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ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse
SAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resourcesADT resourcesThe HTTP endpoint an ABAP system exposes as the adt ICF service under /sap/bc/adt, so a client outside the system can reach development objects, delivered with the platform rather than installed.sap official, abap on the connected system.
ABAP development tools for Eclipse is the Eclipse-based development environment for ABAP. One client installed on the developer's machine connects to several back-end systems of different releases; an ABAP project is that connection, a container on the front end for objects that live in the back end. A classic project is an on-premise system, an ABAP cloud project is SAP BTP ABAP environmentSAP BTP ABAP environmentSAP's ABAP runtime on BTP: ABAP systems developed in the ABAP Cloud model on SAP HANA Cloud, for cloud apps, OData services and side-by-side extensions of SAP S/4HANA.sap official, btp. The plugins add ABAP source editors, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline, Tasks, Problems and ABAP Unit, all against ADT resourcesADT resourcesThe HTTP endpoint an ABAP system exposes as the adt ICF service under /sap/bc/adt, so a client outside the system can reach development objects, delivered with the platform rather than installed.sap official, abap. ABAP Development Tools for VS CodeABAP Development Tools for VS CodeSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code: editing, debugging, ABAP Unit, ATC and transports for classes, CDS and RAP objects, over RFC to an on-premise or Private Cloud system and HTTP to a cloud one, with Joule's ADT MCP server and code completion behind an AI-unit licence.sap official, abap is the same back end in a second editor.
Where it sits
Lives in
Provides
Browsing table dataABAPBrowsing table dataLooking at what a system holds while developing or supporting it: the rows behind a key, the reference data a field points at, the tables that carry data for one object. Editing configuration records through maintenance screens is a different job, even where the same transaction does both.Editor supportABAPEditor supportWorking in source code with the editor helping rather than treating it as text — completion, go-to-definition, inline errors, refactoring and preview.
Flavors
Requires
ADT resourcesADT resourcesthe HTTP endpoint the Eclipse client calls on the connected system, the adt ICF service under /sap/bc/adt
Who is behind it
SAPSAPMaintains this
In the atlas: maintains 137, wrote 14@SAPmaintainer
In the atlas: maintains 137, wrote 14@SAPmaintainer
Before choosing this
Conditions
PracticalFunctional boundary
It is an Eclipse install. A development object that is not native-integrated in Eclipse opens in the SAP GUI that is installed locally with the client.
What it declares
Every artifact
- Type
- Package
- Origin
- By SAP
As a package
- Where it runs
- does not say
- Distributed through
- does not say
Parts and add-ons
Add-ons 6
ABAP Call HierarchyAn Eclipse plugin that shows which members a class method, function module or subroutine calls, read from its own ADT backend in the system and published on a beta update site only.
ABAP Code SearchAn Eclipse plugin that searches ABAP sources from the Eclipse search dialog, either in the client over the ADT API or inside the system through its own backend.
ABAP Search and Analysis ToolsAn Eclipse plugin with an object search dialog over repository objects and a view that analyses CDS views top-down and answers where-used questions, fed by its own ADT backend in the system.
ABAP TagsAn Eclipse plugin for putting arbitrary tags on repository objects, with a Tag Manager view, tagged object search and tag import and export, served by its own ADT backend in the system.
Cloud ALM Link for ADTAn Eclipse plugin that shows the transports and SAP Cloud ALMSAP Cloud ALMSAP's application lifecycle management product, run by SAP as a service: implementation projects with their tasks, requirements, features, documents and test management, and the operations side of a landscape. For the things here it is the system a server reads over the published Cloud ALM APIs, on behalf of an agent. features behind an ABAP object, and turns Cloud ALM IDs in source comments into links.
EPOD ADT MCP ServerAn MCP server for ABAP that runs inside ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap on the ADT session of each connected project, with a standalone mode that runs with no IDE open.
