Create Your SAP Fiori Launchpad Project and its Module

1. In your web browser, open the cockpit of SAP Cloud Platform Trial.

2. Choose Launch SAP Web IDE.

   

3. In the navigation area of SAP Web IDE, choose the Development icon.

4. Select the Show hidden files icon to display hidden files.

   

5. Under Files, right-click Workspace and choose New | New Project from Sample Application.

   

6. In the wizard, set Category to Workflow Sample Application and select the Workflow Applications on SAP Fiori Launchpad for Cloud Foundry (Trial) template. Then choose Next.

   

7. Select the checkbox and provide your consent to create the application, and choose Finish.

   

You now see a project with an mta.yaml file in your workspace:

If there are layout issues with the editor window (can’t see the properties), simply refresh the SAP Web IDE window (F5).

1. In your workspace in the sample.trial project, right-click the mta.yaml file and choose Open MTA Editor.

   

2. On the Resources tab, replace the workflow resource. On the left-hand side, select workflow_workflowtiles and change it to my-workflow-instance. Choose org.cloudfoundry.existing-service in the Type field.

   

3. Save your changes.

4. Switch to the Modules tab, and select workflowtilesApprouter. Under Requires replace one of the uaa_workflowtiles (resource) entries with a my-workflow-instance (resource) resource entry.

   

To really ensure that the updated instance name is used in all respective places, execute the following steps:

1. Select the workflowtilesFLP module and under Requires switch the my-workflow-instance (resource) entry to some other entry.

2. Save your changes.

3. Switch the changed resource entry back to my-workflow-instance (resource).

4. Save your changes.

1. Right-click your sample.workflowtiles.mta.trial project in the workspace, and choose Build | Build with Cloud MTA Build Tool (recommended).

   

   The console shows the status of the build: Build of sample.workflowtiles.mta.trial completed.

2. Open the mta_archives folder.

3. Right-click your .mtar file, and choose Deploy | Deploy to SAP Cloud Platform.

   

4. Enter your API endpoint, and choose Deploy.

   

1. Open the SAP Web IDE console, and search for the launchpad URL https://<dev space name>-trial-dev-workflowtilesapprouter.cfapps.<your endoint>.hana.ondemand.com.

   

2. Copy the URL to your browser.

   If the URL does not work, append /cp.portal to it.

3. Log on to your trial account by entering your email address and password. Your home page of SAP Fiori launchpad is displayed.