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BADI INTRODUCTION

Traditional way of doing code modifications – Exits.

In three tierr Architecture exits are implemented as explained below.

PRESENTATION :

Field Exits

Screen Exits

Menu Exits

APPLICATION:

Programs -> Program exits -> call customer function -> Include

DATABASE

Table -> SE11 -> Goto -> Append Structure

With BAdIs you can make changes only at the Application Layer.

The traditional way of doing code modifications was via User exits.

As per SAP’s 3 Tier Architecture, at the Presentation layer you had Field Exits,

Screen Exits and Menu Exits. At the Application layer you had Program exits,

at the Database layer you could Append structures to the existing SAP

structures.

Business Add-Ins are a new SAP enhancement technique based on

ABAP Objects.

They can be inserted into the SAP system based on specific user requirements.

Business Add-Ins should be considered generalized Business Transaction

Events that can be used to bundle program, menu and screen enhancements

into a single add-in.

In order to enhance a program a Business Add-In must first be defined and

Subsequently two classes are automatically generated :

An interface with ‘IF_EX_’ inserted between the first and second characters of

the BAdI name

An adapter class with ‘CL_EX_’ inserted between the first and second

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characters of the BAdI name.

The Application developer creates an interface for this Add-In.

Enhancement management generates an adapter class for implementing the

interface.

This opens a path for custom implementations to be created by partners or

customers.

By instantiating the adapter class in the application program, its

corresponding methods can be used.

In Business Add-Ins, all the components of an enhancement option are

grouped together.

They are

1. Program Enhancements: Functional enhancement of the program are

defined in the form of interface methods and can be used with or without

Menu Enhancements or Screen enhancements.

2. Menu Enhancements: Function codes can be entered for a BAdI for the

corresponding menu entries in the user interface definition.

3. Screen Enhancements: Subscreen areas can be entered for a Business

Add-In.

Screen enhancements can be implemented for these in the form of subscreen

screens.

Each Business Add-In has :

1. at least one Business Add-In definition

2. a Business Add-In interface

3. a Business Add-In class that implements the interface

SAP ABAP BADI IMPORTANCE

Since specific industries often require special functions, SAP allows you to

predefine these points in your software.

As with customer exits two different views are available:

1·In the definition view, an application programmer predefines exit points in a

Source that allow specific industry sectors, partners, and customers to attach

additional software to standard SAP source code without having to modify the

original object.

Business Add-Ins are a new SAP

enhancement technique based

on ABAP Objects. They can be

inserted into the SAP System to

accommodate user

requirements too specific to be

included in the standard

delivery.

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2·In the implementation view, the users of Business Add-Ins can customize

the logic they need or use a standard logic if one is available.

In contrast to customer exits, Business Add-Ins no longer assume a two-level

infrastructure (SAP and customer solutions), but instead allow for a multi-

level system landscape (SAP, partner, and customer solutions, as well as

country versions, industry solutions, and the like).

Definitions and implementations of Business Add-Ins can be created at each

level within such a system infrastructure.

SAP guarantees the upward compatibility of all Business Add-In interfaces.

Release upgrades do not affect enhancement calls from within the standard

software nor do they affect the validity of call interfaces. You do not have to

register Business Add-Ins in SSCR.

The Business Add-In enhancement technique differentiates between

enhancements that can only be implemented once and enhancements that

can be used actively by any number of customers at the same time. 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).

All ABAP sources, screens, GUIs, and table interfaces created using this

Enhancement technique are defined in a manner that allows customers to

include their own enhancements in the standard. A single Business Add-In

contains all of the interfaces necessary to implement a specific task.

The actual program code is enhanced using ABAP Objects.

COMPARISION OF ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES IN SAP ABAP

Business Transaction Events (Open FI)

The Open FI enhancement technique was developed in the Financial

Accounting component.

Open FI is based upon the following principles:

Application developers must define their interface in a function module, an

assignment table is read in the accompanying (generated) code, and the

customer modules assigned are called dynamically.

This technique differentiates between enhancements that are only allowed to

have one

Due to the necessity of adjusting

R/3 to meet the specific needs of

a variety of customers, several

different enhancement

techniques were developed in

the past. A short description of

each of the various

enhancement techniques

follows.

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implementation and enhancements that can call multiple implementations in

any sequence

desired. Both industry-specific and country-specific enhancements may be

defined.

The concepts behind the Business Add-Ins enhancement technique and Open

FI are basically the same. However, the two enhancement techniques do

differ from each other in the following points:

Open FI can only be used to make program enhancements, that is, you can

only enhance source code using Open FI. You cannot enhance user interface

elements with Open FI like you can with Business Add-Ins.

Open FI assumes that enhancement will only take place on three levels (SAP -

partners - customers), whereas with Business Add-Ins you can create and

implement enhancements in as many software layers as you like.

Open FI uses function modules for program enhancements. With Business

Add-Ins, ABAP Objects is used to enhance programs.

Enhancements in Transactions SMOD/CMOD

Making enhancements using the transactions SMOD/CMOD has the

following disadvantages:

1. This enhancement technique assumes a two-tiered system infrastructure

(SAP –customers).

2.The naming conventions in effect do not tolerate name extension.

Conclusion:

None of the techniques mentioned above can easily be extended to fulfill the

requirements of a system infrastructure containing country versions, industry

solutions, partners, and customers.

Business Add-Ins should be considered generalized Business Transaction

Events that can be used to bundle program, menu and screen enhancements

into a single add-in. Business Add-Ins

can be created and employed in each of the various software levels.

SAP ABAP BADI DEFINATION

Example:

You want to be able to convert strings in your application program. You also

want users to determine how their strings are converted themselves. As the

application developer, you define an enhancement consisting of an interface

with a method. A changing parameter is used to transfer strings.

To create an add-in like this, proceed as follows:

1. Choose Tools ® ABAP Workbench ® Utilities ® Business Add-Ins

(transaction SE18)

from the SAP menu.

2. Enter a name for your Business Add-In containing a maximum of 20

characters.

