Summary
Symptom
IMPORTANT:
This and the related SAP Notes implement a change to the
functionality of the
hierarchical access feature for use in pricing and
pricing-related
functionality. Because of a court order in a patent
litigation involving
SAP, application of these changes is mandatory for all
U.S. customers, all
customers with U.S. installations, and all customers
with U.S. users. These
changes are already included in Business Suite 2011
(including ECC 6.0
EHP6) and in SP26 of the SAP AP 7.00 software component.
Application of the
related SAP Notes 1599403, 1600091, 1601052, 1601120
1643194, 1645515,
1645516 is required, either manually or via installation
of the relevant
Support Packages.
Please see the
attachment of this note to determine which notes are
relevant for your
product versions.
The changes contained
in these Notes are included in the Support Packages
for affected products
as listed below:
Product
Version Required Support Package Stack
R/3 4.6C SP17
Enterprise 4.7 x1.0
SP37
Enterprise 4.7 x2.0
SP37
ERP 2004 SP26
ECC 6.0 SP21
ECC 6.0 EHP2 SP11
ECC 6.0 EHP3 SP10
ECC 6.0 EHP4 SP11
ECC 6.0 EHP5 SP08
CRM 5.0 = CRM 2005
SP20
CRM 2007 SP11
CRM 7.0 SP11
CRM 7.0 EHP1 SP07
SRM 5.0/SRM 2005 SP20
SRM 7.0 SP12
SRM 7.0 EHP1 SP07
GTS 7.1 SP25
GTS 7.2 SP23
GTS 8.0 SP19
GTS 10.0 SP09
As detailed below,
customers who do not use hierarchical access for pricing
or pricing-related
usages will not be affected by the application of this
SAP Note.
Nevertheless, if you are not using hierarchical access
functionality in
pricing or pricing-related functionalities and are not
planning to use it,
application of the notes relevant for your product
version is still
mandatory. No further action beyond the application of
these notes is
necessary, as application of these notes will not affect
your use of the SAP
solution.
If you are not sure
whether you are using this specific functionality, we
strongly recommend
that you run the check report included in the related
SAP Notes 1600090 and
1601021 before you install a Support Package as
listed above. The
check reports allow you to easily check whether this
specific pricing
functionality is being used in your system(s).
When you install or
upgrade to a new product version of an ERP, CRM, SRM or
GTS system, you will
be required to implement at least the Required Support
Package level for that
product version listed above. Until the Required
Support Package level
is applied to your upgraded system, pricing and
condition technique
will abort with the run-time error "support package
level not
sufficient". Please review the information in this Note and
contact us by creating
a support ticket under the XX-PROJ-IMS-HA component
if you have additional
questions about these changes or what you can expect
when you install a new
product version.
Please read the
following information carefully before applying these SAP
Notes.
Reason and
Prerequisites
Translated version of
this note being for convenience but not legally
binding.
Solution
Application of these
Notes is mandatory for all U.S. customers, all
customers with U.S.
installations, and all customers with U.S. users. This
and the related SAP
Notes disable the hierarchical access feature (access
type = "A")
in pricing and pricing-related functionalities, including
general pricing,
rebate calculation, free goods, tax determination,
campaign
determination, product determination, product substitution,
generic "data
determination," GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) mapping, and
commodity pricing.
Hierarchical access differs from a standard access
sequence.
Only the hierarchical
access functionality is affected by this Note. The
use of standard access
sequences to access condition records associated
with a hierarchy, such
as a product hierarchy or customer hierarchy, is not
affected by this Note.
The use of standard access sequences is not
affected by this Note.
Following the
application of this SAP Note, pricing must use the standard
form of access
sequence without access type "A". As detailed below,
customers who do not
use hierarchical access will be unaffected by the
application of this
SAP Note. Uses of hierarchical access outside of
pricing and
pricing-related functionalities are also unaffected.
If you are not sure
whether or not you are using this specific
functionality, we
strongly recommend that you run the check report included
in the related SAP
Notes 1600090 and 1601021 before you install a Support
Package as listed
above. The check reports allow you to easily check
whether this specific
pricing functionality is being used in your
system(s).
If you are not using
hierarchical access functionality in pricing or
pricing-related
functionalities and are not planning to use it, no further
action beyond the
application of these notes is necessary, as application
of these SAP Notes
will not affect your use of the SAP solution.
If you are already
actively using or planning to use this functionality, we
request that you
contact us by creating a support ticket under the
XX-PROJ-IMS-HA
component so that we can work together to ensure that your
SAP solution continues
to satisfy your needs in the future.
Overview:
Impact of Installation of this SAP Note
1. Customers who do
not use hierarchical access in pricing or
pricing-related
functionality.
Customers will
experience no change in their operation of the SAP
system.
2. Customers who use
hierarchical access in pricing or pricing-related
functionality.
The SAP system will
function differently, as described below, after
the application of
this SAP Note.
a) Existing access
sequences of the type "Hierarchical Access"
(created before the
installation of this SAP Note) in pricing or
pricing-related
functionality will no longer function as before.
Pricing will abort
with a run-time error if an access sequence of
the type
"Hierarchical Access" is used for searching price data.
These access sequences
may be converted to the standard form of
access sequence. SAP
can assist you with this process to ensure
that your SAP solution
continues to satisfy your needs.
b) It will no longer
be possible to create a new access sequence of
the type
"Hierarchical Access" in pricing or pricing-related
functionality. The new
access sequence cannot be saved. For
pricing and
pricing-related functionality, use the standard form of
access sequence.
If you have any
questions regarding this Note, you can contact us by
creating a support
ticket under the XX-PROJ-IMS-HA component identified
above.
The Note is
release-independent
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