Make Fiori data available to an RFC Destination

The Convert SAP Objects Test Search action processes a set of Fiori application objects, and returns the following details for each Fiori application.

• The Fiori application’s URL

• The Fiori application’s Title

• The title of the Fiori application’s Navigation Target

These details may be used by the Search Test Repository action to find matching test assets in the specified Test Repository.

The details are obtained from Fiori data downloaded from either a production or QA system (in that order of priority). To make Fiori launchpad data available to an RFC Destination, follow these steps. Note that if Fiori launchpad data is not available for an SAP system (for example because the required transaction doesn't exist), LiveCompare’s Impact Analysis workflows and app will still run. However, the caches associated with your Test Repositories won't include any Fiori tile data.

Step 1: Download Fiori Launchpad data

1. Sign in to the production or QA system and run transaction /UI2/FLPCA. The following screen is displayed.

2. Select the Display OData V2 Services and Display OData V4 Services checkboxes and click . The following screen is displayed.

3. Click and select ‘Spreadsheet’. The following dialog is displayed.

4. Click Select from All Available Formats, and select Excel - Open Office XML Format (XLSX).

5. Click and export the results to an Excel file with an .xlsx extension.

Step 2: Create an External Data Source for the Fiori Launchpad data

1. Sign in to LiveCompare as a user with Administrator permissions.

2. Select the Data > External Data Sources folder in the LiveCompare hierarchy, and choose New External Data Source… from the context menu.

3. Complete the Add External Data Source screen, specifying an Excel External Data Source using the .xlsx file downloaded in Step 1.

4. Click Save to create the External Data Source.

5. In the External Data Source Details screen, click Show Sample Data and verify that the Fiori Launchpad data can be retrieved.

Step 3: Set the Fiori Launchpad field names

1. Select the Configuration > General folder in the LiveCompare hierarchy.

2. Set the following fields as required:

Field	Description
FioriLaunchpadFioriIdFieldNames	Specifies the possible column names in the /UI2/FLPCA export that contains the Fiori application Id. Multiple columns may be specified by separating each column name with a ';'. If blank, LiveCompare uses Application Ressource as the default setting (note that the spelling of ‘Resource’ is intentional as it matches the output from SAP).
FioriLaunchpadSearchTermFieldNames	Specifies the /UI2/FLPCA columns that LiveCompare uses as search terms when converting SAP objects to Test search terms. Multiple columns may be specified by separating each column name with a ';'. If blank, LiveCompare uses Catalog Title; Tile Title; Tile Subtitle; Tile Keywords as the default setting.
FioriLaunchpadTransactionFieldNames	Specifies the possible column names in the /UI2/FLPCA export that contain transaction codes (for example, VA01). Multiple columns may be specified by separating each column name with a ';', for example, Application Ressource;Transaction (note that the spelling of ‘Resource’ is intentional as it matches the output from SAP). If blank, LiveCompare uses its default setting.

Step 4: Associate the External Data Source with an analysis system

1. Expand the Administration > RFC Destinations folder in the LiveCompare hierarchy, and select the RFC Destination for the Analysis system.

2. Click Edit in the RFC Destination’s General tab.

3. Enter the password for the RFC Destination’s user account in the Password field.

4. In the Fiori Launchpad Content Aggregator External Data Source section at the bottom of the screen, select the External Data Source created in Step 2 in the Connection dropdown list.

5. Click Save to save the RFC Destination.

Related topics

Convert SAP Objects Test Search actions

Search Test Repository actions