Extend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP – Add Application to the Launchpad

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As of January, 12th, 2023, SAP Launchpad Service has been re-branded to SAP Work Zone Standard Edition. As it’s been just a product renaming, there’s no impact on the functionality, hence not requiring any changes in the procedures described in this blog post. Therefore, wherever you read Launchpad Service in this blog post, please read Work Zone Standard Edition.

Prerequisites

To follow-up with this blog post you must have read and completed the following previous blog posts in this series:

• Series introduction and preparation
• Jumpstart the CAP Project
• Import SAP SuccessFactors OData Services definitions
• Define the CDS Data Model
• Create the CAP Service
• Add Business Logic
• Prepare the UI with CDS Annotations
• Add Security
• Deploy to SAP HANA Cloud
• Develop the SAP Fiori Elements Application
• Deploy Application to Cloud Foundry

Access the Work Zonde Standard Edition Site Manager

1. In the SAP BTP cockpit, on the left-hand pane expand the Services menu and click on Instances and Subscriptions. On the right side, locate the SAP Work Zone Standard Edition under Subscriptions and click on the Go to Application icon next to it

Figure 1 – Go to Application on Work Zone Standard Edition subscription

The Site Manager UI will open-up in a new browser tab. So, the first thing we need to do is to refresh (grab) the content from the HTML5 applications repository for bring in our application from there.

2. Click on the sandwich menu at the top-left corner of the page to expand the app menu and click on the Provider Manager option. Then, click on the refresh button at the far right of the HTML5 apps provider to bring-in the content from there

Figure 2 – Refresh content from the HTML5 apps repository

Prepare Business Content: Application, Group and Catalog

To learn about the concepts managed by the SAP Work Zone Standard Edition, please refer to the official documentation in this link.

1. Click on the Content Manager option, then on the Content Explorer tab and, finally, on the HTML5 Apps tile

Figure 3 – Access HTML5 Apps Repository

2. Select the Manage Projects app, then click on the Add to My Content button

Figure 4 – Add Manage Projects App to My Content

3. Click on the My Content tab, then on the New button and select Catalog from the menu

Figure 5 – Add New Catalog

4. Type Project Management as Title and Project Management Catalog as Description. Click on the Assign Items search bar and, then, on the “+” icon to the right of the Manage Projects app. Finally, click on the Save button

Figure 6 – Project Management Catalog Information

5. Go back to the Content Manager home page, click on the New button and select Group from the menu

Figure 7 – Add New Group

6. Type SuccessFactors Extensions as Title and SuccessFactors Extensions Group as Description. Click on the Assign Items search bar and, then, on the “+” icon to the right of the Manage Projects app. Finally, click on the Save button

Figure 8 – SuccessFactors Extensions Group Information

Assign the Application to Everyone

1. Go back to the Content Manager home page and click on the Everyone role in the list

Figure 9 – Access the Everyone Role

2. Click on the Edit button at the top-right and then on the Assign Items search bar. Click on the “+” icon to the right of the Manage Projects app. Finally, click on the Save button

Figure 10 – Assign the Manage Projects app to the Everyone Role

Create the Work Zone Standard Edition Site

1. Click on the Site Directory option and then on the Create Site button

Figure 11 – Create New Site

2. Name the site BTP Extensions and click on the Create button

Figure 12 – Site Name

Test Site and Application

1. Click on the link below the URL field to launch the site, which will open-up in a new browser tab

Figure 13 – Launch the Site

2. Click on the Maintain Projects tile to launch the application

NOTE: the title “Maintain Projects” is taken from the SAP Fiori Launchpad (FLP) configuration that was done when the SAP Fiori Elements application has been created following this blog post: Develop the SAP Fiori Elements Application

Figure 14 – Launch Application

The List Report page for the Project entity will be loaded:

Figure 15 – List Report page for Project entity

Now, click on the Go button and the initial test data (loaded to the HANA database from the CSV files) will be displayed:

Figure 16 – Initial test data displayed

And that’s it! You have successfully added a fully working SAP Fiori Elements application deployed to SAP BTP’s HTML5 Apps Repository to an SAP Work Zone Standard Edition site.

You can, now, test it at your will, in the same way you did using the Fiori Preview in the steps of the blog post: Prepare the UI with CDS Annotations

And this is the final step to Extend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP!

Conclusion

Congratulations! After having gone through the steps of this blog post you should have successfully added your solution to an SAP Work Zone Standard Edition site and, thus, fully completed this blog posts series on how to Extend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP!

NOTE: all the instructions provided in this blog post apply exactly the same to any CAP project using an HTML5 application as the UI deployed to Cloud Foundry on SAP BTP using the HTML5 applications repository (managed approuter), which should be added to a SAP Work Zone Standard Edition Service site.

Please, do not hesitate to submit your questions in SAP Community through the Q&A tag link: https://answers.sap.com/index.html