An ABAP environment is a development and runtime environment that enables developers to create modern, clean core compliant ABAP Cloud applications, extensions, and services supported by generative AI capabilities. Create extensions with confidence using the ABAP cloud development model

• Develop side-by-side ABAP extensions using SAP BTP ABAP environment.
• Develop on-stack ABAP extensions using the SAP S/4HANA Cloud ABAP environment.

Key benefits

Boost developer productivity with Joule

Generate high-quality ABAP code and analyze ABAP extensions using SAP's proprietary large language models

Easily extend SAP S/4HANA

Seamlessly extend SAP S/4HANA and create clean core extensions either on-stack or using side-by-side extensibility

Foster collaboration between developers

Build and collaborate on extension projects between ABAP Cloud and other SAP Build tools

Key features

Joule in ABAP development tools

• Create business objects, application logic, data models, sample data, and unit tests aligned with ABAP Cloud.
• Understand classic ABAP code and accelerate migration to cloud-compliant code.
• Produce ABAP documentation for improved understanding and maintainability.

Modernize ERP extensions with ABAP

• Build custom AI solutions with ABAP AI SDK connected to leading LLMs via the generative AI hub.
• Simplify app creation with model-driven development, event-driven architecture in ABAP Cloud, and seamless integration with SAP solutions.
• Standardize solutions using prebuilt services and libraries and improve code quality with ABAP development tools .

Enhanced developer experience through collaboration

• Customize SAP S/4HANA by automating processes, adding UI fields, creating custom applications, and implementing logic with the extensibility wizard.
• Easily navigate between ABAP development tools and SAP Build code to create Fiori apps and full-stack applications
• Centralized entry point for all development tools to build any type of extensions using the SAP Build Lobby