7.4    Summary

This chapter provided an overview of OData services and the SAP Gateway Service Builder. We discussed basic OData concepts via an example Create Sales Order service. We then covered SAP Gateway Service Builder, discussing details about data model elements such as entity types, associations, entity sets, service implementation, and service maintenance. Next, we provided an overview of OData modeling and the different methods to create a data model. We also provided step-by-step instructions for generating an OData service by importing an RFC/BOR interface.

We then covered how to create the OData service using redefining methods in SAP Gateway Service Builder. Finally, we walked you through the steps for creating a data model and an OData service using an SAP BEx query as a data source.

In Chapter 8, we’ll introduce you to the SAP Web IDE tool and the process of developing SAP Fiori apps using an OData service.