How to open the client in SAP system?

This article answers the following queries:

•     How to open the client in  SAP system ?
•     How to view when was the client settings last changed ?
•     How to view who has last changed the client settings?
•    What are the various client settings and their significance

Often in business scenarios, there will be requirements which cannot be transported and which have to be modified directly in respective tables and other repository objects. To perform these operations client to be opened.

Goto transaction SCC4. This lists clients’ overview as below:

From the above screen, we can make out what are the existing clients in the SAP system, their names and the date they are last modified.

Double click on the client to be opened. It displays similar screen as below  with the complete client details like last changed date, last changed by, client role and associated logical system of the client

In the above screen, we can see the highlighted option that no changes allowed and no changes to repository and cross-client customizing objects. These 2 settings means that client is NOT opened.

To open the client we should set the client settings as shown below for a client:

In addition to the above 2 settings, in SE06, System change option should be set to “modifiable” as shown below :

Goto transaction SE06 :

Click on System change option to goto below screen

In the above screen, set the Global setting as “modifiable” to make sure client is opened.

In case you would like to restrict changes to a client, please set this Global setting as non-modifiable so that no changes can be done.

Please note that the above setting of system change can be done through SE03 transaction as well.

What are the various client settings and their significance?

Changes and transports for Client specific objects :

i) Changes without automatic recording : Changes will be done without recording in a change  request

ii) Automatic recording of changes : Changes will be done and  request will get generated & changes will be captured in that

iii) No changes allowed : No changes will be allowed

iv) Changes w/o automatic recording no transports allowed : This flag means  customizing changes will be permitted but changes are not automatically recorded in the change request.

Cross –Client object changes :

i)        No changes to cross-client object changes

ii)       No changes to repository objects

iii)     No changes to cross-client and repository objects

iv)     Changes to cross-client and repository objects.

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