SAP Enhancement Framework Guide

Enhancement Framework -
Advanced Guide
Summary
This document provides a fundamental and practical overview of SAP Enhancement Framework. It
documents what is Enhancement Framework, how it is does explicit and implicit enhancement works, by
going through program examples.
Perquisites:
Basic SAP ABAP knowledge is required. SAP terminologies and jargons are applied for brevity.
Disclaimers:
Although the author and publisher have made every reasonable attempt to achieve complete accuracy of the
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SAP Enhancement Framework
Table of Contents
Enhancement Framework Overview................................................................................................................. 3
Business Scenario............................................................................................................................................ 5
Explicit Enhancement....................................................................................................................................... 6
Define ENHANCEMENT-SECTION.............................................................................................................. 6
Implement ENHANCEMENT-SECTION........................................................................................................ 9
Define ENHANCEMENT-POINT................................................................................................................. 13
Implement ENHANCEMENT-POINT........................................................................................................... 15
Implicit Enhancement...................................................................................................................................... 17
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................... 20
Author Bio....................................................................................................................................................... 21
Reference....................................................................................................................................................... 22
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Enhancement Framework Overview

To appreciation the SAP Enhancement Framework, we have to revisit the history of SAP Enhancement
techniques. Initially, there was User Exit (aka Form Exit) which is predominately used in SD. User Exit, in
most case, requires registration of object key. This by definition is a modification, instead of an enhancement.
Customer Exit was developed to be least invasive to standard codes and can be deactivated at project level.
Business Transaction Event (BTE) was developed to cater for 'multiple implementations but without updates'
while preserving 'single implementation with updates'. Eventually, came Business Add-in (BADI) an object-
oriented enhancement technique with the advantage of multiple implementations and various updates. The
disadvantages of earlier techniques are (1) they are implemented as isolated code fragments with least
interaction with the standard codes, and (2) the enhancements needs to be pre-defined. With the newer
Enhancement Framework, enhancements can interact with the standard codes directly (Explicit
Enhancement) and can be applied without pre-definition (Implicit Enhancement). In addition, Enhancement
Framework can be cross-applied to the User Exit, Customer Exit, BADI and BTE.
Customer Exit BTE BADI Explicit Enh Implicit Enh

Program Exit
+ + + + +
Screen Exit
+ - + + +
Multiple +
Implements - + + (Enh Point)
-
Replace +
Standard code - - - (Enh Section)
-
Implicit
(non-definition) - - - - +
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Under enhancement framework’s source code plug-in, there are Explicit Enhancement and Implicit
Enhancement. Explicit Enhancement is custom codes we can add in the middle of the program code to
influence the processing logic (without program modification). Explicit Enhancement is technically termed as
Enhancement Spot. There are two types of Enhancement Spot, namely: Enhancement Point, and
Enhancement Section. Implicit Enhancement is custom codes we can add at the beginning or the ending of
the program code. The location of Implicit Enhancement is implied to be at the end (and beginning) of a
program, hence does not need any definition.
 Explicit Enhancement (Enhancement Spot)

 Definition (Type)
 Enhancement Point - custom codes runs side-by-side with
the standard codes. Multiple implementations for the Point
is possible but order of execution is not guaranteed.
 Enhancement Section - custom codes override the standard
codes. Only one implementation for the Section will run. If
there are multiple implementations, the first one in
alphabetical order will be picked.
 Implementation
 Implicit Enhancement
 Implementation
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Business Scenario
In order to explore the framework, we will create two new programs (Z-Program) for Enhancement Section
and Enhancement Point, respectively. In addition, implement an Implicit Enhancement to one of them.
Take for an instance, an established sales order report requires changes to include details of the line items.
This is typically done by changing the whole program. However, to establish a secure way of managing
changes, the main code should not be allowed to be changed, only certain sections should be opened for
development. This can be satisfied by the SAP Enhancement Framework, using either Enhancement Point
or Enhancement Section. The below table shows the current and enhanced report outputs.
Current Report (Sales Order Overview) Enhanced Report (Sales Item List)
Current Coding New Coding. (the code area that needs to be

