Release Notes for SAP HANA Cloud

SAP NetWeaver Cloud has become a part of SAP HANA Cloud. All sites, documentation and tools have been rebranded.

For more information, see http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-39315.

Remote Database Access

The Remote Database Access Tool, available as a beta version, is delivered as part of the beta SDK 2.x in the new add-ons directory. It allows you to remotely access your application’s database schema and tables on the SAP HANA Cloud platform, investigate and repair application data, and create, drop, and modify database objects. It is currently available for SAP MaxDB only.

For more information, see Remote Database Access.

The installation of SAP HANA Cloud Tools for Java from the Tools Update Site  does not require a log-in anymore. The license click-through for downloading the SDK has been simplified.

New version 1.10 of UI Development Toolkit for HTML5 (SAPUI5) has been released.

For more information, see SAPUI5 detailed release notes.

The support for Indigo has entered end of maintenance. Indigo update site is still operational but no updates will be made. We recommend that you use Juno Service Release 2.

A new feature for testing the identity federation and single sign-on scenarios end-to-end has been introduced. With the test local identity provider (IdP), you can now establish trust to an easy-to-use test IdP running on your local machine.

For more information, see Using a Local Test Identity Provider.

Identity Federation

You can now upload your identity provider metadata as an XML file in the SAP NetWeaver Cloud Cockpit.

For more information, see Using a Custom Identity Provider.

SAP NetWeaver Cloud Mail Service now supports fetching mail via IMAP and POP3 protocols from an internet accessible mail provider.

For more information, see Using the Mail Service.

SAP NetWeaver Cloud Connectivity Service now supports destinations on account level. The destinations on account level are visible for all applications of a given account and thus it is possible to centrally create and maintain shared destinations. 

For more information, see Connectivity Destinations Overview.

An application no longer needs an authenticated user for accessing the Document Service. This allows for public or unauthenticated use cases as well.

For more information, seeDocument Service Concepts-> User Management section.

Mail Service

Sending mail is no longer restricted to certain mail providers. The SMTP standard ports 465 (SMTPS) and 587 (SMTP+STARTTLS) are open for outgoing connections.

For more information, see Using the Mail Service.

When viewing logs in Eclipse, you can switch between the log files of different servers directly from the Server Logs view.

For more information, see Managing Application Logs from the Eclipse IDE.

Mail Service

The underlying javax.mail API has been upgraded from version 1.4.1 to 1.4.5 for the Beta SDK 2.x

For more information, see Mail Service API.

You can now change the log level of multiple loggers simultaneously.

For more information, see Viewing Logs and Setting Log Levels from the Eclipse IDE.

SAP Cloud Connector

SAP Cloud Connector (SCC) 1.2.0 has been released with the following enhancements:

• An automatic check for landscape host and proxy (if existing) that shows whether a connection to the Cloud is possible. The result appears on the Home tab.
• A manual connectivity check for all exposed systems, which shows whether the backend is reachable from SCC.
• A process monitor that shows the status of all SCC processes and provides a restart option for the different process groups.

You can download SAP Cloud Connector via the SAP NetWeaver Cloud update site -> Additional Software tab.

Sample Application “Paul the Octopus”

“Paul the Octopus” is a sample Web application that provides a complete example of all platform services of SAP NetWeaver Cloud, synchronously working together. The application code samples are provided and explained in details in a community blog.

For more information, see:

Community blog: Get Ready for Your Paul Position

Documentation: Running Sample Applications.

The SAP HANA database is now available for use on the nwtrial.ondemand.com landscape. The default database type to be used (the SAP HANA database or SAP MaxDB) can be selected when you register for a developer account. For more information, see Signing Up for an Account.

The issue with deploying to the Cloud when your IDE is behind a proxy requiring basic authentication has been resolved.

For more information, see this thread.