SAP Cloud Platform Portal Overview.pdf

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Product Management – Technology & Innovations: SAP Cloud Platform, SAP SE
December 2019
SAP Cloud Platform Portal
Overview and roadmap

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Motivation
Key capabilities and benefits
Scenarios and user experiences
Product details
Roadmap
Further information
Agenda

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How can a business user easily access relevant
applications and services to get the job done efficiently?
UX consistency with SAP Fiori 3 | UX integration via (central) SAP Fiori launchpad

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Integrate content from distinct SAP products and third-party applications in a uniform manner,
allowing end users to centrally access the content they need to fulfill their tasks
Vision
central entry point
… and other SAP
and non-SAP products
This presentation and SAP‘s strategy and possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, or noninfringement.

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SAP Cloud Platform services for building digital experiences
Design
Collaborate
Engage
Develop
Integrate
▪ SAP Conversational AI
▪ UI theme designer
▪ SAP Web IDE
▪ SAP Fiori elements
▪ SAP Jam
▪ Cloud connector
▪ OData provisioning
▪ API Management
▪ Cloud integration
▪ Mobile card kit*
▪ Mobile Services
▪ SAPUI5 ▪ SDK for iOS and Android*
SAP provides a set of integrated
services that deliver delightful
user experiences across various
digital touch points, enabling
innovation without disrupting
core business processes
*Included in SAP Cloud Platform Mobile Services
▪ Mobile Development Kit*
▪ Portal / SAP Fiori launchpad
▪ SAP Translation Hub

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Key capabilities
▪ Build engaging user experiences with SAP Fiori 3 or custom site design
▪ Provide central access to applications (cloud and on premise)
▪ Integrate apps based on SAPUI5/Fiori and classic SAP UI technologies
▪ Add information to sites via predefined Web content widgets
▪ Use public APIs to extend and optimize site experience
Benefits
▪ Simplify and streamline access to applications and information
▪ Increase user satisfaction and engagement
▪ Drive UX innovations and gain agility using cloud services
▪ Enhance administration efficiency via templates and open integration
Overview
SAP Cloud Platform Portal empowers organizations to build digital experiences through engaging business
sites for employees, partners, customers, and suppliers.

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Key capabilities
▪ Intuitive user experience: Personalize SAP Fiori homepage and
quickly access relevant information on desktop and mobile devices
▪ Central point of entry: Use role-based navigation and secure single
sign-on (SSO) to connected cloud and on-premise solutions
▪ SAP integration: Benefit from a variety of templates to easily
integrate applications into business sites
▪ Content administration: Easily manage and structure portal content
such as app tiles, roles, catalogs, navigation
▪ Customization: Adjust branding with custom theme and translation
▪ Administration: Manage lifecycle of portal sites and pages
(transport, templates, extensions, and more)
Product description

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Key benefits
Platform as a
Service model
Aligned with SAP’s
direction to enable
digital experiences
Subscription and
consumption-based
pricing options
Integrates with other
SAP Cloud Platform
UX services
Business agility
and flexibility
Accelerate with SAP
and partner content
Central point of access
Access on desktop
and mobile devices
Personalized
user experience

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Portal scenarios: empower internal and external users to easily access
relevant applications and services
Business to Employee | Business to Business | Business to Consumer
Partner
Supplier Customer
Employee
Citizen

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Showcases
Examples
Danone built a B2B self
service e-Commerce
attractive and highly
functional website, using a
reliable and secured
backend connectivity in a
freestyle design
Merck group enabled the IT
department to build
customized solutions to
simplify and extend existing
business processes
Genband built a “portal for
everything” to further
enhance the customer
experience and internal
productivity
Apollo Tyres deployed the
dealerConnect partner
portal of Arteria
Technologies and gained
real time decision making
and automated
omnichannel processes
Danone
Food
Merck
Pharmaceuticals
Genband
High Tech
Apollo Tyres
Automotive

