C_ABAPD: SAP ABAP Cloud Back-End Developer (ABAP on S/4HANA)

SAP S/4HANA and ABAP Cloud landscape

• S/4HANA and SAP BTP at a glance
• On-premise, private cloud and public cloud development
• ABAP Cloud development model
• Tier model and the clean core idea
• Software components, packages and transport requests

• Lab: Connect to the ABAP environment and create a package · 30 min

ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse

• Installing ADT and creating ABAP projects
• Project Explorer and editors
• Code completion, quick fixes and refactoring
• Debugger basics and breakpoints
• ABAP console applications

• Lab: Write and debug a first console class · 45 min

ABAP language basics

• Syntax, statements and comments
• Elementary data types and declarations
• Inline declarations and constructor expressions
• Control structures and loops
• String processing and templates

• Lab: Build calculations and string output in ABAP · 45 min

Data types in depth

• Structures and table types
• Global and local types
• Data elements and domains
• Type conversion rules
• Fixed-point arithmetic

• Lab: Define structured types and convert data safely · 40 min

ABAP Dictionary

• Database tables and key fields
• Technical settings and client handling
• Foreign keys and value helps overview
• Activation and adjustment
• Generating test data

• Lab: Create database tables and fill them with test data · 45 min

Modularisation and error handling

• Methods and parameters
• Class-based exceptions
• RAISE and TRY…CATCH
• Message handling basics
• Code readability guidelines

• Lab: Refactor logic into methods with exception handling · 40 min

ABAP SQL

• SELECT with field lists and WHERE clauses
• Joins and aggregate functions
• SQL expressions and built-in functions
• INSERT, UPDATE, MODIFY and DELETE
• Performance guidelines for HANA

• Lab: Query and change data with ABAP SQL · 50 min

Internal tables

• Standard, sorted and hashed tables
• Keys and secondary keys
• READ TABLE, LOOP AT and table expressions
• FOR expressions and REDUCE
• Grouping and sorting

• Lab: Process business data with internal tables · 50 min

Working with data efficiently

• Choosing the right table kind
• Field symbols and data references
• Avoiding nested selects
• SQL trace and runtime analysis overview

CDS view entities

• CDS in the S/4HANA virtual data model
• Defining view entities
• Projections, joins and unions
• Calculated fields and CASE
• Parameters and literals

• Lab: Build CDS view entities over your tables · 50 min

Associations and annotations

• Associations and path expressions
• Compositions for parent-child data
• UI and semantic annotations
• Metadata extensions
• Access control with DCL

• Lab: Add associations, annotations and access control · 50 min

Consuming CDS

• Reading CDS views in ABAP SQL
• Released CDS views from SAP
• Data preview and dependency analyser
• Naming conventions for VDM layers

Classes and objects

• Classes, attributes and methods
• Visibility sections
• Instance and static components
• Constructors
• Functional methods and chaining

• Lab: Design a class for a business entity · 45 min

Inheritance and interfaces

• Inheritance and redefinition
• Abstract and final classes
• Interfaces and polymorphism
• Casting
• Factory and singleton patterns

• Lab: Implement polymorphism with interfaces · 45 min

Clean core and released APIs

• ABAP Cloud language version
• Release contracts and API states
• Finding released objects
• ATC checks for cloud readiness
• Wrapping unreleased functionality

• Lab: Run ATC checks and replace an unreleased call · 40 min

RAP fundamentals

• RAP architecture and layers
• Managed and unmanaged implementation types
• Data model with root and child entities
• Projection layer
• Behaviour definitions

• Lab: Generate and examine a managed RAP business object · 45 min

Behaviour implementation

• Behaviour pools and handler classes
• Numbering and field control
• Validations
• Determinations
• Actions and functions
• Entity Manipulation Language (EML)

• Lab: Add validations, determinations and an action · 60 min

Draft and locking

• Draft handling concepts
• Draft tables
• ETag and optimistic locking
• Authorisation checks in RAP

• Lab: Enable draft for the business object · 35 min

Business services

• Service definitions
• OData V2 and V4 service bindings
• Publishing local services
• Service metadata and testing

• Lab: Expose the business object as an OData V4 service · 40 min

Fiori elements preview

• List report and object page patterns
• UI annotations for line items and facets
• Value helps and search
• Previewing the app from ADT

• Lab: Shape a Fiori elements app with annotations · 50 min

Classic ABAP awareness

• Executable reports and selection screens
• ALV output with SALV
• BAdIs and enhancement spots
• Customer exits and user exits overview
• When classic techniques are still used

• Lab: Read and extend a classic report with an ALV list · 40 min

ABAP Unit testing

• Test classes and test methods
• Assertions
• Test doubles for CDS and SQL
• Testing RAP behaviour with EML
• Coverage in ADT

• Lab: Write ABAP Unit tests for the business object · 50 min

Putting it together

• Review of the end-to-end application
• Transport and release of objects
• Common project pitfalls
• Code review checklist

Exam readiness

• C_ABAPD topic review
• Question styles
• Practice questions with review
• Confirming the current exam release on SAP Learning