SAP Gateway and OData (Fourth Edition) (SAP PRESS)

Calling all SAP developers and admins! If your SAP and non-SAP apps rely on OData, you need this definitive guide to SAP Gateway. Perform your SAP Gateway deployment, including installation and configuration. Follow step-by-step instructions to create OData services in the backend, either with traditional coding or new SAP S/4HANA programming models. Use those services to develop various types of applications: SAPUI5, mobile, social media, and more. This book is your gateway to the world of OData!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Installation and Setup
Get started with SAP Gateway! Begin with the basics: What are OData services? What are your integration options? Then deploy the solution and fine-tune key configuration settings.

b. Service Creation
Create OData services, step by step! Whether you're developing services in the backend or using CDS-based technologies such as the ABAP RESTful application programming model, you'll find the instructions you need.

c. Application Development
Build apps that consume OData! Develop SAPUI5-based apps using SAP Business Application Studio, mobile apps using SAP Mobile Development Kit, and more.

Highlights include:

1) Installation and deployment
2) Configuration and integration
3) Service development and generation
4) Application development
5) Extensibility
6) Lifecycle management
7) Security
8) ABAP programming model for SAP Fiori
9) ABAP RESTful application programming model
10) SAP Business Application Studio
11) SAP Business Technology Platform

Carsten Bönnen works for SAP SE as a product management director in the Adoption Enablement Team for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). He received his MA in computer linguistics and artificial intelligence in Germany in 2001 and started working at SAP that same year. Initially a Java developer and trainer, he soon became a consultant and led strategic projects in the then-new field of enterprise portals. Since 2002, he has worked as a product manager for SAP NetWeaver Portal, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, SAP Gateway, and SAP API Management. For another four years, he has worked as the director for technology strategy for the strategic alliance management at Microsoft.

Ludwig Diehl is the head of processes and IT at Wilkhahn, the worldwide acting and leading German manufacturer of furniture. In this role, Ludwig is responsible for digitalization, business processes, and IT services and infrastructure. He has previously worked in this field in various roles and at various companies. Ludwig studied business informatics at the University of Applied Sciences FHDW in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. He was a member of the SAP Design Partner Council for SAP Gateway from 2011 to 2013. In this role, he worked with SAP and other partners to improve SAP Gateway.

Volker Drees studied electrical engineering at Fachhochschule in Wiesbaden, Germany, and holds a degree in communications engineering (Nachrichtentechnik). He began his SAP career in 1998 in the consulting department and has experience in a number of areas: ABAP development, R/3 implementations, mySAP CRM, mobile sales, mobile asset management, and mobile infrastructure. He recently worked as a regional group expert for mobile applications in the Business User and Information Worker Division at SAP. Currently, Volker works at SAP SE as a product expert for SAP Gateway and the ABAP programming model for SAP Fiori in the Products & Innovation, Core Platform Division.

André Fischer is an SAP Champion and has worked in product management for SAP Gateway since the launch of the product in 2011. His current focuses in the product management of the ABAP platform are the ABAP RESTful application programming model and SAP BTP, ABAP environment. After finishing his physics degree at RWTH Aachen University and Heidelberg University, Germany, he started his professional career in 1995 as a technology and security consultant for an SAP partner. In 2004, he joined SAP. Over the past 20 years at SAP, André has focused on the interoperability of SAP NetWeaver and Microsoft technologies, SAP Enterprise Search, single sign-on (SSO), SAP Gateway, the ABAP RESTful application programming model, and SAP BTP, ABAP environment. André is a frequent speaker at conferences, including SAP TechEd, and he has published a multitude of articles and blogs on the SAP Community. With more than 30 years of experience in various SAP technologies, André is a trusted advisor for many SAP customers and partners.

Karsten Strothmann is the lead product manager for event-driven integration at SAP SE in Walldorf, Germany. He has 25 years of experience in the software industry, more than 20 of which at SAP. Karsten is currently working on event-driven architectures and SAP's event-driven technology ecosystem. Previously, Karsten worked on SAP Gateway for 6 years, from its very beginnings through to its fruition. During his career, he has applied himself to highly varied roles, from product management, to development, to quality assurance, to consulting. This has given him a holistic view of both software creation and its usage. Karsten holds a master's degree in computer science from Technical University Dortmund, Germany.