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Automating iFlow Documentation with SAP Integration Suite and Gemini AIAutomating iFlow Documentation with SAP Integration Suite and Gemini AIAn integration flow built from Cloud Integration's own steps — timer start, parallel multicast, process calls, join and gather, and a data store write — retrieves another iFlow's design-time metadata and resources (Groovy scripts, XSLT mappings, EDMX schemas) through the IntegrationDesigntimeArtifacts OData API on SAP Integration Suite. The walkthrough gives each flow step's configuration, the OData endpoints and sample request/response payloads, and an exception subprocess for error logging, before assembling the retrieved XML and posting it to Google's Gemini API to generate a technical specification document stored back in a datastore.Andrew-Fawzy, published 2025-07-18
Batch File Pickup and Dynamic ZIP Creation in SAP Integration SuiteBatch File Pickup and Dynamic ZIP Creation in SAP Integration SuiteWalks through configuring a Cloud Integration flow that polls an SFTP server for batches of ten files, using a Content Modifier to preserve each file's name and body before appending them into one temporary file. A Router and Poll Enrich step detect when the batch is complete, a General Splitter breaks the combined payload back into individual messages, and a Gather step reassembles them into a dynamically named ZIP archive that keeps the original filenames, before the archive is sent on to a target SFTP server.sahilminhas, published 2026-05-07
Beyond Basic AI Error Handling in SAP CPI - A Rules-First Architecture with HANA Cloud LearningBeyond Basic AI Error Handling in SAP CPI - A Rules-First Architecture with HANA Cloud LearningBuilds a rules-first error-diagnosis pipeline on Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite: a Groovy classifier resolves known failures — auth, timeout, malformed payload — deterministically, and only genuinely novel errors reach an LLM through the AI Adapter, after a sanitizer script replaces every payload leaf value with a typed placeholder before it leaves the tenant. SAP HANA Cloud, reached over JDBC, holds a fingerprinted dedup cache and an accumulating table of past diagnoses. It also documents the AI Adapter configuration — Advanced mode, a Bearer-prefixed Secure Parameter, and a connection/processing URL split — needed to reach a non-SAP OpenAI-compatible endpoint, found by the author to be undocumented.Krishna_Karthik, published 2026-06-11
Beyond REST: Exploring GraphQL API Integration in SAP BTP Integration SuiteBeyond REST: Exploring GraphQL API Integration in SAP BTP Integration SuiteBecause Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite ships no native GraphQL adapter, the author builds a GraphQL integration flow on the standard HTTP adapter: a Groovy script assembles the query or mutation payload and sets the JSON content type, and a JSON-to-XML converter turns the response into something message mapping can consume. The walkthrough uses the public Countries API to stand in for a real order-synchronisation flow between an e-commerce platform and SAP S/4HANA.Avinash_Vaidya, published 2025-11-11
Building a Real‑Time Currency Conversion iFlow using SAP Cloud Integration (CPI)Building a Real‑Time Currency Conversion iFlow using SAP Cloud Integration (CPI)A step-by-step build of a currency-conversion integration flow in Cloud Integration: an HTTPS sender adapter accepts JSON, a content modifier stores the currencies and amount as exchange properties, and a Request-Reply step calls an external rate API before a Groovy script renders the result as an HTML table. A Global Exception Subprocess centralizes error handling for the whole flow, turning the MPL ID, error type and message into HTML and mailing it as a notification to a support address.RajeshwerRao_G_1, published 2026-04-01
Centralized Error Handling in SAP Cloud IntegrationCentralized Error Handling in SAP Cloud IntegrationBusiness integration flows in Cloud Integration route their runtime errors to a shared Central Error Logger flow through an Exception Subprocess and a ProcessDirect adapter, instead of each flow handling failures on its own. The logger normalises the incoming error data — flow name, message ID, correlation ID, timestamps — and formats it into an HTML email sent through a Mail Receiver Adapter. The author validated the same logger flow, unchanged, against a second, more complex business flow with routers and multiple email notifications.vishaladhikari, published 2026-03-27
Cloud Integration with Document AICloud Integration with Document AIWalks through connecting Cloud Integration to SAP Document AI: an iFlow posts a prescription PDF to Document AI's job API, polls the job endpoint until it completes, and a groovy script reads back the result, keeping only the fields above a stated 60% confidence threshold. The scenario is a hospital extracting a new patient's past illnesses, allergies and blood group from uploaded prescriptions, matched against a custom extraction schema.PriyankaChak, published 2025-08-10
Cloud Integration- Activating Enterprise Messaging Capabilities for JMS Queue - CFCloud Integration- Activating Enterprise Messaging Capabilities for JMS Queue - CFTraces a JMS iFlow deployment failure on Cloud Integration (Cloud Foundry) — ERROR_MISSING_SERVICE_KEY — to the Message Queues (Enterprise Messaging) capability being switched off on the tenant rather than a missing service key, since an edition upgrade does not turn it on by itself. Resolves it by enabling Message Queues under Manage Capabilities, which restarts the tenant, then redeploying the affected iFlows.Pavan_Koppula1, published 2026-07-21
Connecting SAP Integration Suite with SAP Document AI and SAP Business AIConnecting SAP Integration Suite with SAP Document AI and SAP Business AIWalks through a Cloud Integration flow in SAP Integration Suite that pulls PDF purchase orders from a Gmail mailbox, extracts header and line-item fields through SAP Document AI's job-submission and polling API, and validates the result with SAP AI Core's generative AI hub using GPT-5-mini as a quality check rather than the source of the extracted values. Groovy steps combine the Document AI confidence score and the model's score into one figure that routes low-scoring purchase orders to manual review, with no S/4HANA posting performed.subhojitSaha, published 2026-08-24
Designing Scalable Integration Flows in SAP BTP Using Pallets and AdaptersDesigning Scalable Integration Flows in SAP BTP Using Pallets and AdaptersExplains two building blocks of integration flows in SAP Integration Suite: a pallet, a reusable group of flow steps built as its own integration flow and called from another over the ProcessDirect adapter for loose coupling, with logging, transformation, error-handling, notification and security pallets as examples; and the adapters Cloud Integration ships to reach other systems — REST, SOAP, OData, IDoc, JDBC, ProcessDirect and SFTP — each with the protocols and authentication it supports. Written as a design pattern for reuse across flows rather than a single worked example.Saksham-Mutneja, published 2025-10-16
DIY JDBC Sender Adapter for SAP Integration SuiteDIY JDBC Sender Adapter for SAP Integration SuiteSimulates the JDBC Sender Adapter that SAP Integration Suite dropped from SAP PO by polling a source database with a Request/Reply step, triggered by a configurable scheduler or a manual HTTP call, and writing the result to a DataStore or JMS Queue to decouple polling from mapping and insertion. Retries run against a configured maximum, a failed batch escalates to a Dead Letter Queue once they are exhausted, and a mapping failure skips retries and escalates straight away from its own local subprocess. The author reports migrating several SAP PO scenarios onto this flow design and offers a reusable template on request.lanza, published 2025-10-21
End to End Currency Conversion Integration using SAP Integration Suite (SAP CPI)End to End Currency Conversion Integration using SAP Integration Suite (SAP CPI)A hands-on build of a currency-conversion integration flow in Cloud Integration: an HTTPS sender adapter takes JSON input, a Request-Reply step calls an external exchange-rate API, and a Groovy script converts the amount and formats it as an HTML table before a Mail Adapter delivers the result. Most of the walkthrough is the Exception Subprocess added after hitting HTTP 500 and 429 errors in testing, which captures the error message, response code and message-processing-log ID and turns them into a readable response instead of a raw stack trace.shahabaz, published 2026-04-09
End-to-End Error Handling with General Splitter and Local FlowsEnd-to-End Error Handling with General Splitter and Local FlowsA Cloud Integration iFlow splits an incoming XML payload with the General Splitter, calls an OData service in parallel for each part and gathers the results, then hands a failed call to an Exception Subprocess, where a Process Call reaches a Local Integration Process that calls a separate exception-handling iFlow over ProcessDirect. In that second flow a Content Modifier puts the interface ID and the stack trace into message headers and the tenant, flow and message ID into exchange properties, a Groovy script saves the message as a plain-text log attachment, and the Mail adapter sends the stack trace as an email; the failure itself is provoked by removing the https prefix from the OData URL. Each step is given with its own configuration, from the splitter's XPath and batch size to the ProcessDirect address format and the headers the exception handler sets.NaveenReddy_06, published 2025-07-02
End-to-End Mail Adapter Setup in SAP CPI Using Gmail (Step-by-Step Guide)End-to-End Mail Adapter Setup in SAP CPI Using Gmail (Step-by-Step Guide)Walks through configuring Cloud Integration's Mail Receiver Adapter against a personal Gmail account: enabling 2-Step Verification and an app password in Gmail, storing it as CPI security material user credentials, and testing the SMTP connection (smtp.gmail.com, port 587, STARTTLS) before wiring the adapter into an integration flow. A content modifier builds the message body, and a Postman call triggers the flow to send mail through the configured Gmail account.srivallivasamsetti, published 2026-03-09
Exploring SAP Salesforce Adapter - retry mechanism with JMS queueExploring SAP Salesforce Adapter - retry mechanism with JMS queueBuilds a retry design for Salesforce update failures in Cloud Integration on SAP Integration Suite: a Parent iFlow triggered by a Salesforce push topic calls a Child iFlow, whose Exception Subprocess routes specific Salesforce errors to a separate JMS Retry PD iFlow over a ProcessDirect target address. The retry iFlow stores the failed payload in a JMS queue (Enterprise Edition), retries up to five times with exponential backoff, moves exhausted messages to the dead-letter queue, and mails the Application Maintenance team; the author notes the queue's 10 GB size limit and that polling may pause under load.Shailaja, published 2025-09-05
Generation of Message Processing logs report for EDI transactions using SAP CI.Generation of Message Processing logs report for EDI transactions using SAP CI.Walks through building an integration flow in Cloud Integration that calls SAP's standard MessageProcessingLogs OData API, plus a second request for custom headers, and converts the combined result to a CSV report of order, order-acknowledgement and invoice status by trading partner for EDI transactions. Getting the trading partner number into that report first requires a Groovy script and exchange property added to each EDI I-Flow so the value is captured as a custom header in message monitoring.NagurBabu, published 2025-03-13
