Web Dynpro ABAP is SAP’s standard for developing user interfaces (UIs) for Web applications in ABAP. With the Enhancement Package for SAP ERP strategy, this powerful Web programming model is even more productive because it supports both new application development and existing application enhancement. Part 1 of this two-part series shows you how to develop flexible applications in Web Dynpro ABAP using a BAPI service call. Part 2 will explain how to enhance existing Web Dynpro applications. Web Dynpro plays a vital role both in developing custom applications and in enhancing prepackaged applications.

Increase productivity with a proven methodology for change request management
by Anton Karnaukhov, Business Process Technologies Manager, Pacific Coast Companies, Inc.

Change request management isn’t the same as change management. It’s a means of keeping track of the various change requests that come in from around the company after a major system implementation. You need a way to track these requests, regardless of what they are. For large issues, you may want to open a new project, but for small ones you just need a way to track the fix. That’s why it’s important to have a reliable, scalable methodology to manage the change requests. This article gives you a guideline for such a change request management process, and it includes several KPIs to ensure that the process remains transparent to both business and IT.

Develop composite applications with SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1: Part 3 — Modeling collaborative business processes with SAP tools
by Volker Stiehl, Product Manager, SAP AG

This is the third and final installment in a series of articles introducing you to composite applications, their characteristics and architecture, and the challenges you face in developing them. This article looks at the top layer of the architecture: the process layer that addresses the process flow, the individual steps of the process, the data flow between steps, and process roles. It shows you how to model collaborative processes with SAP Guided Procedures (SAP GPs). Besides the process layer, this article also covers briefly an important aspect of the business object layer, namely how to model business objects with SAP Composite Application Framework (SAP CAF). Composite applications have garnered a lot of excitement recently for good reason: They play an important role in enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA).

Use SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1 tools for provisioning and consuming enterprise services in ABAP
by Prasad Illapani, Solution Architect, NW-RIG, SAP Labs LLC and Dr. Susanne Rothaug, Product Manager SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG

What is the best way to create and provision enterprise services in a service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) environment? This article shows you how to model, implement, configure, publish, and consume enterprise services in ABAP using the tools of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) 7.1 to provide and consume enterprise services, including using SAP Enterprise Services Repository and the Services Registry. It also shows you how to test the enterprise service with the SAP Web Services Navigator tool. Learn how to create language-independent service interfaces and their platform-specific back-end representations.

Leverage component-based architecture in Web Dynpro Java business applications: Part 3 — Componentization patterns in practice
by Bertram Ganz, Senior Product Specialist, SAP AG and Richard Tucker, Principal Web Development Architect, Atos Origin UK

This is the last article in the series on componentization of Web Dynpro Java business applications. The first two articles provided general concepts, principles, and benefits of a component-based application design, as well as the conceptional aspects of implementing a component-based architecture in Web Dynpro Java using the SAP NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI). This article presents an in-depth technical description of Web Dynpro component implementation and packaging techniques, including Web Dynpro componentization patterns and development component separation of Web Dynpro development entities and components. Finally, this article provides tips and tricks to help you work more efficiently with Web Dynpro development components.

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