SAP Business One

Lightweight Deployment
Solution Architects Team
June, 2015 Internal
Agenda

Deploying Extreme Applications…

 Create Extension Registration Files

 Deploy the extreme app artifacts into SAP

 Register & Deploy the extreme app to SAP Business One

 Authorize users in the companies for the extreme app

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Create a B1 UI API
Web Broswer form
SDK new UI API controls

 XSEngine base url interface

b1xsUrl = SBO_Application.XSEngineBaseURL;

 WebBrowser UIAPI control

SAPbouiCOM.IItem m_webItem = m_testForm.Items.Add(“Browser1”,
SAPbouiCOM.BoFormItemTypes.it_WEB_BROWSER);
…
SAPbouiCOM.IWebBrowser m_webBrowserControl = m_webItem.Specific as
SAPbouiCOM.IWebBrowser;

m_webBrowserControl.Url = b1xsUrl + “/myXSAppPackage/”;

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Create Extension
Registration Files
Create Extension Registration File

 Execute ExtensionPackage.exe program from the folder …

– …\Program Files (x86)\SAP\SAP Business One SDK\Tools\ExtensionPackage

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Create Extension Registration File (1)

 Input “Basic” information about the extreme add-on

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B1 Studio – Create Extension Registration File (2)

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Extension Registration Data Generator tool

Lightweight add-on Packaging

Basic Package
Information

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Extension Registration Data Generator tool - Extreme Apps

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Extension Registration Data Generator tool – Extras

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 Extension Registration Data Generator tool – Package

• This will create the .zip file with all required files including the .ard file which
is required to add-on registration.

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Deploy the extreme app
artifacts into SAP
SAP B1 Extreme App Framework
From Development to Use

Package Deploy Consume

HTML5
CSS
XSJS

Views

 Develop and test apps in

HANA Studio  Import our package from  Use apps in SAP Business
Extension Manager One client, mobile and
 Export DB & XS artifacts
browser
from HANA Studio  Assign apps to company
databases & configure
 Create Extension
permissions
Registration package

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SAP B1 Extreme App: Import into HANA System (1)

• From the SAP HANA Studio

choose File > Import

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SAP B1 Extreme App: Import into HANA System (2)

• Expand SAP HANA

Content
• Choose Delivery Unit >
Next
• Choose the Target
System > Next

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SAP B1 Extreme App: Import into HANA System (3)

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SAP B1 Extreme App: Import into HANA System (4)

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Extreme App HANA Deployment for Twitter app - Extras

After the import, on the development perspective of HANA StudioThird level …

• Check the software repositories and execute all the SQL commands that are listed on the
file Summit15 > SQL > CreateIndexes.sql
• Those commands will Activate Text Analysis features on the app.
• The app will be at … http://<yourserver>:8000/Summit15/UI/index.html

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Extreme App HANA Deployment for Twitter app - Extras

Tweets Retriever
 To gather tweets in real time we have a script written in Server Side JavaScript and runs on
a framework called Node.JS.
– This small script is responsible for listening the Twitter API and every time a new tweet comes up, it will
be stored on a HANA Server.
To Run
 Download and Install Node.JS
 From terminal (cmd, shell, etc) download the script dependencies by running these 3
commands:
– npm install util
– npm install hdb
– npm install twitter
Register a new application on Twitter Developers to have your own twitter keys

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Extreme App HANA Deployment for Twitter app - Extras

Open the node scripts (brands.js, sapb1.js and twitterSummit.js) and fill your twitter
keys and HANA server information.

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Extreme App HANA Deployment for Twitter app - Extras

Run the Tweets Retriever scripts with the commands …

 node brands.js
 node twitterSummit.js
 node brands.js

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*Import Delivery Unit - Note

For more information on Importing Delivery Units into SAP HANA … please see …
• Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA How to Import Delivery
Units …
http://help.sap.com/openSAP/HANA1/openSAP_HANA1_Week_01_How_to_Imp
ort_Delivery_Units.pdf

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Register & Deploy the
extreme app to companies
Accessing SAP Business One Extension Manager (1)

• From SAP Business One client choose Add-ons > Add-on Administration
• Click “Manage Extensions for Lightweight Deployment”

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Accessing SAP Business One Extension Manager (2)

Alternatively, you can access SAP Business One Extension Manager directly
in a Web browser on the machine on which the System Landscape Directory
(SLD) service is running using the following URL:
https://<hostname>:<port>/ExtensionManager.

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Import and Upload Extension

 Click “Import”
 Browse to your extension .zip file and “Open”
 Click “Upload”

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Import and Upload Extension

 Click “Import”
 Browse to your extension .zip file and “Open”
 Click “Upload”

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Import and Upload Extension - Finish

 Specify any Shared Parameters

 Finish import and run company assignment wizard

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Import and Upload Extension - Finish

 Specify Company(s)
 Specify Parameters (if any)

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Import and Upload Extension – Startup Mode - Default

 Specify Startup Mode for all users or …

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Import and Upload Extension – Startup Mode

 Specify Startup Mode for individual users

 Click Next and then click Finish

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Authorize users in the
companies for the extreme
app
Import and Upload Extension – Startup Mode - Default

 Also you can remove users for authorization by clicking the red “x” for this company

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Thank you

Solution Architects

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