3. Choose Create.

4. On the subsequent screen, enter a short description for your Business Add-

In.

Define an interface for the enhancement in the SAP menu under Tools ®

ABAP Workbench ® Utilities ® Business Add-Ins (transaction SE18) and call

this interface at the appropriate point in their application program. Customers

can then select the add-in and implement it according to their needs.

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The option SAP internal is used when a developer at SAP provides a business

add-in with implementations. If this flag is set, customers cannot create and

use their own implementations for this business add-in. The possible entries

help does not display business add-ins carrying this flag.

If this enhancement is going to be used multiple times or if you want its

implementation to depend on a specific filter value, select the appropriate

checkbox in the category Type.

This example only deals with basic enhancements, therefore neither of these

check boxes should be selected.

5. Choose the Interface tab.

The name of the interface, which is generated automatically, now appears. At

this time, you can change the name of the interface if you so desire.

7. Confirm that you want to save the entries you have made. Assign your add-

in to a

package.

8. Use the Class Builder to assign a method to the interface.

9. Now define a parameter with the following attributes:

10. Save and activate your changes. Use the pushbutton Back to navigate

back to Business Add-In definition.

If you do not activate your attributes in the Class Builder, the system will not

allow you to proceed with Business Add-In definition.

A table control now appears on the definition screen containing the method

you have

assigned to the interface.

Whenever you assign a method to an interface, the corresponding executing

class is

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generated. The code generated cannot be altered in the initial expansion phase.

11. Save your entries and use the Def.-Docu. pushbutton to create a

description for your new Business Add-In. Be aware that this documentation

is of great importance in helping end users understand the purpose of your

add-in.

Changes made to the interface and changes made to the Business-Add-In

definition are always incompatible!

If implementations already exist for a Business-Add-In definition, they are

invalidated if you make changes to the interface. This means that their syntax

is no longer correct. No statements can be given on the runtime behavior. Try

to absolutely avoid making changes to the interface or the Business-Add-In

definition after the transport has taken place.

If changes to the interface are inevitable, clean up the method includes for all

implementing classes, that is, all classes for which Business-Add-In

implementations are used. To do this, in the Class Builder (using transaction

SE19, tab Interface, field Name of implementing class) choose Utilities ®

Clean up ® Method includes.

Default and Sample Code

In the BAdI Builder, you can choose the Goto menu entry to create, display,

change and delete

default or sample code.

The default implementation is only executed if no other active implementation

is available. This

applies also to filter-dependent Business Add-Ins.

When you create default or sample code, do not forget to save your entries to

ensure that the link between the class and the implementation can be

established.

Calling Add-Ins from Application Programs

When you define a Business Add-In, enhancement management generates a

class that implements your interface. Application developers use factory

methods to create instances of

these adapter classes in their application programs and call the corresponding

method if necessary.

The adapter class methods generated by add-in management decide if

multiple active

implementations should be called. If necessary, these implementations are

subsequently

executed. The application program itself simply calls the adapter class

methods; it does not know

which implementations are actually being called.

ABAP BADI IMPLEMENTAION

A list of the Business Add-Ins present in your system can be found either in

the IMG or in the component hierarchy. The enhancements' names and

corresponding documentation should help you decide which add-in you want

to create an implementation for. During implementation creation, a class for

implementing the enhancement's interface is also created. Implementations

This can be taken like a

continuation post for ABAP

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are discrete transport objects and lie within the namespace of the person or

organization implementing them.

In order to create an implementation for the string conversion example, the

add-in (in this case,the interface's method) needs to be filled with logic that

converts the string. This logic will be run through every time the add-in is

called from the application program.

To create an implementation, proceed as follows:

1. Choose ABAP Workbench ® Utilities ® Business Add-Ins (transaction

SE19) from the SAP menu or double-click on the corresponding activity in the

Implementation Guide.

2. Enter a name for the implementation and choose Create.

3. Enter the name of the add-in you want to create an implementation for in

the dialog box that appears.

4. Enter a short text describing your implementation on the following screen.

5. Choose the Interface tab.

6. Choose ABAP Code as the implementation type.

Besides ABAP Code, there is also the Formula option. If you choose Formula,

the content of a method is determined using the Formula Builder. For more

information on this, see Implementing Methods Using the Formula Builder.

7. Navigate to the Class Builder by double-clicking the method. You must first

enter a package before the Class Builder is displayed.

8. Insert the desired source code for the implementation between the method

if_ex_businessaddin~method. and endmethod. statements automatically

provided to you by the system.

Enter the statement translate parameter to upper case. for the string

conversion example.

9. Save your entries and return to the Change Implementation screen.

10. Choose Activate. You may now use this implementation when the

application program is executed.

Numerous implementations may exist for a Business Add-In that cannot be

used on a multiple basis. However, only one implementation can be active for

these kinds of Business Add-Ins at any one time.

What is also important is that you must declare the instance generation of the

implementing class (Attributes tab) as public and not as private or even

abstract. If you do this, the system will return short dumps at runtime.

SAP ABAP BUSINESS ADD-INS IMPLEMENTATION

This concept is in continuation with SAP ABAP BADI FILTER DEPENDENT

PART TWO and it may be more convenient if you to go through it before

proceeding to this concept.

If you want to use a filter-dependent Business Add-In, you will need an

implementation for each relevant filter value. Multiple filter values may use

the same implementation, however.

When implementing a filter-dependent Business Add-In, proceed as

follows:

1. Create an implementation by referring to the corresponding Business Add-

In definition.

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2. Enter a characteristic filter value for the implementation, or choose F4 and

select a value from the list of possible entries displayed. In principle, it is

possible to define multiple characteristic filter values for each implementation.

3. Use the Class Editor to fill the interface method.

In the string conversion example, you would make the following entries for

each country:

BRD:

translate parameter to upper case.

Ireland:

translate parameter to lower case.

Italy:

translate ...

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for each implementation that you create.

5. Activate your implementations.

Now, whenever you execute the report program described above, different

country-specific implementations are executed.

