Acknowledgments

17

The Authors

18

Preface

19

Structure of This Book

20

Glimpse into the Exam Structure

23

Practice Questions

24

1 ABAP Development Certification Track: Overview

29

Certification Exam Scoring Changes

30

Certification Levels

30

Advanced Certification Levels

32

Becoming an SAP Certified ABAP Development Associate: Overview

33

Associate Examination Specifics

33

Competency Areas

34

2 Courses and Experience

37

Training Courses for ABAP

38

Sources of Information

39

Strategic Understanding

39

SAP Examination Strategies

41

General Examination Strategies

42

3 SAP NetWeaver: Overview

47

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

48

Key Concepts Refresher

48

SAP Products in a Nutshell

49

Product Evolution

50

SAP NetWeaver Architecture

56

Kernel and Administration Services

58

Software-Oriented View

59

User-Oriented View

62

Structure of a Work Process

64

Important Terminology

68

Practice Questions

69

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

71

Takeaway

73

Refresher

73

Tips

74

4 ABAP Workbench Usage

75

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

76

Key Concepts Refresher

77

ABAP Workbench

77

Repository Browser

82

Repository Information System

84

Workbench Settings

86

ABAP Editor and Workbench Settings

87

ABAP Workbench Tools in Detail

91

Enhancement Information System

93

Packages and Their Attributes

95

Transport Organizer

99

Practice Questions

102

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

105

Takeaway

107

Refresher

107

5 ABAP Debugger Program Usage

109

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

111

Key Concepts Refresher

111

New and Classic Debugger

112

New Debugger Tools and UI

116

Assertions and Breakpoints

125

New Debugger Customization and Settings

126

Important Terminology

132

Practice Questions

133

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

136

Takeaway

138

Refresher

139

Tips

139

6 ABAP Types and Data Objects

141

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

142

Key Concepts Refresher

143

ABAP Types and Data Objects

143

ABAP Data Types

151

Local Data Types

155

Global Data Types

158

Data Object Visibility

160

Important Terminology

160

Practice Questions

161

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

164

Takeaway

166

Refresher

166

7 Internal Table Definition and Use

169

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

170

Key Concepts Refresher

171

Internal Table Definition and Use

171

Defining ABAP Internal Tables

175

Using ABAP Internal Tables

184

Important Terminology

201

Practice Questions

201

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

204

Takeaway

206

Refresher

207

8 SQL Statements Including Update Strategies

209

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

211

Key Concepts Refresher

211

Data Modeling

211

Data Retrieval

214

Arrangement of SELECT and FROM Clauses

217

Unions

217

Performance of Database Access

218

Logical Units of Work

221

Enqueue and Dequeue

223

Inline Updates

228

Perform on Commit

229

Update Modules

229

Open SQL

235

SQL Parser

236

SQL Expressions

237

SQL Expressions Expanded

238

SQL Functions Expanded

238

Access to CDS Entities

241

Practice Questions

241

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

246

Takeaway

249

Refresher

250

Tips

250

9 Basic ABAP Programs and Interface Creation

251

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

253

Key Concepts Refresher

253

Organizing Development

254

ABAP Programming Overview

255

ABAP Event Blocks

261

Basic ABAP Statements

266

ABAP Subroutine

269

ABAP Function Module

270

ABAP Classes and Methods

274

ABAP Selection Screen

277

Authorization Checks

279

ABAP Dynpros

281

Dialog Messages

283

Important Terminology

289

Practice Questions

291

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

296

Takeaway

299

Refresher

300

Tips

301

10 ABAP Dictionary

303

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

304

Key Concepts Refresher

305

Overview

305

Basic and Complex Data Types

307

Transparent Tables

320

Global Temporary Table

326

Replacement Objects

327

Search Helps

328

Append Search Helps

332

Lock Objects

332

View Types and Maintenance

335

Important Terminology

338

Practice Questions

338

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

342

Takeaway

344

Refresher

344

11 Unicode

347

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

349

Key Concepts Refresher

350

Unicode Compliance

350

Unicode Tools

351

Important Terminology

362

Practice Questions

362

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

365

Takeaway

366

Refresher

366

Tips

367

12 Classical Screens

369

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

371

Key Concepts Refresher

371

Screen Design

372

GUI Status and Title Design

391

Table Control Programming

400

Important Terminology

408

Practice Questions

408

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

411

Takeaway

413

Refresher

413

13 Selection Screens

415

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

416

Key Concepts Refresher

416

Selection Screens

417

Selection Screen Design

417

Important Terminology

433

Practice Questions

434

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

436

Takeaway

438

Refresher

438

14 ABAP Object-Oriented Programming

439

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

441

Key Concepts Refresher

441

Object-Oriented Programming Concepts

441

ABAP Objects

443

ABAP Class

443

Objects

451

Attributes

451

Methods

453

Events

463

Practice Questions

467

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

470

Takeaway

472

Refresher

473

15 ALV Grid Control

475

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

476

Key Concepts Refresher

477

Overview of ALV Programming

477

ALV Grid Programming (CL_GUI_ALV_GRID)

478

ALV Object Model

488

Important Terminology

498

Practice Questions

500

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

503

Takeaway

504

Refresher

504

Tips

505

16 User Interfaces (Web Dynpro)

507

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

508

Key Concepts Refresher

509

Web Dynpro Design

509

Controllers

514

Contexts

516

Events

517

Web Dynpro Application

518

Graphical Elements

519

Important Terminology

525

Practice Questions

526

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

530

Takeaway

531

Refresher

531

Tips

532

17 Class Identification Analysis and Design

533

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

534

Key Concepts Refresher

535

Functional Methods

535

Inheritance

540

Interfaces

546

Constructor Expressions

548

Class Identification

549

Important Terminology

551

Practice Questions

552

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

556

Takeaway

558

Refresher

558

Tips

558

18 Enhancements and Modifications

559

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

560

Key Concepts Refresher

561

Enhancing SAP Applications

561

Enhancement Techniques

562

Enhancement Framework

588

Modification

591

Practice Questions

593

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

596

Takeaway

598

Refresher

599

19 Table Relationships

601

Objectives of this Portion of the Test

602

Key Concepts Refresher

603

Table Relationships

603

Value Help

610

Practice Questions

615

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

618

Takeaway

620

Refresher

620

Tips

620