| What’s features are new in SAP NetWeaver 2004s (NW2004s)
- EP7 |
Status | NW04 / EP6 |
width="104">NW2004s / EP7 |
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| Running an Enterprise Portal /> |
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| Implementing a Multitenant Portal | New /> |
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| Initial Content for the Portal /> |
New | √ | |||
| Upload Content and
Actions with XML - New Handlers |
New | √ /> |
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| iView Wizard | New and Enhanced /> |
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| Page Wizard | Changed /> |
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| Page Layouts /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Headerless Navigation | New /> |
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| Service Map iView /> |
New | √ | |||
| Printing in the
Portal |
New | √ | |||
| Portal
Catalog Actions |
New and Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Portal Permissions | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Unification, OBN, and DQE | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| System Landscape Overview /> |
New | √ | √ | ||
| Control
Center User Role and End User Core Role |
New | √ | License/Partner
for Yahoo was dropped |
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| Support for My Yahoo! Enterprise Edition /> |
Discontinued | x | |||
| Activating Write
-Protect Mode for the PCD |
New | √ /> |
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| Multiple Additions of Same iView | New /> |
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| New Link in Mail iView of CC_User /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Support
for Connection String System Template |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Storage of User Mapping Data for SAP NetWeaver Portal /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Activating Write-Protect Mode for the PCD | New /> |
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| Support Package Stack 05 /> |
Support Stack | SP | SP | Both NW04 and NW05s had 05 stacks /> |
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| Portal Catalog Actions | Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Initial Content in the Portal | New and Changed /> |
√ | √ | NW04 also had some initial content /> |
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| Implementing a Multitenant Portal | Enhanced | √ /> |
√ | Multtitenant existed on NW04, but not widely used | |
| Web
Service Connector |
New | √ /> |
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| External Facing Portal | Enhanced | √ /> |
√ | Works with NW04 SP14. Still being improved, but released by SAP. /> |
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| Performance Improvements to URL iViews | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Navigation | Enhanced /> |
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| Page Layout /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| PCD
Inspector - Support Tool |
New | √ | Partially available on
NW04.Enhanced on NW04s |
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| Upload of Roles from ABAP-Based Systems /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| Support
for Distributed Query Engine |
Discontinued | x | x | Already part of the
portal framework |
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| Accessible Content Administration | New /> |
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| Mobilizing Business Processes /> |
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| Single Sign-On for AWT Clients | New /> |
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| Password Options for the Client /> |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Encryption of Database Password | New /> |
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| Synchronization /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| SAP
NetWeaver Mobile Administrator |
New | √ /> |
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| Deployment Mechanism | Changed | √ /> |
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| Grouping Mechanism | New /> |
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| Device Configurations and Parameter
Sets |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Creation of Setup Packages | Changed | √ /> |
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| Initial Password Change | Changed /> |
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| Support for RFID Reading
Devices |
New | √ /> |
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| Enabling User Collaboration /> |
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| Administration Indicator for Room Roles /> |
New | √ | |||
| Permission To Use
Room Parts |
New | √ | |||
| Real
-Time Collaboration |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Managing Your Own Rooms | New /> |
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| Display of Page Permissions in the
Room Maintenance iView |
New | √ /> |
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| Running Application Sharing Server in a Cluster | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | Did not exist before SR1 (SP09 on NW04) /> |
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| Hiding SAP Room Templates | New | √ /> |
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| Switching off Automatic E-Mail Sending for Rooms | New /> |
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| Effect of PCD Write-Protect Mode on
Room iViews |
New | √ /> |
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| Permissions for Room Templates | New /> |
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| Collaboration Task /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| E-Mail
When Deleting a Room |
New | √ /> |
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| Export and Import of Templates | New /> |
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| Definition of Execution Sequences for
Template Extensions |
New | √ /> |
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| Flexible Filter Function in Room Directory | Enhanced /> |
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| Protected SAP Namespace for
Room Extensions |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Groupware Configuration Without a System Restart | Changed /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Information Page If No Access
to Room |
New | √ | |||
| Internal
Categories for Extension Points |
New | √ /> |
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| Configuration of the Attributes for the User Search | New /> |
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| Maximum No. of Concurrent Sessions and
Users Per Session |
New | √ /> |
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| My Rooms iView with Specific Favorites Support | New /> |
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| New Input Parameters in the CM Room
Extension |
Existed | √ | √ /> |