Connections
Group by18 of 18 connections
NodeRelationBasis
Functional
Browsing table dataBrowsing table dataLooking at the data a system holds while developing or supporting itSAP and community, unassessed
provides
stated
provides Browsing table data
Data Preview opens on a CDS view entity from the editor and shows its rows with filtering and column selection.
“Click anywhere in the editor and choose Open With > Data Preview from the context menu.”
Looking at the data a system holds while developing or supporting it
Editor supportEditor supportEditor help with source: completion, navigation, errors, refactoringSAP and community, narrow by design
provides
stated
provides Editor support
ABAP source, dictionary and CDS editors in Eclipse, with Project Explorer, Outline, Tasks, Problems and ABAP Unit against a live system.
“ABAP development tools for Eclipse is the Eclipse-based development environment for ABAP. They are characterized by the same look and feel and the same navigation behavior that is typical for the Eclipse Workbench. Some examples of such native Eclipse tools are different variants of ABAP Source Code editors, editors for ABAP Dictionary objects, CDS editors, the integration in Outline , and Tasks , Problems , Project Explorer , ABAP Unit views.”“An ABAP project mediates between an ABAP backend system and the Eclipse-based IDE, and it provides a framework for the creation, processing, and testing of development objects.”
Editor help with source: completion, navigation, errors, refactoring
Technical
open-steamgateopen-steamgateLocal ABAP server serving /IWBEP/ OData v2 without an SAP systemindependent, abap
connected from
derived
connected from open-steamgate
Eclipse ADT and vsp treat it as a system — package tree, edit, save, activate, ABAP Unit, F8 preview, create and delete — over HTTPS as a Cloud Project and over RFC as a Custom Application Server through the built-in JavaScript bridge
“Eclipse ADT and vsp treat OSD as a system: package tree, edit, save, activate, ABAP Unit, F8 preview, create/delete. Every change lands on the git tree as abapGit files. It works over HTTPS (Cloud Project) and over **RFC** (Custom Application Server) through the built-in JavaScript bridge”
Local ABAP server serving /IWBEP/ OData v2 without an SAP system
ABAP Call HierarchyABAP Call HierarchyEclipse plugin showing the call hierarchy of ABAP membersindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by ABAP Call Hierarchy
The Eclipse plugin it installs into; the README lists the ADT plugin as a precondition.
“- The ABAP Development Tools Plugin is installed [ADT Plugin](https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/)”
Eclipse plugin showing the call hierarchy of ABAP members
ABAP Code SearchABAP Code SearchEclipse plugin searching ABAP sources from the search dialogindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by ABAP Code Search
The Eclipse plugin it installs into and extends; the README lists the ADT plugin as a precondition.
“- The ABAP Development Tools Plugin is installed [ADT Plugin](https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/)”
Eclipse plugin searching ABAP sources from the search dialog
ABAP Search and Analysis ToolsABAP Search and Analysis ToolsEclipse plugin for ABAP object search and CDS view analysisindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by ABAP Search and Analysis Tools
The Eclipse plugin it installs into and extends; the README lists the ADT plugin as a precondition.
“- The ABAP Development Tools Plugin is installed [ADT Plugin](https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/)”
Eclipse plugin for ABAP object search and CDS view analysis
ABAP TagsABAP TagsEclipse plugin for tagging ABAP repository objectsindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by ABAP Tags
The Eclipse plugin it installs into and extends; the README lists the ADT plugin as a precondition.
“- The ABAP Development Tools Plugin is installed [ADT Plugin](https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/)”
Eclipse plugin for tagging ABAP repository objects
adt-bundle-builderadt-bundle-builderWindows build packaging Eclipse with ADT as a portable IDEindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by adt-bundle-builder
the ADT feature groups the build resolves and installs, from the update site https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/latest
“Update site ADT https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/latest”“The build process will instruct the p2 director appplication to connect to the Eclipse update site and to the ADT toooling site to resolve dependencies.”
