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ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap
SAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP development over ADT
It is an Eclipse install. A development object that is not native-integrated in Eclipse opens in the SAP GUI that is installed locally with the client.
ABAP_DATABASE_MANAGERABAP_DATABASE_MANAGERA report that runs custom SQL queries against the SAP database or an external connection, shows the results in an ALV grid, and inserts, updates and deletes data in the connected database.independent, abap
ABAP report running custom SQL queries into an ALV grid
HammerHammerA native macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS, with an Object Navigator, Transport Organizer, Data Browser and Gateway Client in the same app as the editor.independent, abap
Native macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS
It runs on macOS only. Hammer Core Services, the part installed into the SAP system, needs that system on ABAP Platform 2023 or newer with SAP_BASIS 758 or newer, and installing it needs a user who can create development objects and run background jobs in that system.
urbani-saplinkurbani-saplinkAn SE16 clone shipped as SAPlink files: an ABAP report that reads a table named at runtime with up to 190 select-options, and a Web Dynpro application beside it.independent, abap
SE16 clone shipped as SAPlink files
Quiet No published releases; repository quiet for 136 months.
No license Neither the package manifest nor the repository tree declares a licence.
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingSAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingMonitoring 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.
@ui5/tooling-webc@ui5/tooling-webcDeprecated UI5 Tooling extensions that generate UI5 library wrapper projects for UI5 Web Components and serve them during development; the README points to ui5-tooling-modules instead.sap official, ui5
Deprecated UI5 Tooling extensions for UI5 Web Components wrappers
The declared repository is archived.
ui5-middleware-destinationui5-middleware-destinationA UI5 Tooling server middleware that proxies requests to backends named in WebIDE-style destination files and serves the routes of a neo-app.json, with Basic Authentication only.independent, ui5
UI5 Tooling middleware proxying destinations and neo-app.json routes
Quiet Release and repository quiet for 75 months.
Functional boundary It supports Basic Authentication only, so a backend that needs another method is not reachable through it.
ui5-middleware-oidcui5-middleware-oidcA UI5 Tooling server middleware that puts an OpenID Connect login in front of the UI5 dev server, built on express-openid-connect, which receives its configuration block as written.independent, ui5
UI5 dev server middleware adding an OpenID Connect login
ui5-middleware-route-proxyui5-middleware-route-proxyA UI5 server middleware that forwards requests matching a route prefix to a backend host, configured per route in ui5.yaml, with credentials read from a .env file rather than the yaml.independent, ui5
UI5 server middleware proxying route prefixes to a backend
Release and repository quiet for 36 months.
ui5-plugin-loaderui5-plugin-loaderA UI5 Tooling v4 extension that registers a project's other extensions itself: one entry in ui5.yaml, and every dependency carrying a ui5-plugin-loader.json manifest is mounted as middleware and as a build task.independent, ui5
UI5 Tooling v4 extension that registers other extensions
ui5-task-cachebuster-indexingui5-task-cachebuster-indexingA UI5 builder task that copies the build output into a timestamped folder inside dist so the UI5 cachebuster can resolve it; it supports timestamps only, not the hash mode.independent, ui5
UI5 builder task preparing build output for the cachebuster
Release and repository quiet for 66 months.
ui5-task-transpile-genui5-task-transpile-genA UI5 builder task that transpiles ES6 to ES5, including async/await, with Babel at build time, registered in ui5.yaml with a bundle definition that includes the regenerator runtime.independent, ui5
UI5 builder task transpiling ES6 to ES5 with Babel
Release and repository quiet for 50 months.
ui5-errorhandler-sampleui5-errorhandler-sampleTwo UI5 apps in one repository consuming the same npm package two ways: once as a UI5 AMD module reached through a resource path the package declares, once as a plain JavaScript class converted at build time.independent, ui5
Two UI5 apps consuming one npm package in two ways
Neither the package manifest nor the repository tree declares a licence.
ui5-ts-modules-showcaseui5-ts-modules-showcaseA showcase demonstrating how to consume OSS npm libraries such as lodash from a UI5 TypeScript application using ui5-tooling-modules.community org, ui5
Showcase of consuming npm libraries from a TypeScript UI5 app
ui5con24-dev-envui5con24-dev-envA pnpm workspace in which a CAP server, a local Fiori launchpad and two UI5 apps — one reading OData V4 from CAP, one reading OData V2 from an ABAP system — run together from a single start command.independent, ui5
pnpm workspace running CAP, a local launchpad and two UI5 apps
Neither the package manifest nor the repository tree declares a licence.
