The following configuration should be done within the ActiveControl Web Platform UI. Most of this configuration is done via the Administration tile, in configuration screens that can be maintained only by defined ActiveControl Administrators.
Note: If performing Upgrade from TE6.20 or earlier, please first run program /BTI/TE_RFIX_NULL_FIELDS in the SAPGUI of the ActiveControl Domain Controller to avoid issues with new NetWeaver libraries delivered since version 6.20.
Fields & Metadata
| Activity | Details |
|---|---|
| Groups | Within the Groups app tile, add the Transport Form and Business Task groups that were defined during the Preparation Phase activities. Reminder: Transport form groups typically drive the approval process so this should map appropriately to the project/team structure. Task groups are used for grouping and reporting purposes and can be different to the Transport Form group. |
| Types | Within the Types app tile, add the Transport Form and Business Task [Types] that were defined during the Preparation Phase activities. Reminder: the Type field is used for grouping and reporting purposes only. Again Business Task [Types] can be different to Transport Form [Types]. |
| Mandatory / Optional Fields | Within the Standard Fields app tile, update the Mandatory fields to reflect whether you need the various standard Business Task and Transport Form fields to be mandatory or optional. |
| Labels | Within the Standard Fields app tile, define any field Labels to adjust the standard field names to your own local terminology (Eg. Business Task – Reference field may be renamed as “Jira #”. |
| Custom Fields | Within the Custom Fields app tile, add any additional Custom Fields deemed necessary for the Business Task and Transport Form screens within your organisation. |
| Statuses | Within the Statuses app tile, add the Deployment Statuses that were defined during the Preparation Phase activities. |
| Target Roles | Within the Target Roles app tile, create Target Roles for each environment in your SAP estate. Depending on your SAP landscape, typical examples of Targets you may want to create include:
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Users
| Activity | Details |
|---|---|
| Administrators | Within the Administrators tile, add in the names of any other ActiveControl Administrators designated for your organisation. Please note, Administrators can either be defined here or given the ActiveControl authorisations for an Administrator. Either of these will result in the user being able to perform the configuration within ActiveControl. |
| Business Roles | Within the Business Roles tile, define the User Roles as required. It is recommended not to assign all users until closer to go-live, to avoid unwanted emails being sent during initial setup and testing. |
| Priority Approvers | Within the Priority Approvers tile, add in the names of any required Priority Approvers. It should be noted that most Basis Technologies’ customers do not use this powerful approval capability. |
Targets & Paths
| Activity | Details |
|---|---|
| Target Systems | Within the Targets tile, create ‘New Targets’ for all system in your SAP landscape. Target systems must be created for every individual SAP systems (e.g. ECC DEV, TST, PRD plus BW DEV, TST, PRD) that ActiveControl is to manage on your SAP estate. |
| Transport Paths | Within the Transport Paths tile, create Transport Paths for each of the SAP applications in your landscape. (eg S/4HANA Production Support, S/4HANA Project Track etc. |
| Add Targets to Transport Paths* | Within the Targets and Transport Paths tab, add Target Systems to each Transport Path (by highlighting the required path and dragging and dropping into the window). If a target is dragged on top of another target it will follow that target in the transport system sequence. (E.g. QA could be dragged onto top of Development; Production could be dropped on top of QA etc.) |
| Control Points | Within the Targets and Transport Paths tab, switch on the required Inbox, Test Queue and Outbox control points for each target system in the Transport Path. These should be switched on wherever there is a requirement to enforce an approval or test result entry step. Allocate the required deployment statuses to each target system and control point. |
| Approvers | Since ActiveControl 8.0, most ActiveControl customers use the Rules Engine for defining Approvers, instead of the Inbox/Outbox target configuration. For customers still utilising the legacy [Transport Form]-[Group] based Approval structure, within the Targets and Transport Paths tab, open each Target System and add the required Approvers to each of the Inbox (Pending) Approvers and Outbox Approvers tabs. |
| Add Analysis Type Checks | Within the Targets and Transport Paths tab, open each Target System and add the Analysis Checks required for that system in the Analysis Types tab. |
Other Setup
| Activity | Details |
|---|---|
| Import Schedules | Within the Import Schedules tile, create any required schedules for automatically importing transports on your systems. Some examples of Schedules you might set up are: Every 2 minutes – QA Thursdays @ 18:00 Production Please refer to Admin Guide for further information on schedules as required. You must allocate the batch user to each schedule and add them as an ActiveControl administrator so they have the correct roles to allow them to perform the imports. It is recommended not to assign the Schedules to any of the Target Systems during the initial setup, this can be done later on during the testing cycle. |
| Global Options | Enable the configuration options in the Global Options tile as per your specific requirements. |
| Feature Deactivation | Disable any of the Features of ActiveControl that you do not want to use via the Feature Deactivation tile. |
| Backend Tables | Although much of the ActiveControl configuration is done within the Web Platform, around 20% is done in backend tables. This includes features such as Rules Engine, Transpot Naming Convention, Document Attachments, Transport of Copies etc. These tables can be accessed via the SPRO menu accessed via the Backend Tables tile. |
Home Screen
| Projects | Within the Projects app tile on the main ActiveControl screen, add the initial customer Projects and Releases as per what were defined during the Design workshop. |
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