SAP Community - Ajay Soreng

Re: SAP Developer Challenge - SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (Week 2)

2023-07-17T14:04:52.223000+02:00

Thanks for the challenge, it is really nice to bump into small hurdles/errors thrown by the tool and learn fixing them. Please find this weeks submission.

Re: SAP Developer Challenge - APIs - Task 0 - Learn to share your task results

2023-08-03T12:52:55.090000+02:00

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Re: SAP Developer Challenge - APIs - Task 1 - List the Northwind entity sets

2023-08-08T11:23:12.625000+02:00

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Re: SAP Developer Challenge - APIs - Task 2 - Calculate Northbreeze product stock

2023-08-09T08:37:35.016000+02:00

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Re: SAP Developer Challenge - APIs - Task 2 - Calculate Northbreeze product stock

2023-08-09T08:40:15.564000+02:00

Thanks DJ, learned new ways today. I used javascript in postman tests to verify the results and it was fun exploring $apply based data aggregation feature, loved it 😃

Re: SAP Developer Challenge - APIs - Task 3 - Have a Northbreeze product selected for you

2023-08-10T13:24:35.242000+02:00

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Getting started as a Developer Advocate

2023-09-07T15:48:20+02:00

I come from Ranchi, a city in the northern state of Jharkhand, India. About ~1900 Km from my current work location in SAP Labs India Bangalore. I confess I didn’t know much about SAP when I finished engineering in 2005, I just knew that it is an ERP software company. I joined a different multinational software and services company as a campus hire the same year and landed in Bangalore for the first time. It was a short span of 2 months, though enough to fall in love with this amazing city with an awesome climate throughout the year. As fresh hires we were asked to relocate to Chennai to staff a new development centre. I used to travel back and forth almost every fortnight to Bangalore as most of my friends were here.

It was a simple desire to come back to Bangalore that tossed me into the world of SAP. I joined SAP Labs Bangalore in 2007. If we look back, there was no SAP building BLR04 and building SAP BLR05 back then. It was a revelation after I started working at SAP that there is such a diverse portfolio of products, technologies and topics on which the company and employees were doing research and development. We have such an open, inclusive and encouraging culture in SAP making it one of the "Best Places to Work" in India.

Initially I was part oy ByD platform team for Master Data and Business Partners. It was exciting to learn ABAP after coming from a JAVA J2EE background. Since then, I got opportunity to work on several other products like SAP CRM Business Suit, SAP NetWeaver ABAP Platform, ADT or AiE, SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP C4C Platform team. One of the best times in my past was conducting CodeJams and trainings on ADT/AiE and HANA topics.

Fast forward to 2023 when I was looking for a new internal opportunity and I came across the Developer Advocate Team that was recruiting a new team specifically for the APJ region.

Josh introducing the new Developer Advocate team

It is a privilege that on July 1^st, 2023, I got to join this global team. I am grateful that now I get to do what I loved to do in past.

Last one month we had tons of learning, looking at Customers and Partners, Products and Developers both SAP internal and SAP community developers, from a completely different perspective.

It is a sea change, as I no longer do usual development activities that I used to perform. Instead, we are directly interacting with the SAP developer community via various channels. I will elaborate on all the activities that we do as Developer Advocates in a bit.

So, what does an SAP Developer Advocate do at present?

In brief you can have a look at SAP Developer Advocates . This will give you a summary of our motto. Developer Advocates engage with the developer community and help developers discover, understand and adopt SAP technologies. In a way we are representing SAP on the various SAP Technologies and Products that we directly present to our SAP Developer community. We have a rare opportunity to share new innovations from SAP directly to the developer community while we do CodeJams with the SAP Developer Community.

We get firsthand feedback from the developers when they are using our SAP products and solutions in the code jam exercises. We get to hear about the obstacles, difficulties and real-world use cases the customers/developers have while they use our products. These insights and the real pain points we can never imagine anticipating while we are developing the product. While developing new products we usually work hard with our best assumption about how our customers might use our products. Well Developer Advocates bridge this very gap by bringing this very valuable feedback from the SAP Community back to the product development team thereby providing an opportunity to make fact based tangible improvements. I hope I was able to show you the value advocates bring here.

