If you’re looking to master SAP ABAP (Advanced Business Application Pro- gramming), this book is your perfect starting point. Written in a clear and concise style, this guide takes you through the basics of SAP ABAP program- ming, helping you build a strong foundation. Many SAP professionals start their careers as programmers and focus on turning functional specifications into technical specifications and writing code. Learn how to write your own ABAP code step by step and progressively build your own ABAP application. This updated 2nd edition provides you with the tools you need to get started with a job as an SAP ABAP programmer, including new information on ABAP Development Tools (ADT). - Step-by-step instructions for beginners - Comprehensive descriptions and code examples - A guide to creating your first ABAP application - Tutorials that provide answers to the most commonly asked programming questions

Do you want to understand the basic fundamentals of SAP software without having to work through 400 pages or more? Yes? Then this book is for you! The authors concentrate on the essentials and spare you all the details you do not need as a beginner. Using simple, step-by-step examples, walk through the fundamentals of the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system including navigation, transactions, organizational units, and master data. Instructional videos help you experience the look-and-feel of SAP software without requiring access to an SAP system. This second edition has been enhanced with an overview of the existing SAP product portfolio in addition to SAP ERP. Learn more about the technical side of SAP ERP including industry solutions, ABAP, and enhancement packages (EHP). Get a short introduction to BI, CRM, SRM, SCM, GRC, NetWeaver, SuccessFactors, and HANA. Demystify SAP acronyms and get clarity on the purpose of different SAP products. - Learn how to navigate in SAP ERP - Learn SAP basics including transactions, organizational units, and master data - Watch instructional videos with simple, step-by-step examples - Get an overview of SAP products and new development trends

This easy-to-understand introduction to SAP S/4HANA guides you through the central processes in sales, purchasing and procurement, finance, production, and warehouse management using the model company Global Bike. Familiarize yourself with the basics of business administration, the relevant organizational data, master data, and transactional data, as well as a selection of core business processes in SAP. Using practical examples and tutorials, you will soon become an SAP S/4HANA professional! Tutorials and exercises for beginners, advanced users, and experts make it easy for you to practice your new knowledge. The prerequisite for this book is access to an SAP S/4HANA client with Global Bike version 4.1. - Business fundamentals and processes in the SAP system - Sales, purchasing and procurement, production, finance, and warehouse management - Tutorials at different qualification levels, exercises, and recap of case studies - Includes extensive download material for students, lecturers, and professors

This book offers a comprehensive practical guide to SAP ABAP development for ABAP professionals. Part 2 explores program performance, authorizations, error analysis, corrections, and SAP Transport Management along with how to tailor SAP applications. Dive into performance analysis and get tips on using the performance trace and ABAP runtime analysis. Walk through the tools available to enhance standard SAP applications such as the Modification Assistant, user exits, business add-ins (BAdIs), and the Enhancement Framework. Identify techniques for authorization management and find out how SAP ABAP developers can impact data protection. Obtain best practices for identifying the cause of application errors. Get step-by-step instructions for transports and learn how to correct errors. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings readers up to speed on the fundamentals of SAP ABAP development. - Developer influence on performance - SAP access and account management techniques - Modifications and enhancements to SAP standard - SAP Transport Management System

Step into ABAP with this beginner's guide. First understand ABAP syntax and find out how to add data and logic to your applications. Then delve into backend programming: learn to work with the ABAP data dictionary, create database objects, and process and store data. Round out your skill set by practicing error handling, modularization, string manipulation, and more. With guided examples, step-by-step instructions, and detailed code you'll become an ABAP developer in no time Highlights: Procedural programming Object-oriented programming Flow control Arithmetic operations Data dictionary Defining variables and constants Creating tables Database read/write Modularization Debugging SAP List Viewer (ALV)

The increased adoption of HTML5 has created the opportunity for developers to build applications that work seamlessly across multiple devices and browsers. This expert guide covers the foundations of CSS, HTML5 and jQuery, as well as a broad range of topics from design thinking, testing, optimization, security, graphs, maps and databases. All of these help you to build a seamless mobile business intelligence (SAP BI) app using HTML5, leveraging the cohesiveness of SAP OpenUI5. Explore why design thinking should sit at the core of your mobile application. Compare and contrast using native versus web-based applications. Explore the tools available to develop mobile apps, as well as easily write HTML5 code from scratch. Learn how to create a reusable skeleton code framework that you can leverage on future projects, as well as how to build web apps using SAP OpenUI5. Explore considerations for an effective security and privacy strategy. Acquire best practices on how to test and enhance your HTML5 site by enabling compression, caching, and optimizing your images. In addition to practice exercises, this book includes free sample layout options for different mobile devices and an OpenUI5 Starter Kit. By using practical examples, tips, and screenshots, the author brings the building of mobile BI apps to life. - Delve into the foundations of CSS, HTML5, and jQuery - Learn how to build a seamless mobile BI app using SAP OpenUI5 - Use open source library d3.js to create custom data visualizations for bar, line, and pie charts - Build web apps using real world scenarios and test layout options for different mobile devices