The SAP Mobile Platform (SMP) is the key component within SAP’s mobile strategy – being available on-premise and in the cloud (SAP HANA Cloud Platform mobile services, SAP HCPms). This platform brings a lot of functionality needed in a mobile context, e.g. offline functionality and push notifications but also application security, logging and tracing, usage analytics, and lifecycle management. The platform supports both, native and hybrid mobile app development, and is based on open standards (e.g. Apache Cordova). In combination with SAPUI5 and Fiori, SAP allows developers to write SAP-centric mobile apps without being an SAP backend expert. We’d like to give you a brief overview about the platform’s architecture and its main capabilities – focusing on hybrid mobile app development in the cloud. A live demo of an innovative app will demonstrate the main feature of HCPms. Technical Track presented during the IT Conference on SAP technologies 2016 by Johannes Veicht, Lead IT Consultant, msg systems ag.

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Developing Mobile Apps with HCPms
Mobility@SAP

2. Developing Mobile Apps with HCPms
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Agenda
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SAP Mobile Strategy1
SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture2
Demo Sample App with Mobile Features3
Conclusion4
Outlook5

3. SAP Mobile Strategy
SAP Fiori
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4. SAP Mobile Strategy
Developer focused
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5. SAP Mobile Strategy
SAP Mobile Platform
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6. SAP Mobile Strategy
Enterprise Apps
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7. SAP Mobile Strategy
Overall Process
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BUILD
SAP Fiori UX,
cross-platform
responsive
framework in
SAP Web IDE
RUN
One code
base and
one SDK for
HCPms and
SMP 3
SECURE
Protect and
manage apps,
data, content,
and devices
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8. SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture
SAP HANA Cloud Platform mobile services (HCPms)
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• SAP HCPms is a service available on SAP HCP intended to enable
mobile business for SAP backend systems
• The main capabilities of SAP HCPms are:
 Secure from cloud to on-premise (via SAP HANA Cloud Connector)
 Mobilize data reliably and securely (supporting different authentication mechanisms)
 Uninterrupted user experience through offline capability
 Business events to push notifications
 Usage analytics
 Logging and tracing
 Application update management
 Resource bundle management
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9. SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture
SAP Mobile Platform SDK
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 The SMP SDK is a set of libraries and tools for building native
and hybrid Web Apps Mobile Platform and HCPms.
 The SDK is harmonized to work seamlessly with both on-
premise and cloud versions of the SAP Mobile Platform.
 The Kapsel SDK is a set of enterprise-ready Apache Cordova
plugins:
 Login – takes the pain out of user authentication in applications
 Logger – allows logging of issues and stack traces for remote
debugging purposes
 Push – cross-platform push notification functionality
 OData – allows the creation of offline OData stores and
ultimately a fully offline-able hybrid web app
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10. SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture
SAP Mobile Development Options
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11. SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture
Apache Cordova Architecture and Kapsel Plugins
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• Attachment Viewer
• Calendar
• Printer
• Localization
• SAP Fiori Client
• Online Application
• Toolbar
• Application Preferences
• Voice Recording
• Logon
• App Update
• Push
• Encrypted Storage
• Logger
• Settings
• AuthProxy
• Barcode Scanner
• Offline OData
• End-to-End Trace
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12. SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture
Hybrid Mobile App Runtime Architecture with Apache Cordova
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SAP HCPms
(Cloud Version of
SAP Mobile Platform)
HCP
Destinations
IdP
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13. SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture
SAP Fiori Mobile Options
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14. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
SAP Web IDE Development
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• The Web IDE is intended to support the developers in the SAP’s development process
for mobile apps:
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15. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Device and Platform Configuration
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16. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
App Configuration: The Mobile Services Cockpit
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17. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Deployment Options
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18. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
SAP Hybrid App Toolkit (HAT): Architecture
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19. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
SAP Hybrid App Toolkit (HAT): App Preview/Deployment
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20. Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Deployment Process
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21. Demo
Sample App “MyTime”
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• Allows users to create, edit and delete time records at work
• App type: Hybrid Kapsel app
• Supported platforms: Android (currently), iOS and Windows (planned)
• Authentication type: Principal propagation
• Mobile features:
 User onboarding
 Offline functionality
 Push notifications
 Speech recognition
 Smart Watch extension
 Calendar access
 Background alarms

