Normally used for modifying the SAP standard programs.
With Modification Assistant on, you can only make modifications to programs
from the ABAP Editor using the
Edit -> Modifications operations -> Insert, Replace,
and Delete line area or pushbuttons.
In the Modification Assistant, you can make all customary modifications to
Repository objects. If, however, it should ever become necessary to disable the
Modification Assistant (for example, when uploading a program to the Editor),
choose the
Edit -> Modifications operations -> Switch off
assistant menu function for the appropriate Repository object.
Only make this sort of change after considering whether or not it is
absolutely necessary and thinking about the consequences that such a change will
have during the adjustment process. The system will register the fact that there
are modifications, however detailed display of the modifications will not be
possible since the Modification Assistant will have been disabled at the time
they were made. Modification adjustment can only take place during an upgrade
using
version management functionality.
If you want to undo the modifications you have made to certain Repository
objects, you can do this on the initial screen of the corresponding ABAP
Workbench tool using the
You may also undo modifications in the Modification Browser (SE95)
by selecting the Repository object and choosing Reset to original. This will
reset the entire Repository object to its version in the standard.