Enhancement framework the new way to enhance your abap systems

Enhancement Framework
- The new way to enhance your ABAP systems
Oliver J. Mayer
Product Manager – SAP NetWeaver

© SAP AG 2006, Enhancement Framework, Oliver J. Mayer / 2
Learning Objectives
As a result of this session, you will be able to:
Understand the fundamental idea of the Enhancement
Framework and Switch Framework (available in
SAP NetWeaver 2004s)
Reduce TCO by using enhancement technologies instead of
modifications
Enhance SAP standard objects
Understand how Enhancement definitions are created

Source Code Plugin - Technology
Function Group Enhancement - Technology
Class Enhancement - Technology
Kernel-BAdI – Technology
Switch Framework
Summary
Motivation & Overview

Availability
mySAPERP20052005
mySAPSRM
mySAPCRM
mySAPSCM
mySAPPLM
mySAP Business Suite 20052005
SAP NetWeaver 2004s2004s
App Server Release
… 4.6c 6.10 6.20 NW04 NW04s
…

SAP NetWeaver
User Productivity
Enablement
Running an
Enterprise Portal
Enabling User
Collaboration
Business Task
Management
Mobilizing
Business
Processes
Enterprise
Knowledge
Management
Enterprise Search
Data Unification Master-Data Harmonization Master-Data Consolidation
Central Master-Data
Management
Enterprise Data Warehousing
Business Information
Management
Enterprise Reporting,
Query, and Analysis
Business Planning and
Analytical Services
Enterprise Data
Warehousing
Enterprise Knowledge
Management
Enterprise Search
Business Event
Management
Business Activity Monitoring Business Task Management
End-to-End Process
Integration
Enabling Application-
to-Application
Processes
Enabling Business-to-
Business Processes
Business Process
Management
Enabling Platform
Interoperability
Business Task
Management
Custom Development Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications Enabling Platform Interoperability
Unified Life-Cycle
Management
Software Life-Cycle Management SAP NetWeaver Operations
Application
Governance and
Security Management
Authentication and Single Sign-On Integrated User and Access Management
Consolidation
Enabling Platform
Interoperability
SAP NetWeaver
Operations
Master-Data
Consolidation
Enterprise Knowledge
Management
Enterprise Data
Warehousing
ESA Design and
Deployment
Enabling Enterprise Services

Adapting SAP Software
One of the advantages of SAP software is the
possibility to adapt the software to own
requirements and the possibility of keeping
the adaptations during upgrade.
Ways of adaptation:
Customizing
Enhancement
Modification

Motivation
Reducing TCO
Enhancing objects instead of modifying them reduces the effort
for adjustment during SP import or upgrade.
Disadvantages of modifications
No support for multiple users or projects
No support for parallel developments
Will appear much more often in adjustment tools
Higher adjustment effort (during upgrade & SP import)

Evolution of SAP Enhancement Technology
User
Exits
Form
routines
Application
Workbench
Kernel
Customer
Exits
Function
modules
Business
Transaction
Events
Industries
Business
Add Ins
Filters
Classes
Kernel based
Business
Add Ins

[Simple] Enhancement Spot
Composite Enhancement Spot
[Simple] Enhancement Implementation
Composite Enhancement Implementation
1
n
1
n
n
1
n
1
n m
Enhancements - Relations
ImplementationDefinition

Terminology by Example
SAPSAPSAPSAP
SD
Invoice
Enhancement Spot
Pricing
Enhancement Option
Source Code Enhancement
FUGR V60A
Enhancement Option
BAdI Definition
PRICING_BADI1
CustomerCustomerCustomerCustomer
SD
Composite Enhancement Impl.
Invoice
Enhancement Impl.
Pricing
Enh Impl Element
Source Code Plugin
FUGR V60A
Enh Impl Element
BAdI Implementation
OIL_PRICING_IMPL1

Enhancement Browser
Search for
Enhancements possibilities (Definitions – typically provided by SAP)
Enhancement Implementations (typically done by Customer)
Integrated into Object Navigator (SE80)

Source Code Enhancements Overview
Modification-free enhancement of source code
Implicit Enhancement Option
At common enhancement places, implicit Enhancement options are
available. Examples:
End of Executable Program, Include, Function group, Dialog module
Begin/End of Form routine / Function module / Method
End of a structure
End of Private/Protected/Public Section of a local class
...
Explicit Enhancement Option
Predefined enhancement options can be defined in source code.
They are additionally stored inside Enhancement Spots.

