SAP Program INST_BCCUST_START - SAP Installation: Customizing (Basic Settings)

Title
Call Installation Reports

Purpose
The reports to be executed as part of a Smart Implementation should becalled via a common interface.
This interface is the report INST_BCCUST_START.

Integration
The report INST_BCCUST_START is called at operating system levelor via transaction
INST_CUSTOM as part of the Smart Implementation.

Prerequisites
The installation reports to be executed must be entered in the tableINSTCNTL. There they are assigned to a particular release andsoftware component, and are given a fixed sequence number thatdetermines when they are executed.
The selection parameters for the installation report must be storedunder the corresponding parameter name in the table INSTPARA.

Features

Selection
The report INST_BCCUST_START is called for every installationreport to be executed. To determine the exact report,INST_BCCUST_START requires the following parameters:

  • COMP = Software component

  • OFFLINE = SPACE or X depending on whether INST_BCCUST_START
    • is called online or at operating system level by RFC.
    • SELNR = Sequence number of the report to be executed according
      • to the table INSTCNTL. A value table can also be transferred ifthe report is called online.

      Activities
      First the report INST_BCCUST_START determines the releases ofthe software components in the system.
      Then it reads the installation reports defined for the softwarecomponent COMP and the sequence number transferred to SELNR from table INSTCNTL.
      It also reads the parameters defined in the table INSTPARA.
      For every selected installation report, the check routine named intable INSTCNTL is called and checks the start prerequisites forthe installation report.
      If the check routine returns the parameter RUN = N, thenINST_BCCUST_START terminates with an error message.
      RUN = Y means that the authorization check defined in the tableINSTCNTL will run.
      If the authorization check ends with a return code, thenINST_BCCUST_START terminates with an error message.
      After a successful authorization check, the selection parameters of theinstallation report are determined. The system looks for an entry inthe table INSTPARA that matches the selection parameters.
      The installation report is called with the parameters determined in thetable INSTPARA. The following exceptions exist:

      • The parameter CALL_BY is filled with INST_BCCUST_START.

      • The parameter RELEASE is filled with the current release of the
        • software component.
        • The parameter SEQNR contains the sequence number of the
          • installation report named in the table INSTCNTL.
          If the installation report schedules jobs on its side, the job namesand job numbers are written to the table INSTCNTLJ. In thiscase, the report INST_BCCUST_START ends and must be called againafter the jobs finish.