Not all SAP Notes can be applied via the SNOTE transaction. Some are information only, providing no code corrections. Others entail corrections that can only be done manually. This latter type of SAP Note should be applied to your SAP system in conjunction with a trained ABAP programmer. Also, SAP recommends that SNOTE change requests NOT be transported into other systems. Use the SNOTE transaction in each SAP system that needs the correction, and delete the generated change requests since they should never be transported and could lock resources during application of other SAP Notes and support package application.
If you do not have a working OSS connection, you can download an OSS note from the SAP Marketplace using the SAP Download Manager and use the upload feature in SNOTE to load it into the SAP instance instead.
1. Log on to client 000 in the appropriate SAP system.
2. Go to transaction SNOTE.
3. On the Note Assistant - Version XXX/XXXX: Worklist screen, on the top-most menu bar click Goto → SAP Note download.