26. How to deal "Unknown/Undetermined Adjustment mode" during SPAU Actions - SAP Upgrades ?

We would have definitely experienced this error once during SPAU actions.

I would be performing below steps to resolve the issue which helped a lot in few cases. You can also follow the same.

Below will be the standard procedures to check SPAU - "Unknown/Undetermined Adjustment Mode".

1) Re-download note via SNOTE or Upload Note manually again - Click "Check SAP Note" once downloaded. It will refresh note header/metadata.

2) Access SPAU - New transaction

3) Go to "Utilities" and choose "Determine Adjustment Mode" - Execute Blank

4) Relaunch SPAU transaction and Check Affected Note Status now.

5) If still issue persists, Run Report "SAPRUPGM" (After above 4 steps completion) and check now.

Note that SAPRUPGM will take several minutes to complete. Report SAPRUPGM will help to consolidate and finalize adjustment modes.

5) Request you to do Step 3 and 4 post running report SAPRUPGM as well (Re-computation)

6) If issue still persists post performing above 5 steps, As an final step, Implement latest version of Note Assistant 1668882.

In simple, "Check Note Assistant" should be "Green". Notes whichever shown inside note assistant should be implemented.

Updating SNOTE Assistant resolved adjustment mode issue in 2 cases for me.

7) Check note status now.

Additional:

1) If issue related to DYNP or FUNC, Check SAP Note 3495348 - Unknown Adjustment Mode is showing for DYNP or FUNC object in SPAU

2) If Obsolete SAP Note has "Unknown Status" and Note 1668882 already in latest version, then use SPAU_OLD transaction.

References:

1) General Article - https://help.sap.com/doc/saphelp_nw73ehp1/7.31.19/en-US/ff/bc563cd365f646e10000000a11405a/frameset.htm

2) Note 1889356 - Undetermined Adjustment Mode - SPAU having note with ? Question Mark vers5

3) Implement Note 1673013 if system version affected -  SPAU: Adjustment mode for SAP Notes cannot be determined (Older systems)

4) Note 3398573 - SAP Note has "unknown status" for Obsolete notes - SPAU vers3

Above consolidated steps are taken from multiple articles which above mentioned KBAs are major ones.

Let's try our best to tackle this error !!!

Special insights?

We can avoid dealing "Obsolete Notes - Reset" for SPDD before SUM asks for SPDD Adjustments if target is >= Basis 7.52. 

This can be done via "Allowing SUM to create Shadow System Development User" during INITSHD SUM phase. SUM will create Transport Request automatically and collect the objects for resetting SPDD obsolete notes.

In this way,  When we face SPDD Adjustment during ACT_UPG, there won't be any entries for notes dealing "Obsolete Reset". Other SPDD criterias still resides as usual to take action from our end.

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