BEGINNERS GUIDE TO SAP ABAP

This book is a complete ABAP Training Course and has been written with the complete novice, SAP super-user and consultant in mind. Whether you are just starting your career in SAP or are working as a functional consultant, system support analyst, business consultant, project manager or something entirely different; if you have any involvement in specifying creating or managing ABAP programs, then this book is for you.

Written in the "How-To" style this book will allow anybody to follow along and create ABAP programs from scratch. It is written in such a way that each chapter builds on the last so that you become familiar in lots of different aspects of SAP ABAP programming to enable you to then start creating your own programs and understand programs you will find in your own SAP system.

The principles and guidelines found in this book apply across all SAP modules whether you're writing programs for HR, FI, SD or one of the many other modules within SAP.

Peter Moxon has worked with SAP systems for over 12 years and has had the great pleasure of working with some of the best functional and technical consultants who know how to document, plan and develop SAP programs of all types.

The aim of this book is to help you understand how SAP ABAP programs are put together and developed so that you will produce first class detailed concise understandable functional programs that correspond with your specifications and most importantly delivered on time and on budget.

Getting Started
Write your very first ABAP program within minutes! It only takes a few steps to create your first report, maintain its properties, and write the source code.

Follow Along with Complete End-to-End Examples
Create database tables and lists, work with fields and calculations, and debug your code for errors. The hands-on examples will have you understanding ABAP in no time.

Sample Code
All code is clearly shown in every chapter.

Advanced Topics
Once you have learnt the basics, move to the next level and master, Includes, Forms and Function Modules.

Highlights
Taking your first Steps.
Create ABAP Dictionary Tables and Objects
Create programs in a flash with the ABAP Editor
Define variables for calculations
Create and modifying character strings
Learn to debug your programs
Perform calculations with quantities, currencies, date anf time fields
Read & Update data in a database table
Learn Open-SQL
Create program flow control and logical expressions
Build selection screens
Manage and modify internal tables
Modularize your programs