Integration

What is OData?

An OASIS REST-based protocol for querying and updating data, used by SAP Fiori apps and APIs.

SAP supports OData V2 and V4 services, built via SEGW, CDS annotations, or RAP. Fiori apps call OData services from the browser. API tests against OData services are faster and more stable than UI tests.

Related terms

SAP Gateway
The ABAP component that exposes OData services from SAP back-end systems.
ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
SAP's model for building transactional and analytical Fiori apps and APIs using CDS, behavior definitions, and services.
Fiori App
A role-based SAPUI5 application, identified by an app ID such as F0842, delivered for a specific task.
API Testing
Testing services such as OData, SOAP, or REST directly at the interface level, without the user interface.
Released API
An SAP object such as an API, CDS view, or BAdI that SAP marks as stable for customer use with a release contract.

More in Integration

Planning an S/4HANA move?

Read the field guides on testing an ECC to S/4HANA migration and grab the free template library.