SAP ABAP: Hands-On Test Projects with Business Scenarios

SAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) elucidates the numerous features of the core programming platform, which is used for development for the entire SAP software suite. SAP ABAP uses numerous hands on business oriented use cases and a valuable dedicated e-resource to demonstrate the underlying advanced concepts of the OO ABAP environment and the SAP UI. SAP ABAP covers the latest version (NetWeaver 7.3 and SAP application programming release 6.0) of the platform for demonstrating the customization and implementation phases of the SAP software implementation.

Shorn of weighty theoretical treatment and preoccupation with language syntax, SAP ABAP is a comprehensive, practical one stop solution,which demonstrates and conveys the language’s commands and features through hands on examples. The accompanying e-resource is a take off point to the book.

SAP ABAP

works in tandem with the accompanying e-resource to create an interactive learning environment where the book provides a brief description and an overview of a specified feature/command followed by the user switching over to the accompanying e-resource, where a step-by-step guide to creating and running the feature’s object is available.

The presentation of the features is scenario oriented, i.e. most of the features are demonstrated in terms of small business scenarios. The e-resource contains the scenario descriptions, screen shots, detailed screen cams and ABAP program source to enable the reader to create all objects related to the scenario and run/execute them.

The underlying concepts of a feature/command are conveyed through execution of these hands-on programs. Further exercises to be performed independently by the reader are also proposed. The demonstration/illustration objects including the programs rely on some of the SAP application tables being populated, for example an IDES system which is now a de facto system for all SAP training related activities.

What you’ll learn

• The core ABAP platform
• Advanced concepts of OO programming with ABAP
• SAP application tables
• IDES system
• Programming the SAP user interface.

Who this book is for

For beginners in SAP application programming, and as a reference for practicing professionals and consultants in SAP ABAP.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. ERP and SAP Overview
Chapter 2. ABAP Dictionary/Data Dictionary/Dictionary/DDIC I
Chapter 3. ABAP Dictionary/Data Dictionary/Dictionary/DDIC II
Chapter 4. ABAP Language Basics
Chapter 5. Write Statement (Classical Reporting)
Chapter 6. Internal Tables
Chapter 7. Modularization
Chapter 8. Open SQL Data Retrieval
Chapter 9. SELECTION-SCREEN
Chapter 10. Interactive Lists
Chapter 11. ABAP OOPS
Chapter 12. ALV (ABAP List Viewer) Outputs I
Chapter 13. ALV (ABAP List Viewer) Outputs II
Chapter 14. Screen Programming