Creating ABAP Projects

Before you start with ABAP development in the Eclipse-based IDE, you first need to create an ABAP project. An ABAP project is used to manage the system connection and also serves on the frontend as a container for all ABAP development objects that are located in the back-end system.

You have the following options for creating an ABAP project:

• Using a Predefined System Connection from the SAP Logon Pad: if the corresponding ABAP system is already connected in your SAP Logon Pad and you want to use the predefined settings.
• Defining a Manual System Connection: if you want to define the system connection without using the SAP Logon Pad.