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3308233 - How to Execute the BOT for a ByD Tenant Where BPA is not Scoped?

Symptom

How to execute the BOT for a ByD tenant where BPA is not scoped?

The scenario is as follows,

You have a multiple tenants under your customer account and you have activated BPA in one of the tenant and wants to know, how to execute a bot in a tenant where BPA is not scoped

Environment

SAP Business bydesign

Resolution

In principle, there is one BPA subscription is per customer account. Refer to the documentation Additional Licensing Implications

Steps / Sequence is as follows,

Below steps to be followed in the tenant where BPA is not scoped

Setup Communication Arrangement:

  1. Create a Communication Scenario using the Web Services relevant for the BOT. Refer to the BOT documentation in the Store
  2. Create a Communication Arrangement for the Communication Scenario
  3. Ensure that you have provided the Credentials in the Communication Arrangement which will be used in the later steps

Window Credential:

As per the documentation How to Set Up Windows Generic Credentials, Create the Windows credentials and use the credentials which you setup using above steps

Note: You maintain multiple windows credentials and one per ByD Tenant.

Configuration in BPA Factory:

  1. Create a separate Environment for this tenant in the factory
  2. In the Trigger, Under Input Parameter
  3. Enter the bydcredentialEntryName = <User ID from Communication Arrangement> . Note: The communication arrangement user id and password you need to maintain in windows credential and that window credential you need to place in bydcredentialEntryName.
  4. Enter tenantURL = <ByD tenant URL>

Now, you can able to execute the bot for this tenant.

Keywords

scoped, unscoped, bot, windows credentials, BPA, Communication Arrangement , KBA , AP-ML-RPA-PRV , ByDesign - Robotics process Automation - Tenant Provisioning , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions