ABAP_to_the_Future

Summary 15.6
SP 12. So SAP clearly has a long-term plan of what’s intended to be enabled in
each of the next three support packs. Beyond SP 12, it’s (to list just one example)
planned to have an automatic connection to an authority check inside a CDS
view.
Historically, these support packs have been released twice a year—around about
May or June (for SAPPHIRE) and around about November or December (for SAP
TechEd). Recently, these support packs appear to be coming out faster and faster,
which is what you would expect in order for SAP to be able to stay ahead of the
game—now that the competition has belatedly realized what’s going on and is
now attempting to catch up.
All this to say: It’s very clear that even though you can already do an enormous
amount in both SAP HANA views and AMDPs, both are going to have new features
added continually, at a fairly rapid pace.
Recommended Reading
왘 ABAP Development for SAP HANA (Schneider, Westenberger, Gahm, SAP PRESS,
2014)
왘 Best Practice Guide—Considerations for Custom ABAP Code During a Migration to
SAP HANA: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-46714 (Eric Westenberger)
왘 ABAP Managed Database Pr ocedures—Introduction: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-
51612 (Jens Weiler)
왘 New Data Modeling Features in SAP NW ABAP 7.4 SP 5: http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse/blog/2014/02/04/new-data-modeling-features-in-abap-for-hana#
comment-561176 (Christiaan Edward Swanepoel)
왘 Six Golden Rules for New SAP HANA Developers: http://scn.sap.com/community/
hana-in-memory/blog/2013/12/29/6-golden-rules-for-new-sap-hana-developers
(John Appleby)
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