1 Custom Code Management and Methodology

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1.1 Defining Good Code

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1.1.1 Accuracy

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1.1.2 Readability

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1.1.3 Testability

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1.1.4 Software Architecture

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1.2 Types of Custom Code

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1.2.1 Enhancement

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1.2.2 Modification

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1.2.3 Clone

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1.2.4 Customer Development

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1.3 Why Custom Code Management Is Important

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1.3.1 Reduction of Support Costs

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1.3.2 Ability to Identify Valuable Custom Code

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1.3.3 Avoid Opportunity Costs of Missed Innovation

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1.3.4 Avoid Increased Risk and Testing Overhead during Upgrades

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1.4 SAP Solution Manager Methodology: The Four Phases

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1.4.1 Custom Code Transparency

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1.4.2 Custom Code Control

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1.4.3 Custom Code Optimization

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1.4.4 Custom Code Reporting

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1.5 Creating an SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint

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1.5.1 Creating the SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint Structure

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1.5.2 Selecting an SAP Solution Manager Project Accelerator

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1.5.3 Selecting the Process Steps from the Business Process Repository

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1.5.4 Using the Business Blueprint

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1.5.5 Using the Roadmap and Accelerator

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1.5.6 Extracting the Custom Code Project into Other Formats

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1.6 Summary

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2 Custom Code Transparency

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2.1 Reverse Business Process Documentation

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2.1.1 Uploading the RBPD Content

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2.1.2 Performing an Analysis Run in the Solution Documentation Assistant

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2.1.3 Checking the Run

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2.1.4 Checking the Results of the Analysis Run in SAP Solution Manager

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2.1.5 Creating the SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint for the Analysis

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2.1.6 Attaching Custom Code from the Analysis Run to the SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint

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2.1.7 Enriching the SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint with Additional Custom Code Details

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2.1.8 Enhanced Business Process Modeling

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2.1.9 Configuring and Printing Custom Code Documentation

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2.2 Custom Code Lifecycle Management (CCLM)

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2.2.1 CCLM Prerequisites

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2.2.2 Uploading the CCLM Content

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2.2.3 Activating the CCLM Collection Jobs

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2.2.4 Using the CCLM Object List

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2.2.5 The Overview List

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2.3 SAP Guided Self-Services

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2.3.1 Transport Execution Analysis (TEA)

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2.3.2 TEA Prerequisites

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2.3.3 Uploading the TEA Content

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2.3.4 Checking for Missing Notes and Solution Tools Updates

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2.3.5 Data Collection and Process Flow—Preparing the Session

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2.3.6 Data Collection and Process Flow—Performing the Session

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2.3.7 Data Collection and Process Flow—Preparing the TEA Report

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2.4 Service Summary—Results of Running a TEA Report

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2.4.1 Action Plan

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2.4.2 Custom Code Maintainability

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2.4.3 Usage Statistics

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2.4.4 SAP Software Maintenance

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2.4.5 Import History

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2.4.6 System Landscape and TMS Settings

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2.4.7 Transports

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2.4.8 Testing and Runtime Errors

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2.4.9 Transport Landscape Consistency

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2.5 Summary

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3 Custom Code Control

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3.1 Testing and Monitoring Overview

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3.2 SAP Coverage Analyzer (SCOV)

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3.2.1 SCOV Activation

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3.2.2 Confirmation That SCOV Is Running

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3.2.3 Using SCOV to Determine Test Coverage

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3.2.4 Global View for Aggregated Data

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3.2.5 Global View for Detailed Data

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3.3 SAP Coverage Analyzer Lite (SCOV Lite)

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3.3.1 Prerequisites

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3.3.2 Extractor Framework Activation

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3.3.3 SAP Solution Manager BI Content Activation

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3.3.4 Confirmation That SCOV Lite Is Running

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3.3.5 Using SCOV Lite to Determine Object Usage

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3.4 Other Technologies to Track Custom Code Usage

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3.4.1 SAP Solution Manager IT Performance Reporting

