Get Started with the SAP HANA Database Explorer

This tutorial will explore different instance types, such as SAP HANA Cockpit Database, SAP HANA Cloud, data lake Relational Engine, data lake Files, and SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure (HDI) that can be added, along with the different operations that can be performed on them.

Explore features of the SQL console and see how it facilitates querying an SAP HANA database.

Learn about the SAP HANA database explorer and how to start using it with SAP HANA Cloud free tier, SAP HANA, express edition, or SAP HANA Cloud basic trial.

Explore the available tools to help diagnose and debug SQL or SQLScript.

Use wizards or SQL statements to export and import data and schema using CSV, Apache Parquet, or binary formats.

Create a user group, users, roles, and populate a sample schema that includes tables, views, functions and procedures using the SQL console.

Explore knowledge graph, property graph, JSON document store, and spatial capabilities in the SAP HANA database explorer.

Learn how the SAP HANA database explorer for Visual Studio Code extension can be used to connect to both SAP HANA Cloud and on-premise databases, about related general Visual Studio Code features, how to use the catalog browser, and how to execute SQL queries. The SAP HANA database explorer for Visual Studio Code extension contains similar functionality to that in the web-based SAP HANA database explorer although not all functionality is available.

Learn how the SQL console can be used within SAP HANA Cloud Central to quickly query a selected database.

Dive into using the database objects app to explore and inspect schema objects in an SAP HANA Cloud, SAP HANA database or data lake Relational Engine.

Learn how files such as CSV or Parquet stored on a data lake Files instance can be queried using SQL on Files.