Enhancement in SAP

Enhancement (an improvement that makes something more agreeable)

     The R/3 Enhancement concept allows us to add your own functionality to SAP’s standard
business applications without having to modify the      original applications. SAP creates
enhancements for specific programs, screens, and menus within standard R/3 applications. These
enhancements do not contain any functionality. Instead, the enhancements act as hooks where WE can
HANG our own add-on functionality onto these hooks.

Advantages

1. They do not affect standard SAP source Code

          When you add new functionality to your SAP system using SAP’s exits, you do not alter the
source code of standard SAP programs in any           way. The code and screens you create are
encapsulated as separate objects. These customer objects are linked to standard applications,
but           exist separately from SAP’s standard software package.

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2. They do not effect software updates

When you add new functionality to your SAP system using SAP’s enhancements, your objects
(called customer objects) must adhere (remain) to strict naming conventions (standards). When it
comes time to upgrade to a new software release, customer objects names ensure that they will
not be affected by any changes or new additions to the standard software package.

Note: Customer enhancements may not available for all programs and screens found in the SAP System. You
can only use customer exists in the SAP System.

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• Screen and Menu Exits to enhance the front end.

• Function Exits to Enhance the Programs
• Append Structure to enhance Back End

Note : In Procedural, we have two type

1. Using subroutines - User Exits (Out Dated)

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2. Using Function Modules - Customer Exits

User Exits

User exits allow you to add additional functions to the SAP standard. Programs with user exits contain
subroutine calls at certain points in their syntax that are identified by the prefix USEREXIT. The actual user
exits are located in an include that has been assigned to a module pool. This is where customers can include
any changes (enhancements) that they want to make to the system. These includes are always processed
during program flow.

Advantage: In principle, customers can modify anything they want that is found in the include (tables,
structures, and so forth).

Disadvantage: SAP cannot check the individual enhancements themselves which often leads to errors in the
enhancement process.

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Customer Exits

Customer exits (Function module exits) are exits developed by SAP. The exit is implemented as a call to a
function module. The code for the function module is written by the developer. You are not writing the code
directly in the function module, but in the include that is implemented in the function module.

Customer exits are not available for all programs and screens found in the SAP System. You can only use
customer exits if they already exist in the SAP System.

The Entire SAP Product can be divided into 3 Parts

1. Menu Exits
2. Screen Exits
3. Function Module Exits

Locating Exits from Standard Applications:

Method 1

The naming standard of function modules for function module exits is: EXIT_<program name>_<3 digit suffix>

EXIT_SAPLCOMK_001 – Function Module Exit for Material Components

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Finding Exit Name form Function Module Name

Check in MODSAP table

Method 2

Step 1: Go to the relevant SPRO and look for the documentation.

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Step 2 : Click on documentation button , it will display all the available user exits

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1. Menu Exits :

Menu exits add items to the pull down menus in standard SAP applications. You can use these menu items to
call up your own screens or to trigger entire add-on applications.

SAP created menu exits by defining special menu items in the menu painter. These special
entries have function codes that begin with “+” (a plus sign). You specify the menu items text
when activating the item in an add-on project.

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2. Screen Exits :

Screen exits add fields to screens in R/3 applications. SAP create screen exits by placing special
sunscreen areas on a standard R/3 screen and calling a customer sub screen from the standard
screen’s flow logic.

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3. Function Module Exits :

Function module exits add functionally to R/3 applications. Function module exits play a role in both menu and
screen exits. When you add a new menu item to a standard pull down menu, you use a function module exit to
define the actions that should take place once your menu is activated. Function module exits also control the
data flow between standard programs and screen exit fields.

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Business Add-Ins

SAP has introduced new enhancement technique Business Add-ins from release 4.6A Business Add-in is the
new enhancement technique based on ABAP Objects. BADI is an exit point in a source that allows specific
industry sectors, partners, and customers to attach additional software to standard SAP source code without
modifying the original object.

