Preview of the Upcoming Release
This is a preliminary list of what is planned for the release on 11 February 2016. The final list will be published with the release. Read the full disclaimer below the table.
| Function | Type of Change | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Console Client | Enhancement | A new --updates parameter allows the version command to check whether the SDK version is still supported and to suggest updates and hot fixes. |
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Release Notes for SAP HANA Cloud Platform - 28 January 2016
| Function | Type of Change | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cockpit | Enhancement | The Members list shows the names of members in addition to their user IDs. The name of a member becomes available after the first time the member visits the account. Administrators can send emails to account members. |
| Connectivity Service | Enhancement | JCo runtime for SAP HANA Cloud Platform:
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| Eclipse Tools | Enhancement | JVM 7 is the latest version for working with SAP HANA Cloud Platform tools. All new projects will be created with JVM 7 settings by default. To switch an existing project to the newer JVM, change the settings manually. For more information, see Setting Up SAP JVM in Eclipse IDE. |
| Gamification Service | Enhancement | The API offers two new methods:
The new GamificationReviewer role provides read-access to game mechanics. |
Other Release Notes:
SAP HANA Cloud Platform Mobile Services (Docu)
SAP Cloud Identity Service (Docu)
Release Notes for SAP HANA Cloud Platform - 14 January 2016
| Function | Type of Change | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Persistence Service | New | Multiple SAP HANA databases can be hosted on a single SAP HANA system when the support for multitenant database container (MDC) is enabled for the SAP HANA databases (beta). Creating a tenant database is available on the trial landscape too. A tenant database runs for 12 hours and shuts down at the end of the period to free resources. A tenant database that is not used for 30 days is automatically deleted. A blog post describes the procedure for creating and testing a tenant database by using the SAP HANA Interactive Education example on a trial landscape. For more information, see SAP HANA Multitenant Database Containers (MDC) Scenarios Now on Trial Landscape. |
| Business Services | New | Hybris-as-a-Service (YaaS) can be used for building business services that run on SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Those services can then be used in cloud applications which again can run on SAP HANA Cloud Platform. For more information, see Business Services with YaaS. |
| Internet of Things | New | MMS can be configured to forward messages to another HTTP endpoint. For more information, see Message Forwarding (HTTP). |
| Cockpit | Enhancement | The Services page in the cockpit shows services grouped and ordered by category. |
| Cockpit | Enhancement | HANA Instances renamed to Database Systems after a redesign and simplification. The page lists all database systems, including database name, version and state. For information on working with Database Systems, see Persistence Service. |
| Software Logistics | Enhancement | SAP HANA components can be installed and updated on multitenant-enabled SAP HANA instances. Furthermore, multitenant-enabled SAP HANA instances can be updated. For more information, see Installing SAP HANA Components and Updating SAP HANA Instances. |
| Git Service | Enhancement | Fully documented creation and management of Git repositories from the cockpit. For more information, see Git Service. |
| Connectivity Service, Cockpit | Enhancement | Connectivity of HTTP destinations of Proxy Type=OnPremise can be checked with the Check Connection button in the cockpit's Destinations editor. The check works only with Cloud connector, version 2.7.1 or later. |
| SAP HANA | Enhancement | SAP HANA revision 102.03 is productively available. For more information, seeSAP Note 2021789 - SAP HANA Revision and Maintenance Strategy. |
| Internet of Things | Enhancement | The OData interface for MMS supports extended filter options (neq, lt, le, gt, ge, and, or). For more information, see Message Consumption. In addition, the OData entity properties are typed according to the respective database table column. For RDMS, a device supports up to 32 custom attributes. For example, you can use a custom attribute to store things like serial number, MAC or IP address of a device. For more information, see Device. |
| Cloud Connector | Bugfix | Version 2.7.1 of SAP HANA Cloud Connector. Fixes:
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