In this course, you will acquire in-depth knowledge of the advanced features in ABAP programming and understand how to apply them practically in your ABAP applications.

Goals

This course will prepare you to:

• Acquire in-depth knowledge of the ABAP programming language
• Write more robust ABAP programs
• Assess ABAP programming techniques according to performance aspects and develop high-performance programs
• Gain detailed knowledge in ABAP Open SQL
• Develop dynamic ABAP programs

Audience

• Developer
• Developer Consultant

Content

ABAP Language Evolution

• Explaining the Difference between Statements, Functions and Expressions
• Describing ABAP Data Types and Data Objects
• Selecting Data from a Single Database Table with Open SQL

Program Calls and Memory Management

• Calling Programs Synchronously
• Describing the ABAP Runtime and Memory Management
• Using Shared Objects

Statements, Functions, and Expressions for Simple Data

• Using Numeric Data Types in Arithmetic Expressions
• Understanding Statements for Processing Character Strings and Byte Strings
• Processing Character Strings and Byte Strings Using Functions and Expressions

Internal Tables

• Using Standard, Sorted, and Hashed Tables
• Using Special Techniques with Internal Tables
• Using Expressions for Internal Tables
• Using Data References and Field Symbols

Dynamic Programming

• Explaining the Dynamic Programming Techniques of ABAP
• Using Dynamic Statements and Dynamic Calls
• Using Generic Data Types
• Describing Data Types, Data Objects, and Objects at Runtime
• Creating Data Types, Data Objects, and Objects at Runtime

ABAP Open SQL

• Describing the Technical Background of Database Accesses with Open SQL
• Processing and Aggregating Datasets on the Database
• Implementing Complex WHERE Conditions and Special INTO Clauses
• Using the Features of the New Open SQL
• Selecting Data from Multiple Database Tables
• Explaining Additional Techniques for Reading from Multiple Database Tables

Analysis and Testing

• Defining and Activating Checkpoints
• Using the ABAP Trace
• Using the SQL Trace
• Using the SQL Monitor

Notes

• Course material available as flipbook in Learning Hub

Essential

• BC400
• BC401

Recommended

• Practical programming experience in ABAP & ABAP Objects
• BC430

Antonio Jorge de Almeida Nunes