How to consume UI5 custom libraries in BAS or VS CodeHow to consume UI5 custom libraries in BAS or VS CodeConsuming a custom UI5 library from a UI5 application locally, using yarn workspaces to resolve the dependency instead of adjusting the project before every deploy. The post is honest about its own history: the author had asked the question on SAP Community, found a workaround that needed a pre-deploy edit, and only later learned the workspace approach that removes it. Generator-based setup throughout, and 2021-vintage — yarn workspaces, generator-ui5-library and generator-easy-ui5.published 2021-04-06
How to Use NPM Modules Like crypto-js in SAPUI5 Using UI5 Tooling ModulesHow to Use NPM Modules Like crypto-js in SAPUI5 Using UI5 Tooling ModulesWalks through adding ui5-tooling-modules to a SAPUI5 project on UI5 Tooling v3: installing the npm package crypto-js alongside it, then wiring a ui5-tooling-modules-task builder task and a ui5-tooling-modules-middleware dev-server middleware into ui5.yaml so the UI5 module loader can resolve it. A controller then loads crypto-js/sha256 through sap.ui.define and calls it like any other AMD dependency, with the stated limit that the pattern works only inside a controller or other AMD-style module, not through a top-level import or require().DakshKumarSingh, published 2025-09-04
abap-odata-testabap-odata-testAn ABAP client library for calling OData services and chaining assertions on the response, such as assert_http_200, for unit tests, ADT console runs and standalone programs; its examples show GET only.independent, abap
ABAP client for calling and asserting on OData services
ODAPUODAPUA UI5 app installed with abapGit that builds and saves test requests for OData services and connects to ABAP Push Channels, on S/4HANA systems.independent, abap
UI5 app for OData test requests and ABAP Push Channels
Multi-Origin Service Testing and Troubleshooting in SAP GatewayMulti-Origin Service Testing and Troubleshooting in SAP GatewayWalks through testing a multi-origin OData service in SAP Gateway by passing the $system parameter against a System Alias defined in /IWFND/MAINT_SERVICE, verified with the SAP Gateway Client (/IWFND/GW_CLIENT) and from outside the system with a browser or Postman. Covers three recurring failures — an ignored $system, a 500 from an unconfigured RFC destination or inactive backend service, and a 403 from a missing backend authorization — and how to confirm which alias and backend a request actually hit with /IWFND/TRACES.Ravikumar_H1, published 2025-08-19
SAP Continuous Integration and DeliverySAP Continuous Integration and DeliveryA BTP service that runs SAP's predefined CI/CD pipelines for designated SAP development projects, building, testing and deploying the changes pushed to a connected Git repository.sap official, btp
Predefined CI/CD pipelines for SAP development projects
cap-github-actioncap-github-actionA CAP project whose MTA build and Cloud Foundry deploy run as two jobs of one GitHub Actions workflow, with the Cloud Foundry credentials read from repository secrets.independent, cap
CAP project built and deployed to Cloud Foundry by GitHub Actions
DevOps with SAP BTPDevOps with SAP BTPHow SAP frames a delivery pipeline for applications on BTP Cloud Foundry: continuous integration through the SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery service and its pipeline templates for CAP and Fiori, transport and change management across environments, and a section on reasonable alternatives for teams with existing CI infrastructure. Culture first, tools second, and explicit that the setup differs on other BTP environments.published 2025-06-06
Explore version control and automation with GitHub in Cloud IntegrationExplore version control and automation with GitHub in Cloud IntegrationGitHub access set up in Cloud Integration: integration flows committed and versioned from Cloud Integration's own tools, several people working on the same artifacts, and a commit that triggers a CI/CD pipeline. The abstract states what the GitHub connection does and stops before the branch model, the pipeline's steps or which pipeline service runs them. A TechEd 2026 session (Thursday 29 October, Berlin), presented by Marco Ertel, Morten Wittrock, Patrick Kelleher, Shivani Borkar and Tobin Sydneysmith, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.
Get Started with an SAP Cloud Application Programming Model Project in SAP Continuous Integration and DeliveryGet Started with an SAP Cloud Application Programming Model Project in SAP Continuous Integration and DeliveryWiring a CAP project into SAP's hosted CI/CD service, which is the pipeline you get without assembling one.SAP
Rethinking security for modern SAP solution landscapesRethinking security for modern SAP solution landscapesWhere risk goes when clean core moves custom logic out of SAP S/4HANA: into integration flows, CAP extensions, ABAP Cloud code and platform configuration, told through real attack stories, then scanning code, modelling attack paths, adding security gates to CI/CD pipelines and automating safely with Terraform. The scanning edge is to static analysis, the atlas's concern for security findings in ABAP code; the abstract lists the four surfaces and the four practices and describes none of them. A TechEd 2026 session (Wednesday 28 October, Berlin), presented by Tsovinar Chugaszyan, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.
SAP BTP Showcase – SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery (SAP CI&D) for SAP HANA CloudSAP BTP Showcase – SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery (SAP CI&D) for SAP HANA CloudA pipeline for the database half of a CAP application, built with cds add pipeline — one command that writes a Jenkinsfile and a .pipeline folder — and then the mta module that makes a database change deploy itself.gcalixtos, published 2021-01-27
SAP BTP Showcase – SAP Continuous Integration and Delivery (SAP CI&D) for SAP HANA Cloud
Database connectors has changed twice since this was published, most recently in @sap/cds 10.1.0, 2026-09-07. Affects Runnable code.
abapPrettyabapPrettyA command-line ABAP pretty printer that formats every supported include under a base object on a server over ADT in one invocation, activates the result and can put it on a transport.independent, abap
Command-line ABAP pretty printer over ADT
No published releases; repository quiet for 45 months.
abap-metricsabap-metricsAn ABAP program that calculates software-engineering metrics for a class or a whole package, from lines of code and statements to complexity, coupling between objects and lack of cohesion.independent, abap
Software-engineering metrics for an ABAP class or package
No published releases; repository quiet for 43 months.
BenjaminWeisheit/ABAP-2-CODE-CHARTABenjaminWeisheit/ABAP-2-CODE-CHARTAConverts ABAP code metrics into a JSON file for import into Code Charta, a separate visualisation tool that draws the picture; the conversion is the whole of what it does.independent, abap
Converts ABAP code metrics into Code Charta's JSON format
No published releases; repository quiet for 63 months.
abapOpenReviewabapOpenReviewA code-review tool for SAP GUI that ties a checklist to a transport request: a transport whose diff contains code must be approved before it can be released.independent, abap
SAP GUI code review tied to transport release
No published releases; repository quiet for 31 months.
abapTimeMachineabapTimeMachineShows a whole ABAP object (a class, a function group and the rest) as it stood at a past version, instead of ABAP's native include-by-include compare.independent, abap
Shows a whole ABAP object as it stood at a past version
No published releases; repository quiet for 38 months.
