ABAP Development

SAP NetWeaver supports the ABAP programming language and its corresponding integrated development environment as a built-in capability of the application server. ABAP is especially designed for creating large-scale business applications, with dedicated features for developing backend business functionality, connecting applications, and provisioning services. IT professionals can use model-driven or code-driven tools to develop and configure user interfaces for web-based business applications. | Get started.

Developer Guide: Extending the Provisioning Framework for SAP Systems (PDF 2 MB) New!

When using the provisioning framework for SAP systems with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, you may need to extend the capabilities to meet your own needs. For example, you may want to provision additional attributes, or you may want to trigger specific events when an identity is created or modified. This developer guide describes how to extend the provisioning framework for ABAP-based SAP systems by using Business Add-Ins (BAdIs).

Featured Blogs
Analyzing Problems Using ABAP Short Dumps; Automating ABAP Unit Tests New!

It's panic time when your ABAP program writes a short dump in a customer system, says Senior Developer Stephen Pfeiffer. In a new pair of blogs, he explores the diagnostic aids and information resources that an ABAP short dump offers, and how to get the most help out of a dump. | Part I | Part II

In another blog, Pfeiffer discusses how to use the ABAP Code Inspector to automate ABAP Unit testing.