Week 4 Unit 1: Review

Review
OData Basics

OData Data Model

Organize/describe data with Entity
Data Model (EDM)

OData Protocol
REST-based create, read, update,
and delete + OData-defined query
language

Client Libraries
Pre-built libraries to request OData
and display results

OData Services
Exposes an end point that allows
access to data in the SAP HANA
database

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Review
OData Capabilities in SAP HANA

Aggregation
Use functions to aggregate columns

Associations
Express relationships between entities

Key Specification
EntityType denotes a set of properties
forming a unique key

Parameter Entity Sets

Input parameters for SAP HANA
calculation views and analytic views

Property Projection
Restrict the number of selected
columns to expose

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Review
OData Development Process

Data End Point

Define which data to expose
(for example, table)

OData Service Definition

Define mechanism to expose
authorized data

UI Call to OData Service

Link UI table view to the OData
service

OData Display/Test
URL filters: $top, $format,
$orderby, $filter, $select

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Week 4 Unit 2:
SAPUI5 Consumption

SAPUI5 Consumption
Overview

Enterprise-ready HTML5
rendering library

Completely client-side UI
Open and flexible
Web development skills
(HTML, CSS3, JavaScript)
Extensibility and theming
3rd party JavaScript integration
Targets multiple devices

Smartphone, tablet, desktop

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SAPUI5 Consumption
OData Model

OData model is a JavaScript

library for simplifying OData
service consumption
Direct binding to several
SAPUI5 UI elements
Actions for
Create/Update/Delete
operations as well

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SAPUI5 Consumption
Code Sample

var oModel = new sap.ui.model.odata.ODataModel(

"/sap/hana/democontent/epmNext/services/businessPartners.xsodata/",
true);

oTable.setModel(oModel);

oTable.bindRows("/BusinessPartners);

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SAP affiliate company products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and
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In particular, SAP SE or its affiliated companies have no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in this document or any related
presentation, or to develop or release any functionality mentioned therein. This document, or any related presentation, and SAP SEs or its affiliated
companies strategy and possible future developments, products, and/or platform directions and functionality are all subject to change and may be
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Week 4 Unit 3: Associations and

the $expand Option

Associations and the $expand Option

Associations (1)

Multiple entities
Define multiple tables in
the service definition

Entity relationships
Define associations
between different table
entities

Association syntax
1:1 association between
tables
BusinessPartners
Addresses

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Associations and the $expand Option

Associations (2)

Multiple entities
Each entity can be listed
individually
Allows delayed loading of
child details until the
parent record is selected

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Associations and the $expand Option

$expand

$expand
Explode the child details and include
them inline
Syntax follows the navigates ID and
looks up the relationship dynamically
based upon the association

URL example
/BusinessPartners/?$expand=AddRef

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Week 4 Unit 4: Create, Update,

and Delete with Modification or
Validation Exits

Create, Update, and Delete with Modification or Validation Exits

Concepts

UIS

XSODATA
Low coding OData REST service generation
framework
Based upon existing tables and views
Create/Update/Deletion operations support
added in SPS 06

SAPUI5
XSODATA

XSJS

XSXMLA
SINA
HDBTable

HDBRole

CDS/HDBDD
SQLScript
SQL

AFL

Views
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Create, Update, and Delete with Modification or Validation Exits

SQLScript Exits New in SPS 06

Processing exits can

reference SQLScript
procedures
Fixed input interface
with a definition that
must match the entity
definition of your
service
General output
parameter

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Create, Update, and Delete with Modification or Validation Exits

JavaScript Exits New in SPS 07

Processing exits can

reference xsjslib files
and specific
JavaScript functions
The database
connection and
temporary tables with
the before and after
values are passed to
this function

Particularly useful for

server-side validations
(but open for other
use cases too)

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Create, Update, and Delete with Modification or Validation Exits

SAPUI5 OData Model

SAPUI5 OData model

has actions for Create,
Update, Delete, which
build the necessary
request
XSODATA only supports
JSON bodies for
Create/Update/Delete
operations

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Week 4 Unit 5: Metadata and

OData4SAP Annotations

Metadata and OData4SAP Annotations

Metadata

$metadata exposes the

definition of the service and
all entities at runtime
Dynamic introspection from
service consumers
URL example:
/businessPartnersExt.xsodata
/$metadata

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Metadata and OData4SAP Annotations

Metadata and SAPUI5 OData Model

SAPUI5 OData model understands this metadata and exposes it as

its own object

For example: dynamically build table columns from this metadata

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Metadata and OData4SAP Annotations

OData4SAP Annotation

OData4SAP annotation in
the service definition adds
SAP-specific fields
sap:unit, sap:text, sap:label
When used with attribute or
analytic views, it allows
additional metadata such as
language-dependent column
descriptions

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Metadata and OData4SAP Annotations

OData4SAP Annotation and SAPUI5 OData Model

OData4SAP annotation extensions are available in the SAPUI5 OData

metadata model in the extensions array

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Week 4 Unit 6:
OData Batch Requests and Deep
Insert

OData Batch Requests and Deep Insert

$batch

For performance reasons,

multiple requests can be
sent to the server in a
special multi-part request
and the operation $batch
SAPUI5 OData model
supports batch operations

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OData Batch Requests and Deep Insert

Content-ID

But what if you have relationships

between objects in a batch?

A deep insert means that data

from a parent object needs to be
used in the child
The Content-ID is used as a
placeholder within a changeset
No support in SAPUI5 OData
model yet

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OData Batch Requests and Deep Insert

Association Exit

Associations can have Create exits as well

They allow linking objects with relationships in the association

They have a different signature to regular Create exits

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