You can specify generic filter values for the implementation of a Business

Add-In, which means that you can use the special character "*". You can use

the asterisk to represent any part of a filter value. A generic filter value can be

replaced by different values which may be found in the

database.

You can show and hide short texts for filter values by double-clicking the

corresponding column.

As far as extendible filter types are concerned, it is also possible to edit short

texts.

Extendible Filter Types

If you flag a filter type as being extendible, it is also possible to create

implementations for filter values that did not exist so far. When you assign the

extendible attribute to a filter type, the Implementation menu option in the

BAdI Builder is replaced by Filter value. If you choose Filter value ® Create

and enter a filter value that did not yet exist (you do not need to specify the

name of the implementation), the system takes you to the transaction for

implementing Business Add- Ins. You can also use transaction SE19, as usual.

The assignment of the extendible attribute is subject to the following

restrictions:

The domain to which the extendible filter type refers must have the following

properties:

1· The domain is linked to a cross-client value table. This value table has

exactly one key field which has the data element of the filter type as its field

type.

2· The domain has a text table with two key fields. A key field has the filter

type as its field type, and a key field is a language field. To mark a field as a

text field, a field must exist in this table that contains the string 'TEXT' or 'TXT

as a partial string. In the Dictionary, the text table must be assigned to the

value table.

3· The delivery class of both tables must be "E" or "S".

All filter values that are created in the context of an extendible filter-dependent

Business Add-In must not yet occur in the value table and are added to the

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value table when the data is saved.

Analogously, the values are removed from the value table when the

implementation or the entire Business Add-In is deleted. The same applies to

the text table.

Special Characteristics of Country-Specific Business Add-Ins

The standard system contains a Business Add-In which provides an interface

for integrating additional postal checks of the address data through external

tools. This Business Add-In is called Address-Check.

This example uses the data element INTCA (ISO code of the country). Since

SAP recommends complying with the international ISO standard for country-

specific queries, you should use the data element INTCA also for Business

Add-Ins. The ISO code of a country key would be, for example, US instead of

USA, or DE instead of BRD.

Before the Business Add-In is called from within the application program, you

must determine the ISO code of the country by submitting a SELECT

statement against table T005 (field INTCA).

Then you can pass the filter value as exporting parameter.

15.5

SAP ABAP BADI MENU ENHANCEMENTS

SAP allows you to enhance menus in its user interfaces using function codes.

These function codes must adhere to the form /namespace/+<...>, just like in

SMOD/CMOD enhancements.

They are assigned to a specific enhancement and only appear in their

corresponding menus once an implementation of this enhancement has been

activated.

Application developers reserve specific function codes for customers when

defining a Business Add-In. They use the Menu Painter to include these codes

in the appropriate menu lists.

Application developers must also ensure that these menu options are called in

their applications and that the corresponding add-in methods are also

retrieved. Customers can take advantage of menu enhancements by creating

a new implementation, choosing a text for the menu option, and

then programming the method used to determine what action is performed

when the menu enhancement is called.

Menu enhancement is only possible using single use add-ins (not multiple use

add-ins) that are not filter-dependent. Currently, menu enhancements can

only be created in conjunction with program enhancements (interfaces).

To create a menu enhancement, proceed as follows:

1 . Create an add-in and define its interface.

2 . Choose Fcodes from the tabstrip.

3 . Enter the name of your program, the function code, and a description.

4 . Call the Menu Painter or double-click on your program name or function

code to branch to user interface maintenance in the Menu Painter. Enter your

function code in the appropriate menu list. If you have accessed the Menu

Painter directly during add-in definition, you can call your menu lists by

choosing Goto ® Object lists ® Menu list instead.

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Calling a Menu Enhancement from an Application Program

You programming should look like this:

(…)

case fcode.

when 'SAP'.

(…)

when '+CUS'

call method …

Implementing a Menu Enhancement

When implementing menu enhancements, proceed as follows:

1. Create an implementation and choose Fcodes. All data adopted from your

Business Add-In's definition is displayed here. You can make entries for the

implementation on the right.

You can also double-click on the first input field. The following dialog box

appears:

Here you may enter a text for your function code, the name of an icon and a

text for the icon, and a short informational text.

The actions that you want the system to perform after the pushbutton is

chosen must be programmed in the appropriate method, either manually or

using default source code that has been provided to you.

Menu enhancements only become visible after the implementation has been

activated and the application program that calls the Business Add-In has been

executed.

With the old enhancement technique based on customer exits, X function

Besides program and menu enhancements, you can also create screen

enhancements for business Add-Ins. Screen enhancements are not supported,

however, for Business Add-Ins designed for multiple use.

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groups were used for data retention and data processing purposes. These tasks

are now performed by a user function group or a module pool if you

implement a screen enhancement using BAdIs. The instance of the

implementing class is only used for data transport.

The name of the function group lies in the namespace of the implementing

person/user. The 'X' which was necessary at the beginning of a function group

in case of customer exits is now no longer required and therefore eliminated.

An instance of the BAdI class must be passed to the user of the BAdI to allow

that user to get the data to be displayed on the screen. For this purpose, the

instance is saved in a public static readomly attribute DYNPRO_INSTANCE

of the BAdI class. This attribute is generated.

A public static method SET_INSTANCE_FOR_SUBSCREEN sets the

attribute on the application side to the parameter passed. Using the method

GET_INSTANCE_FOR_SUBSCREEN the parameter is then read on the user

side.

Different sub screen states can be represented by different instances.

The relationships shown between the calling program, the classes and the user

function group or module pool are illustrated below by means of an example.

Example:

A user wants to display flight data in a transaction and enters the airline

carrier, the flight number, and the flight date first.

At the specific request of the

customer, you are to enhance this function to allow the user to additionally

display the time of departure and arrival as well as the departure and

destination airport.

The definition of a Business Add-In containing the functionality required is

then delivered to the customer. If the customer creates an implementation,

the system displays additional fields.

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Here is the way of implementing SCREEN ENHANCEMENTS using BADI.

