Categories ABAP on HANA Interview QnA Technical Q&A What is host variable? Why is it needed? by Srinidhi Raghothama Posted on 31 March 2021 31 March 2021 1 Host variable(data from the application server) also know as Escape variable is used in new age Open SQL for inline declaration. It imposes strict code check while doing syntax check in the editor. ABAPon HANA Interview Question Previous Post Explain the concept code-to-data’ or ‘code-pushdown” paradigm. Next Post What is Collective search?