SICF Services

In addition to the OData services mentioned above, the launchpad and launchpad designer also need the SICF services for the application resources from the front-end system.

To activate the SICF services, open transaction SICF.Choose Execute or press F8. The Maintain Service window is displayed. The relevant paths to be activated are as follows:

/default_host/sap/bc/ui2/start_up
/default_host/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/ui2/ushell
/default_host/sap/bc/ui2/flp
/default_host/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/arsrvc_upb_admn
/default_host/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/ar_srvc_news
/default_host/sap/bc/ui5_ui5/sap/ar_srvc_launch
/default_host/sap/public/bc/ui5_ui5/
/default_host/sap/public/bc/ui2/
/default_host/sap/bc/ui2/nwbc/ for NWBC for HTML

Activate the services mentioned above (either by right-clicking the mouse and selecting Activate Service or choosing Start of the navigation path Service/host Next navigation step Activate End of the navigation path from the menu).

Note In the Activation of ICF Services dialog box, choose the Yes button with Hierarchy icon to activate all the child nodes under this service.

For more information about specific SICF services for search UIs including the launchpad, see SAP Library for SAP NetWeaver on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/netweaver. Start of the navigation path Application Help Next navigation step Function-Oriented View Search and Operational Analytics Embedded Search Activating UI Services End of the navigation path .

After configuring the SICF services, we recommend that you create an external alias for the service /sap/bc/ui2/flp. For information on how to do this, see Customizing the Launchpad URL.