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Table of Contents
1 Scenario.................................................................................................................................................. 5

2 Background Information ....................................................................................................................... 6

3 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................................................... 7

4 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 8
4.1 Landscape Options ....................................................................................................................... 10
4.1.1 Deployable Export ........................................................................................................... 11
4.1.2 Deployable Export - Software Components ................................................................. 11
4.1.3 Source Export ................................................................................................................. 14

5 Recommendations & Restrictions ...................................................................................................... 16

6 Initial Setup and Configuration of CM Services .................................................................................. 19

6.1 Assumptions ................................................................................................................................. 19
6.2 Configuring SLD ............................................................................................................................20
6.3 Configuring NWDI with CM Services ........................................................................................... 22
6.4 Mapping Roles in UME .................................................................................................................. 24
6.5 Required Connections .................................................................................................................. 25
6.6 Configuring the CM Services Server ........................................................................................... 26
6.6.1 Creating a User for RFC Destinations from CTS System to CM Services................. 26
6.6.2 Creating an RFC Destination from CM Services to CTS ............................................. 28
6.7 Configuring the CTS System .......................................................................................................30
6.7.1 Creating a Developer User.............................................................................................30
6.7.2 Configuring RFC Destination and Logical Ports .......................................................... 32
6.7.3 Activate Services in SICF ............................................................................................... 43

7 System Landscape Configuration ....................................................................................................... 44

7.1 Creating a Non-ABAP System with Development Configuration ............................................. 45
7.1.1 Adapting TMS parameters ............................................................................................ 48
7.1.2 Configuring the Development Configuration ...............................................................50
7.1.3 Get the required Software Component Archives ........................................................ 54
7.2 Creating Target Systems ............................................................................................................. 57
7.3 Creating Transport Routes ......................................................................................................... 60

8 Development and Export Process....................................................................................................... 63

8.1 Import Development Configuration ............................................................................................ 63
8.2 Release Activity ............................................................................................................................. 67
8.3 Complex Example ......................................................................................................................... 72
8.4 SCA Export and Transport ........................................................................................................... 74

9 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................... 81
9.1 Error during Import / Deployment (RC 12) ................................................................................ 81
9.2 Import seems to run forever ........................................................................................................ 82
9.3 Activity cannot be released .......................................................................................................... 83

10 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................... 83
10.1 Using the Transport Organizer Web UI ....................................................................................... 83
10.2 Importing a Transport Request ................................................................................................... 84
10.3 Extending the Landscape ............................................................................................................. 87
10.4 Configure Users on CM Services server ..................................................................................... 88
10.5 Using Build Options ...................................................................................................................... 88
10.6 Checking Role SAP_CTS_PLUS................................................................................................... 89
10.7 SIDs in CM Services ...................................................................................................................... 92

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 10.8 Creating a new SC......................................................................................................................... 92
10.9 Enable existing non-ABAP system for CM Services .................................................................. 96
10.10 Deleting a system with Development Configuration ................................................................. 99

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1 Scenario
A while ago, the Change and Transport System of ABAP (CTS) has been enhanced so that it can be
used for transporting non-ABAP objects as well (enhanced CTS, also known as CTS+). In the remainder
of this document, the abbreviation CTS is used for the system where the transport landscapes are
configured and for the fact that CTS can also be used for non-ABAP transports.
In Change Management Service (CMS) of NWDI you have to basically perform two tasks when you
configure a track: The first task can be considered as the system administration part where you setup a
transport landscape for your runtime systems (AS Java). The second task is the configuration of so-called
development configurations for your development cycle. Later on, you use the development configuration
in the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) to develop your software and the CMS to assemble
and transport deployable units (SCA files – Software Component Archives). The integration with CTS is
possible during the assembly step where the SCA file is attached to a CTS transport request. In this
scenario, a track configuration is still needed.
With the introduction of CTS and CM Services these tasks are separated. The first task is covered by
CTS, where you define your non-ABAP runtime systems and your transport route. The remaining second
part – development configurations and export - is handled by CM Services. Therefore a CMS track in
NWDI is not needed. With the close integration of CM Services into the mechanism of the CTS you can
manage your development configurations together with your transport landscape using the CTS system.

Note
Of course it is still possible to use NWDI with CMS with or without CTS integration also in
parallel to CM Services.
Check note 1775838 ‘CMS / CM Services: What to use in which scenario?’ for details on the
options and on what to use when.
Details about CMS and CM Services, similarities and differences are explained in a blog on
SCN:
http://scn.sap.com/blogs/cms_cm_services_similarities_and_differences/2013/05/29/similarit
ies-and-differences-in-cms-and-cm-services
With CM Services two scenarios are possible. You can transport sources or you can transport
deployables. Deployables are files (SCAs or SDAs) that can be deployed to an AS Java with the help of
SDM or Deploy Controller (as of SAP NetWeaver 7.10). After the deployment, the new functionality can
be used on the system – no built is required on this system.
When setting up your landscape you need to decide what you would like to transport along that transport
route – sources or deployables. In both cases you can choose on which level of granularity you would like
to transport. For the transport of sources, you can transport source changes on a small granular level
which is called Activity transport or you can transport complete software components (SCAs). For a
landscape that is configured for transporting deployable units, you have the option to transport SDAs
based on small source changes - the Activities - , single development components (SDAs) or complete
Software components (SCAs).
The export of SDA-based activities and the transport of activities on source level are triggered directly
from within the NWDS via the Transport View in the Development Configuration Perspective. When
releasing an activity the system either evaluates all the runtime objects (SDAs) that belong to the activity
and includes them in the transport request in CTS or the sources are exported and attached to a transport
request. The file format of the attached activity-based package is called *.dip (Development Infrastructure
Package) in both cases. To import the transport requests, the methods and tools of CTS are used.
Another option is to use the DI Export Service UI to export SCAs or SDAs. During the export the SCA or
SDA files are attached to a CTS transport request. Imports are again done via the Transport Management
System (TMS) on the CTS system.
To set up a landscape for deployable transport, a development configuration is needed only for your
development system. All other systems in your landscape of runtime systems are pure deploy-targets.
In addition the transport of single Development Components (SDAs) is possible via the DI Export Service
UI. But this is designed for experts only and should be used with care. You need to make sure to
transport in a consistent way. When using the SDA export via the Export Service Web UI, dependencies
are not taken into consideration. Only the SDA that you chose will be attached to a transport request.

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If you transport deployables, only the runtime system and the CTS system are needed when executing an
import. The NWDI system can be down.
Transporting sources through the system landscape requires a development configuration (with DTR
workspaces and CBS buildspace) for each target system that is part of the transport route in your
landscape, as well. The import process for sources triggers a rebuild within the CBS buildspace of the
target system. The SDAs that are affected by the changed sources will be re-built and deployed to the
target runtime system. The import is started from the import queue of your target system on the CTS
system. This process is in most cases much quicker than transporting the whole software component
(SCA) if there are just small changes on an upper level. But if your change is done in a very basic
development component that is used by many other development components, a re-build for all the
dependent development components will be done. In that case, the transport of activities might not speed
up the process. A combination of both options – transporting activities and SCAs on a source level might
make sense. If you decide to use the transport of sources, the NWDI system has to be available while
executing the import (the sources need to be integrated, a build has to be triggered).

CAUTION
Keep in mind that as a consequence of the source transport, sources are available in the
corresponding DTR workspaces for all systems of your landscape – even for the productive
system. Therefore you should set ACLs for these workspaces to prevent an accidental
source change by your developers. For more details take a look at the SAP library
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/c9/d94388f62c8f478eadd4d1902d7101/fram
eset.htm.
Take a look at chapters Landscape Options and Recommendations and Restrictions to learn more. Read
these chapters carefully and decide for which option you would like to go before you configure your
landscape.
With SAP NetWeaver 7.3, CM Services were further enhanced by new services: Synchronize Service and
History Service. The Synchronize Service allows you to determine and resolve version differences of
software components between the runtime system and what is imported into the NWDI. It replaces the
upload system. This was needed in previous releases to provide the required libraries and the already
existing source code to your development configuration – and therefore to the respective workspace(s)
and buildspace(s) and to deploy the files if needed. The History Service provides a quick overview of
running exports, exports which have been executed, running imports and synchronizations (which are
shown as imports).
Moreover, the initial setup has been enhanced by providing a CTC template for the automatic
configuration of CM Services.
The main purpose of this guide is to explain how to set up CM Services in SAP NetWeaver 7.3 and make
your system landscape ready for the use of CM Services release if you start with CM Services on SAP
NetWeaver 7.3. The required configuration steps to enable the CM Services are described step-by-step.
The deployable transport is explained for a simple transport landscape and the development process is
shown in a simple example. We assume that you have a basic knowledge about CTS and NWDI. Hints
for setting up the source transport are given where it differs from setting up the deployable transport.
The configuration that you might have done in enhancement packages 1 or 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 is
still valid. There are no needs to adapt the configuration after an upgrade to SAP NetWeaver 7.3.
Everything that you configured will still work. But if you would like to use the new functionality, some
configuration changes might be required - especially, if you were using an upload system up to now and
would now like to switch to the Synchronize Service. Refer to the chapter Using the Synchronize Service
for details.

2 Background Information
Documentation about CTS in the SAP Library:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/bb/6fab6036a146baa58e42fac032ab7b/frameset.htm
Documentation about CM Services in the SAP Library:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/84/1fabea09f048c69b48d8e08de38c95/frameset.htm

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Best Practice Guide for Implementing CTS (does not include CM Services):
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/10456aac-44f7-2a10-1fbe-
8b7bcd7bcd58
Guides for CM Services in different releases on SCN: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-
8576?rid=/webcontent/uuid/c0ce1dd8-c020-2b10-d080-a1cd3e985af1#NWDI

SAP Notes:
Central SAP Note for CM Services: 1361909
Central SAP Note for CTS+: 1003674
Note 1775838 - CMS / CM Services: What to use in which scenario?

3 Prerequisites
To be able to use CM Services with the functionality described in this guide, your systems have to fulfill
the following prerequisites:
 Change and Transport System (CTS): enhancement package 2 SP7 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or
higher
o SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP (AS ABAP) which acts as
 Domain Controller
 Communication System
o SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java (AS Java) where the Deploy Web Service for
target systems runs in case the deployable transport is used.
o Has to support log-in via Single-Sign-On.

Note
A CTS system on enhancement package 1 SP7 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 is possible as well.
With this release, there is a restriction for the length of some of the fields of the object list.
More details on object lists are available in the SAP Library:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70ehp2/helpdata/en/2b/acde17180f4f26a57a0c777f33d5a4/f
rameset.htm.

 SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) on SAP NetWeaver 7.3 or higher with
the components
o DTR (Design Time Repository) (Usage Type DI)
o CBS (Component Build Service) (Usage Type DI)
o CM Services (Usage Type AS Java)
o Deploy Web Service for all systems where source transports are used (this includes the
development system).

Note
It is possible but not recommended to use the components DTR and CBS of NWDI on a
release lower than SAP NetWeaver 7.3. For more details and restrictions see SAP Note
1361909.
The NWDI component CMS is still part of the usage type DI installation (NWDI) but not
needed or used in case your development and transport process is based on CM Services.
Nevertheless you can use CMS and CM Services in parallel.
CM Services are part of every AS Java installation (as of enhancement package 1 for SAP
NetWeaver 7.0). The recommendation is to setup CM Services on the NWDI system.

 SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) on

o SAP NetWeaver 7.3 or higher

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 o SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.20
o SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or higher.
o SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SP 10
o SAP NetWeaver 7.0 SP 25

CAUTION
If you plan to develop e.g. Web Dynpro Java, Business Process Management, Business
Rules Management, Composite Application Framework or Visual Composer you have to
make sure that the runtime systems and the NWDS are on the same release and SP level.
See SAP Note 718949 for details. You can nevertheless use the CM Services of SAP
NetWeaver 7.3 even if your runtime systems are on a lower release. In that case you need
an (maybe additional) SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio which supports releasing the
activities in the transport view. For versions of the developer studio which support releasing
activities, refer to SAP Note 1361909.

