Preface

17

Who This Book Is For

17

How This Book Is Organized

17

Text Boxes

18

Conclusion

19

1 Introduction to Low-Code and No-Code Development

23

1.1 Challenges in IT

26

1.2 Pro-Code versus Low-Code versus No-Code

30

1.2.1 Pro-Code

30

1.2.2 Low-Code

31

1.2.3 No-Code

32

1.3 No-Code Use Cases

33

1.3.1 Process Automation

33

1.3.2 Software Modernization

34

1.3.3 Mobile Apps

35

1.3.4 Minimum Viable Products

37

1.3.5 Websites/Intranet Sites

38

1.4 SAP Build

39

1.4.1 SAP Build Apps

40

1.4.2 SAP Build Work Zone

44

1.4.3 SAP Build Process Automation

47

1.5 Summary

49

2 SAP Business Technology Platform

51

2.1 Overview

52

2.1.1 SAP Business Technology Platform: Introduction

53

2.1.2 Commercial Models

55

2.1.3 Account Structure

57

2.1.4 Service Overview

61

2.2 Security

65

2.2.1 User Authentication

66

2.2.2 User Authorization

68

2.2.3 Single Sign-On

71

2.2.4 Identity Authentication

72

2.3 Cloud Connector

78

2.3.1 Initial Configuration

79

2.3.2 Mapping

83

2.4 Summary

88

3 Installing and Configuring SAP Build Apps

91

3.1 Installation

91

3.2 Configuration

99

3.3 Security

105

3.4 Summary

110

4 No-Code Development Environment

111

4.1 Launching SAP Build Apps Composer

112

4.2 Managing Development Projects

116

4.3 SAP Build Apps Composer User Interface

117

4.4 SAP Build Apps Administration

128

4.5 Help and Documentation

131

4.6 Summary

134

5 Developing Applications

135

5.1 Developing a Basic App

135

5.2 Theming

145

5.3 Building and Testing

149

5.4 App Logic, Variables, and Data Binding

154

5.5 Lifecycle Management and Team Collaboration

161

5.6 Summary

163

6 Data Integration and Authentication

165

6.1 User Authentication

166

6.2 Using Data from SAP Systems

168

6.2.1 Cloud Systems

170

6.2.2 On-Premise Systems

185

6.3 Non-SAP Systems

194

6.4 Local Data Storage

201

6.5 Summary

214

7 Visual Cloud Functions

217

7.1 Introduction

217

7.2 Entity Modeling

220

7.2.1 Native Entities

221

7.2.2 Extended Data Entities

224

7.2.3 Virtual Fields

226

7.2.4 Data Browser

229

7.3 Functions

231

7.3.1 Create a New Function

231

7.3.2 Input Parameter

232

7.3.3 Function Outcomes

234

7.3.4 Defining the Logic Flow

237

7.4 Deployment

238

7.4.1 Deployment Card

239

7.4.2 Change Types

240

7.4.3 Delete/Pause Deployment

241

7.5 Summary

242

8 Developing Extensions

243

8.1 SAP SuccessFactors

244

8.1.1 Consume API and Activate Authentication

244

8.1.2 Build a List of Personal Data

246

8.1.3 Build a Detail Page for Employee Details

254

8.2 SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud

265

8.3 Summary

279

9 Deploying Applications

281

9.1 Build Configuration

282

9.2 SAP Business Technology Platform

283

9.3 Mobile Deployment

292

9.3.1 iOS

293

9.3.2 Android

303

9.4 Summary

306

10 Introduction to SAP Build Work Zone

311

10.1 SAP Build Work Zone

311

10.2 Standard Edition

315

10.2.1 Functionality

316

10.2.2 Working Environment

318

10.2.3 Installing SAP Build Work Zone, Standard Edition

323

10.3 Advanced Edition

327

10.4 Summary

336

11 Installing and Configuring SAP Build Work Zone

337

11.1 Installation

337

11.2 Configuration

344

11.2.1 Trust and Authorizations

344

11.2.2 Identity Authentication

353

11.2.3 Identity Provisioning

355

11.3 Summary

371

12 UI Integration

373

12.1 Content Packages

373

12.1.1 Creating a Content Package

374

12.1.2 Deploying a Content Package

377

12.2 UI Integration Cards

384

12.2.1 Structure of Cards

385

12.2.2 Card Types

386

12.2.3 Developing a UI Card

389

12.2.4 Uploading a UI Integration Card

393

12.2.5 Adding a UI Integration Card to a Work Page

395

12.3 Widgets

398

12.4 Summary

402