Implicit Enhancement Options

Explicit Enhancement Options

Source Code Plugin Technology - Example
PROGRAM p1.
WRITE ‘Hello World’.
ENHANCEMENT-POINT ep1 SPOTS
s1.
..
..
..
ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ep2
SPOTS s1.
WRITE ’Original’.
END-ENHANCEMENT-SECTION.
ENHANCEMENT 1.
WRITE ’Hello
Paris’.
ENDENHANCEMENT.
ENHANCEMENT 2.
WRITE ’Hello
London’.
ENDENHANCEMENT.
ENHANCEMENT 3.
WRITE ’Enhanced’.
ENDENHANCEMENT.

Editor Modes for Enhancements
Use Change Mode for creating enhancement points &
sections.
use button „Display <-> Change“ to switch to change
mode.
Use Enhancement Mode for creating enhancement
implementations.
use button „Change Enhancements“ to switch to
Enhancement mode
use button „Display <-> Change“ to leave Enhancement
mode

Demo
Demo
Source Code Plugin

Function Group Enhancements
Function Group Enhancements allow:
Adding new optional parameters to existing function modules
Transaction: SE37

Demo
Demo
Function Group Enhancement

Class/Interface Enhancements
Class/Interface Enhancements allow addition of:
optional parameters to existing methods
methods
events and event handlers
references to interfaces
Exits to existing methods
Pre-Exit – Called at the beginning of a method
Post-Exit – Called at the End of a method
Overwrite-Exit – Replaces the original method

Adding Methods & Parameters
Adding optional parameters to existing methods
Adding new methods

Pre/Post Exits
Method Hugo.
Endmethod.
…
Call method instance->hugo( ).
…
Method Pre.
…
….
Endmethod.
Method Post.
….
….
Endmethod.
Coding.
Coding.
Coding.

Demo
Demo
Class Enhancement

BADIs - Overview
What are BAdIs?
Business Add-Ins
is an anticipated point of extension – these points act like
sockets and exist in the original coding
has a well-defined interface in contrast to source code plug-ins
and is therefore more stable to changes in the original coding
Kernel BAdIs - New Features
Are integrated directly in the ABAP Language/Runtime
Improved filter support allows non-character filter types
(packed, numeric, string) and complex filter conditions
Enable reusable implementation instances (Stateful BAdI)
Control of the lifetime of implementations (BAdI-context)
Allow for inheritance of implementations
Can be switched by the Switch Framework

Comparison: Usage of Old BAdIs vs. new BAdIs
With Classic BAdI
selecting implementations and issuing calls is
mixed up
calls cause DB access
calls are redirected over a proxy class
With New BAdI
selection occurs when the handle is requested
no DB access during runtime
Implementations are called directly (without a proxy)
DATA: bd TYPE REF TO if_intf.
DATA: flt TYPE flt.
CALL METHOD cl_exithandler=>
get_instance
EXPORTING
exit_name = `BADI_NAME`
CHANGING
instance = bd.
flt-lang = `D`.
CALL METHOD bd->method
EXPORTING
x = 10
flt_val = flt.
data bd type ref to badi_name.
get badi bd filters lang = `D`.
call badi bd->method
exporting x = 10.
Old BAdIs are more expensive
than the new ones.
Active implementations are evaluated at compile time
and included in the load of the BAdI-handle.

