SAP Build Process Automation

The Comprehensive Guide
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-4932-2629-0
Verlag: Rheinwerk Verlag GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 615 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Reihe: SAP PRESS: englisch

SAP Build Process Automation is here—so get the most out of it with this comprehensive guide! First, create a business process project step by step using low-code and no-code tools. Then add capabilities to your workflows by configuring action, automation, and decision artifacts. Enhance your processes with prebuilt content and extensions, and learn to manage the complete lifecycle of a business process project. Finally, secure and maintain processes by setting up monitoring, governance, authorizations, and more!

Highlights include:
1) Architecture
2) Artifacts
3) Business process project
4) Process designer
5) Events
6) Business project lifecycle management
7) Monitoring
8) Governance
9) Authentication and authorizations
10) Extensions
11) SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jacobson, Steven

Puvvada, Chaitanya Priya

Ramanarayanan, Seshadri Sreenivas

Schluchter, Stephan

Shukla, Archana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

... Preface ... 17

... Objective of This Book ... 17

... Target Audience ... 18

... Structure of the Book ... 19

... Acknowledgements ... 22

1 ... Introduction to Enterprise Automation ... 25

1.1 ... What Is Enterprise Automation? ... 26

1.2 ... Why Enterprise Automation Is Needed and How It Has Evolved ... 27

1.3 ... How SAP Accelerates Enterprise Automation ... 29

1.4 ... Summary ... 37

2 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 39

2.1 ... Introduction ... 39

2.2 ... Architecture ... 41

2.3 ... SAP Build ... 49

2.4 ... Summary ... 54

3 ... Overview of SAP Build Process Automation ... 57

3.1 ... Introduction ... 57

3.2 ... Architecture ... 60

3.3 ... Applications ... 62

3.4 ... Artifact Definitions ... 78

3.5 ... Lifecycle Phases ... 96

3.6 ... Summary ... 98

4 ... Creating a Business Process Project ... 99

4.1 ... What Is a Business Process Project? ... 99

4.2 ... Create a Project ... 100

4.3 ... Components of the Business Process Project Overview Page ... 104

4.4 ... Summary ... 110

5 ... The Process and Its Artifacts ... 111

5.1 ... Benefits of Low-Code Designer Tools ... 111

5.2 ... Process Editor ... 112

5.3 ... Processes and Artifacts ... 113

5.4 ... Events ... 135

5.5 ... Branches ... 143

5.6 ... Mappings ... 147

5.7 ... Forms ... 148

5.8 ... Variant Templates ... 161

5.9 ... Other Activities ... 165

5.10 ... Summary ... 171

6 ... Action Artifacts ... 173

6.1 ... What Is an Action, and How Does It Differ from an Application Programming Interface? ... 173

