Workshop: ABAP RESTful Applications

ABAP RESTful Applications – Modern Approach to SAP Service Development Do you want to learn how to create RESTful web services directly in the ABAP environment? The ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP) is a modern framework for developing scalable, secure, and robust applications and services that comply with modern REST standards. Our workshop ABAP RESTful Applications will guide you through the fundamentals of development, explain the RAP architecture, and show you how to efficiently create OData services and REST APIs using ABAP. You will become familiar with key concepts such as entities, behavior definitions, service bindings, and deployment.

Thursday, May 22, 2025, 09:00 – 11:30 and 13:30 – 16:00

If you want to move from classic ABAP SOAP web services to REST and OData standards and develop services that integrate smoothly with SAP and other systems including cloud platforms, this workshop is made for you.

At the workshop, we focused on the following topics:

What is the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)
Core building blocks of RAP: entities, behavior, services
Creating and defining CDS views as the data model foundation
Defining and implementing behavior definitions
Configuring and creating service bindings for OData and REST services
Integration of RAP services with SAP Gateway and SAP Fiori
Deployment and lifecycle management of services
Integration with other systems via REST APIs
Debugging and testing RAP applications
Best practices for developing modern ABAP RESTful applications
Practical demonstration of creating a simple RAP service from a data model

Discover modern ABAP service development that meets today’s scalability, security, and flexibility requirements.