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Chapter 1: ERPHighlights
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ABAP(AdvancedBusinessApplicationProgramming)isthe
programminglanguageandtheplatformonwhichtheentireSAP
softwarehasbeendeveloped.Originally,aprocedureorientedlanguage,

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OOPconstructsandfeatureswereaddedtoitmorethanadecadeback.
Though,itscoreconstructsremainthesame,itunderwentmany
enhancementsoverthelastdecade.TheABAPplatformisusedduring
boththecustomizationandimplementationphasesoftheSAPsoftwarein

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TargetAudience
ThebookaddressespeoplewhowanttolearnABAPafreshandpeople

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workingwithABAPforafewyears(04years).Peoplewithexperiencein
ABAPwillfindthisbookusefulasareferenceforhandsonexamples,
fromthecontextofdoingmeaningfulthings.

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TargetAudiencePrerequisites
ThetargetaudiencemusthaveafairexposuretoOOPlanguage/slike
C++,Java,etc.TheymustbeexposedtothebasicfeaturesofOOP
includingencapsulation,inheritance,polymorphism,etc.
TheymustalsohaveagoodexposuretoRDBMSbasicslikeRDBMS
tables,tablecolumns,relationships,primarykey,foreignkey,
cardinality,entity,attributeandtablemetadata.AnexposuretoRDBMS
SQL,especiallythedataretrievalstatement,isrequired.

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Thewholeofthebooksthrustisonthedoingsomethingmeaningfulpart:
tobeabletocreateprogramsandobjectsrequiredasperadefined
contextorscenario.
Thebookusesascenarioorientedpresentationstyle.Concepts,
commandsandstatementsarecommunicatedthroughillustrative
examplesandscenarios.Whereverpossible,smallbusinessscenarios
areusedtocommunicateconcepts,commandsandstatements.
Shornofweightytheoreticaltreatmentandpreoccupationswithlanguage
syntax,thebookisacompletelypracticalapproach,demonstratingand
conveyingthelanguagescommands,featuresthroughhandson
examples.
Definitions,descriptions,syntax,etc.areintroducedevenasyouset
aboutimplementingascenario.
Thepresentationofthefeaturesisscenariooriented:mostofthefeatures
aredemonstratedintermsofsmallbusinessscenarios.Thebooks
scenariodescriptionsalongwithsourceprogramresourcecontainingthe
ABAPprogramsourceenablethereadertocreateallobjectsrelatedto
thescenarioandrunorexecutethem.Theunderlyingconceptsofa
feature/commandaretotallyconveyedthroughexecutionofthesehands
onprograms.
Thedemonstrating/illustratingobjects,includingtheprograms,relyon
someoftheSAPfunctionalmoduletablesbeingpopulated(theterm
functionalmoduleisexplainedinChapter1).Thisisassuredifthereader
isloggedontoanIDES(internetdemonstration&evaluationserver)
serverorsystem.TheIDESserverisbrieflydescribedinChapter1.An
IDESserverisnowadefactosystemforallSAPtrainingrelated
activities.SpecificallySAPfunctionalmoduletablesusedforillustration
andhandsonexercisesinthebookarethebasictablesofsalesand
purchase.Mostpeoplewithnilorlittletonoexposuretothebusiness,