The user of the screen enhancement should perform the following steps:

1. Create a screen of the Subscreen type. Arrange the required fields on the

screen.

2. Write the program for the screen by creating either a module pool or a

function group. The program could have the following contents,

for example:

Top Include:

DATA: exit TYPE REF TO if_ex_badi_screen,

flight TYPE sflight.

TABLES sflview.

PBO:

MODULE status_0100 OUTPUT.

IF exit IS INITIAL.

CALL METHOD cl_exithandler=>get_instance_for_subscreens

CHANGING

instance = exit

EXCEPTIONS

OTHERS = 6.

...

ENDIF.

CALL METHOD exit->get_data_from_screen

IMPORTING

flight = flight

EXCEPTIONS

reserved = 1

The present post is in

continuation with BADI

SCREEN ENHANCEMENTS

DEFINATION. Going through

that post will give you more

convenience and comfort in

following this topic.

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OTHERS = 2.

...

SELECT SINGLE * FROM sflview

WHERE carrid = flight-carrid AND

connid = flight-connid AND

fldate = flight-fldate.

..

ENDMODULE.

PAI:

If data has been changed, the method PUT_DATA_TO_SCREEN is called at

PAI.

MODULE user_command_0100 INPUT.

CALL METHOD exit->put_data_to_screen

EXPORTING

flight = flight

EXCEPTIONS

reserved = 1

OTHERS = 2.

IF sy-subrc <> 0.

...

ENDMODULE.

3. Choose the Subscreens tab. Enter the name of the called program and of the

subscreen.

4. Choose the Interfaces tab.

If required, add any lines necessary to the sample code.

SAP ABAP BUSINESS ADD-INS FILTER DEPENDENT

The basics of this concept are discussed as BADI IMPLEMENTATION

CONCEPTS and you can go through this before proceeding for this.

Business Add-Ins may be implemented depending on a specific filter value. If

the standard allows for an enhancement for, for example, country-specific

versions, it is likely that various partners will want to implement this

enhancement Distinct implementations can then be created and activated

according to country.

Enter a filter type when defining your enhancement (a country or industry

sector, for example). All methods created in the enhancement's interface have

filter value 'FLT_VAL' as their import parameter. The application program

provides the filter value to the enhancement method. The method then selects

the active implementation for that value.

A description follows of how a filter-dependent Business Add-In works in the

context of the string conversion example. In the following example, different

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implementations will be called using different filter values.

To define a filter-dependent Business Add-In, first create a normal Business

Add-In and select the Filter checkbox.

Enter the data element you

want as a filter type or select a filter type using the possible entries help. A

filter type can be a data element or a structure. A data element must fulfill the

following criteria:

1 · The data element's domain may contain a maximum of 30 characters and

must be of type Character.

2 · The data element must 1). either have a search help with a search help

parameter of the same type as the data element and this parameter must

serve as both the import and export parameter or 2). the element's domain

must have fixed domain values or a value table containing a column with the

same type as the data element.

If need be, you can create such data elements yourself.

If you want to call the implementation of a Business Add-In depending not

only on one filter value but on various values, you can enter the name of a

structure into the Filter type field. The

structure can consist of several data elements that fulfull the above conditions

for data elements.

Now create an interface with a method. Be aware that for each method you

create in the interface of a filter-dependent enhancement, the appropriate

filter value must be defined as the import parameter so that the application

program can provide the filter value to the enhancement method. The method

then selects the active implementation for that value.

SAP ABAP BUSINESS ADD-INS FILTER DEPENDENT PART TWO

The filter value is declared using parameter flt_val and is preset in the list of

parameters.

Calling a Filter-Dependent Business Add-In from an Application

Program

The filter value is passed to the method as export parameter.

This post is in continuation with

SAP ABAP BUSINESS ADD INS

WITH FILTER DEPENDENT

and it is highly advisable to go

through it first.

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Report businessaddin.

class cl_exithandler definition load.

data flt type usa_land.

data exit type ref to if_ex_businessaddin.

data word(15) type c value 'Business Add-in'.

start-of-selection.

perform formatlist.

call method cl_exithandler=>get_instance

changing instance = exit.

write:/'Please click here'.

at line-selection.

new-page.

write:/ 'Original word: ',word.

call method exit->method

exporting

flt_val = flt.

Changing

parameter = word.

write:/ 'Changed word: ',word.

The subroutine formatlist looks like this:

form formatlist.

write:/'USA -> Conversion to upper case'.

flt = 'USA'.

hide flt.

write :/'Ireland -> Conversion to lower case'.

flt = 'Ireland'

hide flt.

write :/'Italy -> Conversion to...'

flt = 'Italy'.

hide flt.

endform.

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SAP ABAP BUSINESS ADD-INS IMPLEMENTATION

If you want to use a filter-dependent Business Add-In, you will need an

implementation for each relevant filter value. Multiple filter values may use

the same implementation, however.

When implementing a filter-dependent Business Add-In, proceed as

follows:

1. Create an implementation by referring to the corresponding Business Add-

In definition.

2. Enter a characteristic filter value for the implementation, or choose F4 and

select a value from the list of possible entries displayed. In principle, it is

possible to define multiple characteristic filter values for each implementation.

3. Use the Class Editor to fill the interface method.

In the string conversion example, you would make the following entries for

each country:

BRD:

translate parameter to upper case.

Ireland:

translate parameter to lower case.

Italy:

translate ...

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for each implementation that you create.

5. Activate your implementations.

Now, whenever you execute the report program described above, different

country-specific implementations are executed.

You can specify generic filter values for the implementation of a Business

Add-In, which means that you can use the special character "*". You can use

the asterisk to represent any part of a filter value. A generic filter value can be

replaced by different values which may be found in the

database.

You can show and hide short texts for filter values by double-clicking the

corresponding column.

As far as extendible filter types are concerned, it is also possible to edit short

texts.

Extendible Filter Types

This concept is in continuation with SAP ABAP BADI FILTER

DEPENDENT PART TWO

and it may be more convenient if you to go through it before

proceeding to this concept.

