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Packages
Within the repository, development objects are managed as files within packages. Packages enable you to:
● Create namespaces, so you can uniquely identify development objects.
● Group objects that logically belong together.
● Provide containers for your objects so you can easily insert relevant objects into delivery units and transport
them.
● Assign permissions at the package level.
You might create a top-level package for your company, and then a subpackage for each project, and then
subpackages for parts of your project, for example, a subpackage for your HTML files, another for server-side
JavaScript files, and so forth.
Workspaces
When working with development objects, you need to retrieve them from the repository, work on them on your
workstation, and then return them to the repository. To make this simpler, the SAP HANA studio enables you to
create a repository workspace, which establishes a link between two locations:
● The repository of the SAP HANA system where you wish to maintain the development object files of your
projects (in the form of a package hierarchy).
● A directory/folder on your workstation where you checkout these project files while you are working on them.
Working with Objects
When creating development objects, the following is the workflow:
1. Create a project.
2. Share the project to associate it with a workspace, and thus a specific SAP HANA system. Shared projects,
once they are activated, are available for import by other members of the application-development team.
3. Create a new object file within the project, and save it to your workstation. Depending on the extension of the
file you create, you may use a dedicated editor for that type of object, for example, a JavaScript editor
for .xsjs files.
4. Commit the file.
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