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Engaging user experience
Provide the right experience for your users
SAP Fiori experience
SAP Fiori launchpad for
easy access to self-service
apps, tasks, and reports
Customized experience
Customize and brand the
portal site experience and
enrich with web content

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Launchpad experience with new SAP Fiori 3 design and Quartz theme
*on selected devices
Anchor / tab navigation for
direct access to groups
Edit mode for instant
personalization of groups
and tiles
Launch SAPUI5, Web
Dynpro ABAP*, SAP GUI for
HTML* and arbitrary URLs
Link lists provide access to a
large number of apps
Group tiles for personalized
content organization
Color coded notifications
alert users to any overdue,
new, or immediate actions
Search across and
within apps to get
immediate answers
Collaborate with other
users and your digital
assistant for quick results
Dynamic charts to
provide high-level, real-
time overview

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SAP Fiori 3 is the new target design, which evolves the SAP Fiori design language for all SAP
products to fully support the Intelligent Suite.
SAP Fiori launchpad with SAP Fiori 3
▪ Intelligent, personalizable home pages
showing everything you need to focus on
using flexible cards
▪ Digital assistant with conversational AI
▪ Proactive business situation handling:
explanations, insights, proposed actions
▪ Dynamic content to support intelligent apps,
for briefings, analytics, etc.
▪ A new theme for a fresh, up-to-date look
and feel.
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time without notice.

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https://experience.sap.com/news/sap-fiori-how-it-started-and-where-its-going
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/05/25/get-ready-for-sap-fiori-3
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/06/03/did-you-notice-the-first-steps-of-sap-fiori-3-in-your-sap-fiori-launchpad
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/04/26/first-parts-of-sap-fiori-3-available-for-sapui5-developers
https://blogs.sap.com/2019/08/05/deliver-sap-fiori-user-experience-on-sap-cloud-platform-cloud-foundry-environment/
SAP Fiori 3 experience – news and recommended blogs

Product details
Portal
on SAP Cloud Platform
(Cloud Foundry | NEO)

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SAP Cloud Platform Portal – regional availability (data centers)
on NEO and multi-cloud (Cloud Foundry) environment
SAP Cloud Platform Regions and Service Portfolio

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Multi-cloud environment
✓ SAP Fiori 3 design with SAP Quartz theme
✓ Support for latest SAPUI5 version
✓ Sharing business content between sites
✓ Site settings and role assignment
✓ Dynamic URL launcher and HTML widget
✓ Trial environment
✓ External (tunneled) access via Cloud Connector
✓ Content federation for Cloud Foundry based apps
NEO environment
✓ SAP Fiori 3 design with SAP Quartz theme
✓ Support for latest SAPUI5 version
✓ External_Portal_User role for metering in
external-facing scenarios
✓ Creation of subaccount (platform) roles from
within SAP Fiori launchpad configuration cockpit
✓ Translations Manager: download and update
selected languages
Recent enhancements for SAP Cloud Platform Portal Release notes

(Cloud Foundry)

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User experience
Evolving SAP Fiori 3
experience with
enhanced layout
options and flexibility
Strategic direction
Investments for SAP
Cloud Platform (Cloud
Foundry) and portal
service
UX integration
Advanced application
integration and content
federation from cloud &
on-premise systems
Multi-cloud
Service availability in
various regions through
additional data centers
of hyper-scalers
Why portal service on SAP Cloud Platform (Cloud Foundry)?

