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Setup Environment and Connectivity for Joule Skills

Requires Customer/Partner License
Beginner
20 min.
SAP Build, Beginner, Tutorial, SAP Business Technology Platform
Setup environment and connectivity for developing and testing Joule Skills.
You will learn
  • How to create a test environment
  • How to create destinations in SAP BTP Cockpit to connect to backend systems
  • How to configure destinations to be used with actions
mhplumMartin PlummerJuly 21, 2025
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mhplum
July 15, 2025
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Prerequisites

  • Access to an SAP BTP tenant configured for Joule and Joule Studio
  • Step 1

    1. Open the SAP Build Lobby.

      The lobby is a central page for creating, accessing, and managing your projects in SAP Build.

    2. Choose Control Tower, then choose Environments.

      Control tower

    3. Choose Create. In the popup, enter a name and description, then choose Create.

      Create environment

    4. Choose your environment, then choose the Joule tab.

      Joule tab in environment

    Since this is a new environment and you have not yet deployed a Joule skill, there is no data and you cannot launch the standalone Joule Digital Assistant.

  • Step 2

    1. Open SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit and go to Connectivity > Destinations (New).

    2. Choose Create.

      Create destination from scratch

    3. Choose From Scratch and then Create.

    4. Enter:

      Field Name Value
      Name S4HANA_MOCK
      URL https://s4hana-mock.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/sap/opu/odata/sap/API_BUSINESS_PARTNER

    5. Choose Add Property three times.

    6. Enter the following parameters:

      Key Value
      sap.processautomation.enabled true
      sap.applicationdevelopment.actions.enabled true
      sap.build.usage odata_gen
      Create destination

    7. Choose Create.

    8. Choose Check Connection.

      Check connection success

    9. Choose Close.

    10. Choose Duplicate.

    11. Enter:

      Field Name Value
      Name Badge_Service
      URL https://badges.cfapps.eu10.hana.ondemand.com/service/BadgeRequests
      Badge service destination

    12. Choose Create.

    13. Choose Check Connection.

      Check connection success

    14. Choose Close.

  • Step 3

    1. Open the SAP Build Lobby.

    2. Choose Control Tower, then choose Destinations.

      Control tower destinations

    3. Choose Add.

    4. Select your Badge_Service destination and choose Next.

      Select destination

    5. Select Specific Environments and search for the environment you created earlier.

      Associate environments

    6. Select your environment.

    7. Search for the Public environment and select that as well.

    8. Choose Add Destination.

      Add destinations

    9. Repeat the above steps to add your S4HANA_MOCK destination.

    10. Check that both destinations have been configured for both the Public and your own environments.

      Lobby
  • Step 4

    Which of the following additional parameters must be configured in your destinations?

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