As follow-up to our previous release 2402, this blog post provides an update to our most recent release 2405, which is available for customers and partners on May 18th/ 19th. Please enjoy my little overview of the most important features.
Many thanks to Florian Wahl for his contributions to this blog post!
All available new features can be found on the official release notes page.
ABAP Development Tools
- Enhancements to authorization check issue handling relating to authorization object S_DEVELOP (details)
- Availability of new editors for launchpad spaces and page template (details)
- Support for clear console when running an ABAP application (details)
- Support for exporting an ABAP runtime error as ZIP file (details)
- Support for display application job catalog entries (details)
- Support for ATC checks for knowledge transfer documents (details)
- Availability of new property ABAP language version (details)
- Support for display of failed assertions and status test methods (details)
- Enhancements to large ABAP traces for better handling (details)
- Support for ABAP contract check violations feed (details)
- Support for custom code migration project scheduling via application jobs (details)
- Support for software component relations editor (details)
- Support for toggling the step size in the ABAP debugger (details)
- Support for launching ABAP unit tests with quick actions (details)
- Support for test code highlighting for method calls (details)
- Support for quick action usage to insert ABAP unit test class templates (details)
- Support for template context while creating metadata extensions (details)
- Support for tool bridges between ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse and VS Code/BAS (details)
- Support for display remote ATC runs from SAP BTP (details)
ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
- Support for subentities as authorization master that are not defined as root entity
- Support for entity assignment of RAP business events
- Support for defining result cardinality [1..*] for factory actions
Administration
- IP address changes on AWS (details)
- Support for display whether dependent business catalog is optional (details)
- Support for defining several general restrictions by leading and filter undefined restrictions in Maintain Restrictions UI (details)
- Support for factory calendar pull integration from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to SAP BTP, ABAP environment (details)
- Support for table analysis of table statistics from aggregated views over time (details)
- Support for merging spaces and pages at the same time (details, details)
- Support for translation of new CDS annotation: UI.dataPoint.title, EnterpriseSearch.modelName and EnterpriseSearch.modelNamePlural (details)
- Support for upload of primary and secondary signing certificate (details)
Integration & Connectivity
- Support for setting the AIR key as custom HTTP header field to a SOAP request (details)
Key User Extensibility
- Support for user names in Manage View dialog (details)
Reuse Services
- Support for usage of source templates to provide content specification of a metadata extension and reading the longtext of a message using the XCO library (details)
Data Access
- Support for SQL-based remote access from SAP HANA Cloud databases to ABAP system (details)
Additional Information
You can find the (new) product page on SAP BTP, ABAP Environment | SAP Help Portal
For the new documentation structure, see Standalone Documentation. The new documentation page makes search and navigation for SAP BTP, ABAP environment topics easier.
In addition to the Roadmap Explorer, see SAP BTP, ABAP environment Roadmap for more details on the roadmap items.
As always, please let us know if you have questions.
Stay healthy and take care!
