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Clean core extensibility: what are "types of scope for software (Delivered, Required, Specific)"

Sandra_Rossi
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In the quiz of the unit "Getting Started with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Extensions, and Clean Core" of the SAP Tutorial "Practicing Clean Core Extensibility For SAP S/4HANA Cloud", there is this question and solution:

Question:

Which of the following are different types of scope that exist for software? (There are three correct answers. Among: Delivered, Overlapping, Required, Specific)

Solution:

The different types of scope that exist for software are Delivered, Required, and Specific.

What does it mean? Is it a screen field? Of which application? What is the lesson corresponding to this question? Do you have any documentation link about it?

Thank you.

Sandra

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chaouki_akir
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Hello,
I think answer to that question can be found there. In the image, you can found a list of scope :

  • Delivered
  • Required
  • Differentiating
  • Specific
  • Covered
  • Uncovered

Chaouki

Sandra_Rossi
Active Contributor

Thank you very much!

So, it's how SAP name at a very high level the groups of software functionalities provided by SAP versus needed by a customer. It's a very high-level notion that is not part of software and not needed by developers to practice extensibility.

In the chapter What is a Software Extension. Copyrighted image:

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« All software is designed with a scope in mind.

  • Delivered scope: SAP standard software
  • Covered scope: Required by customer, covered by SAP standard
  • Required scope: Required by customer
  • Specific scope: Specific for a customer, industry, or region. Covered by SAP S/4HANA Industry Solutions and localization.
  • Differentiating scope: [part of Specific scope which gives a] competitive advantage for customer. Customer never wants this to be part of SAP standard.
  • Uncovered scope: Required by customer. Not yet covered by SAP standard. »

NB: for my next searches, I guess I should find easily if I'd Google by scoping only the tutorial pages e.g.: https://www.google.com/search?q=software+scope+site%3Alearning.sap.com%2Flearning-journeys%2Fpractic....

 

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Mark_Quincy
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Thank you for your question.  This question is based off of the first figure in “Unit 1, Lesson 1:  Evaluating the Need for Extensions”.  That lesson outlines how SAP software can be thought of as being assigned to different “scopes”.  The “delivered” scope is the specific functionality software has “out of the box” ( delivered by SAP ).  “Required” scope is what specific software functionality is required by the customer.  If the required scope is different than the delivered scope then “extensions” or “modifications” to the software may be necessary.  “Specific” scope is a subset of “Required” scope.  It refers to software functionality that is specific for an industry or a region ( South America for example ).  SAP has industry solutions and localization features to fulfill these scope requirements for customers.