... Preface ... 17
... Objective of This Book ... 17
... Target Audience ... 18
... Structure of the Book ... 19
... Acknowledgements ... 22
1 ... Introduction to Enterprise Automation ... 25
1.1 ... What Is Enterprise Automation? ... 26
1.2 ... Why Enterprise Automation Is Needed and How It Has Evolved ... 27
1.3 ... How SAP Accelerates Enterprise Automation ... 29
1.4 ... Summary ... 37
2 ... SAP Business Technology Platform ... 39
2.1 ... Introduction ... 39
2.2 ... Architecture ... 41
2.3 ... SAP Build ... 49
2.4 ... Summary ... 54
3 ... Overview of SAP Build Process Automation ... 57
3.1 ... Introduction ... 57
3.2 ... Architecture ... 60
3.3 ... Applications ... 62
3.4 ... Artifact Definitions ... 78
3.5 ... Lifecycle Phases ... 96
3.6 ... Summary ... 98
4 ... Creating a Business Process Project ... 99
4.1 ... What Is a Business Process Project? ... 99
4.2 ... Create a Project ... 100
4.3 ... Components of the Business Process Project Overview Page ... 104
4.4 ... Summary ... 110
5 ... The Process and Its Artifacts ... 111
5.1 ... Benefits of Low-Code Designer Tools ... 111
5.2 ... Process Editor ... 112
5.3 ... Processes and Artifacts ... 113
5.4 ... Events ... 135
5.5 ... Branches ... 143
5.6 ... Mappings ... 147
5.7 ... Forms ... 148
5.8 ... Variant Templates ... 161
5.9 ... Other Activities ... 165
5.10 ... Summary ... 171
6 ... Action Artifacts ... 173
6.1 ... What Is an Action, and How Does It Differ from an Application Programming Interface? ... 173
6.2 ... Connectivity Options ... 174
6.3 ... Create, Configure, and Test Action Projects ... 180
6.4 ... Release and Publish Actions ... 191
6.5 ... Connecting to External Systems using Actions ... 192
6.6 ... Summary ... 195
7 ... Automation Artifacts ... 197
7.1 ... Automation Editor ... 198
7.2 ... Screens: Piloting Applications ... 206
7.3 ... Activities: Making Use of Software Development Kits ... 235
7.4 ... Controls: Complex Automation Flows and Error Handling ... 269
7.5 ... Data: Creating and Managing Data Types ... 282
7.6 ... Automations, Actions, and Processes: Using Existing Artifacts ... 284
7.7 ... Desktop Agent ... 285
7.8 ... Environments ... 290
7.9 ... Summary ... 295
8 ... Decision Artifacts ... 297
8.1 ... Selecting the Correct Decision Solution for SAP Scenarios ... 298
8.2 ... Types of Decision Deployment ... 308
8.3 ... Decision Models ... 312
8.4 ... Working with Decisions ... 329
8.5 ... Summary ... 354
9 ... Business Project Lifecycle Management ... 355
9.1 ... Lifecycle Phases of a Business Process Project ... 355
9.2 ... Technical Monitoring ... 380
9.3 ... Business Monitoring ... 387
9.4 ... Summary ... 390
10 ... Executing Processes, Automations, and Decisions ... 391
10.1 ... Understanding Runtime Environments ... 391
10.2 ... SAP Build Process Automation Application Programming Interfaces ... 398
10.3 ... Running a Process, an Automation, and a Decision ... 412
10.4 ... Summary ... 420
11 ... Monitoring ... 421
11.1 ... Benefits of Monitoring ... 421
11.2 ... Types of Monitoring ... 422
11.3 ... Business Monitoring ... 424
11.4 ... Technical Monitoring ... 458
11.5 ... Summary ... 470
12 ... Governance ... 473
12.1 ... Establishing Governance in Business Processes ... 474
12.2 ... Business Process Access Management ... 475
12.3 ... Environments ... 478
12.4 ... Transport Management ... 490
12.5 ... Approval Flow for Controlling the Project Lifecycle ... 497
12.6 ... Maintaining Business Projects ... 502
12.7 ... Summary ... 503
13 ... Authentication, Authorization, and Audit Logging ... 507
13.1 ... Approach to Authentication and Authorization ... 507
13.2 ... Securely Connect to Cloud and On-Premise Systems ... 509
13.3 ... Audit Logs ... 510
13.4 ... Summary ... 514
14 ... Working with Store Content ... 515
14.1 ... What Is a Store? ... 515
14.2 ... Types of Content ... 519
14.3 ... Discovering and Working with Content ... 524
14.4 ... Creating and Publishing Content to the Store ... 533
14.5 ... Summary ... 535
15 ... Extending Standard Processes ... 537
15.1 ... Standard SAP Processes and the Need for Process Extensions ... 538
15.2 ... Different SAP Process Extension Possibilities ... 543
15.3 ... Using Process Variants ... 548
15.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Extensibility and Creating a Process Extension for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 559
15.5 ... Example Extension Scenarios ... 567
15.6 ... Summary ... 571
16 ... Scaling Process Automation ... 573
16.1 ... SAP Task Center ... 574
16.2 ... Enabling Fusion Development for Professional and Citizen Developers ... 588
16.3 ... Summary ... 593
17 ... Conclusion ... 595
1 ... The Authors ... 603
... Index ... 605