Note
Further information on using a different NWDI Release compared to Release of Runtime
System is “also available in a blog on SCN
http://scn.sap.com/people/marion.schlotte/blog/2005/10/25/jdi-software-vs-jdi-content

 System Landscape Directory (SLD): no special requirements but make sure your SLD content
is always up to date. If you need more information on how to update your SLD content, take a
look at note 669669.

 Runtime Systems: no special requirements

CAUTION
If you plan to develop e.g. Web Dynpro Java, Business Process Management, Business
Rules Management, Composite Application Framework or Visual Composer you have to
make sure that the runtime systems and the NWDS are on the same release and SP level.
See SAP Note 718949 for details. You can nevertheless use the CM Services of SAP
NetWeaver 7.3 even if your runtime systems are on a lower release. In that case you need
an (maybe additional) SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio which supports releasing the
activities in the transport view. For versions of the developer studio which support releasing
activities, refer to SAP Note 1361909.

Note
Further information on using a different NWDI Release compared to Release of Runtime
System is “also available in a blog on SCN
http://scn.sap.com/people/marion.schlotte/blog/2005/10/25/jdi-software-vs-jdi-content

Read the chapters Introduction and Recommendations & Restriction as well for more details.

Note
Always check the SAP Note 1361909 for updates on CM Services.

4 Introduction
Mainly two systems are relevant for configuring the CM Services. You need a system, where NWDI (DTR
and CBS) is installed and one that can be used to host the transport landscape (CTS system). An SLD is

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required as well to register the development configurations and to create e.g. Products and Software
components.
The following figure shows an overview of the available components on your systems if both NWDI and
CTS system are on SAP NetWeaver 7.3.

Before starting configuring the CM Services, you should think about the systems that you have and how
you could use them. One option for the CTS system would be to use the SAP Solution Manager.

CAUTION
Keep in mind that the CTS system has to be on enhancement package 1 SP 7 for SAP
NetWeaver 7.0 as a basis release. If you are using SAP Solution Manager for CTS, make
sure that your SAP Solution Manager is using this basis release at least. The SP naming of
SAP Solution Manager is different from the SAP NetWeaver Support Package level it is
based on.
SAP provides CM Services as part of each AS Java. So CM Services and some other components (e.g.
SLD, Deploy WS) are available on both systems (NWDI and CTS). It is up to you and depends on the
scenario on which server you want to use CM Services and the Deploy Web Service. Please take a look
at the chapter Recommendations & Restrictions before you start.

CAUTION
If you decide to transport deployables, you should use the Deploy Web Service on the CTS
system for all other systems than the development system. For the development system and
if you would like to transport sources via CM Services you have to use the Deploy Web
Service on the same system as the CM Services - in that use case you cannot separate
these two components. Take a look at the chapter Recommendations & Restrictions for
details. For more Information on the Deploy Web Service, take a look at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/2b/326d6274134cea8b217f24889d19c1/fra
meset.htm.

Note
If you are already using CTS for other scenarios e.g. for transporting objects in a portal
landscape, you might already have configured a Deploy Web Service. This does not
influence your decision on where to run the CM Services. The configuration for the Deploy
Web Service in SM59 can be copied to point to another AS Java – details are described in
the chapter Configure Logical Ports.

In case you have existing tracks and want to use the features of CM Services for new development
landscapes, you can use CMS and CM Services in parallel. In both cases DTR is needed to store the
sources. CBS will build the components and store the archives. The migration from CMS to CM Services
is described in the guide ‘How To…Switch to CM Services’ at http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-16164.
Details about CMS and CM Services, similarities and differences are explained in a blog on SCN:

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http://scn.sap.com/blogs/cms_cm_services_similarities_and_differences/2013/05/29/similarities-and-
differences-in-cms-and-cm-services
This guide will explain step-by-step how to set up CM Services initially, how to set up a system landscape
for transports with development configurations and how to work with the newly provided features of CM
Services.
The configuration steps how to set up CM Services initially are explained in chapter Initial Setup and
configuration of CM Services.
In case the CM Services are already enabled in your system landscape, you need to decide which kind of
landscape option (see chapter Landscape Options) you want to enable. Depending on the scenario, the
system landscape configuration described in chapter System Landscape Configuration looks different.
The chapter Development and Export Process focuses on the development and release process and
explains how to work with development configurations in the NWDS, how to bundle an activity for being
transported via CTS and how to export a software component archive (SCA) to be attached to a CTS
transport request with the DI Export Service UI.

4.1 Landscape Options

This guide is based on a landscape example with three runtime systems: a Development (DEV), a Test
(TST) and a Production (PRD) System.
Depending on the transport scenario, the configuration of your system landscape looks different. The
main difference is that for source transports a development configuration is needed for your source
(development) system and each target system in your transport route. For a pure transport of deployables
a development configuration is needed just for the source/development system.
In addition you need to decide which level of granularity you would like to use for transports along your
transport route. Here are the options that you can choose from per development configuration:
1. Source Export – Granularity:
a. Software Components
b. Activities
2. Deployable Export - Granularity:
a. Software Components
b. Development Components
c. Activities
The question that you have to ask yourself is ‘What do I like and allow to transport?’
Take the following into consideration when you think about the options
 Use deployable transport whenever possible
o You only need a development configuration for your development system.
o You don’t need workspaces and buildspaces on NWDI for your test and production
system and therefore NWDI must not be up and running during test or production import.
(if CTS Deploy Web Service is running on different server than NWDI)
o No-one would by accident use the development configuration for the test or production
system when developing
 Use source transport if you have to transport your changes individually as they were done one by
one and cannot use the DC level as this would mean that several of your changes would be
transported together (as they concern the same SDA).
 If you use the transport of sources with Web Dynpro, CAF, BPM, BRM etc., try to make sure that
sources coming from two different source systems do not meet in one target system. This would
result in conflicts that you have to solve in the target system.

Note
It is not recommended to use the SDA Export via the Export Service UI (option 2 b) except if
you really know what you do. This option is only made for experts. You have to make sure
that all dependent SDAs that were changed are part of the same transport request or were
already transported.

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 CAUTION
In case you decide to use the source transport, you have to set up each target system with a
development configuration. It is not possible to have e.g. the DEV system with a
development configuration, the TST without and the PRD again with a development
configuration. A so-called mixed scenario concerning development configurations is not
possible and not supported!

Note
Both the behavior of the CTS system when asking for a request and what happens after
having attached a file depend on the transport strategy that you have configured in TMS. It
is possible to let the system create requests and to make it release them automatically.
Take a look at the parameters for details:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/c5/d9012e437d4c318976edc9791f2ae4/fram
eset.htm

Let’s look at the two options in more detail.

4.1.1 Deployable Export

As of enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0, you can configure a transport of deployables. A
development configuration is only required for the development (DEV) system. All other systems in your
transport route are pure deploy targets. For these systems you only have to make sure that there is the
Java Deploy URL configured for the deployment. For the deployable transport three transport scenarios
are possible. You have to configure the Export Mode in the development configuration for your
development system. The figure below shows the three configuration options explained in the next
chapters.

4.1.2 Deployable Export - Software Components

To export and attach SCAs to a transport request the DI Export Service Web UI is used. You can call this
UI from the Development Configuration UI (see chapter SCA Export and Transport for more details). As a
first step, you have to choose the system from which you would like to export an SCA – this is usually
your source/development system. After that, you can choose SCAs from those that are marked as to be
developed in the respective development configuration. The Export Service UI will guide you through the
process of adding the SCA to a transport request. For this process, a transport request can be taken
automatically from the CTS system or you can create one with the help of the Transport Organizer Web
UI. Also, after having added the SCA to the request, the request can be released automatically or
manually – this depends on the transport strategy that you have configured in CTS.
The process for the SCA transport is shown in the following figure:

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 Note
From the developer’s point of view, nothing has changed. You have to import the
development configuration and synchronize the sources at first. After that, you can start
developing. Checking in and activating the changes is done in the same way as with CMS.
You can release the activity, but in case your changes will be transported via SCA export,
you don’t need to do it explicitly. That means the export process will take all activated
activities that are related to the software component that is being exported. For activities that
are listed as ‘Waiting’ in the transport view of the Developer Studio, the export process
triggers the automatic release.
In case the developer wants to release the activity, but the development configuration is not
configured for Deployable Export, an error message as shown in the following figure will be
displayed.

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4.1.2.1 Deployable Export - Development Components
To export and attach SDAs to a transport request the DI Export Web UI is used. You can call this UI from
the Development Configuration UI (see chapter SCA Export and Transport for details). As a first step, you
have to choose the system from which you would like to export an SDA – this is usually your
source/development system. After that, you can choose SDAs from those where the wrapping SCA is
marked as to be developed in the respective development configuration. The Export Service UI will guide
you through the process of adding the SDAs to a transport request. The process for the SDA transport is
shown in the following figure:

Note
It is not recommended to use the Export of development components unless you really
know what you do. This option is only made for experts. You have to make sure that all
dependent SDAs that were changed are part of the same transport request or were already
transported. The Export Service UI does not do this for you. There are no warnings or
checks.

4.1.2.2 Deployable Export - Activities

The transport of deployables based on activities is triggered by a developer from within the Transport
View of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. First the developer imports the development configuration
into his SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, develops the application, checks-in and activates the Activity.
These steps remain the same – it doesn’t make any difference if you are using CM Services or CMS or
whether your landscape is configured for source or deployable transport. When releasing an Activity, you
will find a new dialog. A transport request from CTS will be provided or you can create a new one with the
help of the Transport Organizer Web UI (a Web Dynpro ABAP application that runs on the CTS system).
The system evaluates all development components that are affected by your activity and the respective
SDA files will be packed in a DIP-file and this will be attached to the transport request. An SDA can either
become part of a DIP-file because it is directly affected by the activity that is released or because it had to
be rebuilt because it depends on the changed SDA. With this, the developer has finished his work in the
developer studio. As a next step, the transport request has to be released. You can do this either with the
help of the Transport Organizer Web UI or in an automated way.

Note
SDAs as deployable units are transported and all systems along the transport route (except
for the development system) are pure deploy targets without a development configuration.
This is the smallest granularity for deployable transport that is based on source changes.

Note
It might happen that more than one DIP file is attached to your transport request even if you
release just one activity. The reason for this is that one dip file contains only SDAs
belonging to one software component. So if your development involves development
components located in different software components, you will end up with more than one
DIP.

Note
CBS keeps the information about rebuilt DCs for 30 days. Check SAP Note 1909778 (CM
Services Release of activities to CTS+ not working) in case you expect that there are more
than 30 days between activating and releasing an activity in your company.

The process for transporting deployables based on activities is shown in the following figure:

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The runtime objects are deployed into the target system during an import. This ensures consistency in the
target system.

4.1.3 Source Export

We assume the system landscape with DEV, TST and PRD is set up and configured with a development
configuration for each system in the transport route. That means your landscape is configured and ready
for source transport. The steps how to do so are explained in chapter System Landscape Configuration.
In a landscape like this, you can transport your source changes based on Activities or based on a
complete Software Component Archive (SCA) as shown in the figure below.

4.1.3.1 Source Export - Activities

The following figure shows an overview of how the process of transporting activities works. Consider this
as a logical view on the components involved in the process.

