Advanced DDIC Explorer for SAP (ABAP 7.40 SP08+)

SAP Metadata & Impact Analysis Platform

Advanced DDIC Explorer helps ABAP developers explore and understand complex SAP metadata from a single, easy-to-use tool.

Explore. Understand. Document.

✔ ABAP 7.40 SP08+ ✔ Single-file deployment ✔ S/4HANA ready ✔ Open Source Community Edition (MIT)

Explore

• Quickly find any SAP DDIC object (tables, views, structures)
• Navigate complex metadata in seconds
• Explore relationships between SAP tables

Understand

• Understand unfamiliar SAP standard and custom objects within minutes
• Analyze DDIC objects in depth (header, fields, foreign keys, indexes, search helps, text tables)
• Reduce the time required to understand legacy developments

Build Knowledge

• Build the foundation for technical documentation
• Prepare DDIC metadata for further analysis
• Accelerate onboarding for new developers

Why Advanced DDIC Explorer?

• SAP provides metadata
• Advanced DDIC Explorer transforms metadata into actionable knowledge.

Included Features

• Full Search & Filter
• Header & Attributes
• Fields
• Text Table
• Check Tables
• Indexes
• Search Helps

Installation & Deployment

You can install the Advanced DDIC Explorer either as a classic single-file report or automate it completely via abapGit.

Option A: Automated Installation via abapGit (Recommended)

1. Open the abapGit developer tool in your SAP system.
2. Click on + Online to create a new online repository.
3. Paste the URL of this GitHub repository: https://github.com/Andy-Stier/advanced-ddic-explorer.git
4. Specify your target package (e.g., $Z_DDIC_EXPLORER) and folder logic.
5. Click Clone Repository, then select Pull to automatically deploy and activate the code in your system.

Option B: Classic Single-File Copy-Paste

1. Open your SAP system and go to transaction SE38 or SE80.
2. Create a new executable program (e.g., Z_DDIC_EXPLORER).
3. Open the file src/zasc_ddic_explorer_free.prog.abap from this repository and copy the entire source code.
4. Paste the code into your SAP report, activate it (Ctrl+F3), and run it (F8).

Baseline Compatibility: 100% compatible down to ABAP 7.40 and fully S/4HANA-ready!

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Feedback & Ideas:

Feedback is welcome! Please use GitHub Discussion: Feedback & Ideas for the Community Edition

Contact

E-Mail: advanced.abap.software@gmail.com

License

The Community version of this software is licensed under the MIT License. You are free to use, modify, and distribute the base version within your corporate landscape.