ABAP Cloud Concepts
ABAP Cloud is SAP's new development model when it comes to the entire SAP landscape, which refers to the ABAP Environment, S/4 HANA (Public and Private Cloud) and S/4 HANA On-Premise. The central component is the 3-TIER model, which represents the future ABAP architecture.
Successor
On this page you will find a comparison of old (T3) and new (T1) components.
Area | Old (T3) | New (T1) | Hint | Example |
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User ID | SY-UNAME | cl_abap_context_info=>get_user_alias( ) | Both | Link |
Actual date | SY-DATUM | cl_abap_context_info=>get_system_date( ) | Deprecated | Link |
Actual time | SY-UZEIT | cl_abap_context_info=>get_system_time( ) | Deprecated | Link |
Application Log | SLG0, SLG1 | ADT, ABAP API, ReUse Components | Deprecated | Link |
Jobs | SM36, SM37, Program | Application Job (Catalog & Template) | Deprecated | Link |
E Mail | CL_BCS | CL_BCS_MAIL_MESSAGE | Deprecated | Link |
Programming model | BOPF | RAP | Deprecated | |
Table maintenance | SM30 | Business Configuration | Deprecated | Link |
Package structure | Classic | Software Components | Enhanced | Link |
JSON Conversion | /UI2/CL_JSON | XCO_CP_JSON | Both | Link |
Parallel processing | ... NEW TASK | CL_ABAP_PARALLEL | Enhanced | Link |
Async processing | ... BACKGROUND UNIT | bgPF | Enhanced | Link |
SAP Query | SQ01, SQ02 | Deprecated | ||
HTTP Client | CL_HTTP_CLIENT | CL_WEB_HTTP_CLIENT_MANAGER | Deprecated | Link |
HTTP Utility | CL_HTTP_UTILITY | CL_WEB_HTTP_UTILITY | Deprecated | Link |
Translation | SE63 | Maintain translations | Deprecated | Link |
Read SAP data | Tables | Core Data Services | Deprecated | Link |
Number ranges | SNRO | CL_NUMBERRANGE_OBJECTS | Deprecated | Link |
Outdated
Here you will find technology that has no successor and is no longer supported in TIER-1.
Area | Old (T3) | Hint | Example |
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File | OPEN DATASET | No OS level file support | |
GUI | Transactions | The SAP GUI is no longer supported in TIER-1, as are all functions and Dnypro events. | |
GUI | Report | The classic report is no longer supported. | Link |
Technology | Batch-Input | Batch input folders for processing data are obsolete. |
New concepts
Here you will find new concepts introduced with ABAP Cloud.