Create an SAP BTP ABAP Environment Trial User
- How to create a trial user
- How to create an ABAP Cloud project
Merve TemelJune 10, 2022
jmmargo
Daniel WroblewskiPrerequisites
- You have read the blog post It’s Trial Time for ABAP in SAP Cloud Platform, including the section “Rules of the Game”
- You have created a trial account on SAP BTP: Get a Free Account on SAP BTP Trial
- You have a subaccount and dev space US East (VA) as region
- You have downloaded and installed the latest ABAP Development Tools (ADT).
You should have a subaccount on Cloud Foundry Trial with US East (VA) - AWS as region. The ABAP environment service is currently not available for Singapore - Azure.
This tutorial is part of a 3-part series of SAP BTP, ABAP Environment tutorials, each of which will earn you a badge:
After completing this mission, you might be interested in the next in the series: Create and Expose a CDS-Based Data Model With SAP BTP ABAP Environment
- Step 1
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In your web browser, open the SAP BTP trial cockpit.
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Navigate to the trial global account by clicking Enter Your Trial Account.
If this is your first time accessing your trial account, you’ll have to configure your account by choosing a region. Please select US East (VA) as a region. Your user profile will be set up for you automatically.
Wait till your account is set up and ready to go. Your global account, your subaccount, your organization, and your space are launched. This may take a couple of minutes.
Choose Continue.
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From your global account page, choose Boosters on the left side.
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Search the Prepare an Account for ABAP Trial tile and press Start to start your booster.
If you already created a service instance and service key, then please skip this step and move on with Step 2.
Only one service instance can be created at a time.
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Now the service instance and service key will be created for the ABAP trial user. The service key can be found inside the service instance.
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The booster is now executed successfully.
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- Step 2
Open Eclipse. Make sure you have installed ADT in your Eclipse. Find here the Eclipse installation instruction.
- Step 3
Select File > New > Other > ABAP Cloud Project and click Next >.
Select Use Cloud Foundry Environment and click Next >.
Enter your connection settings:
- Region: choose your SAP BTP Cloud Foundry Environment region, for e.g. US East (VA)
- Email: your email address
- Password: your password
Click Next >.
Set your service instance details:
- Organization: your organization
- Space: dev
- Service instance:
default_abap-trial
Click Next >.
HINT: Your service instance is
default_abap-trialwhen you use the ABAP trial booster on SAP BTP. If you create a manual instance, use your own instance name.Click Open Logon Page in Browser.
Now you’ve been authenticated automatically. Provide your credentials if requested. The credentials are the same you used to create your trial account on SAP BTP.
Go back to ADT.
Click Finish.
Your trial system appears on the project explorer.
- Step 4
You can also create your ABAP cloud project with a service key. For that, follow the instruction:
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Log in to SAP BTP trial cockpit.
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Select your trial subaccount.
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Click Instances and Subscriptions.
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Select Instances, navigate to
default_abap-trialand select the arrow on the right side.
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Select Service Key, the menu and click Download.
Now your service key gets downloaded. You can use it in the next steps.
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Switch to Eclipse and select File > New > Other > ABAP Cloud Project and click Next >.
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Select Use a Service Key and click Next >.
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Paste your service key and click Next >.
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Click Open Logon Page in Browser.
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Now you’ve been authenticated automatically. Provide your credentials if requested. The credentials are the same you used to create your trial account on SAP BTP.
Go back to ADT.
Click Finish.
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Your trial system appears on the project explorer.
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