SAP ABAP Analyzer - 1.0

Extension ID

com.castsoftware.sap

What’s new?

See SAP ABAP Analyzer - 1.0 - Release Notes.

Description

This extension provides support for SAP ABAP. If your application contains SAP ABAP source code and you want to view these object types and their links with other objects, then you should install this extension.

Technical information

When installed, this extension replaces the SAP ABAP Analyzer embedded in CAST Imaging Core:

• The SAP ABAP Analyzer embedded in AIP Core will continue to exist and will be shipped “out of the box” with CAST Imaging Core,
• Critical bugs will continue to be fixed in the Mainframe Analyzer embedded in CAST Imaging Core but no new features or functionality will be added.
• 5 new quality rules will be added in the first release of the “standalone” SAP ABAP Analyzer extension, but otherwise the extension will have the same features and functionality on release as the SAP ABAP Analyzer embedded in CAST Imaging Core.
• The SAP ABAP Analyzer is compatible with AIP Core ≥ 8.3.43.
• All future development of the SAP ABAP Analyzer (bug fixes, new features, functionality etc.) will be completed in the SAP ABAP Analyzer extension only.
• The behaviour is as follows:
  • Nothing is automatic - for both CAST Console and “legacy” CAST deployments, the SAP ABAP Analyzer extension must be manually downloaded and installed in order to use it
  • If the standalone extension is installed, CAST Console will automatically detect that it exists and will use the extension rather than the analyzer embedded in CAST Imaging Core.
  • Once the extension has been installed and used to produce analysis results, it is not possible to reverse this choice by removing the extension and re-analyzing the source code again.

Function Point, Quality and Sizing support

This extension provides the following support:

• Function Points (transactions): a green tick indicates that OMG Function Point counting and Transaction Risk Index are supported
• Quality and Sizing: a green tick indicates that CAST can measure size and that a minimum set of Quality Rules exist

Compatibility

Requirements

Please see: Requirements

Dependencies with other extensions

None.

Download and installation instructions

The extension is not downloaded and installed automatically.

Prepare and deliver the source code

There are two available methods for collecting source code for the SAP ABAP Analyzer:

• Use the com.castsoftware.aip.extractor.sap to extract the source code directly from your SAP instance and into a format that can be packaged for delivery to CAST Console.
• If you are storing your source code in abapGit and you are using the SAP ABAP Analyzer ≥ 1.0.8-funcrel, you can package the source code directly from this source code repository. The following abapGit file storage types are supported and the resulting objects are identical to those generated from a com.castsoftware.aip.extractor.sap extraction:

  Name	Programming Language	Supported	Description
  *.abap	ABAP	True	objects, programs, classes
  *.sap.xml	ABAP	True	SAP Tables, transactions, views, CDS
  *.tabl.xml	ABAP	True	SAP Tables
  *.tran.xml	ABAP	True	SAP transactions
  *.view.xml	ABAP	True	SAP views
  *.wdya.xml	ABAP	True	web dynpros
  *.wdyn.xml	ABAP	True	web dynpros
  package.devc.xml	ABAP	True	packages
  *.asddls	ABAP CDS	True	CDS
  *.ddls.asddls	ABAP CDS	True	CDS

Information about discovery

Discovery is a process that is actioned during the delivery process. CAST will attempt to automatically identify “projects” within your application using a set of predefined rules. Discoverers are currently embedded in CAST Imaging Core: SAP ABAP Discoverer. You should read the relevant documentation for each discoverer (provided in the link above) to understand how the source code will be handled.

Source code delivery using CAST Imaging Console

CAST Imaging Console expects either a ZIP/archive file or source code located in a folder configured in CAST Console. You should include in the ZIP/source code folder all extracted SAP/ABAP source code:

• results of a com.castsoftware.aip.extractor.sap extraction
• directly from an abapGit repository (supported for analysis with the SAP ABAP Analyzer ≥ 1.0.8-funcrel)

CAST highly recommends placing the files in a folder dedicated to SAP/ABAP. If you are using a ZIP/archive file, zip the folders in the “temp” folder - but do not zip the “temp” folder itself, nor create any intermediary folders:

D:\temp
    |-----SAP/ABAP
    |-----OtherTechno1
    |-----OtherTechno2

.SQLTABLESIZE files

XXL table rules (see XXL and XXS tables rules enablement) are performance related rules that help detect incorrect or poorly performing SQL queries running on XXL tables. XXL tables can be defined as extremely large tables, containing a large amount of data. The goal is to use table size from production systems because development / integration systems may not feature really large tables and would not help detect real threat on application performance levels.

Note that:

• The com.castsoftware.aip.extractor.sap will automatically generate the .SQLTABLESIZE file when you extract the SAP/ABAP source code.
• You will need to manually create this file if you are packaging code directly from an abapGit repository.

You should ensure that you deliver the .SQLTABLESIZE file with your extracted SAP table code.

What analysis results can you expect?

