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Today
19 changes
Cloud ALM Link for ADTadded to the atlasEclipse plugin linking ABAP transports to SAP Cloud ALM featuresIDE extension,
SAP TCode Runneradded to the atlasVS Code sidebar that opens SAP transactions through WebGUIIDE extension,
Browsing table datacore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note described the providers as SAP GUI programs only, and browser apps, an IDE extension and a desktop editor have arrived; the state stays core-and-community.Capability,
Calling a service by handcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): abap-odata-test arrived after the block was assessed and changes the kinds of community answer; the state stays core-and-community.Capability,
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Code formattingcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the abap2UI5 playground provides this capability and the text never named it; ABAP FS named for the kind of VS Code integration.Capability,
Code reviewcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): providers that arrived after the 2026-09-13 assessment (abapTimeMachine, abapOpenReview, a transport review app) shape the answer; state unchanged, core-and-community.Capability,
Debuggingcore coverage, coverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): seven ABAP providers newer than the block were never named. State stays core-and-community.Capability,
Driving the SAP GUIcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): removed the count and the popularity wording, and named the kinds, including batch input (jrgkraus-tool-bi) and SAP's sample, which the text never named.Capability,
Editor supportcore coverage, coverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the providers behind the UI5 door are SAP's (UI5 Language Assistant, and SAP Build Code and SAP Web IDE Full-Stack, which serve ui5). The community SAPUI5 Extension is an entry in the graph but has no provides edge to this capability.Capability,
Finding a transaction codecore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): sapgui arrived as a second kind, one that reads the system's own menu, and the prose counted entries.Capability,
Generatorscore coverage, coverage by ecosystem, framing by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the atlas holds these entries, so the links point at them and not at their repositories (docs/WRITING.md section 4).Capability,
IDE provisioningcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): eclipsadt-o-mat arrived after the last look and the text never named it; state unchanged.Capability,
Local developmentcoverage by ecosystem, coverage by flavor revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note counted providers and claimed an absence about who has built something, which goes stale as providers arrive.Capability,
Model visualisationcoverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): abapGraph and abap-search-tools-ui arrived after the ABAP block was last looked at and the text never named them. No state changed.Capability,
Searching code in a systemcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note named no kind of provider, and five providers newer than the 2026-09-14 assessment shape the answer. State unchanged.Capability,
Seed datacore coverage, coverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): no artifact provides seed-data for the UI5 door; the two tools the sentence named provide ui5-testing. The core stays present on the sourced what_core_does. The tools stay on the graph under ui5-testing.Capability,
Source controlcore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): providers added since 2026-08-31 change the kinds the community adds beyond the in-system git client; the state stays core-and-community.Capability,
Static analysiscore coverage revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the block named none of the providers that arrived after 2026-08-31. State unchanged, core-and-community still matches the providers.Capability,
Unit testingcore coverage, coverage by flavor revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): the note counted the artifacts and said they were in staging; both are in the graph now and are named.Capability,
Yesterday
1 change
ABAP Syntax Highlightingadded to the atlasVS Code syntax highlighting for .abap filesIDE extension,
Mon 19
8 changes
ABAP Call Hierarchyadded to the atlasEclipse plugin showing the call hierarchy of ABAP membersIDE extension,
ABAP Code Searchadded to the atlasEclipse plugin searching ABAP sources from the search dialogIDE extension,
