Difference Between custom Exit and User Exit

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Can you please let me know the difference between Custom Exit and User Exit. i think same question might be posted already but i am not able to find the post.

Thanks in advance

Regards,

Saravanan

[Former Member]

Hi Saravanan,

I thínk these are just two words for the same thing.

regards

Siggi

[Former Member]

Hi Saravanan,

USER Exits are pieces of a standard SAP program that when modified will require a repair-key from SAP. This is, because actually in the programs there is a perform or a call to the specific code area in the program itself. Performs are commonly called something like user_exit_blabla.. and calls to function modules have commonly the name USER_EXIT_BLABLA...

This is a dying method (no new User exits are created by SAP).

CUSTOMER Exits are pieces of a standard SAP program that when modified do NOT require a repair-key.

Inside the ABAP code these can be recognized by the code CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION '001' (or a higher number).

Many customer exits are not directly active but need to be activated via transaction CMOD (Customer Modifications).

This is the new method for modification.

And if you look closer to both USER and CUSTOMER exits you will see not very much differences. Actually most programmers asume that they are the same thing.

Hope this gives you some idea.

Regards,

Rob.

[Former Member]

Here is the link to a previous similar question. Serder had good explanation in there.

Srinivas