Creating a package

We are still not in a position to do any actual development work. In order to do so, we need to create a package. This object is once again a container, only it is not used for transportation purposes. A package serves just to group objects. For example, you might create one package for your sales reporting objects, and another one for your HR reporting developments. Packages are more for your use than for SAP HANA's.

From the Quick Launch panel of the Modeler perspective, select Package, then click on Create to see the New Package dialog:

Once again, the only information you need to provide is a Name. This must be in lowercase letters. The Description field will be filled automatically for you (by copying the Name you enter)—but you can change it if you like, as has been done in this case.

The Delivery Unit field can be filled or not as per your preference. If you are doing test developments, it might be unnecessary for you. In the screenshot we've just seen, the Delivery Unit named Book created in the previous section has been selected.

The other fields present are used for multi-language developments—where you create the objects in English, say, and need them to be correctly translated into French.

The Person Responsible field, which will be prefilled with your username, serves to know who is in charge of the objects in the package.

Just click on OK to create the package.

If you now expand the Content node in the Navigator panel from the Modeler perspective for your SAP HANA system, you will see the package listed as follows:

We are now, finally, in a position to do some development work. Let's get started!