Create a Content Provider in Launchpad Service

• From the subaccount, navigate to Services -> Instances and Subscriptions and search for the Launchpad Service in the Search box

• Access Launchpad Service.

• Go to Provider Manager.

• Create a new Content Provider.

  

• Add Title, Description, ID and the Destinations created in tutorial “Create destinations in SAP BTP cockpit” accordingly.

  

• Click “Save”.

In the Status column of the table the status will be set to Created as soon as the creation is finished.

• Navigate to the Content Manager.

  • Open Tab Content Explorer. Here all the created Content Providers are listed.

  • Click on the Content Provider created in Step 1.

  • Mark the item with Title “Administrator” and click “Add to My Content”.

  

• Navigate to the Site Directory.

  • Click Create Sites.

  • Choose a site name and click “Create”.

  • Click Edit and click into the box to Search for items to assign.

  

  • Choose the Administrator role (click on +).

  • Click Save.

  • Copy and store the URL of the Launchpad for later use.

  

Now you assigned the Business Role, which you exposed to the Launchpad Service, to your Launchpad Site. With it all the apps that are related to this Business Role will be available in the Launchpad Site. Also a Role Collection is created, which is named in this format: <Content Provider name>_<Business Role name>

In order to be able to access the Launchpad Site you have to assign the Role Collection created in the last step, to the SAP BTP ABAP environment user in the SAP BTP cockpit.

• Open the BTP Cockpit.

• Go to the Subaccount, of the Launchpad Service.

• Navigate to the Users menu.

• Search for and mark the BTP user of the SAP BTP, ABAP environment user used in tutorial “Create communication between SAP BTP, ABAP environment and SAP BTP”

• Click on Assign Role Collection in the Role Collection section (might be hidden behind the ..., dependent on the window size).

• Assign the created authorization to the user.


Now access the Launchpad Site via the URL stored in “Step 3” with the SAP BTP user you assigned the Role Collection to in “Step 4”.