ABAP Development Tools for VS CodepublishedA Devtoberfest 2026 session on ABAP Development Tools for VS Code: where the extension sits after the ABAP Workbench and ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse, the ADT language server both editors share, and what the releases since May 2026 cover. The demo installs the extension, creates a destination, opens, creates and activates objects, runs ATC and ABAP Unit, and names the object types, domains among them, for which a developer still goes to Eclipse or SAP GUI. It also opens the extension's settings to turn on the ADT MCP Server and shows the tools a chat can call, with the object search and source code search tools listed as planned.Talk,
ABAP Search and Analysis Toolsadded to the atlasEclipse plugin for ABAP object search and CDS view analysisIDE extension,
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ABAP Tagsadded to the atlasEclipse plugin for tagging ABAP repository objectsIDE extension,
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment – How to build partner solutions and get them certifiedpublishedA Devtoberfest 2026 session on the two ways a partner ships an ABAP Cloud solution built on SAP BTP ABAP environment, which the session calls the ABAP environment of SAP Business AI Platform: software delivery, where an add-on product is published with the solution ID from SAP Store onboarding and the customer discovers and deploys it into their own system, and service delivery, where the partner operates the same add-on as a multi-tenant SaaS and a new version is deployed rather than published again. That is the ABAP environment edge; the static analysis edge rests on the quality steps shown in the landscape portal, where the Manage Continuous Testing app released with 2608 runs an ATC check variant against a configured system on a recurrence pattern, beside test product version builds and managed test tenants. The second half walks through the SAP Integration and Certification Center process and the three BTP certification options open to an add-on product.Talk,
Editor supportecosystems revisedUI5 Language Assistant, SAP's VS Code extension for UI5 XML views and manifest.json, and the SAPUI5 Extension by iljapostnovs were staged in intake-20261019-bestofui5 with this concern as their best fit, and the capability was not open on the UI5 door. The UI5 reading comes from the UI5 Language Assistant README.Capability,
Seed dataecosystems revisedvscode-ui5-odata-mock-generator and openui5-smart-mockserver were staged in intake-20261019-bestofui5 under ui5-testing; the first one's drafter noted that seed-data fit better but was not open on the UI5 door. The UI5 reading comes from the OpenUI5 mock server pages and SAP's ui5-middleware-fe-mockserver README.Capability,
Sat 17
25 changes
@abap2ui5/linteradded to the atlasCommand-line checker for abap2UI5 app classes and their viewsCLI,
abap2UI5 for VS Codeadded to the atlasVS Code extension to preview, activate and lint abap2UI5 appsIDE extension,
abap2UI5 headless frontendadded to the atlasDrives abap2UI5 app classes from ABAP Unit testsPackage,
abap2UI5 Layout Editoradded to the atlasDrag-and-drop UI5 view editor that writes an abap2UI5 app classWeb tool,
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abap2UI5 Playgroundadded to the atlasIn-browser ABAP editor beside the abap2UI5 app it buildsWeb tool,
app-templateadded to the atlasStarter repository for an abap2UI5 app with CI and agent setupSample,
sapguiadded to the atlasThirty classic transactions rebuilt as abap2UI5 appsApp,
se16nadded to the atlasTable content browser in abap2UI5, for ABAP Cloud and on premiseApp,
web-abap2UI5added to the atlasabap2UI5 transpiled to JavaScript and run in a browser tabWeb tool,
abap-adt-apireleased 9.0.01 content item in the atlas was written against an earlier version. Nothing is recorded about what changed.Package,
ABAP - Create dumpexplains revisedDoor scope proposed from the title and summary, so a door page lists the piece only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Blog,
AI-enabled administration: Automating log analysis with generative AI hubexplains revisedDoor scope derived from the artifacts this piece also explains, so a door page lists it only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Talk,
Browsing table datadescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Calling a service by handdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Code reviewdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Debugging in ABAP Development Tool (Part 1)explains revisedDoor scope proposed from the title and summary, so a door page lists the piece only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Blog,
Driving the SAP GUIdescription revisedKeep the technology that defines the concern in the default; move implementation detail to framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Explore SAP Fiori elements for ABAP developersexplains revisedDoor scope proposed from the title and summary, so a door page lists the piece only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Talk,