Handling File Routing and Alerts in SAP CPI Based on File TypeHandling File Routing and Alerts in SAP CPI Based on File TypeWalks through building a Cloud Integration flow that pulls files from one SFTP server, captures the name and extension with a Content Modifier's ${file:ext} expression, and uses a Router to send XML files on to a second SFTP server while any other extension, or a missing XML file, triggers an alert. The alert is a Mail adapter step authenticated against Gmail's SMTP server with an app password, so the piece covers an adapter, a router condition and a mail step as parts of one flow.harsh__chauhan, published 2025-04-03
How to Configure Retry Mechanism in SAP BTP CI/IS to Handle Only Connectivity Errors when using AEMHow to Configure Retry Mechanism in SAP BTP CI/IS to Handle Only Connectivity Errors when using AEMShows how to configure a Cloud Integration iFlow with an AEM sender so only connectivity errors trigger a retry: a Groovy script reads the CamelHttpResponseCode header and looks it up in a value map, and a router then sends a transient failure such as a 408 timeout down the retry path, where the retry limit set in AEM applies, and an error needing manual intervention, such as a 401, down a path that ends the flow at once and emails the team. It applies only to receiver adapters that return CamelHttpResponseCode, among them HTTP, SOAP, IDoc and OData. It builds on an earlier post of the author's, which this one does not name, where an email goes out after the final retry attempt.Jayabalaji_Sakthivel, published 2025-01-21
how to create and expose OData APIshow to create and expose OData APIsA step-by-step walkthrough of building an OData API artifact in Cloud Integration: import a service's EDMX metadata, select an entity type, wire an ODATA receiver adapter into an integration flow with a response mapping, then deploy the artifact. The example targets the public Northwind service rather than an SAP backend, and the deployed ProductSet endpoint is tested in Postman with basic auth.SaiPrudhviRajTaduva, published 2025-02-26
How to Perform Initial Loads from S/4HANA to Advanced Event Mesh with Odata PollHow to Perform Initial Loads from S/4HANA to Advanced Event Mesh with Odata PollWalks through building a Cloud Integration flow that polls the S/4HANA Business Partner OData API on a timer, splits the response into individual records, and publishes each as an event to Advanced Event Mesh through its adapter, with the topic set dynamically from a grouping property. Selects fields and expands associations with $select/$expand against an EDMX from the API Business Hub, and works around the OData V2 adapter's lack of JSON support by falling back to the HTTP adapter with an XML-to-JSON converter. Flags the trade-off: the pattern needs no backend change beyond activating the API, but the polled payload has to stay aligned with whatever event format the ERP pushes on change.AlexPfeil, published 2025-04-04
Improving Exception Handling using Generative AI in SAP Cloud Integration (SAP CI/CPI)Improving Exception Handling using Generative AI in SAP Cloud Integration (SAP CI/CPI)Wires an Exception Subprocess in Cloud Integration to send a failed iFlow's caught exception text to Google Gemini's generateContent endpoint over the HTTP adapter, then parses the response in Groovy for a user-friendly error message, the likely causes, the steps to try and an HTTP status code to return to the sender. A Content Modifier holds the API key and the prompt as externalised properties, which the post says is what lets another model be put in their place, and a closing Groovy script writes the extracted fields to custom headers and log attachments and rebuilds them as an XML error response. The exception-subprocess wiring is given step by step and so is the Gemini call with its request format, which is why the piece sits on integration flows and on LLM integration.AdarshRao, published 2025-07-20
Integrating SAP CPI with Microsoft SharePoint: Part 2- Creating an API to Upload Files to SharePointIntegrating SAP CPI with Microsoft SharePoint: Part 2- Creating an API to Upload Files to SharePointPart two of a three-part series builds a custom HTTP API in Cloud Integration: an HTTP adapter receives the upload, an exchange property derives a folder path from header values, and the SharePoint receiver adapter writes the file with OAuth2 authorization code authentication. It also covers exposing that flow through API Management and enabling streaming so larger files bypass its default 10 MB payload limit.siddhartha_routh, published 2024-11-05
Integration Suite: Automating Email Alerts for Failed Interfaces in SAP CPIIntegration Suite: Automating Email Alerts for Failed Interfaces in SAP CPIWalks through building a Cloud Integration iFlow on SAP Integration Suite that polls the Message Processing Logs OData V2 API for failed messages on a timer, groups them by interface with value mapping, and batches the results into one scheduled email per interface instead of an alert per failure. Covers routing recipients per interface, splitting a batch once it passes a configured record count, and excluding interfaces flagged with a custom status so they raise their own real-time alert outside the consolidated flow.Daggolu_PremSai, published 2025-02-18
Intelligent Error Handling in SAP CPI Using AI AdapterIntelligent Error Handling in SAP CPI Using AI AdapterAdds an AI Receiver Adapter to an Exception Subprocess in Cloud Integration, so a failed iFlow sends its captured exception text to an LLM over a chat-completions endpoint and gets back an error summary, cause and resolution for the sender. The walkthrough is concrete about the flow's own mechanics — Security Material for the API key, the adapter's address and request body, a Content Modifier to extract and return the response — which is why it explains Integration flows rather than only the AI feature riding on top of them.Jayesh8909, published 2026-05-21
LeanIX Adapter for SAP Integration SuiteLeanIX Adapter for SAP Integration SuiteA walkthrough configures the LeanIX Adapter for SAP Integration Suite's Cloud Integration runtime, wiring its Receiver Adapter with an Address, API Token Alias and LeanIX OAuth authentication inside an integration flow. It demonstrates a REST scenario that creates a FactSheet and fetches one by ID, and a GraphQL scenario that updates a FactSheet through the adapter's Advanced Query operation.Swati_Singh1, published 2025-04-29
Lessons Learned: Fetching Learning History from SuccessFactors LMS Using OData APIsLessons Learned: Fetching Learning History from SuccessFactors LMS Using OData APIsA walkthrough of pulling SuccessFactors LMS Learning History records through its OData V4 API: the mandatory criteria/targetUserID filter, the errors that appear without it, and the $metadata endpoint used to confirm entity names, since the API returns one student at a time and never in bulk. Builds the integration flow in Cloud Integration as a Groovy script that loops over a list of student IDs, calls the API with a bearer token per student and aggregates the JSON responses into one payload.aayushaggarwal, published 2025-09-17
Managing JMS Queues Programmatically with the new SAP Cloud Integration JMS OData APIManaging JMS Queues Programmatically with the new SAP Cloud Integration JMS OData APIThe new JMS OData API on Cloud Integration exposes MessagingQueues and MessagingMessages entities, letting a client list, inspect, retry and move JMS messages without opening the monitoring UI, from Cloud Integration 7.52.x on Cloud Foundry and 8.41 on the Edge Integration Cell runtime. It works through OAuth 2.0 client-credentials authentication against a Process Integration Runtime service instance, a fixed row cap with time-window slicing used in place of offset paging because queues change between requests, and a consistent OData error envelope for the codes the surface returns.MarcoKoch, published 2026-06-01
Message Mapping in SAP Integration Suite - Custom Scripts and Conditional MappingMessage Mapping in SAP Integration Suite - Custom Scripts and Conditional MappingWalks through two ways to extend a message mapping step in SAP Integration Suite's Cloud Integration: a custom Groovy function added in the Mapping Expression editor's Scripts section, and a graphical equals/if node pair built from the standard function library, each suited to logic the other cannot express cleanly. Shows the Simulate tool's Generate button building a test payload from the source structure, then editing individual field values to exercise both the true and false branch of a condition before deployment.jirifridrich, published 2026-04-03
Microsoft GRAPH API - Read and extract attachments of Outlook email from Cloud IntegrationMicrosoft GRAPH API - Read and extract attachments of Outlook email from Cloud IntegrationBuilds an integration flow in Cloud Integration that authenticates to the Microsoft Graph API with an OAuth2 Client Credentials credential and an HTTP Receiver Adapter, then calls the Outlook inbox by MessageID to retrieve an email's attachment. A Groovy script using the pdfbox and fontbox libraries extracts the text from a PDF attachment, as an alternative to placing the attachment on SFTP unchanged or fetching the whole message with its attachment through the $value query.ChaithraShanmugam, published 2025-12-09
New CI Pipeline Restart Extension features: supporting new Pipeline package and improved Restart JobNew CI Pipeline Restart Extension features: supporting new Pipeline package and improved Restart JobA restart extension for Cloud Integration pipelines, in version 1.0.1: a Value Mapping or a technical-ID prefix check resolves which pipeline stage a failed message belongs to, so a custom receiver IFlow copy can be linked to the right stage even when its ID does not follow the standard naming, and a Generic Job Profile restarts every scenario resolved through the Alternative Partner approach instead of only the interfaces named in a fixed list. A new RestartJobLog parameter stores each run's log as a Message Processing Log attachment, in the database, or via a custom IFlow, and a companion "Pipeline API – Restart Job Log" Integration Flow retrieves that log or the Restart Job's own MPL details. The walkthrough is concrete about the Integration Flows, Value Mapping and Script Collection that make up the package, which is why it explains Integration flows rather than only the restart feature riding on top of them.slava_kuzyakin, published 2025-10-02
New Pipeline Concept features: integrated runtimes and supporting landscape stagesNew Pipeline Concept features: integrated runtimes and supporting landscape stagesDescribes version 1.0.9 of the Pipeline Concept package for Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite, which the post says can be taken from the SAP Business Accelerator Hub: a new integrated messaging runtime step merges inbound conversion with receiver and interface determination, cutting the JMS queues a scenario needs from four to two, or eight to four counting dead-letter queues, and a synchronous variant replaces queues with the ProcessDirect adapter for Content-Based-Router scenarios. It also maps a sender's actual business system name to an alias held in the Partner Directory, so the same XI and IDoc scenario definitions run across DEV, QA and PRD stages without converting names when transporting between them.alex_bundschuh, published 2025-01-29
New Pipeline for Cloud Integration features with version 1.0.11New Pipeline for Cloud Integration features with version 1.0.11Version 1.0.11 of the Process Integration Pipeline package for Cloud Integration changes two defaults the post says require attention. The "tilde option", which built a partner ID by joining the sender system and interface names, is now switched off: a message whose partner ID cannot be resolved through an alternative partner goes into an error that is resolved by fixing the Partner Directory entry and restarting the message, instead of being constructed under an ID that may not exist there and left on the first JMS queue with no way to correct its partner ID header. Keeping the old behaviour means setting the externalised parameter CustomXPid_SwitchOffTilde to false in the five generic flows that call the partner-ID script; the default inbound processing queue also moves from PIPQ01 to PIPX01 in the generic XI and IDoc inbound flows, so those messages go to the integrated messaging runtime rather than the fully decoupled pipeline.alex_bundschuh, published 2025-05-07