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As a developer the first thing you have to do is to import the development configuration into your SAP
NetWeaver Developer Studio and to synchronize the sources if you would like to change an existing
application.
The first two steps (check-in and activate) after having finished your development in the NWDS remain
the same – it doesn’t make any difference if you are using CM Services or CMS. During the activation
process the changes will be deployed to the DEV system. This hasn’t changed compared to the CMS
behavior. Only when releasing an activity, you will find a new dialog. A transport request from CTS will be
provided or you can create a new one with the help of the Transport Organizer Web UI. A DIP-file
containing the changed source files is then attached to the transport request. With this, the developer has
finished his work in the developer studio. As a next step, the transport request has to be released. You
can do this either by the help of the Transport Organizer Web UI or in an automated way.

Note
In case the developer wants to release the activity, but the development configuration is not
configured for transporting sources an error message as shown in the following figure will be
displayed.

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Now, the transport request is ready for import in the next system – the TST system in our example. You
can start the import via transaction STMS of the CTS system. If you do so, the sources will become part
of the inactive workspaces for the TST development configuration in DTR. Then, an activation of the
changes is done by CBS integrating the sources into the active workspaces. After activation, a rebuild of
the changed development components and the dependent ones will be done for the TST system in CBS
and new or changed applications will be deployed to the TST system. The transport request is forwarded
to the queue of the PRD system. As soon as the import is started for the PRD system, the same process
as for the test system will be executed – this time for the workspaces and the buildspace of the PRD
system.

4.1.3.2 Source Export - Software Components

If you decide to use the SCA transport (with sources) you will use the DI Export Service UI for exporting
the SCAs. The activities related to the SCA export - listed as ‘Waiting’ in the transport view of the NWDS -
are released automatically after the export has been done. The process is explained in the chapter SCA
Export and Transport.

Note
Please keep in mind that the usage of the DI Export Service UI is exactly the same for the
SCA transport with or without sources. The sources of an SCA file will be assembled in both
cases (physically or via pointer). It depends on the landscape configuration what will happen
during the import process. In a source transport enabled landscape, the CM Services will
trigger the DTR workspace update, CBS rebuild and deployment to the target system. In a
landscape that is configured for deployable transport only, the SCA file will be deployed to
the target system via the Deploy WS directly.

5 Recommendations & Restrictions

This chapter covers some recommendations and restrictions but in general you should check the CM
Services central Note 1361909.
Check also SAP Note 1775838 ‘CMS / CM Services: What to use in which scenario?’ for details on the
options and on what to use when.
Based on your requirements decide if you would like to use CMS with or without CTS+ or CM Services.
Take the following into consideration:
1. Use CMS without CTS+ integration in the following situations:
 If you already know NWDI with CMS and you are fine with the process and features
offered and CTS+ integration is not (yet) needed.
 If you are new to NWDI, and you do not know neither CMS nor CM Services, and CTS+
integration is not (yet) needed
 If transporting on SCA granularity is sufficient
2. Use CMS with CTS+ integration only in the following situations:
 If you want to use CTS+ as the transport tool for the following reasons:
i. CTS+ allows more flexible transport landscapes compared to CMS
ii. Java transports need to be coupled with other transports
iii. Integration in SAP's Change Control Process tools is required
 If transporting on SCA granularity is sufficient
3. Use CM Services (always with CTS+) only if transporting on SCA granularity is not sufficient and
you would like to perform transports on more granular level (SDA/DC) by using deployable
transport.

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There are some restrictions for the usage of CM Services in SAP NetWeaver 7.3 that you should take into
consideration:
■ CM Services require a NWDS which supports releasing the activities in the transport view. For
versions of the developer studio which support releasing activities, refer to SAP Note 1361909. If
you develop Web Dynpro Java, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management,
Composite Application Framework or Visual Composer, the runtime system and the developer
studio have to be on the same release (version / SP). If you would like to use CM Services for a
runtime system which is not on a release which supports CM Services, you have to use an
additional NWDS for releasing the activities.
■ A non-ABAP system is represented by a three letter acronym in CTS (the SID). The name of the
development configuration created in SLD via CM Services is the same three letter acronym. You
cannot change this name.
■ Solution for maintenance tracks described on SCN (Best Practices for NWDI: Track design for
ongoing development) is not supported for CM Services. You can find the guide Landscape
Setup for Ongoing Java Development with CM Services in CTS+ here on SCN which describes
how to handle this topic with CM Services.
■ Mixed scenarios where sources (Activities) are transported only from a DEV to TST and after
that, only complete SCA files are transported to the PRD System are not supported.

We recommend the following:

■ If you would like to use the transport of deployables, you should use the Deploy Web Service on
both the NWDI and the CTS system as shown in the following figure.

This configuration requires a little bit of additional effort when configuring the scenario, but later
on when you use the scenario, there is one system less that has to be up and running during
deployments: the Deploy Web Service on the NWDI (let’s call it CTSDEPLOY_DI) is only needed
during the development phase (and for importing the required archives and sources from your
upload system into your development system if you do not use the Synchronize Service). If an
import into TST or PRD is triggered from the TMS of your CTS system, the Deploy Web Service
on the CTS system (let’s call it CTSDEPLOY) will be used. The NWDI system is not needed or
contacted during this step.

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 ■ If you would like to use the transport of sources, you have to use the CM Services and the Deploy
Web Service on one system. We recommend that you use the NWDI for this purpose

CAUTION
The figure above might give the impression that you don’t need an AS Java on your CTS
system. For setting up CM Services for source transports as described in this guide, this is
true. But if you are using or plan to use the transport of deployables or to use the CTS
system for transporting e.g. Portal objects as well, you will need the Deploy WS on the CTS
System. For transporting Portal objects, the recommendation is to use the Deploy Web
Service on the CTS system.

■ You can use any SAP NetWeaver System on SAP NetWeaver 7.31 SP 2 or up or SAP Solution
Manager as CTS system. For the full functionality including the option to use CTS e.g. for SAP
HANA or your own applications, the new Transport Organizer Web UI and Import Queue Web UI,
you should have CTS_PLUG installed on the CTS system (CTS_PLUG is automatically part of
SAP Solution Manager starting with SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP5). For details on CTS_PLUG,
refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ctsplug20sm71/helpdata/en/eb/0e1c7be26249e0911c5d688d3bfa06
/frameset.htm

CAUTION
Keep in mind that the CTS system has to be on enhancement package 2 for SAP
NetWeaver 7.0 for the full functionality of object lists as a basis release and on
enhancement package 1 SP7 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 to be able to use the scenario at all. If
you are using SAP Solution Manager for CTS, make sure that your SAP Solution Manager
is using this basis release at least. The SP naming of SAP Solution Manager is different
from the SAP NetWeaver Support Package level it is based on.
■ Use the transport of deployables (either SCA or activity-based SDA transport – not direct SDA
export from Export Service UI) whenever possible.
■ It is not recommended to use the Activity transport (deployables or sources) if you are modifying
ESS or MSS sources delivered by SAP.
■ If you decide to use the Activity transport, use it in combination with the SCA transport. E.g. if you
did a lot of changes to very different development components, you should transport the
complete SCA instead of a lot of source files.
■ Sources should only be changed in the DEV system. For the transport of sources scenario it is
technically possible to access (via the respective development configuration) and to change the
sources for your target systems. This is absolutely not recommended. Set DTR ACLs accordingly
for the DTR workspaces of all your target systems in your transport route.

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 ■ If you already configured your NWDI and if you are using tracks in CMS for your development
process, you can continue to do so. CM Services and CMS can’t be used together e.g. in one
transport route or track, but you could use CMS for one development project and the CM
Services for another one. Both of them could use the same DTR and CBS. You only need
separate development configurations and Landscapes (for CM Services configured in TMS, for
CMS set up as a track in CMS or as a transport landscape in TMS).

6 Initial Setup and Configuration of CM

Services
In this chapter, we assume that you start from zero – this means that neither CTS nor NWDI or SLD are
configured up to now. Concerning NWDI only the Design Time Repository (DTR) and the Component
Build Service (CBS) are needed in case you use the development and transport options offered by CM
Services. Therefore the configuration of the Change Management Service (CMS) is not part of this guide.
If you already configured your SLD, CTS system, or NWDI, take a look at the appropriate sections in this
guide anyhow to find out whether your configuration fits with the one needed for CM Services.

Note
For the initial setup of CM Services in SAP NetWeaver 7.30, a CTC template is available
that assists you in performing all configuration steps. This is a big difference to the initial
setup and configuration procedure that was necessary in enhancement package1 and 2 for
SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and on SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.2
This chapter concentrates on the initial setup and enablement of CM Services and NWDI (including SLD).
For the configuration of your system landscape see chapter System Landscape Configuration and the
usage of development configurations is described in chapter Development and Export Process.

6.1 Assumptions
We assume that you are working with two dialog users: one who is a developer (nwdi_dev) and one who
is an administrator (nwdi_adm). In addition, technical users are needed to establish connections etc. The
dialog users are just examples. You can use other users / user IDs for sure. Make sure that the same
user IDs (and in some cases passwords) are used in SLD, NWDI, CM Services and on the CTS system
(ABAP) or that you have Single Sign-On in place.

Note
ABAP supports user IDs with a length up to 12 characters. So you should only use user-IDs
with up to 12 characters in all systems.

This guide assumes that you are using the CM Services and the SLD on your NWDI system. This would
mean that you use an NWDI on SAP NetWeaver 7.30 or higher. If you are not able to do so, please check
the chapter Configure Users on CM Services server. Note that you would also have to make sure that the
required users exist on all servers (SLD, Name Server, CBS, and DTR).
In addition, we assume that you are already using Web Dynpro ABAP on your CTS system. If this is not
the case, take a look on the SAP Library to learn how to activate Web Dynpro ABAP for a certain system:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/43/e86de5008b4d9ae10000000a155369/frameset.htm
For the transport request handling you will use the Web Dynpro ABAP application Transport Organizer
Web UI that has to be enabled by activating the service CTS_ORGANIZER (CTS_BROWSER if you are
using a CTS system on SAP NetWeaver without CTS_PLUG or SAP Solution Manager 7.01). This is
done via transaction SICF. For more details please have a look at SAP Library.
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/e5/998566c2174196a12b72e7c7af51e7/frameset.htm

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 Note
If CTS_PLUG is installed on your CTS system (SAP NetWeaver 7.3 including enhancement
package 1 SP1 and later or SAP Solution Manager 7.1), there is a new version of the
Transport Organizer Web UI available (CTS_ORGANIZER in SICF) Refer to the SAP
Library for details:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ctsplug20sm71/helpdata/en/ac/56514c0553494fb856884ce514
3dd6/frameset.htm

6.2 Configuring SLD

1. If you are using the SLD for the first time, you can simplify the initial configuration by executing the
appropriate configuration task in the Configuration Wizard.

Note
For more information on the configuration wizard. Refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/54/a1f02a8178468d89553a4844edf0be/fram
eset.htm
2. On your SLD system, in the SAP NetWeaver Administrator (http://<host>:<port>/nwa), choose
Configuration  Scenarios  Configuration Wizard.

3. Choose Functional Unit Configuration UI.

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 4. Select System Landscape Directory and choose Enable automatically.

The wizard will guide you through a few steps:

1. When prompted for passwords, enter the J2EE Administrator password, and define and confirm a
Master Password according to your policy. To continue executing the templates, choose Next.

CAUTION
Remember the master password – you will need it later on.
2. In the next step, choose Set up a new local SLD (the guide describes a set-up from zero) Choose
This SLD will be used as a name server for development as well and click Next.

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3. After the Configuration Wizard has completed the configuration of the System Landscape Directory,
choose Return to Task List.

6.3 Configuring NWDI with CM Services

If you are using the NWDI for the first time, use the appropriate task in the Configuration Wizard to
configure NWDI together with CM Services.
1. Select NWDI using CM Services - recommended and click on Enable automatically. We
recommend that you use this option for configuring the NWDI because it automatically selects the
‘Java Foundation’ as well.

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 2. When prompted for passwords, enter the Administrator Password, and the Master Password that
you have used before. To continue executing the templates, choose Next.

