Assignment 2

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Assignment:
Create OData Service using Transaction Code SEGW.

1. The service is created to get Purchase Order Header and Item data from tables
EKKO and EKPO respectively.
2. The fields required from Header are as below

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EBELN Purchasing Document Number

BUKRS Company Code
AEDAT Date on which the record was
created
ERNAM Name of Person who Created the
Object
LIFNR Vendor's account number
EKORG Purchasing organization
EKGRP Purchasing Group
WAERS Currency Key
3. The fields required from Item are as below
EBELN Purchasing Document Number
EBELP Item Number of Purchasing
Document
LOEKZ Deletion indicator in purchasing
document
TXZ01 Short Text
MATNR Material Number
WERKS Plant
LGORT Storage location
MENGE Purchase Order Quantity
MEINS Purchase Order Unit of Measure
BRTWR Gross order value in PO currency
4. Create Entity Types for header and item data using structure reference.
5. Generate Service.
6. Maintain Service.
7. Test Service and Service metadata.

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Instructions:
1. [TCODE]: Go to Transaction code with name TCODE
2. Replace 00 in the object names with unique 2-digit identifier
3. SAP GUI theme used here is ‘SAP Signature Theme’
Create a package: Z00 (replace 00 with unique number). Every time you need to
enter a package – use this package.

4. Create a TR in [SE01]
Every time you need to select a TR – use this TR. Above TR is only for example.
Please create your own TR. This step is not repeated at all places in the solution.

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Solution:
Step 1. [SEGW] Create a project.
Click on Create.

Fill the details as below and click okay.

Tip: Remember to replace 00 with the unique number you are using. For example, if you are
using unique number as 55, your project name will be Z55_PO_DATA and package would be
Z55.

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Created project will appear as below. Click Save to save the project.

Note: At all subsequent steps – use the same TR when a TR is asked for. This screenshot is not
repeated further.
Expand the node Data Model by clicking the highlighted triangle icon.

The 3 nodes i.e., Entity Types, Associations and Entity Sets will appear.

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Step 2. [SE11] Create structures for Purchase Order Header and Purchase Order Item data.

Enter Data type Z00_POHDR and click Create

Select Structure and click okay.

Add the fields in the structure as per requirement.

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Save and activate.

Note: Ignore warning for enhancement category for now. You can also set it to Can be enhanced
(Deep)

Structure should be in active state.

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Similarly, create structure for Item data – Z00_POITEM

As this structure contains Quantity (MENGE) and Amount (BRTWR) fields, providing
currency/quantity field reference currency/unit is mandatory.

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Step 3. [SEGW] Create Entity Types and Entity Sets.

Right click on Entity Type node and select Create.

Enter Entity Type Name as ‘POHeader’ and check the checkbox for Create Related Entity Set.
Entity Set Name will be populated automatically. Click okay.

Status bar will show below message.

The Entity Type POHeader will appear as below.

Now, add ABAP Structure as Z00_POHDR created in Step 2.

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Observe that Entity Set with name POHeaderSet is automatically created.

Right click on the POHeader node and select ImportProperties.

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Select all properties and click next.

Set up EBELN as key and click Finish.

Expand the POHeader node and double click on Properties to see all imported properties.

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Similarly, create Entity Type for Item Data. Right click on Entity Type node and select Create.

Enter entity name as POItem, check the checkbox to Create Related Entity Set.

Add ABAP structure name as Z00_POITEM.

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Right click on node POItem and select ImportProperties.

Select all properties and click Next.

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This time select PO Number i.e. EBELN and Item Number ilel EBELP both as keys.

Click Finish to get message that properties are added successfully. Ignore warnings if any at this
point.

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Step 4. [SEGW] Generate the OData Project.

Click on generate.

All the fields will be populated already. You may choose to remove extra Z in all class names.
i.e., instead of ZCL_Z00_ use ZCL_00_. It is fine if you don’t do this and keep the names
proposed.
Click okay.

Provide package Z00.

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Save in TR.

The project will be generated.

Note: Remember, ZCL_00_PO_DATA_DPC_EXT is the data provider class extension where actual
code will be implemented.

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The project tree should appear as below at this point.

The Runtime Artifact shows service name Z00_PO_DATA_SRV. This is the service name that will
be used to register / activate the service.

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Step 5. [/n/IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE] Maintain the service.

Note: The transaction code here is only /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE. However, just using this does
not work as per the strange ways of SAP. So, use /n or /o before this t-code always.
Click on Add Service

Select System Alias as LOCAL & Technical Service Name from previous step i.e.,
Z00_PO_DATA_SRV and click on Get Services.

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Service will appear in the bottom section. Select the service and click on Add Selected Services.

Enter the package Z00 and click okay.

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Select TR. This popup up will appear 2 times.

You will get a popup saying service is created and metadata is loaded.

Now, go back and click on Filter.

Provide service name as Z00_* (You can also provide full name).

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Your service will appear as below. Now, click on SAP Gateway Client.

SAP Gateway Client is the tool to test OData Services.

Since we have generated, registered and activated the service – we should be able to test the
service and the metadata.
Service URI: /sap/opu/odata/sap/Z00_PO_DATA_SRV/?$format=xml
Click Execute.

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Response code is 200 which means service call is successful.

Similarly, test metadata with URL: /sap/opu/odata/sap/Z00_PO_DATA_SRV/$metadata

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Tip: To add metadata option, below button can be used.

Service Creation is now complete. Next step to implement the service operations continues in
next assignment.

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