Get everything you need to code with ABAP, all in one place! Are you a beginner looking for a refresher on the basics? You'll get an overview of SAP architecture and learn syntax. Already an experienced programmer and looking to improve your ABAP skills? Dive right into modifications and code enhancements. Understand the programming environment and build reports, interfaces, and applications with this complete reference to coding with ABAP!Highlights include:1) Architecture and environment2) Syntax, keywords, structures, and tables3) User interaction4) Modularization5) Persistent data6) Dialog and dynamic programming7) Reports and forms8) Interface development9) Modifications and enhancements10) Debugging and testing

Kiran Bandari is a solution architect for one of world's leading confection companies, and has been working with ABAP for more than 10 years. He has worked as a lead ABAP consultant on multiple SAP implementations, roll outs, and upgrade projects with a specific focus on custom development using ABAP Objects and Web Dynpro ABAP. He is also an industry trainer and has conducted ABAP training workshops for major clients like Wrigley's, IBM, Accenture, CapGemini, and more.

... Objective of This Book ... 23 ... Target Audience ... 23 ... Structure of This Book ... 24 1.1 ... Historical Overview ... 27 1.2 ... Understanding an ERP System ... 30 1.3 ... Introduction to SAP ... 33 1.4 ... ABAP Overview ... 38 1.5 ... System Requirements ... 42 1.6 ... Summary ... 43 2.1 ... Introduction to the Three-Tier Architecture ... 45 2.2 ... SAP Implementation Overview ... 47 2.3 ... Data Structures ... 60 2.4 ... Summary ... 70 3.1 ... SAP Environment ... 71 3.2 ... ABAP Workbench Overview ... 80 3.3 ... Eclipse IDE Overview ... 89 3.4 ... SAP Business Technology Platform, ABAP Environment ... 94 3.5 ... Summary ... 95 4.1 ... General Program Structure ... 98 4.2 ... ABAP Syntax ... 99 4.3 ... ABAP Keywords ... 102 4.4 ... Introduction to the TYPE Concept ... 103 4.5 ... ABAP Statements ... 126 4.6 ... Creating Your First ABAP Program ... 128 4.7 ... Summary ... 133 5.1 ... Defining Structures ... 136 5.2 ... Internal Tables ... 146 5.3 ... Introduction to Open SQL Statements ... 167 5.4 ... Processing Data from Databases via Internal Tables and Structures ... 181 5.5 ... Introduction to the Debugger ... 183 5.6 ... Practice ... 186 5.7 ... Summary ... 186 6.1 ... Selection Screen Overview ... 187 6.2 ... Messages ... 204 6.3 ... Summary ... 211 7.1 ... Modularization Overview ... 213 7.2 ... Program Structure ... 217 7.3 ... Events ... 231 7.4 ... Procedures ... 240 7.5 ... Inline Declarations ... 264 7.6 ... Summary ... 266 8.1 ... Procedural Programming versus Object-Oriented Programming ... 267 8.2 ... Principles of Object-Oriented Programming ... 271 8.3 ... Encapsulation ... 279 8.4 ... Inheritance ... 286 8.5 ... Polymorphism ... 296 8.6 ... Working with the Extensible Markup Language ... 313 8.7 ... Summary ... 317 9.1 ... Exceptions Overview ... 319 9.2 ... Procedural Exception Handling ... 320 9.3 ... Class-Based Exception Handling ... 324 9.4 ... Messages in Exception Classes ... 333 9.5 ... Summary ... 339 10.1 ... Database Tables ... 342 10.2 ... Views ... 367 10.3 ... Data Types ... 378 10.4 ... Type Groups ... 388 10.5 ... Domains ... 389 10.6 ... Search Helps ... 392 10.7 ... Lock Objects ... 400 10.8 ... Summary ... 404 11.1 ... Working with Data in Databases ... 