Prerequisites

Before setting up the SAP integration, ensure you have the following in place:

Camunda setup

• Camunda 8.5+
  Minimum versions vary by component:

  • OData and RFC connectors: 8.6+
  • BTP plugin: 8.6+
  • Task Center integration: 8.8+
  • Event Mesh integration: 8.8+

  Works with both Camunda SaaS and Self-Managed deployments:

  • Self-Managed: Ensure outbound connectivity from your environment to SAP BTP.
  • SaaS: Configure hybrid connectors to securely connect to SAP systems.

SAP setup

• An SAP BTP subaccount with the following enabled:

  • Cloud Foundry Runtime
  • (Free) Destination Service for system and service connectivity
  • (Free) Connectivity Service (required for on-premises SAP S/4HANA or ECC)
  • SAP Cloud Connector configured to bridge on-premises systems with BTP

• Additional services, depending on your scenario:

  • SAP Event Mesh for event-driven communication between Camunda and SAP.
  • SAP Task Center to surface Camunda Tasklist items directly in SAP Fiori.

• Required for the BTP plugin:

  • PostgreSQL on SAP BTP, hyperscaler option

Authentication and connectivity

• An SAP technical user with sufficient authorizations for the relevant S/4HANA or ECC systems.
• (Free) SAP Authorization and Trust Management Service to manage identity and access across integration modules.
• Secure connectivity between Camunda and SAP, configured either:
  • Through SAP Cloud Connector (for on-premises), or
  • Directly via SAP BTP services (for cloud-hosted systems).

Tooling

• The CSAP CLI, a self-contained binary that runs on any platform without installation, only requiring you to copy it to the target machine.