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Launchpad pluginscore coverage, coverage by ecosystem, coverage by flavor revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): removed an absence claim and a count of providers (WRITING §3); the flavor states are unchanged.Launchpad plugins
Localizationcoverage by ecosystem revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): providers arrived after the block was last looked at, an XLIFF editor and an MCP server among them, and the text named none of the kinds.Localization
UI written in ABAPcore coverage, coverage by flavor revisedReassessed against the graph (check:capabilities): removed the claim that abap2UI5 is the sole provider, which went stale as providers arrived.UI written in ABAP
Mon 19
What's new with draft handling in RAP?publishedAn ABAP-day session at Devtoberfest 2026 on two additions to draft handlingDraft handlingLetting a user edit a record over several requests before it becomes real — saving unfinished changes, locking, and activating a completed draft.SAP and community, narrow by design in RAP: collaborative draft, where two users work on the same draft instance and a field is locked only while the other is in it, and draft scope, where editing an instance of one draft-enabled business object puts the related instances of a dependent one into draft as well. Andre FischerAndre Fischercreated 5 pieces, contributed to 19 entries shows what each costs in the behaviour definition and projection, the draft query view and its DCL that collaborative draft needs over a table-based business object, and the CDS table entities that remove both the draft query view and the persistence table, with their current restrictions in ABAP analytics and extensibility; the from-scratch generator in ADT grows a checkbox for them. Both demos run against the DMO flight scenario of SAP-samples/abap-platform-refscen-flightSAP-samples/abap-platform-refscen-flightThe Flight Reference Scenario for the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model, with sample data, RAP services and legacy logic for a flight-booking app, in branches for cloud and on-premise ABAP releases.sap official, abap, and the last part hides the draft-related features of an ODataODataExposing data and operations through OData, including the service model, metadata and protocol versions clients require. Version differences affect which clients can consume a service and which query features they can use.SAP and community, narrow by design V4 app in its manifest, which the session gives as the reason a simple create-update-delete app no longer needs a V2 service binding.Draft handling
XLF Translatorflavors, type properties revisedThe flavor rests on the page's "The tool is mainly used to translate ABAP Cloud Content, which is generated using the 'Maintain Translation' app (XLIFF Version 1.2)." The web-tool block's uploads key carries the one sentence the page gives about the file leaving the machine, "After uploading, all fields that have a translation element are available for translation.", verbatim; access is left out because neither the page nor the site's FAQ says what it takes to use the tool. The prose no longer says the file is opened in the browser, which the word "uploading" does not support, no longer treats XLIFF 1.2 as what the tool accepts (the page states the version of the ABAP Cloud content it is mainly used for), and attributes "without installing an additional tool" to the maker. when_not_to_use was "One file per session, translated by hand, field by field", none of which the page states.Localization
Sat 17
@abap2ui5/embed-controladded to the atlasUI5 custom control that runs an abap2UI5 app inside a host app
abap-cloud-guiadded to the atlasReport-style programming model for abap2UI5 on ABAP CloudUI written in ABAP
abap2UI5 for Exceladded to the atlasOffice add-in running an abap2UI5 app in Excel's task paneUI written in ABAP
abap2UI5 frontendadded to the atlasabap2UI5 frontend as ABAP artefacts installed with abapGitUI written in ABAP
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abap2UI5 frontend-webcomponentadded to the atlasabap2UI5 frontend rendering with UI5 Web ComponentsUI written in ABAP
abap2UI5 mobile shelladded to the atlasNative iOS and Android shell for one abap2UI5 endpoint
abap2UI5 protocoladded to the atlasVersioned specification of the abap2UI5 roundtrip protocolUI written in ABAP
abap2UI5-addons/popupsadded to the atlasReady-made dialogs for abap2UI5 appsUI written in ABAP
abap2UI5-localadded to the atlasabap2UI5 folded into the local classes of one HTTP handlerUI written in ABAP
abap2UI5/samples-stackadded to the atlasabap2UI5 apps in front of OData, RAP, events and other technology
custom-controlsadded to the atlasThirteen custom UI5 controls for abap2UI5 appsUI written in ABAP
custom-controls-customeradded to the atlasTemplate repository for own UI5 artefacts served to abap2UI5
http-connectoradded to the atlasForwards abap2UI5 roundtrips to another system over HTTPUI written in ABAP
layout-managementadded to the atlasTable and form layouts with saved variants for abap2UI5UI written in ABAP