At the same time, we bring all the relevant news about new product feature announcements and new developments in the technologies directly to customers, partners, and the developer community via multiple channels. One such channel is the Developer News Channel on SAP’s official youTube channel. We also multiply the relevant information for the developer community via the Sap Community, blog posts and social media channels. To summarize, we provide the bidirectional relay of both positive and negative feedback helping the Product Development teams and Developer Community alike.

Working together with the developers at CodeJam

Helping participants in the exercise

Interactive Sessions with Networking Opportunity

1st CodeJam at HIVE SAP Labs India, Bangalore

2nd CodeJam at HIVE Space

Check out the links below if you would wish to attend or host a Code Jam.

https://community.sap.com/events/codejam

https://groups.community.sap.com/t5/sap-codejam-blog-posts/so-you-want-to-host-a-codejam-everything-you-need-to-know/ba-p/221415

When you hear the term ‘Developer Advocate’, you may associate this term with some tasks we do, but this is just a tip for an iceberg.

Here are the range of activities we do throughout the year:

Blog Posts

Tutorial Authoring and Maintenance

In person events – CodeJams

Speaking engagements

Hands-on Live Stream Sessions

Video Shows: SAP Tech Bytes, SAP Developer News, 2 Minutes Of, Developer Digest

Community Q&A

Code Samples via GitHub

SAP TechEd

Devtoberfest

Social Media: LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram

Out of the several activities we do, we produce news segments for the SAP Developer News for our SAP Developer Community bringing the latest updates on technical topics and products. It involves many tasks right from the shooting of raw videos, to getting the final news segment ready. These news segments are then produced in collaboration across the globe by fellow Developer Advocates in different regions, which are then combined to produce the final Developer News episode which reaches the Developers every week.

SAP Devtoberfest is a festival for Developers where you get Educational Content, Fun Activities and “The Contest” where you can win an exciting Grand Prize. This is primarily driven and moderated by Developer Advocate Team. Registration is open for this year’s festival that starts from September 18^th, 2023, till October 13^th, 2023. Head over to Devtoberfest Welcome page for 2023 to find out more.

SAP TechEd is the biggest SAP Technology Conference where Developer Advocates contribute via their role in Executive Key Notes, Developer Keynotes and Developer Garage.

You will find most of SAP Developer Advocates in the Developer Garage where you can try out hands-on exercises on the hot technology topics. Registration for SAP TechED is also open that is scheduled for 2^nd and 3^rd of November 2023.

This is my first SAP blogpost, one step in the direction of many more to come. There couldn’t have been a more suitable time than when I am onboarded to this team.

Our mentors josh.bentley and thomas.jung took us through the onboarding journey. It was fascinating to learn that we knew so little about Developer Advocacy.

Onboarding Training

You can read detailed blog post by my colleague shilpa.shankar about what we did together during the training weeks.

Before I wrap-up this blog post I would like to shed some light on a typical week in Developer Advocates life. It looks quite like the calendar below (Not to forget the intense preparation effort that is put in for Devtoberfest and TechED content

Week in the Life of an Developer Advocates

As I have embarked on this new journey as a Developer Advocate, I will prepare for the topic SAP Cloud Application Programming Model and hopefully I may meet you soon at SAP TechED or one of CodeJam events happening in a location near you.

Re: 🟡 Petoberfest Day 2023!!!

2023-09-20T23:29:05.756000+02:00

Moving over the Keyboard for a Change. Petoberfest gave the mouse some superpowers!!

Re: 🟢 SAP CAP in Flight: BTP Cloud Foundry Automated Deployments with Azure DevOps

2023-09-27T10:22:49.813000+02:00

Thanks for joining please make sure to complete the tutorial mentioned by Mamikee to earn points. Check your points here. https://devrel-tools-prod-scn-badges-srv.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/devtoberfestContest/<your community id>

Re: Desktoberfest - this year as part of the Scavenger Hunt!

