Admin Service/UI for SAP Launchpad Notification Service

Project to allow an easier maintenance of notification types for the SAP Launchpad Notification Service (see here).

This project adds the following capabilities to the Notification service.

• UI for easy maintenance -> enable business users
• Easy synchronization of existing entries from the notification service

  Note: Only the main properties of the notification types can be synced to the local HANA storage as information on Templates and Actions can not be retrieved via the SAP Launchpad Notification service.

Features

Backend

Backend consists of a simple CAP application which persists the notification types to a SAP HANA Cloud database.

User Interface

Easy to use Fiori Elements application with draft capabilities to maintain notification types for SAP Launchpad Notification Service. Saving or deleting an entity triggers the synchronization to the notification service

Allows for direct testing of the notification type by creating a notification

Usage

Preconditions

• Existing SAP BTP Subaccount with the following entitlements:

  Service	Plan
  Authorization and Trust Management Service	application
  SAP HANA Schemas & HDI Containers	hdi-shared
  Destination Service	lite
  HTML5 Application Repository Service	app-host, app-runtime

• Cloud Foundry Environment is enabled in the subaccount

• Space is created

• SAP HANA Cloud Database exists in space or is shared

Deployment

• Logon to subaccount space with authorized user via Cloud Foundry CLI
• Run command npm i in shell
• Run command npm run build in shell
• Run command npm run deploy in shell

Manual Steps after Deployment

1. Assign role collection NotificationTypesAdmin to users who need access to the application
2. Add the application "Manage Notification Types" to a SAP Launchpad Service Site

Configuration of SAP Launchpad Notification Service

1. Subscribe to SAP Launchpad Service
2. Navigate to Launchpad Landing Page
3. Enable Notifications in the settings section
4. Create a destination with the notification service credentials in your subaccount named SAP_Notifications (see here).

Local Setup for husky

Run npx husky install to install git hooks

Configure .env file for VS Code REST API tests

Template for .env file

# variables communication with the launchpad notification service
authUrl=
notifUrl=
notifClientId=""
notifClientSecret=""

# email for notification receiver - i.e. the user who loggs into the launchpad site
recipientEmail=

# English properties for notification type template
TemplateSensitive=
TemplateGrouped=
TemplatePublic=
Subtitle=

# German properties for notification type template
TemplateSensitive_de=
TemplateGrouped_de=
TemplatePublic_de=
Subtitle_de=