SAP Gateway Demo System will be de-commissioned

[Andre_Fischer]

Updates

• 23.01.2018 - Show how to enter a TCODE

• 29.05.2018 - Added the section "What you can't do with the SAP Gateway Demo System"

• 26.09.2018 - Added links to the $metadata documents of the SAP Fiori Reference Apps

• 10.05.2019 - Added link to reset your password

• 29.09.2019 - Added link to the trial offering of SAP Cloud Platform, ABAP environment

• 10.02.2021 - Added information about two read-only services that do not require any authentication

• 08.09.2023 - Access via WebGui has been disabled
  
  
• 06.10.2025 - System will be de-commissioned latest by October 31st, 2025

System will be de-commissioned

The system will be de-commissioned latest by October 31st, 2025.

What are the alternatives?

Here we have two options:

• On premise:
  There is a new trial version for ABAP available for download as described in this blog post:
  https://blogs.sap.com/2023/07/31/now-available-abap-platform-trial

• SAP Cloud Platform:
  Here you can try out the trial offering for SAP Cloud Platform, ABAP Environment as described in my blog: It’s Trial Time for ABAP in SAP Cloud Platform
  
  Here it is now possible to leverage a new central SAP S/4HANA public cloud system that has been provided as a backend system that can be used instead of ES5.
  
  For more information see my following blog post:
  How to build side-by-side extensions for SAP S/4HA... - SAP Community
  
  
  

[Andre_Fischer]

Unfortunately I know that there is an issue with ES5 in general and thus with the service GWSAMPLE_BASIC in particular.

Colleagues from our IT department are investigating the root cause of this error and I will provide an update once I get feedback if and when this error can be fixed.

 

[Andre_Fischer]

ES5 is back again.

[former_member695528]

Dear Andre,

 

I have registered in ES5 system.

While connecting ES5 system to the local SAP WebIDE getting Service catalog unavailable error below.

 

Can you please help me how to resolve this error and also I don't have access for /iwfnd/maint_service  t-code while accessing it saying missing authorization 'S_TABU_DIS' failed.

Please help me.

 

Regards,

Harshit

[former_member701805]

Nice article, andre.fischer can you tell me how can can i create tile in the fiori launchpad, i am not able to access Fiori designer URL.

[Andre_Fischer]

You can't access it since no development is allowed on this system.

You can use the fiori launchpad in your SAP Cloud Platform trial account instead.

[former_member701805]

Thanks Andre, can you tell me how to use it in SAP Cloud Platform.

[Andre_Fischer]

https://developers.sap.com/mission.portal-cf.html

[former_member701805]

Thanks for sharing

[SMGOHIL]

Hi Experts,

I am having query what is the difference between ES5 and BTP? do they same ? both are having same features? or whats add on ? what will be in future lead?

Thanks & Regards.

[boghyon]

Why does the service require $filter or $top in order address entities? Does OData V4 allow such restrictions? Couldn't find any reference of this in the OData spec.

Also other features like filtering with YEAR function ($filter=year(Creationdatetime) eq 2016) are not supported.

It would be nice if all limitations are documented somewhere - Maybe in the section "What you can’t do with the SAP Gateway Demo System".

[boghyon]

Some demo services don't seem to require authentication. E.g.:

• https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/iwbep/GWSAMPLE_BASIC/$metadata
• https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata4/sap/ze2e001/default/sap/ze2e001_salesorder/0001/$meta...

Was this intended? As far as I can remember, we used to have to have an account just for consuming the above services. Can we use those services now publicly without an account from the ES5 server? That would be indeed great, for example, when reporting bugs / issues in client-side OData implementations (e.g. UI5).

[Andre_Fischer]

Hi Boghyon,

yes it is intended that some, but not all services do not require an authentication. They use hardcoded credentials so that it is easy to include the for example as a value help as we did it in the SAP OpenSAP course about the ABAP RESTful Programming Model.

These services do however only offer read access.

EPM Demo Sales Orders

https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZSOCDS_SRV/?$format=xml

EPM Demo Products

https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/sap/ZPDCDS_SRV/?$format=xml

[Andre_Fischer]

I checked the system and found that somebody had added hardcoded credentials to the ICF node of GWSAMPLE_BASIC. I removed those.

It was not intended to add hardcoded credentials for GWSAMPLE_BASIC.

See also the new section for read-only services in this blog.

[janschober]

Hi all,

 

has the dataset for https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/sap/EPM_REF_APPS_PROD_MAN_SRV changed?

In the past it was computers and accessories (like Mice, Keyboard, etc) - now it seems to be pens and chairs.

 

Is this intended? Can I find the old products and categories somewhere?

 

Thanks and BR,

Jan

[former_member739243]

Hello all,

Just to add, we have also noticed the same thing, and this is causing some issues around some of our demonstration assets.

Be interested to hear whether the old dataset is still available?

