SAP-Solution: OData

SAP has created the low-code Build platform as an integral part of BTP to help companies develop user-centric SAP applications quickly and effectively.

The overall opinion of SAP customers and partners alike can be summarized in one sentence: Cloud and Fiori are nice, but nothing more. Most IT departments are happy if their existing SAP landscape works at all.

At Sapphire 2018, SAP made big announcements: the Intelligent Enterprise, C/4 Hana or the SAP Data Management Suite. The focus was also on the importance of the SAP Cloud Platform and the importance of integration - also of non-SAP systems, especially those from Microsoft.

I gave a brief history of SAP and third-party BI solutions in use in my last article in E-3 Magazine (p.12, September 2016). The realization that more and more SAP users are now attracted to Microsoft front-end solutions is still valid. Basically, the entire BI train around SAP has picked up speed and it is not slowing down.

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Many business applications need to access master data from SAP systems. This data must be made available to a large number of different clients - including mobile ones. How can such a system be implemented with Hana? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

The zeitgeist of the mobile age has reached SAP. The focus on the mobile user is changing the DNA of the company. SAP UI5 and Fiori are the right means to ensure a sustainable strategy for future requirements in terms of user experience.

Since 2011, SAP has been offering NetWeaver Gateway, an extension for all SAP products based on NetWeaver ABAP, to enable simple, controlled access to SAP system data via an open, REST-based interface. The OData protocol used for this is optimized for the requirements in the user interface area. This allows various UI technologies to be used with mission-critical data from the...