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This certification verifies that you are familiar with the core principles of the ABAP programming language and can develop robust applications using the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP). Furthermore, it validates your proficiency in leveraging Joule for developers, SAP’s generative AI assistant, to accelerate the development lifecycle through code generation, explanation, and optimization. This certification proves that you possess the comprehensive knowledge and practical skills required to contribute effectively to project teams in a mentored role, utilizing modern, AI-augmented development workflows. This is a beta version of the practical exam.

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SAP Certified - Backend Developer - ABAP Cloud (Beta Version)

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Backend Developer - ABAP Cloud

This course introduces you to the basics of ABAP programming. It is based on the SAP BTP ABAP environment. However, the content is equally suitable for SAP S/4HANA Cloud as well as SAP S/4HANA 2020 or later.

Learning Basic ABAP Programming

This practice system is preconfigured with the data you need to carry out exercises from the course Basic ABAP Programming or to experiment on your own with SAP BTP ABAP Environment.

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Hands-on Practice for Basic ABAP Programming

This course familiarizes you with analysis and testing tools that you will use to investigate ABAP code. In addition, you will learn various techniques to improve the performance, style and structure of your code. The course is based on the SAP BTP ABAP environment. However, the content is equally suitable for SAP S/4HANA Cloud as well as SAP S/4HANA 2020 or later.

Deepening Your ABAP Programming Knowledge

This practice system is preconfigured with the data you need to carry out exercises from the course Intermediate ABAP Programming or to experiment on your own with SAP BTP ABAP Environment.

Hands-on Practice for Intermediate ABAP Programming

This course covers the definition and analysis of data models. You will define database tables in the ABAP Dictionary and views in ABAP Core Data Services (CDS). In doing so, you will model relationships, add SQL logic and enrich your views with metadata. Finally, you will protect your data from unauthorized read access and learn how to extend external data models.

Building Data Models with the ABAP Dictionary and ABAP Core Data Services

This practice system is preconfigured with the data you need to carry out exercises from the course Data Modelling in ABAP Dictionary and ABAP Core Data Services or to experiment on your own with SAP BTP ABAP Environment.

Hands-on Practice for Data Modelling in ABAP Dictionary and ABAP Core Data Services

This course shows you how to implement extensions for SAP S/4HANA Cloud consistent with clean core principles and aligned with your business use cases.

Practicing Clean Core Extensibility for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

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Acquiring Core ABAP Skills

Are you an experienced ABAP developer interested in state-of-the-art ABAP programming techniques and tools? Or are you new to ABAP and want to learn how to code in SAP's own programming language? Are you planning to take the ABAP Developer Certification and looking for training that helps you to prepare for the exam? Then you've come to the right place. This learning journey will teach you the core ABAP skills that you'll need for your professional future, no matter what platform you're going to develop on, be it SAP BTP, SAP S4HANA Cloud, or an on-premise system. The learning journey consists of three parts. In the first part, you will learn the basics. You will learn to work with the ABAP development tools for Eclipse, define variables, implement calculations, loops and conditional branches. You will retrieve data from the database and use an existing business object to implement a database update. At the end of this part, you will use the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model to develop an ODATA UI service and preview the resulting SAP Fiori app. In the second part, you will improve your ABAP skills further. You'll use tools to analyze the quality of your code and get familiar with ABAP techniques that help you write better code. Among other things, you'll use the power of ABAP SQL to exploit the data analysis capabilities of the SAP HANA database of your system. You will learn how to define, raise, and handle exceptions. You will use object-oriented concepts like inheritance and interfaces to improve the structure of your code. The third and final part of your learning journey is all about data modeling concepts in ABAP. You will define database tables in the ABAP Dictionary and FUSE in ABAP Core Data Services. You will model relations, add SQL logic, and enrich your FUSE with metadata. In the end, you will protect your data against unauthorized read access and learn how to extend foreign data models. So, take the initiative and get your core ABAP skills today.

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