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ABAP

Last updated May 14, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is ABAP?

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a high-level programming language created by SAP. It's primarily used for developing business applications within the SAP environment. ABAP is essential for customizing SAP products, developing custom business solutions, and extending the functionality of SAP systems like S/4HANA, ECC, and Business One. It allows developers to create reports, interfaces, and other applications that interact with SAP data and processes.

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What other technologies are related to ABAP?

ABAP Competitor Technologies

Web Dynpro is a SAP's older web application development framework that is to some extent replaced by SAPUI5, particularly in S/4HANA. While ABAP is used in Web Dynpro, SAPUI5 offers a more modern approach.

mentioned alongside ABAP in 58% (1.5k) of relevant job posts

ABAP Complementary Technologies

SAP Fiori is the user experience (UX) for SAP software and ABAP is frequently used to build and extend Fiori applications.

mentioned alongside ABAP in 38% (13k) of relevant job posts

OData is a protocol used to build and consume RESTful APIs. ABAP is used to expose data and functionality as OData services.

mentioned alongside ABAP in 37% (10.6k) of relevant job posts

SAP S/4HANA is SAP's next-generation ERP suite, and ABAP is the primary development language used to customize and extend it.

mentioned alongside ABAP in 13% (29.7k) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention ABAP?

Job function

Jobs mentioning ABAP

Orgs mentioning ABAP

Information Technology

2% (40.6k) job posts

421 organizations

SAP Administrator

13% (38.9k) job posts

6.2k organizations

Engineer

0% (25.5k) job posts

130 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (23.8k) job posts

1.4k organizations

SAP Developer

33% (15.5k) job posts

3.4k organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning ABAP?

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Scientific and Technical Services

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