Patterns for using LLMs in ABAP developmentPatterns for using LLMs in ABAP developmentLars Hvam compares eight ABAP development setups: assistance in SE80 or Eclipse, virtual files and MCP over ADT, a centrally managed MCP service, sandboxes, local Git, Git with read-only system context, and temporary ABAP systems for development and CI. The overview describes where source changes, review and system access happen, including abapGit synchronization and abaplint checks. It is dated March 2026; its risk, cost and autonomy ratings are the writer’s assessments.
abap_debugger_object_graph_extensionabap_debugger_object_graph_extensionAn ABAP debugger extension that shows the object on the debugger's Objects tab as a Graphviz graph in a browser window, built on ABAP Graph and Graphviz-browser and tested on NetWeaver 7.5.independent, abap
ABAP debugger extension drawing objects as a Graphviz graph
No published releases; repository quiet for 97 months.
ABAP-Object-VisualizerABAP-Object-VisualizerA debugger script that writes an object hierarchy to the clipboard at a breakpoint as a Graphviz description, for pasting into a renderer such as webgraphviz.com.independent, abap
Debugger script exporting an object hierarchy as Graphviz
No published releases; repository quiet for 67 months.
com.sap.cds:cds-feature-dev-dashboardcom.sap.cds:cds-feature-dev-dashboardA browser dashboard for a running CAP Java service that shows and manages its messaging, resilience and multitenancy state while developing, open to users with the cds.Developer role.sap official, cap
Browser dashboard for a running CAP Java service during development
dbg_value_statementdbg_value_statementAn ABAP Debugger script that turns a variable's structure or table into the VALUE statement that recreates it, with a tree explorer, also callable as a function module from a report.independent, abap
Debugger script generating a VALUE statement for a variable
No published releases; repository quiet for 57 months.
dump_infodump_infoDisplays the variables an ABAP short dump captured, for dumps selected on a selection screen; its documentation does not state which dumps it reads, which releases it runs on or how it installs.independent, abap
Displays the variables of ABAP short dumps
No published releases; repository quiet for 69 months.
debug a CAP app with UI5 TypeScript UI component with VS Codedebug a CAP app with UI5 TypeScript UI component with VS CodeDebugging both runtimes at once — the CAP server and a UI5 component written in TypeScript, the latter stepped through in its own sources rather than in the transpiled output. Written when TypeScript for UI5 had just become possible, and the combination it sets up is the one CAP's app folder invites.published 2021-11-16
Debugging in ABAP Development Tool (Part 1)Debugging in ABAP Development Tool (Part 1)A 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.M_Sumaiya_Khatoon, published 2025-09-02
Get an introduction to the cds REPLGet an introduction to the cds REPLcds repl as a way to ask the running model questions directly, which is the fastest route from a suspicion about a query to knowing.SAP
My CAP Projects ToolboxMy CAP Projects ToolboxA working inventory of daily CAP tooling: scaffolding a project with cds init and growing it facet by facet through cds add (TypeScript, seed data, an .http test file, a handler stub), then running it with cds watch and setting a breakpoint in a custom handler from SAP Business Application Studio's JavaScript Debug Terminal. It also walks through an @open entity that accepts properties the model never declared, and reading temporal data defined with CAP's temporal aspect, where a plain read returns only what is valid now and a custom handler is needed to retrieve every time slice.vvdries, published 2024-12-23
SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingSAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingMonitoring 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.
Surviving and Thriving with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model: Local development hurdlesSurviving and Thriving with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model: Local development hurdlesThree hurdles in running a CAP application locally: services mocked with cds run --with-mocks return no data across OData associations until the ON clause is hand-written into the imported CDS, an on-premise API reached through the SAP Cloud Connector times out because its proxy is part of destinations and connectivity and reachable only from inside SAP BTP, and a Fiori frontend served from the HTML5 Application Repository needs the HTML5 Repo Mock to reach a local backend at all. It closes with the launch configurations the author uses for debugging cds watch locally and attaching to a running Cloud Foundry instance.maxstreifeneder, published 2023-02-02
bothzoli/ABAP-IoC-Containerbothzoli/ABAP-IoC-ContainerAn inversion-of-control container for ABAP, with which collaborators are registered and resolved instead of each call site constructing what it needs; its maintainer calls it a naive implementation.independent, abap
Inversion-of-control container for ABAP
No published releases; repository quiet for 62 months.
swixfort/Sdw.Abap.Diswixfort/Sdw.Abap.DiA dependency-injection container for ABAP: register classes or interfaces, then resolve an object with its dependencies already constructed.independent, abap
Not reachable since 2026-10-20.
sapgui.mcpsapgui.mcpDrives the SAP desktop GUI and the Web GUI, and is built for the jobs a REST client cannot do — end-to-end testing against the real screen, visual validation, and screenshots for documentation.independent, abap
MCP server driving SAP GUI and Web GUI for end-to-end testing
Not reachable Not reachable since 2026-10-20.
Functional boundary Driving the GUI reaches whatever a user can reach, which is business data and not a development surface. Decide what an agent may do in a session before granting one, not after. And a UI test is slower and more brittle than the layer below it: this is for what only the screen can answer.
tool-bitool-biBuilds an ABAP batch input transaction through chained method calls, one per screen, field and value, then runs it directly or writes it to a batch input session.independent, abap
Chained-call builder for ABAP batch input transactions
ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap
SAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP development over ADT
It is an Eclipse install. A development object that is not native-integrated in Eclipse opens in the SAP GUI that is installed locally with the client.
