Install or Upgrade the ASI ABAP Add-On on the SAP System

Note: To complete the following instructions successfully, you must use SAP client 000.

Steps

  1. On a machine from which you can access the SAP Server, access your ASI ABAP installation package.
  2. Determine how to proceed based on your ABAP release and level and type of SAP system.

  3. Navigate to the folder \\SAP ASI ABAP Add-On\Service Pack Files\ECC6 or \\SAP ASI ABAP Add-On\Service Pack Files\S/4 Hana, and then select one of the following folders:

  4. Copy the .pat file(s). The file names begin with either D07 or H4S.
  5. On the SAP Server, paste the copied file(s) into the folder usr\sap\trans\eps\in.
  6. Log in to the SAP system as a user with:

  7. Run the following transaction: SAINT

    The Add-On Installation Tool screen appears.

  8. In the upper-left corner of the page, select Installation Package, then select Load Packages, and then select From Application Server.

    A message appears, asking if you want to upload OCS packages from the ECS inbox.

  9. Select Yes.

    The SAINT: Uploading Packages from the File System screen appears.

    Note: In an S/4 Hana environment, 2 files are uploaded and are displayed in the SAINT: Uploading Packages from the File System screen.

    In the Message Text column, on the row corresponding the uploaded .pat file, the message Uploaded successfully is displayed.

  10. At the top of the screen, select .

    The Add-On Installation Tool screen appears again.

  11. Select Start.

    A new grid appears. MIAPM appears in the list of add-on packages that can be installed.

  12. Select the row containing the text MIAPM in the first column, and then select Continue.

    The Support Package selection tab appears.

  13. Select Continue, and then select Continue again.

    Note: During the installation, if the Add Modification Adjustment Transports to the Queue dialog box appears, select No.

    During the installation, if the Open data extraction requests dialog box appears, select Skip, and then select Yes.

    At the bottom of the screen, an indicator appears, displaying the progress of the installation.

  14. When the indicator disappears, a message appears, indicating that the add-on package will be installed.
  15. Select .

    The status is updated to indicate that the add-on package will now be imported, and the installation process continues. When the installation process is complete, the status is updated to indicate that the add-on package was imported successfully.

  16. Select Finish.

    The MIAPM add-on package appears in the list of installed add-on packages on the Add-On Installation Tool screen.

  17. In the installation package, navigate to the folder \\SAP ASI ABAP Add-On\Support Package\.

    Depending on your SAP system, navigate to either the ECC6 folder or navigate to the S/4 Hana folder.

  18. If your APBP release was 420_600 and level was 0000, navigate to the folder \V4.2.0.

    -or-

    If your ABAP release was any other version, navigate to the folder \V4.0.0.

  19. Copy the .pat file(s).
  20. On the SAP Server, paste the copied file(s) into the folder \\usr\sap\trans\eps\in.
  21. Log in to the SAP system.
  22. Run the following transaction: SPAM.

    The Support Package Manager screen appears.

  23. Select Menu, then select Support Package, select Load Packages, and then select From Application Server.

    A message appears, asking if you want to upload the package.

  24. Select Yes.

    A summary screen appears, indicating that the package was uploaded successfully.

  25. Select Back.
  26. Select Display/define.

    The Component Selection dialog box appears.

  27. Select MIAPM.
  28. When prompted, confirm that the patch will be imported into the queue, and then select .
  29. Select Menu, then select Support Package, and then select .
  30. On the SPAM: Import: Queue dialog box, select .

    The import process begins. When the import is complete, a message appears, indicating that the import process was successful.

  31. Select Continue.

    Another message appears, indicating that the import process was successful.

  32. Select .
  33. Select Menu, then select Support Package, and then select .

    The installation is complete.

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