in your landscape (like preproduction or sandbox environments) repeat the above steps as necessary. Normally you would use delivery routes for connecting the additional systems
- Save the configuration
- Confirm the question to distribute the configuration change immediately
The above sequence is shown in this video.
I have now configured the transport routes of my landscape:
Step 10: Final Checks
As an optional step I ran the ‘Check Transport Tool’ of CTS.
- Log on to your CTS+ system and start transaction STMS
- Click on ‘System Overview’ icon (one orange box above two green ones)
- Double-click on one of your systems (e.g. ‘CAT’)
- Switch to the tab ‘Transport Tool’
- Click on the check button (balance with green and orange box). The system performs several tests, which will take a few seconds
- Expand the tree with the check results. You should only see green ticks
- If you see errors or warnings check the corresponding message and take corrective measures accordingly
Congratulations! You did it!
I have now setup a typical three account / system landscape with a development, a test and a production environment.
In upcoming blogs I will show
- how to use this environment when developing different types of artifacts
- how to do the same kind of integration for a SAP HANA database running of SAP Cloud Platform
- how to use higher level transport tools like Quality Gate Management (QGM), Change Request Management (ChaRM) or central Change and Transport System (cCTS)
Stay tuned!
Really interesting, thanks.
Does this also translate to other clouds, like Amazon Web Services?
Robert
Hi Robert,
the examples shown in this blog are based on SAP Cloud Platform Neo, the proprietary platform hosted in SAP datacenters. However, some newer SAP Cloud Platform Services (like IoT) are based on Cloud Foundry which in turn will also run on AWS. The basic concept of Multi-Target-Applications (MTAs) also applies to Cloud Foundry, so that future expansion of the CTS+ integration of SAP CP services will also (indirectly) cover AWS (and potentially other IAAS providers hosting SAP CP on Cloud Foundry).
To answer your question: currently no, in the future (indirectly) yes.
Another topic would be if you run other CTS+ enabled solutions (e.g. SAP AS Java) on AWS servers. This would be available already today.
Kind regards
Harald
Hi harald,
I have read your blog and it is helpful. I want to know why backend system is used especially in chapter 5.1 where in if we have two cloud platform accounts.
For suppose in my case, I have two seperate SAP CP Accounts which doesnt have any link. Now i want to transfer / transport my UI5 Appl and HANA Modelling pkg / schema from SAP CP Acc 1 to SAP CP Acc2. At this point of time as well, do i need to go to backend system and create a destination or is there any other way for Cloud to cloud transfer of data ?
Thanks,
Sankar
Hi Sankar,
thanks for tuning in
Of course you have the very basic option of exporting and importing your artifacts via your frontend. However this is very error-prone, cannot be automated and works differently for different services / run-times (if at all). For your example (UI5 and HANA content) it should work.
Another option would be setting up a continuous integration landscape as described in http://www.sap.com/developer/tutorials/ci-best-practices-intro.html. However, in this case you also need some kind of backend like a Jenkins server to automate building and deployment of your artifacts.
Last not least we have begun to develop a native cloud based transport service which will enable moving artifacts between SAP CP accounts without a backend. Unfortunately we only just started the development and is too early to predict when it will be available. I hope to be able to show a lab preview at TechEd in Las Vegas or in Barcelona.
Having said this, CTS+ with an ABAP backend system is currently the easiest option if you already have a fitting backend system.
Kind regards
Harald
Hi Harald,
Thank you very much for sharing the knowledge. Very good article.
Cheers,
Hyago.
Hi Harald,
Thank you for the detailed and interesting blog.
Is it possible to use CTS+ to transport SAP SCI content? Can we Manage / transport iFlows and other artefacts created using SAP HCI / SAP SCI across Dev Test and Prod HCI/SCI Systems?
Regards,
Srinivas
Hi Srinivas,
sorry for the delay in answering: I was hoping to directly tell you that HCI/CSI has been MTA/CTS+ transport enabled, but it seems we have to have a little more patience...
I can tell you that much: our development is working on the topic and is quite far but it is still too early to specify a fixed release date. Currently the plan is to release this functionality in Q3/2017.
I will update this blog, once the availability to customers is through.
Kind regards
Harald
Thank you for the reply Harald.
Hi Srinivas,
I am happy to inform you (and other interested people) that SAP Cloud Platform Integration is now also enabled for CTS+ integration. We have released the option to export SAP CP Integration content as MTA. Please see the SAP Documentation
This MTA archive can then be attached to a CTS+ transport request.
