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SAP BTP Development Tools Reference

Development Environments

SAP Business Application Studio

Type: Cloud-based IDE optimized for SAP development

Foundation: Code-OSS (VS Code base)

Capabilities:

• SAP Fiori application development
• CAP application development
• HANA database extensions
• Full-stack development
• Mobile development

Dev Spaces:

Dev Space	Purpose
Full Stack Cloud Application	CAP, Fiori, HANA
SAP Fiori	Fiori Elements, Freestyle
SAP HANA Native Application	HDI containers, calculation views
SAP Mobile Application	Mobile Development Kit
Basic	General development

ABAP Development Tools (ADT)

Type: Eclipse-based IDE for ABAP development

Capabilities:

• ABAP Cloud development
• RAP business objects
• CDS view modeling
• ABAP unit testing
• ATC integration

Installation:

1. Download Eclipse IDE
2. Install ADT from SAP update site
3. Connect to ABAP system

SAP Build

Type: Low-code/no-code platform

Components:

• SAP Build Apps: Drag-and-drop application creation
• SAP Build Process Automation: Workflow and RPA
• SAP Build Work Zone: Business sites

Administrative Tools

SAP BTP Cockpit

Purpose: Web-based platform administration

Capabilities:

• Application management
• Resource configuration
• Security monitoring
• Cloud application operations
• Entitlement management

Landscape Portal

Purpose: Partner and SaaS management (ABAP)

Capabilities:

• System management
• Tenant management
• Product lifecycle
• Deployment pipelines

Command-Line Tools

Cloud Foundry CLI

Purpose: Deploy and manage CF applications

Installation:

# macOS
brew install cloudfoundry/tap/cf-cli

# Windows
choco install cloudfoundry-cli

# Linux
wget -q -O - [https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian/cli.cloudfoundry.org.key](https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian/cli.cloudfoundry.org.key) | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb [https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian](https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/debian) stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudfoundry-cli.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install cf-cli

Common Commands:

# Login
cf login -a [https://api.cf.eu10.hana.ondemand.com](https://api.cf.eu10.hana.ondemand.com)

# Deploy
cf push my-app

# View apps
cf apps

# View services
cf services

# Scale
cf scale my-app -i 3

# Logs
cf logs my-app --recent

CDS CLI

Purpose: CAP development commands

Installation:

# Install latest version (recommended for new projects)
npm install -g @sap/cds-dk@latest

# Or pin to specific version for reproducibility
npm install -g @sap/cds-dk@8.0.0

Version Strategy: Use @latest for development to get newest features. For CI/CD pipelines and team consistency, pin to a specific version in your project's package.json devDependencies.

Common Commands:

cds init my-project        # Create project
cds add hana               # Add HANA support
cds add xsuaa              # Add authentication
cds watch                  # Run with live reload
cds build                  # Build for deployment
cds deploy                 # Deploy to HANA
cds compile                # Compile CDS models

MTA Build Tool (mbt)

Purpose: Build multitarget applications

Installation:

npm install -g mbt

Commands:

mbt build                  # Build MTA archive
mbt build -t ./            # Build to current directory

CF MTA Plugin

Purpose: Deploy MTA archives

Installation:

cf install-plugin multiapps

Commands:

cf deploy my-app.mtar      # Deploy MTA
cf mtas                    # List deployed MTAs
cf undeploy my-app         # Undeploy MTA

Kubernetes Tools

kubectl

Purpose: Kubernetes cluster management

Commands:

kubectl get pods           # List pods
kubectl logs my-pod        # View logs
kubectl describe pod       # Pod details
kubectl apply -f file.yaml # Apply configuration

kubelogin

Purpose: OIDC authentication for kubectl

Helm

Purpose: Kubernetes package manager

Commands:

helm install my-app ./chart      # Install chart
helm upgrade my-app ./chart      # Upgrade release
helm list                        # List releases
helm uninstall my-app            # Uninstall

Paketo (Pack)

Purpose: Cloud Native Buildpacks for container images

Commands:

pack build my-image --builder paketobuildpacks/builder:base

Docker Desktop

Purpose: Local container development

Infrastructure Tools

Terraform Provider for SAP BTP

Purpose: Infrastructure as code for SAP BTP

Configuration:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    btp = {
      source = "SAP/btp"
    }
  }
}

provider "btp" {
  globalaccount = var.globalaccount
}

resource "btp_subaccount" "my_subaccount" {
  name      = "my-subaccount"
  region    = "eu10"
  subdomain = "my-subdomain"
}

Cloud Connector

Purpose: Secure on-premise connectivity

Features:

• Reverse proxy operation
• Access control
• High availability
• Audit logging

Development Libraries

SAP Cloud SDK

Purpose: Abstraction layer for enterprise development

Languages: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript

Features:

• Logging
• Multitenancy
• Connectivity
• OData/OpenAPI clients

Installation (Node.js):

npm install @sap-cloud-sdk/core
npm install @sap-cloud-sdk/odata-v2-generator

Example:

const { BusinessPartner } = require('@sap/cloud-sdk-vdm-business-partner-service');

const partners = await BusinessPartner.requestBuilder()
  .getAll()
  .execute({ destinationName: 'S4HANA' });

SAP Fiori Tools

Capabilities

Tool	Purpose
Application Wizard	Generate Fiori apps
Service Modeler	Design OData services
Page Editor	Configure Fiori Elements pages
Guided Development	Step-by-step development
XML Editor	Edit Fiori Elements views

Installation (VS Code)

Search for "SAP Fiori tools" in VS Code extensions.

Service-Specific Tools

Available through SAP Discovery Center for individual services.

Source Documentation

• Tools Available: https://github.com/SAP-docs/btp-developer-guide/blob/main/docs/tools-available-for-sap-btp-multi-cloud-foundation-7f95cfa.md
• SAP Discovery Center: https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/