IDE provisioningdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Model visualisationdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.cap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingexplains revisedDoor scope derived from the artifacts this piece also explains, so a door page lists it only where it holds (docs/concepts/content-on-doors.md).Talk,
Searching code in a systemdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Source controlname, description revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Static analysisdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Unit testingdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Capability,
Fri 16
3 changes
Hammer Core Servicesadded to the atlasABAP-side component for the Hammer editorApp,
open-steamgateadded to the atlasLocal ABAP server serving /IWBEP/ OData v2 without an SAP systemApp,
Tools for abapGitadded to the atlasHelper programs around abapGitApp,
Thu 15
6 changes
@abaplint/transpileradded to the atlasTranspiles ABAP to JavaScript to run on Node.jsBuild tool,
express-icf-shimadded to the atlasShim running an ABAP ICF handler behind an Express 4.x serverPackage,
How to extend ABAP Test Cockpit on SAP BTP for custom use casespublishedWalks through the released, C1-contract APIs and CDS views for extending ABAP Test Cockpit on SAP BTP: the single entry point CL_SATC_API=>CREATE_API_FACTORY, reading a run's findings and headers through SATC_API_FINDINGS and SATC_API_RESULT_HEADERS, starting synchronous local ATC runs for a transport, approving or rejecting exemptions programmatically, configuring approver responsibility areas without a UI, and implementing a custom check through IF_CI_ATC_CHECK. Code snippets show each API in use, including the CDS views that join ATC results to the Custom Code Migration app's own findings.Blog,
open-abap-coreadded to the atlasCore ABAP artifacts for code transpiled by @abaplint/transpilerPackage,
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Local developmentcore coverage, coverage by flavor, framing by flavor, facets revisedNine options answered this capability with nothing to compare them by, and they are not variants of one tool: the first question a reader has is which part of the local stack an option starts. The two flags separate the hybrid-testing helpers, where cds bind states that only the location of the credentials is stored on the machine and @sang2x/captools states that it writes the resolved VCAP_SERVICES into default-env.json.Capability,
Unit testingcore coverage, coverage by flavor revisedTwo staged options state abap-cloud and provide this capability; the gate reads them as providers once this capability is revised.Capability,
Wed 14
4 changes
Driving the SAP GUInormative relevance revisedThe GUI servers' boundaries each restated the policy in the atlas's own words; it belongs to the concern, sourced to the policy.Capability,
kts982/mcp-sap-guidescription revisedThe policy is now a condition of GUI automation, sourced to the policy itself.MCP server,
mcp-sap-guidescription revisedThe policy is now a condition of GUI automation, sourced to the policy itself.MCP server,
sapgui.mcpdescription revisedThe policy is now a condition of GUI automation, sourced to the policy itself.MCP server,
Mon 12
2 changes
abap-transport-reviewadded to the atlasTransport release check gated by GitHub pull request approvalApp,
abap-transport-reviewentry revisedEntered by intake from the repository README and the repository's own facts. Placed on the ABAP door in the standard-abap flavor only, because the README states the tools are classic ABAP using the CTS_REQUEST_CHECK BAdI, background jobs and the cluster table INDX, "none of which is part of ABAP Cloud".App,
Sun 11
3 changes
AI-enabled administration: Automating log analysis with generative AI hubpublishedA log analysis tool for incident work, built in SAP Business Application Studio with the generative AI hub feature, which SAP AI Core ships as its LLM integration by its own documentation: it automates root-cause analysis over system errors and masks sensitive data. SAP's abstract states the tool's jobs and not how the hub is called, what the masking covers or which model answers. A TechEd 2026 session (Wednesday 28 October, Berlin), with no speaker listed in the catalogue at the time of writing, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.Talk,
Explore SAP Fiori elements for ABAP developerspublishedSAP Fiori elements for an ABAP developer who now builds the UI as well as the RAP business object behind it, the transactional model of ABAP Cloud, in SAP Business Application Studio; the abstract calls the UI side new territory for that developer, and a Fiori elements app is rendered from the service's Fiori annotations rather than hand-written UI code. The abstract names the tool and the stack and does not say which floorplan or annotations are shown. A TechEd 2026 session (Tuesday 27 October, Berlin), presented by Björn Schulz, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.Talk,