Optimized IDoc Routing in SAP CI with Value Mapping and Groovy-Based Receiver DeterminationOptimized IDoc Routing in SAP CI with Value Mapping and Groovy-Based Receiver DeterminationShreyasShenoy07 replaces SAP PI/PO's single shared IDoc destination with a receiver-determination pattern built in Cloud Integration: a generic iFlow reads the IDoc's EDI_DC40 header, looks up the sender identifier and the receiver list in two Value Mapping tables keyed by sender system and IDoc type, and a Groovy script evaluates each receiver's XPath condition before routing the message to a receiver-specific iFlow over the ProcessDirect adapter. Adding or changing a receiver becomes a Value Mapping edit instead of an iFlow redeployment, and the same IDoc can fan out to several receivers when more than one condition matches.ShreyasShenoy07, published 2025-08-08
Parallel Data Filtering and Dropbox Integration Using SAP Cloud IntegrationParallel Data Filtering and Dropbox Integration Using SAP Cloud IntegrationA step-by-step build of an integration flow in Cloud Integration: a Start Timer triggers the flow, a Parallel Multicast splits student records by gender through XPath filters, and each branch uploads its file to Dropbox over a Receiver Adapter authorized against a Dropbox app's OAuth2 credentials. An Exception Subprocess captures the error message and a Mail Adapter sends it over SMTP, centralizing error handling and an email notification for the whole flow.Vurumind03, published 2025-12-10
Principal Propagation from BTP Web App to S/4HANA via SAP Integration SuitePrincipal Propagation from BTP Web App to S/4HANA via SAP Integration SuiteWalks through configuring principal propagation from a BTP web app, through SAP Integration Suite and Cloud Connector, to an on-premise S/4HANA system, so the backend receives calls as the logged-in user rather than a shared service account. The BTP Destination service uses OAuth2JWTBearer to exchange the user's Cloud Identity Services JWT for an Integration Suite token, and the iFlow's OData V2 receiver adapter reaches S/4HANA through Cloud Connector with Principal Propagation authentication. The Cloud Connector Subject Pattern builds the outbound certificate's CN from the token's user_name claim, which is populated from the IAS email rather than the sub claim, so identity resolution on S/4HANA hinges on that email matching a resolvable logon name.Joni, published 2026-07-10
Process Integration Pipeline Extension - Restart via Data StoreProcess Integration Pipeline Extension - Restart via Data StoreOn SAP Cloud Integration's Process Integration Pipeline, a message that exhausts its JMS retries lands in a Dead Letter Queue with no API to query or move it, and the JMS broker carries a hard size limit. This package, published on SAP Business Accelerator Hub, replaces that path with Data Store entries written through the pipeline's custom exception-handling exit, a scheduled Restart Job Integration Flow, and two optional HTTP APIs for on-demand restarts and Data Store management. Entry names encode the partner ID, the pipeline stage, the message ID and a retry count, so messages can be filtered and restarted by scenario instead of moved one by one in the queue monitor.mate_moricz, published 2025-07-23
Resend HTTP messages with configured pause and fixed max iteration followed by error handlingResend HTTP messages with configured pause and fixed max iteration followed by error handlingBuilds a retry pattern for a Cloud Integration HTTP Receiver call by splitting the request-reply step into its own local sub-process, which loops on the response code — up to a fixed five iterations, each after a configured pause — and routes to an exception sub-process that attaches the message processing log through Groovy once the count is exceeded or another error occurs. The design is the author's own alternative to the platform's retry pattern and inbuilt HTTP Receiver Adapter retry option, built for cases where neither applies; SAP Event Mesh and SAP Advanced Event Mesh are named only as the queue-based alternative the author considered and set aside.Aman_V, published 2024-01-03
SAP BTP - CI - Building Open-Source Custom Adapter EventSmartKafka from Zero with SAP ADK - Part IISAP BTP - CI - Building Open-Source Custom Adapter EventSmartKafka from Zero with SAP ADK - Part IIPart II of a series on EventSmartKafka, an open-source Kafka adapter for Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite built with the SAP Adapter Development Kit, walks through the runtime behind a custom adapter: how metadata.xml's fields map onto Java Endpoint properties, how the Component class creates the Endpoint, and how the Consumer's doStart() and doPoll() poll Apache Kafka, convert Avro payloads and dispatch the record into the iFlow pipeline. Its central point is that the Kafka offset must be committed only after the pipeline has processed the message successfully, with a worked table of which failure scenarios (missing Confluent magic byte, invalid schema ID, payload over the configured limit) withhold the commit versus let it through, to avoid poison-pill loops and silent message loss. The adapter is published as a community demo and not SAP-certified or production-validated; Part III covers building the SAP ADK project itself.rhviana, published 2026-06-03
SAP BTP - CI - EventSmartKafka - Custom Kafka Adapter - Part V FINALSAP BTP - CI - EventSmartKafka - Custom Kafka Adapter - Part V FINALEventSmartKafka is an open-source Kafka Consumer/Sender adapter for SAP Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite, built with the SAP Adapter Development Kit; it reaches Apache Kafka over SASL, SASL_SSL and mutual TLS, with on-premise brokers reached through Cloud Connector. This final release adds Avro-to-JSON/XML conversion, schema registry integration, message recovery by timestamp and Kafka producer support. The author reports the consumer validated past 6.5 million processed messages with zero failures and the producer run continuously for more than 20 hours, with deployment lifecycle testing — deleting, upgrading and redeploying the adapter — showing no runtime interruption.rhviana, published 2026-07-28
SAP BTP - CI - EventSmartKafka - Custom Kafka Adapter From .ESA v1.1.0 - Validated Runtime - Part IVSAP BTP - CI - EventSmartKafka - Custom Kafka Adapter From .ESA v1.1.0 - Validated Runtime - Part IVPart IV of a series on EventSmartKafka, an open-source Kafka Consumer adapter for SAP Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite, built with the SAP Adapter Development Kit. The v1.1.0 release adds mutual TLS client-certificate authentication against the broker, fixes an OSGi classloader bug where a redeployed bundle's static registry lost track of a still-open relay socket from the previous classloader (fixed with a JVM-wide System-property registry instead), replaces infinite retry loops on fatal configuration errors with a fail-fast stop, corrects two offset-handling bugs in timestamp-based message recovery, adds a parallel-consumer option, and drops a planned OAuth2 strategy because no tier of the tested broker services (Confluent Cloud, Redpanda Cloud, Aiven) exposed it for testing on a free plan. The author reports the release validated across 3,000,000 messages over four simultaneous listeners (PLAINTEXT, SASL, SASL_SSL, mTLS) on an SAP BTP Trial tenant with zero failures, closing the adapter's Consumer side before a planned Producer adapter.rhviana, published 2026-06-29
SAP BTP - CI - How I Built an Open-Source Enterprise Custom Kafka Adapter from Scratch - Part ISAP BTP - CI - How I Built an Open-Source Enterprise Custom Kafka Adapter from Scratch - Part IPart I of a series on EventSmartKafka, an open-source Apache Kafka adapter the author built with the SAP Adapter Development Kit to extend SAP Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite past the standard adapter's offset management, security options and Avro handling. It covers the architecture: granular offset control via seek(), a security UI that switches between SASL, mutual TLS and OAuth profiles, native Avro-to-JSON/XML conversion against a Schema Registry, configurable resilience policies, and on-premise reach through Cloud Connector. The adapter already runs against a live Confluent Cloud Kafka topic in a real tenant; the source code follows from Part II onward.rhviana, published 2026-05-29
SAP BTP - CI - Immutable Event Routing per Domain with Metadata-Driven Consumer OrchestrationSAP BTP - CI - Immutable Event Routing per Domain with Metadata-Driven Consumer OrchestrationDescribes a metadata-driven "Smart Router" pattern for Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite: one Kafka Sender Adapter per domain reads a wildcard topic, and a single immutable router iFlow resolves single, multiple or both consumers at runtime from Value Mapping entries and a Groovy script, instead of one adapter and iFlow per consumer added. It compares three candidate architectures — a two-layer router/dispatcher split, the recommended single-layer router, and a rejected global cross-domain router — and covers AVRO payload handling through Base64 and an externalized schema parameter, and consolidating the routing logic into one cached Groovy class to limit JVM class-loading overhead. The piece continues the author's earlier immutable Kafka topic routing post and names SAP Event Mesh as one of several broker-agnostic alternatives to the Kafka adapter used here.rhviana, published 2026-05-25
SAP Cloud Integration (CI/CPI) - Reusable Script Collection Pattern for Sensitive Data MaskingSAP Cloud Integration (CI/CPI) - Reusable Script Collection Pattern for Sensitive Data MaskingOpens with the question compliance teams ask about Cloud Integration, whether an integration team based outside Europe with Message Monitoring access can read the personal data in a logged payload, and answers that in most standard configurations it can. The pattern against it is a reusable Groovy script collection plus one global variable holding the masking rules: a script near the start of an iFlow AES-encrypts the original payload into a header or property and replaces values in the body by value pattern first and field-name keyword second, a second script restores the original just before the sender, so a Log Payload step anywhere in the flow captures the masked body while the target system still receives the real data. The post names its own limits, that pattern-based masking is heuristic and that CPI trace can capture the payload before the scripts run, and grounds the pattern in GDPR Articles 5(1)(f), 25, 32 and 44-49, reading the EDPB's Guidelines 05/2021 to mean that access from a country without an EU adequacy decision, uncovered by Standard Contractual Clauses or another valid transfer mechanism, can itself constitute a cross-border transfer.AdarshRao, published 2026-05-25
SAP Datasphere Integration Patterns: Lessons Learned from Two Years of ImplementationsSAP Datasphere Integration Patterns: Lessons Learned from Two Years of ImplementationsTwo years of production SAP Datasphere integrations across SAP and non-SAP sources, settling on Replication Flows over remote access for high-volume Finance analytics because remote queries added latency at query time, then tuning the copy with Datasphere-side partitioning, source-side CDS view optimisation and Cloud Connector sizing. For file-based and Kafka sources, SAP Integration Suite iFlows did work a direct connection could not — flattening nested JSON, PGP decryption and orchestrating the SAP Ariba extraction built on SAP's own BTP Procurement Data Extractor content.saikrishna_kalivarapu2, published 2026-08-17
