Preface

21

How to Read This Book

21

Acknowledgments

25

1 Introduction to SAP Business Technology Platform

29

1.1 Transformation Flywheel

30

1.2 Cloud Platforms

31

1.3 Pillars of SAP Business Technology Platform

33

1.3.1 Agent and Application Development

34

1.3.2 Integration

36

1.3.3 Artificial Intelligence and Data Foundation

37

1.3.4 Deployment Models

39

1.4 SAP Business AI Platform

39

1.5 Summary

40

2 Development Environment

41

2.1 Introduction

41

2.1.1 SAP Business Technology Platform Architecture

43

2.1.2 Development Environments

45

2.2 SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment

46

2.2.1 Characteristics of Cloud Foundry

47

2.2.2 How SAP Business Technology Platform Has Adopted Cloud Foundry

49

2.2.3 Cloud Foundry Services Offered by SAP Business Technology Platform

49

2.2.4 SAP Joule for Developers

52

2.3 SAP BTP ABAP Environment

53

2.3.1 Multitenancy in SAP BTP ABAP Environment

55

2.3.2 Key Cloud-Specific Features

55

2.3.3 SAP Joule for Developers

56

2.4 SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime

57

2.4.1 Overview

57

2.4.2 Creating Services

58

2.4.3 Creating Functions

59

2.5 Deployment Based on Development Environment

60

2.5.1 Deployment on SAP BTP, Neo Environment

60

2.5.2 Deployment on SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment

62

2.5.3 Deployment on SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime

64

2.5.4 Deployment on SAP BTP ABAP Environment

64

2.6 Use Cases Based on Development Environment

65

2.6.1 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, Neo Environment

65

2.6.2 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment

66

2.6.3 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP ABAP Environment

66

2.6.4 Application Development Use Cases Supported by SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime

67

2.7 Estimating the Cost of SAP BTP Projects

67

2.8 Summary

71

3 Designing Cloud Applications for SAP

75

3.1 Cloud-Native Applications

76

3.1.1 What Are Cloud-Native Applications?

77

3.1.2 Microservice Architectures

77

3.1.3 Container Architectures

79

3.2 Clean Core for SAP BTP

80

3.2.1 Concept

81

3.2.2 Mechanism

82

3.2.3 Benefits

84

3.3 Microservices

84

3.3.1 What Are Microservices?

85

3.3.2 How Does SAP Business Technology Platform Enable Microservices?

86

3.3.3 Finding the Right Microservice

91

3.3.4 Consuming Microservices

92

3.3.5 Microservices in SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime

93

3.4 Integrating Cloud-Native Applications

93

3.4.1 Introduction to SAP Integration Suite

94

3.4.2 SAP Data Intelligence

108

3.4.3 SAP Business Accelerator Hub

110

3.4.4 Migrating SAP Process Integration or SAP Process Orchestration Content to SAP Integration Suite

110

3.4.5 Scenario-Based Recommendations for Integration Tools

112

3.5 Summary

114

4 SAP Business Application Studio

115

4.1 Capabilities

116

4.2 Setting Up SAP Business Application Studio

117

4.2.1 Plans

117

4.2.2 Setup Instructions

118

4.2.3 Types of Dev Spaces

118

4.2.4 Creating Dev Spaces in SAP Business Application Studio

135

4.2.5 Workspaces Inside Dev Spaces

140

4.3 Developing Your First Cloud Application Using SAP Business Application Studio

142

4.3.1 Creating a Project Using the Wizard

142

4.3.2 Creating a Project Using the Terminal

143

4.3.3 Creating a Project in a Local Workspace by Cloning a Repository

144

4.3.4 Creating a Project by Importing a Project

149

4.4 Leveraging SAP Build Code and Joule

150

4.4.1 What Is SAP Build Code?

150

4.4.2 Set Up SAP Build Code on SAP BTP

150

4.4.3 Create a Project Using SAP Build Code

153

4.5 Migrating Projects from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application Studio

158

4.6 Summary

161

5 SAP HANA Cloud

163

5.1 Features of SAP HANA Cloud

163

5.2 Medallion Data Architecture

165

5.3 SAP HANA Cloud Central

167

5.4 SAP HANA Cloud Knowledge Graph Engine

168

5.4.1 Knowledge Graphs

168

5.4.2 Features and Capabilities of SAP HANA Cloud Knowledge Graph Engine

169

5.5 SAP HANA Cloud Vector Engine

171

5.5.1 Journey from Unstructured Data to Vectors

172

5.5.2 Benefits and Use Cases of SAP HANA Cloud Vector Engine

174

5.6 Summary

174

6 SAP Cloud Application Programming Model

175

6.1 Overview of SAP Cloud Application Programming Model

175

6.2 Project Setup

176

6.3 Understanding Domain Modeling

178

6.4 Using the Default SQLite Database

183

6.5 Using the SAP HANA Cloud Database

186

6.6 Generating SAP Fiori User Interfaces