Kind regards
Harald
Hi Herald,
Do you already have an update if it is possible to use CTS+ for transporting SAP SCI content?
And I try to follow your blog but I'm not sure about step 6 Configure SAP CP as application type.
We have Solution Manager 7.2 with 7.4 sp-level 14 but when I try to add new entries I only can choose for application type BOLM, BPC, HDBLM, Microsoft~Sharepoint, Microsoft~SharepointAPP, SUP and XMII. I don't see HCP as you told in your blog. What am I missing?
Best regards,
Herbert
Hi Herbert,
I am happy to inform you (and other interested people) that SAP Cloud Platform Integration is now also enabled for CTS+ integration. We have released the option to export SAP CP Integration content as MTA. Please see the SAP Documentation
This MTA archive can then be attached to a CTS+ transport request.
Concerning your second question: if HCP is not yet present as application type in your system (as it you would expect when configuring it for the first time), you have to create it. Basically you do it by pressing the ‘New Entries’ button, as described in section 6. However, in the field ‘Application ID’ you cannot use the value help (which will only display some predefined entries) but manually enter ‘HCP’ in the field. This will force the creation of a new application type upon saving.
Kind regards
Harald
Kind regards
Harald
Hi Harald,
Thanks, we have enabled Solutions Lifecycle Management on our SAP Cloud Platform account but by reading SAP documentation we also have to create a new HTTP destination in Solutions Lifecycle Management.
But how do we do this? What do we have to fill in? CTS+ is configured on our onpremise ABAP system but want to test it with the option to export SAP CP integration content as MTA.
Kind regards,
Herbert
Hello Harald,
Thank you for a very informative blog.
Do the accounts that are set up for the DEV, TEST and PRD environment represent separate instances of the HCP or do they represent a sort of "partitioning" within a single instance where each "partition" represents an area where a separate version of the content can be stored and executed?
Your example contains a typical landscape design that would be found with an on premise type implementation. However, if a customer is implementing S/4HANA in the Public Cloud, there is only a Q and P system in the landscape. What would the landscape for the HCP look like when the HCP development is aligned with S/4HANA in the Cloud?
Thanks,
Mike
Hi Harald.
I appreciate this overview, with this information I can understand many concepts about integration so I take the course of Cloud-Native Operations from openSAP.
Very well, tank you for share.
I follow you.
Regards.
Frederick
Hi
Some great info here 🙂
However, I'm struggling with our set up on the SM59 HTTP connection. In the guide it says "The field Service No. must stay empty" - this
seems to pick up a default port number of 80, which is incorrect in our case:
"Connect to <cts_server>:80 failed:NIECONN_REFUSED(-10)"
I've tried 80<sysno> (8004 for us - our DB system number is 04) as per the CTS for HANA guide (for a HTTP connection) but get the same NIECONN_REFUSED(-10) error. I've tried all sorts of number combinations, but believe I need to use the port number for a HTTPS connection in our case rather than HTTP - anyone know what this is?
We connect in SAP HANA Studio to our system with 30415 and the XS port is 4304. I tried both these port numbers in the HTTP connection - and get a different message: "Connection is closed". Not sure that's any better!
If I run the transport tool check the error is:
"Error in test of appl. HDBLM, deployer.."
The test program RSTMS_NONABAP_SUPPORT returns:
"Transport tool check for external deployers in system TS2
Applications with errors, but without further error details:
APPL:HDBLM Error in test of appl. HDBLM, deployer APPL_HTTP
Fehler beim Test von Destination <SID>_DESTINATION"
Which translates as "Error while testing destination <SID>_DESTINATION" - which doesn't help a lot!
Anyone know which port number we should be using?
Thanks!
Ross
Sorted it - I did need to use 4304, I'd just forget to tick the SSL 'active' radio button to tell it to use HTTPS. I also then needed the certificate from the URL in the SSL section of STRUST. All working now! 🙂
Hi Harald,
Thank you for writing this document, it is very helpful.
I need to know the CTS+ configuration for hybrid solutions. e.g Dev and Qua in SAP cloud platform and production "on premise".
can we use same setup for Dev and qua systems by creating http connections and normal rfc connection for production system.
appreciate your support.
regards
bharath
Hi Bharath,
in principle it should be possible to create a hybrid queue including SAP Cloud Platform and on-premise targets, because you configure each target system individually.
However, where I see challenges is the content attached to the transport request. For the scenario described above (transport multi-target applications between SAP Cloud Platform Neo environments) the import relies on the MTA deploy service, which is to my knowledge not available for on-premise environments (exception see below).
