Academy · ABAP & RAP Development · 200 Practitioner
ABAP Cloud Development Model and Released APIs
Explains the ABAP Cloud development model: why upgrade-stable extensions matter, SAP’s 2025 clean core levels, the ABAP for Cloud Development language version, released APIs and the five release contracts, documented options when no released API exists, and ATC-based readiness checks for converted custom code.
- 48 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- ABAP / RAP Developer, Solution Architect
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain ABAP Cloud language version restrictions
- Find and use released APIs
- Explain release contracts and stability
- Handle missing APIs using SAP’s recommended approaches
- Assess custom code for ABAP Cloud readiness
Sources and further reading
- Extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud the Right Way: Clean and Clear (clean core levels) · SAP News Center
- Release Contracts (ABAP Keyword Documentation) · SAP Help Portal
- ABAP Language Versions (ABAP Keyword Documentation) · SAP Help Portal
- Exploring Released APIs (Practicing Clean Core Extensibility for SAP S/4HANA Cloud) · SAP Learning
- Analyzing Customizations after System Conversion · SAP Learning
- Cloudification Repository (abap-atc-cr-cv-s4hc) · SAP on GitHub
- ABAP cheat sheet: ABAP for Cloud Development · SAP Samples on GitHub
- Configuring the ABAP Test Cockpit and Transport Gate in SAP S/4HANA · SAP PRESS Blog