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Hello There,
Thank you for downloading this step by step OData service application
guide.
In this step by step tutorial guide I will walk you through the steps to create
an OData service from scratch using the SAP Netweaver Gateway and also
build an SAPUI5 application to use the created OData service
So accordingly this tutorial is split into 4 parts.
Part 1 Create an OData service
Part 2 Start an SAPUI5 application and connect it to SAP backend
Part 3 Develop a Basic Hello World SAPUI5 Application
Part 4 Develop a SAPUI5 Application to consume the OData service.
Through this tutorial I will walk you through the major aspects of the whole
process. This quick guide will help you start quickly and help you enhance
your own learning on this subject.
So without further delay lets get started.

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Part 1: Creating OData service using SAP Netweaver Gateway

Quick Introductions:
OData service: In SAP, OData service can be considered as a kind of webservice which can be used directly in any end user web application to access
the module specific data. What data can be accessed through the service is
decided during the development of such a service.
SAP Netweaver Gateway Service Builder: In SAP we use SAP
Netweaver Gateway Service Builder (Tcode SEGW) to develop such OData
services. This gateway is delivered by SAP in SAP Netweaver 7.2 version
onwards. However it does not come automatically in built. To get it
installed in your SAP version you need to install some add on packages.
I have developed this tutorial on the SAP Netweaver 7.4 version so when
you try this tutorial on your system some of your screens may look a bit
different.
ESPM Demo Model Enterprise Sales and Procurement Model:
SAP Netweaver delivers a sample data model which we can use to develop
demo applications. This is known as the ESPM or EPM Model in short.

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This data model has a number of entities as shown below

We will use this data model to base this tutorial on.

OK!! With this brief introduction we know some basics enough so start our adventure.
Moving on Let's create an OData service based on the SAP Netweaver ESPM
(Enterprise Sales and Procurement Model) Demo Model.
Disclaimer: I have developed this tutorial by reviewing various sample process from
SCN to develop an OData service. This links are mentioned in the reference section at
the end of this document.

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In this example we will develop an OData service to provide a list of
products (product catalogue) stored in the SAP system. This product
catalogue is part of the ESPM module of SAP.
In Simpler words, the final output of this exercise will be a web URL which
could be used to get a list of products in SAP.
Later on we will use this service to develop an SAPUI5 application to design
a beautiful application to display this product list.
So Lets begin
Pre-check Step
First check if the demo ESPM Product data already exists in
your SAP system.
For this execute the function module BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_LIST
using Tcode SE37.
If the module does not return any data then,
Execute transaction SEPM_DG.
Try executing function module BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_LIST again
in SE37. This time you should see the returned values in the
HEADERDATA table.

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In this case I can see 115 Product entries returned so we are all set to move
with our actual OData service creation.

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Usually when I go through tutorials I am tempted to scroll down to find out
what is all this hard work finally going to look like.
So before we proceed further here I want to take a break and show you what
you are finally going to have as your working product after all your hard
work.
Steps we will follow
Output of Part 1.

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Output of Part 2.

Now if you are interested to go ahead after looking at this lovely output,
then lets continue.

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Building the OData Service

In SAP NetWeaver Gateway Service Builder you need to complete 3 main

steps to build an OData service
1 Define or import the data model
2 Implement or generate the runtime logic for the service operations
3 Activate and run the service

Define or Import
DATA MODEL

Implement
SERVICE

Register SERVICE
and
Activate HUB

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Here we will import a Data Model by using the SAP Netweaver ESPM
(Enterprise Sales and Procurement Model). In this tutorial though, we will
only use the Product Entity.
Step 1: Import Data Model from ABAP DDIC structure.
The final end result of all our hard work will be an Odata service which will
return a product catalogue.
Since we want to finally show the product catalogue so before we import the
data model into the NetWeaver Gateway Service Builder, lets look at the
interface of the function module BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_LIST which
had returned the list of products when we executed it in SE37.

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The values for the products (Product names, Category etc) were returned in
the HEADERDATA Table and this is of type
BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_HEADER.
Hence we will need to refer this structure when we build our service.
Execute transaction SEGW and create a new project.