SAP EHS Public Cloud: Extending Your Existing Landscape Side-by-Side - Guidebook (Part 4)SAP EHS Public Cloud: Extending Your Existing Landscape Side-by-Side - Guidebook (Part 4)Two custom iFlows in SAP Integration Suite subscribe over AMQP to Event Mesh queues, triggered by SAP S/4HANA On-Premise's Enterprise Event Enablement channels publishing Equipment and Functional Location changes; each flow calls the on-premise OData API, maps the result, and pushes it into SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition through the SAP_COM_0395 communication scenario. The synchronized Plant Maintenance data feeds SAP EHS Public Cloud's risk management, incident management and emissions management processes, which otherwise have no asset master data of their own.duynguyendeloitte, published 2025-11-28
SAP Event Mesh: S4 HANA On-Prem and SAP CI(BTP IS) through WebSocket and WebhooksSAP Event Mesh: S4 HANA On-Prem and SAP CI(BTP IS) through WebSocket and WebhooksA step-by-step walkthrough of wiring Event Mesh to publish and consume events between an on-premise S/4HANA system and Cloud Integration, contrasting persistent queues (one subscriber, kept until consumed) against unpersisted topics, and WebSocket's AMQP transport against webhook delivery for the same queue. Two tested findings support it: a queue consumer running in continuous consumption mode receives a message ahead of a webhook on the same topic, and a message stays queued and is retried (almost 8770 times in under a minute, in the author's test) until the consumer processes it successfully.FarooqAhmed, published 2023-10-03
SAP Integration Suite: Intelligent Integration with AI AdapterSAP Integration Suite: Intelligent Integration with AI AdapterThe AI Adapter adds generative AI as a receiver step inside a Cloud Integration flow, connecting through either AICore-GenAIHub — a single API onto SAP AI Core's Generative AI Hub and its foundation models — or Custom-OpenAI-Rest, a plain REST call out to a provider such as OpenAI. SAP Integration Suite starts the call from the iFlow and feeds the model's response into the next step, which is the mechanics behind the sentiment-analysis, summarisation and routing use cases the piece lists without walking through any one of them.meena_choudhary, published 2026-01-28
SAP Neo Retires – Integration Developers Must Know Before Migrating from Neo to CFSAP Neo Retires – Integration Developers Must Know Before Migrating from Neo to CFWalks through what changes when Cloud Integration moves from the Neo environment to Cloud Foundry under SAP Integration Suite: custom adapters move from an Eclipse-plugin deployment to Integration Adapter artifacts managed in Cloud Integration's Design and Monitor applications, Neo's environment variables (HC_APPLICATION, HC_HOST, HC_REGION and others) map to Cloud Foundry's TENANT_NAME, VCAP_SERVICES and PORT, and OAuth clients for API access move from Neo administration tools to XSUAA under Integration Suite. Covers the same shift for security materials, transport management and monitoring, ahead of Neo's end of maintenance on 31 December 2028.SivaS, published 2025-12-03
SAP PI Migration to BTP Integration Suite Patterns and learning experiencesSAP PI Migration to BTP Integration Suite Patterns and learning experiencesWalks through the integration patterns an SAP PI migration project moved onto SAP Cloud Integration iFlows — API Management proxies fronting calls into on-premise SAP systems over XI/SOAP via Cloud Connector, SFTP transfers, and eventing routes — and the operational lessons from running it: sizing JMS queues, choosing exactly-once JMS queues over Cloud Integration's Data Store for XI receiver adapters and at-least-once JMS for XI sender adapters, and workarounds for gaps in the migration tooling. The API Management proxies handle JWT validation against a non-SAP identity provider, IP filtering and OData-to-OpenAPI conversion in front of the iFlows.saikrishna_kalivarapu2, published 2024-12-04
SAP SOAP Sender & Receiver Adapters: Your Integration Game ChangersSAP SOAP Sender & Receiver Adapters: Your Integration Game ChangersA step-by-step build of two integration flows in Cloud Integration: a SOAP Sender Adapter, bound to an uploaded WSDL, that extracts an order number from an inbound SOAP request via XPath and enriches it with a shipment date fetched from the public Northwind OData service before mapping the result back into the SOAP response. A second flow's SOAP Receiver Adapter takes the reverse path, converting an inbound JSON request to XML and forwarding it to that first flow's SOAP backend, authenticated with Basic auth against a WSDL-derived operation name.Rishikasairi, published 2025-06-24
SAP集成套件中的Cloud Integration云集成功能概况介绍SAP集成套件中的Cloud Integration云集成功能概况介绍An overview of Cloud Integration within SAP Integration Suite: it positions Cloud Integration as the execution engine that processes and moves messages between systems, working alongside Integration Advisor, Trading Partner Management and API Management. It walks through building an integration flow in the low-code editor — connecting over HTTP/OData or RFC with built-in connectors and prebuilt content, transforming and mapping messages, then deploying and monitoring the flow — and closes by naming PI/PO Move, SAP's tooling to assess and migrate existing PI/PO integration content into the suite.ArthurYang, published 2025-10-28
Service Interfaces and ABAP Proxy generation support in SAP Integration SuiteService Interfaces and ABAP Proxy generation support in SAP Integration SuiteWalks through importing Service Interface artifacts from an on-premise ES Repository into Cloud Integration in SAP Integration Suite: configuring Cloud Connector and the ES Repository connection, then a wizard that lists and imports the repository's interfaces with their dependent resources. It also covers generating ABAP Proxies so an SAP R/3 or S/4HANA system can reach the Integration Suite tenant, pointing to a companion post for the SM59 destination side of that setup.radhika_javvaji, published 2025-09-18
SFTP Authentication Setup in SAP BTP Integration Suite: A Step-by-Step Guide.SFTP Authentication Setup in SAP BTP Integration Suite: A Step-by-Step Guide.A walkthrough of configuring the SFTP adapter's three authentication modes in Cloud Integration — username/password, public key and dual — each set up through Security Material and a Known Hosts entry generated from an SSH key pair. The sender and receiver integration flows it builds convert an OData response to CSV and move the file over SFTP, exercising the adapter and message-conversion steps the flow editor provides.NaveenReddy_06, published 2025-06-24
SFTP File Level Checks in SAP BTP Cloud IntegrationSFTP File Level Checks in SAP BTP Cloud IntegrationFor an SFTP flow in Cloud Integration that an external party triggers, the post recommends polling with SFTP Poll-Enrich rather than relying on the Sender SFTP adapter and its built-in scheduler, and because Poll-Enrich polls one file per trigger, the design is a Main flow whose Looping Process Call repeatedly invokes a Local Integration Process that holds the Poll-Enrich step. On top of that design, it adds four router conditions, each checked against SAP_PollEnrichMessageFound, CamelLoopIndex, CamelFileName or CamelFileLength: no file found on the first poll, no more files left mid-loop, more than one file present when exactly one should be processed, and an empty file, each letting the flow terminate or raise an exception instead of failing on an unhandled read.Srishti_Gupta, published 2024-09-16
Stop Building From Scratch: Unlocking SAP Cloud Integration’s Standard ContentStop Building From Scratch: Unlocking SAP Cloud Integration’s Standard ContentArgues against building integrations from scratch by pointing to the Discover space of Cloud Integration: over 700 prebuilt integration packages and nearly 4000 iFlows, covering common scenarios such as S/4HANA-to-Salesforce business-partner and order sync, included at no extra cost under an SAP Integration Suite licence. Walks through where to find and copy a package, and the support trade-off it creates: SAP keeps supporting the standard baseline, but once a flow is directly modified the customer owns the lifecycle of that change, which the author sets against patterns like overlay mappings and wrapper orchestrators that preserve support.Punith_Oswal, published 2025-12-19
Use Datastore to avoid too many duplicate MPL attachments in exception retriesUse Datastore to avoid too many duplicate MPL attachments in exception retriesWalks through an Integration flows design on Cloud Integration: an exception subprocess that writes the source and in-flight payloads to a DataStore entry, keyed by the message's correlation header and overwritten on each retry, instead of a Groovy script attaching both payloads to the message processing log on every run. With unrestricted retries left in place, one interface the author retried 14 times produced two DataStore entries instead of up to 28 message processing log attachments; the post also notes that deleting the DataStore entry for a retrying message marks it Cancelled in monitoring without stopping the retries.pdimri, published 2025-11-26
Using SAP managed iFlows for Time series data Integration in SAP IBP – Part 2 - Writing dataUsing SAP managed iFlows for Time series data Integration in SAP IBP – Part 2 - Writing dataWalks through building a custom integration flow in Cloud Integration that writes time-series and master data into SAP IBP by calling the SAP-managed reusable iFlows behind communication scenario SAP_COM_0931, which consume RFC function modules through a communication user. It details the BTP destination needed to reach them (Type RFC, Proxy Type Internet, and the jco.client.* properties), and the main-flow and local-integration-process design — payload validation in a Groovy script, batch creation, then the XML attributes and payloads for posting master data and key-figure values and for triggering post-processing.Domnic, published 2025-07-18
AWS Mail configuration for SAP ABAP SystemsAWS Mail configuration for SAP ABAP SystemsWalks through routing an SAP ABAP system's outbound mail through Amazon SES instead of an on-premises mail server or a dedicated EC2 SMTP instance: verifying a sender address and generating SMTP credentials in SES, creating the SMTP node in transaction SCOT, importing the SES endpoint's certificate into the SSL client via STRUST, and testing delivery through SO01 and SOST. It covers the SMTP relay underneath ABAP's mail delivery, the layer Notifications marks as where the core stops and where a channel like this is written on top.brijesh_tripath, published 2025-03-04
Building a Real‑Time Currency Conversion iFlow using SAP Cloud Integration (CPI)Building a Real‑Time Currency Conversion iFlow using SAP Cloud Integration (CPI)A step-by-step build of a currency-conversion integration flow in Cloud Integration: an HTTPS sender adapter accepts JSON, a content modifier stores the currencies and amount as exchange properties, and a Request-Reply step calls an external rate API before a Groovy script renders the result as an HTML table. A Global Exception Subprocess centralizes error handling for the whole flow, turning the MPL ID, error type and message into HTML and mailing it as a notification to a support address.RajeshwerRao_G_1, published 2026-04-01
Connecting On Premise Mail Destination and Sending Email Using SAP Cloud SDK JavaScript Version 3 on SAP CAPConnecting On Premise Mail Destination and Sending Email Using SAP Cloud SDK JavaScript Version 3 on SAP CAPMail from CAP through a company's own SMTP server rather than a hosted one, which is the case the existing answers did not cover — the author names them and says why each failed here: one needed an SMTP provider like Mailtrap, another solved it in Java. What is left is the connectivity: an on-premise mail destination reached from Node, and a hybrid profile to test it against.codebrokerad, published 2023-02-14
Connecting On Premise Mail Destination and Sending Email Using SAP Cloud SDK JavaScript Version 3 on SAP CAP
Destinations changed in @sap-cloud-sdk/connectivity 4.0.0, 2025-03-04. Affects Runnable code.