Kind regards,

Joe

 

[zfiori]

Dear Jan Schober,

With T-Code: SE38.

You can execute program: SEPM_DG_EPM_STD_CHANNEL to create some demo data records.

Refer to here: EPM Model Data Generation

[janschober]

Thanks qcind  for the hint.

 

Unfortunately, it doesn't help if somebody resets the generated data after a couple of hours as again 😞

[former_member748897]

Hello,

Is sap gateway demo system es5 down?

[Uli_42]

Hello together,

i never got any registration mail. so i never realized that the account has been activated before trying online and i also do not get any mail when i try to reset password.

I checked the registered e-mail with exact spelling and it is working.

I do not have any option to log on without the initial password.

i did not try yet to delete  and re-register using a private mail address, but i can't imagine that this is the problem.

Thanks for any response.

Uli

p.s.: Aim of registration is to  connected Scenarios from Cloud Foundry trial to a backend , without having to deal with company restricitons.

[Andre_Fischer]

Hi Ulrich,

I don't exactly understand your issue.

What happens when you click on

SAP Gateway Demo System - Registration - ES5 (sapdevcenter.com)

Do you get a message that an account exists or are you offered to register a new one?

Regards,

Andre

 

[Uli_42]

Hy Andre,

 

nothing happens . I got a text, taht i would receive a mail, when the account is activated, but i never got one.

A week later i just check it again and it says, my accoount is active.

But i do not have any credentials to log on.

When i use the password reset, the same thing happens again.

The displayed e-mail adress fro my acocunt is correct, but no e-mail is being sent, or at least not received.

 

[Uli_42]

Hello Andre,

sorry for bothering community.

The mails have been detected as phishing and the spam notification has reached me very late yesterday.

I could bot believe , it takes 5 days  to inform me about that...

[Andre_Fischer]

Thanks for the update !

[former_member752983]

Hello Andre,

sorry if someone else may have asked this question. I am very new in SAP. I've been reading through the community to check if it's actually possible to create an entity in the ES5 demo server, but I couldn't find it. I only see that people are not able to create project in the demo server. But I don't know whether it is the same to create a project and to update or to create an entity.

I am accessing the ES5 server from ThingWorx. GetProperties operation works fine, but when I want to update certain property of an entity it always throws the error

 Failed to execute service 400 {"error":{"code":"CX_SXML_PARSE_ERROR/001560AA0E081DEB8CA398CC1690D406","message":{"lang":"en","value":"Failed to read property 'Price' at offset '9'"},"innererror":{"application":{"component_id":"OPU-BSE-SDE","service_namespace":"/IWBEP/","service_id":"GWSAMPLE_BASIC","service_version":"0001"},"transactionid":"B9E0A2A100BE0050E0060B2F4803A732","timestamp":"20210622140504.1695040","Error_Resolution":{"SAP_Transaction":"For backend administrators: use ADT feed reader \"SAP Gateway Error Log\" or run transaction /IWFND/ERROR_LOG on SAP Gateway hub system and search for entries with the timestamp above for more details","SAP_Note":"See SAP Note 1797736 for error analysis (https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1797736)"},"errordetails":[]}}}

I am wondering if it's authorization problem or there is something wrong in my ThingWorx. I am performing an update on one of the property of a ProductSet by specifying its ProductID.

Any help would be appreciated!

Best regards,

Rynaldi

[Andre_Fischer]

Hi Rynaldi,

sorry, I have to correct myself.

Technically it is possible to create a new product when calling the appropriate OData Service and when you use the appropriate payload.

There is however a job that deletes and recreates all data on a daily basis.

When I used the following payload it worked.

{

  

    "ProductID" : "WD-PC-10AF",

    "TypeCode" : "PR",

    "Category" : "Pencils & Colouring",

    "Name" : "Colour Pencils - Assorted - Pack of 24",

    "NameLanguage" : "EN",

    "Description" : "Hexagonal coloured pencils in 24 vibrant colours; Ultra-resistant lead to prevent breaking; Easy to sharpen Made from 50 per cent recycled material; hardwearing pencils resistant to chewing and splinter-proof.",

    "DescriptionLanguage" : "EN",

    "SupplierID" : "0100000017",

    "SupplierName" : "FamousUS (NY)",

    "TaxTarifCode" : 1,

    "MeasureUnit" : "EA",

    "WeightMeasure" : "0.000",

    "WeightUnit" : "",

    "CurrencyCode" : "USD",

    "Price" : "8.90",

    "Width" : "0.000",

    "Depth" : "0.000",

    "Height" : "0.000",

    "DimUnit" : ""

    

}

[former_member752983]

Hi Andre,

thank you for the very fast response!

Okay. That means the only operation we can perform on the sample ES5 service (GWSAMPLE_BASIC) is only reading the query, right?

