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SAP Gateway Service Builder provides a variety of data modeling options to simplify the data modeling process for you significantly by enabling you to reuse existing data models or redefine existing services. Depending on your development experience and time, you can choose which option is best suited to your needs.
Options for Reusing Data Models
If you want to reuse an existing data model instead of defining a new data model, you have the following options:
  • Importing a Data Model: by uploading a file (.edmx or .xml) containing pre-defined data you can reuse in your Service Builder project.
  • Importing a DDIC Structure: to reuse an existing ABAP structure as a complex type or entity type.
  • Importing a Data Source (RFC/BOR Interface): to implement RFC or BOR generators.
  • Importing Search Help: to import Search Help associated with the Model and reuse in your project
Alternatively, see:
  • Redefining Services

  • Including an OData Service (SAP Gateway)

  • Referencing Data Source