Advanced level
Prior ABAP and SAP development familiarity is expected.
≈ 1 week
At the recommended pace of 10 hours per week.
12 assignments
Nine practice quizzes and three graded quizzes.
Shareable certificate
Add it to your LinkedIn profile, resume or CV.
01 About the course
Modern SAP development, taught the way RAP is actually built.
This course takes experienced ABAP developers deeper into the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), the modern development model for SAP S/4HANA applications. Learners begin with RAP architecture and the difference between managed and unmanaged scenarios.
From there you build a first RAP application end to end: CDS views, behavior definitions, behavior implementations, database tables, business configuration, OData UI services, projection views, metadata extensions and Fiori Elements.
The course then moves into advanced RAP features — large objects, determinations, validations, instance-bound actions, factory actions, dynamic feature control, side effects and early numbering.
The final module covers Entity Manipulation Language (EML), CRUD operations, ABAP Unit testing, unmanaged entities, projection views, unmanaged scenarios, SAP Business Application Studio, RAP Fiori applications, and career and certification pathways.
02 What you'll learn
Four outcomes, straight from the course objectives.
These are the official learning outcomes listed for the course on Coursera.
03 Who it's for
Built for developers who already write ABAP.
This course modernises existing ABAP skills rather than teaching ABAP fundamentals from scratch.
Not a beginner course
Some familiarity with core ABAP and SAP development is expected. If you are starting from zero, the earlier courses in the specialization cover ABAP fundamentals first.
1:1 coaching · optional add-on
Learn RAP with someone in your corner.
A dedicated coach who builds on SAP for a living — someone who can look at the behavior definition that will not activate and tell you why.
Book a demo session- A coach matched to your goal in 24 hours
- A written roadmap you keep
- Weekly sessions for as long as you want them
60-minute demo session · 100% refundable · no obligation to continue. Coaching is a separate Board Infinity service and is not part of the Coursera course.
Get unstuck in minutes
The activation error you have stared at for an hour, explained by someone who has hit it before.
Your RAP objects reviewed
Behavior definitions, determinations and EML read line by line — not just whether they activate.
Practice beyond the quizzes
Scenarios set for you, then reviewed, so RAP patterns turn into something you reach for by instinct.
Aim it at a role
Which SAP path fits you — RAP development, S/4HANA or technical consulting — and what to learn next.
04 Syllabus
Three modules, from RAP fundamentals to a deployed Fiori app.
Approximately 11 hours end to end, fully self-paced. Deadlines flex around your schedule.
Module content, durations and assessment counts follow the current course page on Coursera, where the course is delivered and graded.
Take the full syllabus with you.
05 Tools & skills
The stack behind modern SAP S/4HANA development.
Every tool below is used or demonstrated in the course itself.
Technologies covered
Skills you leave with
Coursera lists Development Environment, Action Oriented and Data Validation as this course's skills, with Query Languages under tools. The technical concepts below are the ones the lessons work through directly.
06 What you'll build
Six applications you assemble while the lessons run.
Each one comes directly from the hands-on lessons in the three modules.
07 The RAP development journey
Ten steps, from a database table to the Fiori Launchpad.
The path the course follows, in the order a RAP application is actually built.
Earn a career certificate.
Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.
This is a Coursera course certificate issued by Board Infinity. It is not an SAP certification and is not issued, endorsed or recognised by SAP SE.
Shareable certificate
A credential you can post, link to and attach to an application.
One-click LinkedIn add
Coursera's built-in button places it under Licenses & Certifications.
Earned by doing
Awarded after the required assessments across the three modules.
Counts toward the specialization
The same work moves you through the SAP S/4HANA specialization.
08 Career impact
Where RAP skills show up in SAP job descriptions.
RAP is SAP's current development model for S/4HANA, so these skills sit at the centre of modern SAP development work.
Roles this course is relevant to
Board Infinity does not guarantee employment, interview outcomes or any particular salary. This course is an educational programme: it teaches the RAP concepts and workflows listed above, and how far they take you depends on your own experience, portfolio and job market.
09 Where this fits
Course 3 of 3 in the SAP S/4HANA specialization.
SAP S/4HANA: From ABAP to Cloud-Ready Applications takes you from ABAP fundamentals to RAP extensions.
See the full SAP S/4HANA: From ABAP to Cloud-Ready Applications Specialization on Coursera.
10 FAQ
Questions people ask before enrolling.
Answers follow the current course information on Coursera.
Want someone building this with you?
Board Infinity 1:1 coaching pairs you with a practitioner while you take the course.
Ready to build modern SAP applications with RAP?
Move beyond traditional ABAP development and learn how RAP, CDS, behavior definitions, EML and Fiori come together to build modern SAP S/4HANA applications.
Advanced level · 3 modules · approximately 11 hours · shareable certificate