189

6.7 Deploying Applications to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment

193

6.8 Consuming External Services

195

6.9 Additional Topics

197

6.9.1 Localization of SAP Fiori Apps

198

6.9.2 Authentication and Authorization

199

6.9.3 Annotations

205

6.9.4 SAP Cloud Application Programming Model LLM Plugin

206

6.10 Summary

207

7 Developing Node.js Applications

209

7.1 Creating a Project Using SAP Business Application Studio

209

7.2 Connecting to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment

213

7.3 Installing Node.js Modules

216

7.4 Creating Core Data Services Resources for Our Sample Project

218

7.4.1 Creating Files for Domain Models

218

7.4.2 Creating Files for Service Definitions

219

7.4.3 Creating Data Files

220

7.5 Creating SAP HANA Cloud Artifacts

221

7.5.1 Binding Resources to the HDI Container Service

222

7.5.2 Deploying Artifacts in SAP Business Application Studio

223

7.5.3 Viewing Database Artifacts Using SAP HANA Database Explorer

224

7.6 Deploying Applications to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry

225

7.7 Generating Artifacts Using Joule

228

7.8 Summary

233

8 Developing Java Applications

235

8.1 Creating a Project from a Template

236

8.2 Creating a Java Application

239

8.3 Creating a Service Instance and Binding It to an Application

244

8.3.1 Creating an SAP HANA Deployment Infrastructure Container Service Instance

245

8.3.2 Deploying Artifacts in a Backend Database in SAP Business Application Studio

246

8.3.3 Viewing Database Artifacts Using the SAP HANA Database Explorer

246

8.4 Creating Core Data Services Domain Models and Services Based on SAP HANA Artifacts

247

8.4.1 Creating a Calculation View

247

8.4.2 Creating a Domain Model Based on a Calculation View

249

8.4.3 Creating a Service Definition

250

8.5 Deploying Applications to SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry

250

8.6 Summary

254

9 Developing ABAP Applications

255

9.1 SAP BTP ABAP Environment Architecture and Overview

255

9.2 Provisioning an SAP BTP ABAP Environment Trial

257

9.3 ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse

261

9.3.1 Installation and Setup

261

9.3.2 SAP Joule for Developers

265

9.3.3 ABAP AI Capabilities

266

9.4 ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model

268

9.4.1 Data Modeling and Behavior

269

9.4.2 Business Service Provisioning

270

9.4.3 Service Consumption

271

9.5 Developing a List Report App

271

9.5.1 Business Requirements

271

9.5.2 Creating an ABAP Package and Database Table

272

9.5.3 Building an ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model Application

276

9.6 Managed Versus Unmanaged Transactional Apps

286

9.7 Developing a Managed App

287

9.8 Adding Draft Capabilities to Managed Apps

294

9.9 Developing an Unmanaged App

298

9.10 Developing a Web API

310

9.11 Transport Management

312

9.12 Summary

318

10 Developing Python Application Using SAP Business Application Studio

319

10.1 Python Overview and Libraries

319

10.2 Jupyter Notebook

321

10.3 Creating a Python Application

323

10.3.1 Setup

323

10.3.2 Create a Project

328

10.3.3 Install Python Extension

330

10.3.4 Install Flask Library

332

10.3.5 Deployment

336

10.4 Summary

341

11 Developing Applications in SAP Business Technology Platform, Kyma Runtime

343

11.1 SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime

344

11.2 Use Cases

346

11.3 Building with Kyma

347

11.3.1 Prerequisite Configuration

347

11.3.2 Configuring SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime, and Service Deployment

349

11.3.3 Creating Pairing and Application Programming Interface Rules

357

11.4 Summary

358

12 Developing SAP Fiori Applications

359

12.1 Overview and Architecture

360

12.2 SAP Fiori Tools in SAP Business Application Studio

361

12.3 Freestyle SAP Fiori versus SAP Fiori Elements

364

12.4 Developing Complex Freestyle SAP Fiori Applications

366

12.4.1 Developing List-Detail Applications

367

12.4.2 Basic Files in SAPUI5 Applications

375

12.5 Developing Complex SAP Fiori Elements Applications

375

12.5.1 Determining Floorplans

376

12.5.2 Determining Data Sources and Other Details

378

12.5.3 Guided Development

379

12.6 Deploying an Application

386

12.7 Extending Freestyle Applications

387

12.8 Extending SAP Fiori Elements Applications

388

12.9 Summary

390

13 DevOps Implementation

393

13.1 DevOps Fundamentals

394

13.1.1 Core Tenets of DevOps

394

13.1.2 DevOps Inner Circles

