ADT in Eclipse

Projects

‘(C) Brandeis Consulting’

What are projects?

History

  • Eclipse actually originates from Java development
  • Files were stored locally, edited, and
    • built locally via a build process
    • or packed into a central repository

ABAP in Eclipse?

  • In ABAP, development continues to take place DIRECTLY on the system
  • To map this, systems are entered as projects
  • This involves continuous synchronization of changes to the source code
‘(C) Brandeis Consulting’

Create project

Procedure

  • Right-click in the Project Explorer
  • Select “ABAP Project...”
  • In the following screen, filter by system name

Important

Only entries from the SAP logon are available here!

‘(C) Brandeis Consulting’

Select project

Check system data

‘(C) Brandeis Consulting’

Username, password, client, AND LANGUAGE!

Important

  • Client is not preassigned!
  • Check the language!
  • New development objects can only be translated to a limited extent!
‘(C) Brandeis Consulting’

![Create project](images/image.png)