HowTo install trial version of SAP HANA Studio and ABAP Development Tools

Overview

What's in?

• Download & install the Eclipse-based SAP HANA Studio Developer Edition
• Install the ABAP Development Tools as Plug-in for the SAP HANA Studio Developer Edition

For whom?

• ABAP for SAP HANA CodeJam participants (Focus group of this HowTo)
• Developers working with ABAP on SAP HANA trial editions (more informationhere)

What else is important?

• You will need administrator rights on the machine you are installing SAP HANA Studio Developer Edition and the ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver
• The downloaded development tools are not released for productive but only for trial usage
• If you are using Windows, please ensure that you have installed the SAP GUI for Windows 7.20, patch level 9 or higher.
  

1^st step - Download & install SAP HANA Studio Developer Editon

The first part of this HowTo shows the installation of the SAP HANA
Studio.

1. Open the URL https://hanadeveditionsapicl.hana.ondemand.com/hanadevedition/
2. Select the HANA Studiotab
   
3. Download the SAP HANA Studio depending on for your operating system. In this this document we are using the Win86 (32 bit) version:
   Please also take care to select the correct Revision (1.00.60, 1.00.68 or 1.00.70).
   
4. Accept and Download the Developer Licence Agreement:
   
5. Open the downloaded installation file and execute the SAP Hana Database Installation Manager (e.g. hdbsetup.exe)
6. In the SAP HANA Database Installation Manager wizard, select the option Install new SAP HANA Studio and enter an installation path, e.g.
   C:\temp\hdbstudio\hdbstudio_CodeJam - Please do not install it in Program Files as suggested.
   
7. Review and confirm the second installation step:
   
8. The software is being installed (this might take a couple of minutes):
   
   
   and will inform you about the success of the installation once it is finished:
   
9. After successful installation via the SAP HANA Database Installation Manager, open the SAP HANA Studio in the installation folder:
   

2^nd step - Install ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver

The second part of this HowTo shows the installation of the ABAP Development Tools as a plug-in in the SAP HANA Studio. As a result of this approach, both tools will be running in the same Eclipse installation.

1. In the Menu, select Help > Install New Software...
   
2. In the installation dialog window, ensure the following update sites are listed in the drop-down list:
   • Juno: http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno
   • Xtext All In One - Release: http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/xtext/updates/composite/releases/
     
     Note: If one of these entries is missing, insert them as described for the ABAP Development Tools in the next steps.
     
3. In order to enhace the list of Available Update Sites, press the Add... button. In the Add Repository dialog window, enter name and location of the ABAP
   Development Tools update site, i.e. ABAP Development Tools - https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/juno, and continue with Next
   
   
4. Select the ABAP Development Tools update site in the drop-down list. In the list of available software for the update site, select ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver and continue the installation with Next
   
5. A list of installation details is displayed, you can continue with Next
   
6. The final step is to accept the License agreements. Finalize the installation process via the Finish button
   
7. During the installation, you’ll be asked to confirm the Security Warning. You can continue the process via the OK button
   
8. In order to finalize the installation process, a restart of the SAP HANA Studio is required, which can be triggered via the OK button
   

Now you are ready to use the SAP HANA Studio and the ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver in one single Eclipse-based IDE.