SAP BTP ABAP Environment – Release 2602

On February 14, the new 2602 release was delivered as the successor to the 2511 release. In this blog post, we provide a detailed overview of the new features and enhancements included in this release, highlighting the key improvements and innovations introduced with 2602. Some highlights in the new release include the My Home as your new personalized entry page in SAP Fiori Launchpad, the CDS Embedded Analytics Star Schema Generator and the RAP recommendations for input assistance based on the user input and interaction history.

The list of all new features including more information can be found on the What’s New for SAP BTP ABAP environment page. The new AI-related features are listed separately on the What’s New for ABAP Generative AI in ABAP Cloud.

ABAP Development Tools (ADT)

New Grouping Option Effect on transports in ATC Problems ViewABAP Testability: Enhancements to Test Double Frameworks (details)Global User ID for ATC ExemptionsDisplaying the Used Objects of CDS Service Definitions in the Relation Explorer

ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)

Collaborative Draft, now also works in cross-business object scenarios if both business objects are collaborative draft-enabled, and if the cross-business object scenario is fully draft scope-enabled (details)Recommendations, previously, business users had to fill out input fields manually and choose the right values. The new RAP recommendations standardize and ease this process: In RAP applications on an SAP Fiori user interface, RAP recommendations provide input assistance by proposing field values for input fields based on the user input and interaction history. RAP recommendations can be implemented using deterministic rules or using generative AI, which predicts the most likely values for each input field based on the context of the data. By integrating the ABAP AI SDK powered by Intelligent Scenario Lifecycle Management, you can embed AI capabilities into the application, enriching traditional value help with context-aware suggestions (details)Embedded Analytics Star Schema Generator, the Star Schema Generator Wizard streamlines the creation of star schema models using ABAP Core Data Services. It empowers you to build comprehensive analytical models with ease. This tool guides you through the entire generation process, ensuring a consistent and efficient workflow. The wizard supports the following key components: Transactional Scenario, Analytical Cube and Dimension Views (details)

Identity and Access Management

IAM App Assignment: So far, it was only possible to assign access to Fiori apps to business users indirectly via business catalogs. Now, it’s also possible to directly create business roles based on IAM apps for SAP-delivered business catalogsMaintain Business Roles, you can now directly assign IAM apps in the Maintain Business Roles app. This supports you in handling authorizations more flexibly. You can also use the Mass Change Wizard if you need to add or remove multiple IAM apps at once (details)App References, the following apps now contain references to IAM apps: Maintain Business Roles, Manage Business Role, Changes After Upgrade, Display Restriction Types, Business Catalogs, Business Role Templates, IAM Information System (details)Information System, the main entity Application is now deprecated. The successor will be the IAM app, which is now contained in the Main Entity dropdown list (details)App Authorization Variant, you can now use the IAM app of the App Authorization Variant type. This gives you more flexibility in managing restrictions because it allows you to activate or deactivate app authorization variants to define different access rights per business role (details)

Manage API Snapshots

As a provider for released APIs, you can now download and upload API snapshots using the Manage API Snapshots app. This way, you can download API snapshots from the test system and upload them in the development system, thus preventing incompatible changes to your released objects early in the development process (details)

SAP Fiori Launchpad

My Home in SAP BTP ABAP environment Launching an App with a Transaction Code (details)Download and Upload of Spaces Removal of Business Groups

Landscape Portal

Publish Product: Publish up to Two Product Versions (details)Deploy Product: System multi-select supported and performance improved (details)

Infrastructure

Optional Integration with SAP Key Management Service, SAP BTP ABAP environment provides an optional integration with the SAP Key Management Service (KMS). With this integration, it’s possible to manage the SAP HANA Cloud database of an ABAP environment instance via SAP KMS (details)

SAP BTP ABAP Environment – Release 2602 On February 14, the new 2602 release was delivered as the successor to the 2511 release. In this blog post, we provide a detailed overview of the new features and enhancements included in this release, highlighting the key improvements and innovations introduced with 2602. Some highlights in the new release include the My Home as your new personalized entry page in SAP Fiori Launchpad, the CDS Embedded Analytics Star Schema Generator and the RAP recommendations for input assistance based on the user input and interaction history. The list of all new features including more information can be found on the What’s New for SAP BTP ABAP environment page. The new AI-related features are listed separately on the What’s New for ABAP Generative AI in ABAP Cloud.ABAP Development Tools (ADT)New Grouping Option Effect on transports in ATC Problems ViewABAP Testability: Enhancements to Test Double Frameworks (details)Global User ID for ATC ExemptionsDisplaying the Used Objects of CDS Service Definitions in the Relation ExplorerABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)Collaborative Draft, now also works in cross-business object scenarios if both business objects are collaborative draft-enabled, and if the cross-business object scenario is fully draft scope-enabled (details)Recommendations, previously, business users had to fill out input fields manually and choose the right values. The new RAP recommendations standardize and ease this process: In RAP applications on an SAP Fiori user interface, RAP recommendations provide input assistance by proposing field values for input fields based on the user input and interaction history. RAP recommendations can be implemented using deterministic rules or using generative AI, which predicts the most likely values for each input field based on the context of the data. By integrating the ABAP AI SDK powered by Intelligent Scenario Lifecycle Management, you can embed AI capabilities into the application, enriching traditional value help with context-aware suggestions (details)Embedded Analytics Star Schema Generator, the Star Schema Generator Wizard streamlines the creation of star schema models using ABAP Core Data Services. It empowers you to build comprehensive analytical models with ease. This tool guides you through the entire generation process, ensuring a consistent and efficient workflow. The wizard supports the following key components: Transactional Scenario, Analytical Cube and Dimension Views (details)Identity and Access ManagementIAM App Assignment: So far, it was only possible to assign access to Fiori apps to business users indirectly via business catalogs. Now, it’s also possible to directly create business roles based on IAM apps for SAP-delivered business catalogsMaintain Business Roles, you can now directly assign IAM apps in the Maintain Business Roles app. This supports you in handling authorizations more flexibly. You can also use the Mass Change Wizard if you need to add or remove multiple IAM apps at once (details)App References, the following apps now contain references to IAM apps: Maintain Business Roles, Manage Business Role, Changes After Upgrade, Display Restriction Types, Business Catalogs, Business Role Templates, IAM Information System (details)Information System, the main entity Application is now deprecated. The successor will be the IAM app, which is now contained in the Main Entity dropdown list (details)App Authorization Variant, you can now use the IAM app of the App Authorization Variant type. This gives you more flexibility in managing restrictions because it allows you to activate or deactivate app authorization variants to define different access rights per business role (details)Manage API SnapshotsAs a provider for released APIs, you can now download and upload API snapshots using the Manage API Snapshots app. This way, you can download API snapshots from the test system and upload them in the development system, thus preventing incompatible changes to your released objects early in the development process (details)SAP Fiori LaunchpadMy Home in SAP BTP ABAP environment Launching an App with a Transaction Code (details)Download and Upload of Spaces Removal of Business Groups Landscape PortalPublish Product: Publish up to Two Product Versions (details)Deploy Product: System multi-select supported and performance improved (details)InfrastructureOptional Integration with SAP Key Management Service, SAP BTP ABAP environment provides an optional integration with the SAP Key Management Service (KMS). With this integration, it’s possible to manage the SAP HANA Cloud database of an ABAP environment instance via SAP KMS (details) Read More Technology Blog Posts by SAP articles

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