Important Terminology

It’s important to understand the differences between the two SAP HANA modeling tools. Table 5.1 provides a quick summary of the differences between SAP HANA studio and the SAP HANA web-based development workbench.

SAP HANA Studio	SAP HANA Web-Based Development Workbench
Java-based.	Web-based, using an HTML5 browser.
Attribute views, analytic views, and graphical calculation views are created and edited graphically.	Only graphical calculation views are created and edited graphically.
Can only create a schema via SQL or Core Data Services (CDS).	Can create a schema via SQL, Core Data Services (CDS), or via a context menu.
Security roles are created as runtime (nontransportable) objects.	Security roles are created as design-time (transportable) objects.

Table 5.1 Key Differences between SAP HANA Modeling Tools