Configuring Links to External Web Applications

You can use this procedure to configure a link to an external web-based application from a BPF instance (for example, a Web Dynpro report).

Prerequisites for BPF Navigation

You must first configure the web-based application that you want to use as a role in the User Interface Add-On.

  1. Enter Tcode LPD_CUST.

  2. Click Create New Launchpad, then input the role name, instance, and description. Use uppercase letters for the role name and instance.

  3. Double-click the newly created launchpad and create a new folder.

  4. Create a new application in the new folder. When you create a new application inside a launch pad, the URL, transaction, and Web Dynpro ABAP should be supported in Business Planning and Consolidation.

  5. Input the link text, application type, and application parameter.

  6. Input a system alias, such as SAP_LOCALSYSTEM.

  7. Create a unique application alias.

  8. Input parameter: target parameter = web dynpro parameter name; source parameter = BPF defined parameter name.

Registering a Role in SAP GUI
  1. In SAP GUI run transaction SE38.
  2. Execute program RSBPCB_MAINTAIN_SEM_OBJ to display the list of registered roles.
  3. To register a new role, choose Register.
  4. In the Role field, enter the name of the required role. With the F4 key you can display a list of all available roles.
  5. Choose Register to complete the registration of the selected role.
Maintaining Links
  1. In SAP GUI run transaction SE38.
  2. Execute program RSBPCB_MAINTAIN_SEM_OBJ_LK
  3. Select the required role and choose Edit.
  4. Choose Add and enter the new link for the role.

    You can view the links that are already defined for the role by choosing Display Existing Links.

  5. Choose Maintain Parameters to create new parameters or to change the existing ones.
  6. If you want to remove a link and all its parameters, select that link and choose Delete.
Configuring External Resources in a BPF Instance

When configuring workspaces for the performer and the reviewer in BPF, you can add hyperlinks to the web-applications that you configured with the procedures above.

  1. When configuring a workspace, from the Target Action list, select External Resources.
  2. From the second-level dropdown list that appears, select Open External Web-based Application.
  3. From the Target Object list that appears, select the required role.
  4. Enter values for the parameters of the target object.

The activity performer will be able to click the hyperlink to open the target action in the web-based application with the corresponding parameters to perform any assigned tasks.