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If you flag a filter type as being extendible, it is also possible to create

implementations for filter values that did not exist so far. When you assign the

extendible attribute to a filter type, the Implementation menu option in the

BAdI Builder is replaced by Filter value. If you choose Filter value ® Create

and enter a filter value that did not yet exist (you do not need to specify the

name of the implementation), the system takes you to the transaction for

implementing Business Add- Ins. You can also use transaction SE19, as usual.

The assignment of the extendible attribute is subject to the following

restrictions:

The domain to which the extendible filter type refers must have the following

properties:

1· The domain is linked to a cross-client value table. This value table has

exactly one key field which has the data element of the filter type as its field

type.

2· The domain has a text table with two key fields. A key field has the filter

type as its field type, and a key field is a language field. To mark a field as a

text field, a field must exist in this table that contains the string 'TEXT' or 'TXT

as a partial string. In the Dictionary, the text table must be assigned to the

value table.

3· The delivery class of both tables must be "E" or "S".

All filter values that are created in the context of an extendible filter-dependent

Business Add-In must not yet occur in the value table and are added to the

value table when the data is saved.

Analogously, the values are removed from the value table when the

implementation or the entire Business Add-In is deleted. The same applies to

the text table.

Special Characteristics of Country-Specific Business Add-Ins

The standard system contains a Business Add-In which provides an interface

for integrating additional postal checks of the address data through external

tools. This Business Add-In is called Address-Check.

This example uses the data element INTCA (ISO code of the country). Since

SAP recommends complying with the international ISO standard for country-

specific queries, you should use the data element INTCA also for Business

Add-Ins. The ISO code of a country key would be, for example, US instead of

USA, or DE instead of BRD.

Before the Business Add-In is called from within the application program, you

must determine the ISO code of the country by submitting a SELECT

statement against table T005 (field INTCA).

Then you can pass the filter value as exporting parameter.

15.5

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COMPARISION OF ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES IN SAP(ABAP)

Business Transaction Events (Open FI)

The Open FI enhancement technique was developed in the Financial

Accounting component.

Open FI is based upon the following principles:

Application developers must define their interface in a function module, an

assignment table is read in the accompanying (generated) code, and the

customer modules assigned are called dynamically.

This technique differentiates between enhancements that are only allowed to

have one

implementation and enhancements that can call multiple implementations in

any sequence

desired. Both industry-specific and country-specific enhancements may be

defined.

The concepts behind the Business Add-Ins enhancement technique and Open

FI are basically the same. However, the two enhancement techniques do

differ from each other in the following points:

Open FI can only be used to make program enhancements, that is, you can

only enhance source code using Open FI. You cannot enhance user interface

elements with Open FI like you can with Business Add-Ins.

Open FI assumes that enhancement will only take place on three levels (SAP -

partners - customers), whereas with Business Add-Ins you can create and

implement enhancements in as many software layers as you like.

Open FI uses function modules for program enhancements. With Business

Due to the necessity of adjusting

R/3 to meet the specific needs of

a variety of customers, several

different enhancement

techniques were developed in

the past. A short description of

each of the various

enhancement techniques

follows.

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Add-Ins, ABAP Objects is used to enhance programs.

Enhancements in Transactions SMOD/CMOD

Making enhancements using the transactions SMOD/CMOD has the

following disadvantages:

1. This enhancement technique assumes a two-tiered system infrastructure

(SAP –customers).

2.The naming conventions in effect do not tolerate name extension.

Conclusion:

None of the techniques mentioned above can easily be extended to fulfill the

requirements of a system infrastructure containing country versions, industry

solutions, partners, and customers.

Business Add-Ins should be considered generalized Business Transaction

Events that can be used to bundle program, menu and screen enhancements

into a single add-in. Business Add-Ins

can be created and employed in each of the various software levels.

BADI 1

An object is described by its class and consists of two layers - an inner and an

outer layer.

Public components: The public components are those components of the class

(for example, attributes and methods) that are visible externally. All users of

the class can use the public components directly. The public components of an

object form its interface.

Private components: These components are only visible within an object. Like

the public components, the private components can be attributes and

methods.

The aim of object orientation is to ensure that a class can guarantee its own

consistency. Consequently, the data of an object is normally "internal", that is,

represented using private attributes. The internal (private) attributes of a class

can only be changed by methods of the class. As a rule, the public components

of a class are methods. The methods work with the data in the class and

ensure that it is always consistent.

Objects also have an identity to differentiate it from other objects with the

same attributes and methods.

Until Release 4.0, the nearest thing to objects were function groups and

function modules.

When you call a function module, an instance of its function group - with all

A class is an abstract description

of an object. Each object only

exists while the program is

running. In this unit, when we

talk about objects, we may

actually mean the abstract

description (the class),

depending on the context.

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of its data definitions - is loaded into the memory area of the internal session.

An instance is a real software object. An ABAP program can therefore load

instances of different function groups by calling function modules, but only

one instance of each function group can exist at a time.

The principle difference between real object orientation and function modules

is that a program can work with instances of different function groups, but

not with several instances of a single function group. For example, suppose a

program wanted to manage several independent counters, or several orders at

the same time. If we did this using a function group, we would have to

program an instance management to differentiate between the instances

(using numbers, for example).

In practice, it is very cumbersome to implement instance management within

a function group. Consequently, the data is usually in the calling program,

and the function modules work with this data. This causes various problems.

For example, all of the users have to work with the same data structures as

the function group. If you want to change the internal data structure of a

function group, you will affect a lot of users, and the implications of the

changes are often hard to predict.

Another problem is that all users have copies of the data, and it is difficult to

keep them consistent when changes are made.

Working with global data in function groups is dangerous, because it is almost

impossible in a complex transaction to control when each function group is

loaded.

These problems have been solved with the introduction of classes. Data and

functions are defined in classes instead of function groups. An ABAP program

can then work with any number of runtime instances that are based on the

same template. Instead of loading a single runtime instance of a function

group implicitly when you call a function module, ABAP programs can create

runtime instances of classes explicitly. The individual runtime instances are

uniquely identifiable objects, and are addressed using object references.