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SAP Cloud Platform Portal – Site Manager
Site Directory
▪ Create site
▪ Edit site
▪ Delete site
▪ Search for site
▪ Go to site
Key tools and services for building portal sites
(Cloud Foundry)
Content Manager
My Content
Create, edit, translate, and delete
▪ Role
▪ App
▪ Catalog
▪ Group
Content Explorer
▪ Select content provider
▪ Explore content
▪ Add (remote) content items to
account
Site Editor
▪ Add and delete pages
▪ Create menu
▪ Configure site settings
▪ Assign role
Manage cross-site
content
Manage site-specific
configurations
Assign
role

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Site directory to create and manage sites

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Site editor to configure pages, menu structure and settings (incl. role assignment)

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Content Manager to create and manage apps, catalogs, groups and roles

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Content federation
▪ Connect portal to content provider
(e.g. Cloud Foundry)
▪ Provider system exposes app configuration and
content structure via CDM (common data model)
▪ Content admin can browse & select specific role
from provider and assign it to site / users
Manual integration
▪ Integrate and configure single apps
(e.g. use information from SAP Fiori apps library)
▪ Available app templates
▪ SAP Fiori / SAPUI5 1.60+
▪ Web Dynpro ABAP
▪ SAP GUI for HTML
▪ Dynamic URL (for generic integration)
Main approaches for integrating applications
Workflow for Integrating Apps

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SAP products run self-contained
▪ Local entry point
▪ Design-time, UI technologies and user experience
▪ Lifecycle of application resources and content models
▪ Role definition and authorization management
Central launchpad is based on SAP Cloud Platform
Portal service (multi-cloud environment)
Products act as content providers by exposing their
content model via CDM (common data model)
Administrator can create custom integration content
(for example roles)
Guiding principles for central UX integration of SAP products
Product
content provider
SAP Fiori and
other app
resources
Local
entry point
User
Integration content
for central launchpad
Cloud Foundry / multi-cloud environment
Launchpad
(portal service)
User
Access Expose
CDM
Content
model

(NEO)

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Portal on SAP Cloud Platform (Neo)
Cloud connector
INTERNET
Firewall
Connectivity
service
Applications
SAP Fiori Cloud,
custom SAPUI5, etc.
SAP Web IDE
UI theme
designer
Your Datacenter
or SAP Business Suite
SAP Gateway*
INTRANET
SAP Jam
Collaboration
SAP Solutions
Corporate Identity Provider
Document
Service
Identity
Authentication
Inbox &
Workflow
Partner Solutions
Accelerators
. . .
OData
provisioning*
SAP Translation
Hub
Portal /
Fiori launchpad
* OData services via SAP CP OData provisioning or SAP Gateway; details about deployment options in SAP Enterprise Architecture Explorer (#11115) / SAP Note 1830712
Search
Related services
Secure tunnel

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Admin space
▪ Site Directory
▪ Theme Manager
▪ Create new site
▪ My recent sites
▪ Usage Analytics
▪ Useful Links / Tools
Configuration cockpit
for SAP Fiori launchpad
▪ Settings
▪ Content Management
(app, catalog, group)
▪ Site Services
Site Designer
for freestyle sites
▪ Page Management
▪ Content Management
▪ Menu Editor
▪ Settings
▪ Site Services
Web Content Editor
for freestyle sites
▪ Edit content widgets
▪ Preview
▪ Publish
Key tools and services for building portal sites
(NEO)

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Central administration space to build and manage portal sites
Leverage samples and
accelerators from Github
Services and Tools
Access theme manager
Edit site content for
▪ Launchpad sites with
SAP Fiori launchpad
configuration cockpit
▪ Freestyle sites with
Site Designer and
Web Content Editor
Site Directory
Create and manage sites
based on templates
Usage Analytics
Monitor visits, visitors or
device types
Useful Tools
Access account cockpit
and Web IDE
Show notifications &
news for administrators

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SAP Fiori launchpad configuration cockpit
Role-based
preview
News & notifications for
administrators
Apply standard theme or
custom design
Integration of SAP Fiori and
classic SAP applications
Manage themes,
translations & transports
Manage SAP Fiori content
and role assignments
Settings for site access,
URL, and user services
Quick access to important
tools and information
Launch SAP Web IDE,
site directory and SAP
Cloud Platform Cockpit
Publish site

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Site Designer
Easily create sites with flexible page and content structure
Edit page settings
Access Web Content
Editor, manage themes,
site assets & translations
Create pages and
manage templates
Define settings for site
access level, alias and
runtime services
Create own navigation
menu structure
Preview and publish site
Select from a range of
predefined and custom
content widgets
Add content widgets to
page layout section
Manage apps and
content catalogs