ABAP Development Tools for VS CodeABAP Development Tools for VS CodeSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code: editing, debugging, ABAP Unit, ATC and transports for classes, CDS and RAP objects, over RFC to an on-premise or Private Cloud system and HTTP to a cloud one, with Joule's ADT MCP server and code completion behind an AI-unit licence.sap official, abap
SAP's ABAP tools in VS Code for editing, debugging, ATC and transports
ABAP Syntax HighlightingABAP Syntax HighlightingA VS Code extension that registers .abap files as the language abap and colours them with a TextMate grammar.independent, abap
VS Code syntax highlighting for .abap files
Quiet No published releases; repository quiet for 27 months.
Functional boundary It binds to the .abap and .ABAP file extensions inside Visual Studio Code, so it does nothing for ABAP opened in another editor, or for source read from a system over ADT instead of from a file on disk.
abap-call-hierarchyabap-call-hierarchyThe ADT backend needed by the separate ABAP Call Hierarchy Eclipse plugin, installed in the ABAP system with abapGit and still in beta, which its maintainer calls not feature complete.independent, abap
ADT backend for the ABAP Call Hierarchy Eclipse plugin
abapfs_extensionsabapfs_extensionsABAP imported with abapGit that sets the stateful session flag on systems older than 7.51, so an HTTP client of the ADT resources can update objects there.independent, abap
ABAP objects enabling ADT updates on systems older than 7.51
Quiet No published releases; repository quiet for 92 months.
Functional boundary A system that already handles the session has nothing to gain from it. The maintainer states that importing it there causes no issue and simply sets the flag twice.
HammerHammerA native macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS, with an Object Navigator, Transport Organizer, Data Browser and Gateway Client in the same app as the editor.independent, abap
Native macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS
It runs on macOS only. Hammer Core Services, the part installed into the SAP system, needs that system on ABAP Platform 2023 or newer with SAP_BASIS 758 or newer, and installing it needs a user who can create development objects and run background jobs in that system.
SAP Build CodeSAP Build CodeSAP's development environment on BTP for SAPUI5, SAP Fiori, mobile and CAP applications that run on the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime, in which Joule generates models, services, logic, tests and apps.sap official, btp
Development environment on BTP for UI5, Fiori, mobile and CAP
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
Browser-based development environment with dev spaces
SAP Web IDE Full-StackSAP Web IDE Full-StackSAP's IDE service on BTP for SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori apps, full-stack SaaS applications, SAP S/4HANA extensions, hybrid mobile apps and IoT apps, with an SDK for extending the IDE itself.sap official, btp
IDE service on SAP BTP for SAPUI5, Fiori and full-stack apps
zed-cds-extensionzed-cds-extensionCDS language support for the Zed editor, wiring the CDS language server into it.independent, cap
CDS language support for the Zed editor
Add useful Extensions to Dev spaces in SAP Business Application StudioAdd useful Extensions to Dev spaces in SAP Business Application StudioStarts from the point capire makes — that CAP is editor-agnostic and BAS is the preconfigured option — and then does the thing that undoes preconfiguration: adds two extensions to a dev space for initialising data in a CAP application, with the uninstall procedure as well as the install. The uninstall half is what makes it worth keeping.showkath_naseem, published 2022-11-13
AI-enabled administration: Automating log analysis with generative AI hubAI-enabled administration: Automating log analysis with generative AI hubA 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.
An introduction to CDS Graphical Modeler for SAP Business Application StudioAn introduction to CDS Graphical Modeler for SAP Business Application StudioThe announcement of the graphical modeller, from the team that built it — what it draws, how to get a dev space that has it, and what it is for. The starting point for the two posts that follow it, and the record of when this became part of the editor rather than an idea.Xiao-fei_Song, published 2021-04-23
Creating new services using the CDS Graphical Modeler for SAP Business Application StudioCreating new services using the CDS Graphical Modeler for SAP Business Application StudioThe worked half of the introduction, published the same day: a service defined by drawing rather than by typing, projections included. Assumes the setup from the introduction and does not repeat it, so the two are one piece split in two.Xiao-fei_Song, published 2021-04-23
Creating structured types, enums and named aspects using the CDS Graphical ModelerCreating structured types, enums and named aspects using the CDS Graphical ModelerThe modelling constructs that are awkward to draw — structured types, enums, named aspects — done in the graphical modeller rather than in CDL.Xiao-fei_Song, published 2021-05-26
Develop CAP Project with Lazyvim in DockerDevelop CAP Project with Lazyvim in DockerA Docker image running Lazyvim with language server support for CDS, TypeScript and JSON, so a CAP project can be developed with an editing experience comparable to VS Code without leaving the keyboard. Narrow by intent, and the useful general point underneath it is that CAP's editor support reaches anything that speaks LSP.published 2024-03-28
Developing CAP applications in SAP Business Application StudioDeveloping CAP applications in SAP Business Application StudioThe overview written at the point BAS replaced Web IDE, and it is structured as a comparison — each step of building a CAP application, with the difference from the Web IDE experience called out beside it. Useful now mostly for what it records: which parts of CAP development the editor took over, and when.liat_b, published 2020-07-06
Explore SAP Fiori elements for ABAP developersExplore SAP Fiori elements for ABAP developersSAP 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.
