Configure SAP HANA Smart Data Streaming Server Connection

Open HANA Studio. In the SAP HANA Administration Console perspective, right click in the white space within the Systems view. Next select the Add System… menu item to execute it. You can also press s.

Enter the Host Name and the Instance Number of the HANA server you will connect to.

Click Next. You can also press Alt+n.

Enter SYSTEM as the User Name and enter your password.

Click the Store user name and password in secure storage checkbox so you won’t have to re-enter your credentials when re-connecting to the system. Next click Finish or press Alt+f.

Go to Windows > Perspective > Open Perspective and click the Other… menu item to execute it. You can also press o.

Select the SAP HANA Streaming Development entry by clicking it.

Click OK.

Repeat for the SAP HANA Streaming Run-Test perspective entry.

Go to the SAP HANA Streaming Run-Test perspective.

In the Server view, select the New Server URL tool.

Now you will connect to the streaming server (Not the HANA database server). Enter the host name in the Host Name field. The Port number has the format 3XX26 (XX = Instance Number. e.g. If your Instance Number is “10” then you would enter “31026” for port). Obtain these from your system administrator.

NOTE: This is the host name and port for the streaming server, not the HANA database server. Make sure to check the SSL checkbox as the server uses SSL for encryption.

You should now see the streaming server listed in the Server view. Right click it and select Change User Name and Password.

Enter the streaming server’s credentials and check Use Secure Storage for Streaming Credentials. Press OK to continue.

Right click your streaming server listed in the Server view again. Then select Connect Server.

Now go to HANA Studio’s Preferences under the Windows menu. Then go to the SAP HANA Smart Data Streaming tab.

Set the Default Server URL to your server <server.address>:<port>. The server address is the Smart Data Streaming server node, not the HANA server node. The port number should be in the format of “3XX26”, where XX is the Instance Number.

Click SAP HANA Streaming Development tab to open this perspective.

Click the Data Services tab to open this view. This is normally tucked behind the Projects view.

Go to your connected streaming host by double clicking it and right click on your Server-wide folder.

Click the Add HANA Service menu item to execute it.

Click on newservice1 to select it.

Go to the Properties view, which should be located on the bottom half of the studio by default. Enter the username and password corresponding to the HANA database you wish to connect to and check Use Default HANA Server.

Rename the service. Right click on newservice1 in the Data Services view and select Rename Service. Change the name to freezermon_service.

To verify that the service is properly configured, right click again on the freezermon_service service, and select Discover. When the service is correctly configured, executing the Discover operation will display the database schema that is accessible through the service.