Programming skills become much more valuable when they are applied directly in a development environment.

This hands-on practice system is preconfigured with the data required to complete exercises from Basic ABAP Programming or to independently experiment with the SAP BTP ABAP Environment.

Learners can use this environment to reinforce the concepts introduced in Module 1 and gain practical confidence writing and testing ABAP code.

Once learners understand basic ABAP programming, the next step is learning how to write code that is not only functional, but also efficient, secure, maintainable, and reliable.

This intermediate module develops those skills through code analysis, testing, type handling, character processing, database optimization, internal table performance, authorization checks, advanced object-oriented design, exception handling, and documentation.

SAP's current course confirms these nine areas as the core of the intermediate ABAP curriculum.

Learn how professional developers examine ABAP code to identify problems before they affect users.

This unit introduces techniques for analyzing, debugging, testing, and evaluating code quality, helping learners move from simply writing programs to maintaining reliable enterprise applications.

Correct data handling is essential for stable application behavior.

Learners explore ABAP data types and conversions and understand how inappropriate conversions can cause unexpected results, errors, or maintainability issues.

Text and character information appears throughout enterprise applications.

This unit develops practical skills for working with character-based data, including common processing and transformation requirements encountered in ABAP programs.

Application performance can often be improved by allowing the database to perform suitable data-processing operations instead of moving unnecessary amounts of information into the application layer.

This unit introduces code pushdown in ABAP SQL and helps learners understand how modern ABAP development can make better use of database capabilities.

Internal tables are powerful, but inappropriate table types or inefficient access patterns can negatively affect performance.

Learners explore strategies for choosing and processing internal tables more efficiently, helping them write applications that scale better as data volumes grow.

Enterprise applications must ensure that users can access only the information and functionality appropriate to their responsibilities.

This unit introduces authorization checks and explains how security requirements can be incorporated into ABAP applications.

Go beyond basic classes and learn how object-oriented design principles can improve application structure.

The unit focuses on creating code that is easier to understand, maintain, test, reuse, and extend.

Errors and unexpected conditions need to be handled in a controlled way.

Learners explore exception classes and learn how structured exception handling can make applications more reliable while providing clearer information when problems occur.

Good software should be understandable not only to its original developer but also to the people who maintain it later.

This unit focuses on documenting ABAP applications effectively so that code intent, behavior, and important implementation decisions are easier to understand.

This practice environment allows learners to apply the concepts from Intermediate ABAP Programming in a preconfigured SAP BTP ABAP Environment.

Participants can reinforce their skills through practical exercises involving code analysis, performance, object-oriented programming, exception handling, authorization, and other intermediate ABAP topics. 

Reliable enterprise applications depend on well-designed data models.

This module teaches learners how to model business information using two important technologies in the ABAP ecosystem: the ABAP Dictionary and ABAP Core Data Services (CDS).

Learners progress from basic data-modeling concepts into database tables, reusable global types, CDS views, associations, code pushdown, and metadata.

SAP's current course confirms that these topics form a seven-unit intermediate curriculum and lists Basic ABAP Programming and Deepening Your ABAP Programming Knowledge as mandatory prerequisites. 

Understand why data modeling is fundamental to enterprise application development.

Learners explore how ABAP applications represent business information and how the ABAP Dictionary and CDS contribute to modern data-modeling approaches.

Learn how persistent business information is represented through database tables.

Participants explore how table definitions are created and structured and how fields, types, keys, and other characteristics influence the resulting data model.

Reusable data definitions help applications remain consistent.

This unit explores global data types and explains how centrally defined types can be reused across different development objects and applications.

Core Data Services provide a powerful way to define semantically rich data models.

Learners are introduced to CDS views and understand how they can expose and combine business information in a structured, reusable way.

Business information naturally contains relationships—for example, between customers and orders or orders and individual items.

This unit teaches learners how relationships and associations can be represented within CDS-based data models.

Learn how data-processing logic can be moved closer to the database using CDS capabilities.

This approach can reduce unnecessary data movement and enable more efficient processing when applied appropriately.

The final unit explores metadata associated with ABAP Dictionary objects and CDS views.

Learners develop an understanding of how metadata can enrich data models and influence how development objects are interpreted and consumed by other application components

This practice system provides learners with a prepared environment for applying the concepts from the data-modeling course.

Participants can complete structured exercises or independently explore the SAP BTP ABAP Environment while working with database tables, global types, CDS views, associations, and related modeling concepts.

Practical Skills You Can Develop

• Create ABAP Dictionary objects.
• Design database tables.
• Define reusable global types.
• Create CDS views.
• Model relationships and associations.
• Practice code pushdown.
• Work with CDS metadata.

Build reusable enterprise data models. 

Organizations frequently need to extend SAP applications to address business requirements that are unique to their operations. The challenge is doing so without creating unnecessary technical debt or making future upgrades difficult.

This module introduces Clean Core extensibility and teaches learners how modern ABAP development can be used to create sustainable extensions for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Learners explore SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility, consumer-grade user experience concepts, ABAP Cloud, and the SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility model. The module also addresses special considerations for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition and SAP S/4HANA.

Current SAP Learning describes this as an intermediate five-unit course and emphasizes the ABAP Cloud development model, SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility model, consumer-grade UX, and Clean Core. 

Begin by understanding why extensibility is necessary and why the way extensions are built matters.

Learners explore the relationship between SAP S/4HANA Cloud, custom extensions, and Clean Core principles.

The goal is to understand how organizations can address unique business requirements while keeping their SAP landscape maintainable and better prepared for future innovation.

Modern enterprise software is expected to provide intuitive experiences comparable with the digital applications people use every day.

This unit explores consumer-grade user experience concepts and helps learners understand why usability should be considered alongside technical functionality when designing extensions.

Explore the ABAP Cloud development model and understand how it supports cloud-ready ABAP development.

Learners develop a deeper understanding of the technologies and development principles used to create modern ABAP applications and extensions while maintaining appropriate separation from the SAP standard.

This unit brings together ABAP development and Clean Core architecture.

Learners explore the SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility model and understand how extensions can be designed while reducing unnecessary dependencies on SAP standard code.

Current SAP guidance emphasizes using released APIs and extension points and clearly separating custom extensions from SAP standard functionality. 

The final unit looks at scenarios where organizations operate SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition or SAP S/4HANA.

Learners explore the specific extensibility considerations that may arise in these environments and understand how Clean Core thinking can still guide architecture and development decisions.

The objective is to help developers evaluate available options carefully rather than automatically relying on traditional custom-development approaches.