Core Data Services for ABAP (Third Edition) (SAP PRESS)
Author: Renzo Colle (Author), Ralf Dentzer (Author), Jan Hrastnik (Author)
Publisher finelybook 出版社: SAP Press
Edition 版次: Third
Publication Date 出版日期: 2023-10-25
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 754 pages
ISBN-10: 1493223763
ISBN-13: 9781493223763
Book Description
If you’re developing ABAP applications, you need CDS expertise. This book is your all-in-one guide, updated for SAP S/4HANA 2023! Start by learning to create and edit CDS views. Walk through CDS syntax and see how to define associations and annotations. Further refine your model by implementing access controls, service bindings, and table functions. Understand the CDS-based virtual data model, and then follow step-by-step instructions to model analytical and transactional applications. From modeling to testing to troubleshooting, this is the only book you need!
- Develop data models with ABAP core data services
- Create and extend models for analytical and transactional applications
- Define annotations and associations, implement access controls, work with hierarchies, and more
Creating Data Models
Create data models using CDS! Learn the ins and outs of CDS view syntax, from key fields to joins to data types and beyond. Define associations to establish relationships, use annotations to enrich your logic, implement conditional logic to control access, and more.
Modeling Applications
See how CDS views support a new application architecture. Model analytical applications by defining analytical views and queries; then use CDS for transactional applications based on the ABAP RESTful application programming model.
Extending, Testing, and Troubleshooting
Put the finishing touches on your CDS data models. Extend and enhance CDS views and transactional models, develop automated tests using the test double framework, and troubleshoot common problems.
- Data modeling
- Application modeling
- Associations
- Annotations
- Access controls
- Business services
- SAP HANA functions
- Virtual data model
Analytical and transactional applications Hierarchies Extensibility Testing and troubleshooting
About the Author
Ralf Dentzer has been working for several years in the central architecture group of the SAP S/4HANA suite with a focus on the use of core data services in SAP S/4HANA. He joined SAP more than 25 years ago. He developed HR applications for SAP R/3, SAP ERP, and SAP Business ByDesign. After that, his tasks shifted to questions of overall architecture for new solutions. Ralf studied mathematics and received his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg. He is married and has two adult sons.
Jan Hrastnik is a member of the SAP S/4HANA cross architecture team, where he focuses on the virtual data model and the use of core data services in ABAP applications. He has worked in various SAP development areas for more than 20 years. At the beginning of his career, he supported numerous customer projects in the automotive industry. Subsequently, he worked in the supply chain management development of SAP Business ByDesign. Jan’s work initially focused on developing the master data required for the production processes before he took on overarching expert tasks for central architecture topics. He then worked on the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central solution and native SAP HANA application development.
