Goals

This course will prepare you to:

Develop more concise and well-performing ABAP programs using new features of the ABAP programming language
Develop and optimize ABAP applications that access data stored in the SAP HANA Database

Audience

Introduction
- Understanding SAP HANA and how it impacts the ABAP development paradigm
- Introduction to ABAP development tools (also known as ABAP in Eclipse)
Taking ABAP to SAP HANA
- Accessing SAP HANA as a secondary database
- Tools to detect potential functional and performance issues when migrating to SAP HANA: code inspector and ABAP test cockpit, ABAP trace and ABAP profiler, SQL trace
- Tools to prioritize performance issues: SQL monitor, SQL performance tuning worklist
- Performance rules and guidelines for ABAP in the context of SAP HANA
Database independent code-to-data
- Enhanced open SQL
- Defining advanced views using core data services (CDS) and CDS associations in ABAP
- Incorporating authorization checks with CDS in ABAP
SAP HANA specific code-to-data
- Using native SQL and ABAP data base connectivity (ADBC)
- Creating, using and debugging ABAP managed database procedures
- Using SAP HANA information models in ABAP
Advanced topics
- ABAP transport of SAP HANA objects (HTC and HTA)
- Using SAP HANA full text search in ABAP
- Enabling input fields for type-ahead search
- SAP list viewer (ALV) optimized for SAP HANA

ABAP Programming for SAP HANA Virtual Classroom Live August 18, 2025