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The result will be a project structure containing the data model, the service
implementation, the runtime objects and the service information.
Save the generated project.
Within the service builder the data model can be imported from an external
source (an EDMX file) or it can be generated from the Business Object
Repository (BOR), RFC or ABAP DDIC information. Of course it can also be
built up from scratch by defining all the properties, complex types, entity
types and associations from scratch.
To retrieve the product catalogue returned by the BAPI into the structure of
the BAPI - use the structure BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_HEADER to import
the DDIC structure.

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Figure 1: Import DDIC structure.

Step 1 Import DDIC Structure

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Step 2 Deselect some fields you would not need in your service.

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Step 3 Mark the PRODUCT_ID field as the Key for this service.

After you follow the wizard to add the DDIC structure, a new Entity Set EmpProducSet will be added to your Project - Z_EPM_PRODUCTS Data
Model.

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Double click the Entity Types ->EmpProduct->Properties to maintain

annotations, labels and other properties of each of the entity types.

Check Entity Set EpmProducts for the Entity Type EpmProduct

Step 2: Generate and Register the new Gateway Service

Now the service can already be generated, which means that the model and
data provider classes are generated and the service is registered (names are
suggested by the system, but can be overwritten):
Click the generate button to generate the service.
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Step 1 Click to generate the service

Step 2 Service generated successfully.

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Step 3: Activate and test your service.
After generating the runtime artifacts the service can be activated by
double-clicking on the Service maintenance node.

Fig: Clicking the Service Maintenance node brings up Service Registration

options.
Here click on the Register button.

This will add and activate your service.

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Service generated and Activated check the registration status column is

green.

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To test your service click the maintain button. In my case I have the SAP
Netweaver Gateway installed in my current SAP Client hence the test will
execute in my own server.

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Clicking the Maintain button will get you to the Activate and Maintain
Services screen

From here you can click the Call in Browser button to display the service
document in the browser.

Service XML document or Gateway Service Z_EPM_PRODUCTS_SRV

To view the metadata of this service just append /$metadata to the service
document URL.

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So now our service is ready.

However it wont return any data until we add code,
to the data provider class to fetch the EPM product data.
We will do that in the next part of this tutorial.

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Implementing the Data Provider Class ZCL_Z_EPM_PRODUCTS_DPC_EXT

with Paging and Sorting Logic
We now need to add code to fetch the product values.
So navigate back the Service builder and expand the service
implementation node and locate and click the GetEntitySet ( Query )
operation. This will show you the implementation class and method for this
operation.

We will need to add code to this class, into the method

EPMPRODUCTSET_GET_ENTITYSET by redefinition. So in the class
builder
(Transaction
SE24)
open
the
class
ZCL_Z_EPM_PRODUCTS_DPC_EXT in change mode, select the method
EPMPRODUCTSET_GET_ENTITYSET and click the redefine method.

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Enter the following code into the EPMPRODUCTSET_GET_ENTITYSET

Method
DATA lt_products TYPE TABLE OF bapi_epm_product_header.
DATA lt_return TYPE TABLE OF bapiret2.
DATA lv_min TYPE i. DATA lv_max TYPE i.
DATA lt_techorder TYPE /iwbep/t_mgw_tech_order.
DATA lt_sortorder TYPE abap_sortorder_tab.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <lf_order> TYPE /iwbep/s_mgw_tech_order.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <lf_sortorder> TYPE abap_sortorder.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <lf_products> TYPE bapi_epm_product_header.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <lf_entityset> TYPE zcl_z_epm_products_mpc=>ts_epmproduct.
* Get technical request information
IF io_tech_request_context IS BOUND.
lt_techorder = io_tech_request_context->get_orderby( ).
ENDIF.
* Get List of Products (to avoid a read with every call a cache could be
implemented)
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_LIST'
TABLES
headerdata = lt_products
return
= lt_return.
* Sorting
LOOP AT lt_techorder ASSIGNING <lf_order>.
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO lt_sortorder ASSIGNING <lf_sortorder>.
<lf_sortorder>-name = <lf_order>-property.

