Central configuration and transport supporting software lifecycles

A computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for transporting configurations between system landscapes, the operations comprising:

• retrieving a predefined configuration model from a plurality of predefined configuration models electronically stored in a configuration repository, the predefined configuration model providing predefined configuration data for a particular software application, the predefined configuration data defining a desired configuration state, and the predefined configuration model comprising a logical system component that is associated with one or more other components, each of the one or more other components being associated with configuration data of the predefined configuration data;
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• determining that an existing configuration state of a first system landscape is to be updated to the desired configuration state, and in response:
• retrieving existing configuration data associated with one or more target systems of the first system landscape, the existing configuration data defining the existing configuration state;
• comparing the predefined configuration data to the existing configuration data to generate a first delta;
• determining one or more configuration actions based on the first delta;
• and
• executing the one or more configuration actions to update the existing configuration state to the desired configuration state.

A system, comprising:

• a configuration repository that electronically stores a plurality of predefined configuration models;
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• one or more processors in communication with a computer-readable storage medium, the storage medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for transporting configurations between system landscapes, the operations comprising:
• retrieving a predefined configuration model from the plurality of predefined configuration models electronically stored in the configuration repository, the predefined configuration model providing predefined configuration data for a particular software application, the predefined configuration data defining a desired configuration state, and the predefined configuration model comprising a logical system component that is associated with one or more other components, each of the one or more other components being associated with configuration data of the predefined configuration data;
• and
• determining that an existing configuration state of a first system landscape is to be updated to the desired configuration state, and in response:
• retrieving existing configuration data associated with one or more target systems of the first system landscape, the existing configuration data defining the existing configuration state;
• the predefined configuration model comprising a logical system component that is associated with one or more other components, each of the one or more other components being associated with configuration data of the predefined configuration data;
• comparing the predefined configuration data to the existing configuration data to generate a first delta;
• determining one or more configuration actions based on the first delta;
• and
• executing the one or more configuration actions to update the existing configuration state to the desired configuration state.