Connecting SAP Integration Suite with Slack: A Hands‑On Guide with Open ConnectorsConnecting SAP Integration Suite with Slack: A Hands‑On Guide with Open ConnectorsA walkthrough builds an integration flow on SAP Integration Suite that receives JSON over an HTTPS sender, transforms it with Groovy, and posts a formatted message to a Slack channel through the Slack Open Connector. An Exception Subprocess catches token, channel and connector-invocation failures and returns a structured error response, and the author verifies it by forcing a bad channel ID and confirming the error-notification email arrives.jareenabee_dudekula, published 2026-03-20
Developing a Shell Plugin for SAP Build Work Zone to Display Custom NotificationsDeveloping a Shell Plugin for SAP Build Work Zone to Display Custom NotificationsThe rendering end of a notification rather than the publishing end: a shell plugin that changes what Work Zone shows, for the cases the standard notification card does not cover.Mykhaylo, published 2025-07-17
How To Implement Alert Notification Service in Cloud Application ProgrammingHow To Implement Alert Notification Service in Cloud Application ProgrammingA click-by-click setup of BTP's Alert Notification service against a CAP application. Operational alerting rather than business notification — the audience is whoever is on call, not the user — which is the distinction the Work Zone plugin here does not cover.Aditya12, published 2025-05-27
Parallel Data Filtering and Dropbox Integration Using SAP Cloud IntegrationParallel Data Filtering and Dropbox Integration Using SAP Cloud IntegrationA step-by-step build of an integration flow in Cloud Integration: a Start Timer triggers the flow, a Parallel Multicast splits student records by gender through XPath filters, and each branch uploads its file to Dropbox over a Receiver Adapter authorized against a Dropbox app's OAuth2 credentials. An Exception Subprocess captures the error message and a Mail Adapter sends it over SMTP, centralizing error handling and an email notification for the whole flow.Vurumind03, published 2025-12-10
Receive Notifications from Amazon Simple Notification Service for SAP S/4HANA BTP Extension AppReceive Notifications from Amazon Simple Notification Service for SAP S/4HANA BTP Extension AppEmail notifications from a CAP application through Amazon SNS instead of anything SAP provides — a hyperscaler service used directly from the extension rather than through a BTP intermediary. The argument for it is stated as reach rather than cost: the extension gets the platform's services and the hyperscaler's at the same time.albertoliu1993, published 2022-10-14
SAP: Email Functionality in SAP with a Custom Function ModuleSAP: Email Functionality in SAP with a Custom Function ModuleA custom ABAP function module, ZFM_SEND_EMAIL, sends mail through Business Communication Services' CL_BCS and CL_DOCUMENT_BCS classes, adding TO/CC/BCC recipients and multiple attachments by building the HTML document in application code on top of what CL_BCS delivers, which is how ABAP's notifications capability describes mail going out. The send sits in a TRY structure whose three CATCH blocks for CL_BCS's class-based exceptions are empty, so what reaches the caller is a BAPIRET2 table that BAPI_MESSAGE_GETDETAIL fills on the paths without an exception: no recipients given, sent to all, or not sent. That conversion into a caller-facing message table is what ABAP's error handling capability leaves to the application.Surendra_Karma, published 2024-12-16
Sending Emails from SAP CAP Applications with Any SMTP ProviderSending Emails from SAP CAP Applications with Any SMTP ProviderWalks through sending mail from a CAP application with no dedicated mail service: create an SMTP destination for a Gmail account in the SAP BTP cockpit, bind it to the Cloud Foundry app, and call the sap-cf-mailer npm package from a CAP service handler naming that destination. The SAP Destination service holds the SMTP host, port and app password so the handler code names only the destination, and the same handler sends plain text, an HTML body, or a message with a base64-encoded attachment.MaheshSirsat1708, published 2025-08-19
Building Custom Joule Skills via RFC: Guide for SAP S/4HANA and ECC IntegrationBuilding Custom Joule Skills via RFC: Guide for SAP S/4HANA and ECC IntegrationWalks a Joule skill from a spoken question about a production order's status to an answer in SAP Build Workzone: a Cloud Connector tunnel and a destination in the BTP cockpit reach the S/4HANA or ECC system, a BAPI/RFC Action Project in SAP Build wraps the BAPI that reads the order, and Joule Studio, classic edition turns the action into a skill and deploys it. Establishing the connection and its destination before the action project exists is RFC connectivity and Destinations done for a low-code consumer rather than a CAP service. The action type here is BAPI/RFC, alongside the OData actions Joule Studio's own entry names.Robin-Qiu, published 2026-04-01
Claude ported ABAP functions to new APIClaude ported ABAP functions to new APIA first-person account of using Claude Code, driven through the sapcli command line, to install and repair RFC function modules that let a CI pipeline control abapGit and gCTS remotely, rather than treating git as a way to read ABAP source. Instead of trusting a local checkout, Claude read the abapGit login manager class and queried the target system's own type catalogue through sapcli, then used what it found to update a renamed API method and swap a TABLES parameter's structure for the table type BAPIRET2_T.jakub_filak, published 2026-03-16
Communicate from a Java Application to ABAP via WebSocket RFC using JCo - Migration GuideCommunicate from a Java Application to ABAP via WebSocket RFC using JCo - Migration GuideWalks a JCo setup from classic CPIC-based RFC to WebSocket RFC: swap the application- or message-server logon properties for jco.client.wshost and jco.client.wsport, and implement DestinationDataProvider's getSSLContext (and, for mTLS, getClientCertificate) since the new connection runs over TLS. It covers building the PKI trust on both sides — a local PKCS12 keystore for the Java side, STRUST's SSL-Server Standard certificate exported and imported for mutual trust on the ABAP side — and notes that on BTP, JCo paired with the Destination service already implements this via the Connectivity service, so the custom SSLContext work can be skipped there.simon_luser, published 2025-01-21
Configuring SAP Cloud Integration for an IBP to S/4HANA (on prem / private cloud) integrationConfiguring SAP Cloud Integration for an IBP to S/4HANA (on prem / private cloud) integrationWalks through creating the two BTP destinations an Cloud Integration iflow needs for an IBP-to-S/4HANA integration: one of type RFC with a WebSocket RFC server host and port for the IBP tenant, and one of type RFC with the on-premise proxy type, a Cloud Connector location ID and a virtual host for the S/4HANA system. It then has the reader copy SAP's prebuilt IBP integration packages into the Design workspace and deploy every reusable iflow in them before a business iflow can call the S/4HANA extractor through SAP Connectivity service.SofianePebre, published 2025-08-27
Connecting SAP S/4HANA On-Prem Directly to Advanced Event Mesh using Cloud Connector - finally!Connecting SAP S/4HANA On-Prem Directly to Advanced Event Mesh using Cloud Connector - finally!Package Integration 1.4.0 for the Advanced Event Mesh Adapter adds official support for routing through SAP Cloud Connector, so an on-premise SAP S/4HANA system can produce events that SAP Advanced Event Mesh distributes without exposing a public endpoint. The same release changes the adapter's default acknowledgment mode from Automatic Immediate to Automatic On Exchange Complete, altering delivery semantics and error handling. The release notes warn against mixing proxy configurations within one tenant, since that causes unpredictable routing in complex hybrid tenants.sissyhae, published 2026-01-23
Consume ABAP RFC Function Modules in CAPConsume ABAP RFC Function Modules in CAPCalling an existing RFC function module from CAP instead of asking somebody to build an OData service for it — which is the actual decision, since the alternative is custom development on the ABAP side for a function that already works.published 2025-03-28
Creating an SAP SD Billing Document Using a BAPI in SAP Build and Accessing It Through 'Joule Work'Creating an SAP SD Billing Document Using a BAPI in SAP Build and Accessing It Through 'Joule Work'Walks through the two pieces of connectivity a SAP Build Process Automation action needs to call an on-premise BAPI: mapping the virtual host to the internal S/4HANA host in Cloud Connector over the RFC protocol, and creating an RFC-type destination in the BTP cockpit so BAPI_BILLINGDOC_CREATEMULTIPLE becomes a selectable action. The resulting process creates an SD billing document from a sales document number and is reached through SAP Build Work Zone, including from the Joule Work mobile app.MrRaj, published 2026-06-29
Expose RFCs as MCP Tools in Integration SuiteExpose RFCs as MCP Tools in Integration SuiteWalks through creating an MCP server in SAP Integration Suite from an RFC source: an on-premise RFC destination labelled for Integration Cell inclusion, a search over the backend's function modules (minimum seven characters), and up to 50 selected modules each becoming a tool. Covers the resulting server's configuration (Source, Tools and Prompts, with no Resources section for this source) and the two scopes an RFC-based server's policy adds beyond an API-sourced one, API.invoke and ESBMessaging.send, plus the RFC receiver adapter used at runtime. Demonstrates the flow with a purchase-order scenario where an AI client calls BAPI_PO_CREATE1 and BAPI_PO_GETDETAIL1 as MCP tools.ronit199666, published 2026-09-24
Extract Rev-Trac requests by custom program and Rev-Trac APIExtract Rev-Trac requests by custom program and Rev-Trac APIA custom ABAP report that does a full-text search across custom long-text fields of Rev-Trac change requests — a search the change-management tool has no built-in feature for — by calling Rev-Trac's own RFC-enabled function modules from a separate connected ABAP system. It walks through the mechanics of RFC connectivity on the ABAP side: looking up the RFC destination at runtime from a system table via a remote-enabled function module, then calling further remote function modules with CALL FUNCTION ... DESTINATION, including the read/update APIs' parameter-naming convention and their commit-on-connection-end behaviour.published 2025-12-30
How to use SAP Data Intelligence with SAP Cloud ConnectorHow to use SAP Data Intelligence with SAP Cloud ConnectorWalks through reaching an on-premise network from SAP Data Intelligence Cloud with Cloud Connector: installing the client, assigning the Cloud_Connector_Administrator role, registering the subaccount, and mapping on-premise systems as ABAP, HANA or HTTP back-ends in Data Intelligence's Connection Manager. For an ABAP back-end it names the function-module whitelist and the gateway port format RFC access needs, per SAP Note 2835207.Former Member, published 2021-03-16
IPS provisioning to ABAP Cloud Developer TrialIPS provisioning to ABAP Cloud Developer TrialWalks through provisioning users and groups from SAP Cloud Identity Services' Identity Provisioning into an ABAP Cloud Developer Trial system on Docker, reached through a Cloud Connector and an RFC destination in the BTP subaccount. The author's lessons learned tie the setup to the identity service's own constraints: the subaccount needs a Connectivity Plan and must share the Cloud Identity Service tenant's region, and on the ABAP side an IAS group lands as a Business Role rather than in SUGR, with the Login Name mapped to SU01's user field.Laurence, published 2025-09-04
Microsoft Sentinel for SAP goes agentlessMicrosoft Sentinel for SAP goes agentlessExplains how Microsoft Sentinel for SAP's new agentless data connector drops its Docker-based collector agent by reusing an existing SAP Cloud Connector setup together with SAP Integration Suite: on SAP NetWeaver 750 and later, a small set of RFC function modules must be reachable from Integration Suite, added as an RFC connection in the subaccount's Destinations maintenance view, with a user authorised to call them (RFC connectivity). It also covers calling the audit log API remotely, which on older releases needs SAP note 3054326 and a different integration-package configuration.published 2024-12-17
