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Volume 10 (2008)
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Issue 1 (January/February)
Introducing the Enhancement Framework — a new way to enhance SAP programs without having to
modify them 
by Thomas Weiss, Product Manager, NetWeaver Product Management Application Server
Michael Acker, Development Architect, NetWeaver Foundation ABAP Workbench, SAP AG
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Thomas Weiss has a PhD in analytic philosophy and worked as a professional writer before he
joined the SAP NetWeaver
product management training team in 2001, where his responsibilities included the e-learning
strategy for ABAP. After
getting increasingly into writing ABAP material himself, he is now a member of the SAP
NetWeaver Application Server
Product Management. One of his main interests lies in rolling out ABAP topics both for
experts and for beginners by
writing weblogs in SDN. You may reach him by email at thomas.weiss@sap.com.
After studying computer science, Michael Acker started working at SAP in 1994. In the
following years, he developed
innovative applications that automated SAP CD/DVD production and archiving. Since 2001, he
has been working as a
developer and architect in the Development Workbench (SAP NetWeaver) group. He is applying
his skills to the
modification and enhancement tools, as well as to the modification adjustment tools. You may
reach him by email at
michael.acker@sap.com
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The Enhancement Framework as of SAP NetWeaver 7.0 is the new and state-of-the-art way for customers to adapt SAP development objects to their needs. Enhancements as objects in the customer namespace cause far less work during an upgrade than the classic modifications, which are overwritten in every upgrade and must be reapplied. This article elaborates the basic idea of the enhancement technology by comparing it to modifications, gives an overview of the whole framework, and explains how to best use it.
Categories:
ABAP Development,
Change Management,
Development
IT
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