Windows build packaging Eclipse with ADT as a portable IDE
Cloud ALM Link for ADTCloud ALM Link for ADTEclipse plugin linking ABAP transports to SAP Cloud ALM featuresindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by Cloud ALM Link for ADT
the ADT plugin it extends in Eclipse, whose source editor, Project Explorer and Transport Organizer it adds its actions to; the README lists it as a prerequisite
“ABAP Development Tools (ADT) installed”
Eclipse plugin linking ABAP transports to SAP Cloud ALM features
eclipsADT-o-mateclipsADT-o-matPowerShell wizard installing Eclipse with ADT and pluginsindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by eclipsADT-o-mat
the ADT features the wizard installs from SAP's update site at `tools.hana.ondemand.com`
“A Windows PowerShell wizard that builds you a ready-to-use ABAP development environment: it downloads a chosen Eclipse release, installs SAP's [ABAP Development Tools (ADT)](https://tools.hana.ondemand.com/#abap)”
PowerShell wizard installing Eclipse with ADT and plugins
my-ide-actionsmy-ide-actionsCollection of ABAP Development Tools IDE Actionsindependent, abap
needed by
derived
needed by my-ide-actions
Where the actions are available once they have been imported, as the README names it.
“With the right authorizations they are then available in your Eclipse IDE with ABAP Development Tools.”
Collection of ABAP Development Tools IDE Actions
ADT resourcesADT resourcesHTTP endpoint under /sap/bc/adt exposing ABAP development objectssap official, abap
needs
stated
needs ADT resources
the HTTP endpoint the Eclipse client calls on the connected system, the adt ICF service under `/sap/bc/adt`
“This ICF service can now be accessed using HTTP from an external source.”“ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse provides you architectural information how one Eclipse client that is installed on the developer's PC and is connected to several ABAP back-end systems of different releases.”
HTTP endpoint under /sap/bc/adt exposing ABAP development objects
ABAP ArchitectABAP ArchitectEclipse plug-in turning JSON or XML into ABAP types and DDIC objectsindependent, abap
optionally used by
derived
optionally used by ABAP Architect
Create DDIC, and inserting generated code into the ADT ABAP editor
Create DDIC runs through ADT's own Eclipse services, reached by reflection rather than a compile-time dependency, and inserting into the ABAP editor goes through its `IAbapSourcePage` adapter.
“ADT (ABAP Development Tools) is optional; without it "Insert into Editor" works with editors implementing `ITextEditor`, but "Create DDIC" is disabled (the plug-in has no compile-time dependency on ADT; reflection is used).”“**Insert into Editor**: inserts the generated code at the cursor position in the active editor. ADT ABAP editor is supported (via the `IAbapSourcePage` adapter).”
Eclipse plug-in turning JSON or XML into ABAP types and DDIC objects
EPOD ADT MCP ServerEPOD ADT MCP ServerMCP server for ABAP on the ADT session, in Eclipse or standaloneindependent, abap
optionally used by
derived
optionally used by EPOD ADT MCP Server
the Eclipse mode, which this update site carries
the ADT installation the feature is installed into, and the project session every tool call runs under
“Eclipse 2024-03 or later with SAP ADT (ABAP Development Tools) installed”“The plugin reuses each project's existing ADT session — no password prompt.”
MCP server for ABAP on the ADT session, in Eclipse or standalone
BellaBellaEclipse plugin bringing Claude into ABAP Development Toolsindependent, abap
used by
derived
used by Bella
supplies the ABAP editors and the logged-on ABAP projects Bella's ADT integration feature attaches to; Bella ships and downloads no ADT of its own
“**Bella ADT integration**: Bella's own SAP tools through the ADT logon. Requires ADT.”“Bella does not ship or download ADT. The update site contains only Bella's own bundles, and they accept any installed ADT version, so an existing ADT installation is left as it is.”
