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Architecture of ActiveControl
Key Concepts of ActiveControl » Architecture of ActiveControl
The architecture of ActiveControl can be broken down into several core components: 1) a main Domain Controller 2) other participating satellite SAP systems. 3) Access methods – consisting of a Windows GUI client software, Web UI and SAP GUI screens. 4)…
Transport Form Organizer
Configuring ActiveControl » SAP GUI Configuration » Completing Transport Forms and Business Tasks in the SAP GUI » Transport Form Organizer
The ActiveControl Transport Form Organizer screen can used to access and maintain Transport Forms of any released or modifiable transports. This is accessed in the SAP GUI of the ABAP Development system via transaction /n/BTI/TE_TR_FORM. The Transport Form Organizer…
Defining Transport Paths
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Transport Paths
A transport path is a hierarchy of target SAP systems, determining the systems that a transport request will be imported into and in what order. The transport path also determines whether changes need to be approved and/or tested. Each transport request is associated…
Defining Transport Schedules
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Transport Schedules
A Transport Schedule defines a list of days and times when transport requests should be imported automatically. When a transport schedule is assigned to a target, ActiveControl automatically creates a background job that will import transport requests that are…
Automated Transport Naming Convention
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Transport Naming Convention
ActiveControl can be used to automatically populate the Transport Description in an SAP transport at the point the Developer is saving a Transport Form in the SAP GUI of the ABAP Development system. This can help with the consistency of descriptions within SAP, and…
Client-based Transport distribution
Advanced Configuration Topics » Client-based Transport distribution
Some SAP customers have a SAP client architecture requirement to distribute transports to particular system clients in the landscape, based on rules and the source client of the transport. ActiveControl includes a capability to automate this client-based transport…
Check Transport Release (0034)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » General Analysis » Check Transport Release (0034)
Check Transport Release (0034) checks if the transport is released (as otherwise it cannot be imported). Parameters None.
Check Transport Release (0014)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Transport Release (0014)
Check Transport Release (0014) checks whether the selected transport requests are released or not, and if not it issues a message to indicate this. Parameters None
Check Transport Presence (0068)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Transport Presence (0068)
Check Transport Presence (0068) allows customers with branched transport paths, to easily prevent transport to be deployed beyond a certain control point location in one (configurable) branch if the transport still exists in certain (configurable) locations in other…
Transport Sequencing and Dependencies
Key Concepts of ActiveControl » Transport Sequencing and Dependencies
The default sequencing within ActiveControl is based on the release date/time of the transports. For example, if transport A is released at 15:00 on 1st January 2019, and transport B is released at 16:00 on 1st January 2019, and both transports are sitting in an…
Transport of Copies (Testing TOCs)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Transport of Copies (Testing TOCs)
ActiveControl includes the ability to create Transport of Copies (TOC) of existing transport(s) to push to their test systems. This avoids the need to release the original transport until testing is complete, and can significantly reduce the number of transports moving…
Transport of Copies (Production TOCs)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Transport of Copies (Production TOCs)
As well as the functionality to push TOCs from Dev to QA, ActiveControl also includes the ability to create Transport Of Copies (TOC) for deployment to Production. This can be used to reduce the number of transports being deployed to Production, and by extension,…
Transport Import Date Analysis (0072)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Transport Import Date Analysis (0072)
‘Transport Import Date Analysis’ (0072) is an informational analyser that aims to provide Change & Release Managers with an indication of when Transports could be deployed into Production, based on the object contents and the usage of the top level objects…
Check Locked Transport Forms (0032)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » General Analysis » Check Locked Transport Forms (0032)
Check Locked Transport Forms (0032) checks if the Transport Form is locked, as this would prevent approval or import. Parameters None.
