Install Transaction Replication ABAP Component

After building the MTA provided by insightsoftware to the SAP HANA database, you can install the insightsoftware ABAP component in your SAP S/4HANA instance.

Important: For information about the password that you must use for importing the .sar file, access the Passwords.txt file located at \\SCT\ABAP\Passwords.txt.

Note: The ABAP component of Transaction Replication has received SAP Clean Core certification, indicating full compliance with SAP's clean core strategy. This ensures the integrity of the S/4HANA system by preventing modifications to the core codebase. Customizations are managed outside the core SAP system, providing an agile and upgrade-friendly environment.

To install Transaction Replication ABAP component

1. Download the package located at \\<SetupFolder>\SCT\ABAP.
2. Extract the zipped file and open SAP system development Client (000).
3. Go to t-code SAINT and select Installation Package > Load Packages > SAP Archive from Frontend.
   
4. Browse for the .sar file in your system and select it. If you are not able to view the file, install SAPCAR from SAP Marketplace. After downloading the file, copy and paste it in the folder containing .sar file.
5. The .sar file is now available at SAINT > Installation Package > Load Packages > SAP Archive from frontend.
6. Select Allow and wait for the upload to complete.
   
7. Select Decompress. The file is decompressed.
   
   
8. Select Start. The Installable Add-on Packages for your system are displayed. Select the required Add-On and select Continue.
   
9. Select Continue for the next three screens and then select Yes for the following message that is displayed.
   
10. Select Continue. You are prompted to enter the password which you can retrieve from the Passwords.txt file located at \\SCT\ABAP\Passwords.txt.
    
11. Enter the password and select Continue.
    
12. Select Continue. If there are any errors or warnings, they are displayed on the next screen.
    
13. Select Action Log to check and fix errors and warnings and perform the steps mentioned above again.
14. If there is no error, select Ignore, and wait for a few seconds. The following message is displayed.
    
15. Select Finish and then Do not send. You can view the MAGSW component in SAINT.
    

Post-Installation Tasks

After installing the insightsoftware ABAP component in insightsoftware, perform the following tasks:

1. Activate the MAGSW nodes using transaction codeSICF as follows:
   1. Log on to your SAP system through SAP GUI for Windows.
   2. Enter the transaction code SICF. The Define Services window appears.
      
   3. In the Service Name field, enter MAGSW, and run the transaction. The list of MAGSW nodes is displayed.
      
   4. Activate the magsw nodes under the bsp, ui5_ui5, and odata services, if not activated. For example, to activate the magsw node under one of the services, perform the following:
      1. Right-click the node, and select Activate Service. A message appears prompting you to confirm the action.
         
      2. Select Yes with the tree icon. The selected service node including all the subservices are activated.
2. For the MAGSW/SCT logical schema, update the physical database schema that is created in your SAP HANA database using transaction code DB_SCHEMA_MAP. The default physical database schema name is MAGSW_SC.
   
   Assign the following roles to users using transaction code PFCG:
   • /MAGSW/RECON_APF and /MAGSW/RECON_REPORTS: Assign these roles to the users who require access to the Reconciliation reports in SAP Fiori Launchpad.
   • /MAGSW/SCD_ADMIN_ROLE: Assign this role to the administrators who need to configure source systems through Fiori Launchpad.
   • /MAGSW/SCD_ROLE: Assign this role to the users who require access to the Drilldown reports in Fiori Launchpad.
   • /MAGSW/RECON_OVP: Assign this role to the users who require access to the insightsoftware Reconciliation dashboard in Fiori Launchpad.
3. Perform the configuration tasks for the Manage Journal Entries app as described on the App Details page in the SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library.
4. Add, activate, and maintain system aliases for the following Gateway services for Drilldown reporting using transaction code /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE:
   • /MAGSW/SCD_C_AP_CDS_SRV
   • /MAGSW/SCD_C_AR_CDS_SRV
   • /MAGSW/SCD_C_GL_CDS_SRV
   • /MAGSW/SCD_RESOURCES_CDS
   • /MAGSW/SCD_SRCS_CDS
5. Update the application component for the /MAGSW/RECON_APF package and its subpackages using transaction code SE80 as follows:
   1. Enter the transaction code SE80.
   2. In the Repository Browser list, select the package /MAGSW/RECON_APF.
   3. Edit the package. A message appears stating that the changes must be done only if they are required.
   4. Select Continue to proceed with updating the package.
      
   5. In the Application Component box, select F4 help. In the list of components that appears, select MAG, and select Choose. The component is updated for the package.
      
   6. Save the changes. A prompt to create the transportable workbench request appears.
   7. Create the transportable workbench request, and save the changes.
   8. Repeat the steps for updating the application component for each subpackage in the /MAGSW/RECON_APF package.