Extending SAP Autonomous SuiteExtending SAP Autonomous SuiteExtensibility across SAP Autonomous Suite: AI-enabled development in SAP Build solutions, the ABAP Cloud model among them, as the way extensions are designed, generated and deployed, and a direction for making extensions ready for agentic AI. The abstract names the suite, SAP Build and the ABAP Cloud model and no single feature, so the edges are to Extensibility, the concern, and to SAP Build Code, the SAP Build solution held here in which Joule generates and deploys development; which other SAP Build solutions the session shows is not stated. A TechEd 2026 session (Tuesday 27 October, Berlin), presented by Alexander Rother and Khaled MUSILHY, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.
Get familiar with your first CAPM project using CDS graphic modelerGet familiar with your first CAPM project using CDS graphic modelerThe modeller as an entry point rather than an aid — a first CAPM project built by drawing it, for the developer who has not yet internalised CDL, annotations and metadata.Jyoti_ranjan, published 2025-07-05
HANA SQL NOTEBOOKS in SAP BUILD / Business Application Studio(BAS) / Visual Studio CodeHANA SQL NOTEBOOKS in SAP BUILD / Business Application Studio(BAS) / Visual Studio CodeWalks through SAP HANA SQL Notebooks, a .notebook file opened inside a dev space of SAP Business Application Studio (also reached from SAP Build and Visual Studio Code), that mixes CODE and MARKDOWN blocks and needs the project's mta and hana facets added first with cds add. A CODE block's connection-management mode uses a '#' syntax to list, select and show the active SAP HANA connection, drawn from the HANA Database Explorer's saved connections or the project's own Cloud Foundry connection, so any valid SQL statement can then run against the project's HDI container.published 2025-01-01
Importing @sap/cds common.cds to your CAP project using the CDS Graphical ModelerImporting @sap/cds common.cds to your CAP project using the CDS Graphical ModelerPulling the common aspects and code lists from @sap/cds into a model through the modeller, so the reuse types appear in the diagram rather than only in the file.Xiao-fei_Song, published 2021-05-06
Importing an external data model using CDS Graphical Modeler for Visual Studio CodeImporting an external data model using CDS Graphical Modeler for Visual Studio CodeWalks through the CDS Graphical Modeler for Visual Studio Code: creating a "Customers" entity, importing an external OData model from an edmx file into the CDS model, and drawing a managed association from the new entity to an entity from the imported namespace. The import happens through the modeler's GUI rather than the cds import command, and the imported edmx becomes a CDS file the modeler can open directly.Xiao-fei_Song, published 2022-05-09
Importing external edmx files to your CAP project using the CDS Graphical ModelerImporting external edmx files to your CAP project using the CDS Graphical ModelerAn EDMX downloaded from the API hub — API_BUSINESS_PARTNER in the example — imported into the CDS model and its entities exposed as projections, done through the graphical modeller rather than cds import. Barely a page long.Xiao-fei_Song, published 2021-05-19
Making CAP Application Development Easier and Faster with the Help of Storyboard in SAP Business Application StudioMaking CAP Application Development Easier and Faster with the Help of Storyboard in SAP Business Application StudioThe Storyboard from the other side — someone who came across it while learning the high-productivity tools, rather than someone who shipped it. It follows the whole arc a CAP project takes through the tool: entities, relationships, services, sample data, a UI, roles, and external resources, each as a thing the diagram can add rather than a file you open.Aryan_Raj_Sinha, published 2023-09-20
Migrating Your CAP Applications from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application StudioMigrating Your CAP Applications from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application StudioA migration checklist, and a reminder of how much of a CAP project used to be editor-specific: Web IDE configuration files to delete, a build to move to the Cloud MTA Build Tool, a CAP Java version to raise. Historical — Web IDE is gone — but it is the clearest list of what the tooling boundary used to include.liat_b, published 2020-07-09
Migrating Your CAP Applications from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application Studio
Editor support changed in @sap/cds-dk 8.8.0, 2025-03-04. Affects A recipe.
Running CAP Node Applications in SAP Business Application StudioRunning CAP Node Applications in SAP Business Application StudioThe Run Configurations tool, which is where binding and mocking live in BAS rather than in a terminal. Three things it does: several named configurations per application in a tree, dependencies bound to real service instances, and OData dependencies mocked. The author notes the configurations are standard launch entries underneath, which is the detail that lets you leave the tool behind if you want to.liat_b, published 2020-10-22
SAP CAP: Best VSCode extensions for TypeScript development (UI5 & NodeJS)SAP CAP: Best VSCode extensions for TypeScript development (UI5 & NodeJS)A working editor setup for CAP with TypeScript, listed extension by extension across the Node.js and UI5 halves. The kind of post that ages by attrition rather than by being wrong — the reasoning about what an editor needs to know about a CDS project outlives any particular extension in the list.published 2024-04-29
SAP CAP: Best VSCode extensions for TypeScript development (UI5 & NodeJS)
Editor support changed in @sap/cds-dk 8.8.0, 2025-03-04. Affects Runnable code.
