• Learn how to enhance and modify Sales and Distribution in SAP
• Benefit from real-life examples and detailed code listings
• Determine which enhancement technique is right for which situation

This book explains solutions to the most common enhancement scenarios in SD, and provides insight on how to implement light and flexible enhancements. You’ll follow along with specific examples of when the standard SD system doesn't meet business requirements, including sales orders and billing, and understand how to find the right enhancement and implement the solution. Learning about ABAP development for Sales and Distribution in SAP has never been so practical—jump in with a book that explains the whys and hows! 

No-Nonsense Enhancement Advice
Understand when enhancements should be used, and what impacts they’ll have on your SAP system in the short and long term.

What Enhancement Will Work?
There is no “best” enhancement—learn how to compare the pros and cons of different enhancement methods and understand how they can tailor your standard SD functionality.

Detailed Scenarios
See specific examples that illustrate where enhancements are necessary, then how to find and implement custom enhancements to meet a company’s specific SD needs.

Practical SD Topics
Sales order processing, delivery processing, and billing: Find enhancement scenarios and solutions in the book by these common topics.

Comprehensive Appendices
Find detailed listings of BAdIs and exits for sales orders, delivery, invoicing, transport documents, and more, as well as complete coding examples. 

Highlights

• Explicit and implicit enhancements
• Persistent objects and classes
• Enhancement and Switch Framework
• Enterprise services
• VOFM routines
• Repository Infosystem
• Validations
• Remote function calls (RFC)
• Customer-defined routines
• KPI reporting

The Author

Michael Koch has been providing independent SAP development consulting in the United Kingdom since 2002. He has over 14 years of SAP experience working on SAP NetWeaver web development, rich Internet applications, application architecture and design, customizations, upgrades, and interfaces.