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Web Content Editor
Easy editing and publishing of web content
Dedicated tool for content
managers
Content updates directly
visible
Check overall site in
preview mode
Editor to modify texts,
images, links, etc.
Edit relevant content
sections
Publish changes
List of editable content
widgets

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Integrating solutions from SAP
▪ SAP S/4HANA
▪ SAP S/4HANA Cloud
▪ SAP Business Suite
▪ SAP C/4HANA
▪ SAP Jam
Solutions
▪ SAP Enterprise Portal
▪ SAP CP Mobile Services
▪ Third-party content management via
partners (e.g. Egnyte, Contentstack)
▪ Business Server Pages (BSP)
▪ SAP Business Explorer (BEx)
▪ SAP Smart Business and KPI tiles
▪ Dynamic URL (for web applications)
UI technologies
▪ SAPUI5 & SAP Fiori elements
▪ SAP GUI for HTML
▪ SAP Screen Personas
▪ Web Dynpro ABAP
Learn more in documentation

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SAP Cloud Platform Portal (on multi-cloud environment) is evolving to provide users a secure,
central entry point to easily access applications, information, and tasks from on-premise & cloud.
SAP Cloud Platform Portal – focus areas of investment
▪ Modernize user experience with latest SAP Fiori 3 design
▪ Extend regional availability through additional data centers on multi-cloud environment
▪ Enhance capabilities to consume remote content from SAP on-premise systems (such as SAP S/4HANA)
and cloud solutions (such as SAP SuccessFactors solution)
▪ Support integration of multiple SAP S/4HANA systems
▪ Integrate central services such as inbox, notifications, search
▪ Support transition from SAP Enterprise Portal to the cloud
▪ Enable customers to build digital workplaces

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You can find the latest roadmap version on:
https://www.sap.com/products/roadmaps/finder-all.html
Roadmap

Transitioning from SAP Enterprise Portal
to SAP Cloud Platform Portal

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More information: SAP NetWeaver 7.5 documentation, upgrade guides, note 1648480 and transition recommendations
SAP Enterprise Portal: maintenance and options going forward
Release Maintenance end
SAP NetWeaver 7.1 31.12.2020
SAP Enterprise Portal
Transition
Integration
Options

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Transition from SAP Enterprise Portal to SAP Cloud Platform Portal
Guides Tools Services Partners
Portal deployment
recommendations
Transition to the cloud
SAP Enterprise Portal as
content provider
Portal content migration tool
KM migration to Egnyte Connect
Assessment / readiness
workshops with SAP
Consulting and Support
Leverage partner network
for advisory and implemen-
tation projects

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Summary
Portal service on
Cloud Foundry
(multi-cloud)
SAP Fiori 3
experience
Central entry point UX/app integration for
the digital experience

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▪ SAP Fiori – Deployment Options and Recommendations
▪ Roadmap for Portal / Launchpad
▪ Portal Deployment Options
▪ SAP Community for Portals
▪ Documentation
▪ Trial environment
▪ Portal on Twitter: @PORTAL_SAP
Further information

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Technical guidelines, best practices and use cases
https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-
platform/technical-information.html
https://www.sap.com/products/
cloud-platform/use-cases.html

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Further information
Get a solution overview https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-platform/capabilities.html
> Digital Experiences
Join SAP Portal community https://www.sap.com/community/topic/portal.html
Learn more https://open.sap.com/courses / SAP Training Classes
Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/portal_sap (@Portal_SAP)
Watch demos, videos & testimonials http://www.youtube.com/user/SAPNetWeaverPortals
Try it out https://www.sap.com/products/cloud-platform/get-started.html and
https://developers.sap.com/tutorial-navigator.html
Check release notes & documentation SAP Cloud Platform Portal | SAP Enterprise Portal

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