You ask, we answer - Ask Me Anything Session (Oct 24)

[MaiaraEllwanger]

During SAP TechEd 2024, SAP unveiled significant improvements to SAP Build, which included making SAP S/4HANA extension development more efficient, introducing new generative AI features, and providing broader access to ABAP development tools. These changes empower the developer community to innovate more easily and with increased agility. 

You can read all about the announcements in Michael Ameling's blog post: Unveiling today: SAP Build meets ABAP Cloud! And the good news is: you can still access the session catalog to review the content and stay current with the latest innovations & enjoy Devtoberst sessions until October 25, check out the agenda here.

Now if you're curious about what you saw during the event and have some more questions, or you would like to dive deeper, here's a great opportunity:

We'll be hosting a live Ask Me Anything session on October 24, 3pm CET. You can watch it on YouTube, or click the preview above. In the session, the panel of experts will recap the features announced and answer your questions live. 

Can't join? No worries, drop your questions in the comments and the experts will answer them live for you to watch later 😉

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Cheers,
Maiara

[Matteo_Serina]

I would like to easily call OData function/actions syncronously from SAP Build Apps, but it looks like it is not possible at the moment (e.g. I can bind OData services in "Data/Integrations/SAP systems" section, but function/actions are just not shown). Is it right? Do you have any suggestions to accomplish this task?

[MaiaraEllwanger]

Hi @Matteo_Serina 

If you are referring to actions in SAP Build, this is already possible, see documentation. If it is for ODATA actions, it should be possible to call an odata function or action by making a REST entity out of it (or the upcoming destination request).

[Matteo_Serina]

Hi @MaiaraEllwanger,

thank you for your reply.
I am referring to OData functions or actions actually: is there any SAP tool I can use to make a REST entity out of an OData metadata? I am trying to develop an app using SAP Build Apps on top of an OData service developed with RAP.

[B23]

Hi , 

You can create trial account how_to_create_trial_in_CPI  and then use :

Best

B.

[B23]

RE:

You have also plenty of interfaces to use in CPI :

[Matteo_Serina]

Hi @B23,

thank you for your suggestions.

CPI can solve this task for sure, but I am wondering why I can easily perform CRUD operations in SAP Build Apps on all the entities defined in a OData metadata, but the function/actions defined in the same metadata are just ignored by the tool. I can use external tool to handle these OData function/actions, but it sounds a bit tricky to me; it would be certainly more straightforward to take into account all the OData "features" in the same no-code tool (i.e. SAP Build Apps).

[B23]

Hi @Matteo_Serina , 

CPI is the right tool for that (use Content Modifier to have NO_CODE metadata visual on your API calls via ODatav2):

Best

B.

[Tâm_Nguyễn]

Hi Maiara Ellwanger,

I am a SAP Business One consultant and I am looking for the applicable of SAP Builds App to its.

As I see Process Automation & SAC have samples and template contents.

If have, please feel free to share with me.

Thank you so much,

Regards,

[MaiaraEllwanger]

@Tâm_Nguyễn I suggest you start with this blog post: https://community.sap.com/t5/enterprise-resource-planning-blogs-by-sap/sap-build-apps-for-sap-busine... 

Best regards,

Maiara

[Ananovaes]

Hi, folks!

We have a requirement to create a process automation that extracts data from an excel file, and inserts this data into invoice details in the backend. Do you recommend us any specific materials to help us on this requirement? Thanks!

[MaiaraEllwanger]

@Ananovaes Hi, I recommend you check the different types of resources for the one that best suits your needs and use case:

Blog posts: SAP Build Process Automation - SAP Community

Tutorials: SAP Tutorial Navigator | Tutorials for SAP Developers - for example: Create an Automation to Extract Data | SAP Tutorials

There's also pre-built content available for automatically extracting content from excel, explore the catalog here: SAP Business Accelerator Hub