SAP Notes Assistant

SAP notes assistant is a tool with which you implement or import a sap note. Sap notes are released to correct known problems in SAP systems with a specific support package level. Some times they are also released to include added functionalities in the system. SAP notes include a description of the symptoms, the cause of the error, and the SAP Release and Support Package level in which the error occurs. SAP notes may also contain attached files which has ABAP programs. They can be imported into the system using TMS. Depending on the type of error, an SAP Note may also include descriptions of how to correct the source code which are called correction instructions.

Before implementing read the Pre-requisites of SAP notes carefully

The steps to be followed are

1. Login to the SAP service market place and download the SAP notes containing correction instructions to the front-end.
2. Upload the notes from the frontend to the system using SAP notes assistant (Transaction SNOTE)
3. If you know the sap notes number you can download it by using assistant. Click on the button and enter the SAP notes number.
4. Then the sap notes is implemented if its status is new ( click on button )

The uses of using note assistant are

1. It keeps a track of the processing status of all the SAP notes in the system
2. The notes can be de-implemented
3. It check consistency of SAP notes with the release of SAP system
4. It maintains the processing status of SAP notes

The notes assistant is an add-on. One has to import it from SAP service market place and install it in the system by using SAINT.

Note: When implemented SAP notes changes the ABAP code only. The ABAP dictionary objects are not changed. This has to be done manually before implementing SAP notes so that the pre-requisites are met.