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andcommercialworldrelatetothebusinessareasofsalesandpurchase.
AllofthehandsonexercisesinthebookareperformedusingSAPsales
andpurchasefunctionalmoduletables.TheIDESserverisusedensuring
substantialdataintheSAPfunctionalmoduletables.DetailsoftheSAP
functionalmoduletablesusedinthehandsonexercisesaretobefound
inAppendixA.Theauthorsstronglyadviseyoutogothroughthe
appendixdescribingthefunctionalmoduletablesusedinthehandson
exercisesofthebook.YoucanvisitthisAppendixAbeforeyoucommence
thereadingofachapterfromChapter5onwards(whenyoustartusing
theSAPfunctionalmoduletables).
Thebookalsousesa"carryforward"approachforthehandsonexercises.
Whereeverpossible,ahandsonexerciseperformedinearlierchapters
iscarriedforwardtosubsequentchapters,withadditionsand
enhancementscarriedouttoit.Thisinvolvesreusabilityofcreated
objectsagainandagain.
Chronologyandorderofpresentationoftopicsandsubtopicsisrelatedto
prerequisitesrequiredforthepresentedtopicsandsubtopics.Atsome
places,topicsandsubtopicsareintroducedonapreviewbasistomake
thecurrenthandsonexercisemoremeaningful.Subsequentlythetopics
andsubtopicsintroducedonapreviewbasisareformallypresented.
Theauthorsstronglyinsistthatyouperformthehandsonexercisesas
youreadachapterandencounterthehandsonexercisesdonotdefer
performingthemuntilafterreadingachapterorthebook.Itshouldnot
bejustreading,butreadingandsimultaneouslyperformingthehandson
exercises.
Resources
ThebookissupplementedwithanEresourceorsourceprogram
resource.
TheEresourceorsourceprogramresourcecontainthehandson
exercisessourceprograms.MostsourceprogramsintheEresourceare
alsolistedinthebook.SomesourceprogramsoftheEresourceare
partiallylistedinthebookandsomearenotlistedinthebook.Thisis
indicatedintherespectivechapters.TheEresourceisdownloadableand
eachofthehandsonexercisesourceprogramscanbeopenedasa
separatefileinWindowsNotepad.Whileperformingthehandson
exercises,youcancopyandpasteanentiresourceprogramfromtheE
resource,ormanuallyenterthesourceprogrambyreferringtothe
sourceprogramlinesoftheEresource.Manualentryofsourceprograms
willgetyouafeelofthesyntaxofstatements.Ifyouarecopyingand
pasting,remembertoreplacetheREPORTstatementlinefromtheE
resourceprogramintothecreatedABAPprogramintheABAPworkbench
environment.YouwillbeintroducedtotheABAPworkbench
environmentinChapter1.
InadditiontothebookandthesupplementaryEresource,youwilluse
thefollowingadditionalresources:
YoumusthaveconnectivitytoSAP,preferablyaSAPIDESserver.Your
loginuseridmustbeabletocreate,editanddeleteobjectsintheABAP
workbenchenvironment.Yourloginuseridmustbeabletoaccessdata
fromSAPfunctionalmoduletables.Apartfrombookreading,someextra
readingisrequiredsuchas:
Youwillneedtoreadextratheoryanddescriptionnotexpositedinthe
book.Youneedtorefertosomedetailedinformationnotprovidedinthe
book.
Youwillneedtoreadupthedetailedtutorialordocumentationrelated
operationsintheABAPworkbenchenvironmentnotdescribedinthe
book.
Youwilllikelyrefertoandreadthedetailedproperties,methodsand
events,etc.ofsomeSAPsuppliedclasses.
Thematerialformostoftheabovementionedreadingsisavailablein
freelydownloadablePDFdocumentsfromthefollowinglink
http://www.easymarketplace.de/onlinepdfs.php
(http://www.easymarketplace.de/onlinepdfs.php).Youwillnotviolateany

copyrightlawdownloadingthedocumentsfromthislink.ThesearePDF
documentsofSAPversion4.6C.Thoughthedocumentsareolder
versionstheywilllargelyserveyourpurposes.
DownloadthefollowingPDFdocumentsfromthelink:
http://www.easymarketplace.de/onlinepdfs.php
(http://www.easymarketplace.de/onlinepdfs.php)

ABAPProgramming(BCABA)

BCABA.pdf

ALVGirdControl(BCSRVALE)

BCSRVALV.pdf

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BCABAPDictionary

BCDWBDIC.pdf

BCABAPWorkbenchTools

BCDWBTOO.pdf

BCABAPWorkbenchTutorial

BCDWBTUT.pdf

SAPListViewer(ALV):Classic

CAGTFLV.pdf

Youwillneedtorefer(notread)tothesedocumentsforinformation
duringyourreadingofthisbook.Preferably,youwontreadthese
documentsduringyourchapterreading.Readthesedocumentsbetween
chapters.Atwhatstage,whichofthesedocumentsaretobereador
referredisindicatedinthebookschapters.
So,ontostimulatingreading.Notjustreadingsthough,thehandson
exercisesshouldbeperformedsimultaneouslywithyourreading.The
documentsmentionedabovewillalsobeavailablefordownloadon
http://www.apress.com/9781430248033
(http://www.apress.com/9781430248033)

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