Guides

These are task-oriented walkthroughs — "how to accomplish X" — that chain several adt commands together. For per-command flag reference see the CLI reference. For MCP tool reference see MCP tools.

Transport & change management

• CTS workflow — create a transport, assign objects, release, and hand over to deployment.

Object lifecycle

• Object lifecycle (CLAS / INTF / PROG) — CRUD for classic ABAP sources: create → write → activate → deploy → handle lock conflicts.
• DDIC modeling — model a Customer entity: domain → data element → table → structure.
• CDS authoring — DDL views with adt ddl, access controls with adt dcl.
• RAP development — the BDEF + SRVD + SRVB triplet on top of a CDS root view.

Testing & quality

• AUnit with coverage — run tests, emit JaCoCo / Sonar-generic for SonarQube, hook into CI.

Git-based transport

• abapGit checkout/checkin roundtrip — SAP ↔ disk roundtrip with the abapGit format.
• gCTS workflow — clone / pull / commit / push with git-enabled CTS.
• Format comparison — abapGit vs gCTS/AFF: extensions, metadata, layout.

Navigation

• Workbench navigation — where-used, callers, callees, definition, outline.

Automation

• CI pipeline integration — run adt in GitHub Actions / GitLab CI with cached auth, coverage upload, and PR gating.
• RFC automation — when to use adt rfc vs ADT and what needs to be enabled server-side.

Development support

• Mock server for local dev & CI — use @abapify/adt-fixtures to run tests without a live SAP system.