The users of Business Add-ins can customize the logic according to requirement or they can use the standard
logic one available.

SAP guarantees the upward compatibility of all business Add-in interfaces. Release upgrade do not affect
enhancement calls from which the standard software nor do they affect the validity of call interfaces.

Two different views of BADI are available:

• In the definition view, an application programmer predefines exit points in a source that allow specific
industry sectors, partners, and customers to attach additional functionality to standard SAP source
code without having to modify the original object.

• In the implementation view, the users of Business Add-Ins can enhance (customize) the logic that
need or use a standard logic if one is available.

Difference Between Customer Exits and BADIs:

Customer Exit BADI

Procedural Approach to work with Enhancements, Object Oriented Approach to Work with
Enhancements.

Is a two level infrastructure (SAP and customer Allow for a multi-level system landscape (SAP,
solutions). partner, and customer solutions, as well as country
versions, industry solutions, and the like).

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Can only be implemented once and enhancements
that can be used actively by any number of
customers.
Source Code Enhancement
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BADIs can be created at each level within such a
system infrastructure.
In addition, Business Add-ins can be defined
according to filter values. This allows you to control
add-in implementation and make it dependent on
specific criteria (on a specific Country value, for
example).
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Source Code Enhancement is one of the enhancement technologies available under Enhancement
Framework. Implementing this technology is also called as Source Code Plug-In. Technically the source
code plug-in implementations are stored in a separate include program and not as part of the original source
program.

There are two types of Source Code enhancements possible.

• Implicit enhancement option

• Explicit enhancement option

Implicit Enhancement

Implicit enhancement points are basically points within ABAP code where an enhancement point
is implied, and in which case can be created.      Examples of implicit enhancement points are at
the beginning and end of FORM’s, at the end of a program, include or function module etc.

Step 1 - Activate the enhancement functionalityWithin SE80 open up the program/include you want to enhance
and click on the enhancement button (show below)

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Step 2 - Enhancement functionality activated

The SE80 screen will now look something like below!

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Step 3 - Show implict enhancement pointsGoto menu 'edit->Enhamcement Operations->Show Implicit

Enhancement Options' to display implicit enhancement points within the ABAP code

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Step 4 - Enhancement points with the code Once you have done this you will be able to see all the implicit
enhancement points available within you code, these are denoted by the line of quotation marks and the black
arrow at the start. In this example there are enhancement points at the start and end of each form and one at
the very end of the include.

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Step 5 - Create an implicit enhamcement point Inorder to implement an implicit enhancement point simply right
click on the required enhamcement point and select 'Enhancement Implementation->create'.

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Step 6 - Enhamcement point type Next click on the code button to create a code implementation

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Step 7 - Name and description Next give the enhancement point a name and description. Click the green tick

Step 8 - Change request Assign change to a change request in the usual way

Step 9 - Enhancement point created The enhamcement point will now have been created in the appropriate
place. Denoted by the ENHANCEMENT...ENDENHANCEMENT tags

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Step 10 - Enter code into enhancement You can now enter your own code into the enhancement point!

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Step 11 - Activate the enhancement point Click the 'Activate Enhancements' button to activate it.

Step 12 - Turn enhancement mode off Now click the 'Active <-> inactive' button to turn enhancement mode off
and return to standard SE80

Explicit Enhancement

Explicit enhancement points are basically hooks already coded into the program by SAP at various points
of the code.

Change an explicit enhancement point

First right click on the enhancement point you want change and choose ‘Enhancement
Implementation->Change’

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Next select the enhancement point and press the green tick

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SE80 will now show your enhancement points as editable within the ABAP code so you can change the code
as you want.

Create an explicit enhancement point First right click on the enhancement point where you want
to add your code and choose ‘Enhancement Implementation->Create’

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Next click on the create button and Give it a name, description and assign it to a change request (should not be
a Z package) and then simply add the code as normal.

Append Structure to Enhance Back End (For Tables)

Attached for your reference.

Your Suggestions Please.....

Regards,

Ramesh.T

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