CONFIGURATION - CUSTOMIZATION

[Former Member]

GREETINGS TO ALL GURUS,

What is the difference between CONFIGURATION & CUSTOMIZATION.

Points Rewarded,

Regards,

J.SRUTHI

[Former Member]

Hi Sruthi,

Based on the client's requirement, you customize the process in standard SAP without changing the standard IMG settings.

If you make any changes in IMG based on client's requirement which has not been addressed in standard SAP, then that is called configuration settings.

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Sasikanth.Ch

[Former Member]

Which above answer is correct?

[Former Member]

Hello,

Both of the answers are fine...

Prase

[Former Member]

hi

CONFIGURATION: we will configure the system to meet the needs of your business by using the existing data.

CUSTOMIZING: we will customize or adapt the system to your business requirements, which is the process of mapping SAP to your business process.

CLIENT: A client is a unique one in organizational structure, can have one or more company codes. Each company code is its own legal entity in finance.

Configuration vs. Customization

When considering enterprise software of any type, it is important to understand the difference between configuration and customization. The crux of the difference is complexity. Configuration uses the inherent flexibility of the enterprise software to add fields, change field names, modify drop-down lists, or add buttons. Configurations are made using powerful built-in tool sets. Customization involves code changes to create functionality that is not available through configuration. Customization can be costly and can complicate future upgrades to the software because the code changes may not easily migrate to the new version. Wherever possible, governments should avoid customization by using configuration to meet their goals. Governments also should understand their vendor's particular terminology with regard to this issue since words like "modifications" or "extensions" often mean different things to different vendors.

And Most Important thing is configuration always will come first then customization.

CONFIGURATION:

1. Configuration is everything else done in SPRO.

2. Configuration is what u do from the existing one in sap.

Ex: assigning pricing procedure PR00 for a material.

3. When installing SAP on any system. that’s configuration.

4. Configuration means using the standard SAP functionality & mapping to the client’s process

CUSTOMIZATION:

1. Customizing is modification of the software to meet special customer requirements.

Changes or additions to ABAP code.

2. Customization is the changes needed for the existing SAP to meet the business

Requirement.

Ex: creating a new pricing procedure which is not existing in the SAP.

3. Modifications according to business requirement is customization.

4. Customization means modifying the standard SAP for client requirement, it is costly &

Time taken.