Manual Activities and Non-Transport Deployments
Advanced Configuration Topics » Manual Activities and Non-Transport Deployments
It is possible to manage Manual Activities and Non-SAP changes within ActiveControl. These can be used to manage non-transportable changes and activities and still enforce an approval and audit process. These types of changes will still use the concept of transports…
Assigning Targets to a Transport Path
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Assigning Targets to a Transport Path
Once a transport path has been created, target systems need to be assigned to the path. An Administrator does this by selecting the transport path in the configuration window – the targets that are currently assigned will appear in the transport path tree underneath…
Transport Forms, Business Tasks and Projects
Key Concepts of ActiveControl » Transport Forms, Business Tasks and Projects
ActiveControl has a 3-level hierarchy, consisting of Transport Forms, Business Tasks and Projects. Transport Forms Before an SAP transport request can be deployed using ActiveControl, a Transport Form must be created for the transport request. The Transport Form is…
Completing Transport Forms and Business Tasks in the SAP GUI
Configuring ActiveControl » SAP GUI Configuration » Completing Transport Forms and Business Tasks in the SAP GUI
ActiveControl has the ability to trigger a Transport Form popup in the SAP GUI of a satellite Development system, at one or two places: 1) when the transport is released via SE09/SE10 etc, or 2) when objects are attached to a transport via SAP transactions such as…
Key Concepts of ActiveControl
Key Concepts of ActiveControl
This section of the Administration Guide details some of the key concepts of ActiveControl Architecture Transport Forms, Business Tasks and Projects Inboxes, Outboxes and Test Queues Transport Sequencing & Dependencies
RFC Destinations
Installing ActiveControl » RFC Destinations
ActiveControl uses SAP’s remote function call (RFC) technology for communication. RFCs are required in two places: 1) from the Domain Controller to every participating satellite SAP system being managed by ActiveControl 2) from the Development satellite systems…
Non-ABAP / Java transports and CTS+
Advanced Configuration Topics » Non-ABAP / Java transports and CTS+
In order to deploy non-ABAP / Java transports, ActiveControl utilises CTS+ so this must be setup and configured beforehand. Configuring ActiveControl to manage non-ABAP systems For each non-ABAP / Java system to be managed by ActiveControl, a new target and RFC…
Integration Process Flow
Integrations » SAP Integration Framework » Integration Process Flow
The Integration Framework provides an open architecture for passing messages into and out of the system in a multitude of ways. Although integration can be set up in many ways, one of the more common scenarios is explained in diagram below: In this scenario we…
Target Properties – Import Options II
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Targets » Target Properties – Import Options II
Merge / Parallel Development Streams (Continued) Property Description Transport target for merge requests This sets the transport target for merge requests created by ActiveControl, allowing merge transports to be handled via a different…
Windows GUI Configuration
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration
The configuration of ActiveControl in the Windows GUI can only be maintained by users who have been defined as a ActiveControl Administrator. Authorised ActiveControl Administrators can access the configuration screen after logging on with the ActiveControl Windows…
ChaRM integration
Integrations » SAP Integration Framework » Out-of-the-Box Integrations » ChaRM integration
ActiveControl includes a ChaRM integration that was developed for an existing customer that wanted to continue using their productive ChaRM approvals workflow – whilst also benefiting from various ActiveControl functionalities such as Merge (because they had some…
Target Properties – Import Options
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Targets » Target Properties – Import Options
Import Options Property Description Import Method There are four standard Import Methods available with ActiveControl for importing transports i) Import one request at a time: this imports in the order that is displayed on screen. ii)…
Satellite SAP Systems
Key Concepts of ActiveControl » Architecture of ActiveControl » Satellite SAP Systems
The ActiveControl server software must also be installed in each of the participating satellite SAP systems that will be managed by ActiveControl. It is not necessary for any participating SAP systems to share transport directories with any of the other SAP systems…
Defining Target Roles
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Target Roles
A Target Role is used to enforce transport request dependencies between systems in different transport paths. The target role essentially tells ActiveControl what systems are at the same level of a landscape (eg that a ECC Dev and BW Dev system are at the same…