3. In the next step, the users NWDI_ADM, NWDI_DEV and NWDI_CMSADM are created. Enter a
Master Password for these users

CAUTION
Remember the master password – you will need it later on.
4. After the Configuration Wizard has completed the configuration of the NWDI using CM Services,
you can exit the Configuration Wizard

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6.4 Mapping Roles in UME
Now, you should check whether the actions and roles introduced by CM Services are assigned to the
appropriate users. On your NWDI server, open the user administration and search for the group
NWDI.Administrators. Make sure that the role SAP_DI_ADMINISTRATOR is assigned to this group.
Check also that the role SAP_DI_DEVELOPER is assigned to the group NWDI.Developers.
To do so, you can e.g. search for all groups which do contain DI in their name. Mark then the role that you
like to check and click on Go in the section Details on the tab Assigned Roles...

If the roles are not assigned correctly, do the following:

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Open the UME of your NWDI System. Use the URL http://<server>:<port>/useradmin. Search
for the group NWDI.Administrators and select it. Go to the tab Assigned Roles, choose Modify.

Search for the role SAP_DI_ADMINISTRATOR and Add it to the group.

Save your changes.

Repeat the previous steps to add the role SAP_DI_DEVELOPER to the group NWDI.Developers.

6.5 Required Connections

As a next step, you have to connect your NWDI system – where the CM Services run - and your CTS
system. This is done via three connections.
 One connection points from the CTS system to the NWDI system. It is needed to call the Deploy
Web Service and the DI Config Services. These services run on the NWDI. They are needed to
create development configurations and if you would like to import a request into a system for
which a development configuration has been created.
The configuration for this connection is done on the CTS system in the transactions LPCONFIG
and SM59. For this destination, you have to create a user on the NWDI which is then entered as
connecting user in SM59 (e.g. CTS_RFC).
 The second connection points from the NWDI to the CTS system, which means from Java to
ABAP. This connection is created as an RFC destination (JCo Connection) on the NWDI server

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 and is required to be able to retrieve e.g. a transport request from CTS when exporting an activity
via NWDS or using the DI Export Service UI. For this connection, the user(s) developing with
NWDI (e.g. NWDI_DEV) have to be created on your CTS system.

Note
Each user who does changes to Java sources and would like to attach these changes to a
transport request has to exist with the same ID both on the CTS system and on NWDI.

 The third connection points from the AS ABAP of your CTS system to the AS Java of your CTS
system. It is used when deployables are imported e.g. into your test or productive system. It is not
mandatory. Nevertheless, we recommend configuring this connection as well – it reduces the
number of systems that have to be available when importing a transport request which contains
deployables. This destination cannot be used when importing sources. In addition, this
destination might already be configured in your system if you are already using CTS for other use
cases like SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal or if you are using CTS in connection with CMS.

The following sections describe in detail how to configure CM Services server and the CTS system. The
configuration of the different connections is part of this configuration. We will first do all the configuration
parts that are required on the CM Services server and then all the configurations on the CTS Server.

6.6 Configuring the CM Services Server

This chapter explains the basic steps for configuring the connection between the CM Services and the
CTS system in short. For more information about the configuration, see the SAP Library at:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/2b/326d6274134cea8b217f24889d19c1/frameset.htm.

6.6.1 Creating a User for RFC Destinations from CTS System

to CM Services
1. This section describes how to create a user on the CM Services server that is needed for
communication between the CTS system and the CM Services. We will name this user CTS_RFC.
But this is for sure only an example.
1. Go to the user administration of your NWDI server (Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.)

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 2. Choose Create User

3. On the following screen, enter a Logon ID, a real password (you won’t have to change it later on)
and the Last Name at least. Choose Technical User as Security Policy. Click Save.

4. On the Assigned Roles tab page, search for the roles SAP_CTS_DEPLOY and
SAP_CTS_DI_CONFIGURATOR and assign them to the user CTS_RFC.

Note
If your company policy says that you should only assign roles to groups, you can also do so
in here. Create the user, create a group with the roles above and assign the user to the
group. For more information refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/4a/e06f429c789041e10000000a1550b0/fra
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6.6.2 Creating an RFC Destination from CM Services to CTS
Now, we will create the destination which is needed on the CM Services server (the NWDI) to be able to
retrieve transport requests from CTS etc.
1. In the SAP NetWeaver Administrator of your CM Services system, choose Configuration 
Destinations.

2. Choose Create...

3. Choose Local Java System <SID> as Hosting System. Enter

sap.com/com.sap.tc.di.CTSserver in the Destination Name field and choose Destination
Type RFC. Click Next.

4. Enter the required data as shown in the following figure and click Next:
a. Decide whether you use Load Balancing for your CTS system (in our example, we don’t
do so).
b. Target Host: server name of the CTS system
c. System Number: system number of the CTS system
d. System ID: SID of the CTS system

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 Click Next

Note
We recommend that you use SNC whenever possible.
5. Enter the Logon Data: In the Authentication section, select Current User (Assertion
Ticket) as Authentication for the connection to the CTS communication system.
Client: Client in which the Transport Organizer Web UI is running (same value as used when
creating the non-ABAP system on the CTS system for parameter NON_ABAP_WBO_CLIENT)
Choose Finish to complete the Destination Wizard
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 in the chapter Creating a Developer User.

Note
We recommend that you use SSO. If you cannot use SSO or want to use a dedicated
service user, select the option Configured User and enter your preferred language, a
client, and an appropriate service user and password. This configuration is not
recommended. We recommend that you configure SSO between your NWDI and the CTS
system. Details are available in the SAP Library at http://help.sap.com/nwsso and for details
on issuing and accepting tickets, see here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/4d/a5ddc832211dcde10000000a42189c/con
ent.htm?frameset=/en/4a/412251343f2ab1e10000000a42189c/frameset.htm.
6. Choose Ping Destination to test your destination. Make sure that you receive the message Test is
successful on top of the screen.

6.7 Configuring the CTS System

This guide assumes that the system that you would like to use as CTS system is configured as domain
controller. The following steps explain the additional configuration steps to set up CM Services.
All configuration tasks on the CTS system have to be done in the client that is later used to execute the
transports unless otherwise mentioned.

6.7.1 Creating a Developer User

Due to the decision in Creating an RFC Destination from CM Services to CTS to use the option Current
User (Assertion Ticket ) the user who is logged on to the system where the CM Services run, needs
special permission on the CTS system as well. Make sure that the user has been assigned the correct
role on the CTS system. We assume that the user who is developing (and is therefore also logged on to

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the CM Services system since the NWDI runs on this system) does not yet exist on the CTS system. So
we will now create the user and assign the required permissions.
1. Log on to your CTS system and open transaction SU01.
2. Enter NWDI_DEV as User and click on create.

3. Enter the required data on the Address tab

4. Switch to the Logon Data tab. Enter a New Password and the same password for Repeat
Password.

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 5. Switch to the Roles tab and assign the role SAP_CTS_PLUS. Save the user.

Note
In older releases the role SAP_CTS_PLUS may not be complete. If you run into permission
issues when working with the user, check that the role is complete. Details are available in
the chapter Checking Role SAP_CTS_PLUS
6. Repeat the previous steps for every user who is developing in Java and has to attach changes to
a transport request (be it from within the developer studio or the export service). The users are
required on the CTS system e.g. to get a transport request when exporting. You can use the user
IDs of your developers. Make sure that you use IDs which allow to be used in SSO mode.
Remember that ABAP supports user IDs with a length of up to 12 characters. NWDI_DEV is used
as an example in this guide.

Note
If the users already exist on the CTS system, make sure that they have sufficient
permissions – assign the role SAP_CTS_PLUS to them.

7. Log on to your CTS system with the user NWDI_DEV in order to change the initial password.

6.7.2 Configuring RFC Destination and Logical Ports

Have a look at the figure below. It illustrates how logical ports and destinations are connected. The logical
ports (CTSCONFIG and CTSDEPLOY_DI) use the same RFC destination (CTSCONFIG). Furthermore
the user CTS_RFC which was created on the CM Services server (see chapter Creating User for RFC
Destinations from CTS System to CM Services) is used for the RFC connection from CTS to the CM
Services system.

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 Note
The Deploy Web Service (CTSDEPLOY) e.g. for your portal transports can be hosted on a
different server. For the portal, the Deploy Web Service usually runs on the AS Java of your
SAP Solution Manager. For CM Services the CTS Deploy Web Service on the CM Services
server has to be used in case you use the source transports and for the development
system for the transport of sources and deployables (see Introduction, systems, where
parameter DI_System is set to true). For the test and productive systems, you need the RFC
connection CTSDEPLOY as well. In this case, the RFC connection CTSDEPLOY that might
already be in use for transporting portal content can be used as well. If you are not using
CTS for any other use case on your SAP Solution Manager up to now, take a look at step 5
of this chapter to learn how to configure CTSDEPLOY.

6.7.2.1 Configure RFC Destinations

An RFC destination is needed for the communication between the CTS system and the CM Services
system: CTSCONFIG. The required user CTS_RFC for this RFC connection with special permission on the
CM Services system has already been created in step Creating User for RFC Destinations from CTS
System to CM Services.
Proceed as follows to create the RFC destination:
1. Log on to the client of your CTS system that you are using for transports (=where the Transport
Organizer Web UI runs). Open transaction SM59 and open the HTTP Connections to External

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 Server section. Check whether the connection CTSCONFIG is already available.

2. Click on Create if CTSCONFIG does not yet exist.

If the connection already exists, take a look at the following steps as well to make sure that the
configuration is done as needed for this setup. If this is not the case, then you have to create an
additional destination with a different name and use this destination for the configuration of the
CM Services
3. Enter CTSCONFIG as RFC Destination, a Description, the Target Host (your NWDI/CM Services
server), and as Service No the port of your server where the CM Services and the Deploy Web

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 Service run. Make sure that the Connection Type is G.

4. Go to the Logon & Security tab. Click on Continue to confirm that you know that http connections
can be insecure

Select Basic Authentication and enter the user and the password that you have specified in
Creating User for RFC Destinations from CTS System to CM Services (CTS_RFC in our
example).

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 Note
We recommend that you use SSL whenever possible.
5. Go to the Special Options tab page and select No Timeout.

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 6. Choose Connection Test.

Note
The connection test only tests the connection to the server without using the specified user
and password.
7. Make sure that your destination works.

8. To transport deployables you have to configure an RFC destination pointing from the AS ABAP of
your CTS system to the AS Java of your CTS system as well. This destination should be called
CTSDEPLOY. Check whether the destination already exists.

Note
This destination is also needed if you transport e.g. portal content via CTS+. If you already
do so (and use the same CTS system for this purpose) the destination should already exist.
9. If the destination does not exist, create it. Enter CTSDEPLOY as RFC Destination, a Description,
the Target Host (AS Java of your CTS system), and as Service No the port of the AS Java that is

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 used for the CTS system. Make sure that the Connection Type is G.

10. Go to the Logon & Security tab. Click on Continue to confirm that you know that http connections
can be insecure.

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 11. Select Basic Authentication and enter a user and the password. The user should have the role
SAP_CTS_DEPLOY assigned on the AS Java.

Note
If your system is configured accordingly, use SSL (select Active for SSL in the section
Security Options). If SSL is not yet configured we recommend that you do so.
12. Go to the Special Options tab page and select No Timeout.

