Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
The four options available are as follows:
Ê
Open Administration Console
: This option allows you to administrate the SAP HANA
appliance itself; for example, creating users and assigning authorizations
Ê
Open Modeler
: This is where you will do all your SAP HANA development work,
creating views on data, running SQL queries, and so on—we'll be spending the best
part of this topic using the
Open Modeler
option
Ê
Open Lifecycle Management
: Allows you to update the SAP HANA installation on
the server, by applying patches you have received from SAP
Ê
Documentation Overview
: This is a link to the SAP HANA online documentation
pages on the
sap.com
website
Choose the
Open Modeler
option to get to the main development layout (referred to as a
perspective
), with which you will do most of your work in SAP HANA; the main development
layout is shown in the following screenshot:
The main areas (panes) of the
Modeler
perspective are explained as follows:
Ê
The
Navigator
pane: Shows the SAP HANA systems you've configured, as well as the
list of objects (notably, tables and views) available to you on those systems.
Ê
The
Quick Launch
pane: As its name suggests, a quick way to get to the creation screen
of different object types.
