SAP HANA XS Advanced, Connecting to SAP Web IDE and cloning a Git Repository to begin development
January 5, 2021
Beginner
20 min.
Connect to Web IDE and Clone a Git Repository to create a Multi-Target Application
Details
SAP HANA Extended Application Services, advanced model is the new development paradigm from SAP based around the Cloud Foundry concepts and architectures.
To begin with you will need see how to connect to the SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA and clone a Git Repository.
Prerequisites
- This tutorial is designed for SAP HANA on premise and SAP HANA, express edition. It is not designed for SAP HANA Cloud.
- If you do not have a HANA System with XS Advanced, get your own instance of SAP HANA, express edition with XS Advanced
- Recommended: It is recommended to map the development space to a tenant database. Follow these instructions before creating your first database module.
With XSA and HDI (HANA Deployment Infrastructure), all design-time artifacts are stored in Git instead of the HANA database. We need to setup the repository so development can be collaborative.
Check this series of blogs posts to get introduced to the basic concepts in XS Advanced development, such as Multi-target Applications and micro-services.
Step 1: Launch SAP Web IDE for SAP HANA
Step 2: Sign in to your Git account
Step 3: Create a GitHub repository
Step 4: Clone the Repository into the Workspace
Step 5: Configure the Space for the repository