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# Connect to the SAP HANA Cockpit
<!-- description --> Open your application from the dashboard and connect to the SAP HANA cockpit.

## Prerequisites
 - You have created an instance of the SAP HANA service for SAP BTP in SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry environment


## You will learn
  - This tutorial is designed for SAP HANA service for SAP Business Technology Platform. Consider newer tutorials designed for SAP HANA Cloud.
  - How to connect to the SAP HANA cockpit for performing administrative tasks in the physical database

## Intro
The SAP HANA cockpit is useful because it provides graphical tools to monitor resources and the overall health of your database.

>**This tutorial cannot be completed with a trial account.**

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### Ensure that the instance is created


Navigate back to the **SAP BTP cockpit** to check on the progress status of your instance.

Click on the subaccount.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/1X.png)

Click on **Spaces** and click on the **dev** space.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/2X.png)

Click on **Service Instances**.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/3.png)

Ensure that you see ***Created*** under **Last Operation** for the HDB instance.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/4.png)


### Access the SAP HANA service for SAP BTP dashboard


Click on the **Open Dashboard** icon ![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/5.png) under **Actions**.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/6.png)

When prompted, click **Authorize** to authorize access for the cockpit.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/7.png)

The SAP HANA service for SAP BTP dashboard will open. Notice that you can see the connectivity endpoints and the Cockpit. You are also able to see your database ID.

>**Note**: Keep this tab open as you will use it later.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/sap hana service dashboard.png)



### Access the SAP HANA cockpit


Access the **SAP HANA cockpit** using the button located at the top right corner.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/8.png)

Enter the following credentials and then click **OK** to log in to the database:

**Username**: `SYSTEM`

**Password**: `HanaRocks1`

> Adapt the password to match the one you chose during setup if you changed it.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/9.png)

You can now explore the SAP HANA cockpit for your database instance.

![New project from template](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/10.png)

>**Note**: Keep this tab open as you will be using it later.

Open the **SQL Console**.

![HaaS SQL Console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/11.png)

Execute the following statement to complete the validation below.

![HaaS SQL Console](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sap-tutorials/Tutorials/master/tutorials/haas-dm-connect-hana-cockpit/12.png)



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