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The civilized world is very comfortable with the manufacturing process. It has been in place for hundreds of years, first in a small setting involving skilled craftspeople and apprentices. Typically in that time, an craftsman would take a project from start to finish with the help of a few skilled assistants. With the industrial revolution […]

Arithmetic – Addition Now that the ability to create variables has been established, these can be used for calculations within a program. This article will begin by looking at some of the simple arithmetical calculations within ABAP. Our program will be tidied up by removing the two constants which were just created. If a program […]

To begin creating a program, access the ABAP Editor either via transaction code SE38, or by navigating the SAP menu tree to Tools → ABAP Workbench → Development, in which the ABAP Editor is found. Double-click to execute. A note to begin: it is advisable to keep the programs created as simple as possible. Do […]

Introduction This article will focus specifically on the Data Dictionary. This is the main tool used to look at, understand and enhance the Database and Database tables which are used by the SAP system. You can view standard tables delivered by SAP using this tool, create new tables and enhance the existing tables delivered by […]

Let’s take a first look at an SAP ABAP program. The following section will look at the SAP System and introduce the ABAP Workbench. But before doing so, let’s take a look at the structure of an ABAP program. Like many other programming languages, ABAP programs are normally structured into two parts. The first is […]

In this series of articles I want to start out by covering the high-level architecture of an SAP system, including the technical architecture and platform independence. We will dig into the environment that our ABAP programs run in, which include the work processes and the basic structures of an ABAP program. Then we can focus […]

So, you’ve just finished your SAP certification program/graduated from school with a degree in IT/completed a course of study on the latest SAP skills. Congratulations! Now that your education is all finished, you might be wondering what you should do now. Other than finding a job, that is. Employment is critical, of course, but there […]