Installing the Server Software
Installing ActiveControl » Installing the Server Software
The following steps summarise the activities involved in installing the ActiveControl server software. The steps assume the system ID of your development SAP system is DEV, and also that the reader is already comfortable with the basics of the SAP Correction and…
Other Configuration Options
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Other Configuration Options
Numerous other important ActiveControl configuration options are available on the [Other] tab in the Windows GUI configuration screen. These are all global configuration options that impact all usage of the product. Option Description Require…
Reports
Advanced Configuration Topics » Reports
ActiveControl includes a number of out-of-the-box Reports aimed at cutting out the need for spreadsheets and manual analysis performed within many organisations as part of the delivery of SAP change. Most of these Reports are available in the Windows GUI and Web UI.…
Merge
Advanced Configuration Topics » Merge
ActiveControl offers support for branched SAP development streams, such as when a Production Support development stream is copied to a project development stream to allow project changes to be made in parallel to and independent of continuing Production Support…
Defining Text Fields
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Text Fields
It is possible to define additional free text fields to appear on the [General] tab of both the Transport Form and Business Task. Text fields are configured by ActiveControl Administrators on the [Fields] tab of the ActiveControl Windows GUI configuration…
External Transports
Advanced Configuration Topics » External Transports
External third party transports can be uploaded into ActiveControl via the Windows GUI or the Web UI. This can be done by any user, it is not solely a Administrator or Basis function within the tool. Adding External Transports in the Windows GUI External…
Switching on SAP GUI Processing
Configuring ActiveControl » SAP GUI Configuration » Completing Transport Forms and Business Tasks in the SAP GUI » Switching on SAP GUI Processing
As mentioned in previous section, ActiveControl has the ability to trigger a Transport Form ‘popup’ in the SAP GUI of the Development system, either when the transport is released or when objects are attached to a transport. Other active functions are…
Target Properties – General
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Targets » Target Properties – General
Target Property Description SAP System ID System ID of the target SAP system Description Short description of the target Group Label An optional label to group together common types of systems (e.g.…
Release Orchestration
Advanced Configuration Topics » Release Orchestration
ActiveControl Orchestration provides a seamless and automated approach to Cross System Dependencies and Manual Step scenarios. In earlier versions of ActiveControl, a System Error would have been generated in the event of an unmet dependency or incomplete pre-import…
Removing the Server Software
Installing ActiveControl » Removing the Server Software
SAP does not provide a simple method for removing the contents of a transport from a system. To mitigate this, Basis Technologies can provide you with a backup transport to remove the contents of ActiveControl from your SAP systems in the unlikely event that you no…
Automated ‘Exception-based’ Approvals
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated ‘Exception-based’ Approvals
ActiveControl offers an exception-based auto approval capability, to allow customers to have certain (configurable) analysers running automatically in a particular Inbox or Outbox, and only stop the transports for a manual approval if those analysers identify…
Backout
Advanced Configuration Topics » Backout
Sometimes, despite best intentions, unwanted or adverse changes might be applied and you need a way to quickly and safely restore the affected SAP system to its pre-import state. ActiveControl Backout supports this requirement through the creation of Backup…
Check SAP Import (0064)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check SAP Import (0064)
Check SAP Import (0064) analysis can be used to perform an SAP-level check if a transport has been imported. If the transport has already been imported, the analyser will return a warning. Parameters Parameter Description MSG This is the…
User Exits
Deployment Considerations » User Exits
Numerous user exits points are available to enhance ActiveControl for specific customer requirements. User Exit Description Validation during saving of a Transport Form (Exit Identifier 0010) When a Transport Form is being saved by the…
TMS Configuration
Deployment Considerations » TMS Configuration
ActiveControl does not require changes to existing TMS configuration; existing transport layers, transport groups and transport routes do not need to be changed as part of implementing ActiveControl. Also please note that there is absolutely no requirement for the…