Eclipse plugin bringing Claude into ABAP Development Tools
teched2023-DT187vteched2023-DT187vTechEd 2023 tutorial on an analytical data model in ABAP Cloudsap official, abap
used by
derived
used by teched2023-DT187v
where the CDS views and the analytical query are written and previewed; the README asks for the latest version installed.
“have the latest version of the ABAP development tools installed”
TechEd 2023 tutorial on an analytical data model in ABAP Cloud
teched2025-AD162teched2025-AD162TechEd 2025 workshop on a Fiori app with ABAP Cloud and Joulesap official, abap
used by
derived
used by teched2025-AD162
where the exercises are worked; the README asks for the latest version on the reader's own machine.
“you need the latest version of the ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse (ADT) on your laptop or PC”
TechEd 2025 workshop on a Fiori app with ABAP Cloud and Joule
VERTEXVERTEXADT extension for Eclipse and VS Code showing three SAP GUI toolsindependent, abap
used by
derived
used by VERTEX
the Eclipse feature declares the SAP ADT bundles as prerequisites, so p2 refuses the install on an Eclipse without them
“ADT has to be installed first: the feature declares the SAP bundles as prerequisites”
ADT extension for Eclipse and VS Code showing three SAP GUI tools
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Readings
- Agentic Loop with Joule for Developers and ADT MCP ServerAgentic Loop with Joule for Developers and ADT MCP ServerA Devtoberfest 2026 session from SAP's ABAP AI team that generates a RAP issue-tracker application by prompting a coding agent. It covers what SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilities now ships as MCP tools and which assistants can reach an ABAP system's virtual filesystem, then does the setup twice: turning on the ADT MCP Server and pasting the Joule side-by-side tenant link in ABAP Development Tools for VS Code, and again in ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse, where the custom agent becomes custom instructions. The demo's subject is the guardrails around the loop — an agent.md of phases and human checkpoints, skill files cloned from a GitHub repository for naming, ATC compliance and UI annotations — run through GitHub Copilot until the generated objects are activated, unit-tested and in a transport.SAP Developers, published 2026-09-28SAP Developers, YouTube — SAP Developers playlists
- SAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingSAP BAIP, ABAP environment: Monitoring and troubleshootingMonitoring and troubleshooting a side-by-side application written in the ABAP Cloud model on SAP BTP ABAP environment, which SAP's title calls SAP BAIP, ABAP environment, and which the abstract files under a clean core strategy at level A: the environment's technical monitoring tools for the monitoring half, and ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse for the troubleshooting half, the debugging concern. The abstract names the environment and the Eclipse tools, leaves the monitoring tools unnamed, and does not say what is shown of either. A TechEd 2026 hands-on session (Thursday 29 October, Berlin), presented by Frank Jentsch, Robert Werlich, Steffen Siegmund and Wolfgang Woehrle, written here from SAP's abstract; the recording is not yet published.SAP TechEd — session catalogue
Others providing
Browsing table dataBrowsing table dataLooking at what a system holds while developing or supporting it: the rows behind a key, the reference data a field points at, the tables that carry data for one object. Editing configuration records through maintenance screens is a different job, even where the same transaction does both.SAP and community, unassessed
- sapguisapguiThirty classic transactions, SE80 and SE16N among them, rebuilt as abap2UI5 apps and installed with abapGit into a standard ABAP system.independent, abapThirty classic transactions rebuilt as abap2UI5 apps
- se16nse16nAn abap2UI5 app that browses and filters the content of a table in the browser, on ABAP Cloud systems that have no SE16N as well as on premise.independent, abapTable content browser in abap2UI5, for ABAP Cloud and on premise
- sql-consolesql-consoleA browser-based SQL console built on abap2UI5, in an Open SQL and a native ADBC variant, that shows a query's result as a filterable table without Eclipse or SAP GUI.independent, abapBrowser-based SQL console built on abap2UI5
