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This section explains how inactive sources work in conjunction with the Modification Assistant and how you can make modifications to global ABAP classes and interfaces.

Modifications

If you modify an original component of the SAP standard system without using the Modification Assistant, inactive sources are effective in all tools. Consequently, the modified object is saved in its inactive version.

If you modify an original component of the SAP standard system using the Modification Assistant, inactive sources are not currently supported. Modified components, with the exception of ABAP Dictionary objects, screens, and GUI statuses, are saved in their active version. In the ABAP Dictionary, the conventional 'Activate' function is still relevant. Similarly, in the Screen Painter and Menu Painter, the old 'Generate' function must still be used.

Modifications and ABAP Objects

Global interfaces, classes, and their components are not currently supported by the Modification Assistant. However, inactive sources already apply when you change global classes and interfaces in the Class Builder. If you modify a method implementation in a global class supplied by SAP, the changes are stored in an inactive version.Modifications to global classes or interfaces and their components have to be adjusted in an upgrade in the conventional way.