Enhancement Concept 

Use

The enhancement concept enables the integration of the following concepts for modifying and enhancing development objects:

·        Enhancement options – positions in Repository objects where enhancements can be made.

·        Enhancement spots – used to manage explicit enhancement options.

·        Enhancement implementations – manage the enhancements of the enhancement options, both explicit and implicit.

While implicit enhancement options always exist and do not require any special management, explicit enhancement options created in an initial system must be made known to developers in target systems by means of enhancement spots.

Correspondingly, enhancements made by developers in follow-on systems must also be managed as enhancement implementations. This applies to all enhancement options, both explicit and implicit.

The following figure shows an overview of enhancement spots and enhancement implementations:

The left part of the figure shows the relevant terminology for enhancement spots and the individual relationships. It only applies to enhancement options. No enhancement spots are required for implicit enhancement options.

The right part of the figure shows the relevant terminology for enhancement implementations and the individual relationships. This applies to enhancements of both explicit and implicit enhancement options.