Hands-On Video Tutorials

Tahir Hussain Babar and Jamie Wiseman from Digital Partner Engineering just released a new video tutorial series about how to get started with the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite.

As advertised: SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite is an open and modular iPaaS supporting your enterprise-wide integration needs for both SAP and non-SAP integration scenarios.

You can watch the 12-part video tutorials in a little over 90 minutes. What you learn is

• How to set up the trial environment and enable the capabilities
• How to manage roles (application configuration)
• How to work with SCPIS Cloud Integration
• How to create a Process Integration Runtime service instance with service key
• How to create and deploy integration flows
• How to work with events, message transformers, routes, and calls
• How to test integration flow execution using Postman
• How to monitor integration flows and debug messages
• How to work with SCPIS API Management
• How to create and test an API proxy URL
• How to work with the API Test Console
• How to work with the Policy Editor

SAP HANA Academy YouTube Playlist and Code Repository

To bookmark the playlist on YouTube, go to

• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite – An Introduction

For the code snippets, see

• github.com/saphanaacademy/cpis

Documentation and Additional Resources

For more information about CPIS, visit

• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite | SAP Community
• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite | Discovery Center
• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite | SAP Help Portal
• What is SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite | Product Information

Training and Certification

For additional information about training and certification, see

• SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite | Learning Journey
• Simplify Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite | openSAP (free)
• Get Certified: C_CPI_13 | SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Cloud Platform Integration

Hands-On Tutorials

For additional information about training and certification, see

• Request Product Details with an Integration Scenario

Video Tutorial | Overview

In the first video, Bob introduces the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite (CPIS), briefly discusses the capabilities, an architectural chalkboard of the whole series, and shows resources available.

0:00 – Introduction 

0:30 – Overview CPIS capabilities

2:10 – Architectural overview video series

5:00 – Documentation and additional resources

Video Tutorial | Onboarding

In the next video, we’ll go through onboarding both a SAP Cloud Platform Trial Instance, as well as setting up your instance to use the Cloud Platform Integration Suite.

Note that the activation can take up to 60 minutes.

0:00 – Introduction

0:30 – Create trial account for SAP Cloud Platform

2:45 – Subscribe to Integration Suite

4:00 – Add capabilities 

5:15 – Overview

Video Tutorial | Security

In this video, we assign the required role collections to our SAP Cloud Platform trial account and create a Process Integration Runtime service instance and service key.

0:00 – Introduction

1:00 – Application Configuration: Manage roles

1:45 – Security documentation about roles and user personas

3:20 – Assign role collections to trial account user

4:45 – Create Process Integration Runtime instance, plan integration flow

6:00 – Specify JSON configuration from GitHub code repository

7:25 – Create service key and download

Documentation

• Persona | SAP Cloud Platform Integration

Code Repository

• cpis | PI runtime configuration (JSON)

Video Tutorial | Creating Flows

In this video, we’ll go through the basics of creating Integration Flows, and will introduce the concepts of Sender, Integration Processes and Receivers.

0:00 – Introduction

0:30 – Create integration flow

2:15 – Discover flows

3:30 – Settings, Monitor, and Design

4:40 – Create new package

5:25 – Add integration flow

6:45 – Edit flow

8:50 – Documentation

9:45 – Add incoming message flow using HTTPS and configure connection

Documentation

• Get Started with Integration Flow Development | SAP Cloud Platform Integration

Video Tutorial | Converting Formats

In this video, we’ll go through how we can convert message types when using Integration Flows. We will demonstrate converting JSON to XML.

0:00 – Introduction

0:30 – Deploy integration flow

0:50 – Monitor

2:00 – Test using Postman

3:00 – Basic authorisation using username (clientid) and password (clientsecret)

4:30 – Add role collection with role MessagingSend and add to trial user

6:00 – Basic authorisation using username (trial account e-mail) and password

Video Tutorial | Running Flows

In this video, we’ll go through how we can test and debug external calls when using Integration Flows.

0:00 – Introduction

1:10 – Add transformation: JSON to XML

2:50 – Deploy

3:10 – Monitor flow execution

5:00 – Add Groovy script from code repository

7:00 – Deploy

7:25 – Test using Postman

Code Repository

• cpis | Groovy Script for Logging

Video Tutorial | Routing

In this video, we’ll go through how we can have multiple routes when using Integration Flows. We’ll also demonstrate encoding JSON.

0:00 – Introduction

1:00 – Edit Integration Flow and add Router

2:30 – Add End Event and add a second route

3:00 – Configure route

3:45 – Add Base64 Encoder Message Transform

4:20 – Save and deploy

4:40 – Test using Postman

Video Tutorial | API Management

In this video, we’ll go through the basics of using API Management.

0:00 – Introduction

1:10 – API Management

2:00 – Create API Provider

2:30 – Discover API packages: SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

5:00 – Edit and configure API proxy URL

6:00 – Deploy

6:30 – Try out sandbox URLs

7:30 – Get API key from SAP API Business Hub

8:10 – Add apikey as header

Video Tutorial | Policies

In this video, we’ll go through the basics of using Policies within API Management, and we’ll demonstrate auto assigning an API Key when using an API.

0:00 – Introduction

1:20 – Using the expand parameter

2:10 – API Test Console

3:20 – Using Policy Editor to edit PreFlow adding code from repository

5:00 – Update API key and test

Code Repository

• cpis | AddHeaderAPIKey

Video Tutorial | Creating External Calls

In this video, we’ll go through how we can make external calls to external systems when using Integration Flows. We’ll demonstrate connecting to a SuccessFactors Sandbox.

0:00 – Introduction

1:00 – Edit Integration Flow package (Cloud Integration, Design, artifact)

2:00 – Add End Event

2:30 – Add Request Reply Call

3:10 – Connect and configure OData Receiver adapter for API Proxy URL

4:40 – Model operations for processing

Video Tutorial | Testing External Calls

In this video, we’ll go through how we can make external calls to external systems when using Integration Flows. We’ll demonstrate connecting to a SuccessFactors Sandbox.

0:00 – Introduction

0:40 – Deploy integration flow

0:50 – Test flow using Postman

2:00 – Try out API proxy URL 

3:00 – Monitor message processing

5:00 – Edit OData Request Reply Route

6:45 – Save and deploy

7:00 – Test flow using Postman

Video Tutorial | Content Modifiers

In the last video of this series, we’ll go through using Content Modifiers when using Integration Flows.

0:00 – Introduction

1:00 – Edit flow and add Transformation: Content Modifier

1:45 – Edit and add message header

2:30 – Edit OData Request Reply Route

3:15 – Save and deploy

3:40 – Test flow using Postman

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