Interfaces are defined independently of classes.

They can contain declarations for elements such as attributes and methods.

Interfaces are implemented by classes

The classes then have a uniform external point of contact. They must provide

all of the functions of the interface by implementing its methods.

In a program, you can create reference variables with reference to interfaces.

However, you cannot instantiate an interface.

Interface references can, however, point to objects of different classes.

Business add-ins, unlike customer exits, take into account the changes to the

software delivery process. The top part of the graphic illustrates the typical

delivery process: It no longer merely consists of software provider and end

user. Instead, it can now contain a whole chain of intermediate software

providers like SAP Industry Solutions (IS) and partners.

Below this is a diagram explaining how business add-ins work. Enhancements

are made possible by SAP application programs. This requires at least one

interface and an adapter class that implements it. The interface is

implemented by the user.

The main advantage of this concept is the capacity for reuse. Once

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implemented, a business add-in can be reimplemented by other links in the

software chain (as shown on the right in the graphic).

Furthermore, an implementation can also offer business add-ins of its own.

A business add-in contains the components of an enhancement. Currently,

each business add-in can contain the following components:

Program enhancements

Menu enhancements

In future releases, the other components included in customer exits will also

be available as add-in components.

Several components are created when you define a business add-in:

Interface

Generated class (add-in adapter)

The generated class performs the following tasks:

Filtering: If you implement a filter-dependent business add-in, the adapter

class ensures that only the relevant implementations are called

Control: The adapter class calls the active implementations.

This graphic shows the process flow of a program that contains a business

add-in call. It enables us to see the possibilities and limitations inherent in

business add-ins.

Not displayed: You must declare a reference variable in the declaration part.

In the first step, an existing service class, CL_EXITHANDLER, creates an

object reference. We will discuss the precise syntax later on. This completes the

preparations for using the program enhancement.

When you define a business add-in, the system generates an adapter class,

which implements the interface. In call (2), the interface method of the

adapter class is called. The adapter class searches for all of the

implementations of the Business Add-In and calls the implemented methods.

First, you must define a reference variable with reference to the business add-

in interface. The name of the reference variable does not necessarily have to

contain the name of the business add-in.

In the first step (1), an object reference is created. This creates an instance of

the generated adapter class, restricted to the methods of the interfaces

("narrowing cast").

You can use this object reference to call the required methods (2).

There are various ways of searching for business add-ins:

You can search in a relevant application program for the string

"CL_EXITHANDLER". If a business add-in is called from the program, the

"GET_INSTANCE" method of this class must be called.

You can then reach the definition of the business add-in using forward

navigation. The definition also contains documentation and a guide for

implementing the Business Add-In.

You can also use search tools: Since SAP provided fewer than 50 Business

Add-Ins in Release 4.6A, even a list of them all is still manageable.

However, you can also use the application hierarchy to restrict the

components in which you want to search. Start the Repository Information

System, then choose Environment -> EXIT techniques -> Business Add-Ins"

to start the relevant search program.

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To implement business add-ins, use transaction SE19 (Tools -> ABAP

Workbench -> Utilities -> Business Add-Ins ->Implementation).

Enter a name for the implementation and choose Create. A dialog box

appears. Enter the name of the business add-in. The maintenance screen for

the business add-in then appears.

Alternatively, you can use the Business Add-In definition transaction to reach

its implementations. The menu contains an entry "Implementation", which

you can use to get an overview of the existing implementations. You can also

create new implementations from here.

You can assign any name to the implementing class. However, it is a good

idea to observe the proposed naming convention. The suggested name is

constructed as follows:

Namespace prefix, Y , or Z

CL_ (for class)

IM_ (for implementation)

Name of the implementation

To implement the method, double-click its name. The system starts the Class

Builder editor.

When you have finished, you must activate your objects.

In the implementing class, you can create your own methods that you then

call from the interface method.

You cannot create them using forward navigation. Instead, you must define a

regular method in the Class Builder (along with its interface). Specify a

visibility for the method, and implement it.

Use the "Activate" icon to activate the implementation of a Business Add-In.

From now on, the methods of the implementation will be executed when the

relevant calling program is executed.

If you deactivate the implementation, the methods will no longer be called.

However, the corresponding calls in the application program are still

processed. The difference is that the instance of the adapter class will no longer

find any active implementations. Unlike the "CALL CUSTOMER-

FUNCTION" call, the "CALL METHOD

CL_EXITHANDLER=>GET_INSTANCE" call is still executed even if there

are no implementations. The same applies to the statement calling the method

of the adapter class.

You can only activate or deactivate an implementation in its original system.

Changing it anywhere else constitutes a modification. The activation or

deactivation must be transported into subsequent systems.

If a business add-in can only have one implementation, there can still be more

than one implementation in the same system. However, only one can be

active at any time.

As with customer exits, you can use menu enhancements with Business Add-

Ins. However, the following conditions must be met:

The developer of the program you want to enhance must have planned for the

enhancement.

The menu enhancement must be implemented in a BAdI implementation.

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Function codes of menu enhancements begin with a plus sign '+'.

The menu entry will only appear if there is an active business add-in

implementation containing the corresponding enhancement.

You can only create function codes for business add-ins that can only be used

once. Moreover, the business add-in cannot be filter-dependent.

These restrictions are necessary to ensure that there are no conflicts between

two or more implementations.

If the user chooses the menu entry in the program to which the function code

"+" is assigned, the system processes the relevant method call.

The method call and the menu enhancement belong inseparably to one

another. Having the former without the latter would make no sense. For this

reason, it is important that the two enhancement components are combined

in a single enhancement - the business add-in.

To create a BAdI, use the BAdI Builder (Tools -> ABAP Workbench ->

Utilities -> Business Add-Ins -> Definition).

BADI 3

Reusable

Filter-dependent

If you want the business add-in to support multiple parallel implementations,

select Reusable. The sequence in which the implementations will be processed

is not defined. Even if the business add-in does not support multiple use, you

can still have more than one implementation for it. However, only one

implementation can be active at a time.

