ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model: The Comprehensive Guide (SAP PRESS)

You’ve worked with ABAP, SAP Fiori, and core data services―now see how these technologies and more come together in the ABAP RESTful application programming model. Learn to develop applications optimized for SAP S/4HANA, whether your system is on-premise or in the cloud. Follow step-by-step instructions to build new ABAP applications, update legacy applications, and reuse existing source code. Make the new model work for you!

Develop ABAP applications for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP
Use key tools and technologies, including core data services and SAP Fiori
Get step-by-step guidance for modeling data, implementing behaviors, developing user interfaces, and more


Programming Model Basics
What is REST architecture? What are the components of the ABAP RESTful application programming model? What tools and technologies can you use to build end-to-end applications? Get the answers to these questions and more!

Hands-On Application Development
Follow step-by-step instructions to use core data services for data modeling, define and implement behaviors, access business objects with the entity manipulation language, and build a UI with SAP Fiori. See how to adjust your skills to work with the SAP BTP, ABAP environment in the cloud.
Use Cases and Scenarios
Develop new applications with SAP Fiori elements floorplans. Learn to integrate existing applications into the ABAP RESTful application programming model and reuse source code from current applications.

REST architecture
Core data services (CDS)
Behavior definition and implementation
Business service definition and binding
Field definitions, associations, and actions
Entity manipulation language (EML)
SAP Fiori elements
SAP Business Application Studio
Visual Studio Code
SAP BTP, ABAP environment