13 External Integrations and Content Federation

403

13.1 Business Content

403

13.1.1 Create Destinations

405

13.1.2 Expose Content

407

13.1.3 Add Content Channel

409

13.1.4 Check Content and Add Roles

410

13.1.5 Configure Site

411

13.1.6 Assign Roles

413

13.2 Microsoft Teams

416

13.3 Summary

423

14 Content Transport

425

14.1 Manual Transport

427

14.1.1 Business Content

427

14.1.2 Home Page

430

14.1.3 Workspaces

432

14.1.4 Workspace Templates

436

14.2 SAP Cloud Transport Management

438

14.2.1 Initial Setup

438

14.2.2 Configuration

448

14.3 Summary

453

15 Advanced Topics

455

15.1 Notifications

455

15.1.1 Types of Notifications

457

15.1.2 Push Notifications with Webhooks

460

15.2 SAP HANA Enterprise Search

462

15.3 SAP Task Center Integration

468

15.3.1 Steps in SAP Build Work Zone

468

15.3.2 Steps in SAP Task Center

472

15.4 SAP Mobile Start

474

15.5 Summary

480

16 Administration

481

16.1 Feature Management

481

16.2 User Management

486

16.3 Compliance

488

16.4 Error Logs

499

16.5 Summary

504

17 Introduction to SAP Build Process Automation

507

17.1 Subscribing to SAP Build Process Automation

507

17.2 Features and Components

508

17.3 The Lobby

514

17.4 Lifecycle Management

519

17.5 Collaboration

521

17.6 Roadmap

524

17.7 Summary

525

18 Installing and Configuring SAP Build Process Automation

527

18.1 Installation

527

18.2 Configuration

536

18.3 Security

543

18.4 Summary

547

19 Processes

549

19.1 Creating a Project with a Business Process

549

19.2 Triggers

555

19.2.1 Form Triggers

555

19.2.2 API Triggers

564

19.2.3 Event Triggers

583

19.3 Forms

585

19.3.1 Creating a New Form

585

19.3.2 Using Forms in the Example Process

595

19.3.3 Approval Forms

604

19.4 Conditions and Branches

613

19.4.1 Conditions

613

19.4.2 Branches

619

19.5 Actions

623

19.6 Summary

625

20 Rules and Decisions

627

20.1 Decision Editor

627

20.2 Creating a Decision Artifact

629

20.3 Creating a Data Type

632

20.4 Creating a Text Rule

635

20.5 Using a Text Rule in a Process

642

20.6 Creating a Decision Table

646

20.7 Summary

653

21 Action Projects

655

21.1 Create an Action Project

655

21.1.1 Project Creation

655

21.1.2 Input

659

21.1.3 Output

662

21.1.4 Test

664

21.2 Using the Action within a Process

674

21.3 Summary

685

22 Visibility Scenarios

687

22.1 Creating a Visibility Scenario

687

22.2 Configuring a Visibility Scenario

690

22.2.1 General

691

22.2.2 Processes

691

22.2.3 Correlation

695

22.2.4 Phases

696

22.2.5 State

698

22.2.6 Status

699

22.2.7 Attributes

700

22.2.8 Actions

707

22.2.9 Performance Indicators

710

22.3 Summary

714

23 Automation

715

23.1 Desktop Agent

716

23.2 Capture Applications

722

23.3 Files

734

23.4 Environment Variables

745

23.5 Deployment

750

23.6 Summary

754

24 My Inbox

755

24.1 Using My Inbox

755

24.1.1 Task Functionality

755

24.1.2 Search Functionality

757

24.1.3 Sorting

757

24.1.4 Filter

758

24.1.5 Grouping

760

24.2 Substitution

761

24.3 My Inbox and SAP Build Process Automation

764

24.4 Summary

764

25 Monitoring and Administration

765

25.1 Monitoring

765

25.1.1 Process and Workflow Instances

766

25.1.2 Automation Jobs

770

25.1.3 Acquired Events

770

25.1.4 Automation Overview

771

25.1.5 Processes and Workflows

772

25.1.6 Triggers

773

25.1.7 Visibility Scenarios

774

25.2 Administration via the Control Tower

774

25.2.1 Tenant Details

776

25.2.2 Mail Server

777

25.2.3 SAP Cloud ALM

778

25.2.4 Destinations

779

25.2.5 External Authentication

781

25.2.6 Agent Configuration

783

25.2.7 Cloud Studio Variables

785

25.2.8 API Keys

786

25.2.9 Alert Handlers

787

25.3 Summary

789