Difference between Adddon and Plugin

[Former Member]

Hi all,

could anyone clarify the difference between Addon and Plugin ( in detail and example)?

Rgds,

Rajesh

[Former Member]

Hello Rajesh,

I happen to see your query just now.

An SAP Plugin provides the interface between the different components of the SAP Solution, such as betn CRM & ECC

Add on is one that does not belong to the standard SAP System. Ex: Industry Soln, Software Dev projects & plugin.

Kind regards,

Sundar

[Former Member]

In very simple words....

Plugin: Say you are using Windows Media Player, now you want to use a software called say "DJ Mix" which will give you the DJing effect in ur songs. Then what do you do? You install a plugin which facilitates use of DJ Mix in ur Windows Media Player. Same here in SAP.Ex: To integrate between SAP BW 3.5 and SAP EP 6.0 , you need to import the SAP Enterprise Portal Plug-In (PI_BASIS).

Add on:

Add ons in simple words are extra functionalities offered in your current SAP setup.

In case you are having a Newspaper company and you want to implement SAP in ur organization, you need to use the Add on: IS_Media apart from the available SAP set up so that you get the extra functionalities / business flows related to Media industry