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Migration From SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application Studio

In this document we describe how to migrate Mobile Development Kit app from SAP Web IDE Full-Stack to SAP Business Application Studio, and enhance it further.

Export Your Project From SAP Web IDE

You can export your project from SAP Web IDE in two ways.

  • In the editor workspace, right-click the Mobile Development Kit project folder and select Export.
  • In the editor workspace, right-click the Mobile Development Kit project folder and select Git, to push your project in Git.

Import Your Project in SAP Business Application Studio

If you have pushed your project to Git:

  1. Perform one of the following to git clone your project:

    • In the View menu , choose Find Command, type Git, and select Git: Clone. Provide repository URL and finish cloning.
    • In the Terminal menu, choose New Terminal, and use the command git clone followed by the repository URL to initiate cloning.
  2. In the File menu, choose Open Workspace, and select your cloned project as the root of your workspace.

If you have exported your project:

  1. In the welcome page, click Import and choose the exported .zip file.

Note

If you don't see the welcome page, click Welcome in the Help menu.

Once the import is successful, open the project in a new workspace.

Continue Working in SAP Business Application Studio

After importing the application in SAP Business Application Studio, you can continue your work in dev space as below:

  • You can continue connecting to the app configurations from your Mobile Services Neo landscape.

  • You can deploy your project to Mobile Services Neo landscape.

    For more information, see Deploying the Project

  • You can migrate your app configuration from Mobile Services Neo environment to Mobile Services Cloud Foundry environment.

    1. If you have set up a cloud connector in Mobile Services Neo subaccount to connect to your data sources, do a similar setup in Mobile Services Cloud Foundry subaccount as well.
    2. If you had created the app configuration in Mobile Services (Neo), you need to migrate those configurations to Mobile Services Cloud Foundry subaccount.

      • In mobile services cockpit (Neo), expand Mobile Applications, click Native/MDK in left panel, choose the application you want to export, and click Export.
      • In mobile services cockpit Cloud Foundry subaccount, expand Mobile Applications, click Native/MDK in left panel, and click Import to import the downloaded .zip file.

Last update: September 7, 2022