Understanding ABAP Dictionary

By Alex Gonczy
Build your flexible, consistent, and reusable SAP database with me through practical exercises. If you want to get familiar with the concept of Domains, Data Elements, Structures, Table Types, Database Tables, Views, Maintenance Dialogs, Two-Level Domain concept or Foreign Key Relationships, and you want to see them working in a real SAP system, then this course is for you.
Course info
Rating
(35)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 10, 2015
Duration
4h 15m
Table of contents
Course Introduction
Introduction 5m Who This Course Is For 1m Business Example 3m
ABAP Dictionary
Overview 1m The Role of the ABAP Dictionary 6m The Elements of the ABAP Dictionary 6m Demo: The Elements of the ABAP Dictionary 10m Development Workflow ABAP Dictionary 7m Summary 1m
Domain
Overview 1m Two-level Domain Concept: Domain 5m Decrease the Maintenance Cost with Domains 4m Provide Consistency with Domains 7m Development Workflow: Domain 4m Group Exercise: Creating ZOSTATUS 7m Group Exercise: Creating ZDATE 2m Group Exercise: Creating ZPRICE 2m Group Exercise: Creating ZEMAIL 1m Individual Exercises 4m Summary 2m
Data Element
Overview 1m Two-level Domain Concept: Data Element 3m Development Workflow: Data Element 3m Group Exercise: Creating ZHOUSENUM 6m Group Exercise: Creating ZFSADDR 3m Group Exercise: Creating ZFBADDR 2m Individual Exercises 5m Summary 2m
Structure
Overview 1m Complex Data Types: Structure 9m Development Workflow: Structure 2m Group Exercise: Creating ZORDER_STR 7m Individual Exercises 1m Summary 2m
Table Type
Overview 2m Complex Data Types: Table Type 12m Development Workflow: Table Type 1m Group Exercise: Creating ZORDER_TT 5m Group Exercise: Creating ZORDERITEM_TT 1m Summary 2m
Database Table
Overview 2m Database Objects: Database Table 16m Development Workflow: Database Table 3m Group Exercise: Creating ZAUTHOR 9m Group Exercise: Creating ZORDER 4m Individual Exercise: Creating Database Tables 4m Value Table 1m Group Exercise: Set Value Table for ZCUSTOMERID 2m Individual Exercise: Set Value Tables for Domains 1m Foreign Key Relationship 2m Group Exercise: Set Foreign Key Relationships for ZORDERITEM 8m Individual Exercise: Set Foreign Key Relationships 2m Summary 2m
View
Overview 1m Database Objects: View 6m Type of Views 3m Development Workflow: View 1m Group Exercise: Creating ZORDER_V 7m Individual Exercise: Creating Views 1m Summary 1m
Maintenance Dialog
Overview 2m Maintain Database Tables in an Easy Way 7m Development Workflow: Maintenance Dialog 2m Group Exercise: Creating Maintenance Dialog for ZAUTHOR 5m Individual Exercise: Creating Maintenance Dialogs 2m Group Exercise: Fill ZAUTHOR up via Maintenance Dialog 4m Individual Exercise: Fill Tables up via Maintenance Dialogs 3m Summary 1m Course Summary 4m
Description
Course info
Rating
(35)
Level
Beginner
Updated
Jul 10, 2015
Duration
4h 15m
Description

As you complete this course, you will acquire the necessary knowledge to plan and construct ABAP Dictionary objects in your SAP system, and you will be able to create and manage a central meta-data repository for your database that reduces the redundancy, the maintenance costs, and improves the efficiency. After the course, you can apply this knowledge whether you work on a simple in-house development, or a complex project. To understand the concept of the ABAP Dictionary in every detail, we will go through its objects one by one, discuss their roles in the system, and I will demonstrate that how to build them up during the exercises.

About the author
Alex Gonczy
About the author

Alex is an ABAP Developer and Trainer with over 6 years of experience. He is a member of Expertise-Team, a consulting, training, and software development company (expertise-team.com), a group of SAP professionals developing in SAP Business Warehouse, Business Objects systems, programming with ABAP and delivering Mobile solutions.

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