398

13.1.3 Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

399

13.2 Implementing Tooling for DevOps

401

13.2.1 Continuous Everything

401

13.2.2 Requirements Management

403

13.2.3 Collaborative Development Tools

407

13.2.4 Deployment Options in the Cloud

409

13.2.5 Quality Assurance

414

13.2.6 Monitoring and Feedback

417

13.2.7 Continuous Delivery Options in SAP BTP

418

13.3 Best Practices for DevOps in SAP

423

13.4 DevOps Tooling Integration for SAP and Hybrid Landscapes

425

13.5 Summary

428

14 Security

431

14.1 SAP BTP Authentication Options

431

14.1.1 Identity Authentication

432

14.1.2 Solution Overview for User Authentication via the SAP BTP User Store

434

14.1.3 Solution Overview for User Authentication Using a Corporate User Store

435

14.1.4 Solution Overview for User Authentication Using Your Own Identity Provider

436

14.2 SAP BTP Single Sign-On

437

14.2.1 Application-to-Application Single Sign-On

437

14.2.2 Assertion SSO

438

14.2.3 Principal Propagation

438

14.3 Access Management on SAP BTP

439

14.3.1 Key Concepts in User Authentication in SAP BTP

439

14.3.2 User Account and Authentication Service

440

14.3.3 Web Access

440

14.4 Authorizations for Applications on SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Environment

442

14.4.1 Access Control

442

14.4.2 Security Artifacts for Authorizations

443

14.4.3 Authorization Enforcement

443

14.4.4 Scopes, Role Templates, and Attributes

444

14.5 Web Security for Applications in SAP BTP

444

14.5.1 Protection Against Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

445

14.5.2 Protecting Against Cross-Site Request Forgery

445

14.5.3 Protecting Against Click-Jacking Attempts

445

14.5.4 Protecting Against Cross-Site Scripting

446

14.5.5 Setting Up Timeouts for Application User Sessions

446

14.5.6 Securing Node.js Applications

446

14.5.7 Securing Your Java Applications

446

14.6 Joule Security

447

14.7 Summary

448

15 Application Monitoring

449

15.1 Monitoring Java Applications

449

15.2 Monitoring Database Systems

452

15.3 Monitoring Cloud Foundry Applications

455

15.3.1 Activating Application Log

456

15.3.2 Visualizing Application Log

456

15.4 Monitoring APIs

458

15.4.1 REST APIs for Java Applications

458

15.4.2 REST APIs for Database Systems and SAP HANA Extended Application Services

461

15.5 Monitoring Applications with Notifications

461

15.6 SAP Automation Pilot

462

15.6.1 Concepts

462

15.6.2 How SAP Automation Pilot Works

464

15.7 Summary

465

16 SAP Workflow Management

469

16.1 Overview

470

16.1.1 Key Capabilities

470

16.1.2 Limitations and Considerations

471

16.1.3 Process Model

471

16.1.4 User Interfaces

472

16.1.5 Configuring Workflow Steps

473

16.1.6 Triggering the Workflow

474

16.1.7 Configuring the Rules

475

16.1.8 Process Visibility

477

16.2 Integrations

478

16.2.1 Integration Specific to Workflow Steps

479

16.2.2 Integrating Intelligent Services

479

16.3 Model Architecture for Workflow on SAP Business Technology Platform

480

16.4 Workflow Package

481

16.5 Workflow Monitoring

482

16.6 Summary

483

17 SAP Build Work Zone

485

17.1 Introduction to SAP Build Work Zone

486

17.2 Key Concepts

486

17.3 SAP Build Work Zone Editor

488

17.3.1 Spaces, Pages, Cards, Widgets, and Content Packages

489

17.3.2 Users, Roles, and Permissions

491

17.3.3 Content Integration

492

17.4 Summary

494

18 SAP Build Process Automation

495

18.1 Basics of SAP Build Process Automation Design

495

18.1.1 Tenant Setup for SAP Build Lobby

496

18.1.2 Projects

500

18.1.3 Agents

505

18.1.4 Recorder

506

18.1.5 Packages

507

18.1.6 Deployment

508

18.2 Orchestrating Automation Processes

508

18.3 Attended and Scheduled Bots

510

18.4 Imbuing Intelligence in Bots

510

18.5 Integration

512

18.6 Summary

514

19 Joule

517

19.1 Introduction to Joule

517

19.2 Capabilities

519

19.3 Key Process and Components

523

19.4 Joule Extensions and Agents

524

19.5 Summary

528

20 SAP Business Data Cloud

529

20.1 Architecture

529

20.2 Capabilities

531

20.3 SAP Business Data Cloud Cockpit

533

20.4 Data Products

534

20.5 Intelligent Applications

536

20.6 SAP Databricks

538

20.7 Use Cases

540

20.7.1 Modernizing SAP Business Warehouse with SAP Business Data Cloud

540

20.7.2 Supporting SAP Business AI

542

20.8 Summary

543

21 Conclusion and Roadmap

545

21.1 The Autonomous Enterprise

545

21.2 Cloud Platforms

547

21.3 Digital Innovation

550

21.4 SAP BTP Roadmap

552

21.5 Summary

553