In Change Request Manegement, the ChaRM Framework is some kind of toolset which provides actions and consistency checks which can be assigned to a user status so they get executed.
So, as customers copy the standard transaction types to the customer namespace all of the ChaRM Frameworks actions and consistency checks assigned get copied.
But what if customers want to change the process and adapt it to their need? Documentation of the ChaRM actions and consistency checks is pretty spare in IMG.
If you have read this article (http://www.computerwoche.de/software/software-infrastruktur/2504588/) about SAP Solution Manager it's pretty clear that customers still need more information. We are aware of this and the blogs I write have already brought some feedback into the official SAP documentation.
This is the next step for bringing together an overview documentation of the ChaRM actions (and in another blog later the ChaRM consistency checks).
As this is a lot of work as you can imagine, I will start with the actions customized and assigned in the SAP standard transaction types first.
The list covers the currently assigned ChaRM actions of the standard transaction types (excluding the actions which call old SAP GUI screens, customized with inactive PPF actions)
- Request for Change (SMCR)
- Urgent Change (SMHF)
- Normal Change (SMMJ),
- Defect Correction (SMTM)
- Administrative Change (SMAD)
- General Change (SMCG).
- Change Cycles (SMMN, SMMM, SMDM) - do not have ChaRM actions assigned in the standard process
But the goal here is to provide a complete list afte a time.
So, thank you for your feedback if you find errors and have other comments:
List builds up on ST 7.10, Support Package 8.
| ChaRM action name | This action is used... | Relevant and customized for | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
9CREATE | Internally used to check if the creation of the document is allowed in respect of the change cycle phase. It is customized to the creation user status (exception is the Urgent Change) | SMAD, SMMJ, SMTM | |
AP_PROC_INI | Completely resets an approval procedure which is already approved or is in awaiting approval. The approval prcedure will then like in status 'In Validation' as in the Request for Change | SMCR | |
APPR_SCOPE | to set an intenal status for scope items in the Request for Change assignment block. It sets them to 'rejected' or 'approved'. As the scope can be extended and afterwards maybe rejected in the approval procedure process, it is important to save the approval status of each scope item | SMCR | |
CLEAR_EMPTY | Deletes empty transport tasks, meaning transport tasks without objects in it. It checks beforehand wirh the consistency check 'NO_CHANGES' if the object list of the transport is empty | SMHF, SMMJ, SMTM | |
| CLOSE_TSK_LS | Closes the tasklist of the Urgent Change. Prerequisite is that no changes have been done (consistency check 'NO_CHANGES' is checked before) | SMHF | |
COPY_ALL | Creates a transport of copies (ToC) out of the transport requests of the change document and transports it into the test system | SMMJ | |
CREATE_HF | Creates the UC task list for the Urgent Change and links it to the Urgent Change (related documents assignment block) | SMHF | |
| DISTRIBUTE_W | Distributes a Urgent Change | SMHF | Customized with PPF action with Implementation HF_EXECUTE_ACTION, delivered inactive |
EXT_SCOPE | Marks a scope of a Request for Change as extended (internally) | SMCR | |
IMPORT_PROD | Imports the transport of the Urgent Change into the production system | SMHF | |
IMPORT_TEST | Imports the original transport from the development system of the Urgent Change into the test system | SMHF | |
| IMPORT_PROD | Imports the original transport from the development system of the Urgent Change into the production system | SMHF | |
| JSM_SET_STAT | Synchronizes change document status and job documentation status | SMAD | specific for job documentation |
| NAV_BPCA | Opens up the Business Process Change Analyzer to create a BPCA Analysis | SMCR, SMHF, SMMJ, SMTM | Customized with PPF action with Implementation HF_EXECUTE_ACTION |
| NAVI_SYS_WEB | Logon to the relevant system, depending on the user status | SMAD, SMHF, SMMJ, SMTM, SMMM, SMMN | (f.e. if an Urgent Change has status 'To be Tested', the relevant system is the quality system). See IMG activity 'Make Settings for Change Transaction Types' , area Specify Status Attributes which user status is assigned to which system role type
Custimized with PPF action with Implementation HF_EXECUTE_ACTION |
| NAV_TASK_WEB | Opens a new SAP GUI mode with the opened task list | SMAD, SMHF, SMMJ, SMTM, SMDV | Customized with PPF action with Implementation HF_EXECUTE_ACTION |
PRM_NEXT_IMP | Synchronize landscape of q-systems for preliminary import functionality | SMMJ | available since ST 7.10 SP 5
|
PRM_PROD_IMP | Transports a preliminary Import into the production system | SMMJ | available since ST 7.10 SP 5
|
| RELEASE_ALL | Releases transport requests in the development system | SMMJ | |
RELEASE_REQU | Releases all transport requests in the development system | SMHF | Deletes empty requests before releasing |
| RETROFIT_WEB | Starts the Retrofit window in SAP GUI | SMHF, SMMJ | Customized with PPF action with Implementation HF_EXECUTE_ACTION |
SAVE_PARTNER | Saves business partners in respective partner roles. Defines which partner role is filled as current processor depending on the user status | all | IMG activity 'Make Settings for Change Transaction Types' area 'Specify Partner Assignment and Check' |
SET_BO_LINKS | Links the change document to the project cycle (related documents assignment block) | all | IMG activity 'Make Settings for Change Transaction Types' area 'Specify Partner Assignment or Check' (old name 'Use Partner Functions' |
| SET_PREDOC | Checks depending on customizing if the current document triggers a user status change for a prerequisite document. F.e. a 'Consolidated' user status in Normal Change sets a Request for Change to 'Implemented' if there is no other change document in the Request for Changes' scope | all | IMG activity 'Make Settings for Change Transaction Types' area 'Specify Status Setting for Predecessor Documents' |
SYSTEM_EXIST | Triggers condition 'SYSTEM_EXIST' and checks if scope items specified in the scope assignment block and if the change category and iBase are filled | SMCR, (SMCT) | |
| TR_SBOX_POP | Opens up the dialog window to create transport of copies | SMMJ | Customized with PPF action with Implementation HF_EXECUTE_ACTION |
Some more information of the ChaRM Framework is avalable here: