How to Install SAP IDES for Practice [Windows 10]

How to Install SAP IDES for Practice: SAP has developed an environment called Internet Demonstration and Evaluation System [IDES] for developers to learn and practice ERP via hands-on. Many of you might have tried installing the IDES from SAP Marketplace and failed. Today we are going to talk about the installation process of SAP IDES on Windows 10 PC without using SAP Marketplace. The installation packages are provided here by “HEC Montréal” and are same as the one provided by SAP Marketplace. So without wasting any time let’s see How to Install SAP IDES for Practice with the help of the below-listed tutorial.

How to Install Free SAP IDES | SAP IDES Installation Process

Following are the hardware prerequisite of IDES installation:

  • HDD of 600 GB and above
  • RAM of 4GB and above
  • Intel 64/32-bit core i3 processor and above
  • Memory: Minimum 1 GB free
  • Disk Space: Minimum 300 MB disk space

How to Install SAP IDES for Practice

Make sure to create a restore point just in case something goes wrong.

Part 1: SAP GUI Installation

Step 1: Download SAP IDE provided by HEC Montréal from here and then unzip it.

Step 2: Go to the extracted folder and find SetupAll.exe

Go to the extracted folder and find SetupAll.exe of SAP IDES

Double click on SetupAll.exe. If prompted with any message, select yes.

Step 3: A Front End Installer will open, click Next.

A Front End Installer will open, click Next

Step 4: Select the following and click Next:

  • SAP Business Client 6.5
  • Chromium for SAP Business Client 6.5
  • SAP GUI for Windows 7.50 (Compilation 2)

Checkmark SAP Business Client 6.5, SAP GUI, and Chromium for SAP

Step 5: By default path will be given as

C:\Program Files(x86)\SAP\NWBC65,

If you want to change, click Browse and Select the path or simply click Next.

If you want to change the default path of SAP IDES click Browse

Step 6: Let the SAP IDES installer install all the required files.

Let the SAP IDES installer install all the required files

Step 7: Once setup is completed, click close.

Once setup is completed, click close

This is How to Install Free SAP IDES but you still need to learn how to configure it, so follow the next method.

Part 2: SAP GUI PATCH Installation

Step 1: Download SAP GUI patch provided by HEC Montréal from here and then double-click to install it.

SAP GUI PATCH Installation

Step 2: Let the installation Continue.

Let the installer continue with the installation of SAP GUI PATCH

Step 3: Once the installation is completed, click Close.

Once the installation of SAP GUI Patch is completed, click Close

Part 3: SAP Hot Fix Installation

Step 01: Download SAP Hot Fix provided by HEC Montréal from here and then double-click on it to install.

SAP GUI for Windows 7.50 Hotfix

Step 2: Let the installer install the hotfixes.

Let SAP GUI for Windows 7.50 Patch installer install hot fixes

Step 3: Once the installation is completed, click Close.

Once the installation of SAP GUI Hotfix is completed, click Close

Part 4: SAP Logon Configuration

Step 1: Once the above process is completed, search for SAP Logon in Start Menu and then click on it.

Search for SAP Logon in Start Menu and then click on it

Step 2: Click the New Item as shown in the below image:

Click the New Item in SAP Logon window

Step 3: Select “User Specified System” and click Next.

Select User Specified System and click Next

Step 4: Now Select Connection Type as “Custom Application Server” and enter the following as per provided by the Server owner or Admin Department. For more visit this page: SAP Application Server Instances

In my case:

  • Connection Type: Custom Application Server
  • Description: Aditya Development Server
  • Application Server: server01.
  • Instance number: 00.
  • System ID: ERD.

After you have entered the above values, click Next.

Select Connection Type as Custom Application Server & enter the following as per provided by the Server owner

Step 5: Do not change any predefined settings and Click Next.

Do not change any predefined settings and Click Next

Step 6: Don’t change any communication settings between SAP GUI and Application Server, simply click Next.

Don't change any communication settings between SAP GUI and Application Server

Step 7: That’s it, you have successfully learned How to Install Free SAP IDES. Finally, click your Connection that you just created and happy coding.

Click your Connection that you just created and you are good to go

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That’s it you have successfully learned How to Install SAP IDES for Practice [Windows 10] but if you still have any queries regarding this tutorial then feel free to ask them in the comment’s section.

21 thoughts on “How to Install SAP IDES for Practice [Windows 10]”

  1. What ever is written here is just normal GUI Installation. If you want to learn sap then download image file of sap EDD IDES which runs on VMware with windows server 2002 or any (Don’t know) and then you can use this.
    If you use this above mention procedure then you should have working internet connection with proper router string and ip( provided by server ).

    Or you can purchase rental server with 700-1000 rs/- per month.

  2. Hi,
    I am as well getting the same error.

    Error – “Check your application server name”, “Host name sapserver01 unknown”.

    Also I tried n number of ways for loggin in to the server but couldn’t find a way.

    Also tried to enter the SAProuter string field but still I have the same error.

    Can anyone please let me know a way of getting this problem solved?? Also expecting a reply from @ adityafarrad

    Thank you.

  3. Sorry to disappoint anyone reading this, but this is just the installation of the SAP client (SAP GUI). Just the client by itself is useless unless you have an SAP system to connect to.

  4. Hi,

    It seems that the sever name mentioned in these instructions is for a system used by the writer.

    Your server name must be different. Therefore pls find the correct server name relevant to your IDES installation. I have seen some IDES systems use server names such as eccehp7 etc. etc.

  5. Hi,

    This is further to my previous post. As correctly mentioned by Martin, this client is only a front end (presentation layer) for connecting to the IDES system. You should have a working IDES system (Application and Database layers) installed, in order to connect to it using this SAP GUI client.

    This is not all about installing IDES. First you have to find IDES installation files and then install it.
    But, as far as GUI installation is concerned, this guide gives correct and precise instructions as how to install GUI.

  6. I see that nobody is talking about the elephant in the room. This post is at least misleading (“How to Install SAP IDES for Practice”) and probably adityafarrad posted this and never looked back (otherwise he would have read the comments and answered). As mentioned by others this refers only to the GUI part. Don’t lose time on this like me.

    1. Hi, Actually this was a guest from another author, I don’t have the technical expertise for the SAP domain. I have already tried to reach out to the author but they are not available. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

  7. Hello,
    I have installed the application as per your guidance but when in try to log on it is showing me error.
    1st screen—-
    Hostname ‘xyz’ unknown
    check your application server name

    2nd screen—
    Hostname ‘xyz’ unknown
    time-
    component- NI (network interface)
    release- 749
    version – 40

    module-
    line – 198
    method- nihlgetnodeaddr- hostname cached as
    return code- 2
    counter- 4

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    Syed Ehtisham Abdullah

    You should edit c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\host file and put in the host name as per below

    IP_ADDRESS HOSTNAME

  9. Hello,

    The word ‘here’ in the phrase : ‘Step 1: Download SAP IDE provided by HEC Montréal from here and then unzip it.’ should be a hyperlink, but it is not.

    Could you please guide to the workaround for this problem ?

    Best regards.

    Reda Khalifa

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