It is reading from Sales header table. Need to replaced needs to be enclosed by ENHANCEMENT
change this to Sales item table. SECTION). Then a new implementation needs to
be carried out.
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Explicit Enhancement
Define ENHANCEMENT-SECTION
As the business requirement is to replace the Sales Order Overview with detailed Sales Item List,
ENHANCEMENT-SECTION.
It is important to note: Definition of Enhancement Spot (Section or Point), is done at the " Program Level" –
via the context menu “Enhancements/Create Option”. Hence, only the Program Owner gets to specify
Enhancement Spots. Implementation of Enhancement Spot (Section or Point), is done at ‘Enhancement
Mode’ – via the context menu “Enhancement Implementation/Create Implementation”. In ‘Enhancement
Mode’, we cannot edit the main program; likewise at the "Program Level" we cannot implement
Enhancement Spot. Additionally, each Enhancement Spot need not belong to the same Package (this is
useful when working with Switch Framework).
To designate a code area as ENHANCEMENT-SECTION, right-click the line and select Enhancements/Create
Option. The ABAP editor will prompt for the name of ENHANCEMENT-SECTION and its parent
ENHANCEMENT-SPOT.
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Once done, click continue (Green Tick). “ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ZSD_0001_DISP“ is created under the
spot “ENHANCEMENT-SPOTS ZSD_ZTEST888“. [see Line 19-21].
The enclosure ENHANCEMENT-SECTION..
END-ENHANCEMENT-SECTION indicates the
code area which can be enhanced during
"enhancement mode".
We can also review in Enhancement Overview (tcode: SE20), the relationship of the Spot and its
Implementations.
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We can then move the code that is opened for enhancement into the enclosure ENHANCEMENT-
SECTION.. END-ENHANCEMENT-SECTION. If this enhancement is implemented, then the default code will
be replaced by the new code.
As there is no new enhancement implementation, the program ran as it is.
Subsequently, we decide to enhance the program but not touching the original code (as of the above). We
will only alter the allowed section (i.e. ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ZSD_0001_DISP).
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Implement ENHANCEMENT-SECTION
To implement an enhancement, you need to enter “Enhancement Mode”. This is done by pressing the
“Enhance” Button (or Shift-F4).
Once pressed, the whole ABAP editor is greyed out. This is to show, we are in enhancing mode, we cannot
change the standard code, we can only code in the enhancement area which is not grey (this will be opened
in the next few steps).
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We can then put our curser on the ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ZSD_0001_DISP and right-click to select
Enhancement Implementation/Create Implementation.
System will prompt for an Implementation Instance Name (i.e. ZSD_0001_DISP_01_ITM)
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System will copy the default code and open up a white area for coding.
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In the white area, we will recode the output. In this case, we have refine the program display to Sales Order
Item details instead of Sales Order overview.
During runtime, you can see the enhancement code is executed instead of the default code.
If we come out of the "Enhancement Mode" into

the "Program Level", the enhancement
implementation code is greyed out.
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Define ENHANCEMENT-POINT
If business requirement is to show Sales Order Overview with detailed Sales Item List, ENHANCEMENT-
POINT needs to be used. For this case, we will setup another similar program to implement an
ENHANCEMENT-POINT for comparison.
An ENHANCEMENT-POINT is also an Explicit Enhancement, hence needs to be defined. To designate a

code area as an ENHANCEMENT-POINT, right-click the line and select Enhancements/Create Option. The
ABAP editor will prompt for the name of ENHANCEMENT-POINT and its parent ENHANCEMENT-SPOT.
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Once done, click continue (Green Tick). “ENHANCEMENT-POINT ZSD_0001_ADDS“ is created under the
spot “ENHANCEMENT-SPOTS ZSD_ZTEST889“. [see Line 19-21].
Note the difference: ENHANCEMENT-POINT has no ‘enclosure section’ because no code will be replaced.
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Implement ENHANCEMENT-POINT
After Implementing the ENHANCEMENT-POINT (with the below custom codes), we can see both the custom
codes and the standard codes are ran. Both the header level table and the item level table are shown
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We can continue to add one more Enhancement Points. The result shows both Enhancement Points are ran.
The header level table, item level table and the footer are shown.
We can also review in Enhancement Overview

