Introduction
Before you can start using Requirements Valuation Cockpit (RVC) by CENIT on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), you need to ensure your sub-account is properly configured with the necessary subscriptions, service instances, and user access rights.
In this lesson, the main focus is the understanding of the technical prerequisites of RVC.
Subscriptions
RVC requires the following subscriptions in the sub-account under your company’s SAP BTP global account:
| Service name | Service Code | Service Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | epdc-collaboration-prod | production or standard |
| Engineering | epd-engineering-application | production or standard |
| Common Functions | epd-common-app | production or standard |
| SAP Build Work Zone, standard edition (optional) | SAPLaunchpad | standard |
To subscribe to these applications follow the steps in Subscribing to the SaaS Applications
Instances
RVC requires following service instances in the sub-account under your company’s SAP BTP global account:
| Service Name | Service Code | Service Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | epd-collaboration-prod | standard |
| SAP EA Designer, cloud edition | eadesigner-service | system-modeling |
| Common Functions | epd-common | standard |
RVC requires following service instances in your company’s sub-account under CENIT's SAP BTP global account:
| Service Name | Service Code | Service Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Authorization and Trust Management Service | xsuaa | apiaccess |
Listed service instances need to be bound to a Cloud Foundry space in the subaccount and need to have at least one service key assigned of them.
- To create these service instances follow the steps in Creating Service Instances in Cloud Foundry.
- To create service keys for the instances created, follow the steps in Service Keys.
User Access
To work with RVC as a business user, following apps must be available to the user:
- Requirements Management and Systems Modeling app of Requirements Management capability of SAP IPD
- My Collaborations app of Collaboration capability of SAP IPD
To perform configuration for RVC, following apps must be available to the system administrator:
- Requirements Management and Systems Modeling app of Requirements Management capability of SAP IPD
- Manage Statuses app of Common Functions capability of SAP IPD
- Configure Collaboration app of Collaboration capability of SAP IPD
- Manage Teams app of Common Functions capability of SAP IPD
→To assign role collections to users follow the steps inAssigning Role Collections to Users or User Groups
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