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2926838 - How to Generate MCS Installation Key for any MCS Solution from Cloud Applications Studio

Symptom

This KBA helps us to explain the detail steps on how to generate Installation Key for any MCS Solution from Cloud Applications Studio.

Environment

  • Cloud Applications Studio
  • SAP Cloud for Customer
  • SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login to Cloud Applications Studio.
  2. Open the respective MCS Solution.
  3. You are unaware in how to generate MCS key for deploying your MCS solution to customer system.

Cause

Each MCS solution has a valid installation Key for security reasons, which needs to be entered before login to the MCS solution.

Resolution

Pre-Requisite:

  1. MCS Solution should be created and developed.
  2. Quality Review should have been completed by SAP.
  3. You should know the Name-Space of the MCS Solution. (NOT the Global Namespace).
  4. You should have Customer ID information of the respective target  customer System for which you are planning to deploy.

Note:

  • If you don't know the Customer ID, you can ask the SAP Manager responsible for that Customer, or open a case with the URL details of the Tenant for which you need the ID.
  1. Login to Cloud Applications Studio in Source Partner development system.
  2. Open respective MCS Solution YXXXXABC ( Refers name of MCS solution YXXXXABC).
  3. Go Administration View in the tool bar.
  4. Choose Generate Installation Key.
  5. Name space is already filled by Cloud Applications Studio.
  6. Enter the customer ID of your target customer test system.
  7. Choose Generate Installation key.
  8. You will get the MCS Key in the dialogue box.

Example: 1C936B3AXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. This key can be used during upload of your MCS solutions to customer system. 

Note: Ensure the MCS key is completely copied and there is no space during pasting it.

See Also

Please refer my Blog for Quality Review - Link

Keywords

MCS Key generation, Installation Key Generation, MCS KEY, Quality Review, mcs, key generation, application , KBA , AP-RC-BDS-1O , ByDesign Studio OneOffs , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions ; SAP Cloud Applications Studio all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer add-ins all versions ; SAP Cloud for Customer core applications all versions

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