Preface

11

Target Audience

11

Structure of This Book

11

Practice Questions

14

Summary

15

Acknowledgments

15

Introduction: The Path to Certification

17

Certification Exam System

18

Exam Objective

18

Exam Structure

18

Test Preparation Resources

22

Training Courses for SAP Cloud Platform

22

SAP Help Portal

24

SAP Community

26

openSAP

27

SAP Cloud Platform Discovery Center

28

Test-Taking Strategies

29

Summary

31

1 Introduction and Architecture

33

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

35

Key Concepts Refresher

35

Bimodal IT

35

Intelligent Enterprise

37

SAP Cloud Platform

40

Cloud Models

49

Deployment Models

52

Domain Model

53

Connect, Integrate, Extend, and Build

56

Product Capabilities and Services

58

Security in the Cloud

69

Important Terminology

83

Practice Questions

84

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

89

Takeaways

93

Summary

93

2 Application Development

95

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

96

Key Concepts Refresher

97

Twelve-Factor Application Methodology

97

Multi-Target Applications

104

Cloud Foundry

105

Java Development

109

Bring Your Own Language

121

SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori Development

135

Develop Functions in SAP Cloud Platform

166

Important Terminology

171

Practice Questions

173

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

178

Takeaways

182

Summary

183

3 SAP HANA Development

185

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

187

Key Concepts Refresher

187

Introduction to SAP HANA Development

187

SAP HANA XS Development

189

SAP HANA XS Advanced Development

205

Important Terminology

223

Practice Questions

225

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

229

Takeaways

232

Summary

232

4 Extending Applications

233

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

235

Key Concepts Refresher

235

Business Agility

235

Extending the Frontend

237

Extending the Backend

255

Software as a Service Extension

301

Data and Storage

303

Important Terminology

305

Practice Questions

306

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

313

Takeaways

316

Summary

317

5 Integration

319

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

321

Key Concepts Refresher

321

SAP Cloud Platform Integration

322

SAP Cloud Platform Integration Advisor

336

SAP Cloud Platform API Management

350

SAP API Business Hub

375

SAP Cloud Platform Open Connectors

379

Important Terminology

386

Practice Questions

388

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

393

Takeaways

396

Summary

397

6 Innovation

399

Objectives of This Portion of the Test

400

Key Concepts Refresher

401

SAP Leonardo

401

Internet of Things

403

Mobile

414

Machine Learning

441

Important Terminology

460

Practice Questions

461

Practice Question Answers and Explanations

464

Takeaways

466

Summary

467