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingpublishedMonitoring and troubleshooting a side-by-side application written in the ABAP Cloud model on SAP BTP ABAP environment, which SAP's title calls SAP BAIP, ABAP environment, and which the abstract files under a clean core strategy at level A: the environment's technical monitoring tools for the monitoring half, and ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse for the troubleshooting half, the debugging concern. The abstract names the environment and the Eclipse tools, leaves the monitoring tools unnamed, and does not say what is shown of either. A TechEd 2026 hands-on session (Thursday 29 October, Berlin), presented by Frank Jentsch, Robert Werlich, Steffen Siegmund and Wolfgang Woehrle, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.Talk,
Sun 4
2 changes
eclipsADT-o-matadded to the atlasPowerShell wizard installing Eclipse with ADT and pluginsCLI,
eclipsADT-o-matentry revisedEntered by intake from the repository README and description.CLI,
Sat 3
1 change
Debugging in ABAP Development Tool (Part 1)publishedA walkthrough of the ABAP Debugger inside ABAP Development Tools: setting a toggle (hard) breakpoint versus a soft breakpoint that only fires once a session is already active, running up to four debugging sessions on the same program, reading the call stack, and debugging an update function module. It also covers watchpoints with their recent and current values, conditional and user-specific breakpoints, activating and deleting breakpoints, and adding variables such as SY-INDEX to the variables tab.Blog,
Fri 2
1 change
Taking Control of Clean Core: When to Use Project Kernseife in addition to Standard SAP ToolspublishedWalks through how SAP's standard path classifies custom ABAP extensions into Clean Core Levels A through D, running ABAP Test Cockpit against the Cloudification Repository's release status for each SAP object an extension touches, then feeding results into the RISE with SAP Methodology Dashboard in SAP Cloud ALM. Contrasts that with Project Kernseife, an open-source custom ATC check that lets a team override SAP's classification with project-specific rules, define its own successor objects (including custom wrappers), and expose a Score and Potential Score per finding through a CDS view for prioritizing cleanup — at the cost of owning and maintaining that classification. States which situations favor each: Kernseife where the standard rules are too rigid for the project's reality, the standard dashboard where cross-system comparability and low maintenance effort matter more.Blog,
Thu 1
2 changes
abapthemesadded to the atlasThree colour themes for ABAP source in ADT for EclipseIDE extension,
abapwuluadded to the atlasRefreshes the where-used list for objects in one packageCLI,

Tue 29
4 changes
Hammeradded to the atlasNative macOS code editor for ABAP and CDSDesktop app,
ui5-tcode-finderadded to the atlasBrowser page searching SAP transaction codesWeb tool,
Finding a transaction codeentry revisedA browser tool for searching transaction codes had nowhere to attach, and the nearest nodes are all about something else: browsing table data is the rows a system holds rather than the way into a task, GUI automation drives screens rather than finding them, abap-classic-ui builds them, and documentation is what to read. Named on the ABAP door because a transaction code is an entry point of a classic SAP system, and marked not-applicable in ABAP Cloud, where there is no SAP GUI and so no command field to enter one into. The coverage rests on SAP's own documentation for the in-session routes; nobody has surveyed what else answers this from outside a system, which is why the relationship is unassessed.Capability,
ui5-tcode-finderentry revisedStaged with the capability Finding a transaction code, drafted in the same batch because the corpus held no concern for it. ecosystem: abap is a placement rather than a stated fact: the repository is an OpenUI5 and TypeScript application, but its subject is the transaction codes of a classic SAP system and the only stack its features name is SAP GUI for HTML. serves_ecosystems: ui5 rests on the overview sentence naming the T-Codes a UI5 or Fiori project needs. use_as: reference because it is consulted at its own address rather than installed into a project.Web tool,
Sun 27
2 changes
Debuggingcore coverage revisedPackage pass 2026-09-27: the paragraph named one of the four SAP packages and cited the plugins index only; cds debug and the Java developer dashboard were cited nowhere.Capability,
Local developmentcore coverage revisedcapire audit 2026-09-27, judgement pages read once more: a page this capability owns was cited nowhere.Capability,
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