version (Web Assistant parameter)

Scope

SAP Companion parameter. This is normally retrieved automatically from the target system itself, but can be specified in the URL for testing purposes (for example, to check that content for a specific product version is actually displayed.

Purpose

If specified, this results in Web Assistant checking to see if help content is available for the version of the application specified here, and not for the actual product version from which it is called. Note that the results of this can be unpredictable. as the actual system version won't match the system for which content is being displayed.

Usage

Specified as:

version={version}

where {version} is the product version. Note that for Cloud applications, the version is normally in the format "YYMM.SSS", where YYMM is the release number (Year and Month), and SSS identifies the sub-release within that - such as the patch or Hotfix release - and is typically 500 for a mid-version hotfix.