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What is RICEF?

What is RICEF? This is not an interview question!

You can see RICEF acronym, when you look at the most SAP ABAP Developer job position descriptions; and you can sometimes encounter RICE version of it. So what does RICEF stand for?

Firstly let’s look at some SAP job posting examples:

  • Able to scope, review, and create SD RICEF…
  • MM RICEF Functional Spec Exp…
  • Must have experience supervising a team and writing RICEF…
  • Must be very proficient in all aspects of RICEF developments…
  • Interact with business users to analyze the requirements and technical desings of the RICEF objects…
  • Develops functional specifications for RICEF technical objects affecting respective business processes…

RICEF is not a standard SAP acronym! Is there anyone knows who made RICEF acronym firstly?

All right, RICEF stands for Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms.

R - Reports

R refers report programming. Of course, firstly classical report programming, WRITE statement; then it means ALV programming with either ALV function modules or ABAP objects.

I - Interfaces

Interfaces are ALE / IDOC developments. Not only development, ABAP programming for IDOCs, also IDOC customization, management. I think it might refers EDI too.

C - Conversion

I think conversions means BDC programming, batch input function modules, BDCDATA structure, CALL TRANSACTION. Maybe conversion specifically refers conversion programs for standard batch input programs. Even we can say it refers LSMW.

E - Enhancements

Enhancements are user-exits and the object oriented model of user-exits that is BADIs.

F - Forms

Forms are SAPscript forms, SAPscript print programs, and SmartForms.

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7 Responses to “What is RICEF?”

  1. abhijit dixit Says:
    October 10th, 2007 at 3:40 am

    what is a actual use of RICEF?
    abhijit dixit

  2. hi Says:
    November 4th, 2008 at 3:56 am

    hi could any one describe more about the kinds of Interaces

  3. Mike M Says:
    March 20th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    I know what RICEF is, Why the change from FRICE?

  4. Tuncay Karaca Says:
    March 22nd, 2009 at 9:33 am

    @Mike M

    Some people use FRICE instead of RICEF. But basically they both refer to same thing… Maybe FRICE is more pronounceable… We did a project last year and project manager used to say FRICE. Even some SAP add W letter to that term and W refers to Workflow.

  5. KRISHNA Says:
    May 23rd, 2009 at 3:19 am

    i want to know in general prospective not SAP Prospective..

  6. Steven Says:
    July 14th, 2010 at 7:24 am

    I think it clearly explains what RICEF stands for….what do you mean by general PROSPECTIVE. put some effort and google it, ifyou are not experienced…..instead of expecting to be spoon fed.

  7. Linda Storm Says:
    September 6th, 2011 at 10:56 am

    If you are a die hard SAP developer this is very effective way to describing the new oncoming or upgraded service.

    But if you are outside of the scope of SAP, then maybe use one of the more conventional and understandable approaches such as a TOGAF or something along that line.

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