- HammerHammerA native macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS, with an Object Navigator, Transport Organizer, Data Browser and Gateway Client in the same app as the editor.independent, abapNative macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS
- abap-db-browserabap-db-browserAn SAP GUI program for browsing tables, views, CDS views, custom queries and joins, installed with abapGit together with two other repositories from the same maintainer and needing ABAP 7.50.independent, abapSAP GUI browser for tables, views, CDS views and joins
- ABAP_DATABASE_MANAGERABAP_DATABASE_MANAGERA report that runs custom SQL queries against the SAP database or an external connection, shows the results in an ALV grid, and inserts, updates and deletes data in the connected database.independent, abapABAP report running custom SQL queries into an ALV grid
- urbani-saplinkurbani-saplinkAn SE16 clone shipped as SAPlink files: an ABAP report that reads a table named at runtime with up to 190 select-options, and a Web Dynpro application beside it.independent, abapSE16 clone shipped as SAPlink files
- ABAP remote filesystemABAP remote filesystemA Visual Studio Code extension that opens an ABAP system over ADT as an editable filesystem and exposes system tools to GitHub Copilot and external MCP clients.independent, abapVS Code extension editing ABAP systems over ADT as a filesystem
- ztoadztoadAn Open SQL editor for ABAP that runs a query written in the editor pane on the server and shows the rows in an ALV window, with a pane of saved queries to reuse and share.independent, abapOpen SQL editor for ABAP with ALV output
- HR_DMEHR_DMEA read-only SAP GUI report that lists every infotype, payroll cluster and assignment table holding data for one SAP HCM person or organisational object.independent, abapRead-only SAP GUI report listing where HCM object data is stored
- Simple Data ExplorerSimple Data ExplorerA multi-window SAP GUI explorer for tables, views and CDS SQL views, with filters that re-read as they change, foreign-key navigation, a join builder and pivot tables.independent, abapMulti-window SAP GUI explorer for tables, views and CDS SQL views
- VERTEXVERTEXAn extension for ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse and VS Code that shows Simple Data Explorer, AVE and ACE in the editor over the developer's ADT connection.independent, abapADT extension for Eclipse and VS Code showing three SAP GUI tools
Editor supportEditor supportWorking in source code with the editor helping rather than treating it as text — completion, go-to-definition, inline errors, refactoring and preview.SAP and community, narrow by design
- abap-adt-apiabap-adt-apiA JS/TS client for the ADT resources an ABAP system exposes, so a program outside the system can do against it what the maintainer calls a good share of what the Eclipse tools do.independent, abapJS/TS client for the ADT resources of an ABAP system
- abap2UI5 Playgroundabap2UI5 PlaygroundABAP in the editor on the left and the abap2UI5 app it builds on the right, both inside one browser tab: the framework is transpiled to JavaScript at build time and the class in the editor is compiled when Run is pressed.community org, abapIn-browser ABAP editor beside the abap2UI5 app it builds
- abap2UI5 for VS Codeabap2UI5 for VS CodeA VS Code extension for abap2UI5 apps: F9 starts the app class in a preview beside the source, Ctrl+F3 activates the class and reloads it, and the abap2UI5 linter runs in the editor while you type.community org, abapVS Code extension to preview, activate and lint abap2UI5 apps
- vscode-tabl-ddicvscode-tabl-ddicA VS Code extension that registers .tabl.ddic files, the DDIC DDL form of an ABAP table definition, as a language of their own with a TextMate grammar for syntax highlighting, and nothing more.community org, abapVS Code syntax highlighting for .tabl.ddic table definitions
- HammerHammerA native macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS, with an Object Navigator, Transport Organizer, Data Browser and Gateway Client in the same app as the editor.independent, abapNative macOS code editor for ABAP and CDS
