Get Started with SAP Cloud Platform Rapid Application Development by Mendix

Go to https://cockpit.hanatrial.ondemand.com/cockpit/#/home/trial.

Log into your SAP Cloud Platform account.

You will see two buttons on the welcome screen of the SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit. Click on Enter Your Trial Account to see your global account.

Bookmark the link for fast and quick access to the cockpit.

The global trial account contains one subaccount and space. Navigate to subaccount by clicking on the tile named trial (this name may vary if you created the subaccount manually).

To get to the space, in which your applications and services live, click on the dev space.

For more information about creating a Cloud Foundry environment, see Get a Trial Space on the Cloud Foundry Instance.

Go to https://account.hana.ondemand.com/#/home/welcome to open the Mendix portal.

Choose Services (left-side navigation tree), and then find the Rapid Application Development by Mendix tile. You can filter the services by entering Mendix in the search field at the top right.

Choose the tile, and then from the Rapid Application Development by Mendix service screen, choose Open Development Portal.

This opens the registration page.

Choose to Sign in.

Choose to sign in with SAP.

Choose your SAP Cloud Platform region from the drop-down and click Select region.

This will redirect you to SAP Cloud Platform’s login page. Enter your SAP Cloud Platform credentials and sign in.

Choose Authorize.

Choose Confirm.

Enter your name and a password and choose Create.

Select the best option and choose Next.

Select the reason you signed up for Mendix and choose Submit.

Now you’re in the Mendix development portal.

You need to set up an environment for your SAP app. An environment points to the Cloud Foundry environment that you want to deploy to.

You can do this now, or you can do this when you are ready to deploy. When you deploy, you will be prompted to create an environment. Environments are created for each project.

In the development portal home page, choose Create App.

If not already selected, choose SAP Apps to see the SAP-related templates.

Choose the Blank App for SAP Fiori themed apps template and choose View Details.

Choose Use this app.

Enter a name, and choose Create App.

Select a region for SAP Cloud Platform and choose Next.

Choose the Cloud Foundry environment you want to deploy to.

• Select cfapps.YourRegion.hana.ondemand.com for the domain.

  • Select cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com for a European region.

  • Select cfapps.us20.hana.ondemand.com for a specific US region.

• Select hanatrial-schema for the database.

Choose Create.

The environment is created. To see it, go to Environments.

To start working on your app, choose Edit App.

Then choose Edit in Mendix Studio Pro.

You build apps using the Mendix Studio Pro, which is an application installed on your desktop. If you don’t have the Mendix Studio Pro, install it by going to the app store.