ABAP Development for SAP HANA

With SAP HANA, even the most seasoned ABAP developers have some learning to do. Newbie or not, this book can help: install the Eclipse IDE, brush up your database programming skills, perform runtime and error analysis, transport old ABAP applications to HANA and more. Once you’ve mastered the tasks in this book, it will be full speed ahead!

• Understand the impact of SAP HANA on ABAP application development
• Learn how to develop applications for SAP HANA with SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.4
• Work with advanced functions such as fuzzy search and predictive analysis

The Development Environment
Get to know SAP HANA Studio and the new ABAP Development tools for SAP NetWeaver. You’ll also learn how to work with the Eclipse-based development environment.

View Modeling and Database Programming
Work with the different views in SAP HANA Studio. Learn how attribute, analytic, and calculation views can help push calculation logic to the database layer. Understand how to implement database procedures with SQLScript and how to access them from ABAP.

Analyzing and Optimizing Existing Applications
Get step-by-step guidance that will help you detect performance optimization potential in existing ABAP applications, and learn how to speed them up by using SAP HANA properly

• ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver
• SAP HANA Studio
• SAP HANA view modeling
• Open and Native SQL
• Application function libraries
• Transport mechanisms
• Integration of analytical functionality
• Decision tables

Table of Contents

PART I Basic Principles
Chapter 1 Overview Of Sap Hana
Chapter 2 Introducing The Development Environment
Chapter 3 Database Programming Using Sap Netweaver As Abap

PART II Introduction to ABAP Programming with SAP HANA
Chapter 4 View Modeling In Sap Hana Studio
Chapter 5 Programming Options In Sap Hana
Chapter 6 Application Transport
Chapter 7 Runtime And Error Analysis With Sap Hana
Chapter 8 Sample Scenario: Optimizing An Existing Application

PART III Advanced Techniques for ABAP Programming for SAP HANA
Chapter 9 Text Search And Analysis Of Unstructured Data
Chapter 10 Integrating Analytical Functionality
Chapter 11 Decision Tables In Sap Hana
Chapter 12 Function Libraries In Sap Hana
Chapter 13 Sample Scenario: Development Of A New Application
Chapter 14 Practical Tips

Appendix A Flight Data Model
Appendix B What’S New In Abap In Sap Netweaver 7.4
Appendix C Read And Write Access In The Column Store
Appendix D Sap Business Application Accelerator Powered By Sap Hana
Appendix E Installing The Sample Programs
Appendix F The Authors