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1.4M Members CDS provides a set of common types and aspects for reuse in CDS models, so we can avoid reinventing the wheel each time. Moreover, we end up with concise models that are easier to understand, and our models are more interoperable.In this set, there's...
A set of common types and aspects is great, and our models are the better for using them. But what about actual data? There are some types, which are defined as associations to entities, and it would be useful to be able to have access to and load in...
Among the CDS annotations for declaring constraints when modelling, there are a handful that can be used to drive behaviour and restrictions in Fiori UIs, by causing the generation of appropriate annotations in the service's metadata.One of these ann...
Hi,I created an SAP BTP free trial account (created on 2026-05-28) and subscribed to Cloud Identity Services (Subscriptions / default plan, TEST) in my trial subaccount. The subscription shows as "Subscribed" and the IAS tenant appears to be provisio...
In domain modelling, we can have name prefixes for the components of our models. They're optional, but useful, especially if reusability is a factor. This prefixing can be defined with either the namespace or the context directives, or a combination ...
At the CAP-level, support for multiple databases is available (SQLite, Postgres, HANA, H2). This support includes standard operators and standard functions, portable across the database runtimes. There are various functions in this set, across differ...
Within the topic of security and data privacy and specifically within security, we have:Authentication: verification of a user's identityAuthorization: checking what level of access a given user hasIn other words, "who" a user is (authentication), an...
The "effective" configuration for a given project is made up from values that can be taken from a number of different source locations, shown here:There are built-in defaults, user-specific defaults, static and user-specific project settings and more...
Within the CDS family of languages we have CXL, the CDS Expression Language. In the context of CDS models and queries, CXL brings the ability to use expressions for describing calculations, declaring conditions, and more, all of which enriches the CD...
When modelling with CDS and its family of languages we have access to a wide selection of clean and concise declarative syntax. In the expressions area there are expressions (and in particular path expressions) and also a certain style of filter.Thes...
At one level, the CDS family of languages cover definitions, queries and expressions, in the form of CDL, CQL and CXL respectively. Each of these languages have a human-readable form and a machine-readable form. For example, while CDL is the human-re...
When defining a service, it's common to expose targets that are related. The classic example might be books and authors:using bookshop as my from '../db/schema'; service AdminService { entity ListOfBooks as projection on my.Books excluding { price...
The cds REPL is a powerful facility that helps us explore and debug. It's based on the regular Node.js REPL, which has a number of REPL-level commands:; node Welcome to Node.js v24.15.0. Type ".help" for more information. > .help .break Sometimes ...
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is the premier standards development organisation for the Internet. One of the ways that their work finds its way to the public in general and to engineers and techninians in particular is via documents, spe...
IntroductionOn behalf of the ABAP development tools team, I am pleased to announce that the first version of the ADT for VS Code extension is available on the VS Code marketplace! Go ahead, install the extension and use it against any ABAP system tha...
There is great support for CAP development in IDEs such as VS Code and IntelliJ. Moreover, because the editor features for CDS are made available in the form of a language server (using the Language Server Protocol or LSP), they can also be used in o...
In an earlier question in this challenge, we looked at the managed aspect in the context of common and reusable definitions. This aspect causes each entity to which it is assigned to gain four new elements thus:createdAt : Timestamp @cds.on.insert :...
When building our CDS model, we describe, amongst other things:typesaspectsentitiesservicesThe CDL for each of these objects is clear and simple. That's because of the intent behind the design of CDS as a whole, but also because there's a particular ...
Custom code migration from ECC to SAP S/4HANA is typically an effort-intensive and time-consuming process. During the post-conversion phase, it often involves many developers and multiple challenging steps, including understanding legacy code, analyz...
The CDS compiler is a very capable mechanism and can advise and warn us if we present questionable design choices in our models. It can even refuse to continue in extreme circumstances.Let's say we have a Book entity defined thus:entity Book { key ...
As in most contexts, there are some name restrictions in the underlying database systems, with regards to unusual or special characters, or reserved words. When you use names like this in your CDS models they are escaped when they're converted to the...
When embracing local-first development and using cds watch, we're actually using a convenience shortcut for:cds serve all --with-mocks --in-memory?That --with-mocks option for cds serve is described thus:--with-mocks Use this in combination with t...
When thinking about schema evolution and starting to plan changes while still in development, the "drop-create" strategy is common.The cds deploy command will generate the appropriate SQL/DDL statements to effect schema changes. Most commonly this co...
The re-invented SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilities including agentic capabilities is now offered as a service across SAP BTP ABAP Environment, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition for releases 2021 and h...
EverySAP Cloud ALMproject starts with a kickoff and a deck full of "out of the box" slides. However, at one point in every project, the same moment shows up: someone points at a screen and says some version o"this is great, but we really need this on...
Hey there!Eclipse is has never been fast, but on some computers and virtual machines I am experiencing, that eclipse takes endless seconds to start or needs way more time to reload content than it should.Once the progress bar is there, everything is ...
