17. SAP Product Component not visible in Maintenance Planner and Additional Sub component Installation at Same time?

It's rare - Read slowly to tick this.

Using Solman/Frun system to send system info (Not applicable to manual system upload)

Assume that you have used XML to install Product Add on (FIONEER FINANCIAL CONTROL 1.0 - Mandatory sub component FCCORE) then definitely Product Component information would be visible in "Installed Product components".

Same information will be sent to Maintenance planner (MP) via Solman/FRUN LMDB to reflect SAP system information in MP. However, In rare cases, It will miss to sync the same in Maintenance planner side although add on info available in Solman/FRUN LMDB as expected without any issues. Despite, doing manual multiple sync via "Upload to SAP Support Portal" in LMDB, Product Add on won't reflect in MP System Information. 

We can also say this as an Maintenance planner glitch in which we need to do the below to resolve the issue.

1) We need to remove and add entire system entry to reflect installed product add ons from scratch (to reflect newly installed add on) - Unnecessary work. 

2) Verify and save same product add on info in MP. Post this, MP starts to sync and reflect info even if we do SP updates for that add on - Quick workaround

3) Sending additional info (any change) of that Product Add on - Say Subcomponent Installation/SP updates/etc.,

     I got requirement to install another subcomponent which is Control UI in addition to resolve this missing product component issue in Maintenance planner -

Additional Requirement.

  Hope you like this scenario ! 

Quick Workaround:

Manually Edit and Verify the system - Add Installed Product Add on "FIONEER FINANCIAL CONTROL 1.0" and sub component FCCORE. Make sure to disable "Allow Automatic MP feature" while editing. This will leave others untouched. Else, MP might change some information automatically w.r.t dependencies.

Now, Maintenance planner System data looks fine as same as SAP System information.
Solman/Frun LMDB already have information.

It's kind of reverse tactics but helps a lot to have correct information. I have done this and maintenance planner picks up correct data automatically here after even we do Product Add on updates or Additional Sub add on installation.

Additional requirement: 

 Post doing workaround, we can directly select "Install or Maintain Add on " and select "FIONEER FINANCIAL CONTROL 1.0" - Core (would be blocked to check by default since we already verified) and Control UI (Select the same to install). Generate Stack XML. Only Control UI will be downloaded.

  ✨During SUM Run, It will install Control UI Add on. SUM will use SAINT transaction in backend. Even FCCORE is checked to select by MP, You can feel free to download the same. During SUM Run, SUM will skip the FCCORE installation since system already have the same. Once add on installed, Information will be sent to LMDB once again and then reaches MP. This time, it will reflect correctly.

In the end, MP will have correct system information for "FIONEER FINANCIAL CONTROL 1.0" including sub component Control UI - Sent by Solman/Frun LMDB. Quick workaround itself is sufficient but my scenario includes additional sub component installation requirement as well.

Note 3207486 - Verification issues in MP

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