SAP Cloud Application Programming Model（CAP）：概要およびデモ - Part 1SAP Cloud Application Programming Model（CAP）：概要およびデモ - Part 1Introduces SAP Cloud Application Programming Model as an open, opinionated framework that shoulders OData plumbing and database-specific code so a domain is modelled once in CDS, then builds a small bookshop project to show it: @sap/cds-dk's cds init scaffolds the project, cds watch serves it locally with live reload against an in-memory SQLite database, and a CatalogService projects a CDS domain model seeded from CSV files. The result is read as an OData service in the browser and exercised further through a Postman collection, with the optional @sap/vscode-cds extension noted for CDS syntax highlighting and completion in VS Code.rasai, published 2020-12-31
Storyboard for cloud business applications using CAP in SAP Business Application StudioStoryboard for cloud business applications using CAP in SAP Business Application StudioThe first release of the Storyboard, written by the team shipping it. Where the graphical modeller draws the data model, this draws the application: its logical components and the connections between them, alongside an application explorer enhanced in the same release. Short, and it reads as an announcement — the fuller account of using it is Aryan_Raj_Sinha's post two years later.liat_b, published 2021-02-15
Streamlining CAP Development with CDS Graphical Modeler in SAP Business Application StudioStreamlining CAP Development with CDS Graphical Modeler in SAP Business Application StudioThe case for the graphical modeller stated as a scale problem rather than a preference: a model held only as code gets hard to keep in your head once it is large, and the diagram is a second view of the same file. The most recent write-up of the tool here, and the one that treats it as an everyday working aid rather than as a new feature.Jyoti_ranjan, published 2025-07-16
The fastest and easiest way to run full-stack applications in SAP Business Application StudioThe fastest and easiest way to run full-stack applications in SAP Business Application StudioThe gap between a mocked local run and a real one, and the tooling that closes it — live data, remote services, defaults overridden. The same author's Run Configurations post is the reference for the tool; this is the case it was built for.liat_b, published 2023-08-02
Tips and Tricks for Working with Annotations in CAP Projects using Language Server Protocol (LSP) capabilitiesTips and Tricks for Working with Annotations in CAP Projects using Language Server Protocol (LSP) capabilitiesFour settings, from somebody who works on the annotation language server. The premise is the interesting part: CAP's annotation syntax is looser than ABAP CDS or EDMX — a record can be written with or without an explicit type — so the completion has to guess how verbose you want it, and this is where you tell it. Then filtering the completion list, reading the icons, ordering diagnostics by severity, and turning i18n problems on only when you want them.maryana_naboka, published 2021-10-25
Tips: VS Code ExtensionsTips: VS Code ExtensionsA short list of the VS Code extensions worth having for this stack, from 2020. Dated by definition and still the kind of page people go looking for.jhodel18, published 2020-07-13
Use Tasks in Visual Studio Code to start a cds service, an approuter and launch a browser in one goUse Tasks in Visual Studio Code to start a cds service, an approuter and launch a browser in one gocds watch serves the service and the app folder but not the approuter, so anything needing a JWT means a second terminal started by hand. This replaces that with a VS Code task definition — the tasks.json is in the post — so the whole local stack comes up on one command.pieterjanssens, published 2021-04-09
Use Tasks in Visual Studio Code to start a cds service, an approuter and launch a browser in one go
Local development has changed twice since this was published, most recently in @sap/cds-dk 7.9.1, 2024-05-02. Affects Runnable code.
SAP TCode RunnerSAP TCode RunnerA VS Code extension that opens an SAP transaction inside VS Code's Simple Browser through the system's WebGUI endpoint, with a sidebar for the code, its favourites and the transactions run last.independent, abap
VS Code sidebar that opens SAP transactions through WebGUI
Nothing opens until an SAP WebGUI endpoint is configured, and the page names the Basis team as the source of that URL. Use also needs the extension owner's approval, requested by an issue on the extension's GitHub repository, after which the owner sends the configuration instructions.
AbapGeneratorAbapGeneratorAn ABAP transaction, ZABAP_GENERATOR, that generates a Model-View-Controller-style project by copying a template package's objects into a new one under the project's name.independent, abap
ABAP transaction generating an MVC-style project from a template
No published releases; repository quiet for 48 months.
com.sap.cds:cds-maven-plugincom.sap.cds:cds-maven-pluginThe Maven plugin that runs CDS build steps in a CAP Java project: compiling the model, generating typed Java accessor interfaces and adding facets to an existing project.sap official, cap
Maven plugin running CDS build steps in a CAP Java project
com.sap.cds:cds-services-archetypecom.sap.cds:cds-services-archetypeA Maven archetype that generates a new CAP Java project: a Spring Boot service with a starter CDS model, wired to the CDS Maven plugin for its build.sap official, cap
Maven archetype generating a new CAP Java project
create-wdi5create-wdi5An npm initializer that adds wdi5 end-to-end testing to an existing UI5 application, installing WebdriverIO's peer dependencies, writing a wdio.conf file and setting an npm script.community org, ui5
npm initializer adding wdi5 testing to an existing UI5 app
generator-ui5-addgenerator-ui5-addA Yeoman generator that creates UI5 tooling-extension projects and manages the tooling extensions of an existing project, from the bestOfUI5 catalogue.community org, ui5
Yeoman generator for UI5 tooling-extension projects
Release and repository quiet for 33 months.
generator-ui5-controlgenerator-ui5-controlA Yeoman generator that scaffolds a UI5 custom control structured for npm distribution, with a manual test app with live reload and a Jest test suite already wired in.community org, ui5
Yeoman generator for UI5 custom controls distributed via npm
No published releases; repository quiet for 66 months.
generator-ui5-library-webcgenerator-ui5-library-webcA Yeoman generator that scaffolds a UI5 library wrapping UI5 Web Components on the official UI5 tooling, run through Easy-UI5 or standalone, and served afterwards with npm start.community org, ui5
Yeoman generator for UI5 libraries wrapping UI5 Web Components
No published releases; repository quiet for 35 months.
generator-ui5-react-nestgenerator-ui5-react-nestA Yeoman generator that scaffolds a pnpm monorepo with a UI5 app and a Vite React app, which the UI5 app embeds through a custom control, UI5Nest, rather than an iframe.independent, ui5
Yeoman generator for a UI5 app that loads a React app
Quiet Release and repository quiet for 38 months.