So currently I see two potential scenarios:
Maybe you could explain in little more detail which scenario you have in mind.
Kind regards
Harald
Hi Harald,
Thank you for the detailed steps to setup CTS+ in the SAP Cloud Platform. I am wondering if there is possibility to change the TR short text? Since everytime we create a transport it has default text "Default request for MTA archive export by slservice"
Regards,
Florence
Hi Florence,
I briefly talked with our development team and the good news is: they have it on their backlog and the feature to take the description entered in the Solution Export Wizard into the short text of the CTS+ transport request will (hopefully…) be delivered soon (planned within Q3/2019, no guarantee…).
In the mean time you would have to live with the workaround to switch off automatic release of the CTS+ transport (set parameter WBO_REL_REQ_STRATEGY to ‘MANUAL’ for the source system). Then open the transport in the Transport Organizer WebUI, change the short text and release the transport.
I will update the blog when the new functionality is available.
Kind regards
Harald
Hi Harald,
do you know if the "short text" feature is already available?
thanks, Markus
Hi Harald,
Any updates on "short text" feature? I still see the same default text "Default request for MTA archive export by slservice"
Thank you
Hello Harald,
Very nice blog, congratulations! We have development setup, where developer use WEBIDE to deploy the application netweaver gateway FES and Backend using option "Deploy to SAPUI5 ABAP Repository" Can this setup integrated with CTS+ and ChaRMs?
Thanks & Best Regards,
Vinod Bhat
Hello Vinod Bhat,
thanks a lot 🙂
Unfortunately I am afraid I cannot answer your question. I can only try an educated guess...
As you are targeting an ABAP repository with your deployment from WebIDE I assume that in this process ABAP repository objects would be created which then would be transportable via the standard CTS. However, I am not sure though, if for this deployment WebIDE already uses CTS transport requests (which could be handled via ChaRM) or if WebIDE in this scenario rather has a similar function as the ABAP Development Tool (Eclipse based frontend for the ABAP devlopment system).
You might want to contact experts from the FES side... A starting point could be: https://blogs.sap.com/2017/12/06/sap-fiori-front-end-server-in-a-nutshell/
Sorry and kind regards
Harald
Hi Harald,
Great blog, I really enjoyed reading this post.
I have an issue in my project while implementing CTS+
We have 3 Separate SAP HANA SYTEM landscapes for DEV, QA and PROD on AWS CLOUD, Recently, we have tried out CTS+ to deploy objects (MTAR files) using Solution Manager Development system (DSM), our landscape is to transport the MTAR files from DEV to QA and from QA to PROD.
Deployment are getting imported and also successfully deploying from DEV to QA and while we are trying from QA to PROD, we don't find edit option to change the target space for the same deployment request. please, can you suggest some of the areas that we need to check or cross verify, where might be the exact problem would be. your quick reply would help.
Thank you very much in advance.
Regards,
Pavan
Hi Pavan,
thanks a lot for enjoying my blog post 😉
From what you have been writing I would guess you are running your HANA databases in the SAP Business Technology Platform Cloud Foundry environment (as Neo is not available on AWS). Please correct me if this assumption is not accurate.
The above blog deals with CTS+ for the Neo environment. Therefore it does not mention the configuration for different spaces. For CTS+ on the CF environment we have created a detailed how-to guide which you can find at: https://help.sap.com/doc/9aad207e90fa4da793d34114113e9254/Cloud/en-US/HowToCTS%2B_Guide_SCP_CF.pdf
Here in the chapter 4.1 on page 12 you find the configuration of the RFC connections needed to deploy the MTA content to the target spaces. They are (for CF) in the format:
/slprot/target_org_name/target_space_name/slp
So this destination contains the organisation and space of your target.
Kind regards
Harald
Hello Harald,
Thanks a lot for the quick response to my request.
we will check the suggestions provided to us, unfortunately the link that you provided is not opening for us.
https://help.sap.com/doc/9aad207e90fa4da793d34114113e9254/Cloud/en-US/HowToCTS%2B_Guide_SCP_CF.pdf
will you please, provide the latest version link.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Pavan
Hello Pavan,
there seem to have been technical issues with the SAP Help Portal yesterday. I tried the link this morning and it is working now.
Sorry and kind regards
Harald
I cannot access the following links included in your blog:
Can you update the links or provide an alter location of where to find the content?
Thanks,
Jack