Custom Developments

Most SAP customers modify or enhance their SAP standard software in some way. Some customers only add reports that are specific to their business, while others have complete custom developed add-ons (developed internally or by a third party). These changes allow customers to tailor solutions to their individual requirements.

There are usually a large number of custom development objects in customer systems. This can lead to high operation costs for you because it can be difficult to identify any objects that your system does not use anymore. There can often be an unnecessarily high number of these obsolete objects.

What are the issues you face?

It can be challenging for you to keep track of all these changes to the standard configuration, and becomes increasingly difficult over time as the number of development objects increase. Some objects may become obsolete without anybody noticing. The person responsible for custom developments may be unavailable, for example.

If you want to upgrade to a higher SAP release, or to apply a support package, you must check and adapt every custom development object manually. You must then test each object to ensure that it does not cause any problems in the new context. This process represents a considerable amount of effort.