SAP Business Technology Platform

What is SAP Business Technology Platform, and what does it offer your organization? Answer these questions and more with this introduction! See how SAP BTP serves as your complete technical foundation and learn about its capabilities for application development, integration, data management, analytics, and more. Identify business use cases and follow practical examples that show how to use SAP BTP's portfolio to its full potential. Envision how SAP BTP enhances your business!

1. In this book, you'll learn about:

   a. Architecture
   Learn about enterprise architecture design. Build your IT strategy with SAP BTP by walking through design patterns and planning your development approach.

   b. Technologies and Services
   Explore the complete SAP BTP portfolio. See how SAP BTP supports database management, system and process integration, analytics, DevOps, and more as your unified technology platform.

   c. Use Cases
   See what's possible with SAP BTP. Learn how to identify business gaps and follow concrete implementation examples to understand how SAP BTP could fulfill your organization's specific needs.

2. Highlights include:

   1) Application architecture
   2) Administration
   3) User interface
   4) Application business logic
   5) System and process integration
   6) Data integration
   7) Analytics
   8) Security
   9) Application development
   10) Use cases

Walk through customer use cases to see how SAP BTP can bring value to your business

Autorentext
Chun Aun Gooi is an SAP BTP architect and a developer at heart. He has more than 10 years of SAP experience in architecting, building, and enhancing enterprise software. He has been involved in a number of customer projects, built several proof of concepts for customers and reference architectures, and provided guidance and strategy to customers on various SAP BTP topics.

Inhalt
... Preface ... 17

... Target Audience ... 17

... How This Book Is Organized ... 17

... Acknowledgments ... 20

... Conclusion ... 20

Part I ... Getting Started ... 21

1 ... Introduction ... 23

1.1 ... Digital Transformation and Intelligent Enterprises ... 23

1.2 ... The Role of SAP Business Technology Platform ... 32

1.3 ... Technology Pillars ... 39

1.4 ... Summary ... 55

2 ... Account Setup and Administration ... 57

2.1 ... Trial and Commercial Models ... 57

2.2 ... Services ... 61

2.3 ... Creating Your Account ... 67

2.4 ... Account Structure and Setup ... 72

2.5 ... Administration ... 76

2.6 ... Summary ... 85

Part II ... Application Architecture and Design ... 87

3 ... Architecture Design Patterns and Development Approach ... 89

3.1 ... Lean Enterprise Architecture ... 90

3.2 ... Architecture Design Patterns ... 107

3.3 ... SAP BTP Runtimes to Support Architecture Patterns ... 121

3.4 ... Development Approach ... 127

3.5 ... SAP Application Extension Methodology ... 136

3.6 ... Summary ... 138

4 ... User Interface ... 141

4.1 ... Overview ... 141

4.2 ... User Interface Access Channel ... 142

4.3 ... App Router ... 160

4.4 ... User Interface Development Tools and Technologies ... 161

4.5 ... Summary ... 173

5 ... Business Logic ... 175

5.1 ... Overview ... 175

5.2 ... Runtimes ... 176

5.3 ... Programming Models ... 185

5.4 ... SAP Workflow Management ... 191

5.5 ... Summary ... 211

6 ... System and Process Integration ... 213

6.1 ... Overview ... 213

6.2 ... SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology ... 214

6.3 ... API Management ... 239

6.4 ... Open Connectors ... 243

6.5 ... Integration Advisor ... 247

6.6 ... SAP Event Mesh ... 251

6.7 ... SAP Graph ... 255

6.8 ... Destination and Connectivity Service ... 257

6.9 ... Process Integration and Orchestration ... 261

6.10 ... Summary ... 264

7 ... Database and Data Integration ... 265

7.1 ... Overview ... 265

7.2 ... Data Persistency ... 266

7.3 ... Data Integration ... 280

7.4 ... Comparative Review ... 294

7.5 ... Summary ... 294

8 ... Analytics ... 295

8.1 ... Overview ... 295

8.2 ... SAP Analytics Cloud ... 299

8.3 ... SAP Data Warehouse Cloud ... 312

8.4 ... Comparative Review ... 318

8.5 ... Summary ... 322

9 ... Security ... 323

9.1 ... Overview ... 323

9.2 ... Authentication ... 324

9.3 ... Common Security Flows ... 329

9.4 ... Authorization ... 338

9.5 ... Cloud Connector ... 344

9.6 ... Identity Propagation ... 350

9.7 ... Summary ... 354

10 ... DevOps ... 355

10.1 ... Overview ... 355

10.2 ... Plan and Set Up ... 356

10.3 ... Develop and Test ... 363

10.4 ... Deliver and Change ... 366

10.5 ... Monitor and Operate ... 373

10.6 ... Implementation ... 378

10.7 ... Summary ... 380

Part III ... Use Cases ... 381

11 ... Identifying Use Cases ... 383

11.1 ... Types of Innovation ... 383

11.2 ... Identify Business Gaps ... 400

11.3 ... Extensibility Concept ... 403

11.4 ... Summary ... 421

12 ... Managing Multiple ERP Systems by Extending and Integrating SAP S/4HANA ... 423

12.1 ... Description ... 424

12.2 ... Architecture ... 426

12.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 431

12.4 ... Implementation ... 433

12.5 ... Summary ... 441

13 ... Managing Procurement Spend by Extending SAP Ariba ... 443

13.1 ... Description ... 444

13.2 ... Architecture ... 446

13.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 451

13.4 ... Implementation ... 453

13.5 ... Summary ... 457

14 ... Curating a Guided Prehire Experience by Extending SAP SuccessFactors ... 459

14.1 ... Description ... 459

14.2 ... Architecture ... 462

14.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 466

14.4 ... Implementation ... 467

14.5 ... Summary ... 475

15 ... Integrating the COVID-19 Risk Index with SAP Concur ... 477

15.1 ... Description ... 478

15.2 ... Architecture ... 480

15.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 484

15.4 ... Implementation ... 485

15.5 ... Summary ... 491

16 ... Integrating SAP Customer Experience with Qualtrics ... 493

16.1 ... Description ... 494

16.2 ... Architecture ... 496

16.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 500

16.4 ... Implementation ... 501

16.5 ... Summary ... 511

17 ... Building Multitenant Applications Using SAP Cloud Application Programming Model ... 513

17.1 ... Description ... 514

17.2 ... Architecture ... 514

17.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 516

17.4 ... Implementation ... 520

17.5 ... Summary ... 532

18 ... Building Cloud-Native Applications Using SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime ... 533

18.1 ... Description ... 534

18.2 ... Architecture ... 536

18.3 ... Selecting SAP BTP Services ... 538

18.4 ... Implementation ... 539

18.5 ... Summary ... 553

... The Authors ... 555

... Index ... 557