prerequisites.md

Prerequisites

There are hardware and software prerequisites for completing this exercise.

Hardware

Each participant must have their own laptop with enough admin privileges to be able to install software. The laptop must also be able to connect to the Internet.

Software

Before the virtual event, participants must ensure they have the following installed on their laptops:

• Python (3+ version) : https://www.python.org/downloads
• Create a Python virtual environment
• An approved SAP Ariba developer application with access to the Analytical Reporting API

Below, steps to install Python in Windows:

1. Download Python from the Python website: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-382/
2. Install virtualenvwrapper: https://pypi.org/project/virtualenvwrapper-win/

   pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

3. Define environment variable in Windows: Add an environment variable WORKON_HOME to specify the path to store environments. By default, this is %USERPROFILE%\Envs.
4. Navigate to directory scripts, create virtual environment and install packages required to run ariba_pagination.py

   cd scripts
   mkvirtualenv ariba-api-pagination -r requirements.txt

5. Ensure to activate the Python environment:

   workon ariba-api-pagination