Defining Mandatory Fields
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Mandatory Fields
It is possible to configure standard fields on Business Tasks and Transport Forms as Mandatory fields, to force users to populate them at the point of creating the Transport Form or Business Task. If a mandatory field is not populated, the Transport Form or Task cannot…
Defining Groups
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Groups
Groups are used to arbitrarily group transport requests and Business Tasks (units of work). Typically, groups are used to classify the transport request or task by functional area or team. For example, groups can be used to differentiate Finance changes from…
SAP Level Checks (0071)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » SAP Level Checks (0071)
SAP Level Checks (0071) runs an optional combination of four SAP-level checks against the contents and availability of a transport: 1) the ability to indicate if a TR contains more than a certain number of objects 2) the ability to highlight if a TR has been deleted…
Defining Types
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Types
Types are used as another way of classifying Business Tasks or Transport requests. For example, a Business Task ‘Type’ can differentiate enhancements from fixes. Types are created and edited by ActiveControl Administrators on the [Classification tab] of…
CTS+ Conflict Analysis (0011)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » CTS+ Conflict Analysis (0011)
CTS+ Conflict Analysis (0011) performs the conflict checks for non-ABAP objects during the merge process to ensure that the transport being imported does not overwrite local changes in the merge target system. The transport attachments are exploded and the contents…
Dev Enforcer: Naming Conventions (0003)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Dev Enforcer: Naming Conventions (0003)
Naming Conventions (0003) can be used to check that the transport description of all analysed transport (s) meet a specific naming convention. As transport naming conventions for this differ from customer to customer, this is generally delivered by Basis…
TOC Analysis (0046)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » TOC Analysis (0046)
TOC Analysis (0046) can be used to check if a transport is a Transport of Copies (ToC) and if so report it. If, for example, ToC’s have been used to deploy development changes to QA it could be that the ToC’s should not move past QA to production in the…
Check Interdependencies in Path (0062)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Interdependencies in Path (0062)
Check Interdependencies in Path (0062) analysis uses a combination of the existing Test Impact Radar, Deep Impact Analysis and Overtake sequencing analysis checks to do the following: 1. Explodes out all dependent objects for a transport/change (to configurable number…
Domain Controller Utility Programs
Advanced Configuration Topics » Domain Controller Utility Programs
ActiveControl includes a number of utility programs in the Domain Controller to help administer and operate the system. These utilities are available only via the SAPGUI. Report Name Description /BTI/TE_RUTASK_STATUS_SET This program…
Check Own Changes (0028)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Own Changes (0028)
Check Own Changes (0028) can be used to check the ownership of a Transport Form during approval / import. If the current user is the owner of any of the transports being analysed and they are not allowed to approve their own changes a message can be output to report…
Check for Local Non-Transportable Requests (0041)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check for Local Non-Transportable Requests (0041)
Check for Local Non-Transportable Requests (0041) can be used to check and report local non-transportable transport requests where the SAP transport target is blank. Parameters None
Conflict Analysis (0005)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Conflict Analysis (0005)
Conflict Analysis check (0005) analyses a transport request against the target system and checks for conflicts before importing changes into that system. This is mainly used in the merge processing to identify objects changes in the merge target system that are also…
Defining Targets
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Targets
ActiveControl is designed to import transport requests into all relevant clients of an SAP system in a single action. In ActiveControl, each group of clients within an SAP system is called a target; the properties of a target specify the following: The SAP system…
Check Request Tasks not yet in a TOC (0045)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Request Tasks not yet in a TOC (0045)
Check Request Tasks not yet in a TOC (0045) can be used to ensure that all transport sub-tasks have been included in a Transport of Copies (ToC), for example, if ToC’s are being used to deploy development changes to QA. Parameters None
Rules Test Harness
