ABAP - RICEF Overview

RICEF is an acronym that categorizes the SAP technical development objects into five
different areas.

RICEF stands for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, and Forms.

R - Reports: All categories of reports like Classical, Interactive, ALV, Query reports,
report painter, module pool etc., comes under this category.

I - Interfaces: Interfaces includes development objects that are used for communication
between SAP and non-SAP systems by picking or placing a file in the application server.
The technical concepts ALE/IDOCS, FTP using OPEN DATASET.., PI concept etc.,
comes under this part.

*FTP - file transfer protocol, PI - process integration.

C - Conversions: Conversions are nothing but the techniques used to transfer data from
legacy (non-SAP) systems to SAP system from a flat file as if the user is manually giving
the inputs with thorough checks through a transaction. The techniques like BDC (call
transaction and Session), LSMW, BAPI etc. comes under this category.

E - Enhancements: Enhancements include all the modifications to SAP standard delivered

objects.

User Exits, Customer exits, BTE enhancement points, Enhancement sections, Implicit
and explicit enhancements, BADI are the techniques that come under enhancements.

F - Forms: Forms refer to the display of structured data in a layout as required by the
Business.

Scripts, Smart forms, Adobe forms will come under this category.