SAP HANA Express VM Getting Started

This page contains instructions on how to set up SAP HANA Express Edition Virtual Machine for development and use of SAP training material.

Most important step in order to prevent build errors afterwards is to #Activate Tenant Database

Database Explorer

Add System Database

• Login to SAP HANA Cockpit at https://hxehost:39030/go/hana-cockpit or https://hxehost:51045/cockpit#Shell-home (Use XSA_ADMIN)
• Go to: Resource Directory -> SystemDB@HXE
• Look at tile "Overall Database Status" and note server name and instance number
• Login to SAP Web IDE (Use XSA_DEV)
• Go to Database Explorer and click on "+"
• Select Database Type SAP HANA Database
• Enter values as follows:
  • Host -> server name noted above
  • Identifier -> Instance number -> instance number noted above
  • User -> System
  • Passwort -> Master Password
• Click on OK

Web IDE

Clone Project

• Clone from desired repository
• Open Project Settings -> Open section Space
• Set space to development
• Click on Save

Install Demodata

SFLIGHT

• Download https://github.com/SAP/hana-xsa-opensap-hana7/raw/snippets_2.3.2/ex2/sflight_hana.tar.gz
• Open Web IDE
• Go to Database Explorer
• Open System Database
• Right-Click on Catalog and select Import Catalog Objects
• Enter values as follows:
  • Import objects from -> local computer
  • Local archive (*.tar.gz) -> Select file downloaded above
  • Activate Include dependencies and Include table data
  • Number of parallel threads -> 2
• Click on OK

Source: https://blogs.sap.com/2018/12/18/howto-import-sflight-sample-data-into-sap-hana-from-a-local-computer/

Build zunächst user-db dann die core-db / db.