Blackvard Management Consulting - SAP ABAP Introduction

Blackvard Management Consulting
SAP ABAP® – Introduction
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Agenda
Course Outline:
1. Intro & Overview
2. SAP Development Components
3. The Programming Language ABAP
4. Data Structures
5. Data Management I + II
6. SAP User Interfaces
7. SAP Developer Tools I + II
ABAP Basic Course - Description
Course Facts:
• The course consists of 8
sessions and each lasts
one hour
• Each will be recorded and is
available for downloading
• Live programming session
with the trainer
• Live Q&A with the trainer* Please contact us for additional course details
regarding lessons 2 – 7 & their schedules.*

Introduction & Overview
1. Who we are
2. What is SAP ABAP®?
3. Sample use cases where ABAP® development is required
4. Coaching & training services
5. Q&A session
What will be covered in this lesson:

Technical project lead and ABAP® architect responsible for quality in technical scope and
budget in a global roll-out of SAP Logistics applications (SAP LE / LO)
Conducting multiple SAP ABAP® and SAP HANA trainings for various US companies
Implementation of a standard SAP software solution for Spend Management within SAP AG &
ARIBA (annual spend volume 3 Bill. USD) which can be used in all SAP systems
Improved claims management using SAP FS-CM which is generating annual savings of 15 Mio
USD for a huge German public healthcare organization
Implemented a global solution for procurement processes at BMW AG using SAP SRM / B2B
Blueprinting and implementation of SAP software for banking credit cancelations for
VOLKSWAGEN
Key Achievements of Blackvard Management Consulting in Previous Projects
What We’ve Accomplished

Blackvard Management Consultants
www.blackvard.comCopyright © Blackvard Management Consulting – All rights reserved
Short Bio:
Lukas M. Dietzsch is managing director at Blackvard
Management Consulting, LLC. He is holding a Master’s
degree in Information Technology and is an experienced IT
solution architect and project lead.
His strong background in adapting to requirements and
standards in different industries and on various platforms are
valuable assets for Blackvard customers.
He is repeatedly commended by customers for driving
efficient solutions for complex problems in globally
distributed team environments and meeting tough deadlines.
For further information please visit:
www.blackvard.com
Lukas M. Dietzsch
lukas@blackvard.com
Copyright © Blackvard Management Consulting- All rights reserved www.blackvard.com
Managing Director

An overview of current and previous customers:
Customers That Recommend Blackvard

What is SAP ABAP®?
 ABAP® (Advanced Business Application Programming)
 Behind most SAP Applications
 Powerful compiled language
 Object orientation is fully supported
 Different Integrated
Development Environments
are supported by SAP (IDE):
 SAP Netweaver
 Eclipse for ABAP®

Source: Blackvard Slide 8
*cp. http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/display/ABAP/ABAP+in+Eclipse
What is SAP ABAP®?
 Eclipse IDE for ABAP® Development*:

 SAP ABAP® is used to develop custom reports & interfaces
 Customizable ABAP® programs
 Knowledge of relational database design & Object-oriented
concept familiarity required
 Runtime Environment
 Database that contains ABAP® development objects & programs
 Not stored in separate external files like Java or C++ programs
 ABAP® code resides in two forms:
 Source code (viewed & edited with ABAP® Workbench tools)
 Generated (Compiler) code (binary representation comparable with Java)
What is SAP ABAP®?

What is SAP ABAP®?
 Runtime System – Executes ABAP® programs
 Responsible for processing ABAP® statements
 Controls the flow logic of screens & event responses
 Runtime System Database Interface
 Turns database-independent ABAP® statements
(Open SQL) into statements understood by underlying DBMS
(Native SQL)
 Handles all communication w/ relational database
 Contains extra features such as buffering of tables and
frequently accessed data in local memory of application server

What is SAP ABAP®?
 SAP Basis applications do not depend directly on a specific
server or database platform
 Easily transported from one platform to another
 ABAP® programs are either executable units or a library
 Provide reusable code to other programs & not executable independently
 ABAP® distinguishes two types of executable programs
 Reports – simple programming module where
a user operationally enters a set of parameters
& the program uses the parameters to produce
a report (interactive list)
 Module pools – complex patterns of user
interactions using a collection of various screens

What is SAP ABAP®?
 ABAP® Workbench contains different tools for editing programs
 Editor – writing & editing reports, module pools, includes, subroutine pools
 Dictionary – processing database table definitions & retrieving global types
 Menu Painter – designing user interfaces (menu bar/ toolbars/ function key assignments)
 Screen Painter – designing screens and flow logic
 Function Builder – building function modules
 Class Builder – building object classes & interfaces
 ABAP® Coding Dictionary
 Contains metadata (display and maintain) regarding SAP data
 Linked closely with ABAP® Workbench – reference data is obtained from dictionary
 Tables/ indexes/ views/ structures/ data/ domains/ search help/ lock objects

What is SAP ABAP®?
 ABAP® Syntax
 Hello World – ubiquitous program, used to display a list
 Chained Statements – consecutive statements (creates more readable & intuitive form)
 Comments – asterisk vs. double quotation mark
 Data Types - Built-in data types
 Object classes & interfaces
 Variables – Can be created via structures/ tables/ views/ data elements
 Date & Time variables
 Must be explicitly declared in order to be used

What is SAP ABAP®?
 ABAP® Objects
 Object-oriented programming
 Simplifies applications & makes them controllable
 Fully compatible with existing language
 ABAP® Statements
 Declarative/ Modularization/ Control/ Call/ Operational/ Formatting
 Internal Tables – vector of structs in C++ or a vector of objects in Java
 ABAP® provides a collection of statements (access & manipulate content)
 Only way to define a multi-element data object
 Used to store variable datasets of a fixed structure in ABAP® memory
 Data stored row-by-row
 Used to store & format database table content
 Define complex data structures

ERP 6.06
FI / COTravel
SD
MM-
Purchasing
MM-Inventory
Management
CMS
Applications
SRM 7.01
CloudExternal (DMZ)On-Premise - Internal
ABAP® Connector
Ariba
Cloud
Sample Use ABAP® Development Case
 SAP modules & processes reflect best practice approach for SAP customers
 Not all customers are equal & not all business processes are the same
 Enhancement/ bypassing/ modification exists for various SAP business processes
 Implement new business processes & integration within standard SAP systems
 Example Use Case:
 On-Premise SAP environment
 Connects spend data w/ the cloud (e.g. Ariba Cloud)
 Implement data selection logic in ABAP® & connect the two worlds

 Performance consulting after
ABAP® integrations (e.g.
performance analysis of migrated SAP
ABAP® software solutions)
 Go-live technical support
 Business improvement mentoring
 Competitive performance analysis
 Instant personalized feedback
Software Review & Quality Assurance
 Customized e-Learning courses
ABAP® 1 – Overview & Entry Level
ABAP® 2 – Advanced Programming
ABAP® 3 – Object-oriented
Architecture
 Onsite training with customer own
use cases
 Live & on-demand webinars (including
Q&A)
 ABAP® SAP Access
SAP Training
Coaching & Training Services

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