If you make a business add-in filter-dependent, you can make calls to it

depending on certain conditions. You must specify the filter type in the form

of a data element. The value table of the domain used by the data element

contains the valid values for the implementation.

When the enhancement method is called, a filter value must be passed to the

interface.

You can include function codes in a Business Add-In definition (similarly to

menu exits in customer exits). To do this, enter the program name and

function code, and a short description in the relevant fields.

Restrictions:

It is not currently possible to create BAdIs that consits only of menu

enhancements (function codes).

If you use menu enhancements, you cannot reuse a BAdI or make it filter-

dependent.

The system proposes a name for the interface and the generated class. You

can, in principle, change the name of the interface to anything you like.

However, your BAdI will be easier to understand if you retain the proposed

name.

The name of the generated class is composed as follows:

Namespace prefix

A business add-in has two

important attributes that you

must define:

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CL_ (to signify a class in general)

EX_ (stands for "exit")

Name of Business Add-In

If you double-click on the interface name, the system switches to the Class

Builder, where you can define the interface methods.

A BAdI interface can have several interface methods.

You can use all of the normal functions of the Class Builder. For example, you

can:

Define interface methods

Define interface parameters for the methods

Declare the attributes of the interface

If the business add-in is filter-dependent, you must define an import

parameter flt_val for each method. Otherwise, you define the interface

parameters you need for the enhancement.

Once you have finished working on your interface, you must activate it. This

generates the adapter class for the Business Add-In.

If you change the interface, the adapter class is automatically regenerated.

You can also generate the adapter class explicitly at any time by choosing

Utilities -> Regenerate from the initial screen of the Business Add-In

maintenance transaction.

To call a business add-in method in an application program, you must include

three statements in the program:

Declare a reference variable (1) with reference to the business add-in interface

(in our example, "exit_ref").

Call the static method GET_INSTANCE of the service class

CL_EXITHANDLER (2). This returns an instance of the required object. This

involves an implicit narrow cast, so that only the interface methods of the

object with the reference variable "exit_ref" can be addressed.

You can now call all of the methods of the business add-in. Make sure you

specify the method interfaces correctly.

If your Business Add-In is filter-specific, you must pass an appropriate value

to the parameter flt_val.

Business add-ins are a natural extension of the conventional enhancement

technique. They have taken over the administration layer from customer

exits, along with the availability of the various enhancement components.

They adopted the idea of reusability from Business Transaction Events, and

have been implemented using a consistent object-oriented approach.

The object-oriented implementation provides previously unavailable

opportunities. For example, it would be possible to enhance the object

"Document". It would be possible to provide a new instance of the

enhancement for each individual document.

The components in parentheses in the graphic have not yet been

implemented:

Screen enhancements

Table enhancements

These enhancement components are planned for later releases. There will then

also be a migration tool for converting previous enhancements into the new

form.

Basic concept

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,

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and customers to attach additional software to standard SAP source code with

out 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 upgrades do not affect enhancement calls from within the standard

software nor do they affect the validity of call interfaces.

· Work Experience/Knowledge on ABAP Objects (Object orientation of

ABAP) is mandatory.

· Experience on SAP enhancement technique.

Business Add-ins infrastructure is multi-level system landscape (SAP, partner,

customer solutions, as well as country versions, and industry solutions).

Definitions and implementations of Business Add-ins at each level within system

infrastructure.

a) The different views of the BADI’s are:

i. Definition view, Application Programmer can predefine the exit points in the

source in which specific industry sector customers can

attach additional software to standard SAP source code

with out having to modify the original object.

ii. Implementation view, the users of Business Add-ins can customize the logic

they need or use a standard logic if available.

a) User defined BADI’s:

i. First define a Business Add-In, application developer creates an interface for

the add-in.

ii. Enhancement management creates an adapter class that implements the

interface and thus provides the interface for

implementation by the customer, partner and so on.

iii. The programmer/developer creates an instance of the adapter class in the

application program and calls the corresponding method

at the appropriate time.

b) Standard BADI’s:

i. For Standard Business Add-ins, the interface and adapter class will be

predefined by SAP. The adapter class that implements

the interface and provides the interface for

implementation by the customer, partner specific to

business.

d) Each Business Add-in will have one interface and an adapter class

that implements interface. Depending on the business

requirement user will implement the interface. The generated

class (Adapter class) has the following tasks.

i. Control, the adapter class calls the active implementations.

Filtering, If the Add-in has to be executed under certain conditions, then the

adapter class ensures that only certain implementations will be executed.

Technical Details

1. BAdIs are contained in the system and are fully operational as of Release 4.6B.

SAP creates Add-ins for specific programs, menus, and screen enhancements for

standard R/3 applications. This Add-ins doesn’t contain any functionality. Instead

you can add-on functionality onto these hooks.

Basic skills required

BADI in detail

Different Views

Architecture

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2. Customers can find the enhancements in their system in the implementation guide

and in the component hierarchy. If customer wishes to use a Business Add-in, he

has to first create an implementation. The customer must implement the methods

and the enhancements, and afterwards activate the implementation of the

enhancement. The enhancement’s active components are then called at runtime.

3. Business Add-in contains an interface and other additional components such as

function codes for menu enhancements. Business Add-ins also includes

enhancements for screens. The enhancement, interface and generated classes

are all located in the appropriate application development namespace. Business

Add-in implementations are created in the respective implementation namespace.

SAP provides the Badi’s where are applicable in the standard applications.

Application programmer who ever wishes to have a Business Add-ins in a

particular program can define the interface for an enhancement in the Business

Add-in builder. Programmer has to program the interface call in the program at

the appropriate place. Customers can select the add-in and implement it

accordingly to their business needs.

1. From SAP menu, choose Tools -> ABAP Workbench -> Utilities -> Business Add-

ins or transaction code SE18. The example, which is illustrated, is the string

conversion in the program. And giving the provision to the users to determine

themselves how their strings are to be converted. Application developer define an

enhancement, consists of interface with a method with changing parameter used

to pass the string.

