Cloudification Repository Viewer (CRV)

[BjörnS]

Today I would like to introduce the Cloudification Repository Viewer, CRV for short. This is a tool for visualization and searching in the Cloudification Repository. But first of all, why do you even need the tool?

 

Introduction

The Cloudification Repository are various JSON files on GitHub that represent the current status of released objects in an SAP system (ABAP Environment, S/4 HANA private & public Cloud, S/4 HANA On-Premise). If you want to use the new ABAP Cloud development model, you can only access released APIs. The repository gives you various information about existing objects, whether you can use them in ABAP Cloud or whether there is a successor. CDS views are used especially in the area of tables; here you always need information about which successor object can be used to get the relevant information.

The repository also gives you insights into the future, which objects will be available with the next releases if you are still on a low release. This means you can plan the TIER-2 objects today, which can later be easily converted into TIER-1.

 

Viewer

Searching the repository is still relatively easy using the search function in the browser, but there is a lack of data preparation and searching by module or area. The viewer gives you the opportunity to visualize the contents of the JSON files and search for old objects and modules.

 

Overview of input form

 

You can use the simple input mask to filter to the relevant release (repository) and search for one or more objects. If you leave the search empty, all objects will be sorted and presented.

 

Filter with multiple values

 

The result is grouped by object and the various release statuses to ensure more order and clarity. The picture also clearly shows that the MARA table not only creates a subsequent object, but also that different CDS views have to be accessed depending on the context.

 

Result after filtering

 

Resources

In addition to the tool in German and English, we also provide documentation with further links to the ABAP Cloud development model and explanations about CRV.

 

German

• Cloudification Repository Viewer


• Documentation

English

• Cloudification Repository Viewer


• Documentation

 

Conclusion

The small application is intended to provide more overview when accessing the Cloudification Repository and at the same time increase the speed of research. The tool is free and is available to you freely and without registration.

[larshp]

Great, now we are up to 5 incomplete solutions

1: https://blogs.sap.com/2023/10/30/hidden-treasure-list-of-released-apis-in-the-abap-keyword-documenta...

2: https://abapedia.org/

3: https://api.sap.com/

4: https://github.com/SAP/abap-atc-cr-cv-s4hc

[BjörnS]

Hello Lars,
thanks for your feedback, as the name suggests, the basis of the tool is the Cloudification Repository aka. SAP's GitHub Repository (your 4th point). The tool is a visualization and filter layer to better search the data. In some meetings with SAP on the subject of ABAP Cloud, the new programming model for ABAP, this was also recommended for research. Since it is also the basis for testing with ABAP Test Cockpit, the tool also uses it. Since searching via modules was quite cumbersome, I wrote this tool for the JSON files.
Greetings
Bjorn

[larshp]

Yea, no problem, I did number "2" on the list which is incomplete

Just wish there would be one solution providing a nice way to search/list/extend stuff, so we dont end up with 5 half solutions, instead just work together on one that can solve and/or be extended to solve it all, and has all the information needed.

[Ruthiel]

Thank you xexer-one for this tool!

[SergioFerrariIt]

I appreciate the Cloudification Repository Viewer (CRV); it is speedy and user-friendly