SAP Support Package is a quantity of corrected SAP objects. Support Packages are required to correct errors in various components of SAP. This is done by replacing erroneous objects with corrected versions of these objects.
Why Support packages are required
Each SAP software component has a separate sequence of Support Packages. The following list contains the technical names of a number of components and the notation for their Support Packages:
COP (Component Package)
SAP_APPL (SAP R/3 Support Package)
Naming conversion of SAP_APPL is SAPKH<rel><no>
SAP_APPL Stands for SAP application platform
SAP_BASIS (Basis Support Package)
Naming conversion of SAP_BASIS is SAPKB<rel><no>
SAP_BASIS Stands for SAP basis component
SAP_ABA (Application Interface SP)
Naming conversion of SAP_ABA is SAPKA<rel><no>
SAP_ABA Stands for SAP cross application component
SAP_HR (SAP R/3 HR Support Package)
Naming conversion of SAP_HR is SAPKE<rel><no>
SAP_HR stands for Human Resources
SAP_APO (APO Support Package): SAPKY<rel><no>
SAP_BW (BW Support Package): SAPKW<rel><no>
SAP_CRM (CRM Support Package): SAPKU<rel><no>
SAP_SRM (SRM Support Package): SAPKU<rel><no>
SAP_SEM (SEM-BW Support Package): SAPGKS<rel><no>
A support packages is a quantity of corrected SAP objects.
Support packages are required to correct errors in various components.
This is done by replacing erroneous objects with corrected versions of these objects.
Each software component has a separate sequence of Support Packages.