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| Room Template for Multiple Meetings | New /> |
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| Suppressing Notification E-Mails for
Rooms |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Validation of Room Templates and Room Part Templates | New /> |
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| Improved Template Validation /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Improvements in the Information iView on the Room Homepage /> |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Simplified Discussion Editing in Groups | Enhanced /> |
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| Simplified Discussion Editing
in Groups |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Prevention of Mass E-Mails | New /> |
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| Sending Room Links by E-Mail /> |
New | √ | |||
| Where-Used List for
Parameters and Extensions |
New | √ /> |
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| Additional Parameters for Assignment to iViews | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Additional Checks During
Template Validation |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| SPS 05 | Support Pack | SP | SP /> |
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| Data Consistency Check for Comments on Folders and Documents | New /> |
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| My Room Folder Entry Point /> |
New | √ | |||
| Using TREX to Search
for Rooms |
New | √ /> |
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| Enterprise Knowledge Management /> |
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| Export and Import of Configuration Data /> |
New | √ | |||
| Reports /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Report
for Time-Based Publishing |
New | √ /> |
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| Recent Notifications in the Universal Worklist | New /> |
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| Sponsored Links | New /> |
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| Portal Drive | New /> |
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| Functions for Users and Content
Managers |
New | √ /> |
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| Administration and Configuration | Changed /> |
√ | √ | ||
| GUID Repository Manager and
Short IDs |
New | √ /> |
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| Supported Languages with Restricted Functions | Changed /> |
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| TREX Alert Server /> |
New | √ | |||
| SPS 05 /> |
Support Pack | ||||
| Reorganization of
Indexes |
New | √ /> |
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| Business Planning and Analytical Services /> |
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| Integrated Planning Functions in BI /> |
New | √ | |||
| Locking Transaction
Data in Planning |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Enhancements in BW-BPS | Changed | √ /> |
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| Enterprise Reporting, Query,
and Analysis /> |
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| Business Explorer /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| BEx Query
Designer |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| BEx Report Designer | New /> |
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| BEx Web Application Designer /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Web Items | New | √ | |||
| Web Items /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Web Items | Deleted | x | x | Deleted | |
| BEx Web
Analyzer |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Enhancements in Web Applications | Changed /> |
√ | √ | ||
| User-Interface Pattern /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| BEx
Analyzer |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Exceptions and Conditions | Changed | √ /> |
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| General Dialogs in BEx | Changed /> |
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| Release-Dependent Cross-
Dependencies for Query Views /> |
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| Information Broadcasting /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Portal
Integration |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Integration of Documents | Changed | √ /> |
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| Reporting Agent | Replaced /> |
R | Replaced | ||
| IMG Entries | Changed /> |
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| SAP Easy Access /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Support
Package Stack 5 |
Support Stack | SP | SP | SP /> |
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| Trace Tool | New | √ /> |
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| Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) /> |
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| Terminology in Warehouse Management /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| SAP Easy
Access |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Data Warehousing Workbench | Changed | √ /> |
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| Authorization Objects and Role Templates /> |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| InfoObjects in Hierarchies | Changed | √ /> |
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| InfoProvider Maintenance UI | Changed /> |
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| DataStore Object /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Deleting
from the Change Log |
Extended | E /> |
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| InfoSet | Changed | √ /> |
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| Transformation | New /> |
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| Multidimensional Clustering (MDC) for
InfoCubes, DataStore Object |
Existed | √ | √ /> |
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| Partitioning for BI on IBM eServer iSeries | New /> |
√ | |||
| Repartitioning of InfoCubes and
DataStore Objects |
New | √ /> |
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| Remodeling InfoProviders | New /> |
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| High Performance Analytics HPA /> |
New | √ | |||
| Maintenance of the
Aggregate Check |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| New Features of ROLAP Aggregates | Changed /> |
√ | √ | ||
| MOLAP Store /> |
Deleted | D | Deleted | ||
| Time-Dependent
Hierarchies |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Query Runtime Statistics | Changed | √ /> |
√ | Previously OLAP Statistics | |
| Analysis Authorizations for
BI Reporting |
New | √ | |||
| IMG
Entries |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Indexing Documentation for Metadata | Deleted /> |
D | Deleted | ||
| Integration of Documents /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Metadata
Search |
New | √ | |||
| Master
Data Access for Characteristics |
Changed | √ | √ /> |
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| Direct Access to DataSources | Extended /> |
