Development tools / SAP Business Application Studio

[dvankempen]

Hi Everybody

I would like to know if SAP Business Application Studio can be used to develop CDS views.

If no, is there any full stack development tool/platform which may be used as well for CDS views, UI5, (and why not ABAP too !) and can manage git integration too for collaborative work

At my level of knlowledge it seems that we can use

• Eclipse/SAP Hana Studio for CDS views
• SAP Web Ide / SAP Business application Studio for UI5 (Fiori application for example)
• SAP Gui for ABAP

We are moving to S4 Hana and I would rather develop in one or two single tool

Thank you in advance,

Best regards,

Joëlle

[dvankempen]

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[pfefferf · Accepted solution]

When you are saying "CDS Views" you mean ABAP CDS views, correct?

For ABAP CDS view and ABAP development you can use Eclipse (with installed ABAP Development Tools). You do not need old SAP GUI editors for that anymore, respectively some new artifacts are not supported by SAP GUI editors. Git for ABAP development can be used using abapGit (just search for it, there are lot of posts and references for that).

For UI5/SAP Fiori development you can use Business Application Studio or e.g. Visual Studio Code. For Visual Studio code the Fiori Tools Extension pack is available in the extension store (including a lot of editors, tooling, etc supporting you in Fiori development). In both environments Git support is integrated out of the box.

[djawi81 · Accepted solution]

Thank you Florian,

Yes I mean the ABAP CDS views I had a training on it a few years ago and we worked on Eclipse.

But now that I also do Fiori development I wonder if a same development place could be used as well for UI5/SAP Fiori as for ABAP CDS views

Best regards,

Joëlle

[pfefferf · Accepted solution]

You could if you want do UI5 development in Eclipse too, but more ore less without tooling support specific for UI5. In the past UI5 tooling was offered for Eclipse, but that is not supported anymore (to be honest, the support/usability of that tooling was not great). So for now and in the future use Eclipse for ABAP development and BAS or VS Code for UI5/Fiori.

[dvankempen]

Hi Joelle,

I would like to know if SAP Business Application Studio can be used to develop CDS views.

Most certainly. In fact, there is an entire guide on that topic

• Design CDS Models Using SAP Business Application Studio

For programming model, concepts, cookbooks, etc., see

• Core Data Services (CDS)

For the differences between the different CDS flavours (HANA, ABAP, and CAP), see

• A Field Guide to SAP (HANA) Development | How to Get Started or Keep on Going without Getting Lost
  

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Note that SAP HANA studio as development tool for XS classic applications together with the SAP HANA repository has been marked as deprecated since 2018 and can no longer be used for any of the cloud-hosted services.

[djawi81]

Thank you Denys

[jameskkchau]

enterprise hardware dictates the fates of the unified developers in their roles to realize the enterprise agility maximizing profits while reducing costs. AppGyver is an outgrowth of EP iViews with updates. As hardware powers explode horizontally and vertically, Netweaver will be eliminated. Fiori will be supported by microservices running on Hana. Transactions and Analytics do not require ABAP but Fact Sheets (searches) do. Smartphones suffice for Transactions and Analytics, but tablets and above are needed for Fact Sheets. ERP modules remain ABAP but all modification licenses are no more. Future SAP business logic will be embedded into all kinds of devices, expect a return to embedded developments in C/C++ as IoT takes over completely.

[liat_b]

Hi,

Yes, SAP Business Application Studio support this.

See:

• https://blogs.sap.com/2020/12/23/sap-hana-cloud-and-sap-business-application-studio/
• https://blogs.sap.com/2021/01/14/sap-business-application-studio-using-sap-hana-tools-with-sap-cloud...

Thanks,

Liat

[djawi81]

Dear Liat,

Thank you for your Answer does it also work with S4 Hana On premise ?

Thank you in advance,

Best regards,

Joëlle