Solution Manager - Charm Solution manager is a SAP tool to manage Application Lifecycle Management.

This documents covers how to manage the Charm , the change management tool in SolMan.

Process to create Charm, combine the changes in charm and move the changes to Production. Login to SOLMAN Production system. Enter the below Tcode solman_workcenter

On below screen select Change Management Click on New Change Request

Enter values as mentioned in below screen. Enter Description and Ext. Reference no. as per the request raised rest of the details will be same Also Enter Requester business partner whosoever will be working on this request.

Click on Transaction Data tab, and add Remedy attachment as per below also enter rest of the values as per the below screen. Enter Requestor id as the person whosoever is working on the request and Target Completion date as per the request.

Click on save button Thus it will go to Change Manager to Approve and once he approves status of the Charm will change to Authorize

This will create sub-request on which individual person will be working. Click on below button on main request page

It will show the sub request as below.

Click on sub request no. and it will show the request as below.

Click on

button to change the Charm then set the status to In Development

Click on save button. As soon as we click on In Development it will prompt for Development system, select HRDCLNT220. Save.

Then in below screen it will prompt for Transport request type for the same always select Customizing request

Thus status will be In Development

It will take you to HRD 220

Prepare the required changes in Transport request and copy them in the transport request created in sub request. This will prompt as per below screen.

Click on Own Request , Then click on Subtask as below. Thus changes will be combined in below transport request.

In DEV 220 Go to SE01 tcode to release the transport.

Click on Display

Double click the subtask, you need to update the documentation in subtask as below then click on button to release the sub task.

Then go back to SOLMAN and release the main transport request.

Once release. Click on Pass Correction to Test. This will move the changes to QA system and its status will change to To be Tested

Send the mail to Functional Team/ Owner to check the changes in QA- 400. Once confirmation received change the status of Charm to Successfully Tested and attach documents as per below.

UT Evidence 320.doc UAT Evidence 400 (2).doc

UT Evidence and UAT Signoff Mail, this will confirm that Business/Functional team has to confirm the changes in QA.

Once its status gets changes to Successfully Tested

Change Manager has to update his comments in below area confirming changes are fine to move to production.

Further to this QA team will check all the documents are in place with respect to the changes in Charm then he will change the status to Authorized for Import Then Basis will move the changes to Production, once done Basis will confirm to respective person that changes are move to production.