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Chaitanya_Priya
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
Hello Community,

You have would read comprehensive blog and videos showcased  by jesse09 andjohnluu on the  2022 Top 5 product updates from SAP Build Process Automation.

Want to get hands-on experience with the top features? Let's get started with step-by-step tutorials that we have created for you for the below features.

  • API Triggers

  •  Actions

  • Technical events for Automation

  • Google Workspace Integration

  • Microsoft 365 Integration


1.API Trigger


With the release of API Trigger, you can now start the Business process from any services like SAP Build Apps, SAP Build Work Zone (Advanced edition), CAP applications, etc.

In this mission, you will explore how to use the API Trigger feature to initiate the business process from SAP Build Apps.


 With this mission, you will build an E2E scenario of Automating the Sales order process using SAP Build Apps and SAP Build Process Automation.


 

Process Flow:


 

2. Actions


Action is a means to connect processes with external systems, be they SAP or non-SAP systems.

In this series of tutorials, you will learn how to modify or extend business processes with workflows and automate routine tasks with actions or RPA bots. Leverage the pre-built sample content package and enhance the sample process to Create a Sales order into the S/4HANA system after approval.


 

3. Google Workspace Integration


Any company which is using Google workspace instead of MS Office products can use the Google Workspace SDK by SAP Build Process Automation to automate the workspace products such as s Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Google Calendar.

In this series of tutorials, you will learn:


Google Authorization - How to authorize SAP Build Process Automation  to automate Google Workspace Products

Gmail - Build automation that will search for an email in the user’s Gmail account based on query input and then read the email contents. It will download the attachments to a local File System and finally reply to the original email.

Google Sheets -  Build automation that will import data from an excel file, and create a Google spreadsheet named Order Details with the values from the excel file. The automation will then create a new Google sheet within the spreadsheet named Updated Order Status with values set to a specified cell range.

Google Documents: Build automation that will create a Google Document where you will insert a header and a footer as well as some text. You will then retrieve the Google document and replace some text in the document.

Google Slides -Build automation that will create a presentation where you will add one slide with a header and a list and another slide with an image. You will then retrieve the presentation details through a log message that will be read in the test console.

 




4.  Microsoft 365


 

 Microsoft 365 Cloud SDK package is a collection of activities allowing you to create automation on Office objects in Microsoft Cloud.


In this tutorial,  you will build an automation to search for an Excel file on SharePoint or OneDrive, download it and store it on your local machine, read Excel data for a given range and send an email via Outlook with the new Excel file as an attachment.



 

5. Technical Events


In this series of tutorials, you would learn how to trigger Technical Events with artifacts available within SAP Build Process Automation such as Application, Automation, User Tasks, Process, and Project Launcher.


 

Sample Content from SAP Build Store


Are you stuck when you are building the tutorials? We are offering learning content samples in SAP Build Store which would guide you in the learning process.

Want to know How to explore the store and download the sample packages from the store. Refer to the tutorial on  How to acquire sample content from the SAP Build Store.


 

For the above tutorials, you can find Google Workspace sample content in the SAP Build Store. We will be soon releasing Microsoft 365 sample and a few other samples.


 

Please find the summary of the features with all the links at a glance to kick-start your learning.











































Topic Tutorial SAP Build Store  Sample
API Trigger https://developers.sap.com/group.sap-bpa-api-trigger-start.html NA
Automate E2E Sales Order Process with SAP Build https://developers.sap.com/mission.sap-build-apps-create-trigger-process.html NA
Actions https://developers.sap.com/group.connect-process-external-sap-bpa.html

NA

 

 
Google Workspace Integration https://developers.sap.com/group.explore-google-workspace-sap-bpa.html

How to use Google Workspace

 

 
Microsoft 365 https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/spa-office-integration-agent.html Will be released soon
Technical events in Automation https://developers.sap.com/group.sap-build-process-automation-technical.html NA
Import Sample Content from SAP Build Store https://developers.sap.com/tutorials/spa-acquire-businessprocess-store.html NA

 

Happy Learning!

Share your feedback on the tutorials!


 

Reach out to us or comment on this blog post for any request for additional learning content.

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