Course Title: SAP CDS View Development

Course Title: SAP CDS View Development

Course Description: This comprehensive course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to design, develop, and deploy CDS views in SAP HANA. You'll learn how to leverage CDS views to create efficient, reusable, and business-oriented data models for various applications and analytical scenarios.

Target Audience: ABAP developers, data modelers, BI/BW consultants, and anyone involved in developing data-driven applications in SAP.

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of SQL and SAP HANA. Familiarity with ABAP is beneficial but not mandatory.

Course Duration: 5 days

Course Outline:

Module 1: Introduction to CDS Views

• What are CDS Views?
  • Benefits and advantages over traditional views
  • Role in modern SAP applications (S/4HANA, Fiori, Analytics Cloud)
  • CDS view syntax and semantics
• Development Environment
  • ABAP Development Tools (ADT)
  • CDS view editor and tools
• Basic Data Modeling with CDS
  • Defining entities and attributes
  • Data types and annotations
  • Associations and relationships

Module 2: Basic CDS Views

• Creating basic views on database tables
• Selecting fields and applying filters
• Projections and calculations
• Using UNION and UNION ALL
• Working with parameters and input variables
• Currency and unit conversion
• Best practices for basic view design

Module 3: Composite CDS Views

• Combining data from multiple sources (basic views, tables)
• Different types of joins (inner, left outer, right outer)
• Using CASE statements and conditional logic
• Defining associations and navigations
• Aggregations and grouping
• Performance considerations for composite views

Module 4: Analytical CDS Views

• Understanding analytical concepts (facts, dimensions, measures)
• Annotations for analytical consumption (@Analytics.dataCategory)
• Building cubes and dimensions
• Defining calculated and restricted measures
• Data extraction and staging with analytical views
• Integration with SAP Analytics Cloud

Module 5: Consumption CDS Views

• Purpose and characteristics of consumption views
• Combining data from basic and composite views
• Applying user-specific filters and authorizations
• Annotations for UI integration (@UI)
• OData exposure and consumption
• Building Fiori applications with consumption views

Module 6: Advanced CDS View Concepts

• CDS view extensions
• Access control and authorization (@AccessControl)
• Data security and privacy
• Performance optimization techniques
• Debugging and troubleshooting CDS views
• CDS view lifecycle management
• Integration with other SAP technologies (BW, BPC)

Hands-on Exercises:

• Throughout the course, participants will engage in hands-on exercises to reinforce learning and gain practical experience.
• Exercises will cover creating different types of CDS views, applying annotations, building analytical models, and integrating with SAP Analytics Cloud.

Course Materials:

• Comprehensive training manual
• Sample code and exercises
• Access to SAP system for practice

Assessment:

• Final exam to evaluate understanding of CDS view concepts and development skills

This course content provides a solid framework for a comprehensive CDS view development training. You can tailor it further by adding industry-specific examples, case studies, or focusing on particular SAP modules like S/4HANA or BW.