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 ABAP Cloud

… is the ABAP development model to build

cloud-ready business apps, services or
extensions

… comes with SAP BTP and SAP S/4HANA

… works with public or private cloud, and even

on-premise

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The evolution to ABAP Cloud

2012 2015 2018 09/10.2022

ABAP Cloud

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ABAP Cloud – What’s in it?

DEVELOPMENT
MODEL
ABAP Cloud

TRANSACTIONAL REUSE SERVICES AND LIBRARIES

ANALYTICAL BUILT-IN QUALITIES

INTEGRATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMMING MODEL TOOLS

CONTAINING

BUSINESS SERVICE EXPOSURE

DOMAIN-SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION

DATA ACCESS

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ABAP Cloud – High-level abstraction model

BUSINESS UI SERVICES INTEGRATION SERVICES

Output Management, Jobs, SAP Workflow Mgmt, XCO,...

Git based code management with gCTS and abapGit

SERVICE OData and SAP Information Access (InA) OData, Events, HTTP, RFC, SQL
EXPOSURE for SAP Fiori and analytical clients for application and data integration

Cloud-readiness, IAM3, BC4, extensibility,...

ADT5, BAS6, Key User & Monitoring Tools

REUSE SERVICES AND LIBRARIES

LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
BUILT-IN QUALITIES
DOMAIN-SPECIFIC MODELS
CDS1 entity, RAP2 Business Object, CDS analytical provider

TOOLS
DOMAIN-SPECIFIC
IMPLEMENTATION
DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LOGIC
ABAP, CDS

BUSINESS INTEGRATION SERVICES

DATABASE SAP HANA SERVICE OData, SOAP, Events, HTTP, RFC
SQL and SQLScript CONSUMPTION for application integration

1 Core Data Services 3 Identity 5 ABAP

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2 ABAP RESTful application programming model 4 Business 6 SAP
Configuration Business Application Studio
ABAP Cloud – One development model for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP

SAP S/4HANA SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP BTP,
any premise 1 private edition 1 public edition 2 ABAP Environment

ABAP Cloud development model

to build cloud-ready business apps, services, and extensions

Classic ABAP development model

1 SAP S/4HANA any premise or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition release ≥ 2022
2 SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition release ≥ 2208, 3-system landscape required

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One common extensibility model for cloud and on premise

1 KEY USER EXTENSIONS

ON-STACK DEVELOPER
2 EXTENSIONS
SAP
S/4HANA
CLOUD 3
public interfaces

SIDE-BY-SIDE EXTENSIONS

remote API

public interfaces public interfaces

SAP BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM ABAP

SAP S/4HANA CLOUD ABAP ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

Key-user extensions ABAP custom code or partner extensions Public interfaces released for developer extensibility
low-code/no-code extensions following the cloud extensions model
Public interfaces released for key-user extensibility
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SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility patterns

ON-STACK SIDE-BY-SIDE

EXTEND AN SAP APP NEW APP ON STACK NEW APP SIDE-BY-SIDE

TIGHTLY coupled TIGHTLY coupled LOOSELY coupled

such as to an SAP app such as to SAP data to SAP data, transaction, app
or transaction

Extend SAP code, data

Local API call, SQL join Remote API call, consume events
structure, user interface

public extension point public local API public remote API

SAP S/4HANA Cloud application

SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP Business Technology Platform

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 ABAP extensibility for SAP S/4HANA
… is crucial for the success of SAP, SAP customers and partners
… provides means for on-stack and side-by-side extensibility
… supports key-user and developer extensibility
… uses ABAP Cloud as development model

ABAP Cloud
… is the ABAP development model to build cloud-ready business apps, services or extensions
… comes with SAP BTP and SAP S/4HANA
… works with public or private cloud, and even on-premise

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ABAP Cloud on SAP BTP and on SAP S/4HANA

ABAP CLOUD ABAP CLOUD

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT
SAP
ON SAP S/4HANA ON SAP BTP
S/4HANA
(CLOUD) ABAP Cloud
interfaces
public