Functional boundary The scaffold is JavaScript and not TypeScript, and `react-router-dom` and UI5 Web Components are not included; its README leaves both for the project to add.
generator-ui5-wdi5generator-ui5-wdi5A Yeoman generator that scaffolds wdi5 end-to-end test configuration and sample tests into a UI5 app, wrapping npm init wdi5 in prompts and run through Easy-UI5.community org, ui5
Yeoman generator scaffolding wdi5 test configuration into a UI5 app
No published releases; repository quiet for 27 months.
Joule in SAP Build CodeJoule in SAP Build CodeJoule's generative AI inside SAP Build Code, pitched as "optimized for Java and JavaScript application development": opened from SAP Business Application Studio's activity bar, slash commands generate a CAP data model, services, sample data, business logic and a Fiori elements UI.sap official, cap
Joule's generative AI inside SAP Build Code
SAP Build CodeSAP Build CodeSAP's development environment on BTP for SAPUI5, SAP Fiori, mobile and CAP applications that run on the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime, in which Joule generates models, services, logic, tests and apps.sap official, btp
Development environment on BTP for UI5, Fiori, mobile and CAP
ui5-control-generatorui5-control-generatorA command-line generator that writes UI5 custom controls, in JavaScript or TypeScript, from the html files in a project, with control logic and renderer split into two files by default.independent, ui5
Command line generator of UI5 custom controls from html
Release and repository quiet for 29 months.
repository-templaterepository-templateThe template SAP's own repositories start from — LICENSE, the REUSE dep5 file, a code of conduct and the rest of the compliance furniture, so a new project does not assemble it by hand.community org, cap
Repository template with LICENSE, REUSE and compliance files
CAPM Basics - Part 2CAPM Basics - Part 2Walks through deploying a CAP application to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime: provisioning a SAP HANA Cloud instance and HDI container, then running cds add hana and cds add xsuaa --for production, cds build --production, and an MTA build and deploy. Tests the deployed service in Postman with an OAuth 2.0 client credentials token from the XSUAA binding (SAP Authorization and Trust Management service), explicitly leaving out any role templates or scopes.archisman92, published 2025-02-28
CAPM Basics - Part 4CAPM Basics - Part 4Part 4 of a CAPM Basics series binds the deployed XSUAA and SAP HANA Cloud service instances with cds bind and runs the project against them from a laptop via cds watch --profile hybrid, the hybrid-testing loop @sap/cds-dk provides. It then restricts the service with @restrict (READ granted to a Viewer role, full access to Admin) and adds OData Capabilities restrictions plus @odata.draft.enabled so a Fiori elements client renders create, update and delete without UI code. It closes by adding a UI module with the SAP Fiori Generator, wiring an approuter via cds add approuter to forward the auth token, and updating the SAP Authorization and Trust Management service instance with the generated redirect URI before redeploying.archisman92, published 2025-05-10
cf-create-app: Create End-to-End apps and deploy to Cloud Foundry in minutescf-create-app: Create End-to-End apps and deploy to Cloud Foundry in minutesA generator from 2020 that goes further than scaffolding — an end-to-end application created and deployed to Cloud Foundry in one run. Predates most of what cds add now does.former_member604013, published 2020-07-29
cf-create-app: Create End-to-End apps and deploy to Cloud Foundry in minutes
Generators has changed twice since this was published, most recently in @sap/cds-dk 10.0.3, 2026-07-02. Affects A recipe, Runnable code.
Deploying a CAP app with Fiori app standalone (HTML5 Repo Host)Deploying a CAP app with Fiori app standalone (HTML5 Repo Host)A step-by-step alternative to deploying a CAP app's Fiori frontend through SAP Workzone or Launchpad: exposing it to the SAP HTML5 Application Repository service for SAP BTP instead of serving it straight from @sap/approuter, for zero-downtime content updates, versioning and permissions. It builds a sample with @sap/cds-dk's cds add hana,html5-repo,approuter,mta and cds add xsuaa --for production, generates the Fiori app through Business Application Studio's module wizard, then wires the app router's xs-app.json routes, the mta.yaml service binding and SAP Authorization and Trust Management service before building with mbt and deploying to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime.Christopher_Ketzler, published 2025-04-22
First Java Cap ApplicationFirst Java Cap ApplicationA step-by-step walkthrough of a first CAP Java project: com.sap.cds:cds-services-archetype scaffolds the initial Maven project, and the domain model is then rewritten in the db folder with entities, the cuid and managed aspects, associations, compositions and a CodeList, so a hand-coded event handler serving a single entity gives way to a service that CAP's generic persistence handling serves without custom code. It deploys that model to SQLite for local development — cds deploy --to sqlite, then a Spring profile pointing at the generated database file — and ends by adding an index.cds so the model and service can be published as a reusable npm module.bruce_wang3, published 2020-12-08
Give Your AI Agent Some Tools: Introducing the UI5 MCP ServerGive Your AI Agent Some Tools: Introducing the UI5 MCP ServerAnnounces @ui5/mcp-server, SAP's open-source MCP server for UI5 development, and walks through its initial six tools. get_project_info, get_api_reference and run_ui5_linter (which applies UI5 linter fixes) read the project's own version, manifest and code rather than an LLM's training data, which is what agent access to your code explains. create_ui5_app scaffolds a new JavaScript or TypeScript project, standalone or inside an existing CAP application, from templates with pre-configured OData model setups, which is generators.published 2025-09-03