13. Test your connection.

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6.7.2.2 Configure Logical Ports
Two logical ports are needed for the communication between the CTS system and the CM Services
system: CTSCONFIG and CTSDEPLOY_DI. One logical port is required for the communication between
the AS Java and the AS ABAP of your CTS system: CTSDEPLOY.
CTSDEPLOY_DI is needed to reach the Deploy Web Service on the NWDI system to manage the import
of sources (import into NWDI and following automatic deployment to the development runtime system).
The Deploy Web Service on the AS Java of your CTS system cannot be used in this case.
One Logical Port CTSDEPLOY is needed for the communication between the AS ABAP and the AS Java
of your CTS system. This port is needed if you want to use the transport of deployables. If you decide to
use the transport of sources, this port is not needed. Nevertheless, SAP delivers this port by SAP by
default and you should not delete it as you might need it for other transports on your SAP Solution
Manager - e.g. portal content.
If you use deployable transport, you do not need the port CTSDEPLOY_DI. It is only needed if you plan to
execute imports into your development system (e.g. because you manually add a transport request to the
queue).
Check whether they are available and active on your CTS system. If not create them as described in this
chapter. The logical ports CTSDEPLOY and CTSCONFIG are delivered by SAP and should be available
on your system. Only for some older releases it is possible that they are not available.
At first, we are going to check whether the logical port CTSCONFIG is available
1. Log on to your CTS system in client 000 and call transaction LPCONFIG. Confirm the pop-up
message that the transaction is obsolete. Click Continue. For this purpose, you have to use
transaction LPCONFIG.

2. Enter CO_TDIDICONFIGURATION_SERVICE as Proxy Class and CTSCONFIG as Logical Port.

Make sure that the option Default Port is not set.

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 3. Click on Display. Check that the logical port exists, that it is active and that the parameters are
set as shown in the following figure.

4. The logical port CTSDEPLOY should be configured with the values shown in the following figure.
It should be the Default Port and it has to be active.

To create the logical port CTSDEPLOY_DI, if one of the ports does not exist, or if the parameters are not
set correctly, proceed as follows:
1. Set the system change option of the client 000 to Modifiable. For more details on that see
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 2. Enter the Proxy Class CO_TFLDEPLOY_PROXY_VI_DOCUMENT and the Logical Port
CTSDEPLOY_DI. Click on Create.

3. Enter a Description. Enter CTSCONFIG as HTTP Destination and

/DeployProxy/default?style=document as Path Suffix

Note
It is correct and it is the intended setup that this logical port also uses the http destination
CTSCONFIG since it also requires a connection to the CM Services system.
4. Save your logical port. You will be asked for a transport request. You can either create a new one
or use an existing one.

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 Note
In most cases, this change is not going to be transported. So choose a transport request
which does not contain any objects that require a transport to another system.
5. Activate the logical port.

6.7.3 Activate Services in SICF

Several Web Dynpro ABAP applications are needed to be able to use CTS. Make sure that they are
activated, or activate them if they are not active. To do so, open transaction SICF in the client where you
also configure your system landscapes in TMS, and search for services where the name starts with CTS.

For more details refer to the SAP Library at

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6.7.3.1 Transport Organizer Web UI

The Transport Organizer Web UI is needed to manage the transport requests for non-ABAP systems.
You can create transport requests, assign files, release requests etc. To be able to use the Web Dynpro
ABAP application Transport Organizer Web UI you need to make sure that - depending on the release of
your CTS system - the service CTS_BROWSER or CTS_ORGANIZER is active. For more details on the
Transport Organizer Web UI, refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/b5/6d03660d3745938cd46d6f5f9cef2e/content.htm

Note
If CTS_PLUG is installed on your CTS system (SAP NetWeaver 7.31SP1 and later or SAP
Solution Manager 7.1), CTS_ORGANIZER will automatically be used whenever you click a
link provided inside applications to manage transport requests. There is no configuration
option for one or the other version of the Transport Organizer Web UI. So activate the
service that fits to your system.
With CTS_PLUG, there is also the Import Queue Web UI available. You can use it to
manage imports for your system via a Web UI. More information on the Import Queue Web
UI is available in the SAP Library at

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 http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ctsplug20sm71/helpdata/en/4b/b9a1222f504ef2aa523caf6d22d
1c9/content.htm
More information on the CTS Plug-in, features and installation prerequisites is also available
in the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_ctsplug20sm71/helpdata/en/eb/0e1c7be26249e0911c5d688d3
bfa06/content.htm?frameset=/en/4b/b9a1222f504ef2aa523caf6d22d1c9/frameset.htm

6.7.3.2 Object List Browser

To be able to use the Object List Browser to see the content of an attached dip (Development
Infrastructure Package) file you need to activate the Web service CTS_OBJECTLIST_BROWSER.

7 System Landscape Configuration

Assuming that your CTS system and NWDI with CM Services are enabled, the following chapter
describes how to set up your transport and development configuration landscape.

Example
In this guide, we will use three runtime systems as a sample landscape. We will have a
development system (DEV), a test system (TST) and a production system (PRD). So we
need to setup a non-ABAP DEV, TST and PRD system in TMS of your CTS system. For
each system, you have to decide if a development configuration is needed and if the system
is a source and/or target system. In addition the transport routes have to be created
accordingly.
When creating a development configuration for a system, DTR workspaces and CBS buildspace are
created automatically. But initially they are empty! Therefore you have to fill these buildspaces (and
workspaces) with the required libraries (compared to the CMS Check-In and import to development). In
CM Services this is done with the help of the Synchronize Service.
In our example, we will use the deployable transport. For this scenario, the following configurations are
required:
Systems
DEV: non-ABAP source and target system with development configuration
TST: non-ABAP target system
PRD: non-ABAP target system

Transport Routes:
DEV  TST: Consolidation Route
TST  PRD: Delivery Route

If you plan to transport sources, the following configuration is required:

Systems:
DEV: non-ABAP source and target system with development configuration
TST: non-ABAP target system with development configuration
PRD: non-ABAP target system with development configuration

Transport Routes:
DEV  TST: Consolidation Route
TST  PRD: Delivery Route

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 CAUTION
The following scenario is not recommended: Configure the TST system as source system to
be able to create a transport request, export and attach an SCA file (compared to the CONS
System in a CMS track) and then transport it to the PROD system.

Independent of the transport scenario (source or deployable transport) the following configuration parts
have to be done in any case:
1. Create a non-ABAP DEV system with development configuration (source system)
2. Use the Synchronize Service to provide the required libraries to the DEV system / the respective
workspaces and buildspace
So we are now starting with executing these two steps.

7.1 Creating a Non-ABAP System with Development

Configuration
This chapter describes how to configure the development system (DEV), which is a source (to be able to
create a transport request and attach .dip or .sca files) and target system (for the deployment during the
activation process triggered in NWDS) with a development configuration. This is true for all use cases
using CM Services.

CAUTION
Do not create a non-ABAP system for your NWDI. The transport route consists of the
runtime systems.

1. On your CTS system (domain controller), call transaction STMS and click on System Overview.

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 2. Choose SAP System  Create  Non-ABAP-System

3. Enter the SID in the field System. In our example, we enter DEV. Enter a Description as well.
Enter your CTS system as Communication System: (the system where you configured the logical
ports and the RFC Destinations – CTSCONFIG etc).
Select Create Development Configuration.

4. If this is the first system with a development configuration that you create, now, a pop-up will be
shown where you have to enter the SLD URL. Enter the URL to the SLD that you have
configured during the NWDI setup (see chapter Configuring NWDI with CM Services). Click on
Continue.

Recommendation
Use https whenever possible.
5. Choose Activate Transport Organizer and make sure that the correct client is set.
Choose Activate Deployment Service and choose SDM or DC (depending on the release of your
runtime system).
Enter the Target Host and the System No of your development runtime system.

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 Click Save.

Note
For all runtime systems which are on SAP NetWeaver 7.1 or later, use DC (=Deploy
Controller) as Method. For lower releases SDM is used for deployments.

Note
This configuration is different from what you might know when using CTS, for example, for
the portal. The development system has to have both configurations, source and target
system. The target system is needed to deploy your applications to this runtime during the
activation step using NWDS/NWDI containing e.g. the required libraries.
6. For deployments to the runtime system, a user with appropriate permissions is needed. In the
dialog box <SID>: Set User and Password for Deployment SDM/DC enter a user who has
permissions to execute deployments on the development runtime system.

Note
For runtime systems with SDM (SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.0 and enhancement packages)
use SDM as a user and the SDM password. As of SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.1 the Deploy
Controller is used for deployments. In this case, enter a user with deploy permission and the
appropriate password.
7. If this is the first DI system that you create, you will now be asked to enter a user and password
for the SLD. Enter the master password that you defined when setting up the NWDI (see chapter

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 Configuring NWDI with CM Services) and click Continue.

Note
If you set up your NWDI to be used with another (already existing) SLD, you have to enter a
user and password for this SLD.

Note
You can use only one SLD per CTS system – therefore you are only asked for an SLD URL
and a user / password when creating your first DI system.

8. If this is the first DI system that you create, you are now required to enter a user and a password
for the CM Services. Enter the master password that you defined when you set up the NWDI (see
chapter Configuring NWDI with CM Services) and click Continue.

Note
If you do not use CM Services on the system where DTR / CBS run, you have to create the
user that you like to use in here on the CM Services system as well.
9. After you saved the DEV system in TMS, a browser window showing the Development
Infrastructure. Development Configuration Management opens automatically. This UI runs on the
CM Services server. If you do not have single sign-on in place, you have to log on at first. Use the
user NWDI_ADM with the master password that you set when configuring the NWDI (see chapter
Configuring NWDI with CM Services). We will continue with the configuration in this UI after
adapting some parameters for the system DEV in TMS.

7.1.1 Adapting TMS parameters

1. Double-click on the system DEV in the System Overview.

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 2. Change the parameter DEPLOY_WEB_SERVICE to CTSDEPLOY_DI.

Note
This change is required for every system where the parameter DI_SYSTEM is set to true.

Note
If you are using a release below SAP NetWeaver 7.0 including enhancement package 2 on
your CTS system and you were not able to choose between SDM and DC (only one option
was available), you also have to change the port for DEPLOY_URL from 5xx18 to 5xx04 if
your runtime system is on a release that uses the deploy controller for deployments.

3. In addition you can define that the AS Java gets the files from the AS ABAP (the Transport
directory) when executing an import:
 You can use a mount directory or a shared directory – the parameter
DEPLOY_DATA_SHARE which is used by default.
 You can alternatively explicitly set a SAP Java Connector connection (JCo connection),
with the parameter CTS_FILE_PROVIDER_URI. For the JCo connection you need to set
the File Provider User and Password. In the TMS Configuration of your system choose
Goto  File Provider User/Password. The users that are entered in the destinations
CTSDEPLOY and CTSCONFIG in SM59 have to have the permission
Destination_Service_Write_Permission on the CM Services system in addition to the role
SAP_CTS_DEPLOY. We recommend that you create a separate role containing this
action and assign this role to the user that is used when the CTS system connects to the
CM Services system. For more information, refer to SAP Note 1492665 and in the SAP
Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/81/5bb741b48d4c6ea8c94b534144ba3a/
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 Note
You have to delete the DEPLOY_DATA_SHARE parameter to be able to use the
CTS_FILE_PROVIDER_URI parameter. Otherwise the system tries to access the Deploy
Data share.

Note
For details on the CTS_FILE_PROVIDER_URI parameter, the possible values and
permissions required refer to SAP Note 1492665.

7.1.2 Configuring the Development Configuration

Now you can start configuring the development configuration. You do this in the Development
Configuration UI that opened in the browser when saving the non-ABAP system.
1. What you can see on the System Landscape Directory tab should be ok since the information
was passed on from the CTS system. Go to the Local Settings tab.

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 2. Click on Edit to change the development configuration.

3. Set the options Repository Location and Build Tool Location. This will automatically add the
respective paths.
Define the Transport Settings. In our example, we are going to use the Deployable Export with
the options to transport Software Components and Activities. More details can be found in the
chapter Landscape Options.
Make sure that the Export Destination shown in here is the one that you created in step Creating
an RFC Destination from CM Services to CTS.