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IF <lf_order>-order = `desc`.
<lf_sortorder>-descending = abap_true.
ENDIF.
IF <lf_order>-property = `PRODUCT_ID`
OR <lf_order>-property = `DESCRIPTION`
OR <lf_order>-property = `NAME`
OR <lf_order>-property = `CURRENCY_CODE`
OR <lf_order>-property = `SUPPLIER_NAME`.
<lf_sortorder>-astext = abap_true.
ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.
SORT lt_products BY (lt_sortorder).
* Paging
IF is_paging-skip IS NOT INITIAL.
lv_min = is_paging-skip + 1.
ELSE.
lv_min = 1.
ENDIF.
IF is_paging-top IS NOT INITIAL.
lv_max = is_paging-skip + is_paging-top.
ELSE.
lv_max = lines( lt_products ).
ENDIF.
LOOP AT lt_products FROM lv_min TO lv_max ASSIGNING <lf_products>.
APPEND INITIAL LINE TO et_entityset ASSIGNING <lf_entityset>.
MOVE-CORRESPONDING <lf_products> TO <lf_entityset>.
ENDLOOP.

Save and Activate your code.

The code is simple to understand. All we are doing here is calling the BAPI
'BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_LIST' which we had executed in the PreCheck step to fetch the values for PRODUCTS from the SAP system. Then
we added code to be able to SORT order to our put if it is requested by the
service caller in the io_tech_request_context and if Paging is requested
then we add paging value as read from the is_paging Parameter.

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Thru this code you have now made your service able to fetch and return
product values to your service caller.
To ensure that the service will return you the values properly test the service by
executing the service again in the browser

If you check the feed in Internet Explorer you will notice that there are exactly 115
records returned.

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Tip: In internet explorer, to switch from the feed view to the raw xml, go to
Internet Options -> Content -> Feeds and Web Slices Settings and uncheck the
"Turn on feed reading view". Then revisit the URL, you should see the raw XML
from the service.

The above implementation will enable the service to return the entire set of
records. However we would also want out service to return specific product
data when the product id is passed to the service. This can be done by
redefining the EPMPRODUCTSET_GET_ENTITY method of the
ZCL_Z_EPM_PRODUCTS_DPC_EXT class.
So again in the class builder (Transaction SE24) open the class
ZCL_Z_EPM_PRODUCTS_DPC_EXT in change mode, select the method
EPMPRODUCTSET_GET_ENTITY and click the redefine method.

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Enter the following code into the EPMPRODUCTSET_GET_ENTITY Method

DATA lv_product_id TYPE bapi_epm_product_id.
DATA ls_product TYPE bapi_epm_product_header.
DATA lt_return TYPE TABLE OF bapiret2.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <lf_key> TYPE /iwbep/s_mgw_name_value_pair.
READ TABLE it_key_tab INDEX 1 ASSIGNING <lf_key>.
IF sy-subrc = 0 AND <lf_key> IS ASSIGNED.
lv_product_id = <lf_key>-value.
CALL FUNCTION 'BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_DETAIL'
EXPORTING
product_id = lv_product_id
IMPORTING
headerdata = ls_product
TABLES
return
= lt_return.

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MOVE-CORRESPONDING ls_product TO er_entity.
ENDIF.

Save and activate the code.

In the above code we are simply passing the Product id from the import
parameter it_key_tab of the method to
'BAPI_EPM_PRODUCT_GET_DETAIL' and returning back the product
details into the export parameter ER_ENTITY.
Thru this code you have now made your service able to fetch and return a
product values for a specific product based on the product id to your service
caller.
To ensure that the service will return you the values properly test the
service by executing the service again in the browser.

This means now we have a nicely working backend Odata service created
and is responding as required.
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This completes PART 1 of this tutorial.
In the following PART below we will now move focus to the front-end
development part using SAPUI5 and consuming the data provided by this
service to present it in a functional way to the end user.

END OF PART 1

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PART 2
Developing an application using SAPUI5 to
consume an OData Service.

