Building Views in ABAP Core Data Services (ABAP CDS) (S4D430)

You are an ABAP developer and want to build your own views with ABAP CDS (Core Data Services)? During this course, you will learn the basic idea of Core Data Services and how SAP implemented this concept on the ABAP stack. In these three days, you will get a deep insight into the many features by which CDS Views surpass classical ABAP Dictionary views, and you will learn to leverage the full potential of CDS when defining your own views. Particular highlights will be the extended join possibilities, calculations on database level (including currency conversions), nested views, associations and path expressions, input parameters, and the possibility to link CDS views to authorization checks. Finally, you will get an outlook on the different scenarios for CDS view consumption. Course based on software release: SAP S/4HANA 1809, ABAP Platform 1809, AS ABAP 7.53

 

This course will prepare you to:

• Analyze and define views in Core Data Services ABAP (CDS ABAP)
• Understand how CDS Views surpass ordinary database views
• Leverage the available SQL features in CDS Views
• Use CDS specific concepts like input parameters, associations, enhancements, implicit authorization checks and table functions
• Know the most common use cases for CDS Views

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Working with ABAP Development Tools (ADT)
Tools for analyzing existing CDS Views
Defining CDS Views
ABAP Annotations in CDS Views
SQL Expressions and SQL Functions in CDS Views
Nested Views
Aggregations in CDS Views
Additional Join Types and UNION (ALL)
CDS Views with Input Parameters
Associations in CDS Views
CDS View Enhancement
Implicit Authorization Checks for CDS Views
CDS Table Functions
Overview of common use cases for CDS Views