Course announcements

  • This course will be retired as of end June 2024, and is replaced by Data Modelling in ABAP Dictionary and ABAP Core Data Services (S4D430). You may also find the digital learning journey Acquiring Core ABAP Skills of interest. Learning ABAP Cloud equips you with the skills to scale, innovate, integrate and maintain business applications efficiently while saving on costs, and ensures you stay current with today's cloud-centric business world. It also increases your marketability as a developer in the growing SAP ecosystem. Our classes impart ABAP knowledge that is applicable both to ABAP Cloud and on-premise installations, demonstrating the backward compatibility of ABAP Cloud, i.e. your skills and experience in ABAP on-premise can certainly form a strong foundation for working in ABAP Cloud.
  • This course is also available in a self-paced e-learning format with an active subscription to the SAP Learning Hub, as BC430E.
  • The course discusses the role of the ABAP Dictionary in the SAP system and its scope of functions.

Course information

Content

  • Introduction to the ABAP Dictionary
    • Describing the ABAP Dictionary
  • Data Types in the ABAP Dictionary
    • Creating Domains and Data Elements
    • Creating Flat Structures
    • Creating Table Types and Deep Structures
    • Creating Type Groups
  • Database Tables
    • Creating Transparent Tables
    • Defining Cluster Tables and Pooled Tables
  • Performance During Table Access
    • Creating Database Table Indexes
    • Setting Up Table Buffering
  • Input Checks
    • Creating Fixed Values
    • Defining Foreign Keys to Perform Input Checks
    • Creating Text Tables
  • Dictionary Object Dependencies
    • Differentiating Between Active and Inactive Dictionary Objects
    • Identifying Dependencies with ABAP Dictionary Objects
  • Table Changes
    • Performing a Table Conversion
    • Enhancing Tables Using Append Structures
  • Views and Maintenance Views
    • Creating Database Views
    • Creating Maintenance Views
    • Creating View Clusters
  • Search Helps
    • Creating Search Helps
    • Applying Advanced Search Help Techniques

Goals

  • This course will prepare you to:
    • To discuss the role of the ABAP Dictionary in the SAP system and its scope of functions.

Audience

  • Developer
  • Developer Consultant

Prerequisites

Essential

Recommended

  • None

Course based on software release

  • SAP NETWEAVER 7.50 ECC608

Notes

  • Courseware available as flipbook in Learning Hub

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