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Introductions
SAPUI5 UI Development Toolkit for HTML5
Why to use SAPUI5 :
The basic premise of OData is that any consumer application which can talk
HTTP protocol should be able to consume the data. In other words any
programming language which can understand how to make HTTP calls can
be used to interact with OData.
However to that end SAP has provided its own set of library functions
which provide a generic OData proxy object included in the SAPUI5
runtime libraries.
We will therefore use this SAPUI5 library to develop our application.
Pre Install steps
I am using the MARS version of Eclipse for this tutorial
You will find all the installation details about Eclipse-Mars and corresponding SAPUI5 Files for
this version at this link
https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/mars/

Refer to this tutorial blog to learn the steps to install MARS

version of Eclipse and to install SAPUI5 on your local machine.

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1. Start Eclipse
2. Navigate to File->New->Other

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3. In the screen that appears, type SAP and under SAPUI5 Application Development
folder select Application Project and hit the Next Button.

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4. On the next Screen you need to provide a suitable project name for you APP
5. Here we are going to display the Products to the end user using the OData service
we created in part 1, So enter a suitable name EPMProductsApp

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6. Keeping all other settings the same (or you can change the file location your
wish) click the next button. Notice in the above screenshot in Options, Create an
Initial View is checked, hence in the next step we will need to provide details for
the applications Initial view.
7. I have named it ProductList and kept Development Paradigm as Javascript and
hit the next button.

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8. Finally you get a list of objects that will be automatically created for you. Click
Finish.

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9. As a result an SAPUI5 Application component with the following parts is created.

10. Click Finish
11. You can then check the objects created for you.

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On close observation you will notice that the following parts have been created for you
1. ProductList.view.js: A view file of type JavaScript
2. ProductList.controller.js: A controller file of type JS
3. index.html - The main file that contains the libaray references, the
theme references, etc.

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12. We now need to tie these parts together to create a smoothly running Product
APP

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How to deploy your SAPUI5 Application on the ABAP system
Follow the steps to connect your project to the Backend SAP system
1. Right click on your Project name in the Project Explorer and Select the option
Team -> Share Project.

2. On the next screen select a repository plugin which in our case is the SAPUI5
ABAP Repository and hit next button

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3. In the screen that follows you need to select your SAP server instance that you
want to connect to.

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4. And then click ok. The system automatically populates all the data related to this
connection. Click the Next button.
5. On the next screen Provide the Client, Userid and Password of the SAP
Instance you want to connect to and hit the Next button.
6. Eclipse will then try to connect to your SAP system.
7. Once the connection is established, you then have to specify the name, a
description and the development package of the BSP Application (in our example
Z_EPMPRODUI5APP) which will be created as the corresponding repository
object (if a transportable package is selected, in the next step a transport request
has to be selected or created).
8. So Select the Create a new BSP Application check box and provide the name
Z_EPMProductsApp and a description as EMP Product Catalgue Display App
9. For Package I have selected a local object $TMP.

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10. On the next screen you may need to provide a transport request but since this is a
local object ($TMP) hence no transport request is necessary. Simply hit the finish
button on the next screen.

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11. You may get this warning message

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12. Now you can see that our SAPUI5 application in Eclipse is connected to the
Backend BSP application in SAP. Which means once our development in Eclipse
is complete; we can simply transport the whole application to Quality and
Production as a single transport request.
13. However note that we have still not transferred any content from Eclipse to
Backend SAP system. To do that follow the steps as outlined below.

14. Right click on the Project name and select Team/Submit

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15. The system shows a list of all the resources which you have developed in your
application. Select all the ones which are relevant. Since we are deploying this
application on to server for the first time hence we have to select all the
resources. Click the Finish button.

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16. You can now log into our SAP backend and location our SAPUI5 Application as a
BSP Application in the backend

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17. Our Application is fully functional now, however we still havent added any
functional code to this application.
18. To test that our deployment works correctly lets add a simple Hello World
statement to the code.
This code we will add in the View of the Application so that this Text will be
displayed when we execute out application.
So in eclipse, locate the ProductList.view.js File and here in the createContent Function
add the following code
return new sap.ui.commons.TextView({text:"Hello World"});

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Hit Save in Eclipse and then Submit your change to SAP through Team/Submit.
Now its time to test our changes.
To do so follow the steps below.
1. In the Project Explorer, Right click on the Application Name and Select Run
As/ Web App Preview.

