Mastering SAP ABAP: A complete guide to developing fast, durable, and maintainable ABAP programs in SAP

Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
About Packt
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Creating Custom Code
	Technical requirements
	Making changes
	Design thinking
	BDUF/LDUF
	Designing for quality and use
	Designing the UI
	Designing services
	Designing the business logic
	Designing the database
	Agile principles
	DevOps
	Continuous delivery
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 2: The Basic Structure of ABAP
	Technical requirements
	The Data Dictionary
		Domains
		Data elements
		Structures
		Search helps
		Table types
	Databases
	Data declaration
		Field symbol
	Summary
	Questions 
Chapter 3: Database Access in ABAP
	Technical requirements
	Starting with OpenSQL
		Basics
		Possibilities with SELECT - the first part of the SQL statement
		Possibilities with INTO - the third part of the SQL statement
		The WHERE condition
	How to see data selected from a database
	More advanced possibilities in OpenSQL
		WHERE conditions
		Dynamic SELECT in WHERE
		SINGLE FOR UPDATE
		GROUP BY
		ORDER BY
		UP TO and ROWS
		SELECT and ENDSELECT
		FOR ALL ENTRIES
		Subqueries
	Reading data from several tables
	Identifying and saving the changes
		Creating datasets
		Updating datasets
		Deleting datasets
	The optimization of reading big datasets
	The new SQL syntax
		Inline declaration
		SQL expression
	Using the SQL Trace tool for performance analysis
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 4: Import and Export to Document Formats
	Technical requirements
	Client-side file processing
		Reading files from the local PC using gui_upload
		Writing files to the local PC using gui_download
	Server-side file processing
		Basic transactions related to server-side files
		Writing files to the application server
		Reading files from the application server
	Working with Microsoft Office files
		Reading data from Microsoft Excel
		Saving a table to a Microsoft Excel file
		Working with Microsoft Word
		Using DOI to integrate Microsoft Office applications into ABAP reports
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 5: Exposing Data to Print Forms
	Technical requirements
	Introduction to printouts in SAP
		SAPScript - the great-grandfather of all printouts
		Creating our first SmartForm
	Adobe Forms
		Creating our first Adobe Form
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 6: ABAP and XML
	Technical requirements
	Using the CL_XML_DOCUMENT class for XML
		Reading and parsing XML files to ABAP
		Changing XML data
	Simple transformations in ABAP
		Serialization using ST
		Deserialization using ST
	sXML library for XML and JSON
		Converting XML to JSON
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 7: Building User Interfaces
	Technical requirements
	Classic DynPro
		Screen painter
		Selection screens
		More advanced options of the selection screen
			Checkbox
			Radiobutton
			Blocks in selection screens
		Selection screen event model
	ALV
		Basics
			Advanced capabilities of ALV sand screens
				Zebra
				Coloring
				Event of an ALV, exemplified by a button click 
				Icons in the ALV
				Text fields and translations
				Input/output field
				Radiobuttons and checkbox
				Button
				Dynamic display possibilities for individual elements and groups
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 8: Creating Stunning UI5 Interfaces
	Technical requirements
	Development tools
	Layouts and floorplans
		SAP Fiori elements
			The analytical list page
			The list report
			The object page
			The overview page
			The worklist
		Layouts
		Floorplans
			The initial page floorplan
			The multi-instance floorplan
			The wizard floorplan
		Basic templates
	The SAPUI5 library
		Control documentation page and inheritance
			Contextual info
			Overview
			Constructor
			Properties
			Associations
			Aggregations
			Events
			Methods
			Inheritance
		Main controls
		Custom controls
	Creating our first mobile app
		Application and project structure
			index.html
				The standard variant
				The content delivery network
				The miscellaneous variants
			Component.js
			manifest.json
		Views and controllers
			MainView.view.xml
			SearchView.view.xml
			SearchView.controller.js
			i18n.properties
		Testing SAPUI5 apps
			Mock Server
			Unit tests
			Integration tests
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 9: Business Object Processing Framework
	Technical requirements
	An introduction to BOPF
		Transaction
		Nodes and entities
	First BOPF example 
		Creating the object
		Displaying an object
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 10: Modification and Customization Techniques
	Technical requirements
	Legacy ways of changing the standard
		Customer Exits
		Using BTE to extend FI functionality
		Modifications
		FQEVENTS
		Appends
		Classical BAdl
	Enhancement framework and its components
		Enhancement sections and Enhancement points
		Implicit enhancements
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 11: Handling Exceptions in ABAP
	Technical requirements
	Classic exception handling
		Handling
		Raising
	Class-based exceptions
		Handling
		Raising
	Assertions
		Building a checkpoint group
		Defining assertions
		Using assertions
	Runtime errors
		ABAP dump analysis tool
		Error log
			System environment
			User View
			ABAP developer View
			BASIS developer View
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 12: Testing ABAP programs
	Technical requirements
	Testing the quality of code
		Static testing with Code Inspector and ABAP Test Cockpit
	Testing and troubleshooting
		ABAP Memory Inspector
		Advanced ABAP debugger techniques
		Testing with eCATT
	Summary
	Questions
	Further reading
Chapter 13: Advanced Techniques in ABAP Objects
	Technical requirements
	Global versus local classes
		Creating a local class
		Creating a global class
	The static method versus the instance method
	Nested classes
		A class as an attribute of the class
		Inheritance
		Interfaces
	The event concept
	ABAP Objects design patterns
		Prototype - creation pattern
		Singleton - creation pattern
		Facade - structural pattern
		Decorator - structural pattern
		Observer - behavioral pattern
		Strategy - behavioral pattern
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 14: Integrating SAP with Third-Party Systems
	Technical requirements
	IDoc 
		IDoc overview
		The construction of IDoc
		The EDI system
		ALE
		Differentiating ALE from EDI
	BAPI
		Implementing BAPI
	SAP Gateway
		Deployment variants
			Embedded
			Hub
			Hub (with development)
		Main tools
			Gateway Service Maintenance
			Gateway Client
			Error Log
			Gateway Service Builder
	The OData protocol
		Characteristics
		The service definition
	Developing our first OData application
		Design time
		Providing data
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 15: The Background Processing of ABAP Programs
	Technical requirements
	Background processing in SAP
		Background remote function call
		Scheduling background jobs
			Creating a background job
	Recording batch input sessions
	Summary
	Questions
Chapter 16: Performance and Optimization of ABAP Code
	Technical requirements
	Ways of measuring ABAP programs performance
	ABAP runtime analysis
	ABAP trace analysis
	ABAP SAT transactions
	Best practice techniques
	Summary
	Questions
Appendix A: Assessments
	Answers
		Chapter 1 - Creating Custom Code
		Chapter 2 - The Basic Structures of ABAP
		Chapter 3 - Database Access in ABAP
		Chapter 4 - Import and Export to Document Formats
		Chapter 5 - Exposing Data to Print Forms
		Chapter 6 - ABAP and XML
		Chapter 7 - Building User Interfaces
		Chapter 8 - Creating Stunning UI5 Interfaces
		Chapter 9 - Business Object Processing Framework
		Chapter 10 - Modification and Customization Techniques
		Chapter 11 - Handling Exceptions in ABAP
		Chapter 12 - Testing ABAP Programs
		Chapter 13 - Advanced Techniques in ABAP Objects
		Chapter 14 - Integrating SAP with Third-Party Systems
		Chapter 15 - Background Processing of ABAP Programs
		Chapter 16 - Performance and Optimization of ABAP Code
	Additional tutorials
		Creating a report from the template
		Uploading graphics to SE78
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