In this exercise, you will connect to the system and create your package. Be sure to use your assigned group number anywhere you see XXX in this document.
After completing these steps you will have accessed your trial account on SAP Business Technology Platform, created a service instance for the ABAP Trial on BTP, created a connection to the system from ABAP Development Tools in Eclipse, and finally created your group package which will be used for the rest of your exercise.
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Access the BTP, ABAP Environment Trial system by following the directions outlined in this tutorial. Once complete, return to this document and continue with step 2.
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Right-click on the “Favorite Packages“ and choose “Add Package“.
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Search for ZLOCAL and click “OK“.
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Under the “Favorite Packages” folder, expand the ZLOCAL folder.
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Right-click on the ZLOCAL package and choose “New“, then “ABAP Package“.
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Give the name of the package as Z_GRP_XXX where XXX is your group number. Group numbers will be assigned by the instructor. Also give a meaningful description and click “Next“.
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Click “Next”.
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If you do not currently have a transport request in this system, select the radiobutton to create one and give a description. Click “Finish”.
Now that you have connected to the system, logged on, and created your package, you are ready to start building your application.
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