Advanced Configuration Topics » Rules Engine » Rules Test Harness
A Rules Test Harness has been built as part of the Rules Engine solution. This was initially built for Basis Technologies internal use to help our Development and QA team test the Rules Engine, however it is also an extremely useful mechanism for our customers to…
Partial Testing
Advanced Configuration Topics » Partial Testing
In earlier versions of ActiveControl, it was only been possible to sign off testing in Test Queues at a Business Task level. The guiding principle behind this has always been that testing is being signed off on an entire change, and so all Transport Forms relating to…
Installing ActiveControl
Installing ActiveControl
ActiveControl is an ABAP add-on, and as such is straightforward to install. The server software is contained within a single transport (along with a seperate transport for the ActiveControl WebUI) and the Windows client software is installed using a standard setup…
Migrating configuration/data between Domain Controllers
Deployment Considerations » Migrating configuration/data between Domain Controllers
Typically during an ActiveControl implementation, Basis Technologies will work with the new customer to install and configure ActiveControl on a non-Production Domain Controller for testing. And then migrate the setup to Production Domain Controller nearer to…
Recommended Housekeeping Activities
Housekeeping Activities » Recommended Housekeeping Activities
The performance of some functionality within ActiveControl can inevitably slow down over time, particularly in organisations delivering large volumes of transports through their SAP landscape. To avoid performance degradation over time, Basis Technologies recommend…
Custom Node Types
Advanced Configuration Topics » Rules Engine » Advanced Topics » Custom Node Types
Custom Node Types can be used by customers wishing to create their own custom node types that run within the Rules Engine architecture. This is an advanced capability of the Rules Engine which Basis Technologies do not envisage many customers needing to use, given the…
Inline Risk Analysis
Advanced Configuration Topics » Inline Risk Analysis
ActiveControl includes a Risk Guard analysis to warn users when doing an Approval or Test signoff in the Windows GUI or Web UI if the transports contain ‘risky’ objects. This functionality also exists in the SAP GUI in the form of an Inline Risk Analysis…
Standard ‘reusable’ User Exits
Deployment Considerations » User Exits » Standard ‘reusable’ User Exits
Some standard ‘reusable user exit are available as part of the standard out-of-the-box product. Unlike the sample user exit Function Modules, the follow User Exits are expected to be immediately reusable by customers without any coding intervention. User…
Import Error (RC8) Notification – Additional Recipients.
Configuring ActiveControl » SAP GUI Configuration » E-mail Notifications » Import Error (RC8) Notification – Additional Recipients.
A standard email notification available through /BTI/TE_RNOTIFICATION_ENGINE can be used to notify individual Transport Owners whenever their transport(s) import with RC8 or above. It is also possible to notify additional stakeholders via the following configuration…
Hybrid Support (BTP Change)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Hybrid Support (BTP Change)
ActiveControl 9.00 introduced support for managing BTP change via ActiveControl. Although ActiveControl could already achieve this via CTS+, ActiveControl 9.00 introduces a new solution that can be used by customers to manage MTAR or ZIP changes via…
BPCA (0047)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » BPCA (0047)
SAP Business Process Change Analyzer compares the objects included in a transport to the objects contained in the TBOMs of the target system. BPCA (0047) hooks into that standard functionality to present the results information within…
Version Comparison (0066)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Version Comparison (0066)
Version Comparison (0066) enables Customers to easily indicate any other inflight versions of an object being analysed, that have not yet reached Production – and also Production versions that are later versions of the same objects in the transport being…
Critical Impact Analysis (0061)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Critical Impact Analysis (0061)
Critical Impact Analysis (0061) can be used to check to identify critical impacts by using a combination of existing Risk Guard and Test Impact Radar functionality. For an analysed transport, the check will: 1. Traverse up the dependency hierarchy to find all objects…
Analysis Result standard notifications
Configuring ActiveControl » SAP GUI Configuration » E-mail Notifications » Analysis Result standard notifications
It is possible to send General Analysis or Shiftleft analysis results to defined users in an automated email. These Analysis Result notifications can be defined for specific Paths, Targets, and Locations, and optionally also based on the Type and Group of the Transport…
