HA450 – SAP HANA 2.0 SPS06 – Application Development for SAP HANA® — Lesson 1: XS Advanced, Cloud Foundry Concepts, and MTA Structure

Learning Objectives

• Explain how XS Advanced, Cloud Foundry Concepts, and MTA Structure supports deployable HANA applications.
• Complete the workflow and produce a reviewable HANA application architecture and MTA map.
• Evaluate the condition where an application module deploys without binding to its required database resource and select a supported response.

Detailed Topics

• XS Advanced architecture: business purpose, responsible roles, and SAP objects that establish the operating scope.
• Cloud Foundry similarities: organizational assignments, master records, and dependencies required before processing begins.
• Multi-target application descriptors: navigation, field control, and status logic used to create a reliable starting point.
• Module and resource dependencies: approval and evidence checkpoints that confirm the foundation is ready for use.

Instructor Demonstration

The instructor traces XS Advanced architecture, Cloud Foundry similarities, Multi-target application descriptors, Module and resource dependencies through the course scenario, explaining navigation, decision logic, dependencies, system messages, and the evidence retained in HANA application architecture and MTA map. The walkthrough also shows how to investigate the condition where an application module deploys without binding to its required database resource.

Hands-On Exercise

Complete a controlled activity covering XS Advanced architecture, Cloud Foundry similarities, Multi-target application descriptors, Module and resource dependencies and preserve the final result in HANA application architecture and MTA map.

1. Define the expected business result and the SAP objects that should produce it.
2. Perform the lesson scenario, capturing before-and-after evidence for every material decision.
3. Test the exception without changing unrelated settings or data, then explain the first divergence.
4. Apply proportionate remediation and complete a focused regression test before handover.

Scenario Analysis

• Which SAP object, rule, master record, or process step most strongly influences the observed result?
• What evidence distinguishes a configuration problem from data, authorization, integration, or timing causes?
• How should the HANA application architecture and MTA map be approved, retained, monitored, and updated after handover?

Troubleshooting Guidance

Start at the earliest point where expected SAP behavior differs from the observed result. Review process sequence, master data, organizational assignments, configuration, authorization, integration, and timing separately. Treat “an application module deploys without binding to its required database resource” as a testable hypothesis until settings, documents, logs, reports, and retest outcomes confirm the cause.

Validation Checklist

• Required structures, master data, roles, settings, and dependencies for XS Advanced, Cloud Foundry Concepts, and MTA Structure are present.
• The HANA application architecture and MTA map connects each conclusion to objective, reviewable SAP evidence.
• Normal processing, the stated exception, integration behavior, and access boundaries were tested.
• Corrections, retest criteria, ownership, documentation, monitoring, and operational handover are complete.

Lesson Outcome

Learners can apply XS Advanced, Cloud Foundry Concepts, and MTA Structure, explain the resulting SAP behavior, and defend the outcome through HANA application architecture and MTA map.