PowerConnect Cloud requires access to the SAP CPI API to be able to extract message monitoring data and payloads. The most secure way to do this is add PowerConnect Cloud as an OAuth client to your SAP CPI tenancy. To do this follow the steps below:
Creating a group for PowerConnect Cloud
Login to your SAP CPI tenancy BTP Cockpit
Click on Authorizations in the menu on the left
Click the Groups tab then New Group
Create a group called powerconnect and click Save
Click the powerconnect group you just created and assign a role by clicking the Assign link in the Roles section
Choose the subaccount ending in tmn then the role AuthGroup.BusinessExpert. This will give PowerConnect the necessary permissions to read the CPI message data.
Creating an OAuth Client for PowerConnect Cloud
In the SAP BTP Cockpit click on the OAuth link in the menu on the left
Click on the Clients tab
Create a new client called powerconnect making sure the Authorization Grant is set to Client Credentials
Note down the Client ID and the Client Secret
Click on the Branding tab and note down the Token Endpoint
Add the OAUTH client to the powerconnect group you created. Note when adding the user you must prefix the client id with “oauth_client_” as shown below:
Adding a CPI Input in PowerConnect Cloud
Login to the PowerConnect Cloud web UI
Click on the Inputs link in the menu bar
Click the + button to add a new Input
Choose messages under sap-cpi
Fill in the form with the details you noted down when creating the powerconnect OAuth client (client id, client secret and token url).
The tenant url can be found in the SAP BTP Cockpit under Subscriptions Applications (ending with tmn) Application URLs
Choose the Splunk output you wish to send the CPI data to
Click Save
The Input is now created