Definition Implementation
Package A
Package B
Switch_1
Switch_2
New BADI’s and Enhancement Framework
Simple Enhancement Spot
Spot_1
Simple Enhancement Implementation SEI1
Simple Enhancement Implementation SEI2
BAdI Implementation 1
BAdI BADI_A
BAdI BADI_B
BAdI BADI_C

Creating BADI in SE80
BADI Definition under Enhancement Spot
BADI Implementation (Creating Filters)

Demo
Demo
Kernel-BAdI

BAdI Migration (Automatic Migration)
Automatic migration by selecting utilities migration from BAdI
Builder (se18)
Specify Enhancement Spot for BAdI Defintion
Specify Enhancement Implementation for BAdI Implementation
no special knowledge necessary
effort: 5 minutes per BAdI (with some implementations). The migration
can be automated.
Automatic migration by selecting utilities migrate
from BAdI Builder (SE18)
■ Specify Enhancement Spot for BAdI Definition
■ Specify Enhancement Implementation for BAdI
Implementation
no special knowledge necessary
effort: approximately 5 minutes per BAdI.
SE18 -> utilities -> Migrate
ONLY when you have created Custom-BADI “definitions” in old systems

Performance Comparison
Classic BAdI Migrated BAdI New BAdI
1 2-27
x faster as classic BAdI
40-600
x faster as classic BAdI
The more implementations defined, the
higher is the improvement on performance
200%-2600% 4000%-60000%

Goal of Switch Framework:
Control visibility of repository objects at runtime through
switches
The Switch Framework can be used to
Switch on industry solutions / Enterprise Add-ons
Develop new functions without affecting existing ones
Enhance delivered systems at partner and customer site in the
context of the enhancement framework with own functions
Switch Framework - Motivation
Benefits:
Industry Solutions are available with every release and SP without delay (i.e.
timely provision of legal requirements),
CRT’s* are no longer necessary for add-on systems
Industry Solutions can be enriched by generic functions from other industries
Synchronization of release cycles and planning
* CRT – Conflict Resolution Transport

Switchable Objects
Switchable Objects…
…by package assignment
Appends, SI-, CI-includes for structures in DDIC
Fixed value appends to domains
Secondary Indexes
Append Search Helps
Enhancement Implementations
Switch Business Configuration Sets ( Switch BC-Sets)
…by direct assignment
Screen elements & Flow logic
Menu entries & functions
IMG nodes
Customizing

Direct Assignment: Examples
Screen Painter: Modules
Screen Painter: Field elements
Menu Painter: Function codes

Switch
Switch
Repository Object
Calculated states:
ON, OFF, STANDBY
Transaction SFW1
Business Function Set
Business Function
Switch
m
n
m
n

Business Function
Business Function
Represents a piece of
business functionality
Contains switches
Transaction SFW2
Business Function
Switch
m
n
m
n

Pool of business functions
Represents e.g. one industry
solution
Max. 1 can be active
Transaction SFW3 to create
BFS
Use Transaction SFW5 to
activate a BFS.
Business Function
Switch
m
n
m
n
SFW3 SFW5

Switch Framework: Architecture
Bus Fct Set 3
Bus Fct F1
Bus Fct F2
Bus Fct F4
Bus Fct Set 2
Bus Fct F1
Bus Fct F2
Bus Fct F4
Bus Fct Set 1
Bus Fct F1
Bus Fct F2
Bus Fct F4
Switch 1
Switch 2
Switch 3
Switch 4
Screen 1
Element 1
Element 2
Package
IMG-nodes
Most objects are switched via the
assignment of their package to a switch,
e.g.
- DDIC objects (e.g. appends)
- Enhancements
- Transactions
- BC-Sets
Objects with no direct package relation
are directly assigned to a switch, e.g.
- Screen elements
- Menu entries
- IMG nodes
Package

Summary
The Enhancement Framework offers new possibilities to
extend the SAP Standard instead of modifying it.
Source Code PlugIns
Function Group Enhancements
Class Enhancements
New BAdIs
The new BAdIs are more flexible and faster than the
classic ones.
The Enhancements offered by Enhancement Framework
and some other object types can be switched by the
Switch Framework as part of a Business Function Set e.g.
an industry solution.

Further Information
Help Portal
http://help.sap.com
Documentation SAP Netweaver (04s) Application Platform
ABAP technology ABAP Workbench Enhancement Framework
OKP / RKT Learning Maps
Internal SAP:
http://intranet.sap.com/rkt-netweaver
Consulting SAP NW 04s Creating Business Applications using ABAP
Ramp-up customers:
Send mail to rkt@sap.com
SDN
http://sdn.sap.com

Q&A
Questions?

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