HCP beginner – to get account, application, service…

SAP is a cloud company driven by SAP HANA in-memory technology. We have 110 million cloud subscribers and 41 state-of-the-art data centres around the world. We offer cloud apps (SaaS) for all lines of business, a market-leading cloud platform (PaaS), and flexible on-demand infrastructure (IaaS). You can rely on proven enterprise cloud security and hosting services – and choose from a public, private, or hybrid cloud environment.

What is HCP

HCP (HANA Cloud Platform): SAP HANA Cloud Platform is an open platform-as-a-service that provides unique in-memory database and application services.

It is the proven cloud platform that enables you to rapidly develop new applications or extend existing ones. Enabling anyone to extend SAP applications in minutes, all in the cloud

What is PaaS

PaaS（Platform-as-a-Service):  is a way of delivering applications over the Internet. Customers can access SaaS applications right from a Web browser, which means there is no hardware or software to buy, install, maintain, or update. The SaaS provider takes care of everything – and the customer always has the latest version of the application.

HCP Services

• Developer new Cloud application and deploy to Cloud, to implement rapid user interaction
• Extend existing feature on SAP system(on-premise)

You are a traditional SAP system like ERP, CRM, MM user, you may extend the existing function through HCP, for example developer your own UI5, Fiori Launch Pad for user interface, and connect to your existing SAP system through Hana Cloud Connector. This will make your application more suitable for using on Mobile.

• Extend existing feature on Cloud

You may customize/extend current Cloud application, like SuccessFactor

Current service list:

To get your HCP account

1. 1. Chose your account type based on your requirement

1. 2. Get your account

• For Developer Account

Go to HanaTrial Landscape (hanatrial.ondemand.com)，

Click ”Register”, input your Email, user, password

The system will send you email to activate the user

• For Customer Account

Go to https://hcp.sap.com/pricing.html, select your service package based on your requirement

You may also consultant with your SAP sales persson

• For Partner Account

Go toSAP Application Development Partner Center  , register as SAP partner first.

Then select your service package based on your requirement.

Log into HCP Cockpid

Now you have your HCP account, try to logon your HCP cockpid according to your landscape

You may chose any data center.

Then input the corresponding Landscape Host in IE to access HCP console (Cockpid)

Create your first UI5 application

Now, we have prepared all to enjoy the Hana Cloud Platform, let’s create our first UI5 application.

• develop tool

SAP WEB IDE vs Eclipse

For Eclipse, you may download Mars orLuna, then install the UI5 plug-in

HCP provides SAP WEB IDE which has been configured correponding plug-in, so that you can use SAP Web IDE to developer your UI5 application directly

• create project

Launch Web IDE in HCP, then switch to  Development view

File > New Project from Template SAPUI5 Application, type name like “ui5app”

The template will generate the neo-app.json configuration file and Index file, View file automatically

• Deploy Project into HCP

Chose ui5app, from File menu then press Deploy

• Execute Project

Logon to HCP Cockpit, find your deployed project ui5app in HTML5 Application

Press ui5app and enter the application admin screen, you will see URL of ui5app.