Building Views in ABAP Core Data Services (ABAP CDS)

• 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

• 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

• Developer
• Development Consultant

Essential

• BC400 or S4D400 (ABAP Basics)

Recommended

• BC430 (ABAP Dictionary)

• AS ABAP 7.55
• ABAP Platform 2020
• SAP S/4HANA 2020

• The course is held on an SAP S/4HANA system but most of its content is generic. It is applicable for any ABAP based environment in particular SAP S/4HANA cloud and SAP BTP ABAP Environment.
• CDS ABAP does not require a specific database. You can use all its features with any database supported by AS ABAP. The only exception is the use of CDS table functions which requires an SAP HANA database.
• CDS ABAP is available as of release 7.40. Some of the concepts discussed in this course require a higher release.