How to setup Development environment for building Custom UI5 Apps for SAP IDM?

[devaprakash_b]

Hello Experts,


Earlier via eclipse there was an option to develop the ui5 app's for SAP IDM export the project as war export and deploy it in nw java server using telnet and run the application. But SAP has stopped providing SDK for eclipse.

Would like to understand how to deploy the custom UI5 app's built in business application studio or else the visual studio code on sap nw java 7.5 system where sap idm web dynpro ui is installed?

Successfully able to setup nwds and connected to nwjava server but the ui5 SDK availble in sap software download center is very old version (1.38), how to upgrade it to the latest one?

If via eclipse or other ide if i need to create UI5 apps for sap idm, how to setup the environment and deployment options.

Thank you in Advance, look forward to hear from you.

/Deva

[todor_petrov]

Hi Deva,

The SAPUI5 plugin is no longer supported by SAP and if you would like to develop SAPUI5 in NetWeaver developer studio, then you should simply do it as a web project, nothing special about it.

However, you won't have any validations, completions, etc. Its like a text editor, nothing more.

There is however one more option, which i would say is prefferred when it comes to SAPUI5 development and this is to use the new BAS studio in SAP BTP with all proper new tools and then export an ear file using the appropriate plugins. This ear file can be deployed to SAP NetWeaver using telnet as you mentioned.

BR,

Todor

[devaprakash_b]

Hello Todor

thank you for your response. From BAS i am finding only the option to either export it to tar or zip format.
if you can let me know the plugin name it would be really helpful. I tried to explore but couldn't find it

/Deva

[junwu]

option 1:

find a proper abap server for the fiori development ,

setup sso between the abap server and the idm java server

setup web dispatcher to forward idm service call to the idm java server.

option 2:

if you just want to use idm java server

follow this blog

https://blogs.sap.com/2013/01/13/developing-sap-ui5-applications-in-netweaver-developer-studio-nwds/

[devaprakash_b]

Hello Jun

Thank you for your response, i have to deploy the app in nw java server, but how to use the latest SAP UI5-related libraries or sdk.
the runtime sdk available in this site are not jar files and hence not able to import them to nwds or eclipse

/Deva

[junwu]

follow that blog please. that's the official way of using ui5 in netweaver java server.

[devaprakash_b]

Hello Jun,

I think you haven't understood my query/issue, I have set up nwds successfully and am able to connect with Nw java system and also able to deploy sap ui5 application to. I have followed all the steps recommended by that blog, but the sap ui5 libraries it is pointing to an older version 1.38, not the latest one's. In the service market place after 1.38 i am not able to find a newer version

/Deva

[junwu]

I don't think that's the correct way to check ui5 version.

try this

http://<host>:<port>/sapui5/resources/sap/m/.library

check this note for detail information about what ui5 version is available for nw 7.5

https://me.sap.com/notes/0002342827

https://me.sap.com/notes/2426484