In practice, it is often necessary to extract data from the SAP system, whether for further processing outside the SAP system, for transfer to other SAP systems, or for other purposes. Part 1 of this blog was about extracting table data into a file with the "View table data" function. There is also another function - "Download / Upload table data" -, offering other possibilities.

Having recent data in your SAP Quality and test systems / -clients is quite useful for speeding up problem fixing and development. Idocs are a common message type for business data. Read here, how easy it is to provide recent Idocs of the production system to your quality or test system.

In practice, it is often necessary to extract data from the SAP system, whether for further processing outside the SAP system, for transfer to other SAP systems, or for other purposes. SAP offers several possibilities via the SAPGUI. Probably everyone has already exported a list to one's computer or downloaded a spool request.
This works quite well - manually. How you can automate the data extraction with "Shortcut for SAP systems", you can read here. Part 1 is about extracting table data.

After a system refresh, do you need users from both the QA system and the production system - all together - in your QA system? Finally, after a system refresh, the QA system should have as much similarity as possible with the production system - not only in terms of material master data, FI documents, etc.
In the SAP standard this is not possible. Read here how to achieve this.

Although the system is not changeable according to SCC4 an SE03, developer keys in a productive system can lead to audit findings. See how easily this can be avoided.

It is a recurring task for the SAP Basis: the data of the quality and test systems become outdated, are thus less and less useful and must therefore be periodically updated with data from the productive system. For the SAP Basis, this is a high effort, and also under time pressure. After all, the systems should be available again quickly. With "Shortcut for SAP systems" and the information from the "PCA" tool, most of the pre- and post-processing can be automated.

Sometimes it is useful to copy a table or a bunch of tables from one system to another. For example, to update data in the Quality system, in a test client on the development system or in a sandbox with data from the Production system.
Doing this would either be a task of the administration guys or you will be pointed to create a 'Transport of copies' and use the Transport Management System.
Read in this article how easy it can be to update some data on your Quality system - and do this fully automated on a regular basis.

Managing a large SAP system landscape can be quite a challenge. If you need specific information for each system, read here how to use "Shortcut for SAP Systems" to perform a cross-system query and collect the information.

Saving system specific tables - part 2.
Increase the security of the operation of your SAP systems with a selective backup of system-specific data - once set up, it provides you and your SAP systems with an enormous security gain. Read here how easy it is to do this.

Automation is one of the key factors for a well-functioning IT landscape. With "Shortcut for SAP systems" you can do some previously impossible things in an SAP system and integrate them into automation solutions. In system copies, you no longer have to deal with manual tasks such as adjusting RFC connections, SAP Connect settings, TMS configuration, ALE settings, etc., saving time and dependencies on internal and/or external resources.