2. Enter the Badi name and choose create.

DEFINITION:

And the next screen shot is

here.

1. Save and activate the interface and navigate back to the Business Add-in

Defining a Business Add-in

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definition. Now in the Badi screen, displays the method you have created for the

interface. When you maintain the interface methods, corresponding executing

class (Adapter class) is generated.

2. Save your entries and document the description of the Business Add-in.

Documentation is important for the users to understand the purpose of the Add-in.

1. The list of Business Add-ins available in the system can be found through SAP

Reference Implementation guide (IMG) or in component hierarchy. Badi’s

definition is included in IMG so that the customer/partner can create suitable,

company-specific implementations.

2. In the SAP menu, choose ABAP Workbench -> Utilities -> Business Add-ins or

transaction code SE19.

3. Enter the implementation name and click on the create button.

1. Double click on the implementation class and insert the desired source code for

the implementation between the method

ZIF_EX_BUSINESSADDIN~CONVERSION. And Method. In this particular

example enter the statement translate parameter to upper case. Save and

activate your entries and return to the change implemention screen.

2. Choose Activate, now you can use this implementation when the application

program is executed. Several implementations may exist for a Business Add-in but

that is not used in multiple use basis. However only one implementation can be

activate at any one time. But in case of multiple use of the BAdi, we can have

multiple implementations activate. The instance generation of the implementing

class must set the attribute as public and not as private, protected or abstract.

System will give dump if you do so.

1. Following is the code for the class ZCL_CONVERSION_BADI_IMPL method

CONVERSION

Method ZIF_EX_BUSINESSADDIN~CONVERSION.

translate parameter to upper case.

endmethod.

Implementation of Badi

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This is how we define and implement business add in

sap abap.

1. When we define BAdi, enhancement management generates a class that

implements the interface. The application developer uses a factory method to

create an instance of adapter class in the application program and calls

corresponding method. The adapter class method generated by the enhancement

management decide by checking the entries in the table whether one or several

active implementations need to be called. If required, the implementations are

subsequently executed. The application program ensures only the adapter class

method is called. The application program doesn’t know which implementations

are called.

2. Call the string conversion Business Add-in, the program calling the Business Add-

in. Following is the ABAP source code

REPORT ZMPTEST_BADI.

* Declaring the handler

class: cl_exithandler definition load.

* Interface Reference

data: badi_interface type ref to

ZIF_EX_BUSINESSADDIN.

* String

data: w_str(15) type c value 'baddi test'.

*************************************************

****Start of Selection Event.....................

************************************************

start-of-selection.

call method cl_exithandler=>get_instance

changing

instance = badi_interface.

write: / 'Please click here'.

*************************************************

****At line-selection Event.....................

************************************************

at line-selection.

write: / 'original word', w_str.

if not badi_interface is initial.

call method badi_interface->conversion

changing parameter = w_str.

endif.

write: / 'Converted word', w_str.

1. Business Add-in definition level (for example a country, industry sector) we can

have filter dependent option. If an enhancement for country specific versions then

it is likely that different partners can implement this enhancement. The individual

countries can create and activate their own implementation.

2. In the enhancement definition, all the methods created in the enhancement’s

interface need to have filter value as their importing parameter. The application

program provides the filter values for the implementation method.

3. Filter dependent BAdi is called using one filter value only, it is possible to check

active implementation for the filter value using the function module

SXC_EXIT_CHECK_ACTIVE.

Filter dependent Badi

Multiple use Badi

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1. There are multiple use and single use Business Add-ins. This option can be choose

at Business Add-in definition.

2. The distinction is base on the procedure or event character of an enhancement. In

the first case the program waits for the enhancement to return a return code.

Typical example is benefit calculation in HR depending on the implementation,

alternative calculations can be executed. In case of multiple use add-ins, an event

that may be interest to other components in program flow. Any number of

components could use this event as a hook to hang their own additional actions on

to.

3. There is no sequence control for multiple-use implementations of BAdi’s.

Sequence control is technically impossible, at the time of the definition the

interface does not know which implementations parameters will be change the

implementations.

4. The concept of multiple use of the Business Add-in is that has been implemented

once already can be implemented again by right of the software chain.

1. Difference between Business Transaction Events and BADI’s.

i. The concept of the BADI is similar to Business Transaction Events (Open FI). BTE’s

was developed specific to Financial Accounting module. But were as BADI’s was

developed in generalised to all modules.

ii. BTE’s can only be used to make the program enhancements. You cannot enhance

user interface with Open FI, but you can with Business Add-ins.

iii. Open FI assumes that enhancement can only take place on three levels i.e. SAP-

partners – customers, but in case of BAdi’s you can create and implement

enhancements in as many software layers as you like.

iv. Function modules are used for program enhancements in Open FI. With BAdi’s,

ABAP Objects is used to enhance programs.

2. Difference between customer exits and BAdi’s.

i. Customer exits assume a two-tiered system infrastructure (SAP - Customers).

Where as in case of BAdi’s you can created and implement enhancements in as

many software layers as you like.

ii. BAdi’s are considered as generalized BTE’s that can be used to bundle program,

menu and screen enhancements into a single add-in. BAdi’s can be created and

employed in each of the various software levels.

1. This enhancement technique has the advantage of being based on a multi-level

system landscape (SAP, country versions, IS solutions, partner, customer and so

on).

2. We can create definitions and implementations of business add-ins at any level of

the system landscape.TRE

1. Following are the Tables which are relevant to BAdi’s

SOME IMPORTENT BADI'S

i. SXS_ATTRT - BAdi Definition list

ii. V_EXT_ACT - Active implementations of an exit

iii. V_EXT_ IMP - Implementation class for an interface+filter

iv. V_EXT_M - BAdi’s with filters

2. Transaction related to BAdi’s

i. SE18 - Business Add-in builder

ii. SE19 – Implementation of Badi

iii. SE24 – Class/Interface Builder

Difference between different enhancement technique with BADI

Advantages of BADI’s

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