BTP change

Up to ActiveControl 9.20, BTP artefacts must be manually downloaded from BTP and uploaded to a manually created ActiveControl Transport Form. From ActiveControl 9.30 onwards, BTP changes are read directly from ActiveControl via SAP Cloud Transport Management (CTMS) and the requirement for manual download and upload of artefacts has been deprecated.

!The steps detailed in this article have been deprecated, the use of CTMS is recommended see Cloud Transport Management.

It is possible to manually manage SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) via ActiveControl.

The scope and process of this solution is essentially as follows:

1. Developer does their changes in BTP.
2. Developer exports work to MTAR or ZIP (depending on the change being made).
3. Developer creates a non-transportable Transport Form within ActiveControl, and uploads the MTAR or ZIP file to it.
4. Developer links the Transport Form to a Business Task as per normal process within ActiveControl.
5. Transport Form follows the usual approvals workflow.
6. In an Import Queue, ActiveControl will automatically deploy the changes via Cloud Transport Management Service (cTMS).

The benefits of this solution are ultimately to allow Basis Technologies’ customers to manage Hybrid landscapes involving both traditional and BTP cloud changes in a single, consistent fashion. These BTP changes will follow the usual ActiveControl workflow (with full auditability), and be automatically deployed via an ActiveControl Import Schedule (with any issues highlighted back to ActiveControl in the form of a System Error. Any dependencies across BTP and traditional ABAP stack systems can also be set, to ensure appropriate sequencing and central orchestration of the change in a Hybrid landscape.

Configuration Steps

Please contact Basis Technologies if you are interested in implementing this new capability. We strongly recommend this is done with some formal Basis Technologies’ services so that we can best support you not just with the configuration that is required, but also to support any feedback you might have in order to improve and/or widen the scope of the current solution.