topic Re: Diff between Customer Exit and User Exit in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Diff between Customer Exit and User Exit

Former Member — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:21:45 GMT

Hi,

Could you please tell me what is the diffrence between Customer Exit ans User Exit.

Reagdrs

Arun

Re: Diff between Customer Exit and User Exit

Former Member — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:27:58 GMT

Hi Arun

Customer exits are provided to the customer in the form of Function Module which holds the include in the customer namespace.The user can add his/her own source code in it.This is technically an enhancement.Eg for customer exits are Function module exits,Menu Exits,Screen Exits.

User exists are empty subroutines that the SAP Developers have provided for you that u can fill with your own source code.This is technically a modification since the object in the SAP name space is modified.

Hope this helps !!!

Britto

Re: Diff between Customer Exit and User Exit

Former Member — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:30:01 GMT

Hi,

The R/3 enhancement concept allows you to add your own functionality to SAP’s standard business applications without having to modify the original applications. SAP creates customer exits for specific programs, screens, and menus within standard R/3 applications. These exits do not contain any functionality. Instead, the customer exits act as hooks. You can hang your own add-on functionality onto these hooks."

Customer exits are implemented in Z-includes and are ENHANCEMENTS to the system.

User-exits were firstly intended to be developed for the SD module. You make your coding in includes in SAP namespace (e.g MV*). That's why, user exits are MODIFICATIONS to the system. In includes for user exits there are empty subroutines ( generally with the name convention "userexit_...") and you code using global variables of the main program.

But, generally developers use these terms without this distinction. So, someone may mean a "customer exit" when (s)he says "user exit" or vice-versa.

Look at the below link, it will solve your Prblem

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/what-is-user-exits.htm

Regards

Sudheer

Re: Diff between Customer Exit and User Exit

Former Member — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:31:02 GMT

Hi arun,

check this link.

rgds,

bharat.

Re: Diff between Customer Exit and User Exit

Former Member — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:48:54 GMT

Hi All ,

Thanks for the replay , but it would be great if you could give me an example for each one of them.

The reason for this question is that i was just reading through the definition of user exit and customer exit in the <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/35/2cd77bd7705394e10000009b387c12/frameset.htm">Glossary</a> , but was not able to understand the exact diff between the two.

Regadrs

Arun