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New Features in ABAP 7.40

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May, 2017 IBM Confidential IBM Corporation 2017
Evolution of ABAP Codelines
SAP User Interfaces: Evolution

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Inline Declarations

-- New declaration operator DATA(….)

-- New declration operator FIELD-SYMBOL(…)

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Constructor Expressions

The general syntax for constructor expressions is

OPERATOR type( … )

Instance Operator NEW

Value Operator VALUE -- VALUE dtype|#( )
Referrence Operator REF -- REF dtype|#( …. )
Conversino & Casting Operator CONV – CONV dtype |#(…) CAST CAST dtype|class|interface|#( … )
Lossless operator EXACT EXACT dtype|#( arith_exp )
Conditional operator COND COND dtype|#( WHEN log_exp1 THEN result1 
                [ WHEN log_exp2 THEN result2 ] 
                … [ ELSE resultn ] 
SWITCH SWITCH dtype|#( operand WHEN const1 THEN result1 
                  [ WHEN const2 THEN result2 ] 
                  … [ ELSE resultn ] )

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 ABAP Oops & Table

 Functional method can have ‘Exporting’ & ‘Changing’ parameters.

 Table Expressions
 Index Access
wa = itab[ idx ].
Instead of - READ TABLE itab INDEX idx INTO wa.

 Free Acces
wa = itab[ col1 = … col2 = … ]
Instead of - READ TABLE itab WITH KEY col1 = … col2 = …  INTO wa.

 Key access using a table key

wa = itab[ KEY key col1 = … col2 = … ].
wa = itab[ KEY key COMPONENTS col1 = … col2 = … ].
Exception to catch CX_SY_ITAB_LINE_NOT_FOUND !!!

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 Can we Write FIELD-SYMBOL = Itab [ 2 ] ?

What about Binary Search & Secondary Key ?

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How ABAP will coexist ?

 Access of a standalone SAP HANA from AS ABAP

 Using SAP HANA as the Database of an AS ABAP

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AS ABAP and SAP HANA

 Code Pushdown - Suitable parts of application logic can be transferred  from the application
server to SAP HANA.
 HANA Views , AMDP

 Explicit ‘ORDER BY’

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 Thanks!!

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Useful Links

ABAP Language News for Release 7.40:-

http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/blog/2013/07/22/abap-news-forrelease-740

ABAP Demo Programs:

ZMSR_NEW_SQL_01
ZMSR_NEW_SQL_02
ZMSR_NEW_SQL_03
ZMSR_NEW_SQL_04

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