Table of Contents

• ... Preface ... 13
• 1 ... Introduction to Enhancements in Sales and Distribution ... 19
• 1.1 ... Enhancing Standard SD Functionality ... 20
• 1.1.1 ... Exits ... 21
• 1.1.2 ... Projects ... 31
• 1.2 ... Customer Routines ... 32
• 1.3 ... The Enhancement and Switch Framework ... 34
• 1.3.1 ... Explicit Enhancements ... 35
• 1.3.2 ... Implicit Enhancements ... 38
• 1.3.3 ... The Switch Framework ... 40
• 1.4 ... Comparison of Enhancement Methods ... 41
• 1.5 ... Summary ... 43
• PART I ... Enhancements in Sales Order Processing ... 45
• 2 ... Validating Sales Order Data ... 47
• 2.1 ... Business Scenario ... 47
• 2.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 48
• 2.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 51
• 2.3.1 ... Create a New Database Z Table ... 52
• 2.3.2 ... Generate Table Maintenance ... 52
• 2.3.3 ... Create Parameter Transaction ... 52
• 2.3.4 ... Creating an Enhancement Point Implementation ... 54
• 2.3.5 ... Implementing an Implicit Enhancement ... 56
• 2.3.6 ... Coding the User Exit ... 57
• 2.4 ... Summary ... 59
• 3 ... Capturing and Saving Additional Data Fields in Sales Order Processing ... 61
• 3.1 ... Business Scenario ... 61
• 3.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 62
• 3.2.1 ... Using the Additional Data B Tab ... 63
• 3.2.2 ... Using Implicit Enhancements ... 63
• 3.2.3 ... Using Persistent Objects ... 65
• 3.2.4 ... USEREXIT_SAVE_DOCUMENT ... 65
• 3.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 66
• 3.3.1 ... Declarations of Data Elements, Database Tables, and Table Types ... 66
• 3.3.2 ... Create Persistency Classes for Survey Data ... 68
• 3.3.3 ... Create Database Table Lock Entries ... 71
• 3.3.4 ... Creating Modification and Implicit Enhancements for a Custom Screen ... 71
• 3.3.5 ... Create the Implicit Enhancement for PBO Modules ... 73
• 3.3.6 ... Create the Implicit Enhancement for Module PAI ... 76
• 3.3.7 ... Adding Layout Changes to Screen 8309 of SAPMV45A ... 81
• 3.4 ... Summary ... 82
• 4 ... Creating an SAP CRM Activity after SD Order Billing ... 83
• 4.1 ... Business Scenario ... 83
• 4.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 84
• 4.3 ... Communication between SAP Systems via RFC ... 90
• 4.3.1 ... ABAP-to-ABAP Communications ... 90
• 4.3.2 ... Setting Up RFC Connections ... 91
• 4.4 ... Implementing the Solution ... 93
• 4.4.1 ... Creating a New Function Group in the SAP CRM System ... 94
• 4.4.2 ... Creating an RFC Function Module in the SAP CRM System ... 94
• 4.4.3 ... Specify Function Module Parameters ... 95
• 4.4.4 ... Implement ABAP Logic to Create an Activity in SAP CRM ... 95
• 4.4.5 ... Create the Enhancement Point Implementation in Function Module RV_INVOICE_REFRESH ... 97
• 4.5 ... Summary ... 99
• 5 ... Filtering Pricing Data within a Web Service ... 101
• 5.1 ... Background on SOA and Enterprise Services ... 102
• 5.1.1 ... Service-Oriented Architectures ... 102
• 5.1.2 ... Characteristics and Goals of SOA ... 102
• 5.1.3 ... Enterprise Services and Web Services ... 104
• 5.1.4 ... Finding Enterprise Services ... 105
• 5.2 ... Business Scenario ... 109
• 5.3 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 111
• 5.4 ... Implementing the Solution ... 111
• 5.4.1 ... Locate the Web Service using Transaction SE80 ... 112
• 5.4.2 ... Locate a Provider Class for the Web Service ... 112
• 5.4.3 ... Locate and Implement the Outbound BAdI ... 114
• 5.4.4 ... Find the Correct Outbound Parameter in the BAdI Signature ... 116
• 5.4.5 ... Implement ABAP Coding ... 118
• 5.4.6 ... Testing the Enhanced Service ... 119
• 5.5 ... Summary ... 120
• 6 ... Using a Custom Field in SD Pricing ... 121
• 6.1 ... Business Scenario ... 121
• 6.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 122
• 6.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 123
• 6.3.1 ... Creating a New Customer Field for Table VBAK ... 123
• 6.3.2 ... Adding a New Field to Pricing Communication Structure KOMK ... 125
• 6.3.3 ... Creating a New Condition Table ... 126
• 6.3.4 ... Maintaining USEREXIT_PRICING_PREPARE_TKOMK ... 126
• 6.3.5 ... Maintaining the Access Sequence ... 128
• 6.3.6 ... Defining a New Condition Type ... 129
• 6.3.7 ... Maintaining Condition Rates in Transaction VK11 ... 129
• 6.4 ... Summary ... 130
• PART II ... Enhancements in Delivery Processing ... 133
• 7 ... Setting a Delivery Block on the Header Level ... 135
• 7.1 ... Business Scenario ... 135
• 7.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 136
• 7.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 137
• 7.3.1 ... Locating the BAdI ... 137
• 7.3.2 ... Creating a BAdI Implementation ... 140
• 7.3.3 ... Adding Code to the Implementation ... 143
• 7.4 ... Summary ... 144
• 8 ... Using a BAdI to Keep Track of Delivery KPIs ... 145
• 8.1 ... Business Scenario ... 145
• 8.1.1 ... Current KPI Solution ... 145
• 8.1.2 ... To-Be Process for KPI Reporting ... 146
• 8.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 148
• 8.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 150
• 8.3.1 ... Custom KPI Field Table Layouts ... 150
• 8.3.2 ... Define Custom Table ZKPI_FIELDS ... 151
• 8.3.3 ... Generating a Table Maintenance for ZKPI_FIELDS ... 154
• 8.3.4 ... Define Custom Table ZKPI_DATA ... 155
• 8.3.5 ... Implement ABAP Coding in Method SAVE_AND_PUBLISH_DOCUMENT ... 156
• 8.4 ... Summary ... 161
• 9 ... Using a Customer Exit to Enhance the Outbound Delivery Monitor ... 163
• 9.1 ... Business Scenario ... 163
• 9.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 165
• 9.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 166
• 9.3.1 ... Implement the Customer Exit Routine ... 166
• 9.3.2 ... Add New Field Entries to Append Structure LIPOVZ ... 168
• 9.3.3 ... Add Coding to Derive KPI Data and Calculate Delivery Age ... 172
• 9.3.4 ... Testing the Enhanced Delivery Monitor ... 175
• 9.4 ... Summary ... 175
• PART III ... Enhancements in Billing ... 177
• 10 ... Invoice Splitting Using a VOFM Routine ... 179
• 10.1 ... Business Scenario ... 179
• 10.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 180
• 10.2.1 ... Understanding the Invoice Split ... 180
• 10.2.2 ... Finding Exits or Enhancements ... 181
• 10.2.3 ... Transfer Routines ... 182
• 10.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 184
• 10.3.1 ... Copy the Existing VOFM Routine ... 184
• 10.3.2 ... Create an Implicit Enhancement within the Data Transfer Routine ... 186
• 10.3.3 ... Add Custom ABAP Coding ... 190
• 10.3.4 ... Apply Routine to Copy Control ... 191
• 10.4 ... Summary ... 192
• 11 ... Changing Invoice Reference and Numbering Range during Document Creation ... 195
• 11.1 ... Business Scenario ... 195
• 11.2 ... Finding the Right Enhancement ... 198
• 11.3 ... Implementing the Solution ... 201
• 11.3.1 ... Define New Numbering Ranges ... 201
• 11.3.2 ... Define the Cross-Reference Table ... 202
• 11.3.3 ... Implement Implicit Enhancements in RV60AFZC ... 204
• 11.3.4 ... Add Coding to Establish Delivery Type ... 206
• 11.3.5 ... Implement an Implicit Enhancement in RV60AFZZ ... 207
• 11.3.6 ... Add Coding to Amend the Numbering Range ... 207
• 11.4 ... Summary ... 208
• PART IV ... Conclusion ... 209
• 12 ... Finding the Right Enhancement Technique ... 211
• 12.1 ... Techniques Used and How the Solution Was Found ... 211
• 12.2 ... Solution Search Categories ... 213
• 12.3 ... Key Aspects When Implementing Enhancements ... 214
• 12.4 ... There is No “Silver Bullet” ... 216
• 13 ... Future Outlook ... 217
• ... Appendices ... 221
• A ... Exits and BAdIs in Sales and Distribution ... 223
• A.1 ... Sales Orders ... 223
• A.2 ... Deliveries ... 232
• A.3 ... Invoicing ... 238
• A.4 ... Transport Documents ... 242
• A.5 ... Shipment Costs ... 246
• B ... Code Listing for Class ZCL_SURVEY ... 249
• C ... The Author ... 253
• ... Index ... 255