Note
If you have to connect one NWDI to more than one CTS system, you can also define more
than one destination. We recommend that you add the SID of the CTS system to the name
so that you know what the different destinations are made for (e.g.
sap.com/com.sap.tc.di.CTSserver_CTS). Refer to the chapter Creating an RFC Destination
from CM Services to CTS for creating a destination.

Note
Execute the next step “Software Component Definition” before saving these settings. The
DTR and CBS URLs will be deleted if no software components are added for the
development configuration.
4. Click on the Software Component Definition. You can now add the SCs that you would like to
develop in this development configuration. To do so, click on Add SC. All available software
components are read from SLD and are provided in a list. Retrieving the list from SLD for the first

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 time might take a while – be patient.

5. On the dialog box, you can choose from the existing SCs or create a new one. Refer to the
chapter Creating a new SC for details if you would like to create a new SC. Filter the list
according to the SCs you want to add to the development configuration, select them, and choose
Add, and then Close.

6. To view the dependencies of the SCVs, click on the triangle at the beginning of a row.

7. Save your development configuration.

8. Now the development system configuration is ready. But before you can start working with the
development configuration as described in chapter Development and Export Process the required
libraries need to be imported with the help of the Synchronize Service. The following chapter
describes how to do this.

Note
If you closed the Development Configuration UI at some point during the configuration, you
can always open it again from within TMS or NWA.

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 Go to the details of your system in TMS and click on Development Configuration.

In the SAP NetWeaver Administrator on your NWDI go to Configuration  Infrastructure 

Development Infrastructure.

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7.1.3 Get the required Software Component Archives
To be able to develop an application for AS Java you need to import some basic libraries (required
Software Component Archives) into CBS. You might also want to import SCs that you developed in the
past into DTR. The Synchronize Service is used to manage these tasks. The Synchronize Service allows
you to compare software component versions on the runtime system with what is imported into the NWDI
If necessary you can adapt the development environment. It is no longer necessary to use an upload
system and to create transport requests manually as you might have done in older CM Services versions.
In our example, we will use the Synchronize Service to bring the SCAs required / to be developed to the
system DEV (the respective workspace and buildspace on NWDI). As we will transport deployables, we
only need the sources in the development system.
For more information on the required SCAs for each release, you can check SAP Notes 1465468,
1463541 and 1457908.

Note
If you use the transport of sources, the libraries must be available in all buildspaces in CBS.
Therefore, you must execute the Synchronize Service for any system (development
configuration) that is part of your system landscape.
To synchronize your NWDI with the runtime system concerning the SCAs required / to be developed,
proceed as follows:
1. Make sure that all required SCAs that you need are available – those that are delivered by SAP
and on which your development depends and those that you would like to develop. Copy them to
a folder on your NWDI.

Note
You can get the SCAs delivered by SAP from the Installation / upgrade folder of your
runtime system.
2. Start the Synchronize Service. You can do so using the related links in the development
configuration service. Go to Related Links  Synchronize Service.

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 3. A new window showing the Synchronize Service opens. Select your development configuration –
DEV in our example.

4. In the System State table, you can compare the versions of the SCs that are currently available
on the runtime system with the ones imported into NWDI. Click Next.

5. Enter the Inbox Path. Name the folder where you stored your SCAs and click Next.

6. Check the Synchronize Software Components table. For every SCA, you will find a
recommended action in the Actions column. For those that you copied to the folder that you
named in the previous step, the recommended action will in most cases be to Import Archives.
For SCAs where there is no SCA available in the inbox, the recommended action will be to Skip

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 the import for this SC. You can change the action if needed. Click Next.

7. On the next screen, you will see a summary. Check this and then click Synchronize to start the
synchronization.

8. The results of the synchronization are shown in the log below the Summary table.

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 Note
If you would like to check the log at another point in time or if you closed the Synchronize
Service, you can always use the History Service to check the logs.
9. If you now restart the Synchronize Service, you should see that the version in NWDI and in the
runtime system is now the same. You can ignore the warning shown in last column of the System
State table that the status of the runtime system is unknown. This is fixed with SAP Note
1958217.

7.2 Creating Target Systems

The configuration that was described in the previous chapters is needed for both landscape scenarios -
source and deployable transport. The configuration of the target systems depends on the scenario that
you have chosen. In the following chapters, the deployable transport is described in detail. You will find
notes in those steps where the configuration for the source transport differs.
In this chapter, we will configure the landscape in a way that you can export deployable units from the
development system and import them into the test and production system which are pure deployable
targets. This means that none of the target systems has a development configuration and NWDI must not
be up and running during import. For the transport of deployables three transport options are possible as
explained in the chapter Deployable Export. For the development configuration you select the radio
button Deployable Export as Export Mode in the Development Configuration Service UI and choose
which granularity you would like to enable for your transport landscape. We have seen this in the chapter
Configuring the Development Configuration. All other systems along your transport route have to be
configured as pure target systems with a Java Deploy URL which is explained in more detail below.

CAUTION
A landscape that is configured for deployable transport cannot be used for source transport.
There are no workspaces and buildspace available to manage the sources on the target
systems.
A development configuration is needed for the development system only. It does not matter which option
of transporting deployables you selected.

Note
If you decide to use the transport of sources, you need a development configuration for each
system.
Proceed as follows to create a target system:

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 1. In the System Overview in transaction STMS choose SAP System  Create  Non-ABAP
System.

2. Fill in the following fields:

 System: SID of your test system
 Description
 Select Activate deployment Service and choose the appropriate Method. Enter the Target
Host and the System No.
Click on Save.

Note
If you are setting up a landscape for source transport, choose Create Development
Configuration as well. In this case, the DI Configuration Service will be shown automatically
after you finished the configuration for this system. Configure the development
configuration in the same way as you did for your development system (see chapter
Configuring the Development Configuration).
You can use the option Copy Definition From to configure the development configuration.
Choose your development system as source.

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 Use ACLs to make sure users do not accidentally change sources on the test or productive
system. Refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/21/53882f3fee0243b6c774e26ebed880/fra
meset.htm for details.
3. Enter a user and a password with deploy permissions on the target system.

Note
For the parameter DEPLOY_WEB_SERVICE, the value CTSDEPLOY is automatically
entered for each system. This is fine if you transport deployables. If you want to use the
source transport, you have to change this to CTSDEPLOY_DI.

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 4. To check that the system is configured correctly, click on the button Transp. Tool:

In the result, all the checks should show a green check mark – especially in the sections Deploy
Web Service and Deploy Tool.

5. Repeat the previous steps for all other target system that you want to use for the landscape. You
are not limited to a three-system landscape. All the options for designing landscapes that are
offered by TMS (more than one target system at a time, groups etc.) are available for non-ABAP
landscapes as well.

7.3 Creating Transport Routes

The systems that are part of the landscape of the Java runtime systems are now known in CTS. In the
next step, we have to connect them via transport routes. This configuration is also done in transaction
STMS. For the configuration of transport routes, it doesn’t matter whether you transport sources or
deployables.

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 1. Go to transaction STMS and choose Transport Routes.

2. Switch to Change mode.

3. Move the systems DEV, TST and PRD to the lower part. To do so, first click on the system itself
and then in the free space in the lower part. Click on Add Transport Route:

4. Draw a line from DEV to TST. In the dialog box, choose Consolidation, and enter a Transport
layer.

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 5. In the dialog box, enter a Short Description and choose Transfer.

6. Choose Transfer.

7. Draw a line from TST to PRD. In the dialog box, choose Delivery and click again on Transfer.

8. Click on Save.

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 9. In the dialog box, enter a Short description and click on Transfer.

10. Click Yes to Distribute and Activate your configuration.

The configuration part is now finished. You can start working with the development configuration.

8 Development and Export Process

2. In this chapter you can find out how to work with a development configuration that you created
above using the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS). Furthermore the release process is
explained. You can learn how an activity is released if CTS+ is in use. The SDA(s) involved will be
added to a transport request in the format of a DIP (Development Infrastructure package) file. Last
but not least the SCA export process with the DI Export Service UI is explained.

Note
If you plan to develop Web Dynpro Java, you have to make sure that the runtime systems
and the NWDS are on the same release and SP level. See SAP Note 718949 for details.
You can nevertheless use the CM Services of SAP NetWeaver 7.3 even if your runtime
systems are on a lower release. In that case you need an (maybe additional) SAP
NetWeaver Developer Studio which supports releasing the activities in the transport view.
For versions of the developer studio which support releasing activities, refer to SAP Note
1361909.
3.

8.1 Import Development Configuration

4. This chapter explains how to import a development configuration into your developer studio.

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 1. Open your SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. Go to Window  Open Perspective and open the
Development Infrastructure perspective.

2. To connect your developer studio with the NWDI, go to Window  Preferences.

3. Go to Development Infrastructure  System Landscape Directory. Enter the URL of your SLD
and click on OK.

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 4. Choose New/Import Development Configuration.

5. Select Import from System landscape Directory (SLD). Click on Next.

6. Enter your User and Password. Click on Log on.

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 7. Choose your Development Configuration – DEV in our example. Click on Next.

8. You will see details of this development configuration. It might be worth checking that the SCAs
that you want to develop are shown as to be developed (indicated by the yellow icon with the
pencil ). Click on Finish.

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 9. Enter the User and Password for the NWDI. Click on Log on.

Note
The User is case-sensitive in here.
10. In the Component Browser, you can now see the SCAs (and sub-components). For more
information on development configurations, refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/49/2aae589c1a1903e10000000a42189c/frameset
.htm.

5. Before an activity can be released for transport, it has to be checked in and activated. These steps
remain the same compared to a development configuration managed by CMS. The next chapter
will explain the behavior of the release process for deployable transport.

8.2 Release Activity

If you want to transport your changes based on an activity, the development configuration needs to be
configured in that way (see chapter Landscape Options). Here the two options are possible: Activity
transport on source or deployable level. For the developer it makes no difference in the handling of the
tools. He will recognize the kind of transport in the window title of the transport view and in the following
release dialog.
To release an activity and attach it to a transport request, proceed as follows:
1. As soon as you finished your development, check in the activity as a first step. This step is the
same if you use CTS+ or not. In the Open Activities View, right-click on your activity and choose

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 Checkin.

2. Enter a name for your activity.

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 Note
Checking in the activity will also automatically activate it by default.
You can configure this behavior. If you want to activate changes manually, configure your
developer studio accordingly.

3. As soon as the activation is finished, you need the Transport View to attach the activity to a
transport request. Go to Window  Show View  Transport View.

4. Browse for your activity.

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 Note
If the activity that you just checked-in / activated is not shown under Waiting, check in the
Activation Requests View whether the activation is still running or whether it failed.
5. Right click on your activity and choose Release.

6. In the dialog box, you can see the transport request that is currently marked as default for your
user. If you would like to check details for this request or use a different one, click on the button
Create/Select. This will open the Transport Organizer. Refer to the chapter Using the Transport
Organizer Web UI for details.

If you changed anything in the Transport Organizer Web UI, always click Refresh in here before
you continue. Only if you follow this procedure, the changes done in the Transport Organizer
Web UI will be taken into account in the further release process. This is especially important if
you changed the default request.

Recommendation
You can use one transport request to attach several DIPs (activities). This is one option to
work with a transport request during your development phase. If you use several transport
requests which contain changes for the same coding (the same SDAs), you should release
a transport request soon after having attached something. If you attach the same content
with different changes to more than one transport request and mix the order of releasing the
requests so that it does not fit with the order in which the changes were done, you can
create what is called “overtakers” when executing imports. This means that not the latest
changes will be the active ones in the target systems.
7. Click on Release rebuilt deployable DCs if the request is the one that you would like to use. You
can also set the option Monitor Request. This will open the Transport Organizer after the activity

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 has been attached to the transport request. You can then e.g. release your transport request or
check that the activity was attached to the transport request.

