Your SAP Fiori elements application needs a server to run. This server is provided by the command line client and development toolkit for the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model. The setup for using the server was done in the previous tutorial Prepare Your Development Environment.
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Open a new terminal in your SAP Business Application Studio.
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Ensure that your terminal prompt shows fiori-elements-incident-management.
Then type cds watch
and press Enter to start the server.
Two dialog windows will pop up. Click Expose and Open
and then Open in New Tab.
Please check for a browser popup blocker in case the popup windows are not visible.
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After confirmation of the two popup windows, the application server launches a new browser window with a set of links.
Start the SAP Fiori launchpad with your sample application by selecting the corresponding link.
You can now start the new SAP Fiori elements application by selecting the tile on the SAP Fiori launchpad.
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The application starts with an empty list.
Press Go. The list report table will then show the data from the sample service.
Filter fields, actions, and table columns are defined by the annotations in the Core Data Service (CDS) files. These files are part of the OData service definition.
Your have now finished the initial setup of your list report object page sample application.
In the next tutorial, you will modify and enhance the list report page.