About Catalogs
What are catalogs?
Catalogs are authorization objects that are used in FCC to enable role-based access to apps and tile groups in a SAP Fiori launchpad. There are three objects that are associated with FCC catalogs - roles, apps, and tile groups.
You assign roles to a catalog and you assign tile groups and apps to a catalog.
Here's a diagram showing you how these objects are related:
The end result is that users who are assigned to a particular role, will have access to the apps and tile groups that are assigned to the same catalog as their role.
Why would you use a catalog?
Let's walk through the procedure of how to create a catalog and then we can see how end users use the catalogs in their launchpad.
How to create a catalog
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1 | Log on to the FCC and click Catalogs in the side navigation panel to open the Manage Catalogs editor. | |
2 | At the bottom left side of the editor, click + (New). | |
3 | In the Properties tab, name the catalog Office Admin. | |
4 | In the Apps tab, select the apps that you want to assign to the Office Admin catalog by using the + icon on the right side of the Assigned Apps table. Note: You are assigning apps to the catalog to make sure that end users can access these apps in their launchpad. If they can't see the apps in their launchpad, they can search for the catalog in their launchpad Tile Catalog and add the apps manually to their home page. | |
5 | In the Roles tab, assign roles to the Office Admin catalog by using the + icon on the right. Note: You are assigning a roles to the catalog so that all users with these roles, will have access to the apps that are assigned to the Office Admin catalog. Note You must assign at least one role. | |
6 | In the Tile Groups tab, click Edit and then select the tile groups that you want to assign to the Office Admin catalog by using the + icon on the right. Note You are assigning tile groups to the Office Admin catalog so that users will see the tile groups in their launchpad. | |
7 | Save your settings. The new catalog appears in the list of catalogs in the side panel. | |
8 | If you want to make changes to this catalog, select it in the side panel and click Edit at the bottom right side of the screen. |
A typical scenario
What will I see when I open my SAP Fiori Launchpad?
However I do want to add the List of Employees app to my home page so I open the Tile Catalog at the bottom of my launchpad.
I see that the List of Employees app is part of this catalog:
I click the + and now I can see the List of Employees app on my launchpad.
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