If you’re following the SAP Learning Basic ABAP Programming course or trying to use the SAP BTP ABAP Environment practice system, you might encounter this frustrating issue:
❌“Please wait, session is preparing”
❌Session keeps loading and never starts
I ran into this myself, so here’s what’s actually happening and how to fix it.
What’s the Problem?
SAP provides a preconfigured practice system for ABAP courses.
This system already contains the data and configuration needed to:
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Complete exercises from Basic ABAP Programming
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Experiment with SAP BTP ABAP Environment
However, if your local setup or project connection is incorrect, the session may never finish loading.
Common Reasons Why This Happens
1️⃣Eclipse + ADT Tools Are Not Installed Correctly
To work with the ABAP practice system, you must have:
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Eclipse IDE installed
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ABAP Development Tools (ADT) plugin added
📌SAP’s official installation guide:
👉https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/abap-install-adt.html
If ADT is missing or outdated, the session will fail silently.
2️⃣Wrong ABAP Service Instance URL (Very Common ❗)
This was the main issue in my case.
When creating an ABAP Cloud Project, Eclipse asks for:
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ABAP service instance URL
⚠️If you accidentally use:
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An ABAP service URL from your own SAP BTP Trial account
👉The SAP Learning practice session will get stuck on “Please wait, session is loading”.
✅The Correct Solution
✔️Step 1: Use the Provided Practice System URL
When you enrolled in the SAP Learning course, you downloaded a file (usually):
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s4d_ConfigFile -
it Includes a README file
📌Inside that README, you’ll find the correct ABAP service instance URL
👉This URL is specifically linked to the SAP Learning practice system
✔️Step 2: Create a NEW ABAP Cloud Project
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Open Eclipse
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Create a new ABAP Cloud Project
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Paste the ABAP service instance URL from the README
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Do NOT use your own BTP trial URL
Once I did this, the session loaded immediately. ✅
At the end, you will see that the cloud project willl be added
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