SAP OData Services: Build, Test, and Debug Custom APIs

Connecting SAP backend systems with external web applications requires a solid understanding of modern API standards. Learning how to build custom OData services is the key to unlocking enterprise data for responsive web and mobile frontends. This text-based course guides you from absolute beginner to confidently building and troubleshooting your own SAP OData services. You will start by mastering foundational web architectures and SAP Gateway terminologies, then progress to hands-on service creation, testing, and performance analysis. What you'll learn: - Understand the core architecture of RESTful services, stateless communication, and the SAP Gateway framework - Create custom OData services from scratch using the Service Builder - Implement read, query, and write operations to handle enterprise data - Test and debug your services using standard gateway client tools - Analyze service performance and apply modern OData best practices for efficient data payloads - Secure your APIs with essential authentication and authorization patterns The course begins with essential terminology and structural concepts before guiding you through step-by-step written explanations to build, register, and analyze your first live service. This course is designed for ABAP developers, integration specialists, and technical consultants new to SAP Gateway. No prior OData experience is required, though a basic familiarity with SAP environments is helpful. Start reading today to build efficient, modern APIs for your enterprise systems.