Exploring SAP Build End-To-End Use Cases

SAP Build offers various ways to meet business needs, providing visual, traditional, and AI-supported solutions to create automated processes, app extensions, and business sites in the intelligent enterprise. All these functionalities are centrally located in the SAP Build Lobby. The various options provide flexibility and involve different roles, so that not only professional developers, but also citizen developers can participate in the developments and innovations. This ensures that domain knowledge, that is, specialized knowledge from various expert fields, positively influences technical development.

An interesting concept is Fusion Team Development, which integrates various SAP Build solutions and roles, allowing everything to be brought together in one cohesive project. This innovative approach fosters collaboration and streamlines the development process, enabling teams to work more efficiently and effectively.

In this learning journey example, it is shown how the seamless integration of SAP Build low-code solutions—including SAP Build Process Automation, SAP Build Apps, and SAP Build Work Zone—can ensure that an end-to-end scenario can be quickly developed through drag-and-drop functionality. This not only accelerates the development process but also minimizes the need for extensive coding, making it accessible to a broader range of users.

Watch the following video to get an idea about the possibilities of SAP Build.

There are countless use cases demonstrating how SAP Build products can be integrated to tackle various business challenges. To provide a clearer understanding, a few examples will be introduced below, showcasing how SAP Build Process Automation, SAP Build Apps, and SAP Build Work Zone are used for end-to-end scenarios. These examples will be presented initially to give an overview before the methods are explored in detail later in the course.

1. Automated Invoice Processing

By combining various services of the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), additional possibilities arise. One example is the rapid creation of an app with SAP Build Apps, which can capture invoice documents using prebuilt device logic. SAP Build Process Automation can then analyze these documents for the desired information with the help of an Artificial Intelligence service and feed them into an automation process. Simultaneously, apps, processes, or information can be displayed on a business site that was previously created with SAP Build Work Zone.

2. Supporting Employee Relocation

Another example where SAP Build can help is supporting employees during relocation using HR capabilities. With SAP Build Process Automation, a unified, centralized relocation process can be implemented. Tasks like assigning roles and creating meeting schedules will run automatically by involving the right stakeholders (employees, HR business partners, receiving managers). With SAP Build Apps, employees receive customized apps to complete their assignments, while HR business partners can add data or outline necessary requirements. Employees can find valuable information about the relocation process and their future workspace on a centralized business page (created using SAP Build Work Zone), which also serves as an HR workspace for HR business partners. Through the interaction of SAP Build capabilities, it’s easier to provide clear guidance during the relocation journey.

3. Automated Bid Management

A further practical business case where SAP Build can come into play is the creation of specialized workspaces and processes for bid management. SAP Build Process Automation automates the end-to-end bid process, starting with the upload of a Request for Proposal (RFP) and ending with the approval of the bid submission. Within the automated bid process, SAP Build Apps can easily submit the RFP, check if the requirements are fulfilled, and identify which employees must be involved. This allows the creation of a high-level plan that can be sent out for approval. SAP Build Work Zone is the central workspace for the bid team to exchange knowledge, share interesting articles, or discuss certain topics. In this example, SAP Build helps to ensure cross-team collaboration and optimizes response management by providing a specialized workspace.

4. Sales Order Management

SAP Build can streamline the sales order management process by automating end-to-end workflows. Using SAP Build Process Automation, triggers, forms, and workflows are created to gather data, which is then smoothly integrated with SAP S/4HANA for sales order creation. A simple app built with SAP Build Apps lists products and initiates orders in SAP S/4HANA. Furthermore, a business site using SAP Build Work Zone can include a forum and feed for the sales order process, embedding the app for easy access. By integrating UI5 Cards with BAS, data visualization and interaction are enhanced, providing an efficient and collaborative sales order management system.