{"id":66209,"date":"2020-04-30T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=66209"},"modified":"2020-05-05T14:23:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T12:23:30","slug":"the-app-store-of-sap-a-self-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/der-app-store-von-sap-ein-selbstversuch\/","title":{"rendered":"The SAP App Store: A self-experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idea of creating a marketplace for users and developers of SAP technologies is as obvious as it is compelling: The more than 400,000 customers of the Walldorf-based software giant need support - and often specific solutions - for the ongoing operation and expansion of their systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To this end, they are supported by around 21,000 partners worldwide who have developed products and extensions for the SAP Cloud Platform, S\/4 Hana, the SAP Customer Experience portfolio, for SuccessFactors solutions or other SAP technologies. <\/p>

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Existing SAP customers can therefore find many best-practice solutions, connectors, and also very specialized solutions in the App Center and purchase them directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the new, innovative sales opportunity also makes SAP partners like us rejoice! Our company's 25 best-practice tools - known as Snapware for short - have been enthusiastically accepted by existing SAP customers for many years, not least because they are simple and can be implemented by the customers themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the SAP App Center, the obvious question for me as a sales executive is: Why not \"simplify\" the sales process as well? The revenue split between SAP and Snap is a fair deal, and in contemplative moments of anticipation that are already setting in, I already seem to hear a never-ending \"pling pling\" of automatic order entries from the worldwide pool of potential customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let's get to work! What needs to be clarified is which best-practice software is most suitable and what it takes to get into the SAP App Center. In any case, a basic prerequisite is the acquisition of an SAP Build Partnership, which secures my IP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there's the test balloon question: with UID Check, Cash Register, X Invoice, Fiori Issue Reporter, Payment Terminal Connection, Maintenance and 19 other apps, I have a lot to choose from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My decision falls on the Abap-based UID check. SAP offers the Application Readiness Check (ARC) to help. After the 60 required answers, I realize that certification is necessary (because of the Abap portion) for the highly coveted spot in the SAP App Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of our dedicated SAP partner advisor, the following decision parameters can be determined: SAP namespace reservation (free of charge), certification and packaging with the SAP AAK, a kind of test kit (10,000 euros). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The packaging results in a redesign of the current Snapware version of the UID check - and thus we are 100 percent SAP-compatible. Extrapolation: With a Snapware product price of around 6000 euros, I have to sell this quite often to become positive here - a bit expensive for a \"first attempt\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of cost, the inclusion of a pure Fiori app is much more attractive - it is almost free of charge. But unfortunately, we - and our products - still live in an Abap on-premises-dominated SAP world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are entering a new round with Snapware Issue Reporter, a Fiori solution integrated with SAP Fiori Launchpad for simple message submission (e.g. Atlassian Jira). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The readiness check is completed much faster this time, and after just a few days SAP gives the okay - our application is worthy of inclusion. Next step: the \"praise\" of the app in the store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The English-language necessities (texts, pricing models, videos, hardcopies) are quickly submitted to SAP for review. The pulse quickens once again when the release from SAP arrives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bets in the house are placed. Who guessed the sales correctly? Am I already hearing a swelling \"pling pling\" or is my hearing fooling me? Is the SAP App Center the innovative sales opportunity I was hoping for? We will see - we will inform you about the results of our experiment shortly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The SAP App Center - SAP's digital B2B marketplace - has been around for just under two and a half years. Almost 1,000 different partners and developers now offer more than 1,800 apps, extensions, plug-ins, and microservices there. Time to take stock: What does the SAP App Store have to offer?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1898,"featured_media":4163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,37482],"tags":[453,350],"coauthors":[36213],"class_list":["post-66209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-das-aktuelle-stichwort","category-meinung","category-mag-2004","tag-abap","tag-b2b","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",400,172,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-768x331.jpg",768,331,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-100x43.jpg",100,43,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-480x207.jpg",480,207,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-640x276.jpg",640,276,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-720x310.jpg",720,310,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-960x414.jpg",960,414,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",1000,431,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",600,259,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort.jpg",600,259,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Das-aktuelle-Stichwort-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Seit knapp zweieinhalb Jahren gibt es das SAP App Center \u2013 den digitalen B2B-Marktplatz von SAP. Knapp 1000 verschiedene Partner und Entwickler bieten dort mittlerweile \u00fcber 1800 Apps, Erweiterungen, Plug-ins und Microservices an. Zeit f\u00fcr eine Bestandsaufnahme: Was bringt der \u201eSAP App Store\u201c?<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Das aktuelle Stichwort<\/a>, Die Meinung der SAP-Community<\/a>, MAG 20-04<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Christian Knell, Snap Consulting","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/christian-knell\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66209"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=66209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}