- @arc-mcp/adt-ls@arc-mcp/adt-lsA TypeScript SDK over adt-ls, the headless language server SAP ships inside ABAP Development Tools for VS Code, so a program drives it without the discovery, JVM and handshake work.independent, abapTypeScript SDK over SAP's headless adt-ls language server
- abapthemesabapthemesThree colour themes for ABAP source in ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse, shipped as an Eclipse plugin and installed from the maintainer's own update site.independent, abapThree colour themes for ABAP source in ADT for Eclipse
- Cloud ALM Link for ADTCloud ALM Link for ADTAn Eclipse plugin that shows the transports and SAP Cloud ALM features behind an ABAP object, and turns Cloud ALM IDs in source comments into links.independent, abapEclipse plugin linking ABAP transports to SAP Cloud ALM features
- ABAP Call HierarchyABAP Call HierarchyAn Eclipse plugin that shows which members a class method, function module or subroutine calls, read from its own ADT backend in the system and published on a beta update site only.independent, abapEclipse plugin showing the call hierarchy of ABAP members
- abap-call-hierarchyabap-call-hierarchyThe ADT backend needed by the separate ABAP Call Hierarchy Eclipse plugin, installed in the ABAP system with abapGit and still in beta, which its maintainer calls not feature complete.independent, abapADT backend for the ABAP Call Hierarchy Eclipse plugin
- abap-tags-backendabap-tags-backendThe ADT backend needed by the separate ABAP Tags Eclipse plugin, installed in the ABAP system with abapGit; an upgrade to v2.0.0 or later runs a migration program for its new database tables.independent, abapADT backend for the ABAP Tags Eclipse plugin
- ABAP TagsABAP TagsAn Eclipse plugin for putting arbitrary tags on repository objects, with a Tag Manager view, tagged object search and tag import and export, served by its own ADT backend in the system.independent, abapEclipse plugin for tagging ABAP repository objects
- BellaBellaAn Eclipse plugin that puts Claude into ABAP Development Tools: explain, generate, rework and implement from the editor's context menu, completion as ghost text, and a chat whose tools reach the system through the developer's existing ADT logon.independent, abapEclipse plugin bringing Claude into ABAP Development Tools
- ABAP Syntax HighlightingABAP Syntax HighlightingA VS Code extension that registers .abap files as the language abap and colours them with a TextMate grammar.independent, abapVS Code syntax highlighting for .abap files
- abapfs_extensionsabapfs_extensionsABAP imported with abapGit that sets the stateful session flag on systems older than 7.51, so an HTTP client of the ADT resources can update objects there.independent, abapABAP objects enabling ADT updates on systems older than 7.51
- ABAP remote filesystemABAP remote filesystemA Visual Studio Code extension that opens an ABAP system over ADT as an editable filesystem and exposes system tools to GitHub Copilot and external MCP clients.independent, abapVS Code extension editing ABAP systems over ADT as a filesystem
- ABAP Development Tools for VS CodeABAP Development Tools for VS CodeSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code: editing, debugging, ABAP Unit, ATC and transports for classes, CDS and RAP objects, over RFC to an on-premise or Private Cloud system and HTTP to a cloud one, with Joule's ADT MCP server and code completion behind an AI-unit licence.sap official, abapSAP's ABAP tools in VS Code for editing, debugging, ATC and transports
- my-ide-actionsmy-ide-actionsA collection of eight ABAP Development Tools IDE Actions covering class creation, conversion of classic Open SQL to ABAP SQL, code snippets and RAP tooling.independent, abapCollection of ABAP Development Tools IDE Actions
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Compatibility and provenance
discovered viaAdded by hand
first seen in the atlas
ecosystem and domainabap, developer-experience
Flavors
Standard ABAP
“A classic project represents the connection to an on-premise system. In this case, you need to create an ABAP Project in ADT.” — Getting Started — ABAP Development Tools User Guide, SAP Help Portal
ABAP Cloud
“A cloud project represents the connection to SAP BTP ABAP environment. In this case, you need to create an ABAP Cloud Project in ADT.” — Getting Started — ABAP Development Tools User Guide, SAP Help Portal
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