22. Demo
Architecture of MyTime
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SAP HCPms
(Cloud Version of
SAP Mobile Platform)
HCP
Destinations
IdP
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23. Demo - Video
MyTime
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24. Demo
Logon with Principal Propagation: Procedure
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• Scenario:
Secure access to corporate data from mobile devices
and providing SSO capabilities
• Solution:
Forwarding on-demand users to back-end systems via HCC,
on-demand users will not provide the on-premise identity
• Steps:
 User authenticates at app via a SAML provider
 HCC validates the received SAML token
 HCC forwards the identity to backend
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25. Demo
Offline OData: Features
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• Take remote OData services and run them locally on device
• UltaLite as client database
• Optimized for OData services supporting delta queries
• Middle-tier delta enablement for all other OData services
• Middle-tier caching of generic OData collections
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26. Demo Video
MyTime Offline Demo
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27. Demo
Offline OData: Initial Download Sequence
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28. Evaluation
Offline OData: Flush Sequence
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29. Demo
Offline OData: API Implementation
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30. Demo
Smart Watch Extension
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Android
apk
(hybrid)
AndroidWear
apk
(native)
P
L
U
G
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31. Demo
Push Notifications
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Triggering notifications:
• HTTP Method: POST
• URL: https://<HCPms host>/restnotification/application/<app ID>
• HTTP Headers:
 Content-Type: application/json
 Authorization: Basic (Using username/password of the SAP HCP trial
account that is hosting the corresponding HCPms service…)
• Body: {“alert”:”…”, “data”:”…”}
Project Number
API Key
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32. Demo Video
MyTime Push Demo
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33. Demo
Speech Recognition
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34. Outlook
Smartglass Showcase
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LTE
HANA Cloud Plattform
mobile services
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ERP
VPN

35. Conclusion
SAP Mobile Services: Best Features, Limitations, Recommended Use
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 Support for native and hybrid mobile app development
 Regarding SAP HCPms and hybrid app development:
 Platform is based on open standards (especially Apache Cordova)
 Kapsel plugins comprising the following features:
• User onboarding and authentication
• Offline functionality out of the box
• Push notifications
• and much more
 Smooth integration of SAP Web IDE with a local HAT installation
 Various deployment options (HCP, Fiori Launchpad, Companion App, device)

36. Conclusion
SAP Mobile Services: Best Features, Limitations, Recommended Use
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• Costly and time-consuming setting up of local build environment (especially updates)
• Kapsel offline plugin not very transparent, i.e. no options to show cached data in HCPms
or to trigger a refresh etc.
• No use of destinations from HCP

37. Conclusion
SAP Mobile Services: Best Features, Limitations, Recommended Use
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• Thus, we clearly recommend using SAP HCPms and SMP within the following contexts:
 Extending a SAP Fiori (SAPUI5) web app with mobile features (e.g. Push Notifications)
 Extending a native mobile app with SAP features (e.g. Logon Manager, Offline OData)

38. Outlook
SAP Roadmap & Strategy
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• Role in the landscape of SAP solutions: As mobility is one of SAP’s current and future key topics, also
SAP HCPms and SMP will be – at least from our point of view. Also providing on-premise and cloud
solutions in this area will be important in the future as this is requested by the customers
• New releases: SAP frequently provides new releases for Hybrid App Toolkit. So be prepared to update HAT
and your local Cordova development environment… So looking forward to have a cloud build service…

39. Outlook
SAP‘s Announcement with Apple
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• “This partnership will transform how iPhone and iPad are used in enterprise by bringing together the
innovation and security of iOS with SAP’s deep expertise in business software”
(http://news.sap.com/apple-sap-partner-to-revolutionize-work-on-iphone-ipad/)
• It’s planed to deliver a new HANA Cloud Platform SDK for iOS apps and to train developers in a online SAP
academy for iOS

40. Developing Mobile Apps with HCPms
Q & A
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Veicht Johannes
Lead IT Consultant
johannes.veicht@msg-systems.com
msg systems ag (Headquarters)
Robert-Buerkle-Str. 1, 85737 Ismaning/Munich
Germany
www.msg-systems.com