❖ Public SAP APIs and extensions

remote API points
❖ Cloud-optimized ABAP language
public
interfaces public interfaces ❖ ABAP Development Tools
❖ ABAP RESTful Application
Programming Model
SAP S/4HANA CLOUD ABAP SAP BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
ENVIRONMENT / ABAP PLATFORM ABAP ENVIRONMENT

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ABAP Cloud – IDE and API examples for on-stack developer extensibility
Custom ABAP on
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
ABAP development tools in Eclipse
Cloud-optimized ABAP language
Proven ABAP transport management

Access to public SAP APIs ONLY

– otherwise, syntax error!
No access to old Dynpro APIs
No direct select on the MARA table
from SAP

Local APIs from SAP S/4HANA

SELECT products from
SAP S/4HANA tables using the public
I_Product CDS view

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Clean core rules for extensions to support smoother SAP software updates

SAP S/4HANA Cloud private edition,

and on-premise

Expectation management – no magic!

Upgrade projects will not go away
This is not the public cloud

❖ Easier frequent upgrades

GOAL
❖ Future-safe extensions

RULE FOR SMOOTH SOFTWARE UPDATES

Extensions must be clearly separated form SAP code

No modifications to SAP objects Only stable public SAP APIs and SAP
Follow the public cloud extensibility rules
allowed extension points can be used
whenever possible (clean core approach)

MANDATORY IN PUBLIC CLOUD Recommended in private cloud

and on-premise

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SAP S/4HANA, private cloud and on-premise editions
Reuse the SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility model

DEFAULT FOR ALL

NEW EXTENSIONS On-stack extensions Side-by-side extensions
on SAP S/4HANA Cloud on SAP BTP

Business expert SAP S/4HANA CLOUD

SAP Build
Key user KEY-USER TOOLS

SAP S/4HANA CLOUD, SAP Build Code or

Developer ABAP ENVIRONMENT ABAP ENVIRONMENT

INNOVATE OR
MODERNIZE

RETIRE
CLASSIC CUSTOM ABAP CODE
(control and minimize)

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3-tier extensibility model for SAP S/4HANA private cloud and on-premise

TIER 1 – Cloud extensibility model

SAP S/4HANA SAP Business Technology Platform
Cloud-ready and upgrade-stable development of new
applications and extensions. ABAP Cloud is mandatory –
no classic ABAP in tier 1
TIER 1 ON-STACK TIER 1 SIDE-BY-SIDE
Cloud development Same extensibility model as used in SAP S/4HANA Cloud,
ABAP Cloud
(Java / Node.js / ABAP Cloud) public edition
Default for new extensions and custom apps

TIER 2 TIER 2 – Cloud API enablement

Cloud API enablement
RENOVATE OR Extends and enables tier 1 for private cloud and on-premise
INNOVATE
Mitigates missing public SAP APIs or extension points:
Develop custom wrapper objects for not released SAP
objects to be used in tier 1
Retire wrapper once a released SAP API is available
TIER 3
Classical ABAP development
TIER 3 – Classic ABAP extensions
Legacy/existing custom ABAP code or new on-stack
ADAPT extensions code that cannot follow the rules of tier 1 and 2
RETIRE
Avoid and reduce the content in tier 3

ON-STACK - tightly coupled SIDE-BY-SIDE - loosely coupled

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SAP S/4HANA, private cloud edition and on-premise
ABAP Cloud development – ABAP language version and public SAP APIs

HOW TO USE ABAP CLOUD IN THE PRIVATE CLOUD AND ON-PREMISE EDITIONS?

Switch on the strict ABAP Cloud syntax check for Use public APIs released by SAP
selected custom ABAP objects for ABAP Cloud development

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 Important ABAP Cloud related guides

Overview, comparison of
How the old, tier 3 / classic ABAP How to check compliance
extensibility options, introduction How to leverage tier 2 of the
world maps to the new, tier 1 / with the ABAP Cloud and
to ABAP Cloud and 3-tier 3-tier extensibility model.
ABAP Cloud world. 3-tier extensibility model
extensibility model.

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