2023-10-05T05:54:31.490000+02:00

Desktoberfest looks the least like a workspace 🙂

Re: Famtoberfest - this year as part of the Scavenger Hunt!

2023-10-05T07:30:17.212000+02:00

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🇮🇳 Combine SAP Cloud Application Programming Model with SAP HANA Cloud to create full-stack apps

2023-10-23T13:27:49.272000+02:00

Note: Registration is now closed as we've reached the physical capacity of the event. The RSVP option is still available, but anyone that RSVPs after today (Nov 8th) does not necessarily have a seat.

This SAP CodeJam event is about combining the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model with SAP HANA Cloud to create full-stack applications. In this CodeJam, we will learn how to deploy and configure an instance of the SAP HANA Cloud trial, develop a multi-target application using SAP Business Application Studio and the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model, and create a service layer and SAP Fiori UI that also includes SAP HANA native artifacts such as calculation views.

This is an in-person event only (not virtual) and is planned for Friday, 15 December, 2023 from 09:00 to 16:00 IST.

We thank IBM and Dharma Atluri for hosting this event at Hyderabad.

Event venue:

Mindspace, 12th floor, Board Room , Raheja Mind Space IT Park, Survey No: 64 Madhapur Village, HITEC City, Hyderabad, Telangana 500081

The language of the event and the content will be English.

The instructors are Developer Advocate Shrinivasan Neelamegam and Ajay Soreng.

There are essential pre-requisites that must be completed by every attendee before arriving at the event location. They are documented here: https://github.com/SAP-samples/cap-hana-exercises-codejam/blob/main/prerequisites.md.

Please note:

"BTP Free Tier Plan" is not available for India, hence the participants must get their BTP Free Trial Account and choose Normal Prerequisites.
While creating the BTP Free Trial sub-account, please choose region as US EAST.

Please note that spaces are limited - we can only accommodate 30 attendees. Register here on this Community Event page by clicking the Yes button in the Will you be attending? section.

For more information on SAP CodeJam events, to ask questions, and to chat with your fellow attendees, head over to the SAP CodeJam group.

Re: 🇮🇳 Combine SAP Cloud Application Programming Model with SAP HANA Cloud to create full-stack ap

2023-12-07T06:02:41.765000+01:00

Hi,

The members who are confirmed will receive an invite email from Dharma or IBM(Host for this community event).

🇮🇳 SAP Cloud Application Programming Model with SAP HANA Cloud

2024-01-28T04:52:04.414000+01:00

Note: Dear members, we have reached our maximum registration capacity of 30 and RSVP for this event and the registration is now closed.

This #SAP #CodeJam event is about combining the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model with SAP HANA Cloud to create full-stack applications. In this CodeJam, we will learn how to deploy and configure an instance of the SAP HANA Cloud trial, develop a multi-target application using SAP Business Application Studio and the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model, and create a service layer and SAP Fiori UI that also includes SAP HANA native artifacts such as calculation views.

This is an in-person event only (not virtual) and is planned for Friday, 9th February, 2024 from 09:00 to 16:00 IST.

We thank TATA Consultancy Services for hosting this event at Kolkata.

Event venue:

TCS, Ecospace 1A Tower , Training Room 1 ( Classroom) Newtown, Kolkata - 700156

The language of the event and the content will be English.

The instructors are Developer Advocate @ajay_soreng and @eshrinivasan .

There are essential pre-requisites that must be completed by every attendee before arriving at the event location. They are documented here: https://github.com/SAP-samples/cap-hana-exercises-codejam/blob/main/prerequisites.md.

Please note:

"BTP Free Tier Plan" is not available for India, hence the participants must get their BTP Free Trial Account and choose Normal Prerequisites.
While creating the BTP Free Trial sub-account, please choose region as US EAST.

Please note that spaces are limited - we can only accommodate 30 attendees. Register here on this Community Event page by clicking the Yes button in the Will you be attending? section.

For more information on SAP CodeJam events, to ask questions, and to chat with your fellow attendees, head over to the #SAP #CodeJam group.

