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Building Services with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP)

Builds a side-by-side extension with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) from the ground up: CDS domain models, service definitions and generic providers, declarative validation and custom event handlers, consuming and mocking SAP S/4HANA APIs, and an SAP Fiori elements UI driven by annotations. Follows Contoso Motor Co.'s fleet order status app from first model to a version ready for testing in the test subaccount.

  • 57 minutes
  • 6 lessons + quiz
  • BTP & Extension Developer, Solution Architect
Start the course
  1. 01CAP in one picture11 min
  2. 02Modeling the domain with CDS9 min
  3. 03Defining services and using generic providers9 min
  4. 04Custom logic with event handlers9 min
  5. 05Consuming and mocking SAP S/4HANA APIs10 min
  6. 06Adding an SAP Fiori elements UI9 min
  7. QZCourse quiz12 questions

What you’ll be able to do

  • Model domain entities, associations and compositions with CDS
  • Define and expose services as projections, using generic providers
  • Implement validation and custom event handlers in Node.js
  • Consume and mock external SAP S/4HANA services
  • Add an SAP Fiori elements UI with annotations and drafts

Sources and further reading