Online Course
Upgrade Your ABAP Skills: Moving from Classic Development to ABAP RAP
with Kiran Bandari
01/22/2026 – 02/19/2026
The course in detail:
It’s time to master SAP S/4HANA development by learning about the ABAP RESTful application programming model! Using detailed code demonstrations, expert Kiran Bandari will guide RAP newcomers through complex topics, covering everything from data modeling to UI design. Learn to build robust CDS views, implement managed and unmanaged RAP scenarios, define behaviors, and optimize performance. Bring everything together with interactive user interfaces and smart floorplans. Create and maintain scalable, high-performance SAP apps ready for real-world application.What you'll learn:
- How to use the RAP programming model for application development
- Gain a technical foundation in RAP concepts, including data modeling and behavior definition
- Learn to build complete, production-grade RAP applications for SAP S/4HANA or SAP BTP
🕒 The courses start at 10 a.m. ET and end at 2:30 p.m. ET, breaks included.
Who is this ABAP RAP course suitable for?
- Classic ABAP developers and consultants
Prerequisite: Participants should have experience with classic ABAP. If you need more information about the learning level, please feel free to ask us.
These ABAP RAP topics will be covered in this course:
- ABAP RAP application development
- CDS data modeling
- Managed and unmanaged scenarios
- Behavior definition and implementation
- Integration using OData
- Authorizations
- Extensibility
- UI development and SAP Fiori elements
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Note: Can’t join live? No problem! With your purchase, you’ll receive access to the session recordings and slide decks directly on the learning platform shortly after each session concludes. Learn at your own pace, revisit key concepts, and reinforce your understanding of the topic. Whether live or on demand, this course offers you the opportunity to learn directly from a top SAP expert. Don’t miss out!
Online Courses
CDS Fundamentals
Learn core CDS concepts! Understand the role CDS plays in RAP programming. Build a strong foundation in SAP data modeling to prepare for advanced development and RAP integration.
Topics:
- Data modeling
- CDS entities
- Annotations
- Associations
- Composition
- Built-in and aggregate functions
- Calculated fields
- Derived fields
Advanced CDS
Extend your CDS skills by learning about advanced concepts, enhanced flexibility, and performance optimization.
Topics:
- Advanced projections
- Hierarchies
- Extensibility
- CDS access controls (DCL)
- Custom entities
- AMDPs and table functions
- CDS performance analysis
- OData and service definitions
RAP Managed Scenarios
Dive into RAP! Implement managed business objects, define behaviors, and integrate business events to build robust, maintainable SAP applications.
Topics:
- RAP architecture and basic concepts
- Managed scenarios
- Business object implementation
- Behavior definition
- Behavior implementation
- Business events
RAP Unmanaged Scenarios and Authorizations
Work with unmanaged RAP scenarios, actions and determinations, authorizations, and extensibility.
Topics:
- Unmanaged scenarios
- Actions, determinations, and validations
- RAP authorizations
- Behavior extensions
- Projection layers
- Reusable business objects
- SAP Business Accelerator Hub
UI Development and Extensibility
Enhance RAP applications with interactive, user friendly, and customizable SAP Fiori elements interfaces, powered by behavior-driven UX features.
Topics:
- UI annotations
- Behavior-driven UX features
- Overview Page and Analytics List Page
- List Report and Object Page
- SAP Fiori elements interface development
- SAP Business Application Studio
- Visual Studio Code
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Your Experts
Kiran Bandari is a solution architect for one of world’s leading confection companies and has worked with ABAP for more than 12 years. He has been the lead ABAP consultant on multiple SAP implementations, rollouts, and upgrade projects, and has a specific focus on custom development using ABAP Objects and Web Dynpro ABAP.
Kiran is also an industry trainer and has conducted ABAP training workshops for clients such as Wrigley's, IBM, Accenture, CapGemini, and more.
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