SAP Cloud Application Programming (CAP for short) lets you develop applications quickly while also guiding you to use the best practices. See the Updates section for new information. CAP application development is fast as the tools allow you to quickly create a new project which has a useful configuration out of the box. It helps you focus by....

Disclaimer: Please note that this blog was published prior to the re-branding related to SAP Build portfolio, which was announced at SAP TechEd 2022. SAP Launchpad service and SAP Work Zone come together under the SAP Build Work Zone brand, with two editions: standard edition (formerly SAP Launchpad service) and advanced edition (formerly SAP Work Zone). You can learn more in this blog post.  SAP....

SAP Business Client has a great talent for integration. First, single apps have been integrated. Second, the Fiori Launchpad as a whole (FLP@ABAP). Now, the cloud launchpad, called SAP Build Work Zone, standard edition, fka SAP Fiori Launchpad Service, running on Business Technology Platform (BTP, cloud foundry). So even in the cloud you can mix native SAP GUI....

Latest Update 14.10.2022: With SAP S/4HANA 2022 a new launchpad configuration parameter EXPOSURE_HOMEPAGE_STRUCTURE has been added to control which home page structure is exposed to the SAP Launchpad Service on SAP BTP i.e. Groups or Spaces/Pages or both. Refer to Exposing Launchpad Content to SAP Business Technology Platform Latest Update 14.09.2022: On SAP S/4HANA 2020 and looking to....

Introduction After really a long gap of almost 8 years I am writing this blog and sharing my experience of using FLP notification service in SAPUI5. Hope this will help my fellow community members in some of the difficult situations the may face. Notifications are ubiquitous in technical arena. It not only makes the user....

Looking for self-hosted Fiori Launchpad guidance instead? Have a look at the second post of the series. Dear community, Integrating SAP PaaS services from Business Technology Platform (BTP) into other portal environments is still en vogue nowadays. So, here goes a short guide how to make it happen with SAP Cloud Portal (same for Launchpad service) and Microsoft Teams as....

Introduction SAP Mobile Start, the newly released native entry point for SAP’s business applications and content, is now available for iPhone and iPad. You can learn more about SAP Mobile Start in this blog post. To use SAP Mobile Start, there are two pre-requisites: You need to use iOS 14 or above You need to have a....

Introduction This blog post is part of the series covering SAP Mobile Start app empowerment. Whenever you want to consume data from one or more on-premise backend systems like SAP S/4HANA or SAP Business Suite, you need to provide a secure and stable connection between BTP and your on-premise landscape. This can be achieved with....

In this blog post, I would like to highlight 5 key aspects of the Launchpad service which is important for anyone looking to extend their SAP solutions. Subscribing to this service on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) offers several benefits to organizations. Provide a central access point for SAP apps The Launchpad service on SAP....

Hey everyone, SAP Mobile Start provides a central launch overview  to consume the content (web, native apps, news tiles) defined on a site using the SAP  Launchpad service. The ability to launch native apps is a key differentiator for SAP Mobile Start  compared to accessing the same site using Safari browser on a mobile device.....

In the past two years, I wrote a few posts that explained the nature of the managed approuter and when it can be helpful to use this feature (here and here). In parallel, we created a GitHub repository that contains sample projects and diagrams to make the differences between both options more tangible. Overall, there’s a lot of content that....