# Frequently Asked Questions

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<summary>Does it support transport to other systems that are not part of the Transport Route?</summary>

Yes, additional process steps can be added to copy the transport data and co-files into the respective directory of the target system and added to the transport buffer during import.

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<summary>What does transport automation do?</summary>

Transport Automation provides a customizable process to implement change and release management throughout the SAP landscape with minimal effort, complete confidence, total transparency, and most importantly, minimal risk.

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<summary>How does transport automation work?</summary>

Transport Automation is a process that can be customized to include standard workflows and approvals that match the way your team works.

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<summary>How does transport automation have an advantage over normal transport by SAP?</summary>

SAP default STMS is very much a manual SAP change and release that is not an easily repeatable process and particular care is required to ensure sequencing, dependencies, and so on.

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<summary>What SAP security authorization is required for transport automation?</summary>

IT-Conductor provides a download of a custom STMS role file "STMS\_ITCONDUCTOR.SAP" which should be imported using transaction PFCG to generate an authorization profile and assign it to the ITC transport automation user. The role uses authorization objects CTS\_ADMFCTTABL and the program SAPLTMSM.

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<summary>What user IDs do you have to share with IT-Conductor for transport automation?</summary>

IT-Conductor will require an SAP service user with appropriate access to run Remote Function Calls.

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<summary>What tasks do you need to perform along with IT-Conductor engineers?</summary>

* Configure IT-Conductor Gateway.
* Import SAP transports from ITC into systems that are part of the transport landscape.
* Provision SAP users with ITC custom security role/profile for monitoring and transport automation
* Provide the customer-specific SAP change management workflow process as input to the ITC transport automation configuration.
* Any custom integration required such as Single Sign-On and service desk integration (ITSM)
* Testing

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<summary>Does transport automation work on customizing, workbench, and transport of copies (TOC) requests?</summary>

Yes, transport automation caters to all types of requests.

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<summary>Will Transport Automation work for mass transport import?</summary>

Multiple transports can be bundled in the same request. The maximum number of transports can be customized based on each customer’s requirements.

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<summary>Do we get any alerts for successful/warning/failed transport over email?</summary>

Yes, alerts can be customized as required.

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<summary>How do we add a recipient list for getting emails for Transport Automation?</summary>

A distribution list email from the host email server or a distribution list created in IT-Conductor.

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<summary>How do we get the history/audit of transports? Who performed the task? When was the task performed?</summary>

Transport Automation has a customizable overview dashboard. Every submitted transport can be expanded for detailed information. Furthermore, a transport report can also be generated and sent to a list of recipients.

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<summary>Is it possible to reimport the transports through Transport Automation?</summary>

Yes, all standards SAP transport options are available.

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