ABAP on SAP HANA: Building business application optimized for In-memory. To leverage the strengths of SAP HANA from a development perspective, applications follow the “code to data” or so called “code-push-down” paradigm in which data intense computations and calculations logic is pushed down from the application server to the database server. Example for a simple report: In general all code that uses OPEN SQL will benefit already automatically. Therefore it’s also strongly recommended to apply high coding standards/ development guidelines, like the “5 Golden SQL rules” provided by SAP or new OPEN SQL features. However it could be that more performance improvement is required by the business. HANA specific optimization techniques like AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedure) or CDS (Core Data Services) views might be required to implement. 5 Golden SQL rules The next “5 Golden SQL rules” are applicable for development on any DB. However some rules will have m...