Joule Studioがリリースされたので早速CAPアプリを自然言語で操作するカスタムスキルを構築してみたJoule Studioがリリースされたので早速CAPアプリを自然言語で操作するカスタムスキルを構築してみたA walkthrough of building a custom Joule Studio skill on a CAP bookshop app: cds add sample and cds add mta scaffold the project and its deployment descriptor, cds compile srv/ --to xsuaa generates the role template behind the @requires: 'admin' check on AdminService from the SAP Authorization and Trust Management service (XSUAA), and mbt build packages the app for deployment to the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime. The skill reaches the deployed OData API through the SAP Destination service, configured with the OAuth2 Client Credentials grant using the client ID, secret and token endpoint from the app's XSUAA service key, so Joule answers a natural-language question about a book by its ID.takayuki_tanaka, published 2025-07-30
My CAP Projects ToolboxMy CAP Projects ToolboxA working inventory of daily CAP tooling: scaffolding a project with cds init and growing it facet by facet through cds add (TypeScript, seed data, an .http test file, a handler stub), then running it with cds watch and setting a breakpoint in a custom handler from SAP Business Application Studio's JavaScript Debug Terminal. It also walks through an @open entity that accepts properties the model never declared, and reading temporal data defined with CAP's temporal aspect, where a plain read returns only what is valid now and a custom handler is needed to retrieve every time slice.vvdries, published 2024-12-23
SAP Cloud Application Programming Model（CAP）：概要およびデモ - Part 1SAP Cloud Application Programming Model（CAP）：概要およびデモ - Part 1Introduces SAP Cloud Application Programming Model as an open, opinionated framework that shoulders OData plumbing and database-specific code so a domain is modelled once in CDS, then builds a small bookshop project to show it: @sap/cds-dk's cds init scaffolds the project, cds watch serves it locally with live reload against an in-memory SQLite database, and a CatalogService projects a CDS domain model seeded from CSV files. The result is read as an OData service in the browser and exercised further through a Postman collection, with the optional @sap/vscode-cds extension noted for CDS syntax highlighting and completion in VS Code.rasai, published 2020-12-31
SAP Fiori Application Generator Available in Open SourceSAP Fiori Application Generator Available in Open SourceThe SAP Fiori tools team announces that the code behind @sap/generator-fiori has moved entirely to open source, and names the packages it is built from: writers that output SAP Fiori elements and freestyle SAPUI5 application files, inquirer prompts for picking a back end, and ABAP deploy tasks, coordinated by a sub-generator. Before publishing, the team broke up what had been a monolith, added TypeScript typings and raised test coverage.jlong, published 2025-05-27
Useful CAP CDS and Fiori Commands to Accelerate Development and DeploymentUseful CAP CDS and Fiori Commands to Accelerate Development and DeploymentA command-by-command walkthrough of @sap/cds-dk's cds add and fiori add generators: cds add xsuaa writes an XSUAA security configuration from the CDS model's authorization annotations, and cds add hana together with cds deploy --to hana switches persistence from the default SQLite database to SAP HANA Cloud. cds add mta and fiori add deploy-config, from @sap/generator-fiori, build the Cloud Foundry deployment descriptor together, adding a destination-service block and an xs-app.json that routes the Fiori app's calls through a named destination.TiaXu, published 2022-10-19
加速开发和部署的CAP CDS和Fiori一些实用命令加速开发和部署的CAP CDS和Fiori一些实用命令In Chinese. A command reference rather than a walkthrough — cds import, cds compile, cds deploy --to sqlite, cds add hana, cds add xsuaa — grouped by what they are for. The kind of page that is more useful than a tutorial once you already know what you are doing.TiaXu, published 2022-10-21
加速开发和部署的CAP CDS和Fiori一些实用命令
Generators has changed twice since this was published, most recently in @sap/cds-dk 10.0.3, 2026-07-02. Affects A recipe, Runnable code.
personal-application-studiopersonal-application-studioA Theia distribution for SAP developers, published as a Docker image with ABAP and UI5 language support and a template wizard already in it.independent, abap
Theia distribution with ABAP and UI5 support as a Docker image
No published releases; repository quiet for 68 months.
ui5plugin-linterui5plugin-linterA command-line linter for UI5 projects, run as ui5linter, that checks JavaScript and TypeScript classes, XML views and fragments, and i18n properties files.independent, ui5
Command-line linter for UI5 classes, XML views and i18n files
Two of its JavaScript and TypeScript checks, EventTypeLinter and WrongNamespaceLinter, apply to TypeScript projects only.
Introducing eslint-plugin-better-cap-config an ESLint plugin to improve CAP configurationIntroducing eslint-plugin-better-cap-config an ESLint plugin to improve CAP configurationThe author's own announcement, and precise about scope: today it catches deprecated key/value entries in CAP's JSON configuration, and the ambition is that it grows into best practices, suggestions and autofixes the way any ESLint plugin does. The implementation detail worth knowing is that it uses modern ESLint's JSON language support rather than a generic parser, which is what makes linting a configuration file rather than source code work at all.published 2025-09-08
Migrate your code with UI5 linter – Autofix has landedMigrate your code with UI5 linter – Autofix has landedUI5 linter v1.12.0 adds an initial autofix, reached with ui5lint --fix, and the post walks through it end to end: the tool first reports a deprecated global reference (sap.ui.model.json.JSONModel), then the fix rewrites it into the equivalent module import and local variable. This first version only handles that one class of deprecation — replacing deprecated globals with imports — with more fix types left for later releases tracked on the tool's GitHub roadmap.published 2025-03-19