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| DataSource /> |
New | √ | |||
| Remote Activation of
DataSources |
New | √ /> |
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| Persistent Staging Area | Changed | √ /> |
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| Process Chains | Extended /> |
√ | √ | ||
| InfoPackage /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| Data
Transfer Process |
New | √ /> |
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| Real-Time Data Acquisition | New /> |
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| BI Background Management /> |
New | √ | |||
| Archiving Request
Administration Data |
New | √ /> |
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| BI Service API – Control Parameter for Data Transfer /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| BI
Service API – tRFC Data Transfer Using QOUT Scheduler |
New | √ /> |
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| Support Package Stack 5 | Support Pack | SP /> |
SP | SP | |
| Quantity Conversion | New /> |
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| Enabling Application-to-
Application Processes /> |
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| Adapters | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Analyzing Integration Processes
in the Runtime Cache |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Transporting Using the Change Management Service | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Demo Examples /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Integration Engine | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Local Process Integration | New /> |
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| Mapping Editor /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| Runtime
Workbench |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| New Functions and Changes with SPS 5 | Support Pack /> |
SP | SP | New functions with SP /> |
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| Adapters | Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Transporting Using the Change Management Service | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Integration Engine /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Interface Determination | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Configuration | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Mapping Lookups /> |
New | √ | |||
| Mappings /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| Runtime
Workbench |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Service | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Enabling Business-to-Business Processes /> |
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| Adapters | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Analyzing Integration Processes in the Runtime Cache | Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Transporting Using the Change Management Service | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Demo Examples /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Integration Engine | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Local Process Integration | New /> |
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| Mapping Editor /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| Runtime
Workbench |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| New Functions and Changes with SPS 5 | Support Pack /> |
SP | SP | New functions with SP /> |
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| Adapters | Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Transporting Using the Change Management Service | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Integration Engine /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Interface Determination | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Configuration | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Mapping Lookups /> |
New | √ | |||
| Mappings /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| Runtime
Workbench |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Service | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Business Process Management /> |
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| Analyzing Integration Processes in the Runtime Cache /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Substitution in Workflow | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Support Package Stack 05 | Support
Pack |
SP | SP | SP /> |
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| Technical Workflow Log | Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Business Task Management /> |
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| Universal Worklist | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Collaboration Task /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ | ||
| Guided
Procedures (New) |
New | √ /> |
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| Support Package Stack 05 | Support Pack /> |
SP /> |
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| Guided Procedures Design Time | Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications /> |
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| Web Dynpro for Java | Enhanced /> |
√ | √ | ||
| Web Dynpro for ABAP /> |
Newly Released | √ | Was development on NW04 /> |
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| Web Dynpro List View | New | √ /> |
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| Portal Developer Guide | Enhanced | √ /> |
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| Content Provider Framework | New /> |
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| ABAP Language (BC-ABA-LA) /> |
Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Composite Application Framework Core | New /> |
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| Guided Procedures /> |
New | √ | |||
| Support Package
Stack 05 |
Support Pack | SP | SP | SP /> |
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| Guided Procedures Design Time | Enhanced | √ | √ /> |
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| Software Life-Cycle Management /> |
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| Java Support Package Manager | New /> |
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| Note Assistant /> |
Changed | √ | √ | ||
| SAP Java
Upgrade Program |
New | √ /> |
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| Software Lifecycle Manager | Changed | √ /> |
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| System Landscape Directory | Changed /> |
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| Support Package Stack 05 /> |
Support Pack | SP | SP /> |
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| Support Platform | New | √ /> |
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| Java Support Package Manager | Changed | √ /> |
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| SAP NetWeaver Business Content Environment /> |
New | √ /> |
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| Note: These releases are based on release notes by IT Scenarios /> |