Create an Empty SAPUI5 Project

Start a dev space of kind SAP Fiori and open it by clicking its name.

Have a look at this tutorial if you are unsure how to get here or how to create a dev space.

Create a new destination of the name “ui5” that points to the URL https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/. This is where we’ll pull the standard UI5 libs from later.

Make sure you are connected to a Cloud Foundry endpoint to which you will deploy the SAPUI5 application later.

1. Click on the bottom-left corner of the screen to start the connection flow.

   

2. Enter the Cloud Foundry endpoint you want to use. If your environment runs in the EU10-region, this is https://api.cf.eu10.hana.ondemand.com. Enter your email and your password to proceed.

   

3. Next, you need to select the Cloud Foundry Organization and space you want use. You will see that you are connected to the endpoint once these prompts have been answered.

   

1. Click on the link Start from template on the Welcome screen.

   

2. Select SAP Fiori freestyle SAPUI5 application as the template category you want to use and click Start.

   

3. Specify the application type SAPUI5 freestyle and the floor plan SAPUI5 Application and go to the Next screen.

   

4. Now you have the option to connect your SAPUI5 application to a data source. Select Connect to an OData Service and enter the following service URL https://services.odata.org/V2/Northwind/Northwind.svc/ before you click Next.

   

5. Keep the default view name and click Next .

   

6. Name of the module sapui5, use the application title Tutorial, define the namespace sap.btp, and Add deployment configuration. Keep the default values for the other parameters and select Next to go to the next step.

   

7. Choose Cloud Foundry as the target runtime and type in the name of the destination you created before: Northwind. Press Finish to create the new project.

   

8. Once you see the success message, click Files & Open to find the new project.

   

9. Select user/projects/sapui5 and confirm with Open.

   

Running your application has several advantages over deploying it. Among others, it’s faster, doesn’t require a “build” step and won’t minify your JavaScript codebase.

1. To run the pre-generated run configuration, switch to the Run Configuration panel on the left-hand bar. Click on the ▶️ icon of the first run configuration to add start the SAPUI5 app.

   

2. Now the SAP Business Application Studio will start the app. When promoted, selected Open to make the local port accessible for debugging.

   

3. A new tab should open that displays the following page.

   

1. Now you should see your (blank) SAPUI application. Right-click on the web page, and choose Inspect

2. The inspector will appear. Click on the Network tab to view the network traffic for the application.

3. To view all the network traffic, reload the page. The network traffic will appear as the page is loading.

4. Scroll down until you find the $metadata item - or use the filter box to search for it.

   NOTE Typing in metadata to the filter box in the upper right corner will make it easy to find the correct row.

5. Click on $metadata, then click the Preview tab.

   This will show you the data coming from the server to the browser. If you see this, the OData request is working. You are ready to move on to the next step of the tutorial.

   

Expand the nodes <edmx:Edmc>, <edmx: DataServices> and the first <Schema> node in the Chrome Network trace.