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Integrate List Report into ABAP Fiori Launchpad

Requires Customer/Partner License

Beginner

15 min.

SAP BTP, ABAP environment, Beginner, Tutorial, ABAP Development, SAP Business Technology Platform

Integrate your list report application into ABAP Fiori launchpad.

You will learn

How to make use of IAM App and business catalog
How to create business roles
How to pin business catalogs
How to create spaces and pages

mervey45

Merve TemelJune 10, 2022

Created byNovember 18, 2020

Contributors

Prerequisites

You need an SAP BTP, ABAP environment license.
You have created the Travel App Group in a licensed system.
You need to have following business role assigned for your business user SAP_BR_DEVELOPER.
You need to have business catalog SAP_CORE_BC_UI_FLD assigned for the usage of manage launchpad space.
You need to have business catalog SAP_CORE_BC_UI assigned for the usage of manage launchpad settings.

Hint: Your Business Application Studio subscription needs to be in the same subaccount as the ABAP system.

Step 1
Open ADT, select your package ZTRAVEL_APP_XXX and open your IAM App ZTRAVEL_IAM_XXX. Add the UI5 application ID to your IAM app and publish it.
If you don’t have any IAM App created yet. Please create an IAM App and add the UI5 application to it.
Make use of your business catalog ZTRAVEL_BC_XXX.
If you don’t have created a business catalog yet, please create one and publish it locally.
Step 2
Right-click on your ABAP system in the project explorer of ADT and select Properties. Click ABAP Development and copy the system URL.
Log in to your ABAP system as an administrator.
Select Maintain Business Roles.
Click New.
Create new business role:
Business Role ID: BR_Z_TRAVEL_XXX
Business Role Description: Business role for travel
Click Create.
Go to Assigned Business Catalogs and click Add.
Search for business catalog ZTRAVEL_BC_XXX, select it and click Apply.
Click Assign Business Users and click Add.
Search your business user, select it and click Apply and OK.
Select Maintain Restrictions.
Adjust Maintain Restrictions for Write, Read, Value Help to Unrestricted. Go back.
Click Save. Now your business catalog and business user is assigned to your business role.
Step 3
Log in to your system and select the Export Customizing Transports tile.
Click Go.
Now you can see all transport request.
Click Create.
Create new transport request:
Description: Transport_Request_XXX
Type: Customizing Request
Click Create.
Now you can see an error message. You can only create new transport requests, if there is no default transport request. If there is already a default transport request, then you have to make use of it. Remember the transport request ID for later use.
Now cancel and go back to the transport request overview and select the default transport request. You can identify it via ID or the transport category.
In your default transport request you can create a new task. Click Create.
Create a new task:
Description: Transport_Task_XXX and select the owner.

In the description field, search for your user and select it.
Click Create.
Step 4
Option 1:
Select the Manage Launchpad Spaces tile.
Click Create.
Create new space and page:
Space ID: Z_TRAVEL_APP_XXX
Space description: Space for travel app
Space title: Travel App XXX
Page ID: Z_TRAVEL_APP_XXX
Page description: Page for travel app
Page title: Travel App XXX
Transport: testing transport
Click Create.
Check your result.
Select Transports to check your transport request and click Save.
Go back to the SAP Fiori homepage and select the Maintain Business Roles tile.
Search for your business role BR_Z_TRAVEL_XXX and select it.
Click Edit and select Assigned Launchpad Spaces.
Click Add.
Select Use Existing Space and select your space.
Search for your space Z_TRAVEL_APP_XXX and select it.
Check your result and click Assign Space.
Check your result and click Save.
Step 5
Option 2:
Select the Maintain Business Roles tile.
Click Edit and select Assigned Launchpad Spaces.
Click Add.
Select Create New Space.
Add Launchpad Space:
Assign Space to Business Role: Create New Space
Space ID: Z_TRAVEL_APP_XXX
Space description: Space for travel app
Space title: Travel App XXX
Check Create Page from Business Catalogs and Groups.
Click Create and Assign Space.
Click Save.
Select your space.
Select Transports.
Check your transport.
Step 6
If you want to execute your transport task, do following:
Select the Export Customizing Transports tile.
Click Go.
Select your transport request.
Select your transport task.
Check your objects.
Go back.
Select your transport task and select execute. For testing select simulate.
Step 7
Which user do you need to use in order to create business roles?
business user
administrator

Make use of existing IAM App and business catalog
Create business role
Create transport request or use default transport request
Manage launchpad spaces and assign business role
Assign and manage launchpad spaces
Execute transport task (Optional)
Test yourself

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