Tuesday, 6 August 2019

SAP Client Copy Profiles

Always, it has been a pain to search / understand what data is copied/deleted during a SAP client copy.

Most of the blogs online has the procedure to do a SAP Client copy. The following points are helpful in performing a client copy.

1. Take a backup of the Source Client. This is easier method to restore the application data as it is deleted with most of the profiles.
2.  Try to do a Remote client copy as it does not require space on File system.

Copy Profile
Meaning
User Data
Customizing
Application data
SAP_USER
Users, user roles and authorization profiles are copied. The client is not reset.
Yes
No
No
SAP_CUST
Client-dependent Customizing, including authorization profiles, are copied. The application data is deleted and the user data is retained.
No
Yes
No (will be deleted)
SAP_UCUS
corresponds to SAP_CUST with master data
Yes
Yes
No (will be deleted)
SAP_ALL
All data belonging to a client, with the exceptions of change documents and local data, is copied.
Yes
Yes
Yes
SAP_APPL (as of SAP Web AS 6.10)
SAP_ALL without user master data
No
Yes
Yes


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