CDC data extraction Lessons Learned, Tips & Tricks – Part 1 Introduction Change Data Capture (CDC) delta extraction is actually quite simple, and there are already some good blogs out there explaining it pretty good. However, in practical project work with our customers, we have come across one or the other warning or error message…

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Goodbye CDS View, Hello CDS View Entity – Part 2 This article is the second part of a blog series. It focuses on optimizations and new features. The previous part one explained the differences of the CDS View Entity compared to the legacy CDS View. 1. Optimizations And Simplifications 1.1. Input Parameter Handling For a…

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Goodbye CDS View, Hello CDS View Entity – Part 1 This article is the first part of a blog series. It explains the differences of the CDS View Entity compared to the legacy CDS View. Part two will focus on optimizations and new features. 1. Introduction The CDS view has been deprecated by SAP. It…

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Hierarchies in Core Data Services for ABAP Part 2: CDS hierarchies Introduction In our last blog post on hierarchies in ABAP CDS views, we covered annotation-based hierarchies. In this blog we will cover another way on how to implement hierarchies in ABAP CDS views, by using the hierarchy keyword. This feature was introduced with SAP…

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Embedded Analytics with SAP Fiori – How to create analytical web dynpro apps and assign them by role based authorizations Introduction and Objectives In previous blogs we described the CDS data model and how ABAP CDS views are created and used for different purposes, whereby Analysis for Office was mainly used as reporting frontend. In…

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Data Modeling with CDS Views – Part 2: Currency/Unit Conversion & Date Functions Introduction This blog series is about the basics of data modeling with CDS Views. Part 1 gave you an overview about the Syntax of a CDS view, Joins, Associations and Unions. Part 2 will give you a short overwiew about Currency/Unit Conversion…

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Data Modeling with CDS Views – Part 1: Basics Introduction This blog series contains the basics of data modeling with CDS Views. The first Part will provide some information about the Syntax of  CDS views, Joins, Associations and Unions. CDS Syntax Just to give a very brief overview of the syntax of CDS, here I…

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Kennzahlen und Textvariablen mit ABAP CDS-Views – Query Design Teil 2 Einleitung Im Blog „dynamische Variablenableitung mit ABAP CDS“ wurde erklärt wie Parameter dynamisch befüllt und auf einen Queryfilter angewendet werden können. Auf dem selben Datenmodell aufbauend, zeigen wir im aktuellen Blog wie Parameterwerte für die Einschränkung von Kennzahlen verwendet werden die in einem Plan-\Ist…

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Dynamische Befüllung von Variablen mit ABAP CDS – Query Design Teil 1 Einleitung In diesem Blog wird anhand eines einfachen Beispiels gezeigt, wie mittels ABAP CDS dynamisch Variablenwerte abgeleitet und auf einen Queryfilter angewendet werden können. Die Funktion ähnelt somit der Customer Exit Variable aus der klassischen SAP BW Anwendung. Daten und Zielsetzung Für dieses…

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