Can't see BAS files from other PC

[josecarlosgaza]

Dear SAP community,

I'm developing a SAPUI5 test project in a SAP BAS Dev Space from a SAP BTP Trial account that I've been accessing from a laptop we'll call PC01.

If I enter the same Dev Space using the same username and password from another computer (PC02), I can't see the files of that project. Furthermore, the custom configuration such as the keybindings hasn't been saved either. Note that if I log in again from PC01 I can still see the project files...

Do you know any explanation about this? If the files are not saved on the local hard drive, how is it possible that accessing the same BAS account with the same user, I cannot see either the configuration (keybindings...) nor the project I've been creating from the other computer?

PS. I know I can push the project to a Git repository, but that's another topic.

Kind regards,

Jose Carlos

[bill_froelich · Accepted solution]

josecarlosgaza For the Settings when you open the settings page you will see User, Remote and Workspace tabs under the search bar. User settings are stored in the browser cache and lost if you clear the cache or switch to another machine. Remote settings are stored in the dev space and would remain between machines and workspace are specific to the VS Code workspace.

I recommend switching to Remote before changing the settings so they are persisted. The one thing to keep in mind is that not all settings are available under Remote. Some only exist at the user level so those you will have to set on each machine / browser used.

[Epena]

Hello,

I’m not sure about some configurations( perhaps some of them get saved in browser local storage), but project files do get saved within BAS’s file system. Have you tried using the “open folder” option and searching through the file system in the popup window?

Regards.

[josecarlosgaza]

I found out what was going on:

Regarding the files: When opening BAS in the second pc (PC02), by default the file explorer doesn't open in the path "/home/user/projects" but in "/home/user", so you have to go one level deeper to the projects folder.

Concerning the customized settings: Colors, themes, snippets, keyboard shortcuts... It seems like they don't synchronize between computers. There is an extension called 'Settings Sync' that used to be used in VSCode to synchronize the settings between PCs (because that functionality already comes by default in VSCode), but I haven't been able to make it work in BAS.

Regards