What is a SAP cloud project in RAP .?

[BODHISATTWA__20]

I am new to the SAP Cloud and RAP concept and BTP .The question might be little naïve .

So please do excuse me

If we make any develop any application using CAPM , or BAS or ABAP environment of BTP .

• Are we making SAP cloud projects ?
• What is the definition of SAP cloud project ?
• Does using any of the tools above mean our created application will be hosted in Cloud Foundry ?
• If we don't push out application to SAP CF using cf push ,can it be called a Cloud project.
• If we are using a S/4 HANA cloud version does it mean we need to create only Cloud projects?

sravya.talanki2

denys.kempen

[dvankempen · Accepted solution]

Hi Bodhisattwa,

No need to apologise for asking questions.

You mention you are new to the topic.

SAP Cloud is not an official SAP product, service, or technology. Hence it is not really clear how to answer your questions. Below some references where you can learn more about the terms used which may help to formulate the question more precisely.

However, you could tag your question with a bit more care as this collection appears to have been chosen fairly randomly and might be perceived as spamming.

BTP = SAP Business Technology Platform = a concept; a collection of products and services

• community.sap.com/topics/business-technology-platform
• open.sap.com/courses/btp1

BAS = SAP Business Application Studio = a web-based development tool for creating SAP cloud applications

• community.sap.com/topics/business-application-studio
  

CAPM = SAP Cloud Application Programming model; concerns a recommended approach for developing SAP business applications in cloud environments

• community.sap.com/topics/cloud-application-programming

RAP = ABAP RESTful Application Programming model; concerns a recommended approach for developing ABAP in cloud environments using REST (generic non-SAP technology concept, see Wikipedia)

• Getting Started with the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)

About the difference between both programming models, see

• blogs.sap.com/2020/09/21/comparing-abap-restful-application-programming-rap-model-with-the-cloud-app...
  

See also

• blogs.sap.com/2020/05/09/sap-hana-cheat-sheet/