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2. This will launch your application in an inbuilt preview-editor in Eclipse

3. Click the Refresh button here to see your changes to the application.

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And here is our output

Note: In-case you do not see your output Hello world here, then most probably there is a miss-match in
the library used in the bootstrap script. I had this issue which I resolved by changing
1. The Resource library file path in the index.html
2. And changing the file reference from sap.m to sap.ui.commons
This becomes clearer to identify such issues when you understand debugging SAPUI5 applications.
Debugging the application becomes easier in an external browser. You can launch the external
browser by clicking the open in external browser button.
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This will launch your default browser which in my case is Internet Explorer. If you
want you can even copy this url and open the page in your favorite browser. Firefox
and Chrome are two browsers which are preferred by developers because of a
number of developer extensions the provide.

The above was a test to check that the application is functioning properly on the
frontend local development front.

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Testing the SAPUI5 Application on the ABAP Backend Server.

The next part is a quick test to confirm this application will work fine at the Application
server.
One point to note here is that when you are developing SAPUI5 applications with the
SAPUI5 Tools the code completion and application preview features are based on the
SAPUI5 runtime libraries, which has been installed in your Eclipse installation.
However after you have deployed the application to the ABAP server and execute it
there, it will use the SAPUI5 runtime libraries, which have been installed on the ABAP
server.
There are a couple of ways to test your application on the ABAP App server. We will take
a simpler route here.
To do so follow the steps below.
1. In the Project Explorer, Right click on the Application Name and Select Run

As/Run on Application server.

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2. You may get a popup to put in your user id and password for the SAP system.

3. So here we see the same output as the one we got from our local Eclipse.

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Developing SAPUI5 Application to consume OData Gateway Service.

The SAPUI5 application follows a model-view-controller architecture.
If you are uncertain about this architecture you can get a simpler understanding from the blog
post here.
In the case of an SAPUI5 application it is farily
easy to identify each of these components.
The Controller and View are developed as
JavaScript files while the Model is our OData.
So the Controller in our application is the
ProductList.controller.js file and the View is
the Productlist.view.js file. The Model is the
OData backed service which is going to
provide the underlying data to the application.

The program flow is as follows.

At the start of the application the SAPUI5
initially calls the view controllers
We will first connect to out backend OData
service and retrieve data from it.
Once we get the data model we can then play
around with the data in the <view/controller>
and control how it will be displayed to the end
user.
We can then use various field elements or
form controls given you use by the SAPUI
Library like the Text Field, Data Table,
Dropdown Box etc.
So to First step, in our cod, lets connect to our
backend OData model.
We will leverage the onInit method of the controller as that is what controls the application.
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So where did we get the URL value for the ServiceURL.

Remember this URL was generated when we had registered our OData service in the first
part of this document.
If you dont remember this path then you can quickly find it by navigating to the service path
1. Execute transaction SICF in your SAP instance and navigate to the service.
Sap/opu/odata/sap/z_emp_products_srv

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So now in the Applications core, we have set the model. We cannot add a UI Element on the
View and bind it to this model.
To do this
1. In the Application View ProductList.view.js, in the createContent method we will
a. instantiate a table control
b. define columns for this table
c. Bind the columns of this table to the Model (OData entity set)
Remember in the earlier part we had added a Hello World statement here. But this time we will
instantiate a Table Object here
2. Comment the Hello world statement
//return new sap.ui.commons.TextView({text:"Hello world"});

3. And the following code ( Below I will walk through the code step by step here so that you
understand the main points )