406 11.2 ... ABAP Object Services ... 423 11.3 ... File Interfaces ... 428 11.4 ... Data Clusters ... 432 11.5 ... Security Concepts ... 434 11.6 ... Summary ... 436 12.1 ... Screen Events ... 440 12.2 ... Screen Elements and Flow Logic ... 443 12.3 ... Basic Screen Elements ... 455 12.4 ... Input/Output Fields ... 460 12.5 ... List Box ... 461 12.6 ... Table Controls ... 462 12.7 ... Tabstrip Controls ... 468 12.8 ... Subscreens ... 470 12.9 ... Working with Screens ... 471 12.10 ... Control Framework ... 483 12.11 ... Practice ... 486 12.12 ... Summary ... 489 13.1 ... Program Types ... 491 13.2 ... Program Execution ... 495 13.3 ... Memory Organization ... 498 13.4 ... List Events ... 502 13.5 ... Basic Lists and Detail Lists ... 507 13.6 ... Classical Reports ... 511 13.7 ... Interactive Reports ... 511 13.8 ... Practice ... 516 13.9 ... Summary ... 517 14.1 ... Defining Selection Screens ... 520 14.2 ... Selection Screen Events ... 521 14.3 ... Input Validations ... 523 14.4 ... Selection Screen Variants ... 525 14.5 ... Executing Programs in the Background ... 534 14.6 ... Displaying and Hiding Screen Elements Dynamically ... 536 14.7 ... Calling Programs via Selection Screens ... 538 14.8 ... Summary ... 538 15.1 ... Standard ALV Reports Using the Reuse Library ... 542 15.2 ... Interactive Reports ... 559 15.3 ... ALV Reports Using the Control Framework ... 566 15.4 ... ALV Object Model ... 568 15.5 ... SAP List Viewer with Integrated Data Access ... 576 15.6 ... Summary ... 578 16.1 ... Field Symbols ... 580 16.2 ... Data References ... 594 16.3 ... Runtime Type Services ... 599 16.4 ... Dynamic Token Specification ... 604 16.5 ... Dynamic Procedure Calls ... 606 16.6 ... Dynamic Program Generation ... 608 16.7 ... Summary ... 610 17.1 ... Classic Debugger ... 612 17.2 ... New Debugger ... 623 17.3 ... ABAP Managed Database Procedures Debugger ... 627 17.4 ... Using the Debugger to Troubleshoot ... 627 17.5 ... Using the Debugger as a Learning Tool ... 629 17.6 ... Summary ... 630 18.1 ... SAP Scripts ... 633 18.2 ... Smart Forms ... 654 18.3 ... SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe ... 677 18.4 ... Summary ... 697 19.1 ... Batch Data Communication ... 700 19.2 ... Business Application Programming Interfaces ... 713 19.3 ... EDI/ALE/IDocs ... 727 19.4 ... Legacy System Migration Workbench ... 754 19.5 ... Web Services ... 765 19.6 ... OData Services ... 777 19.7 ... Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations ... 788 19.8 ... XML and JSON Data Representation ... 790 19.9 ... WebSockets (ABAP Channels and Messages) ... 792 19.10 ... Summary ... 799 20.1 ... Customization Overview ... 801 20.2 ... Modification Overview ... 803 20.3 ... Using the Modification Assistant ... 803 20.4 ... Using the Modification Browser ... 810 20.5 ... Enhancements Overview ... 811 20.6 ... User Exits ... 812 20.7 ... Customer Exits ... 813 20.8 ... Business Add-Ins ... 822 20.9 ... Enhancement Points ... 834 20.10 ... Business Transaction Events ... 840 20.11 ... Summary ... 845 21.1 ... Overview of Tools ... 847 21.2 ... ABAP Unit ... 849 21.3 ... Code Inspector ... 860 21.4 ... Selectivity Analysis ... 862 21.5 ... Process Analysis ... 864 21.6 ... Memory Inspector ... 866 21.7 ... Table Call Statistics ... 869 21.8 ... Performance Trace ... 871 21.9 ... ABAP Trace/Runtime Analysis ... 879 21.10 ... Single-Transaction Analysis ... 883 21.11 ... Dump Analysis ... 886 21.12 ... Summary ... 887