Agentic ABAP Development Frequently Asked Questions
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Agentic ABAP Development
Frequently Asked Questions
Agentic ABAP Development
Frequently Asked Questions
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Table of contents
General Questions ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Why does SAP go all in on AI? .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Why does ABAP invest in Generative AI? ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Why does ABAP invest in Agentic AI? .................................................................................................................................................... 3
What will the move toward Agentic AI look like? .......................................................................................................................... 4
What is the value proposition of Agentic AI? ................................................................................................................................... 4
Which usage scenarios are possible? ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Which SAP Joule Skills are available? .................................................................................................................................................. 5
What are the advantages of using Joule for Developers? ..................................................................................................... 5
What’s new? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
How does the external roadmap look like? ..................................................................................................................................... 6
What license options are provided for SAP customers and partners? ........................................................................ 6
How is the SAP Joule for Developers consumption model structured? .................................................................... 6
For which ABAP platform versions are the AI features available?................................................................................... 7
Technical Questions .................................................................................................................................. 7
Where do the ABAP AI models run? ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
How is compliance with data privacy and protection ensured?....................................................................................... 7
Is ABAP code generated by Joule ready for Clean Core? ..................................................................................................... 8
Is Joule available as plugin for ADT? Which version supports the SAP Joule for developer, ABAP AI
capabilities? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Is Joule available for VS Code? ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Can Joule be trained by a customer? ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Will Joule propose my coding style? .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Can Joule generate the payload of OData services?................................................................................................................ 8
Can Joule generate a RAP application from scratch? .............................................................................................................. 9
What are the minimum system requirements for Joule? ........................................................................................................ 9
Is Joule built into the Custom Code Migration app? ................................................................................................................. 9
Does Joule refer to the SAP Business Accelerator Hub?....................................................................................................... 9
Can the underlying LLM be accessed via an API call? ............................................................................................................. 9
What is the difference between classic transformation with ABAP Test Cockpit and transformation
based on ABAP AI? ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Does AI-generated ABAP code need to be tested? .................................................................................................................. 9
How are On-Premise systems supported by Joule? .............................................................................................................. 10
Can Joule only be used in conjunction with ABAP Cloud or can it also be used with classic ABAP?10
Can Joule help refactor and clean up existing ABAP code? ............................................................................................ 10
Table of contents
General Questions ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Why does SAP go all in on AI? .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Why does ABAP invest in Generative AI? ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Why does ABAP invest in Agentic AI? .................................................................................................................................................... 3
What will the move toward Agentic AI look like? .......................................................................................................................... 4
What is the value proposition of Agentic AI? ................................................................................................................................... 4
Which usage scenarios are possible? ................................................................................................................................................... 4
Which SAP Joule Skills are available? .................................................................................................................................................. 5
What are the advantages of using Joule for Developers? ..................................................................................................... 5
What’s new? .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
How does the external roadmap look like? ..................................................................................................................................... 6
What license options are provided for SAP customers and partners? ........................................................................ 6
How is the SAP Joule for Developers consumption model structured? .................................................................... 6
For which ABAP platform versions are the AI features available?................................................................................... 7
Technical Questions .................................................................................................................................. 7
Where do the ABAP AI models run? ....................................................................................................................................................... 7
How is compliance with data privacy and protection ensured?....................................................................................... 7
Is ABAP code generated by Joule ready for Clean Core? ..................................................................................................... 8
Is Joule available as plugin for ADT? Which version supports the SAP Joule for developer, ABAP AI
capabilities? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Is Joule available for VS Code? ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Can Joule be trained by a customer? ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Will Joule propose my coding style? .................................................................................................................................................... 8
Can Joule generate the payload of OData services?................................................................................................................ 8
Can Joule generate a RAP application from scratch? .............................................................................................................. 9
What are the minimum system requirements for Joule? ........................................................................................................ 9
Is Joule built into the Custom Code Migration app? ................................................................................................................. 9
Does Joule refer to the SAP Business Accelerator Hub?....................................................................................................... 9
Can the underlying LLM be accessed via an API call? ............................................................................................................. 9
What is the difference between classic transformation with ABAP Test Cockpit and transformation
based on ABAP AI? ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Does AI-generated ABAP code need to be tested? .................................................................................................................. 9
How are On-Premise systems supported by Joule? .............................................................................................................. 10
Can Joule only be used in conjunction with ABAP Cloud or can it also be used with classic ABAP?10
Can Joule help refactor and clean up existing ABAP code? ............................................................................................ 10