This blog will focus on end-to-end application development with the managed approach of the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model and SAP Fiori Elements.
As per the requirement, we will need four tables. One each for Header & Item data for contacts. Additionally, I created a master table for the contact categories and phone number tags, this is required to supply value help for UI.
We will define the Interface Views for the Phone Book App using CDS (Core Data Services) in ADT (ABAP Development Tools)
Service scope is confirmed using Service Definition.
We can provide the list of entity sets that need exposure.
To specify the business object’s behavior, the behavior definition as the corresponding development object is used. A business object behavior definition (behavior definition for short) is an ABAP Repository object that describes the behavior of a business object in the context of the ABAP RESTful application programming model. A behavior definition is defined using the Behavior Definition Language (BDL).
Create Fiori Elements Application in Business Application Studio consuming the OData Service created in previous steps.