(tcode: SE20), the relationship of the Spot and its
Implementations.
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Implicit Enhancement
If there is no Explicit Enhancement found, we can use Implicit Enhancement.
For Implicit Enhancement, no definition is needed. However, we need to bring up the Implicit Enhancement.
Select menu Edit/Enhancement Operations/Show Implicit Enhancement Options.
Notice a new line is shown at the end of the code [see Line 54]. This is the Implicit Enhancement.
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To implement the enhancement, enter "Enhancement Mode".

Select the Implicit Enhancement line, right-click to select Enhancement Implementation/Create
Implementation.
System will prompt for an Implementation Instance Name (i.e. ZSD_0001_ENDS_01)
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System will open up a white area for coding. [see Line 56]
We will code a footer line for the program. [see Line 56 – 58].
Footer line is shown at the end of the output.
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Conclusion
After several iterations of enhancement techniques, SAP finally has developed the state-of-the-art
Enhancement Framework. The framework is very comprehensive, it encompasses of all the earlier
techniques while providing greater flexibility in a secured coding environment. At the same time, SAP comes
with the Switch Framework to centrally administer control the turning on/off functionality (enhancement). With
both Enhancement Framework and Switch Framework, enhancements delivery (from SAP, Partners or
Customers) because more robust and efficient.
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Author Bio
Benedict Yong is a PMP/ITIL trained Project Consultant with 9+ years Finance domain experience (FICO,
COPA, BPC) and 3+ years of Logistics experiences (SD, MM, PS, CS). He holds four SAP® Functional
Certifications (Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Sales, Procurement) and three Technical
Certifications (S/4 HANA Implementation Architect, S/4 Cloud Onboarding with SAP Activate, SAP
Business Intelligence 7.0).
He holds a Bachelor of Management and a Diploma in IT. He has worked in Banking,

Retail and Manufacturing industries, playing both in-house and external consultant
role.
He is situated in Singapore and is bilingual in English and Mandarin. He

can be contacted at benytx@gmail.com.
For people who are interested to have a holistic understanding of ERP, a PDF document will not be
enough. “ERP Made Simple” at Amazon might prove to be useful.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083C3X8YY
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Reference
1. SAP Help - Enhancement Framework
https://help.sap.com/doc/saphelp_nw75/7.5.5/en-
US/94/9cdc40132a8531e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
2. SAP Help - Enhancement Concept

https://help.sap.com/doc/saphelp_nw75/7.5.5/en-
US/94/9cdc40132a8531e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
3. “ERP Made Simple: : ERP Explained in 80 Pages or Less”

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083C3X8YY
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Enhancement Framework Overview

Customer Exit BTE BADI Explicit Enh Implicit Enh

 Explicit Enhancement (Enhancement Spot)

Current Coding New Coding. (the code area that needs to be

System will prompt for an Implementation Instance Name (i.e. ZSD_0001_DISP_01_ITM)

If we come out of the "Enhancement Mode" into

An ENHANCEMENT-POINT is also an Explicit Enhancement, hence needs to be defined. To designate a

We can also review in Enhancement Overview

To implement the enhancement, enter "Enhancement Mode".

System will prompt for an Implementation Instance Name (i.e. ZSD_0001_ENDS_01)

He holds a Bachelor of Management and a Diploma in IT. He has worked in Banking,

He is situated in Singapore and is bilingual in English and Mandarin. He

2. SAP Help - Enhancement Concept

3. “ERP Made Simple: : ERP Explained in 80 Pages or Less”

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