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Use Free Tier to Set Up Account for SAP Document AI and Go to Application

Use the free tier service plan and an SAP BTP booster to automatically create a service instance, and subscribe to the UI application for SAP Document AI.
You will learn
  • How to access your SAP BTP account
  • What are interactive guided boosters
  • How to use the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster to assign entitlements, update your subaccount (or create a new one), create a service instance, subscribe to and access the SAP Document AI basic UI
Juliana-MoraisJuliana MoraisJuly 28, 2025
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Juliana-Morais
August 31, 2022
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Prerequisites

  • Step 1
    1. Open the SAP BTP cockpit.

    2. Access your global account.

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  • Step 2

    SAP Business Technology Platform creates interactive guided boosters to automate cockpit steps, so users can save time when trying out the services.

    Now, you will use the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster to automatically assign entitlements, update your subaccount (or create a new one), create a service instance, subscribe to and access the SAP Document AI basic UI.

    1. On the navigation side bar, click Boosters.

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    2. Search for SAP Document AI and click Start.

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    3. Click Next.

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    4. If you want to create a dedicated subaccount for the service instance, choose Create Subaccount. If you want to use an already created subaccount, choose Select Subaccount (the selection comes in the next step). For this tutorial, we’ll create a dedicated subaccount. When you’re done with the selection, click Next.

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    5. Choose the free plan. You can also rename the subaccount to doc-ai-free-tier-service-plan-tutorial, for example. Choose the region closest to you. For this tutorial, we’ll use Europe (Frankfurt). Click Next.

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      You can also perform this tutorial series using the following service plans intended for productive use: Premium Edition (premium_edition) or Base Edition (blocks_of_100). To do so, choose either the premium_edition or the blocks_of_100 plan in this step (instead of free). For more information on the service plans available for SAP Document AI, see Service Plans.

    6. Click Finish.

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      Follow the progress of the booster automated tasks.

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      When the automated tasks are done, see the Success dialog box.

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    Choose the task that is NOT automated by the booster Set Up Account for SAP Document AI, according to the Progress dialog box.

  • Step 3
    1. Right click Go to Application, then click Copy link to save the link to be able to open the application once again in the future.

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    2. Click Go to Application.

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    You have successfully used the booster Set up account for SAP Document AI to subscribe to and access the SAP Document AI basic UI.

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    If you face any issue with the booster Set up account for SAP Document AI, you can alternatively follow the steps in Use Free Tier to Subscribe to SAP Document AI Basic UI to subscribe to the user interface application manually.

    Step 4 is optional. If you’re not interested, you can set it to Done and go directly to the next tutorial.

  • Step 4

    This is an optional step. Use it only if you want to access the SAP Document AI application, you’ve subscribed to using the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster, without having to run it once again.

    Do the following to access the SAP Document AI application, without having to run the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster once again:

    1. Close the booster Success dialog box.

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    2. Click Account Explorer on the navigation side bar and access the subaccount you used to create your subscription to the SAP Document AI application.

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    3. Click Instances and Subscriptions on the navigation side bar. You see the application subscription you created with the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster.

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    4. Click the dots to open the menu and select Go to Application to open the app.

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    Congratulations, you’ve completed this tutorial.

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