Deep Impact Analysis (0023)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Deep Impact Analysis (0023)
!Please note that this is a legacy analyser. It is replaced by Deep Impact Analysis (New) (0060). Deep Impact Analysis (0023) can be used to highlight the lower level dependencies between the repository objects contained within the transport(s) being analysed and…
Check Releasability (0009)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Releasability (0009)
Check Releasability (0009) looks at each unreleased transport request and checks to see if there are any problems that would cause the release to fail, such as if a program is still inactive in SE38. An SAP function is used to perform this check and if any issues are…
Check sibling system imports (0059)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check sibling system imports (0059)
Check sibling system imports (0059) can be used to analyse if a transport has been imported into a sibling system in a path. An example of its use is where an SAP customer has parallel regional SAP QA systems. Using this analyser can ensure that the transport does not…
Target Properties – Inbox Approvers
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Targets » Target Properties – Inbox Approvers
Property Description Inbox Approvers Here you specify those people who can approve changes into the target, from the target’s inbox, or approve the transporting of changes from the target’s pending queue. Approvers can be authorised to…
Target Properties – Outbox Approvers
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Targets » Target Properties – Outbox Approvers
Property Description Outbox Approvers Here you specify those people who can approve changes out of the target, from the target’s outbox. For example, a test manager may wish to prevent the flow of changes into the production system until…
Introduction
Introduction
The ActiveControl Administration Guide is aimed at the Administrators within our customer’s organisations who are responsible for maintaining ActiveControl. This Administrator Guide is divided into eight sections: Key Concepts of ActiveControl Installing…
Automated Analysis Checks
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks
ActiveControl includes several analysis functions that run automatically as part of every Inbox or Outbox approval and Import Queue deployment – and also as part of Test Queue signoff (if configured). These core analysis functions are called the General…
Inboxes, Outboxes and Test Queues
Key Concepts of ActiveControl » Inboxes, Outboxes and Test Queues
The ActiveControl workflow consists of Inbox, Test Queue and Outbox control points where an approver(s) is responsible for approving the SAP change / transports. Until this approval is done, the transports won’t move forward in the transport path. These Inbox,…
Additional Approvals for specific Objects
Advanced Configuration Topics » Additional Approvals for specific Objects
It is possible to force transports containing specific critical standard or custom objects to stop for an additional approval in the ActiveControl workflow. This feature sits on top of the existing Skipping and Risk Guard functionalities. Configuration Steps …
Airgap
Advanced Configuration Topics » Airgap
Airgap is a requirement within some organisations with secure networks whereby they cannot allow changes to be electronically transmitted from development to their production systems. It is typically found in industries such as the public sector, aerospace and defence,…
Inline Conflict Analysis
Advanced Configuration Topics » Inline Conflict Analysis
ActiveControl includes an ‘Inline Conflict’ capability to notify Transport creators – at the point of assigning their object change to a transport – if the change conflicts with another change already made to the same content in another…
Approver SOD Check (0063)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Approver SOD Check (0063)
Approver SOD Check (0063) analysis can be used to ensure that the same Approver does not do two particular (configurable) control point approvals within ActiveControl. The analyser should be switched on in the second approval point, ie where you want to ensure the…
Defining Custom Fields
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Custom Fields
It is possible to enhance the standard Transport Form, Business Task and Project screens with Custom fields. Custom Fields are a popular way for ActiveControl customers to tailor the out-of-the-box product to their individual processes. Custom Fields can be used to…
Check Unreleased Tasks in Requests (0044)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Unreleased Tasks in Requests (0044)
Check Unreleased Tasks in Requests (0044) can be used to check and report any unreleased sub-tasks inside transport requests. Parameters None
Unit Test Automation
Advanced Configuration Topics » Unit Test Automation
ActiveControl Unit Test Automation capability hooks into standard SAP functionality available within SAP Code Inspector, and can be used to: 1) run automatically at the point of transport release in the SAPGUI – ensuring that Developers are aware of unit testing…
