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Worried about the cost of yourSAP Custom code?Tony de Thomasis

Alisdair TempletonSAPWORKS

What we will cover

• Why control Custom Code?• Transparency - How much?• Control – How often?• Optimisation – How well? • Q&A

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Why control Custom code?

• SAP delivered software • Standards and best practices• Integrity and flexibility

• Enhanced by Custom code • Creates competitive advantage• Extends innovation and functionality

• Having custom code is OK • Based on an educated decision and business requirement• Loss of “built-in” capabilities need to be properly addressed• Doing it “right” helps to develop and operate code effectively


Custom Code Transparency

• SAP Solution Manager• Custom Code Lifecycle Management (CCLM) • Custom Development Management Cockpit (CDMC)• Guided Self Service Reports (GSS)


Custom Code Control

• SAP Solution Manager• SAP Coverage Analyser (SCOV)• Custom Code Lifecycle Management (CCLM) • Custom Development Management Cockpit (CDMC)


Custom Code Optimisation

• SAP Managed Systems – Custom Code Management is more than just Solution Manager!

• SAP Code Inspector • ABAP Test Cockpit• ABAP Unit• SAP Clone Finder

It‘s all about Developer Empowerment!




• Metrics are Important– Use the SAP Code Inspector (SCI) to generate code

metrics– Runs a set of “rules” across your code base

• Introduce a Quality Gate– The Code Inspector can act as a quality gate by checking

objects on transport release.

• Examples of useful code quality metrics– Lines of code– Modularisation units– Cyclomatic Complexity– Coupling (ca/ce) and Cohesion– Temporal coupling– Frequency of change– What’s trending?

• Increasing code line count• Top 10 changing objects




• ABAP Test Cockpit• Available from Basis 702 SP12• Used internally at SAP• Integrates the SAP Code Inspector (SCI) into the

ABAP Workbench• Centralised reporting and exception management




• ABAP Unit – Putting it into perspective

• © Mike Cohn, Mountain Goat Software


• ABAP Unit• Available since ABAP 640• Tightly integrated with the ABAP Workbench• Tests are defined and implemented as local

classes • ABAP Unit Browser• Execute and measure coverage• Code Inspector can execute Unit Tests on release



• SAP Coverage Analyser• Which parts of my system are used?• What is my test coverage?• Do I have any dead code?

• SCOV and SCOV Lite (Usage and Procedure Logging).

• Need to understand the differences.


• Code quality starts when the first line of code is written

Empower Your Developers




• SAP Clone finder


Released in December!

Managing Custom Code with SAP Solution Manager

• Learn how to identify good and bad instances of custom code.

• Understand how to monitor the amount and efficiency of custom code in your system.

• Explore the Solution Manager tools that help you manage your code.

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How to contact me:

Tony de ThomasisAlisdair TempletonSAPWORKS

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