8. After having released the activity, it should be visible in the section Released in the Transport
View.

The transport request used for a dip file can also be found in its properties:

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 Note
You can use the icon View Menu in the Transport View to call the Transport Organizer or
the Export Web UI:

9. You can also check the Object List in the Transport Organizer to check what has been attached
to the transport request.
The number of DIP files that are attached to the transport request reflects the number of affected
software components.

10. Depending on the transport strategy that was configured in TMS, you can now add additional files
to the transport request or release it in the Transport Organizer Web UI and then import it into
your target systems. For details on importing transport requests, refer to the chapter Importing a
Transport Request. For details on the transport strategy, refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/c5/d9012e437d4c318976edc9791f2ae4/content.h
tm.

8.3 Complex Example

To explain the advantages of the new activity-based SDA transport the following application example is
used: There are two software components LANDSCAPETESTSC1 and LANDSCAPETESTSC2 with
several Development Components and dependencies between them. In the example in the precious
chapter the Development Component demo 1 was changed. A simple change was done; there were no
dependent DCs involved.
We will now take a look at a more complex example to show how dependencies are taken into
consideration when releasing an activity.

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In the figure above, you can see two SCs. LANDSCAPETESTSC1 and LANDSCAPETESTSC2.
LANDSCAPETESTSC1 contains the deployables lib, webui1 and appl1. LANDSCAPETESTSC2 contains
the deployable appl2.
LANDSCAPETESTSC1 has dependencies to LANDSCAPETESTSC1. During build time, ejb1 of
LANDSCAPETESTSC1 is used by ejb2 of LANDSCAPETESTSC2 as you can see in the picture above.
The result of this is that at runtime, appl2 uses appl1. The same is valid for webui1 which also uses ejb1.
In the following example, a change to ejb1 will be done. As ejb1 is used by ejb2, ejb2 has to be rebuilt as
well. Same is valid for webui1. As a result, the deployables app1, appl2 and webui1 have to be
transported as these three deployables had to be rebuilt because of the change done to ejb1.
So how does the process look like? The Development Component ejb1 is changed. When the respective
activity is activated, CBS will rebuild all affected DCs as explained before. Then during release CM
Services calculates the rebuilt DCs (SDAs) and packs them into DIP-files which are attached to the
transport request.
As you can see in the pop-up screen ‚Release for Transport (shown in the following figure), the two
Development Components appl1 and webui1 of Software component LANDSCAPETESTSC1 and the
Development Component appl2 of Software component LANDSCAPETESTSC2 were rebuilt
automatically to ensure a consistent state.

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In the Transport Organizer Web UI you will find two dip files in the Object List tab – one for each rebuilt
SCA. One dip file contains apll1 and webui1 of LANDSCAPETESTSC1 and the other dip-file contains
appl2 of LANDSCAPETESTSC2.

8.4 SCA Export and Transport

Before starting to use the export service, you should have setup a landscape on your CTS system which
contains all the systems where you would like to import the SCAs. The SCA export and transport is
possible for both landscape configurations – source and deployable transport – if you set this option when
configuring the development configuration.

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 Note
You can add the option to allow SCA exports in addition later on by simply changing the
development configuration (adding this option). You can also remove it. But you cannot
switch from deployable to source transport (or vice versa) by simply changing this option in
the development configuration – target systems are configured in a different way for source
and deployable transport and would need to be changed as well.
The way how to use the DI Export Service UI does not differ for source and deployable transport. The
exported SCA always contains the sources, but the sources will only be used in a landscape that is
configured for source transport.

Note
The export process will take all activated activities into consideration that are related to the
SCA export. For activities that are listed as ‘Waiting’ in the Transport View of the Developer
Studio, the export process triggers the automatic release. It will not release open activities.
Do the following to export and attach SCAs or SDAs to a transport request in TMS via the Export Service
UI:
1. Execute the following step a or b to open the DI Export Service UI
a. On your CTS system, call transaction STMS. In the System Overview, double-click your
development system (DEV). Choose Development Configuration.

Log on with the user NWDI_ADM.

b. Open the NWA on your CM Services System (should be the NWDI). Log on with the user
NWDI_ADM. Go to Configuration  Infrastructure and choose Development

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 Infrastructure.

2. Go to Related Links Export Service

Note
You can also use the menu in the transport view of your developer studio to open the Export
Web UI.
You can also create a favorite in your browser for the URL
http://<host>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~di~cts~config~webui/Export

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 3. Select your development configuration, decide whether you would like to use the SCA Export and
click on Next.

4. Select the SCA(s) that you would like to export and click on Next

Note
You can also select more than one SCA by holding the CTRL-key while selecting.
5. On the next screen, you can set some options. Set them according to your needs and click on
Next.

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 If you have selected export mode SCA Export and the SCAs to be exported are not in the SAP
namespace, you can define a Patch Name for your export, a Support Package Level and the
Patch Level.
You can decide whether sources and archives should be included and set some options in case
of an error. If you decide not to include sources, then only pointers to DTR will be included. This
reduces the export time and the size of your SCA significantly. We recommend performing your
exports without including sources as long as the target system of your transport is located within
your company.
The flag “Include Archives” is needed to add the build and deployable archives into the SCA file.
This is needed in case your landscape is configured for deployable transport. If you include
sources, the full content of the corresponding workspaces is physically exported. This is only
required or recommended in case you have to export sources (e.g. for a backup) or if your source
DTR is not available during import time into another DTR.

Note
If you decide to set the Support Package Level, the Patch Level is automatically set to 0.
You cannot change this.
6. The next screen shows the transport request to which your SCA will be attached if there is a
default request available for your user or if the system in TMS is configured to create on
automatically. If there is no default request available or if you would like to change the one that is
currently shown, you can use the link Transport Requests to open the Transport Organizer Web
UI. By the help of this UI, you can create e.g. new requests or make another one your default
request. If you changed anything in the Transport Organizer Web UI, always click Refresh in the
Export Web UI before you continue. Only if you follow this procedure, the changes done in the

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 Transport Organizer Web UI will be taken into account in the further process in the Export Web
UI. This is especially important if you changed the default request.
If you want to, you can add a note that will be added to the documentation of the transport
request.
Click Next as soon as everything is correct concerning the transport request.

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 7. On the next screen, you can see a summary of the settings that you did in the previous steps.
Click Export if everything is ok.

8. Depending on the transport strategy that was configured in TMS, you can now add additional files
to the transport request or release it in the Transport Organizer Web UI and then import it into
your target systems. For details on importing transport requests, refer to the chapter Importing a
Transport Request. For details on the transport strategy, refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/c5/d9012e437d4c318976edc9791f2ae4/content.h
tm

Recommendation
You can use one transport request to attach several SCAs. This is one option: work with the
same transport request for your development phase. If you create several requests which
contain different versions of the same SCA, should release a transport request soon after
having attached something. If you attach the same SCA to more than one transport request
and mix the order of releasing the requests so that it does not fit with the order the SCAs
were created, you can create what is called overtakers when executing imports. This means
that not the latest changes will be the active ones.
9. After the export has finished successfully, the export log is shown in the section Export Log.

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 Note
You can also use the Export Service UI to attach SDA(s) to a transport request. The
process is very similar – with the exception of setting versions and patch level – this only
exists on SCA level.
SDA is only possible in case of deployable export and only if you set this option when
configuring the development configuration.

CAUTION
The SDA export is only made for experts. Only the SDAs that you choose will be
attached to the transport request. There are no dependencies taken into
consideration. There is therefore a risk that you break the target system when
importing the request in the target system if dependent SDAs that were also changed
are missing in the import. The version that is currently active in CBS is attached to the
transport request.

9 Troubleshooting
9.1 Error during Import / Deployment (RC 12)
1. The import into the target system stops with return code 12 and error message “Connect to
message server host failed”.

Reason:
The parameter CTS_FILE_PROVIDER_URI is in use and the communication system (CTS ABAP
stack) is not maintained on the system where your Deploy Service is running (here: NWDI
server).
Solution:
 On your Java stack system where the Deploy Service is running go to
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc and open the file Services with an editor (for
example, Word pad).
 Check if the sapms<SID> entry exist and if the port is correct. If not, correct them. For
more information, see SAP Note 1155884.
 Restart the import.
The import into the target system stops with return code 12 and error message
“DIImport_CommunicationException: Cannot read development configuration of system…”.

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 Reason
Wrong Deploy Web Service is in use – you would like to use source transport but forgot to change
the Deploy Web Service to CTSDEPLOY_DI which points to your NWDI.
Expand the log to see which deploy web service is used

In here, you should see your NWDI server (in our example, CTJ is the AS Java of the CTS system,
the NWDI is named DN5 and this is expected to be used in here for source transports)
Solution
Change the parameter DEPLOY_WEB_SERVICE in TMS to CTSDEPLOY_DI. Check also SAP
Note 1453836

9.2 Import seems to run forever

In case your import of the transport request into the target system seems to run forever and your Target
System has a DI Configuration, you should check the following:
Open the History Service and check the current status of your import. If the import stopped at the step
‘Build Server Import’, check if CBS is started and works properly. Open the CBS Web UI via
http://<host>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc.CBS.WebUI/WebUI. Choose Requests, select the
From Date and To Date for your Buildspace accordingly to search (Search button) for all Requests since
the CBS was installed and initially configured. You should see at least an entry with the Request Type
INIT_COMPARTMENT and the Request State SUCCEEDED. In case the Request State is set to
QUEUED you should check the parameter idleStart.
To do so, open the NetWeaver Administrator on your NWDI (http://<host>:<port>/nwa) and go to
Configuration  Infrastructure  Java System Properties. Select your node and open the tab Services.
Choose Component Build Service  Modify IdleStart.

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9.3 Activity cannot be released
When you try to release an activity in the developer studio, you receive an error message: ‘No successful
activation request found for activity…’
Refer to SAP Note1909778 for possible reasons and solutions.

10 Appendix
10.1 Using the Transport Organizer Web UI
The Transport Organizer Web UI is made for creating, changing or releasing transport requests on the
CTS+ system. Depending on the release of your CTS+ system and whether CTS_PLUG is installed or
not, you can find different versions of this UI. If you would like to use the new Transport Organizer, you
have to use a CTS+ system with CTS plug-in 2.0 on SAP Solution Manager 7.1, SAP NetWeaver 7.31 or
7.4.
The Transport Organizer Web UI delivered with CTS Plug-in 2.0 looks like shown in the following figure:

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More information is available in the SAP Library at
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htm

10.2 Importing a Transport Request

After you have exported your activities, you might want to import the changes into the test system (TST).
Before you can do so, you have to release the transport request. This is done in the Transport Organizer
Web UI. Mark your request and click on Release.

Note
Depending on your configuration, it might also be that the request is released automatically
after something was attached. If this is the case in your landscape configuration, you can
skip this step. Nevertheless, you can use the Transport Organizer Web UI to make sure that
your activity (the respective SDA) is attached to the transport request and that it was
released.
To import the transport request into the system TST do the following:

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 1. Log on to your CTS+ System, open transaction STMS and click on Import Overview

2. Double-click on the system where you would like to import a request

3. You can now either import all requests that are in the queue or import a single request. To import
one request, mark it and click on Import request

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 Note
If the request that you just released is not visible, click on Refresh.
4. Set the import options according to your needs and click on Continue

5. Confirm that you would like to leave the request in the queue (only if you import not the complete
queue)

6. Click on Refresh until the import is finished. The column RC should show a green square.

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 7. You can also check the status for a certain request in the Transport Organizer Web UI on the tab
Logs.