Objects

Main

Icon	ID	Description	Concept
	AbapAlias	ABAP Alias
	abapBookmarkFile	ABAP File used for bookmark (invisible)
	abapFrame	ABAP Frame
	AbapClass	ABAP Class	Class
	AbapInterface	ABAP Interface	Class
	AbapConstructor	ABAP Constructor	Class Constructor
	abapBadi	ABAP BADI	Class Grouping
	AbapClassPool	ABAP Class Pool	Class Grouping
	AbapInterfacePool	ABAP Interface Pool	Class Grouping
	abapModulePool	ABAP Module Pool	Class Grouping
	AbapEvent	ABAP Event	Event Handling
	abapEventBlock	ABAP Event Block	Event Handling
	abapFlowLogicFile	ABAP Flow Logic File	File
	abapInclude	ABAP Include	File
	abapTypePool	ABAP Type Pool	File
	abapUserExit	ABAP User-Exit	File
	AbapEventMethod	ABAP Event Method	Function
	abapForm	ABAP Form	Function
	abapFunction	ABAP Function	Function
	AbapMethod	ABAP Method	Function
	abapModule	ABAP Module	Function
	abapUnresolvedObject	ABAP Unresolved Object	Function
	abapFunctionPool	ABAP Function Pool	Function Grouping
	abapMacro	ABAP Macro	Macro
	abapProgram	ABAP Program	Program
	abapUnresolvedFolder	ABAP Unresolved Folder	Project
	abapProcessingScreen	ABAP Processing Screen	UI
	abapSelectionScreen	ABAP Selection Screen	UI
	AbapMember	ABAP Member	Variable

(*RFC): When using the com.castsoftware.aip.extractor.sap (v. ≥ 8.2.0), the remote attribute is managed at ABAP function level. Please see Can the extractor extract remote function modules? for more details.

SAP objects

Icon	ID	Description	Concept
	SAPUnresolvedFolder	SAP Unresolved Folder	Project
	SAPTransaction	SAP Transaction	Transaction
	SAPTransactionFile	SAP Transaction File	Transaction
	SAPView	SAP View	UI
	SAPCDSView(**)	SAP CDS View	View

**: SAP CDS View

• Analyzed in the SAP Analyzer embedded in AIP Core 8.3.38 - 8.3.43 and all SAP Analyzer extension releases.
• In SAP Analyzer extension ≥ 1.0.6-funcrel, only CDS Views starting with /, Y or Z are analyzed. All other CDS Views are ignored.

SAP OpenSQL Objects

Icon	ID	Description	Concept
	CAST_ABAP_SAPTableIndex	SAP table index	Index
	CAST_ABAP_SAPTableForeignKey	SAP table foreign key	SQL Key
	CAST_ABAP_SAPTablePrimaryKey	SAP table primary key	SQL Key
	CAST_ABAP_SAPUnresolvedTable	SAP unresolved Table	Table
	SAPTable	SAP Table	Table
	CAST_ABAP_SAPTableColumn	SAP table column	Table Column

SAP Tables and SAP Views are only saved in the Analysis schema when they are called from the analysis source code.

BAPI objects

Icon	ID	Description	Concept
	CAST_SAP_BAPI_EVENT	SAP BAPI Event	Event Handling
	CAST_SAP_BAPI_File	SAP BAPI File	File
	CAST_SAP_BAPI	SAP BAPI	Function
	CAST_SAP_BAPI_METHOD	SAP BAPI Method	Function
	CAST_SAP_BAPI_KEY_FIELD	SAP BAPI Key Field	UI
	CAST_SAP_BAPI_ATTRIBUTE	SAP BAPI Attribute	Variable

Web Dynpro for ABAP

Icon	ID	Description	Concept
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_Application	R3 WebDynpro Application	Application
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_EventHandler	R3 WebDynpro Event Handler	Event Handling
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_File	SAP Web Dynpro File	File
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_Action	R3 WebDynpro Action	Function
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_Method	R3 WebDynpro Method	Function
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_SupplyFunction	R3 WebDynpro Supply Function	Function
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_Attribute	R3 WebDynpro Attribute	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_Component	R3 WebDynpro Component	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_ComponentController	R3 WebDynpro Component Controller	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_InboundPlugin	SAP R3WDYN inbound plugin	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_InterfaceController	R3 WebDynpro Interface Controller	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_InterfaceView	R3 WebDynpro Interface View	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_OutboundPlugin	SAP R3WDYN outbound plugin	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_View	R3 WebDynpro View	UI
	CAST_SAP_R3WDYN_Window	R3 WebDynpro Window	UI

Links

CALL METHOD oref->method1...

METHOD mymethod.
   WRITE ref->attr
ENDMETHOD.

METHOD mymethod.
   X = ref->attr
ENDMETHOD.

METHOD mymethod.
   ref->attr = 10
ENDMETHOD.

report abapReport
Function f
Endfunction

Function f
Perform g
Endfunction

CALL TRANSACTION SA10 AND SKIP FIRST SCREEN.
...
LEAVE TO TRANSACTION SA10.

PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT.
MODULE STATUS_0100.
*
PROCESS AFTER INPUT.
CHAIN.
FIELD: SDYN_CONN-CITY, SDYN_CONN-COUNTRY,
SDYN_CONN-CARID, SDYN_CONN-MARK.
MODULE USER_COMMAND.
ENDCHAIN.

Report abapReport
Include include_name

CLASS subclass DEFINITION
   INHERITING FROM superclass.
ENDCLASS.

METHODS mymethod REDEFINITION.

CLASS myclass DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES: interf1, interf2 ... 
ENDCLASS.

INTTERFACE status.
METHODS write.
ENDINTERFACE.

CLASS counter DEFINITION.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACE status.
...
ENDCLASS.

CLASS counter IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD status~write.
...
ENDMETHOD.
...
ENDCLASS.

RAISE EVENT evt EXPORTING ...

METHODS handler FOR EVENT evt OF {class|interf}
IMPORTING ... ei ...[sender].

Report abapReport
Select col from table

Report abapReport.
Update table set col=’a’

Report abapReport
Delete from table

Report abapReport
Insert into table values vals

Structural Rules

A global list is also available here: https://technologies.castsoftware.com/rules?sec=t_-15&ref=||.