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3.4.2 SAP Solution Manager EarlyWatch Alert Reports

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3.4.3 SAP Global Workload Monitor

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3.5 SAP Continuous Quality Checks

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3.5.1 SAP Custom Code Maintainability Check (CCMC)

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3.5.2 SAP Modification Justification Check (MJC)

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3.6 SAP Enterprise Support Advisory

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3.7 Service Summary—Custom Code Results of Running an ESR Report

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3.7.1 What This Section Does

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3.7.2 Protection of Investment and Accelerated Innovation

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3.7.3 Business Continuity

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3.7.4 Business Process Improvement

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3.7.5 Total Cost of Operations

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3.8 Summary

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4 Custom Code Optimization

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4.1 SAP Custom Code Analysis

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4.1.1 Running CCA

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4.1.2 SAP Clone Finder

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4.1.3 SAP Interface Analysis

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4.1.4 SAP Reference Analysis

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4.1.5 SAP Modification Overview

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4.1.6 Custom Code Remote Compare

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4.1.7 Top20 Customer Object Analysis

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4.1.8 T-Code Similarity

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4.2 Custom Development Management Cockpit

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4.3 The CDMC Process

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4.3.1 The CDMC Clearing Analysis (CA)

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4.3.2 Upgrade Change Impact Analysis (UCIA)

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4.3.3 Change and Transport Analysis (CTA)

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4.4 Business Process Change Analyzer

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4.4.1 Custom Code Defined in the SAP Solution Manager Business Blueprint

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4.4.2 Creation of Technical Bill of Materials

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4.4.3 Perform the BPCA

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4.4.4 Check the BPCA Results

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4.4.5 Test Scope Optimization

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4.5 Code Inspector

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4.5.1 The Check Variant

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4.5.2 The Object Set

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4.5.3 Creating and Running an Inspection

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4.5.4 Using and Analyzing the Results

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4.5.5 Creating Your Own Checks in the Code Inspector

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4.6 Summary

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5 Custom Code Reporting

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5.1 Initial Steps

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5.2 Accessing the SAP Delivered Custom Code Dashboards

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5.2.1 Usage of Custom Code Objects

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5.2.2 Severity of Custom Code Objects

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5.2.3 Quantity of Custom Code Objects

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5.2.4 Quality of Custom Code Objects

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5.2.5 Criticality of Custom Code Objects

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5.3 The Continuous Improvement Dashboard

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5.3.1 Using the Graphs

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5.3.2 Creating a Composite Dashboard

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5.4 Creating Your Own Custom Code Dashboards

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5.4.1 Using a BAdI as a Data Source for an Existing SAP Business­Objects Application

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5.4.2 Provide Data with GET_CONTENT

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5.5 Proofing Your Dashboards for Future Use

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5.6 CCLM Reports

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5.6.1 CCLM SAP Solution Manager BW Reports

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5.6.2 CCLM Ad Hoc Reports

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5.7 Summary

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Appendices

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A Further Resources

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A.1 SAP Solution Manager Pulse Check

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A.2 SAP Expert Guided Implementation

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A.3 SAP Meet the Expert Sessions

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A.4 SAP Best Practice Documents

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A.5 Other Helpful Links

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A.6 Transaction Codes

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A.7 Dashboards

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A.8 ABAP Reports

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A.9 SAP Services

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B SAP Solution Manager Navigation Principles

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B.1 SAP Solution Manager Work Centers

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C Upcoming Functionality and Enhancements to Help Manage Custom Code

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C.1 ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC)

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C.2 SAP Solution Manager Dashboards: Upcoming Enhancements

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C.3 Further CCLM Integration

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C.4 Custom Code Testing Improvements

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D Calculating Cohesion

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D.1 Example Calculation

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D.2 Source Code Listing

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E A Discussion on Writing Custom Code

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E.1 Writing Accurate Code

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E.2 Writing Readable Code

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E.3 Writing Testable Code

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E.4 Software Architecture

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E.5 Final Word

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F The Authors

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