10.3 Extending the Landscape

In this chapter, we will give you some insights on how to extend the landscape that you configured before.
What is covered in here is adding e.g. an additional test system. The procedure described in here cannot
be used for adding a new development system. Exchanging the development system (the SID in TMS)
would mean that the transport requests in CTS will get a different naming etc. Existing transport requests
that were not released cannot be used any more. So we do not recommend exchanging the development
system.
In case you need to extend your landscape, you have to make sure to import previous transport requests.
For a system landscape that is enabled for source transport (= target systems with development
configurations) it is essential to make sure that the required libraries are also imported into NWDI for the
new system (buildspace). Use the Synchronize Service to do so.
After having extended the landscape, you should make sure that you add all transport requests to the
new system that were already imported into the following system or that you create a new transport
request on the development system which contains the SCA(s) that you develop and transport this
request through the complete landscape. This would make sure that you have a consistent state of your
application available in all systems involved.
We assume you created your new non-ABAP target system with or without development configuration as
described before. In addition the required transport routes are available. The next steps explain how to
import transport requests (that have been already transported) to this new target system. For all
upcoming transports this new target system will be delivered via the regular transport route.
1. On your CTS system, call transaction STMS. In the System Overview, select the system to which
you want to add a transport request
2. Choose Extras  Other Requests  Add.

3. Enter the transport request with the required files and choose Ok. The request has been added to
the queue and can be imported.

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 4. Select your requests in the import queue and import them

5. Repeat these steps for all new systems in your landscape

10.4 Configure Users on CM Services server

If you would like to run the CM Services on a server where no NWDI component is used so far, you can
execute the functional unit CM Services. In case the users NWDI_CMSADM, NWDI_ADM and
NWDI_DEV already exist, the FUN will ask you whether you would like to overwrite the password. Make
sure that the same password as on the NWDI system is used.
For more information on configuring the NWDI, refer to the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/b4/d347306670474e8ef8771ef989922e/content.htm?fram
eset=/en/53/75b3407e73c57fe10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

Note
If you decide to do the configuration manually and use other users than the ones that the
FUN would create, you have to make sure that they exist both on the NWDI system and
on the CM Services server.

10.5 Using Build Options

If you would like to use your NWDI to develop java applications for more than one SAP NetWeaver
release, you can use Build Options to do so.
As a prerequisite, you have to prepare CBS to be able to use different jdks during the build. For details,
take a look at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/53/75b3407e73c57fe10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
Starting with enhancement package 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0, CM Services support build options. When
configuring your development configuration, you can specify which jdk should be used. This can be done
by entering com.sap.jdk.home_path_key as Build Option Name and e.g. JDK1.3.1_HOME as Build
Option Value. The Value has to exist in CBS in the property JDK_HOME_PATHS.
For more information on CBS Service Properties, refer to
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You can define additional build options. Refer to
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/bd/cddf4164ee6024e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm for
details.

10.6 Checking Role SAP_CTS_PLUS

In older releases, it might be that some permissions are missing in the role SAP_CTS_PLUS. Do the
following to fist check the role and then create one which contains the required permissions.
1. Open transaction PFCG and display the role SAP_CTS_PLUS.

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2. On the Authorizations tab choose Display authorization data:

3. Make sure that the following permissions are available:

Authorization Check for ICF Access (object: S_ICF):

ICF_FIELD: DEST, PROXY, SERVICE
ICF_VALUE: *

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 Authorization Check for RFC Access (object: S_RFC):
RFC_NAME: CTS_WBO_DIS, EPSF, RFC1, SDIFRUNTIME, STPA, SYST
RFC_TYPE: FUGR
Administration Functions in the Change and Transport System (object: S_CTS_ADMI):
CTS_ADMFCT: EPS1, EPS2
Authorization for file access (object: S_DATASET):
ACTVT: 06, 33, 34, A6, A7
FILENAME: *
PROGRAM: CL_CTS_ASSIST_BROWSER=========CP, SAPLEPSF, SAPLSCTS_EXE_FILE,
SAPLSCTS_RELEASE, SAPLSLOG, SAPLSTFI, SAPLSTPA, SAPLSTPP, SAPLSTRF, SAPLTMSM,
SAPLTMST
Transport Organizer (object: S_TRANSPRT):
ACTVT: 01 (Create or generate), 02 (Change), 03 (Display), 05 (Lock), 06 (Delete), 23 (Maintain), 43
(Release), 50 (Move), 60 (Import), 65 (Reorganize), 75 (Remove), 78 (Assign), 90 (Copy)
TTYPE: CUST, DTRA, PIEC, TRAN
4. If not all necessary values are assigned to role SAP_CTS_PLUS, copy this role.

5. Name the new role Z_CTS_PLUS, and choose Copy all.

6. Enter a description and click on Propose Profile Name to get an automatically generated profile
name. Save your entries.
7. Click on Change Authorization Data and assign all missing necessary values. Go one step back (F3)
and save your entries.

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8. On the User tab page, click on User Comparison and then on Complete comparison

9. Assign this newly created and activated role Z_CTS_PLUS to user NWDI_DEV. Remove the role
SAP_CTS_PLUS

10.7 SIDs in CM Services

If the SID is already used, you can also use any 3 letter name that has not yet been used in the domain. It
is not required that the runtime systems are shown in CTS by their real SID in case of CM Services – but
it simplifies keeping an overview if you do so.

10.8 Creating a new SC

If you would like to create a new SC to develop your own functionality, you can do so from within the
Development Configuration service. The following steps have to be executed:
1. Open your development configuration e.g. from within TMS.

2. In the Development Configuration Service, open the Software Component Definition tab and click
on Add SC

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 3. In the pop-up, choose Create New Software Component

4. Enter a user and password (and the SLD URL if not automatically filled in) and click on Next.

5. Enter the details for your SC: a Name, a Vendor, and a Release. Click on Next

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 6. Define the application template: click on the drop down

7. In the pop-up, choose the release of your runtime system.

If the template for your runtime system is missing, you can also execute the wizard for creating a
new SC on another AS Java of your choice – it doesn’t matter whether NWDI is installed on the
system or not. E.g. use AS Java you want to develop for.

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 Note
The wizard is always started on SLD. If you would like to start it on a different server, use
the URL:
http://<server>:<port>/webdynpro/dispatcher/sap.com/tc~lm~ctc~ccl~template_in
staller~wd/TemplateInstaller?processPath=content/DefineSCV/processes/DIDefine
NewSoftwareComponentVersion.cproc&processComponent=sap.com/tc~di~ctc~con
tent&batchExecution=true
or open the NetWeaver Administrator of the respective system and open Configuration 
Scenarios -Configuration Wizard  Define New Software Component Version Details
are available in the SAP Library at
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/02/369c8b606341a3b1d3b1e05259fcd3/fra
meset.htm
8. Click Next.

9. The new SC is now defined. Close the window

10. The list of SCs that can be added to the development configuration is now visible again. Click
Refresh to make the SC that you just created part of the list and mark it to add it to the
development configuration.

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10.9 Enable existing non-ABAP system for CM Services
If you already have a non-ABAP system landscape in place for e.g. your SAP Enterprise Portal or SAP
Process Integration Systems, you can easily extend this system landscape so that you can also transport
your NWDI-based Java development through this landscape. There is no need to create a separate
landscape based on invented SIDs in this case. Do the following to add a development configuration to
your existing non-ABAP systems. Some of the following steps apply to all systems, some only to source
systems and some only to target systems. You will find an appropriate remark in each step.
1. Log on to your CTS system, start the transaction STMS and go to the System Overview.

2. In the System Overview, double click on the system where you would like to add the option to use
CM Services of your transport route, switch to the tab Transport Tool and switch to Edit mode.

3. Click on one line and then on Insert Row.

4. For the source system and all systems where you like to import sources: Open the F4 help in
your new line and add the parameter DI_SYSTEM. Add TRUE as value.

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 5. For the source system and all systems where you like to import sources: Repeat the two previous
steps to add the parameter DI_SLD_URL. If this is the first DI-System that you create in your
CTS System, add the URL of your SLD where the Development Configurations have to be stored
and make sure that the parameter DI_SLD_URL is marked as Global. If you used this parameter
before, it might be the case that it is already in the parameters’ list of your system.

CAUTION
The DI_SLD_URL parameter is a global parameter. It can only be defined once in your CTS
system. The same SLD has to be used for all Development Configurations.
6. Configure the deploy web service as described in chapter Configuring RFC Destination and
Logical Ports
7. For target systems where you would like to import sources: Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add the
parameter DEPLOY_WEB_SERVICE. Use the name of the deploy web service that you created
in the previous step (e.g. CTSDEPLOY_DI) as value.
Hint: The destination, e.g. CTSDEPLOY_DI, needs to point to the server where CM Services and
CTS Deploy WS are running.
8. Repeat the steps 3 and 4 to add the parameter DEPLOY_CONFIG_DI. Add the value
CTSCONFIG.
9. For all target systems: Check if the parameter DEPLOY_URL already exists (if you extend an
existing SAP Enterprise Portal landscape, this should be the case). If the parameter is not yet
available, repeat step 3 and 4 to add the parameter DEPLOY_URL. Insert the deploy URL of your
system as value following the schema http://<host of target system>:<5<system
number>18> if your system is on a release below SAP NetWeaver 7.1. If you are using SAP
NetWeaver 7.1 or above follow the schema http://<host of target system>:<5<system
number>04>. Instead of using http you can also use P4 or SDM as protocol. When deployment
should be done over secure P4 connection, https or P4S can be used but then also the port must
be P4S port. Refer to
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73/helpdata/en/5d/b9fc64dd82414c90c72a8c26a9f17b/content.ht
m?frameset=/en/5d/b9fc64dd82414c90c72a8c26a9f17b/frameset.htm for details.
10. For all target systems: Go to the menu path Goto  SDM/DC User/Password and enter the
password for the SDM or user and password if you are using a runtime system e.g. on SAP

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 Composition Environment or SAP Process Integration or any NW AS JAVA with Release >= 7.10
where the Deploy Controller is used instead of SDM.
11. Only for the very first DI system that you create: Go to the menu path Goto  Development
Infrastructure  DI Service User/Password and enter the user that you created when executing
the appropriate steps in the guide (e.g. NWDI_CMSADM) and his password.
12. Only for the very first DI system that you create: Go to the menu path Goto  Development
Infrastructure  DI SLD User/Password and enter the user that you created when executing the
appropriate steps in the guide (e.g. NWDI_CMSADM) and his password.
13. Save your changes and distribute the configuration.
14. For all systems: update the configuration service after you did your changes. Choose Goto 
Development Infrastructure  Update Configuration Service to do so.

(For all cases were this manual trigger is needed see SAP Note 1807994)
15. Adapt all the target systems of your java landscape
 Exchange the value for DEPLOY_WEB_SERVICE for all systems where you would like
to import requests containing activities/sources.
 Add the parameter DI_SYSTEM (with the value true) to every system where the
activities/sources have to be imported.
16. For all systems where you need a Development Configuration: Go back to the System Overview.
Double click on the respective system. Click on the button Development Configuration.

17. The service for maintaining your Development Configuration comes up. Maintain it as described
in the guide in chapter Configuring the Development Configuration.
If you need a development Configuration for all systems because you plan to transport sources,
you can copy the development configuration that you created for your development system.
18. Repeat the previous step for all other systems where you added the parameter
DI_SYSTEM=TRUE.
19. Use the Synchronize Service to provide the required SCAs to all systems where you created a
development configuration.
20. Optional and only if you created development configurations for each system in your landscape:
protect the workspaces of Test and Prod systems via ACLs if you would like to ensure that no-
one does changes in Test or Prod directly. More information is available on the SAP Help Portal:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw73ehp1/helpdata/en/4c/5fbf43f8da4a3ce10000000a15822b/frame
set.htm

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10.10 Deleting a system with Development Configuration
Deleting the system in TMS is not enough. This will neither delete the development configuration in SLD
nor the Workspaces or the Buildspace. Refer to SAP Note 1869748 for details.

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