SAP Inside Track Bengaluru - My first engagement as speaker for the SAP Community Event

2024-03-01T05:31:39.197000+01:00

It was a privilege to attend my first SIT event in SAP Labs Bengaluru as a Speaker. It was an early start with the venue buzzing with activities as early as 7:00 am on 17th February. This SIT had 1400+ attendees. I started on my own Journey as Developer advocate on SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), ABAP Cloud and SAP RAP topic 8 months ago. I am grateful to the SIT team and platform to provide me an opportunity to address the SAP Community Members on my favourite topic of "SAP CAP Journey Beginner to Expert". Presentation Slide-deck

Speaking on SAP CAP Journey from Beginner to Expert

Track2 Session 2 participants

It was the great starting Keynote by Sindhu Gangadharan followed by parallel sessions on 8 Tracks.
I was presenting my session on Track2 at 10:45 - 11:30 am. I still remember the room was full of the participants and many of the participants also stood around the room as all the seats were occupied.
There were some great questions asked. The time just flew as we had so much to share but in limited time. I thank all of you for you participation and making the whole SIT event so successful. Hopefully the session helped you to take further strides as beginners and experts on the SAP CAP Topic.

Apart from speaking at the event I was also representing our SAP Developer Advocacy and Relationship – SAP Ecosystem & Community team at SAP CodeJam booth. #SAP #CodeJam is a global event brought to you by the SAP Developer Advocates worldwide.
We have the CodeJam offered in APJ Region as well since July of 2023. We did 9+ CodeJams since last year in APJ region. We still meet many community members who are not aware of our free CodeJam offered in the APJ region. Please help to spread the word about the SAP Community driven SAP CodeJam events offering from SAP.

Met the SAP Developer Advocate team at SIT Bengaluru?

Developer Advocates@CodeJam booth

Attendees trying ABAP RAP, SAP CAP and SAP Build Tutorials Hands-on

Networking with SAP Community Members

Developer Advocates at the CodeJam booth. It was great networking with the community members. Some participants also tried out tutorials at our booth on ABAP Cloud - RAP, SAP CAP and SAP Build Topics.

In case you would like to host a CodeJam you can start a discussion at Discussion area of SAP Community Group for SAP CodeJam. or just reach out to any one of the Developer Advocates. @ajay_soreng @eshrinivasan @Shilpa_Shankar @Rekha_DR @sheenamk @thomas_jung @josh_bentley

Developer Advocates for APJ Region

We had some fun at the intriguing board game on SAP BTP.

Fun@BTP Diamond board game

Last but not the least, I would like to thank Sindhu, @maheshpalavalli , Abhishek and all the organisers for their tremendous support in making it a successful and engaging SIT Event.

Re: February Developer Challenge - CAP Plugins: Week 1

2024-03-04T11:59:05.534000+01:00

Re: February Developer Challenge - CAP Plugins: Week 2

2024-03-04T13:42:06.165000+01:00

Re: February Developer Challenge - CAP Plugins: Week 3

2024-03-04T14:04:23.036000+01:00

Re: Back to basics with SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) - part 10

2024-04-12T10:08:09.905000+02:00

Hi DJ, These links are not accessible during the livestream. We can't see this links till you actually finish your comment with the comment action button on the event page at the end of live stream.

Upcoming SAP CodeJam ABAP: SAP BTP, ABAP Environment & RAP Wednesday 24th April 2024

2024-04-15T08:45:08.367000+02:00

Dear Members,

SAP CodeJam ABAP: SAP BTP, ABAP Environment & RAP is free in-person event brought to you by SAP Developer Advocates.

This is an in-person event only (not virtual) and is planned for Wednesday 24th April 2024 in Bengaluru, India from 9:00 - 16:00 IST. The language of the event and the content will be English.

Location: Applied Materials India Pvt. Limited, Wing- 2, Titanium Conference room, 1st Floor Innovator, ITPL, Whitefield - 560066

If you would like to participate in this event. Please register using the RSVP in this event page:

https://community.sap.com/t5/sap-codejam/sap-codejam-abap-sap-btp-abap-environment-amp-rap/ev-p/13665789

Hurry up if you are interested as we have limited seats(30) which is fast filling. #SAPCodeJam