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ABAPNewsfor7.40,SP08ABAPManaged
DatabaseProcedures(AMDP)
PostedbyHorstKellerinABAPDevelopmentonOct10,20142:45:05PM
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Forcodepushdown,meaningpushinganalyticsfromtheABAPapplicationservertothedatabaseserver,youcan
useopenABAPfeaturesthatrunonanydatabase.Thoseare OpenSQLthatwasenhancedwidelyinABAP7.40
withanalyticcapabilitieslikeSQLexpressionsorbyremovingrestrictionsfromjoinsandthe ABAPCoreData
Services(ABAPCDS)foradvancedviewbuildingintheABAPDictionary.

Ifthefunctionalityofferedbytheopenfeaturesisnotsufficicienttocoveryourneeds,youhavetoswitchtoNativeSQL
(soundsfamiliar?).ThisisespeciallytrueforSAPHANA,thatoffersanalyticalfeaturesnotcoveredinstandardSQL,as
e.g.calculationviews.IfyourABAPprogramsshouldrunonHANAonly(orifyouwanttoofferspecial
implementationsforHANAandalternativeimplementationsforotherdatabases),databaseprocedureswrittenin
SQLScriptofferaconvenientaccesstothecapabilitesofHANA.InordertofacilitatethisNativeaccesstoHANA,in
7.40,SP05theconceptofABAPManagedDatabaseProcedures(AMDP)wasintroduced,thatallowsyoutocode
SQLScriptinspecialmethodsofnormalABAPclassesandtheruntimeenvironmentdoestherestforyou.(Butplease
notethatasingleSQLstatementdoesnotbecomefasterifyoucodeitinanAMDP,howshouldit?Aslongasyoucan
stayopen,stayopen.Thereisnodrawbackinperformanceifyoucanexpressthelogicsinsinglestatementsorin
CDSviews.YouuseAMDPtoavoidunnecessarydatatransfersbetweendatabaseandapplicationserverwhenusing
severalstatementsorwhenyouneedaccesstofuctionalitynotcoveredbySQL).

NewsforABAP7.40,SP08

WithABAP7.40,SP08,AMDPwasenhancedasfollows:

TabularChangingParameters

AlthoughNativeSQLScriptproceduresdonotofferINOUTparameters,youcandefineCHANGINGparametersfor
AMDPmethodsnow.Thetrickis,thatthedatabaseproceduregeneratedfromAMDPgetsanadditionalINparameter
ofthesamenameasthechanigingparameterwiththepstfix__IN__whiletheCHANGINGparameterbecomesan
OUTparameter.Whencallingtheprocedure,theOUTparameterisfilledimplicitlywiththeCHANGINGvaluepassed
totheINparameter.Normally,youdon'thavetocareabouttheimplicitINparameter.Onlyifyouwanttocallsucha
procedurefromanotherdatabaseprocedure,youhavetosupplyit.

AMDPmethoddefinition

METHODS
get_carriers
CHANGING
VALUE(carriers)TYPEt_carriers
RAISINGcx_amdp_error.

AMDPmethodimplementation

METHODget_carriersBYDATABASEPROCEDUREFORHDB
LANGUAGESQLSCRIPT
USINGscarr.
carriers=selects.*
fromscarrass
innerjoin:carriersasc
ons.mandt=c.mandtand
s.carrid=c.carrid
ENDMETHOD.

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AgoodexamplewhereAMDPisnotneededatall,butKISShere.

CallfromABAP

TRY.
NEWcl_demo_amdp_changing(
)>get_carriers(CHANGINGcarriers=carriers).
CATCHcx_amdp_errorINTODATA(amdp_error).
...
ENDTRY.

ClassBasedExceptions

Asshownabove,youcanhandleexceptionsthatoccurduringprocessinganAMDPnow.Beforeyougotruntime
errorsonly.

AMDPBAdIs

SpecialAMDPBAdIsallowyoutoimplementBAdImethodsasAMDPmethods.Thesetransfertheeffectofthe
switchesfromSwitchFrameworktotheimplementationofdatabaseproceduresinthecurrentdatabase.Whenan
AMDPprocedurecallsanotherAMDPproceduremanagedbyanAMDPBAdI,theimplementationisexecutedthatis
prescribedbythecurrentswitchsetting.(forcallingAMDPproceduresfromABAPnospecialBAdIsarenecessary,
becauseABAPcallsofnormalBAdImethodsaregoverenedbytheswitchframeworkanyway).

