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Create an SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment Trial User
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Create an SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment Trial User

2019-11-12
Beginner
5 min.
SAP Cloud Platform, ABAP environment, SAP Cloud Platform, Tutorial, Beginner, ABAP Development
Create a trial user and ABAP cloud project with SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment.

You will learn

  • How to create a trial user
  • How to create an ABAP Cloud project

Prerequisites

You should have a subaccount on Cloud Foundry Trial with Europe (Frankfurt) or US East (VA) as Region.

If you don’t have a subaccount with this region, please create a subaccount and space with Europe (Frankfurt) or US East (VA) as region to make the SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment Trial visible as a service in your service marketplace.

You can use following for the subaccount creation:

Select ABAP Trial

Enter a subaccount, for e.g. trial. Select Cloud Foundry as Environment, Amazon Web Services (AWS) as Provider, Europe (Frankfurt) or US East (VA) as region and your global account as subdomain. Click Create.

Step 1: Select ABAP Trial

  1. Select Enter Your Trial Account to get to your trial account.

    Select ABAP Trial
    If you aren’t logged on to your SAP Cloud Platform Trial Cockpit, then please logon to https://cockpit.hanatrial.ondemand.com/ and select Enter Your Trial Account.

  2. You can see your trial subaccount with Europe (Frankfurt) or US East (VA) as region.

    Europe (Frankfurt):

    Select ABAP Trial

    Or US East (VA):

    Select ABAP Trial

    Click trial to get to your trial subaccount.

  3. As we use Cloud Foundry every app and service is scoped to a space.
    Therefore choose in your trial subaccount your space dev to navigate to it.

    Select ABAP Trial

  4. Click Service Marketplace to get to the service overview, where you can select ABAP Trial as a service.

    Select ABAP Trial

  5. If you see the ABAP Trial tile, then select it move on with step 3.1 - Create instance to create your instance.

    If you don’t see the ABAP Trial tile, then move on with step 2.1 - Configure SAP Cloud Platform Entitlements to configure your SAP Cloud Platform Entitlements.

    Select ABAP Trial

Done
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Step 2: Configure SAP Cloud Platform Entitlements

  1. Skip step 2 - Configure SAP Cloud Platform Entitlements, if you could enter ABAP Trial.

    Otherwise configure your entitlements to make your ABAP Trial tile visible. Navigate back to your trial subaccount and select Entitlements.

    Select ABAP Trial

  2. Click Configure Entitlements to add services to your subaccount.

    Select ABAP Trial

  3. Click Add Service Plans to add ABAP Trial as a service.

    Select ABAP Trial

  4. Select ABAP Trial, check shared and click Add 1 Service Plan.

    Select ABAP Trial

  5. Click Save.

    Select ABAP Trial

  6. Now ABAP Trial is listed as a service.

    Select ABAP Trial

  7. Navigate to your space dev, select Service Marketplace and ABAP Trial.

    Select ABAP Trial

Done
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Step 3: Create instance

  1. Create a new instance in your SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment trial, therefore select Instances.

    Create instance

  2. Click New Instance to create a new instance.

    Create instance

  3. Your service plan is shared, therefore click Next.

    Create instance

  4. Add your registration e-mail address.

    Click Next.

    Create instance

  5. You don’t need to bind an application for your instance, therefore click Next.

    Create instance

  6. Create an instance:

    • Instance Name: <your_name>

    Click Finish.

    Create instance

  7. Now your instance appears on the instance overview.

    Create instance

Done
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Step 4: Create service key

  1. Click on your instance.

    Create service key

  2. Select Service Keys. The service key is needed for the connection to the SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment system in ADT.

    Create service key

  3. Click Create Service Key to create your service key.

    Create service key

  4. Create a service key:

    For example:

    • Name: ADT

    Click Save.

    Create service key

  5. Now your service key appears. Copy your service key for later use.
    The service key enables the connection to the SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment system in ADT.

    Create service key

Done
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Step 5: Open ABAP Development Tools

Open your local ABAP Development Tools (ADT). You can download the latest version from https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#abap.

Create service definition

For TechEd users:

Click >> on your windows taskbar and select SAP Development Tools > ABAP in Eclipse - CAA361.

Create service definition
Done
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Step 6: Create ABAP cloud project

  1. Select File > New > Other > ABAP Cloud Project and click Next >.

    Create ABAP cloud project

  2. Select Service Key and click Next >.

    Create ABAP cloud project

  3. Paste your service key you’ve copied earlier from the SAP Cloud Platform Trial Cockpit and click Next >.

    Create ABAP cloud project

  4. Logon to your ABAP trial account with your e-mail address and password.

    Create ABAP cloud project

  5. Click Finish.

    Create ABAP cloud project

  6. Your trial system appears on the project explorer.

    Create ABAP cloud project

Done
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Step 7: Test yourself
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