Modernizing RFC/BAPI-based Integrations for a Clean Core with SAP Integration SuiteModernizing RFC/BAPI-based Integrations for a Clean Core with SAP Integration SuiteWalks a BAPI-based interface from SAP PO through three paths to SAP Integration Suite: lift-and-shift, which keeps the RFC connection to the ABAP system as-is and calls it through Integration Suite's RFC adapter; protocol modernization, which re-exposes the same BAPI as a SOAP web service; and clean core modernization, which replaces it with an SAP-managed API surfaced by the migration assessment report. Follows a BAPI_MATERIAL_AVAILABILITY interface through the first and third paths, showing the generated RFC-adapter iFlow against the OData API found for it.arunmaarirajha_kv, published 2025-10-10
Pattern Function for RFCPattern Function for RFCA custom ABAP Editor pattern, defined once under SE38 > Utilities > More Utilities > Edit Pattern as Z_RFC_FUNCTION, that generates a CALL FUNCTION ... DESTINATION block for a chosen remote-enabled function module: an EDITOR_EXIT function on the calling system reaches the target system over RFC to fetch that function's generated source, then inserts the DESTINATION clause before handing the pattern back to the editor. It automates writing the RFC call itself rather than explaining RFC destinations as a concept, and the destination name in the sample is hardcoded to the author's own system.ykaldirim, published 2025-12-02
Recommendations for Customers on using the Direct Push-Based IntegrationRecommendations for Customers on using the Direct Push-Based IntegrationExplains SAP's direct push-based integration, where two ABAP systems (SAP BTP ABAP environment, SAP S/4HANA Cloud or SAP S/4HANA on-premise) exchange business events by calling each other over RFC connectivity, carried over CPI-C or WebSocket depending on the release, through a sender channel on one side and a matching receiver channel on the other that lists which events it wants. It recommends the mechanism only between systems in the same location or subaccount, without public exposure, and for prototyping event-driven scenarios before moving to Event Mesh or SAP Integration Suite, Advanced Event Mesh at a larger scale.sandra_thimme, published 2024-08-09
Running AI agents against SAP ECC 6.0: lessons from building an in-system MCP serverRunning AI agents against SAP ECC 6.0: lessons from building an in-system MCP serverNicolasHernandez recounts building and running, over two years, an MCP server written in plain ABAP behind a single ICF node, for SAP ECC 6.0 and S/4HANA on-premise customers that the ADT MCP Server and SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilities do not reach. Authorization runs as the calling user rather than a technical RFC user, a choice forced by a customer security team after an earlier version used a technical RFC user, and a later security review found a display-authority check applied uniformly across every write endpoint. The failure modes that cost the most time sat in RFC connectivity itself: RFC_READ_TABLE's empty-table exception collapsed into a false success, a where-used filter was applied only after the row limit, and BAPI calls treated an empty string and an absent parameter as different, silently wrong inputs.NicolasHernandez, published 2026-08-28
SAP's API Policy on AI Agents: What It Prohibits, Allows, and Leaves OpenSAP's API Policy on AI Agents: What It Prohibits, Allows, and Leaves OpenReading SAP's API Policy v.4.2026a and its FAQ against the reference architectures, the piece narrows the widely repeated claim that SAP bans AI to what Section 2.2.2 actually restricts: an agent planning and chaining API calls outside an SAP-endorsed route, closed off further by Section 3's block on bypassing API Controls through custom code. It compares the endorsed and allowed paths — the MCP Gateway on SAP Integration Suite reaching S/4HANA and ECC through RFC-based back ends under a 15-tool, 200,000-token limit, SAP-provided MCP servers through Joule Studio, the A2A protocol, customer-operated MCP servers allowed under FAQ Question 56, and the ADT MCP Server, whose 18 tools work only on development artifacts and are documented as not intended for productive use. It leaves open whether Section 2.2.2 covers ABAP code that calls a model from inside the system, since enforcement is defined at the API-traffic level rather than by a list of tools.published 2026-08-31
Set up the SAP Cloud Connector: Integrating On‑Premise Systems with Cloud ServicesSet up the SAP Cloud Connector: Integrating On‑Premise Systems with Cloud ServicesA step-by-step walkthrough of installing Cloud Connector, adding a subaccount, managing identity and trust certificates in STRUST, and mapping cloud-to-on-premise paths for an SAP HANA backend. It ends by creating a Destinations entry in SAP BTP with proxy type OnPremise and basic authentication, then testing it from SAP Business Application Studio.Thijn_Grilis, published 2025-06-12
Using Communication Targets for Outbound RFC Communication in ABAPUsing Communication Targets for Outbound RFC Communication in ABAPWalks through calling a remote-enabled ABAP function module through a communication target instead of a direct RFC destination: on-premise, the APPLDEST transaction creates an application destination (client, CPIC type, host from SM51, authentication); in the cloud, saving a communication arrangement for an outbound-RFC communication scenario creates one automatically. ABAP code reaches the function with CALL FUNCTION (...) IN REMOTE SESSION, naming the application_destination parameter when a communication target has more than one assigned destination, and the piece walks a worked call to RFC_SYSTEM_INFO.Nikolina_MH, published 2025-11-10
Using RFC Function Modules and BAPIs in SAP Build Process AutomationUsing RFC Function Modules and BAPIs in SAP Build Process AutomationWalks through calling an S/4HANA BAPI (BAPI_BILLINGDOC_CREATEMULTIPLE, to create a billing document) from an SAP Build Process Automation action: mapping the virtual host to the internal system in SAP Cloud Connector over the RFC protocol and exposing the needed function modules, then creating an RFC-type destination in the BTP cockpit with the virtual message server and SMLG logon group. Once those two are in place, SAP Build lists the exposed BAPIs and RFCs for use in an action.MrRaj, published 2026-07-09
Using SAP managed iFlows for Time series data Integration in SAP IBP – Part 1 - Reading dataUsing SAP managed iFlows for Time series data Integration in SAP IBP – Part 1 - Reading dataWalks through a custom iFlow that reads time-series and master data out of SAP IBP by calling the RFC function modules IBP exposes under communication scenario SAP_COM_0931, reusing SAP's own "SAP IBP – Reusable Integration Flows" package discovered inside SAP Integration Suite and run from SAP Cloud Integration. The call itself goes through an SAP Destination service destination of type RFC — Proxy Type Internet, a communication-user's credentials and jco.client.* properties for host, port and serialization — rather than a connection wired by hand, which is the destination handling RFC connectivity asks for. It also covers the asynchronous read: a UUID transaction id and an offset-driven paging loop for pulling large result sets in packages.Domnic, published 2025-07-18
Using SAP managed iFlows for Time series data Integration in SAP IBP – Part 2 - Writing dataUsing SAP managed iFlows for Time series data Integration in SAP IBP – Part 2 - Writing dataWalks through building a custom integration flow in Cloud Integration that writes time-series and master data into SAP IBP by calling the SAP-managed reusable iFlows behind communication scenario SAP_COM_0931, which consume RFC function modules through a communication user. It details the BTP destination needed to reach them (Type RFC, Proxy Type Internet, and the jco.client.* properties), and the main-flow and local-integration-process design — payload validation in a Groovy script, batch creation, then the XML attributes and payloads for posting master data and key-figure values and for triggering post-processing.Domnic, published 2025-07-18
WebSocket RFC to Cloud Using SAP Business ConnectorWebSocket RFC to Cloud Using SAP Business ConnectorWalks through wiring RFC connectivity between an on-premise ABAP system and a cloud ABAP system (SAP S/4HANA Cloud or Steampunk) through SAP Business Connector, which tunnels classic RFC over a WebSocket/HTTPS connection past firewalls. Covers the RFC destination of type T on the source system, the Communication User, Communication Scenario and Communication Arrangement needed on the cloud side to allow-list the function modules being called, and the three configuration steps on the Business Connector itself, closing with a list of common connection errors and their fixes.Ulrich_Schmidt1, published 2022-10-17
Why SAP Cloud Identity Matters for SAP Task Center: It’s About Trust and Global User IDWhy SAP Cloud Identity Matters for SAP Task Center: It’s About Trust and Global User IDA step-by-step configuration walkthrough for wiring SAP Cloud Identity Services as the trust and user-correlation layer behind SAP Task Center: establishing Identity Authentication as the sole trusted identity provider for the BTP subaccount, and generating the Global User ID — carried in the token's user_uuid claim rather than the SAML name identifier — that Task Center uses to match logged-in users to their tasks. It also covers syncing that ID between Microsoft Entra ID, the Identity Directory and SAP S/4HANA through Identity Provisioning jobs, and the principal-propagation trust the cloud connector needs to pass it through to an on-premise task provider.ivelinakiryakov, published 2024-11-25
#BTP #SAPCAP: Quirky Nuggets (N05-N06)#BTP #SAPCAP: Quirky Nuggets (N05-N06)On SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime, a one-shot PostgreSQL db-deployer app can be restarted by the platform's default port-type health check inside its 60-second timeout, re-running the deploy and duplicating data in the PostgreSQL database; setting health-check-type to process or http, via cf commands or the app's mta.yaml parameters, avoids it. In CAP, a remote service's entities are imported and consumed through cds.connect.to and queried via a projection, but its functions and actions cannot be projected: they must be redefined in the consuming service's own interface, with the handler forwarding the call to the remote proxy.published 2023-07-27
CAP Service to Fetch + Create Sales Order in S4 HANA Public CloudCAP Service to Fetch + Create Sales Order in S4 HANA Public CloudA CAP Node.js walkthrough imports SAP S/4HANA Cloud's Sales Order OData API with cds import, adds csrf handling to the generated service definition, and forwards a custom REST action's reads and writes to the remote proxy through cds.connect.to, the pattern Service integration covers. The mta.yaml binds the SAP S/4HANA Cloud extensibility service and a SAP Destination service instance so the S/4HANA Public Cloud system's address and credentials stay outside the application, per Destinations.Mujeeb, published 2023-05-30
CAP: Consume External Service - Part 1CAP: Consume External Service - Part 1Builds a CAP Node.js service from scratch that consumes the public NorthWind OData V4 service: cds import turns its EDMX metadata into a CSN model under srv/external, and a CatalogService projects Products from it with a custom READ handler that runs the request through cds.connect.to('NorthWind'). Shows the same projection working two ways — against a CSV mocked under srv/external/data with the <service>-<entity>.csv naming the framework expects, then against the real service once credentials.url is added to the CAP configuration and @sap-cloud-sdk/http-client is installed — and defers routing that connection through the Cloud Foundry Destinations service to the next post in the series.published 2020-05-26
Event-driven Extensions for SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP – Connecting the DotsEvent-driven Extensions for SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP – Connecting the DotsWalks through an event-driven extension for SAP SuccessFactors: Automated Configurations registers the SuccessFactors system against an SAP BTP account with an integration token, and a SuccessFactors custom integration then pushes events, such as an employee joining or leaving, to a topic in Event Mesh that a CAP application subscribes to. The SuccessFactors APIs themselves are downloaded as EDMX files from SAP API Business Hub and imported into the CAP project, the same EDMX-import path behind service integration, so CAP generates the client used to call them. A reference application, RunSmooth, ties Automated Configurations, Event Mesh and CAP together end to end.Former Member, published 2020-08-12