6.2 ... Connectivity Options ... 174

6.3 ... Create, Configure, and Test Action Projects ... 180

6.4 ... Release and Publish Actions ... 191

6.5 ... Connecting to External Systems using Actions ... 192

6.6 ... Summary ... 195

7 ... Automation Artifacts ... 197

7.1 ... Automation Editor ... 198

7.2 ... Screens: Piloting Applications ... 206

7.3 ... Activities: Making Use of Software Development Kits ... 235

7.4 ... Controls: Complex Automation Flows and Error Handling ... 269

7.5 ... Data: Creating and Managing Data Types ... 282

7.6 ... Automations, Actions, and Processes: Using Existing Artifacts ... 284

7.7 ... Desktop Agent ... 285

7.8 ... Environments ... 290

7.9 ... Summary ... 295

8 ... Decision Artifacts ... 297

8.1 ... Selecting the Correct Decision Solution for SAP Scenarios ... 298

8.2 ... Types of Decision Deployment ... 308

8.3 ... Decision Models ... 312

8.4 ... Working with Decisions ... 329

8.5 ... Summary ... 354

9 ... Business Project Lifecycle Management ... 355

9.1 ... Lifecycle Phases of a Business Process Project ... 355

9.2 ... Technical Monitoring ... 380

9.3 ... Business Monitoring ... 387

9.4 ... Summary ... 390

10 ... Executing Processes, Automations, and Decisions ... 391

10.1 ... Understanding Runtime Environments ... 391

10.2 ... SAP Build Process Automation Application Programming Interfaces ... 398

10.3 ... Running a Process, an Automation, and a Decision ... 412

10.4 ... Summary ... 420

11 ... Monitoring ... 421

11.1 ... Benefits of Monitoring ... 421

11.2 ... Types of Monitoring ... 422

11.3 ... Business Monitoring ... 424

11.4 ... Technical Monitoring ... 458

11.5 ... Summary ... 470

12 ... Governance ... 473

12.1 ... Establishing Governance in Business Processes ... 474

12.2 ... Business Process Access Management ... 475

12.3 ... Environments ... 478

12.4 ... Transport Management ... 490

12.5 ... Approval Flow for Controlling the Project Lifecycle ... 497

12.6 ... Maintaining Business Projects ... 502

12.7 ... Summary ... 503

13 ... Authentication, Authorization, and Audit Logging ... 507

13.1 ... Approach to Authentication and Authorization ... 507

13.2 ... Securely Connect to Cloud and On-Premise Systems ... 509

13.3 ... Audit Logs ... 510

13.4 ... Summary ... 514

14 ... Working with Store Content ... 515

14.1 ... What Is a Store? ... 515

14.2 ... Types of Content ... 519

14.3 ... Discovering and Working with Content ... 524

14.4 ... Creating and Publishing Content to the Store ... 533

14.5 ... Summary ... 535

15 ... Extending Standard Processes ... 537

15.1 ... Standard SAP Processes and the Need for Process Extensions ... 538

15.2 ... Different SAP Process Extension Possibilities ... 543

15.3 ... Using Process Variants ... 548

15.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Extensibility and Creating a Process Extension for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 559

15.5 ... Example Extension Scenarios ... 567

15.6 ... Summary ... 571

16 ... Scaling Process Automation ... 573

16.1 ... SAP Task Center ... 574

16.2 ... Enabling Fusion Development for Professional and Citizen Developers ... 588

16.3 ... Summary ... 593

17 ... Conclusion ... 595

1 ... The Authors ... 603

... Index ... 605

Über Autor(innen)

Puvvada, Chaitanya Priya
Chaitanya Priya Puvvada is a senior customer solution adoption specialize for SAP Build Process Automation with more than a decade of SAP experience. She began her professional journey at SAP as a developer and has since excellent in various roles, including business analyst, client interface, and consultant.

Priya is an expert in SAP Build Process Automation implementation and in providing technical support to consultants and solution advisors working with the service. She has conducted enablement workshops, hands-on sessions, and openSAP courses. Additionally, she has produced engaging webinars, podcasts, and written articles, sharing her knowledge and insights with the community. Her contributions to the SAP Community have earned her the status of a featured member. She is also an esteemed member of the Women in Technology community and has been recognized for her contributions in the field of robotic process automation (RPA) as part of the Women in RPA initiative. Her passion for innovation is evident through her participation and victories in several global innovator challenges and Hackathons.

Shukla, Archana
Archana Shulka is a senior director of product management at SAP. She has more than 19 years of experience and plays a key role in product strategy, product definition, and customer success of SAP Build Process Automation. She has led multiple strategic projects at SAP, and was instrumental in defining and executing content strategy working across different LoBs, partners, and customers. She also heads the product leadership forum of SAP Labs, India, where she is responsible for building programs to nurture future product managers, user experience designers, and product support teams.

Archana has conducted numerous workshops and webinars, hosted SAP BTP podcasts, authored blogs and articles and is a well-known speaker at multiple international conferences. She has been recognized for her contributions towards coaching young aspirants and leaders across the country. In addition to her work at SAP, she also provides expert technical advisory to developers, consultants, and solution architects and is an eminent member of SAP Community.

Her contributions to the IT industry have won her the prestigious Indian Achievers Award 2022 and Golden Pinnacle Award 2023 from the government of India.