Business Transaction Events (BTEs) have been available as of Release 4.
0 and are another
technique for implementing program exits, and only program exits.
BTEs are generally found in the general ledger accounting (FI-GL), account receivable and
payable (FI-AR and FI-AP) and sales and distribution components.
A BTE has a predefined interface and allows you to attach additional functionality in the form of
a service funtion module.You must create funtion module with the parameters you have
previously dictated. The BTE is called by the SAP standard program by a call to function
OPEN_FI_PERFORM_ or OUTBOUND_CALL_. This function checks if there are any active
BTEs according to customizing.
According to its Interface there are 2 types of BTEs:
Publish & Subscribe interfaces. Can not update data. Possible to have multiple
implementations
Process interfaces. Can update date. Only one active implementation
How to find a BTE (2 ways)
Search the source code for for "OPEN_FI_PERFORM" og " OUTBOUND_CALL_"
Use transaction FIBF menu Environment->Info System (P/S ). Use the Documentation
button to see the documentation for the BTE.
Implementing the BTE
Goto transaction FIBF menu Environment->Info System (P/S )
Select the BTE you want to implement. (as below)
Double click on Sample function module
Then we copy the sample function module to a Z-function module (First create a new
function group for the function module) .
Note: The name of the Z-function module is not important
Edit the code in the new function module:
Go back to transaction FIBF - Menu Settings->Products -> Of a customer and create a
new product which identifies the new product .
Remember to mark the Active field.
We enter the product name description and RFC destination if applicable. The check box
A is to activate the product.
The next step is to link the function module and the event using the product created. Go
back to FIBF menu Settings->P/S function modules->of a customer - Create an entry that
links the BTE and Product with the new function module (as below)
And that´s all, we only need to save and activate.