// load table module, alternatively add sap.ui.table to

// the central bootstrap
jQuery.sap.require("sap.ui.table.Table");
// create table control with properties
var oTable = new sap.ui.table.Table({
width : "100%",
rowHeight : 50,
title : "List of Products",
selectionMode : sap.ui.table.SelectionMode.None
});
// define the columns, which should be displayed
oTable.addColumn(new sap.ui.table.Column({
width : "80px",
flexible : false,
template : new sap.ui.commons.Image({
height : "45px", src : "{ProductPicUrl}"
})
}));
oTable.addColumn(new sap.ui.table.Column({
label : new sap.ui.commons.Label({
text : "Product ID"
}),
template : new sap.ui.commons.TextView({
text : "{ProductId}"
}),
sortProperty : "ProductId"
}

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//
//
//
//

alternatively (instead of curly braces syntax for property binding):

sap.ui.commons.TextView().bindText("ProductID")
alternatively:
sap.ui.commons.TextView().bindProperty("text","ProductID")
));

oTable.addColumn(new sap.ui.table.Column({
label : new sap.ui.commons.Label({
text : "Product Name"
}),
template : new sap.ui.commons.TextView({
text : "{Name}"
}),
sortProperty : "Name"
}));
oTable.addColumn(new sap.ui.table.Column({
label : new sap.ui.commons.Label({
text : "Price",
textAlign : sap.ui.core.TextAlign.End
}),
template : new sap.ui.commons.TextView({
text : "{Price}",
textAlign : sap.ui.core.TextAlign.End
}),
sortProperty : "Price"
}));
oTable.addColumn(new sap.ui.table.Column({
label : new sap.ui.commons.Label({
text : "Currency"
}),
template : new sap.ui.commons.TextView({
text : "{CurrencyCode}"
}),
sortProperty : "CurrencyCode"
}));
oTable.addColumn(new sap.ui.table.Column({
label : new sap.ui.commons.Label({
text : "Supplier"
}),
template : new sap.ui.commons.TextView({
text : "{SupplierName}"
}),
sortProperty : "SupplierName"
}));
// bind table rows to the OData entity set
oTable.bindRows("/EpmProducts");
return oTable;
// alternatively:
// oTable.bindAggregation(sName, oBindingInfo)
// oTable.bindAggregation( "rows", "/EpmProducts" );

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The code is clear enough, but for further understanding go through the screen shots below

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Lets test our application now.
Before that we need to transfer out code to the server.
So right click on the Application and select Team/Submit.
When you submit the code to the backend, the system will do a compare with the old and new
code and give you a conflict message. You can click Edit Conflicts button to verify your changes.
This will highlight the changes for you.
Once you are convinced that the changes are all correct you can then click the Save and Set as
Resolved.

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Now Test your application.

If you have the test browser open then you can just hit the refresh button to see your changes

After refresh.

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The Images are not appearing here because the appropriate service for Images is inactive in my
server. Usually you will find this service at the following location.
/sap/public/bc/NWDEMO_MODEL/

TO enable this service execute the transaction SICF and navigate to the path and activate the
service.

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Now we can refresh the application again. This time the images appear in the table

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Our Basic application to display the list of products is complete.

As a further step to this we can implement event handling methods to handle click events and
drill down navigation on the application.
If you are interested to learn that then I have explained that process in my blog post.
This application is now fully functional and your company employees (who have a valid user id
and password) can access this application and checkout the items available in the product
catalogue.

Thank you for Referring to this guide. I hope it was helpful for you. In case you have any
feedback or issues regarding the use of this guide
Contact me on my blog www.beginners-sap.com

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References Materials used in making this guide:
ODATA Services

Step by Step Guide on OData Services

End to End Development Example in SAP Netweaver 7.4 & SAP HANA
Building new ODATA Services in 3 Quick Steps
Rebooting your User Interfaces with SAP Netweaver Gateway
Take Advantage of Cross-Platform, Cross-Device Access While Keeping Your Data Secure
with SAP NetWeaver Gateway

UI Development Toolkit of HTML5 (SAPUI5)

UI5 Developer API Documentation Reference

UI Add-on for SAP NetWeaver

UI Add-On for SAP NetWeaver Product Documentation:

SAP note 1759682, central note for the UI add-on for SAP NetWeaver with up-to-date information
And off course Numerous blogs referred to at SCN.SAP.COM

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