How to run SAP Fiori Reference Apps in WebIDE against a real backend system
Steps
When running the SAP Fiori Reference Apps against a real backend you have two options: you can run them against the public available ES5 demo system or you use your own system.
In this guide I’ll show you how to use the ES5 system and what steps needs to be done if you use your own sytem.
Using the ES5 system
- Sign up for an ES5 account
- Configure the destination
- Run the app against the ES5 backend
Using your own system
- Prerequisites
- Preparing your own system
Using the ES5 system
1. Sign up for an ES5 account
The SAP Fiori Reference apps are based on the Enterprise Procurement Model service which is available in the every SAP NetWeaver system as well as the apps themselves.
When you want to run the SAP Fiori Reference apps agains a real backend you can use the SAP NetWeaver Gateway Demo system – called ES5.
Find more information about the ES5 system here and sign up for an account. After you have an account proceed with the configuration steps here.
2. Configure the destination
We need to configure the access to the backend system in our SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit. Inside the neo-app.json file the backend is referenced as “RefAppsBackend”:
To configure the destination perform the following steps:
- Go to your SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit
- Choose Connectivity –> Destinations
- Click “New Destination”
Maintain the following values for the destination:
| Name: | RefAppsBackend |
| Type: | HTTP |
| Description: | RefAppsBackend |
| URL: | https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/ |
| Proxy Type: | Internet |
| Authentication: | BasicAuthentication |
| User: | <your ES5 user> |
| Password: | <your ES5 password> |
Maintain the following “Additional Properties”:
| sap-client | 002 |
| WebIDEEnabled | true |
| WebIDESystem | RefAppsBackend |
| WebIDEUsage | odata_abap,ui5_execute_abap,dev_abap |
Click save.
Below you see a picture of the configuration:
3. Run the app against the ES5 backend
When you want to run one of the SAP Fiori Reference apps inside the SAP Web IDE against the ES5 backend and run the file flpSandbox.html/testOVP.html:
Using your own system
Prerequisites
When you want to use your own system you need to have the SAP Cloud Connector up and running and configure the destination to your system inside the SAP Cloud Platform like in step 2 for the ES5 system and provide the appropriate connection data.
Setting up the SAP Cloud Connector is not part of this blog post, you can find more information here:
- Architectural overview about the SAP Web IDE and the SAP Cloud Connector
- SAP Cloud Connector help
- openSAP course SAP Cloud Platform Essentials – Week 3 – Unit 4 – Connecting SAP On-Premise Systems
Preparing your own system
To set up your SAP system you need at least SAP_BASIS 751 SP02 to use it as your backend system for the SAP Fiori Reference Apps. You need to do to the following – please make sure you have the rights to do this or talk with your system admin:
- Role/User Administration via Transaction PFCG: Upload attached Role
SAP_EPM_REF_APPS_BASIC_AUTH, copy role to nameZSAP_EPM_REF_APPS_BASIC_AUTHand generate the Authorization Profile. - Assign Role
ZSAP_EPM_REF_APPS_BASIC_AUTHto your Demo-Users. - Start Transaction STC01, select Task List
SAP_GW_FIORI_ERP_ONE_CLNT_SETUPand run it with default settings.
After you finished these configuration steps your are able to run the SAP Fiori Reference Apps against your backend.
Hi Martin, very useful blog. I tried to run a Reference App, the shopping app pointing to my backend ERP system, but I get an exception at oData service level, saying that the database query is not supported. I guess it's because I don't use a HANA DB, I'm thinking to redefine the oData service implementation methods. Have you faced with this issue? Thank you. Diego.
Hi Diego,
what is the version of your backend system? If you use NW 7.40 you need a HANA DB for shop and for manage products. You might want to check out the approval app. This runs with any db.
Best regards, Marita
Hi,
Where can I download the role SAP_EPM_REF_APPS_BASIC_AUTH from? The link in the blog doesn't work anymore.
Best
Same issue here!
Still not able to locate SAP_EPM_REF_APPS_BASIC_AUTH, seemingly only available via SAP releases. Anyone got any more info on finding this role as an independent object?
Ross Goodman