{"id":92389,"date":"2021-05-14T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T03:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/?p=92389"},"modified":"2025-03-30T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T09:30:24","slug":"sap-abap-introduction-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/sap-abap-introduction-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP ABAP Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this tutorial, we\u2019ll be learning about the introduction to SAP ABAP. We will learn what SAP ABAP means, its history and dive deep into why and how it is an important language in today\u2019s business systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What is SAP ABAP?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP stands for Advanced Business Application Programming.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a high-level, fourth-generation programming language used in SAP software.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Java, ABAP is the main programming language used for large SAP business applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAP systems run on three-tier software, with ABAP at the application server level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP program runs inside the SAP database.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The run-time or execution system runs all ABAP statements while the program is running.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with executable code, ABAP also runs database languages like open SQL and native SQL to access, create, update, and other operations on databases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the SAP database, the ABAP code runs in two forms:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1. Source code:<\/strong> the basic program that is written, edited, or updated by a programmer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2. Generated code:<\/strong> similar to Java bytecode, generated code is an intermediate level of code between written code and final machine code.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Why ABAP?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the main language of SAP software, which is used by more than half of the world\u2019s businesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a simple, easy-to-understand, object-oriented language.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it also allows you to choose if you want to run it as procedure-oriented.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used to develop SAP R3 systems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP helps improve SAP applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can easily be learned by both programmers and non-programmers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It provides many features such as data-sharing, data-hiding, inheritance, persistence, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can access any database via SAP ABAP.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92977\" src=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02.jpg\" alt=\"SAP ABAP Features\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02.jpg 700w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02-520x371.jpg 520w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image02-320x229.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>History of SAP ABAP<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SAP created ABAP in the 1980s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world came to know of ABAP as a development language, great for businesses stepping into technology and data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1990s, SAP released object-oriented ABAP.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2006, they released a version offering a switch framework.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then in 2012, they released the table expressions feature.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, they released open SQL support.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, they released virtual sorting of internal tables.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have also recently introduced Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) extensions to the language, to keep up with the times.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>SAP ABAP Architecture<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP runs on 3-tiered architecture<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92976\" src=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image01.jpg\" alt=\"SAP ABAP Architecture\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image01-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image01-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/SAP-ABAP-Tutorial-normal-image01-320x448.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three layers are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1. Presentation layer:<\/strong> This layer controls the entire system. It is the devices and interfaces through which the user interacts with the system. This can include a computer, mobile, browser, etc. An ABAP program starts at this layer but executes at the application layer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2. Application layer:<\/strong> This layer is the middling layer that acts as an interface between the presentation and database layer. It performs processing and communication with the other two tiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>3. Database layer:<\/strong> As the name goes, the database layers contain the stored data of the program in memory that is accessed as and when required by the execution.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP programs are stored in the SAP system itself<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two parts of code: source code (written and edited by user) and generated code (binary code used to execute)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Types of ABAP Programs<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP programs can be divided into two types:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1. Reports:<\/strong> standalone programs that are executable, contain one screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2. Module pools:<\/strong> many screens that are logically linked together as one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP also has non-executable programs:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Interface type pools<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Object classes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. INCLUDE modules<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Function groups<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Subroutine pools<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Basic Syntax of ABAP programs<\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Statements<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each ABAP program comprises executable lines of code called \u2018statements\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every statement in ABAP is a collection of keywords, variable names, etc. that have some meaning and produce some meaningful output when the program is executed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each statement ends in a period (.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP is not case-sensitive, so we can exchange uppercase and lowercase statements to mean the same thing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first statement in an ABAP program is always the REPORT statement, which declares the name of the report we are writing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABAP is case insensitive, i.e. it does not differentiate between uppercase and lowercase statements except when they are in single quotes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can write multiple statements on a single line, as long as each individual statement ends with a period (.