On May 26, 2026, SAP Signavio is releasing two interconnected updates that will change how you navigate and work within the suite. Together, they represent the most significant user-experience improvement to SAP Signavio in recent years.The first upd...
IntroductionWhile ABAP Development Tools (ADT) for Eclipse has served us exceptionally well, the shift toward modern, file-based cloud development and AI-assisted engineering has made VS Code the preferred playground for developers worldwide.At SAP S...
IntroductionDimension tables in SAP Analytics Cloud are moving to the file repository. This completes the journey that started with stories, models, data actions, multi actions and currency conversion tables — and it brings with it a significantly si...
Greetings earthlings!We're part way through now at the end of this month's SAP Developer Challenge on CAP knowledge, and you folks seem to be having a good time and doing well! Here are some stats - updated Sun 28 Jun at 1530 BST (GMT+0200).We've had...
What is Asymmetric Reporting?It is our pleasure to announce the introduction of a new innovation in SAP Analytics Cloud, delivered as part of the 2026 Q2 QRC release.Asymmetric Reporting introduces a new way to design tables in SAP Analytics Cloud, e...
Welcome to week 2! Last week you published Business Partner events to a broker. This week, we shift to the **consumer side** — we will connect to that broker from an integration platform/runtime and consume those events.Links:May's developer challeng...
Dear Community,We would like to provide an update regarding the current Cloud Identity Services issue in the trial environment.Some users may encounter a “Forbidden” error after completing the initial setup. This is related to a known bug where the r...
General QuestionsFeatures and ScopeArchitectureAI IntegrationSetup and Getting StartedFurther ReadingWith the general availability of ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code - the ABAP community has a lot of questions. Here are answers to the m...
"The artifact is immutable. The metadata is the architecture."IntroductionIf you have ever worked with SAP PI/PO, you know how elegant the IDoc landscape can be. A single tRFC destination. A single IDoc port. All IDocs from all systems flowing throug...
Week 1 — Model the BoardChallenge series: Snake & Ladder Developer Challenge | Week 1 of 4 Dates: 6–12 July 2026The SetupEvery game needs a board. Before any snake can bite or ladder can lift, you need a data model that captures the state of a game ...
What happened since the first release?First of all, thanks to all the ABAP developers who have already tried out the new extension! You provided a lot of positive feedback & constructive criticism over the last two weeks and can be assured that we re...
Ever wondered when SAP Inside Track would reach Africa? The wait is over.Calling all SAP professionals across Morocco, the Middle East & Africa!Join us for an extraordinary day of networking, knowledge sharing, and real-world conversations about what...
SAP Developer Challenge - CAP KnowledgeUpdate: This challenge is now at an end - read the summary and wrap up post for final facts and figures!Welcome to the Developer Challenge for this month of June 2026. You can guess from the "CAP Knowledge" titl...
What I'm trying to achieve ? When the user types or selects a new VehicleNumber on the Create/Edit screen:A backend determination finds the corresponding DriverID.The UI automatically refreshes the DriverID, DriverName, and DriverMobile fields on the...
Imagine you are a data engineer at a mid-size enterprise running SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition. Your company has just subscribed to SAP Business Data Cloud. The pitch was compelling: bring your SAP data into Databricks with zero copy, no ETL pipe...
Well, it's the end of the month, which means time for a wrap up of the Developer Challenge we've just had. It's been a lot of fun for us to create the questions and see how much you've all participated, and, from your comments, how much you've also e...
Hello Team,I am facing an issue while accessing the SAP Cloud Identity Services (IAS) Administration Console in an SAP BTP Trial account.Steps Performed:Created a new SAP BTP Trial account.Created a new subaccount.Assigned administrator role collecti...
I was scheduled to take the exam 15 minutes ago, and as the title says this is not possible due to the system being unavailable. From looking at the forums, this apparently was also true earlier this week. Looking at the network traffic of this page,...
Hello I am currently implementing SAP DRC - Electronic Invoicing for Italy.We successfully managed to send documents to SdI, but unfortunately we are facing an issue with the ItalyReceiveNotification process. When SdI calls this service, they receive...
If you operate integration scenarios on SAP Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite and rely on JMS messaging, you have likely needed to inspect messages, move messages to a different queue, or trigger a retry — all without opening the ...
Hi Team,We are currently implementing SAC FP&A Planning for our client, involving the following system landscape: S4HANA Public Cloud, Datasphere, and SAC for Planning. The planning scenarios we are focusing on include Opex, Capex, Revenue, and P&L.W...
I need some urgent help analyzing a PM issue. I come from a PTP/MM background and have very limited knowledge of SAP PM, so I’m struggling to identify the root cause. Issue: When a Calibration PM Order is created from a Maintenance Plan where the Ref...
How is goodwill calculated & posted in group reporting. Is it sap std or is customization required in the demo system.
Hi,I have 4 SAC tables created on SAC import models, and each table contains a fixed grid of 308 cells (14 columns × 22 rows). All of these cells will have numeric values populated either with 0 or higher.I would like to add 3 input text boxes:Minimu...
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