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How To Copy One Client To Another In The Same R/3 System



SAP's terms for the sending and receiving clients can be confusing. The "target" client is the client into which data is to be copied. The "source" client is the client which contains the data to be copied.
Also, remember that all client copies are destructive and will delete all data before copying in the new data. The only exception is when the SAP_USER profile is used. In this case, only user master data is deleted from the target client before the new user master data is copied.

  1. Create the target client if necessary.
  2. Log on to the target client in the appropriate SAP system. If the target client is new, use "SAP*" for the user and "pass" for the password.
  3. Go to transaction SCCL for Local Client Copy.
  4. On the Client Copy – Copy a Client screen, use the Selected profile dropdown to select a profile that matches your needs. Use SAP_ALL or SAP_UAPP to copy all data except change documents, SAP_USER to copy only user master data, or one of the other SAP provided client copy profiles. Type the Source client and Source client user masters in the provided boxes. These two boxes should contain the same client number unless the data is to come from one client and the user master data from a different client. Once all information has been provided, click the Schedule as background job button. If you receive a Change documents will not be copied message in the bottom status bar, click the green √ next to the transaction command field at the very top of the screen to continue.
  5. On the Schedule Client Copy in Background screen, use the Background server dropdown to select the background server on which the job is to run. There should only be one server available in the dropdown. Click the Schedule job button.
  6. On the Verification popup, check that everything is correct and click the Continue button.
  7. On the Start Time popup, if you want the client copy job submitted right away, click the Immediate button. To schedule the copy for a later date and\or time, click the Date\Time button. In the Date\Time section, provide the Scheduled start Date and Time. If you are unsure as to the format of date and time, click on the top-most menu bar System → User profile → Own data. Click on the Defaults tab to see your default date format. If the user is SAP* due to a new client, you may receive a date validation error if you use the date format of MM-DD-YYYY. Try other variations such as DD.MM.YYYY, MM\DD\YYYY, YYYY.MM.DD, YYYY\MM\DD, and YYYY-MM-DD. Click the Save picture-icon.
  8. On the Background Print Parameters popup, select an Output device from the dropdown. Click the green √ to continue.
  9. You will receive a client copy confirmation message. You can monitor this copy by using transaction SCC3. You may now leave the SCCL transaction. (Jo Spencer)


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