Week 1: Introduction – ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model

Unit 4: Introducing SAP Cloud Platform,

ABAP Environment
Introducing SAP Cloud Platform, ABAP Environment
Topics

01 The Big Picture

02 Architecture Overview

03 Involved Technologies

04 Introducing SAP Cloud Platform, ABAP Environment

05 Preparing Your ABAP Development Environment

Week 1 06 Creating Your First ABAP Cloud Console App

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Motivation

Customer Base Enterprise Readiness Transition to Cloud

Huge customer and partner base ABAP as proven environment for Growing market adoption of
running ABAP-based solutions with enterprise-ready business SAP S/4HANA Cloud with
custom code applications with competitive cost tailored extensibility for customers
of development and partners

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The vital parts

SAP CLOUD PLATFORM ABAP SAP Cloud

ENVIRONMENT Platform
Services
SAP S/4HANA
ABAP PLATFORM AS A SERVICE
IoT
CLOUD
COCKPIT HTTP SERVICES User Mgmt
AND ABAP RESTful CLOUD
PROGRAMMING MODEL …
utilizing
Analytics
Core Data Services

ABAP Cloud-optimized ABAP WEB API

WEB
WEB API
DEVELOPMENT language WEBAPIAPI
TOOLS IN ECLIPSE
CLOUD
connectivity

SAP S/4HANA
GIT CODE SAP HANA SAP System
MANAGEMENT SAP CLOUD
CLOUD ON-PREMISE Non-SAP System
PLATFORM
CONNECTOR

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Extension scenario 1: Cloud ERP

SAP CLOUD PLATFORM SAP Cloud

ABAP ENVIRONMENT Platform
Services
ABAP EXTENSION
IoT Use SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment
ML to extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud or other
SAP cloud solutions
…
connectivity
Analytics SAP Cloud solutions like SAP S/4HANA Cloud
provide in-app extensibility to extend SAP apps
SAP HANA and processes, but there is no support for
SAP CLOUD classic custom ABAP development on top of
PLATFORM SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP Cloud Platform is the foundation to develop
and run custom cloud extensions and the ABAP
environment shall be used for ABAP based
cloud extensions
SAP S/4HANA

CLOUD

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Extension scenario 2: Innovation Platform

SAP CLOUD PLATFORM SAP Cloud

ABAP ENVIRONMENT Platform
Services
ABAP EXTENSION
IoT Develop and run innovative ABAP apps
ML on a PaaS in the Cloud
…
connectivity
Benefit from the newest ABAP Platform and
Analytics
SAP HANA database technologies independent
from your existing on-premise system landscape
SAP HANA
SAP CLOUD Build your Fiori apps with the future proof
PLATFORM ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
Utilize SAP Cloud Platform services like IoT,
SAP CLOUD machine learning etc. in your cloud extension
CONNECTOR Delegate operation of the ABAP PaaS and new
technologies to SAP

ON PREMISE SAP ERP

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Extension scenario 3: Hub-like usage

SAP CLOUD PLATFORM SAP Cloud

ABAP ENVIRONMENT Platform
Services Decouple ABAP implementations from
ABAP EXTENSION
IoT on-premise core business systems
ML
EXTERNAL USER GROUP
… Make your cloud app available to a broader audience that
connectivity
Analytics does not have access to your core business systems (e.g.
consumer apps)
INTEGRATION HUB
SAP HANA Integrate in your cloud extension multiple cloud/on-premise
SAP CLOUD systems with SAP/non-SAP cloud services
PLATFORM
DATA INTEGRATION
Collect data from multiple sources in your cloud extension for
further processing and analysis
SAP CLOUD
CONNECTOR DECOUPLED EXTENSION
Cloud extensions use only well defined (remote) APIs of the
Business system. This reduces the risk and effort for
SAP S/4HANA business system upgrades.
WEB
WEB API
API
SAP System WEB
WEBAPI
API
ON PREMISE Non SAP System CLOUD

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Wrap-up

IN THIS UNIT, YOU LEARNED

▪ About SAP Cloud Platform, ABAP environment
▪ What the vital parts are
▪ What the advantages are
▪ What the main scenarios are

NEXT UNIT
▪ Week 1 Unit 5
Preparing Your ABAP Development Environment

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Further reading
i Additional Material

ABAP RESTful APPLICATION PROGRAMMING MODEL

INFORMATION PAGE

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RAP at openSAP information page (week 1)

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