ABAP Development & Data Dictionary

What are core data services (CDS), and why do they benefit S/4HANA?

What must happen before an ABAP program can run, and what does it produce?

Why is cloning the worst way to change SAP functionality, and what detects clones?

What was the first method to enhance standard functionality without changing SAP objects, and how does it work for ABAP code?

What are Business Add-Ins (BAdIs), and what improved with 'new' BAdIs over 'classic' ones?

What is a transparent table, and what table types are gone in S/4HANA?

What is a dictionary structure, and how does it differ from a table?

What's the difference between ABAP CDS and SAP HANA CDS?

What's the difference between a data element and a domain?

Where are ST05 raw trace records written, and what can make a trace incomplete?

What does aggregating an SQL trace reveal, and how do you fix it?

What does SAT measure that ST05 doesn't?

What's the difference between net and gross time in ABAP runtime analysis?

Why is searching a standard internal table by key slow, and what fixes it?

What's the trade-off between Open SQL and Native SQL in ABAP?

What makes up the ABAP Repository?

What does Transaction ST05 trace, and can multiple trace types run at once?

What does a SAT measurement variant define, and how can a measurement be started?

What happens to an ABAP program left without a package (Local Object)?

Why is leaving a SELECT-OPTIONS selection empty a trap even for experienced developers?

What do the import unconditional modes Overwrite Originals and Ignore Invalid Component Version do?

In the enhancement framework, what's the difference between implicit and explicit enhancement options?

What does a search help do, and what did it replace?

Why is SAP locking compared to a red traffic light?

What two development environments do S/4HANA developers use, and what can only be done in ADT?

How is ADT (ABAP Development Tools) obtained and installed?

What's the difference between a report and a module pool executable ABAP program?

What are ABAP internal tables, and what three types exist?

How can a domain restrict a field's possible values, and what does a value table link enable?

What does the ST05 Stack Trace option record, and what's the recommendation?

How can a SAT measurement analyze an already-running batch job, and what does a yellow triangle mean?

What's a key difference between SAP NetWeaver and S/4HANA regarding the database?

What is Object Navigator (SE80), and what dedicated transactions exist for specific objects?

What two release steps move an ABAP program to transport, and what's the prerequisite?

What happens to direct changes to SAP source code at an upgrade, and what process handles them?

How are lock objects created, what do they generate, and how are they named?

In a SAT measurement variant, which operations are NOT measured by default, and why enable them?

What do the ABAP system variables SY-SUBRC and SY-DBCNT report?

What is the ABAP Dictionary, and how does a program get a table's definition at runtime?

How can you activate an ST05 trace, and what does no client/user filter mean?

What does a SAT measurement schedule do, and what's its rigid limitation?