Extend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP - Create the CAP ServiceExtend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP - Create the CAP ServiceWalks through writing a service definition in SAP Business Application Studio that projects entities from an existing CDS model: one entity gets @odata.draft.enabled because Fiori Elements only shows CRUD actions on a draft-enabled entity, and a read-only projection of an already-imported SuccessFactors OData entity fails with the generic handlers because the call is delegated to the remote service, so a custom handler is needed. Running cds watch then serves the entities, drafts and $metadata at the declared service path.published 2022-03-23
Extend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP - Import SAP SuccessFactors OData Services definitionsExtend SAP SuccessFactors on SAP BTP with CAP - Import SAP SuccessFactors OData Services definitionsWalks through importing the ECEmployeeProfile and PLTUserManagement OData services from SAP API Business Hub into a CAP project: downloading their EDMX files, running cds import in SAP Business Application Studio to generate the CSN under srv/external, and pointing the resulting cds.requires entries at a destination. The second half creates a destination and an XSUAA service instance on BTP and binds their service keys into a default-env.json file so the project can reach SAP SuccessFactors during local development.published 2022-03-21
SAP CAP Adapter to expose OData as custom REST ServiceSAP CAP Adapter to expose OData as custom REST ServiceWalks through consuming an external OData V2 service in a CAP project — cds import converts the Northwind service's EDMX into a CSN and cds.connect.to wires up the remote proxy — then re-exposing it as plain REST with the @protocol:'rest' annotation instead of OData's own envelope. Shows two ways to reshape the response, renaming and dropping fields in a CDS projection or rewriting the returned objects in a custom service handler, and remaps ?pageSize and ?offset onto OData's $top and $skip in that same handler.Former Member, published 2021-09-15
SAP CAP: Consume SAP API Hub Sandbox Data as an external service Part- 1SAP CAP: Consume SAP API Hub Sandbox Data as an external service Part- 1Walks through consuming SAP API Business Hub's Business Partner sandbox API from a CAP Node.js project: @sap/cds-dk's cds import turns the downloaded EDMX into a CSN model and a cds.requires entry, a projection service exposes it, and a custom handler forwards reads to the proxy through @sap/cds's cds.connect.to and bp.run(req.query). Reaching the sandbox needs the API key added as a header on that same credentials block, since the destination service that would carry it is left for a promised part two.DebashishDas, published 2022-03-17
Step-By-Step Guide: Google Sheets API Integration in SAP CPI via Open ConnectorsStep-By-Step Guide: Google Sheets API Integration in SAP CPI via Open ConnectorsWalks through connecting Google Sheets to Cloud Integration using Open Connectors rather than the Google Sheets API directly: enabling it under SAP Integration Suite's Extend Non-SAP Connectivity, creating a Google Sheets V4 instance with OAuth sign-in, retrieving the sheet ID and base URL, and wiring the instance credentials into an iFlow's Request-Reply step. A Groovy script in the iFlow converts the connector's JSON response into XML, and the piece closes by pointing to Open Connectors' Activity log for tracking API calls made through the instance.Daggolu_PremSai, published 2025-02-24
Completing the B2B migration into SAP Integration Suite visionCompleting the B2B migration into SAP Integration Suite visionWalks through migrating SAP PI's B2B integrations — EDIFACT, X12 and other partner formats — into Trading Partner Management in SAP Integration Suite: recording test messages from SAP PI, creating partner profiles, and filling a Self Partner Agreement template that references the MIG and MAG guidelines SAP's own migration path builds on. The author's migration tool, Figaf, turns each Operation Mapping into a Process Direct flow, carrying its UDFs to Groovy or SAP's Cloud Integration Function Libraries, then reruns the recorded test cases against the result.DG, published 2025-09-09
Implementing B2B Advisory in SAP Integration Suite for Custom XML EDIFACT Scenario Part - 3Implementing B2B Advisory in SAP Integration Suite for Custom XML EDIFACT Scenario Part - 3Builds the inbound side of a custom EDIFACT-to-IDoc scenario on Trading Partner Management: an iFlow picks a file from SFTP and sets headers for adapter type, document standard, namespace, version and sender and receiver IDs, and a second iFlow assembles them into the agreement's plain partner ID and matches it in the Partner Directory. A Groovy script then calls PartnerDirectoryService.getParameter to read a partner's custom activity parameters and general value-mapping data stored under the agreement, so dynamic field mapping comes from the agreement rather than a flow per partner. Third of a series on setting up trading partner agreements in SAP Integration Suite, after the TPM foundation and the agreement itself in parts 1 and 2.amysh95, published 2026-03-10
ABAP + MCP: Let AI Do Real Development in Your SAP SystemABAP + MCP: Let AI Do Real Development in Your SAP Systemabap-adt-mcp is an open-source MCP server that gives an AI agent full ABAP development capability over ADT: it searches, reads, edits, activates and unit-tests objects, and runs ATC checks, on a connected S/4HANA Cloud or on-premise system, acting as the signed-in developer. It runs on abap-adt-api, the same REST client Eclipse's own ADT tooling uses, and sits beside SAP's own ADT MCP Server, shipped with ADT for VS Code and Eclipse under a different server key, and marianfoo's abap-docs, a read-only server over the ABAP Keyword Documentation and Clean ABAP. Each destination carries a policy — read-only, allowed packages, denied tables and tools — the server checks before every call, and an optional audit file logs each tool call with its outcome and policy gate.Willian_Saez, published 2026-09-03
ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code: Version 1.1 releasedABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code: Version 1.1 releasedVersion 1.1 of ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code adds two tools to the extension's local ADT MCP Server: a unified, git-like diff for a transport request, and a runner for ABAP Test Cockpit checks, both meant for an agent to call rather than a person to click through. Both are new instances of what agent access to your code already covers for ABAP — reading and acting on a real system through ADT — reaching now into a transport's changes and a check run rather than only source and objects.thomasalexander_ritter, published 2026-07-21
Boost your CAP Development with AI: Introducing the MCP Server for CAPBoost your CAP Development with AI: Introducing the MCP Server for CAPThe announcement of the development-tool half of the two things called MCP here: a server that gives an agent context about the project in front of it and relevant CAP examples, so Claude Code or Copilot steers better. Names the agents it was tried with, which is more than most announcements do.published 2025-09-03
Building a CAP service with cds‑mcp and Cline — HANDS‑ON SUPER BASIC GUIDE [ with screenshots ] 🍌Building a CAP service with cds‑mcp and Cline — HANDS‑ON SUPER BASIC GUIDE [ with screenshots ] 🍌Somebody following the CAP MCP server announcement all the way through, and writing down what it cost: a CAP service in VS Code wired to S/4HANA through a destination, plus the real bumps — Windows PATH and global installs — that the announcement does not have.smarchesini, published 2025-09-21
Claude Code via MCP: Poor man's Joule, or a practical tool?Claude Code via MCP: Poor man's Joule, or a practical tool?The author drives Claude Code against a live ABAP system through vibing-steampunk, an ADT-to-MCP bridge that locks and unlocks objects on the agent's behalf so the model can concentrate on the change: extending an ALV report, turning its SELECT into a CDS view, and answering ad-hoc questions over the report's own data. Where Claude got it wrong — a RAP scaffold missing the fields RAP's locking mechanism needs, ORDER as a reserved word — the piece asks where that knowledge would go as a Skill, and concludes Skills' filesystem basis has no home in a system reached only through MCP.k1000, published 2026-03-08
Claude ported ABAP functions to new APIClaude ported ABAP functions to new APIA first-person account of using Claude Code, driven through the sapcli command line, to install and repair RFC function modules that let a CI pipeline control abapGit and gCTS remotely, rather than treating git as a way to read ABAP source. Instead of trusting a local checkout, Claude read the abapGit login manager class and queried the target system's own type catalogue through sapcli, then used what it found to update a renamed API method and swap a TABLES parameter's structure for the table type BAPIRET2_T.jakub_filak, published 2026-03-16
Don't Wait for SAP: Unlocking MCP Servers in BAS Right NowDon't Wait for SAP: Unlocking MCP Servers in BAS Right NowA workaround post with a grievance behind it: MCP servers were promoted heavily at SAP TechEd, most IDEs support them, and Business Application Studio limits you to Joule. This is how to run them there anyway. Worth reading as evidence of where the tooling gap sits rather than only for the recipe, which by nature has a shelf life.published 2025-11-27
Evaluating SAP’s new MCP servers: UI5, CAP, and Fiori tools in practiceEvaluating SAP’s new MCP servers: UI5, CAP, and Fiori tools in practiceSomeone trying SAP's three new MCP servers rather than repeating the announcement. It sets the official positioning first — MCP as the bridge from coding assistants to SAP tooling across Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Cline and Claude Code, with best-practice scaffolds and BTP-aligned guardrails — and then reports what using them is actually like. The rare kind of post that tests a vendor claim.published 2025-09-04
Give Your AI Agent Some Tools: Introducing the UI5 MCP ServerGive Your AI Agent Some Tools: Introducing the UI5 MCP ServerAnnounces @ui5/mcp-server, SAP's open-source MCP server for UI5 development, and walks through its initial six tools. get_project_info, get_api_reference and run_ui5_linter (which applies UI5 linter fixes) read the project's own version, manifest and code rather than an LLM's training data, which is what agent access to your code explains. create_ui5_app scaffolds a new JavaScript or TypeScript project, standalone or inside an existing CAP application, from templates with pre-configured OData model setups, which is generators.published 2025-09-03
How to Connect Claude Code to ABAP with Zero-Config MCPHow to Connect Claude Code to ABAP with Zero-Config MCPWalks through wiring Claude Code, via its VS Code extension, to a live SAP system through an ABAP remote-filesystem extension built by Marcello Urbani and its built-in MCP server — a single toggle rather than a hand-rolled Node.js setup — so the agent searches, reads, writes, activates and assigns transports for ABAP objects over the same ADT REST API Eclipse uses, instead of guessing at tables and function modules it has never seen. The demo carries one plain-English prompt through to a real, activated ABAP program on a live S/4HANA system, including a transport-request dialog Claude worked through on its own.Nibedita, published 2026-07-05
Joule for Developers with SAP BTP ABAP Environment-Setup GuideJoule for Developers with SAP BTP ABAP Environment-Setup GuideA step-by-step setup guide for SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilities under its Q2 2026 limited-promotion licence: creating a BTP subaccount, adding ABAP environment and HANA compute-unit entitlements, enabling Cloud Foundry, configuring trust to Cloud Identity Services, creating the ABAP environment instance and assigning the developer role, then pointing ABAP Development Tools for Eclipse at the new system. It walks through the resulting Joule chat, predictive code completion, explain, ABAP Unit and CDS test-generation features inside a newly created ABAP Cloud project.YASHLAL, published 2025-09-11
SAP Fiori Tools Update – First Release of the SAP Fiori MCP Server for Agentic AISAP Fiori Tools Update – First Release of the SAP Fiori MCP Server for Agentic AIThe release announcement for the Fiori MCP server, placed as the step after the Project Accelerator: an assistant can create and edit Fiori applications directly rather than describing what a developer should do. The vendor's own framing, so read it beside the independent evaluation of the same servers rather than instead of it.published 2025-09-03
