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Context

You can create a new ABAP project and reuse the connection data of an existing project.

Procedure

  1. In the Project Explorer, select the project whose connection data you want to reuse.
  2. In the context menu, select Duplicate.
    The creation wizard is opened. The data of the existing project is provided in the input and selection fields..
  3. Adopt your changes and choose Next.
    Note See the description from the values of the input fields and selections fields here Defining a Manual System Connection.
  4. [Optional:] Change the logon data, such as Client, User, Password (not required for SSO system connection).
  5. Choose Next to define the project name and to select your Favorite Packages.
  6. In the Project Name field, enter the name of your new project.
    Note ADT automatically proposes a name of the base project, plus the suffix of the original language and a consecutive number.
  7. [Optional:] You can add and remove Favorite Packages or use Working Sets to enrich your project.
    Note ABAP Development Tools automatically proposes all existing favorite packages of the source project. If you do not want to reuse them, select the Remove button.
  8. Start the creation of the ABAP project with Finish.

Results

The ABAP project is created and added in the Project Explorer.

To check the results of the procedure, switch to the Project Explorer and expand the first level of the project structure. Verify that the project structure already includes the following nodes:

  • Favorite Packages contains the packages that you have added to Favorites (temporary package $TMP by default).
  • System Library contains all system packages.
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