Technical User for OData in Cloud for Customer

[former_member492434]

Hey guys,

related to my (unanswered) question regarding OData calls, I was wondering whether it's possible to create technical users which can access OData services. Which Communication Scenario would I use in this case?

e.g. I'd like to create a user that can access, say, c4codata or one of my custom OData services. Currently I'm using business users.

Is that possible at all? Any help is highly appreciated.

Regards,

Patrick

[former_member492434]

Unfortunately not yet. However, the release notes of 1802 indicate a change there: https://help.sap.com/viewer/637db7a0d01e47009d9420e9a927c571/1711/en-US/ab97376b43f64d6898067f84a22b...

Haven't had time to look into it yet though.

[former_member188995]

Hello Patrick,

It is possible to create Communication Arrangement(CA) user (Technical user/Integration user) for OData services and use the same for system-to-system integration by following the below steps.To create an integration user, follow these instructions:

• Define a communication system.
• Define a communication arrangement.
• Select the communication scenario OData Services for Business Objects.
• Select an authentication method (Basic Authentication or Certificate based Authentication)
• Select OData services to provide access.
• Save and Activate the communication arrangement.

Use the user id created in CA for accessing the OData service added to CA.

Also refer the below blog.

https://blogs.sap.com/2019/12/03/integration-user-for-odata-services-in-sap-cloud-for-customer/

Regards,

Raghavendra Jadi

[former_member492434]

For everybody finding this: It seems as though technical users are not supported: https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/13/configure-oauth-2.0-for-sap-bydesign-odata-services/comment-page-1/...

[monica_cotes]

Thank you Patrick.

Best regards,

Monica

[former_member356074]

Hi Patrick,

The C4C OData API doesn’t support technical users. Instead, for such scenarios (e.g. system-to-system), you will have to use business users via basic or certificate-based authentication.

Regards,

Aaseef

[former_member89102]

pdeutschmann How were you using business users for this? Why you dont want to use business users for accessing api's. Any harm?

I am asking this because in s4hana cloud some apis are only accesible using business users.

Do you have sample code to access api using business users?

[monica_cotes]

Good day Patrick,

Did you solve your question? I have de same requirement.

Thank you and best regards.

Monica.

[former_member492434]

Hey Monica,

unfortunately I haven't gotten an answer yet. I'm still using business users.

I've also asked in a comment here, but nobody responded yet: https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/13/configure-oauth-2.0-for-sap-bydesign-odata-services/

Regards,

Patrick