SAP's API Policy on AI Agents: What It Prohibits, Allows, and Leaves OpenSAP's API Policy on AI Agents: What It Prohibits, Allows, and Leaves OpenReading SAP's API Policy v.4.2026a and its FAQ against the reference architectures, the piece narrows the widely repeated claim that SAP bans AI to what Section 2.2.2 actually restricts: an agent planning and chaining API calls outside an SAP-endorsed route, closed off further by Section 3's block on bypassing API Controls through custom code. It compares the endorsed and allowed paths — the MCP Gateway on SAP Integration Suite reaching S/4HANA and ECC through RFC-based back ends under a 15-tool, 200,000-token limit, SAP-provided MCP servers through Joule Studio, the A2A protocol, customer-operated MCP servers allowed under FAQ Question 56, and the ADT MCP Server, whose 18 tools work only on development artifacts and are documented as not intended for productive use. It leaves open whether Section 2.2.2 covers ABAP code that calls a model from inside the system, since enforcement is defined at the API-traffic level rather than by a list of tools.published 2026-08-31
The Future of ABAP is Here: VS Code ADT, Zero-Config MCP, and AI Co-pilotsThe Future of ABAP is Here: VS Code ADT, Zero-Config MCP, and AI Co-pilotsA walkthrough of ABAP Development Tools for VS Code's general-availability release: connecting to an on-premise or BTP ABAP system, editing classes, CDS and RAP objects, and turning on the extension's built-in ADT MCP Server. Enabled, it lets a co-pilot such as GitHub Copilot or SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI capabilities read code, trace dependencies, and run ABAP Unit and ATC checks against the real system rather than guessing from training data.lpodile, published 2026-06-01
UI5 MCP Server Got Extended for UI Integration Cards GenerationUI5 MCP Server Got Extended for UI Integration Cards GenerationVersion 0.2.1 of the UI5 MCP Server adds three tools for UI Integration Cards: get_integration_cards_guidelines feeds an agent current best practices and API versions, create_integration_card scaffolds a new card project, and run_manifest_validation checks the generated manifest against the schema. The post frames these as closing the same gaps as the server's existing tools — an LLM's outdated or wrong card API knowledge — this time for scaffolding and validating a card rather than a full app.daniel_vladinov, published 2026-01-22
Using Claude for SAP ABAP development on RFC-only / SAProuter systems (even ECC R/3)Using Claude for SAP ABAP development on RFC-only / SAProuter systems (even ECC R/3)vibing-steampunk gives Claude read, search, edit and check access to ABAP source over ADT's REST API, but some SAProuters permit only SAP's native RFC and DIAG routes and block raw HTTP to the ICM, so that link can't reach them even though Eclipse ADT can. Eclipse gets through because it tunnels ADT over RFC through the standard SADT_REST_RFC_ENDPOINT function module instead of HTTP, a path the post traces by capturing a live Eclipse session. adt-rfc-bridge reproduces that tunnel as a local HTTP-to-RFC proxy built on PyRFC, put in front of vsp, and the author reports it working on both S/4HANA and classic ECC/R/3 systems where Eclipse ADT already connects.enrico_andreoli, published 2026-06-09
What’s new in Mobile development kit client 26.9What’s new in Mobile development kit client 26.9This Mobile development kit client 26.9 release note explains that @sap/mdk-mcp-server is now reachable from SAP Business Application Studio's AI chat, giving an assistant real knowledge of the MDK metadata schema rather than generic code generation. With it an assistant can scaffold an MDK project, generate pages, actions, rules, i18n, services and styles into it, iterate on it conversationally, and answer schema and client-API questions inline through mdk-docs.published 2026-09-27
BTP Audit Log MCP Server: Security Monitoring with AI AssistantsBTP Audit Log MCP Server: Security Monitoring with AI AssistantsWouter Lemaire builds an MCP server over SAP BTP's Audit Log Retrieval API using odata-mcp-proxy, with a single entity set and zero custom code, so an AI assistant can answer natural-language questions like "Were there any configuration changes yesterday?" by calling AuditLogRecords_list against a BTP destination authenticated with the Audit Log service's service key. It covers the destination setup, the entity-set configuration that maps the PascalCase entity name to a lowercase auditlogrecords path, and handling the API's 500-record pagination limit.published 2026-03-13
⚡Unlocking the Power of LLMs in CAP: Understanding llms.txt and llms-full.txt⚡Unlocking the Power of LLMs in CAP: Understanding llms.txt and llms-full.txtllms.txt and llms-full.txt for CAP — a plain-text map of the documentation, written for an agent that arrived by fetching a URL rather than one somebody configured. The convention the atlas uses for itself, applied to capire.Yogananda, published 2025-05-18
ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code is now available on the VS Code marketplace!ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code is now available on the VS Code marketplace!Announces the marketplace release of ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code, an extension that works against any ABAP system already reachable from ADT for Eclipse and is focused on RAP UI service development, so the Fiori/SAPUI5 frontend and the ABAP backend can be built in the same tool. It ships a built-in ADT MCP Server, disabled by default and switched on from the extension settings, and points readers to a documentation template for capturing ABAP-specific rules in a project's AGENTS.md file for chat agents such as Microsoft Copilot.thomasalexander_ritter, published 2026-06-01
ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code: Patch 1.0.1 releasedABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code: Patch 1.0.1 releasedA patch to SAP's ABAP development tools for Visual Studio Code, released after two weeks of user feedback: RFC destinations with password logon return, undoing what the first release had dropped, and the extension now ships the AGENTS.md template its documentation already carried, so a project gets agent guidance built in rather than copied by hand. The author still recommends duplicating the template and adding project-specific instructions, since the time spent on that onboarding is what the agent's results depend on.thomasalexander_ritter, published 2026-06-12
Building a CAP service with cds‑mcp and Cline — HANDS‑ON SUPER BASIC GUIDE [ with screenshots ] 🍌Building a CAP service with cds‑mcp and Cline — HANDS‑ON SUPER BASIC GUIDE [ with screenshots ] 🍌Somebody following the CAP MCP server announcement all the way through, and writing down what it cost: a CAP service in VS Code wired to S/4HANA through a destination, plus the real bumps — Windows PATH and global installs — that the announcement does not have.smarchesini, published 2025-09-21
Claude Code via MCP: Poor man's Joule, or a practical tool?Claude Code via MCP: Poor man's Joule, or a practical tool?The author drives Claude Code against a live ABAP system through vibing-steampunk, an ADT-to-MCP bridge that locks and unlocks objects on the agent's behalf so the model can concentrate on the change: extending an ALV report, turning its SELECT into a CDS view, and answering ad-hoc questions over the report's own data. Where Claude got it wrong — a RAP scaffold missing the fields RAP's locking mechanism needs, ORDER as a reserved word — the piece asks where that knowledge would go as a Skill, and concludes Skills' filesystem basis has no home in a system reached only through MCP.k1000, published 2026-03-08
Enhancing Unit Testing in SAP CAP Java Applications with GitHub CopilotEnhancing Unit Testing in SAP CAP Java Applications with GitHub CopilotBuilt on SAP's own CAP Java unit-testing guide, and the question is narrow: how much of that does an assistant actually write for you. The author's own getting-started post is the one to read first.Anjali_Pathak, published 2025-09-04
From Strategy Doc to Runtime Rule: Embedding SAP AI Standards into Claude CodeFrom Strategy Doc to Runtime Rule: Embedding SAP AI Standards into Claude CodeAn experiment in treating published engineering standards as machine-readable instructions an agent follows while it works, rather than as documents somebody is supposed to have read — hooks and skills wired so the rule applies at the moment code is written. The disclaimer is emphatic and worth carrying: a personal exploration, not an SAP product, not an endorsed approach, and readers are told to verify applicability through official channels. Read as a shape for the idea, not as a standard to adopt.ZYT, published 2026-06-25
From Zero to Fiori: Building SAP Apps with AI Agents (And Why I Use Markdown Files Instead of MCP)From Zero to Fiori: Building SAP Apps with AI Agents (And Why I Use Markdown Files Instead of MCP)Eleven entities and four Fiori apps in forty-five minutes, orchestrated rather than typed — and the author is careful to say it is a base to develop from, not something ready to ship. The markdown-files-as-instructions method is the transferable part.michal_majer, published 2025-12-10
Github Copilot VSCode - My Own SAP Development RulesGithub Copilot VSCode - My Own SAP Development RulesOne developer's rule files for Copilot, split by concern rather than kept as one prompt: CAP backend rules, UI5 frontend rules, Jest testing rules and Bruno collection rules, each with a scope narrow enough that an agent cannot read it two ways. The CAP file covers reusable types, managed data, soft-delete behaviour and service conventions; the UI5 file covers naming, view constraints and where annotations may live. It is the rule-file half of agent guidance rather than the skill half — nothing is packaged or published, and the value on offer is the shape of the split.radu_simen, published 2026-02-05
Major New Version of the hana-cli: How It Was Built with the Help of AI (and a Lot of Human Review)Major New Version of the hana-cli: How It Was Built with the Help of AI (and a Lot of Human Review)More features in two months than the previous two years — and the sentence after that is the reason to keep it: quality still needed the human review, and the post is about the rough edges rather than the headline. A maintainer reporting on their own process.thomas_jung, published 2026-03-11
Setting the right expectations around AI for code generation and getting past the inherent limitsSetting the right expectations around AI for code generation and getting past the inherent limitsWritten by somebody who has worked on AI since a thesis on multi-layer perceptrons, and it is about the limits rather than the promise — what transformer-based coding agents can and cannot be expected to do. An argument, not a walkthrough.dirk_roeckmann, published 2026-02-17
Teaching AI Agents Best Practices: A Skills Workspace for CAP DevelopmentTeaching AI Agents Best Practices: A Skills Workspace for CAP DevelopmentStates the gap this capability exists for more precisely than most: an agent already knows CAP well enough to generate models, handlers and deployments, but knowing a framework and following its current practice reliably are different things, because a model defaults to whatever it saw most of during training — which may be outdated, subtly wrong, or simply not how a given team works. Skills are offered as the closing mechanism, and the post describes a workspace pattern rather than a single file, with the architecture claimed to be framework-agnostic.daniel_schlachter, published 2026-06-09
UI5 Plugins for Coding Agents: Now Supporting GitHub CopilotUI5 Plugins for Coding Agents: Now Supporting GitHub CopilotUI5/plugins-coding-agents renames itself from "UI5 Plugins for Claude", since the plugin concept — skills, MCP server, guidelines — was always agent-agnostic, and with v0.1.3 adds GitHub Copilot support alongside Claude Code through Awesome GitHub Copilot. Three skills join the ui5 plugin: ui5-best-practices-integration-cards for UI Integration Card manifest and binding rules, ui5-best-practices-opa5, which uses a TestRecorder to inspect the running app's control tree and generate waitFor snippets, and ui5-best-practices-tables, a selection guide across UI5's table controls. Installing the skills alone, for an agent that reads neither marketplace, still leaves @ui5/mcp-server to be set up by hand.published 2026-06-25
What's new in SAP Cloud Application Programming Model – September 2026What's new in SAP Cloud Application Programming Model – September 2026The September 2026 release turns CAP services into A2A-callable agents through the new @cap-js/agents plugin, which generates MCP tools from a service's entities and actions, adds an @agent.hitl approval gate and can read an AGENTS.md/SKILL.md pair for custom behaviour. The @cap-js/mcp plugin for Node.js and com.sap.cds:cds-adapter-mcp for Java reach general availability, serving describe, query and call tools over existing CAP authentication and authorisation. It also names capire/skills, SAP's curated skill library that teaches coding agents current CAP practice.published 2026-09-24