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Example of Statements in ABAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">REPORT ZDATAFLAIR_REPORT_001.\r\n    WRITE: \u2018HELLO WORLD!\u2019.\r\n    *The output will write whatever is included within single quotes\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Output<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">HELLO WORLD!<\/pre>\n<h4>2. Comments in ABAP<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comments are non-executable lines of code.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We usually add comments to express the meaning of the statements we write in the program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use comments to explain, reiterate or simply add a comment of value to the program.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding comments helps us and others understand the executable code better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We do not have to end comments with a period as they do not run.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full line comments are written with an asterisk (*) and half line comments are written with double quotes (\u201c)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">REPORT ZDATAFLAIR_REPORT_001.\r\n    * this is a full-line comment\r\n    WRITE: \u2018HELLO WORLD!\u2019.\t\u201c this is a half-line comment\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Output<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">HELLO WORLD!\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Few Keywords in ABAP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ULINE<\/strong>: to add an underline below the statement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.g. \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">REPORT ZDATAFLAIR_REPORT_001.\r\n    WRITE: \u2018HELLO WORLD!\u2019.\r\n    ULINE.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Output<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">HELLO WORLD!\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. <strong>SKIP<\/strong>: to go to the next line in the display<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.g.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">REPORT ZDATAFLAIR_REPORT_001.\r\n    WRITE: \u2018HELLO WORLD!\u2019.\r\n    SKIP.\r\n    WRITE: \u2018BYE BYE WORLD!\u2019.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Output<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">HELLO WORLD!\r\nBYE BYE WORLD!\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Messages in ABAP<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A message displays errors, warnings, and other messages that the system may want to send to the programmer. It is usually a 2-character text that pops up to inform the user of the happenings in the execution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s see a few examples of messages:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>MESSAGE<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>MEANING<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>DESCRIPTION<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Error<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This message showcases an error that leads to the program stopping its execution<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">W<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warning<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This message pauses execution due to a warning, and needs user intervention for the execution to continue<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This message displays some information for the user which they need to intervene to pop out of<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abend<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This message abends or retracts whatever transaction was being done by user<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Success<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This showcases the success of a transaction<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abort<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This message creates dump and halts execution of program<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>How to write your first ABAP Report in ABAP Environment<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Open SAP System<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Go to SE38 &#8211; this opens the ABAP Editor\/Workbench &#8211; the workbench includes several features of ABAP like the Editor, which we will use now and the rest we shall see in further tutorials<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Under field \u2018Program\u2019 enter your report name. It must start with a \u2018Z\u2019 or \u2018Y\u2019 and is case insensitive e.g. \u2018ZDATAFLAIR_HELLOWORLD\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92978\" src=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5.png\" alt=\"ABAP Report in ABAP Environment\" width=\"715\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5.png 715w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5-150x102.png 150w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5-520x352.png 520w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image5-320x217.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Now select the \u2018Create\u2019 button on the right<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Click on \u2018OK\u2019 and choose the \u2018Executable Program\u2019 option from the dropdown menu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92979\" src=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6.png\" alt=\"SAP ABAP Program\" width=\"966\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6.png 966w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6-150x52.png 150w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6-720x252.png 720w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6-520x182.png 520w, https:\/\/data-flair.training\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/image6-320x112.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write the following statements to create your first Hello World program:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">REPORT ZDATAFLAIR_HELLOWORLD.\r\nWRITE 'Hello World!'.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Output<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">Hello World!\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Colon Notation in ABAP<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In ABAP, we can combine a few lines of code if all of them begin with the same statement. We can do this by using the colon notation (:).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For e.g.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of writing &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">WRITE \u2018Hello\u2019.\r\nWRITE \u2018My\u2019.\r\nWRITE \u2018Name\u2019.\r\nWRITE \u2018Is\u2019.\r\nWRITE \u2018Dataflair\u2019.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can write &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">WRITE: \u2018Hello\u2019,\r\n      \u2018My\u2019,\r\n      \u2018Name\u2019,\r\n      \u2018Is\u2019,\r\n      \u2018Dataflair\u2019.\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Output (same in both cases):<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"generic\">Hello My Name Is Dataflair\r\n<\/pre>\n<h3>Applications of SAP ABAP<\/h3>\n<p>It is used to create custom programs for various business tasks, like inventory management, CRM, financial accounting, and data warehousing. It is also used to create user interfaces and web applications.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, in this tutorial, we learned about ABAP. In the following tutorials, we will go through each concept one by one and learn what exactly SAP ABAP includes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, we\u2019ll be learning about the introduction to SAP ABAP. 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