Support package stacks allow you to keep productive applications up to date on a regular basis with a minimal cost of ownership.

The introduction of minimum support package stack levels gives you more flexibility in planning your maintenance activities by reducing the range of possible combinations. Benefits include:

• Enhanced quality of single support packages, since other components involved meet specific minimum requirements, and thus corrections are less complex and of a higher quality
• SAP’s test activities focus more on the required combinations of support package stacks, improving the quality and compatibility of these combinations
• Download pages tailored to stacks simplify downloading  the required support packages and patches
• Application instructions created for support package stacks reduce the time and effort needed to apply corresponding support packages and patches§  Potential problems can be preempted or solved faster, and operating costs can ultimately be reduced.
• Potential problems can be preempted or solved faster, and operating costs can ultimately be reduced.

Note that customers undergoing upgrade or implementation projects may need more than the minimum recommendations.

The following resources will help you plan ahead:

Support package stack maintenance schedule

SAP BusinessObjects maintenance schedule

Support package stack strategy

Quick introduction to support package stacks

Details of support package stack components