Determining if SAP user exits are separate from SAP BAPI updates

Determining if SAP user exits are separate from SAP BAPI updates

Are SAP user exits for standard SAP transactions (i.e., VA01/VA02) separate and isolated from SAP BAPI updates?

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No, both SAP BAPI and VA01M share the same code base (SAPMV45A). However, the BAPI is aware that it is called as BAPI and some flags allow controlling the processing of the user exit depending on the BAPI flag.

This was first published in February 2010