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ClemensLiOct10,20143:48PM

Justaquestion.IgotusedtoavoidALIASexceptforSelfjoinsforthesakeofreadability.CouldIwrite
carriers=selectscarr.*
fromscarr
innerjoin:carriers
onscarr.mandt=:carriers.mandtand
scarr.carrid=:carriers.carrid
formoreclarity?
And,btw,doIreallyneedscarr.mandt=:carriers.mandtasIthoughtmandtis
implicitlysuppliedbythedatabaseinterface?
Thanksforenlightenment,Ilovethisseries!
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HorstKellerOct10,20144:12PM(inresponsetoClemensLi)

Ichecked,andyourcodedoesn'tcompile.WellitisSQLScriptandI'mnottoomuchan
expertthere,butseehttp://help.sap.com/hana/sap_hana_sql_script_reference_en.pdf.

Regardingclient:ItisNativeSQLinfullglory!Noautomaticclienthandling.Therfore,stay
openaslongaspossible

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HorstKellerOct11,201412:56PM(inresponsetoClemensLi)

PS:CDS, ABAPNewsfor7.40,SP08ABAPCoreDataServices(CDS),isopenand
clientsarehandledimplicitlyasinOpenSQL,noclientfieldsinthejointhere.
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PaulHardyOct28,20141:27PM

HelloMr.Horst,

InsomeSAPpresentationonusingSQLScriptforHANAmuchismadeofusingCEFunctions
wheneverpossibleasopposedtostraightSELECTstatments,asCEfunctionsaresupposedtoruna
lotfaster,whichmakesupforthembeingnotasflexibleasSELECTstatements.

WhatIwanttoknow,please,isifCEfunctionsarejustforwhenyouaredoingnativedevelopmentin
theHANAstudio(XS?River?)orcanyouusetheminAMDPaswell?Iknowyoucanusethe
CE_CURRENCY_CONVERSIONasthatisinalotofthetutorials,butcanyouuseothersaswell?

Andifitisinfactpossibletousesuchthings,doesitmakeanysenseinanADMPenviroment?Isthe
recommendationstilltouseCEfunctionsoverSELECTstatementsinanADMP?Iknowyoushould
notmixtheminthesameprocedure,asthatwouldcausetheuniversetoexplode.

Asalways,anyhelpwouldbegratefullyappreciated.

CheersyCheers

Paul
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HorstKellerNov14,20149:31AM(inresponsetoPaulHardy)

butcanyouuseothersaswell

Sure,thelistofavailablefunctionscanbetakenfrom
http://help.sap.com/hana/sap_hana_sql_script_reference_en.pdf

doesitmakeanysenseinanADMPenviroment

Sure,AMDPfacilitatesthiskindofcodepushdownfromABAPprograms.Seetheexamples
inmyanswerabove.YouwriteanAMDPprocedureinordertocallthefunctioninsteadof
havingtouseADBCtoaccessthefunctionality.
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ArunKumaarMenonNov22,20141:09PM

Hi

nicedocument.

Ihavecreatedthefollowingmethod
METHODSretv_bgsml
IMPORTING
value(iv_from)typed
value(iv_to)typed
value(iv_plnt)TYPEtt_pnt
exporting
value(et_itm_bgsml)typett_bgsml.

inmyzreport
SELECTOPTIONSs_plntforz_cds_purcplant

lo_itm_sum>retv_bgsml(
EXPORTING
iv_from=p_ivfrm
iv_to=p_ivto
iv_plnt=s_plnt[]
IMPORTING
et_itm_bgsml=DATA(lt_itm_sum)
).

Igetanerrorativ_plntitsayssplntisnottypecompatible

amidoingsomethingwronghere.

Thanksandregards
ArunKumarMenon
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ClemensLiNov25,20147:26PM(inresponsetoArunKumaarMenon)

Ithinkthishasnothingincommonwith

ABAPNewsfor7.40,SP08ABAPManaged
DatabaseProcedures(AMDP)
pleaseaskinABAPforum.
Hint:Whatistt_pntdefinedas?

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Clemens
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