Hi all,
I am pretty sure not everybody is aware of our Software Logistics Idea Space, so I thought about how I could promote it and how to make it easier for you to profit from this direct channel to SAP development.
Now, this blog is one of the results of these considerations. It is intended a) to give a short overview of the latest submitted ideas in our space for software logistics and b) to list ideas with a high activity level – intention is to help you to find interesting topics and hopefully to motivate you to contribute by promoting existing ideas or raising new ones 
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But let’s begin this first blog (in a possible series of regular updates of ongoing activities in our idea space) with a quick overview of the offering and concept.
What is the Software Logistics Idea Space all about?
By raising new ideas or collaborating on existing ones in the Software Logistics Idea Space, everyone can influence the future of software logistics procedures and processes. There, you can submit new ideas, vote for existing ideas and connect directly with the teams at SAP that are in charge of the software logistics procedures. For more information, also see the SCN document How to Influence the Development of Software Logistics Processes.
Current Activities in the Software Logistics Idea Space
A. Latest Submitted Ideas
In the last weeks, the following ideas were created:
- Category System Transformation:
D11903 - Several bugs in System Rename procedure: this idea was already accepted by SAP development - although SAP Idea Place is not intended as support channel (so we would normally have to decline such ideas), the development team anyhow intended to rework the procedure and plan to consider this issue as part of this, so they decided to accept this as an exception.
D11664 - Cross platform OS/DB migration using NZDT
- Category Maintenance and Upgrade Management:
- D11749 - Shadow instance: configurable memory parameters
B. Ideas with High Activity Level
Here, you see the list of ideas with the highest number of votes that have the status submitted, under review, needs more info, for future consideration, or not planned (as these ideas are not accepted or offered by SAP yet):
| ID + Link | Title | Process | Status | Number of Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D9062 | Automatic documentation generation within Software Provisioning Manager | Solution implementation | Not planned by SAP | 9 |
| D9453 | Include the Java version check in the CTS+ | Change control management | Not planned by SAP | 7 |
| D10092 | [SUM] Compare Process Overview and SAPupConsole.log | Maintenance and upgrade management | Under review | 6 |
Besides the listed ideas, there are several other ideas in the Software Logistics Idea Space, of course. So, use this as starting point for browsing through existing ideas about how the processes in the software logistics area could be improved – and feel free to submit new ideas based on your experience with our tools and processes!
I hope I could make you a little it curious and motivate you to use this – from my perspective – great channel where you can influence SAP development 
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Have fun,
Boris