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17. April 2020
The way to the SAP Cloud –
EP to CP transition (part 2)
In the first blog “The way to the SAP Cloud – EP to CP transition (part 1)” of my EP to CP transition blog series I have covered the motivation, the basics of the SAP Cloud Platform (Portal) and a suggestion for a potential transition approach.
In the second part I will cover the following topics:
- Feature comparision of the individual building blocks (SAP EP vs SAP CP)
- Overview of potential transition paths from EP to CP
Transition Options of Important Portal Functions
In principle, the transition is customer-specific, but transition recommendations/alternatives can be made for the main functions and data types of the SAP Enterprise Portal (EP).
The following overview table is intended to provide a rough overview of the feature mapping. For each feature category, the core functions of the EP are mapped to the respective alternatives on the SAP Cloud Platform:
User Experience
The user experience capabilities are in general quite similar. The EP and the SAP CP support both the Fiori user experience and the possibility to implement custom designs. Concerning the Fiori 3 adaption (delivery of UI innovation) the SAP CP has quite an advantage.
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Portal Classic: User Experience (SAP)
This is the default Admin User Exerience for the SAP Enterprise Portal, but some customers may still use it as enduser framework.
Freestyle (Custom)
This is just an example/representative of a custom-freestyle portal framework we built ages ago… this was the time were one built pixel perfect layouts optimized for a specific screen resolution. 
Freestyle (VANTAiO Partner solution)
This is our latest, responsive SAP EP framework which is running on an SAP Enterprise Portal 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5.
Fiori Style / Fiori Launchpad (SAP)
This is the Fiori 2.0 User Experience running on an SAP Enterprise Portal 7.5.
Potential User Experience on SAP CP (Target Situation)
Based on your initial situation and your requirements you have the following potential target solutions from SAP, were you can migrate/transition to on the SAP Cloud Platform:
SAP Central Fiori Launchpad (cFLP) on SAP CP Multi-Cloud – Already publicly available
If you are coming from an Application Portal Use Case this is probably a good fit for your transition project. In the screenshot you can already see the outlook of the SAPUI5 Cards integration:
SAP Business Workplace on SAP CP Multi-Cloud – Product Launch Is Planned for SAPPHIRE 2020
If you have additional requirements, like Social Collaboration, Freestyle Experience, Native Mobile Clients, Intelligent Add-ons, and the need for an Office 365/Teams integration the coming SAP product could be a great fit for you. Here you find a visionary outlook which was shown at SAP Teched 2019 in Barcelona
Various Transition Options: There is no general right way, only the right way for your use case
Based on the initial situation and the potential target solutions we have created a transition matrix.
On the vertical axis you can find the Technology / Platform and on the horizontal axis you can find the User Experience / Solution Style. Based on that you can see potential migration paths:
Based on our initial situation and requirements sometimes an intermediate step could also make sense.
Let us assume a customer is operating an application portal on the SAP Enterprise Portal with the Portal Classic User Experience.
He has now the opportunity to just modernize the UX of the application portal with the activation of the Fiori Framework Page on SAP EP (transition path A) or he could directly transition to the cFLP on the SAP Cloud Platform (transition path C) and leverage the added functionaliy of the cFLP, like the central access to multiple systems and the Fiori Cards integration and more to come…
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