General Analysis
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » General Analysis
ActiveControl performs a General Analysis function automatically during approval and import, this includes the following checks. (0030) Check Dependencies (0031) Overtake and Regression Checks (0032) Check Locked Transport Forms (0033) Check…
SCC1 Client Copy Check (0058)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » SCC1 Client Copy Check (0058)
SCC1 Client Copy Check (0058) can be used to check that a client dependant transport was copied to the other clients in that Development system. Parameters None
Conflict Analysis (0035)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » General Analysis » Conflict Analysis (0035)
Conflict Analysis (0035) checks if the transport contain objects that have also been changed on the target system. This is used for conflict analysis when moving from one system to another (e.g. when merging from a production support development path to a project…
Changes to Same Objects in Path (0055)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Changes to Same Objects in Path (0055)
Changes to same objects in path (0055) identifies what other transports in a transport path contain the same objects as those contained within the transport(s) being analysed. It was requested by a few existing customers that want to stop new versions being imported…
Check Component Version (0053)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Component Version (0053)
Component Version differences (0053) is used to report if a transport has a different component version than the next system that it is to be imported into. Parameters None
Defining Business Task Statuses
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Business Task Statuses
A Business Task can have two different kinds of status configured. 1. Deployment status 2. Planning status Business Task statuses are defined by ActiveControl Administrators via the [Task Statuses] tab on the Windows GUI configuration screen. For both…
/BTI/TE_RE_STEP
Advanced Configuration Topics » Rules Engine » Core Configuration » /BTI/TE_RE_STEP
Table /BTI/TE_RE_STEP is where all the simple/multilevel steps used by the Rules Engine are configured. Field Description Step ID Unique name of the Step. Parent Step ID Used when you are creating a child step that…
View Authorisations
Configuring ActiveControl » SAP GUI Configuration » Authorisations » View Authorisations
View authorisations can be set up so that different groups of users only see the data objects relevant to them when using ActiveControl. For example, if you have completely different teams delivering projects and/or performing Production support activities, each team…
Check Dependencies (0030)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » General Analysis » Check Dependencies (0030)
Is there a dependency on another transport that has yet to be imported? Is the Transport Form attached to a Business Task but not all the requests in that Business Task have been imported yet or are not being approved now? Normally all transports attached to a…
Defining Custom Tabs
Configuring ActiveControl » Windows GUI Configuration » Defining Custom Tabs
ActiveControl includes a capability to add Custom Tabs on a Business Task or Transport Form level. This can be useful for customers that want to add a large number of custom fields within ActiveControl to track additional information, but don’t want them all to…
Domain Controller
Key Concepts of ActiveControl » Architecture of ActiveControl » Domain Controller
Like the SAP Transport Management System (TMS) , ActiveControl has the concept of a Domain Controller. The domain controller does not need to be configured in any special way, it is simply the SAP system that the ActiveControl client software connects to, and is where…
Check Merge Origin (0036)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » General Analysis » Check Merge Origin (0036)
Check Merge Origin (0036) checks that the origin of the transport(s) that make up the merge request is the same system. This is relevant in case of consolidated merges and it checks if the transports you are merging are from the same source system as all the other ones…
Check Unconditional Modes (0021)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check Unconditional Modes (0021)
Check Unconditional Modes (0021) will display the details of any Unconditional Modes set on the selected transports. Unconditional Modes are added on Transport Forms in the Advanced Options tab. Transports with the following modes set will be highlighted by this…
Check SAP Objects and OSS Notes (0038)
Advanced Configuration Topics » Automated Analysis Checks » ShiftLeft Analysers » Check SAP Objects and OSS Notes (0038)
Check SAP Objects and OSS Notes (0038) can be used to check whether any of the selected transport requests contain changes to SAP objects or OSS notes. If so, the relevant objects will be listed along with any OSS note numbers included in the…