rap-extadded to the atlasFloorplans rendered from CDS UI annotations as abap2UI5 appsFiori annotations
selection-screenadded to the atlasSelect-options with saved variants for abap2UI5 appsUI written in ABAP
From R/3 ABAP to CAP/Fiori Elements on SAP BTP- Deploymentexplains 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).Fiori annotations
From R/3 ABAP to CAP/Fiori Elements on SAP Cloudexplains 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).Fiori annotations
Launchpad pluginsdescription revisedKeep the default capability wording neutral; preserve the previous wording in framing_by_ecosystem.ui5. Maintainer-requested scope audit.Launchpad plugins
RAP - Navigation (App to App)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).Fiori annotations
SAP GUI screens and listsdescription revisedKeep the technology that defines the concern in the default; move implementation detail to framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.SAP GUI screens and lists
Step-by-Step Guide to Display System Details on SAP Fiori Launchpad Shellexplains 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).Launchpad plugins
UI written in ABAPdescription revisedKeep the technology that defines the concern in the default; move implementation detail to framing_by_ecosystem.abap. Maintainer-requested scope audit.UI written in ABAP
Understanding and Developing Fiori Plugins with Extension API & TypeScriptexplains 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).Launchpad plugins
Thu 15
open-abap-guiadded to the atlasGUI controls for ABAP transpiled to JavaScript
Fiori annotationscore coverage, coverage by flavor revisedThe door has two flavors and neither was assessed, so both were derived from the options alone. Java reads core-only: the three community providers are cds-plugins @sap/cds loads, and the Java side's own facts are the compiler running under the Maven build and the one hierarchy annotation the Java runtime reads itself.Fiori annotations
Mon 12
A Guide to CDS Metadata Extensions, Fiori App Generation and SAP UI5 Controller ExtensionspublishedWalks through a RAP-based Fiori elements app end to end: layering UI annotationsFiori annotationsDescribing a service so a Fiori client can render it without hand-written UI code — titles, value helps, hierarchies and visibility expressed as model annotations rather than screen logic.SAP and community, unassessed onto a CDS view through a separate ABAP metadata extension object, gated by
@Metadata.allowExtensions on the base view and ordered across extensions by a required @Metadata.layer value. Generates the app in SAP Business Application StudioSAP Business Application StudioSAP's development environment for business applications, delivered as a cloud service and opened in a browser, where work happens in preconfigured dev spaces.sap official, btp from the published ODataODataExposing data and operations through OData, including the service model, metadata and protocol versions clients require. Version differences affect which clients can consume a service and which query features they can use.SAP and community, narrow by design V4 service's merged $metadata document, then adds an SAP UI5 controller extension — registered in manifest.json against a Fiori elements lifecycle hook — only for behaviour the annotations cannot express.Fiori annotationsSun 4
LISAadded to the atlasMCP server for reading and writing ABAP object translationsLocalization
Step-by-Step Guide to Display System Details on SAP Fiori Launchpad ShellpublishedA step-by-step build of a plugin for the SAP Fiori launchpadLaunchpad pluginsExtending an application launchpad’s shell rather than an individual app: adding header buttons, user-menu entries, frame areas or background behaviour shared across the apps it hosts. A development sandbox for launching an app is a separate concern.SAP and community, unassessed shell that shows the system ID and client on every app it hosts: an OData service modelled in SAP Gateway Service BuilderODataExposing data and operations through OData, including the service model, metadata and protocol versions clients require. Version differences affect which clients can consume a service and which query features they can use.SAP and community, narrow by design (SEGW), its GetEntitySet method redefined to call the function module RSAPI_CTC_GET_SYSTEM_DETAILS, then consumed from a project in SAP Business Application StudioSAP Business Application StudioSAP's development environment for business applications, delivered as a cloud service and opened in a browser, where work happens in preconfigured dev spaces.sap official, btp with the Component.js and manifest.json changes a shell plugin needs instead of a standalone app. It covers the registration step a plugin needs beyond a normal Fiori app: a Catalog and Target Mapping with Semantic Object Shell and Action Plugin, deployed on-premise and assigned to roles.Launchpad plugins
LISAentry revisedEntered by intake from the README, found through ARC-1's extensions page, which names it in its example of driving a custom ABAP HTTP service.Localization
Sun 27
Localizationcore coverage revisedcapire audit 2026-09-27: a page this capability owns was cited nowhere.Localization