Use Free Tier to Set Up Account for SAP Document AI and Get Service Key
Use the free tier service plan and an SAP BTP booster to automatically create a service instance, and the associated service key for SAP Document AI.
Overview
You will learn
- How to access your SAP BTP account
- What are interactive guided boosters
- How to use the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster to assign entitlements, update your subaccount (or create a new one), create a service instance and the associated service key for SAP Document AI
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
- You have created an account on SAP BTP to try out free tier service plans: Get an Account on SAP BTP to Try Out Free Tier Service Plans
- You are entitled to use the SAP Document AI service: Manage Entitlements Using the Cockpit
Steps
Open the SAP BTP cockpit.
Access your global account.

global account
SAP Business Technology Platform creates interactive guided boosters to automate cockpit steps, so users can save time when trying out the services.
Now, you will use the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster to automatically assign entitlements, update your subaccount (or create a new one), create a service instance and the associated service key for SAP Document AI.
On the navigation side bar, click Boosters.

Service Key Search for SAP Document AI and click Start.

Service Key Click Next.

Service Key If you want to create a dedicated subaccount for the service instance, choose Create Subaccount. If you want to use an already created subaccount, choose Select Subaccount (the selection comes in the next step). For this tutorial, we’ll create a dedicated subaccount. When you’re done with the selection, click Next.

Service Key Choose the free plan. You can also rename the subaccount to
doc-ai-free-tier-service-plan-tutorial, for example. Choose the region closest to you. For this tutorial, we’ll use Europe (Frankfurt). Click Next.
Service Key You can also perform this tutorial series using the following service plans intended for productive use: Premium Edition (premium_edition) or Base Edition (blocks_of_100). To do so, choose either the
premium_editionor theblocks_of_100plan in this step (instead of free). For more information on the service plans available for SAP Document AI, see Service Plans.Click Finish.

Service Key Follow the progress of the booster automated tasks.

Service Key When the automated tasks are done, see the Success dialog box.

Service Key
You have successfully used the booster Set up account for SAP Document AI to create a service key for SAP Document AI.
Click Download Service Key to save the service key locally on your computer.

If you face any issue with the booster Set up account for SAP Document AI, you can alternatively follow the steps in Use Free Tier to Create a Service Instance for SAP Document AI to manually create the service instance and service key for SAP Document AI using the free tier service plan.
Step 4 is optional. If you’re not interested, you can set it to Done and go directly to the next tutorial.
This is an optional step. Use it only if you want to access the service instance and service key, you created with the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster, without having to run it once again.
Do the following to access your service instance and service key, without having to run the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster once again:
Close the booster Success dialog box.

Service Key Click Account Explorer on the navigation side bar and access the subaccount you used to create the service instance and service key for SAP Document AI.

Service Key Click Instances and Subscriptions on the navigation side bar. You see the service instance you created with the Set up account for SAP Document AI booster.

Service Key Click the navigation arrow to open the details of your service instance. Select Service Keys (1). Then, click the dots to View, Download or Delete your service key.

Service Key
Congratulations, you’ve completed this tutorial.
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