/Upgrade of the SAP R/3 Plug-In 2004.1 and SAP Basis Plug-In 2004.

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General Information
The SAP R/3 Plug-In enables integration between SAP R/3/SAP R/3 Enterprise and SAP APO/SAP SCM, SAP BW, SAP BBP/SAP EBP/SAP SRM und SAP CRM, and supports all releases of these components that are currently in maintenance. PI_BASIS is an add-on which can be installed on a SAP Web Application Server or any other product which is based on SAP_BASIS 620 and SAP_ABA 620 or higher. As of SAP R/3 Enterprise 47x110, the SAP R/3 Plug-In requires the SAP Basis Plug-In. Therefore you have to install the SAP Basis Plug-In PI_BASIS 2004.1 in addition to PI 2004.1. PI 2004.1 is the last SAP R/3 Plug-In which is delivered for the SAP R/3 releases 3.1I to 4.6B. The integration of SAP components (e.g. SAP APO / SAP SCM, SAP BW etc.) will also work in the future; that is the integration functionality of PI 2004.1 will also work with new SAP components that will be released in 2005 or 2006 only. However, new integration functions of the SAP components will not be available for these SAP R/3 releases. Please note that SAP does not provide a PI-A version for the SAP R/3 Plug-In release 2004.1. Only a PI version is avail able.

Prerequisites
Please note the required Support Package Level for PI 2004.1: SAP R/3 release 3.1I 4.0B 4.5B 4.6B 4.6C PI 2004.1 SAP R/3 Support Package B2; SAP R/3 HR Support Package C9 38 16 03 01

SAP R/3 47x110, 47x200 No minimum SP level required Please note the required Support Package Level for PI Basis 2004.1: PIB 2004.1 SAP ABA 620 / SAP Basis 620 SAP ABA 620 SP 14; SAP BASIS 620 SP 14 SAP ABA 640 / SAP Basis 640 No minimum SP level required SAP R/3 Plug-In 2004.1 Support Package 1 and SAP Basis Plug-In Support Package 1 must be implemen ted directly after the installation/delta upgrade. They are available at the same time as the SAP R/3 Plug-In/SAP Basis Plug-In releases itself.

Procedure
Information on the installation under SAP R/3 3.1I is available in the Installation Guide. Please use transaction SAINT for the installation from SAP R/3 4.0B onwards. If you are planning to upgrade your SAP R/3 system, and you are already using an SAP R/3 Plug-In, then you will also need the SAP R/3 Plug-In Supplement CD to make the SAP R/3 Plug-In compatible with the new SAP R/3 release. For an Upgrade to SAP R/3 Enterprise or higher, the SAP R/3 Plug-In is already included in delivery. Irrespective of the utilization, the PI must by no means be uninstalled.

Important information and SAP Notes

SAP R/3 Plug-In

Homepage in the SAP Service Marketplace

R/3 Plug-In Upgrade Matrix including information on upgrade procedures SAP note 181255: Collective note on the SAP R/3 Plug-In SAP note 214503: Release strategy of SAP R/3 Plug-In SAP-Hinweis: 708736: Release restrictions SAP R/3 Plug-In PI 2004.1

SAP Basis Plug-In

Homepage in the SAP Service Marketplace SAP note 555060: Overview: Notes on PI Basis SAP-note 674417: Release restrictions SAP Basis Plug-In PI-BASIS 2004.1

Installation Tools
SAINT

Further Information
For SAP R/3 3.1I, the PI version is modifying and has to be installed on a Support Package Level for which a CRT is also provided. Information on the availability of CRTs is available on the SAP R/3 Plug-In Homepage in the SAP Service Marketplace at Support - Support Schedules. The SAP R/3 Plug-In 2003.1 will be maintained via SAP Notes as of the shipment of release 2004.1. There will be no further SAP R/3 Plug-In Support Packages or Conflict Resolution Transports (CRTs) available for release 2003.1, other than those already in existence. Same procedure for SAP Basis Plug-In. SAP R/3 Plug-In Homepage in the SAP Service Marketplace: http://service.sap.com/r3-plug-in.

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