ℹ This blog post is regularly updated. | Last edit: 2023-12

Introduction to ABAP CDS CDS – One Concept, Two Flavors ABAP CDS Feature Availability Matrix

• What is Code Pushdown? (Code-to-Data paradigm) 
• Spotlight on ABAP for SAP HANA (Get the big Picture)
• Introduction to ABAP CDS (Overview presentation)
• ABAP CDS Feature Availability Matrix

Additional Information

• ABAP Platform Releases and Consumers

CDS Associations

• From Open SQL Joins to CDS Associations

CDS Symple Types

• ABAP CDS Simple Types | 📺 Video

CDS View Entities

• New generation of CDS views: CDS view entities
• CDS view entities – The new CDS views
• CDS view entities are feature complete: New features, improvements, and differences
• How to migrate your CDS DDIC-based views to CDS view entities
• How to build composition tree with CDS view entities
• CDS Views with Parameters

CDS Projection Views

• New type of CDS entity available: CDS projection views
• CDS Projection Views in ABAP CDS: What’s Your Flavor?
• CDS Analytical Projection Views – the new Analytical Query Model

CDS Hierarchies

• Beginners guide for CDS Hierarchies – Part 1
• Beginners guide for CDS Hierarchies – Part 2
• Working with Hierarchies in ABAP SQL

CDS Table Functions

• CDS Table Functions for SAP HANA breakout scenarios

CDS Annotations

• Framework-specific CDS Annotations
• CDS Annotations for Metadata-Driven UIs
• SAP Fiori elements Feature Showcase App for RAP and ABAP CDS:
  • Overview
  • What’s new in Release 2302?
  • What’s new in Release 2308?

Access Control

• Access Control with CDS DCL (Data Control Language) roles

Modification-free extensions 

• CDS Entity Extensions
• CDS Metadata Extensions (MDEs): Blog post | Documentation

Testability

• ABAP Unit Testing with the ABAP CDS Test Double Framework (TDF)

Implementation Patterns & Naming Conventions

• Implementation patterns of CDS in SAP S/4HANA (blog post)
• Virtual Data Model (VDM) and CDS Views in SAP S/4HANA (incl. naming conventions):
  On-Premise | Cloud

Custom CDS Views

• The Custom CDS Views App
• Custom CDS Views – Using Multiple Data Sources
• Custom CDS Views – FAQ
• Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2108
• Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2111
• Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2202
• Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2208
• Custom CDS Views – What’s New in 2302
• Various blog posts by Andreas Riehl on Custom CDS Views

Embedded Analytics with ABAP CDS

• Developing for Analytics with the SAP BTP ABAP Environment
• Embedded Analytics with ABAP Cloud – A Brief Overview (Part 1)
• Embedded Analytics with ABAP Cloud – The Multidimensional Cube (Part 2)

You can get yourself familiar with ABAP CDS on SAP BTP ABAP Environment or SAP S/4HANA.

Prerequisites:

• Latest version of ABAP Development Tools (ADT) for Eclipse is installed.
• Access to an SAP BTP ABAP Environment system or appropriate SAP S/4HANA system.
  You can, for example, create a free user on the SAP BTP ABAP Environment trial

Various tutorials are provided in the SAP Developer Center.

Tips & Tricks / Cheat Sheets

• Tips and Tricks for ABAP CDS Tools
• ABAP CDS Cheat Sheet: Amounts and Quantities in ABAP CDS

Performance Best Practices & Guidelines

• Performance considerations when using ABAP CDS in SAP Business Suite on anyDB
• Optimize Your Custom ABAP Code for SAP HANA [CAA104@SAP TechEd 2019] 📹
• Safeguard Performance of ABAP CDS Views
  • Part 1 – CDS View Complexity
  • Part 2 – SAP HANA SQL Optimizer and Plan Cache (Analysis)
  • Part 3 – Rules for Good Performance of CDS Views
• Best Practice Guides about
  • ABAP CDS in SAP Business Suite
  • ABAP CDS in SAP S/4HANA
• Db2 LUW Optimized for SAP Core Data Services
• ABAP CDS View Performance Best Practices 🔥
• CDS View Performance Best Practice – NOT NULL preserving LEFT OUTER JOIN 🔥

Performance Analysis

• How to analyze Query Performance for ABAP CDS Views
• The SAP HANA Plan Visualizer (PlanViz) – Quick and Easy
• HANA PlanViz Analysis on CDS views
• The Plan Visualizer (PlanViz) in the SAP HANA Performance Guide
• Analyzing Performance Degradations in SAP BTP ABAP environment
• Analyzing SQL Statements of Your Application | SAP Help Portal

• Getting Started with the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP) | SAP Community
• Analytical Data Modeling & Live Data Connection to SAP Analytics Cloud | SAP Helps
• Getting Started with ABAP Programming Model for Fiori Apps (based on CDS & BOPF) | SAP Blogs
• 📺Videos
  • ABAP for SAP HANA playlist @Youtube
  • CAA104@SAP TechEd 2019 – Optimize Your Custom ABAP Code for SAP HANA
• Finding the right CDS Extractor in SAP S/4HANA

ABAP Cloud

• What is ABAP Cloud? | ABAP Cloud FAQ
• ABAP Cloud Sessions at Devtoberfest 2023
• ABAP Cloud Sessions at SAP TechEd 2023

Learning Materials & Courses

• SAP Tutorials Navigator – Filter entries by topics (e.g. ABAP Development)
• Free openSAP courses:
  • ABAP Development for SAP HANA (retired in October 2023)
  • Buildings Apps with RAP
• SAP Learning Journeys such as
  • Learn the Basics of ABAP Programming
  • Acquire Core ABAP Skills
• Instructor-led SAP Trainings such as
  • S4D430 about building views with ABAP CDS,
  • HA400 about ABAP programming for SAP HANA
  • Other SAP materials

Last edit: December 2023