Add a Web Dynpro ABAP App to Your SAP Cloud Platform Launchpad Site

1. To get to the Content Manager, first Click Subscriptions in the left navigation panel of your trial account and in the search box, enter launchpad to search for the Launchpad tile. Then click Go to application.

   

2. In the side panel, click the Content Manager icon to open the Content Manager.

   

1. In the Content Manager, click + New and then select App from the list.

   

2. In the PROPERTIES tab, enter these values:

   Field	Value
   Title	Search POs
   System	Select the value ES5
   App UI Technology	Select Web Dynpro ABAP
   Application ID	S_EPM_FPM_PO

   

3. In the NAVIGATION tab, enter these values:

   Field	Value
   Semantic Object	S_EPM_FPM_PO
   Action	Display

   

4. In the VISUALIZATION tab, enter these value:

   Field	Value
   Subtitle	Search for Purchase Orders
   Icon	Select the activity-2 icon. Just type the icon name in the search bar.

   Click Save.

   

Click the Content Manager icon in the left side panel to open the Content Manager.

You can see your Web Dynpro ABAP app in the list:

To view the app in runtime, you must assign the app to a role. You also need to assign the app to a group so that it’ll be visible in the launchpad.

This is described in the following steps.

Content assigned to the Everyone role is visible to all users.

1. In the Content Manager, click the Everyone role.

   

2. Click Edit.

   

3. Click the search box in the Assignments panel on the right, any available apps are shown in the list below.

   If you have many apps, you can type some letters of your app name in the search bar, (for example, se) to search for the app.

4. Click the + icon next to the Search POs app to assign the app to the Everyone role.

   

   You’ll see that the icon changes.

5. Click Save.

A group is a set of one or more apps displayed together in the launchpad. Assigning apps to groups allows users to view them in the launchpad page.

1. Click the Content Manager icon to open the Content Manager.

2. Click + New and select Group from the list to create a group.

   

3. Name the group Purchase Orders.

4. In the Assignments panel, delete inside the search box on the right of the screen, to show all available apps. You should see the Search POs app.

5. In the list, click + to assign the Search POs app to your group.

   

   You’ll see that the icon changes.

6. Click Save.

1. From the side panel, click the Site Directory icon to open the Site Directory.

   

2. On the JobCore tile , click the Go to site icon.

   

3. Enter your logon details if prompted to do so.

4. In the Purchase Orders group, click the Web Dynpro ABAP app called Search POs to launch it.

   

And this is what you’ll see: