ABAP on Cloud – 1 – Introduction

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What is ABAP on Cloud

“Change” the only “Constant” is here to stay. Amid lot of chaos and uncertainties, what keeps going is the fact that nothing stops for nothing and we need to keep evolving and learning. For Darwin said, only the “Fittest Survive”. Last week one of my author friends started a series on ABAP Programming Model for SAP Fiori. It is one topic which every ABAP Developer should learn and keep it in their arsenal.

In this tutorial and the series to follow, we will cover yet another important topic which has the buzz all around but you will not find any page which hand holds the newbie on this topic and gradually help them master the topic. So here we come with out “Introduction to ABAP on Cloud“.

This is our first in the series and we will get ready with all the pre-requisites and the basic building blocks to build a complete solution.

What is it, ABAP on Cloud?

ABAP on Cloud. Yes, ABAP is on the Cloud now. SAP has been such a great promoter of newer technologies and platforms, but some just vanish in a wink of an eye. Looks like ABAP on Cloud is here to stay and unlike some other initiatives of SAP, this will not fizzle out in near future.

What might be the motive behind ABAP on Cloud?

Well answers are not straight forward. Strategic may be? or Commercial gains? Just another appetizer for the tech savvy and hungry developers to munch on something new? We ain’t getting into all these.

On technology front, much is being said on why not take everything on cloud than keep them on-premise. Pros of course is for learners 🙂 like you and me. Why? Simple, I don’t need to pay anyone to maintain a server to learn. Yes, applying the analogy to the Enterprises, we observe same.

The modern days CTOs and CEOs of any organizations are no longer in a mood to sustain businesses by maintaining servers, bother always of upgrading to new patches and versions as and when they are released (being unsure of how much value addition they bring in) :). Seamless integration of different solutions, shorter time to market solutions, lighter and simpler applications consumable by any device in any part of the world and so on. These are the USP of Enterprise on Cloud. And that is what the management and research brains sitting at SAP trying to tap in.

Any new technology might seem difficult to learn. ABAP on HANA, CDS, BOPF, Fiori.. All these felt quick a challenge initially. But with time we get a hang of it and it becomes part of our daily work. Similarly, ABAP on Cloud makes us assume, it is rocket science. But trust me, it is Simple to Learn.

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Let’s start with three basic set of steps to make an application on Cloud without any new concepts. If there is a need to learn new, don’t worry SAPYard is here. If not me, other self motivated author friends on this wonderful SAPYard team with help us bridge the gap.

  • Step 1:
    Create an SAP Trial Cloud Account.
  • Step 2:
    Be sure to have latest Eclipse Version.
  • Step 3:
    Cloud Project for ABAP !!!

I am a little biased in not owing a Fiori Application. You will know why, in some weeks of time. But remember you own everything and not pay a single penny. 🙂

Part 1:

Let us Create an SAP Trial Cloud Account.

1. Go to SAP Cloud Platform Page.

2. Click on “Start Free Trial”.

3. Click on “Register for Free”.

4. Pop up window appears and fill in the required details:

(*NOTE: Use personal E-Mail ID “””ONLY””” as this is a trial account and all your activities are on Public Cloud Platform.
Do not DISCLOSE your company name. )

5. Open the Mailbox of Email that has been provided while creating account (as in previous step). The subject line would be similar to below and Click on the activation link.

6. Pop window confirming the creation and assignment of User Id appears.

7. Click on “Click here to start your trial!”

8. Check both the checkboxes and click on “Accept”  

9. Observe the user name on Right Top and Click on “Enter Your Trial Account”. Hopefully yours and not of your pet’s !!!

10. That is the end of the SCP Trial account creation. Relax!!!

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Part 2:

SAP Cloud Trial Account Login

  1. Use Accounts SAP link to access your trial account.
    Please book mark this link. You will need it every time you plan to work on ABAP on Cloud.

2. Click on “Log On”

3. Check both the checkboxes and click on “Accept”

4. Observe the user name on Right Top and Click on “Enter Your Trial Account”.

(*NOTE: If wrong phone number has been given in step A1.4; then the following screen would appear)

5. First time logging in successfully gives the following screen:

Choose “Europe (Frankfurt)” and Click on Create Account.

6. Wait for some time and observe the successful creation of subaccount and “dev” space in Cloud.

7. Click on “Continue” and then Click on “Enter Your Trial Account”

8. Click on “trial” and then Click on “dev”.

9. Click on “Services” and then Click on “Service Marketplace”

10. List of all the available services are visible

Alright. We will stop here today. We have all the Services. In the next tutorial, we will establish the link to ABAP Cloud. It will be one of the most important activities in this ABAP on Cloud Series. So, stay tuned.

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