Working in B4HANA from eclipse
You would have worked with SAP GUI till now for BW development. But for development in BW/4HANA, you will be working in eclipse. Working in B4HANA through eclipse is a lot easier than you think. There are a lot of keyboard shortcuts that you can use to work in eclipse.
You can see some of the most useful shortcuts below.
| Operations | Shortcuts |
| Open SAP GUI | Ctrl+6 |
| Create a new object | Ctrl+N |
| Activate an object | Ctrl+F3 |
| Validate an Object | Ctrl+F2 |
| Maximize\Restore tab | Ctrl+M |
| Search\Find object | Ctrl+H |
| Open Resource | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Open an Object | Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Toggle tab | Ctrl+F7 |
| Toggle perspective | Ctrl+F8 |
| Toggle between Open objects | Ctrl+E |
| Move across open objects | Alt+(→ or ←) |
| Close current Object | Ctrl+(F4 or W) |
| Close all open objects | Ctrl+Shift+(F4 or W) |
| Get Where used list | Ctrl+F5 |
| Undo | Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | Ctrl+Y |
| Quick Access | Ctrl+3 |
| Open views | Alt+Shift+Q |
| Show error logs | Alt+Shift+Q+L |
| Refresh data preview | Ctrl+Shift+P |
You can get the list of available shortcuts in eclipse using the command Ctrl+Shift+L.
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