Because when I open the link SAP Online Documentation: Sample Service – Basic written on the explanation about the sample service GWSAMPLE_BASIC, I am directed to the page where it says that I can perform CRUDQ operations on the entity type BusinessPartner, Contact, Product, SalesOrder, SalesOrderLineItem. So, I thought I could perform an update on the entity or even create a new entry.

Best regards,

Rynaldi

[Andre_Fischer]

No it is not for reading alone. See my response above.

[former_member752983]

Hi Andre,

Sorry, I didn't see that you edited your reply when I was typing my reply.

I've tried using the payload you gave, but it still throws the same error

Failed to execute service 400 {"error":{"code":"CX_SXML_PARSE_ERROR/001560AA0E081DEB8CA398CC1690D406","message":{"lang":"en","value":"Failed to read property 'Price' at offset '433'"},"innererror":{"application":{"component_id":"OPU-BSE-SDE","service_namespace":"/IWBEP/","service_id":"GWSAMPLE_BASIC","service_version":"0001"},"transactionid":"B9E0A2A100BE0060E0060BA140A5AA3B","timestamp":"20210622151056.0863830","Error_Resolution":{"SAP_Transaction":"For backend administrators: use ADT feed reader \"SAP Gateway Error Log\" or run transaction /IWFND/ERROR_LOG on SAP Gateway hub system and search for entries with the timestamp above for more details","SAP_Note":"See SAP Note 1797736 for error analysis (https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1797736)"},"errordetails":[]}}}

It seems like there is an error in reading a number. For instance, when I place "Height" or "Width" before "Price", then it says "Failed to read property 'Height' at .... "

[former_member752983]

Hi Andre,

another interesting thing is that I tried just now to put "0.000" for the "Price" and it works. I just realize that in your payload there is another decimal type before "Price" property which is "WeightMeasure" with the value "0.000" that doesn't throw any error. So, I tried to just change the value of "Price" to "0.000" and it works.

Any idea what the problem is?

Best regards,

Rynaldi

[f_z]

Hello, hope you are all well.

Is the service SAP NW sapes5.sapdevcenter.com down today ?

It looks I can't login, there is no SAP Fiori Launchpad available, OData V2 not available and can't change my password nor my colleague can register for a new user.

I have used this before several times successfully and I believe the SAP NW dev environment provides great value for the SAP Developer community.

Thank you very much in advance.

PS: Also tested unsuccessfully from another browser and from another laptop in another network.

[mohanramkmd]

Yeah, man. Looks like it.

[former_member188673]

Hello,

Not able to register as a new user or reset password for the existing user. Trying the same for last few days. This Gateway service is still available for trial?

Service Not Available

Thanks.

[f_z]

Is it confirmed dead or some temporary (for some days) glitch ?

Looks like someone is working on it...as the error response has changed.

[Andre_Fischer]

The system is currently under maintenance and will be available soon.

[former_member188673]

Thanks for the update!!

[Andre_Fischer]

ES5 and registration page are back online.

[Andre_Fischer]

ES5 and registration page are back online.

[former_member207667]

Can´t access the registration. Maintenance?

[former_member188673]

Hello Andre,

Is it possible to connect to ES5 Gateway system from SAP Web IDE Personal Edition? I have been using following destination set-up-

Description=SAP Gateway Demo System

Type=HTTP

TrustAll=true

Authentication=NoAuthentication

Name=ES5

ProxyType=Internet

URL=https\://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com

WebIDEUsage=odata_abap, bsp_execute_abap, odata_gen, ui5_execute_abap, dev_abap

WebIDESystem=gateway

WebIDEEnabled=true

sap-client=002

But while trying to connect to ES5 system (in Data Connection step) using Service Catalog option, I am getting error "ES5 Catalog service is unavailable"

I have also tried using option "Service URL", but it is not identifying the URL and Test or "Show Detail" option remains inactive.

Thanks.

Tapas.

[former_member188673]

WebIDE Data Connection Error

[former_member188673]

WebIDE Service URL

[Andre_Fischer]

You probably have to enter that the destination

Authentication=NoAuthentication



uses authentication.



Or better use Visual Studio Code rather than SAP Web IDE.

[kloibi]

Did you already solve the problem?

I have the same issue and haven´t found a solution yet...

 

My destination file looks like this:

Description=ES5

Type=HTTP

TrustAll=true

Authentication=NoAuthentication

Name=ES5

ProxyType=Internet

URL=https\://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com

WebIDEUsage=odata_abap,odata_gen,ui5_execute_abap,dev_abap,bsp_execute_abap,odata_xs

WebIDESystem=gateway

WebIDEEnabled=true

sap-client=002

[boghyon]

Does the RMTSAMPLEFLIGHT service support media resources? E.g. the EntityType "Carrier" has the m:HasStream="true" annotation. But setting the request URL .../CarrierCollection('BA')/$value as the source for sap.m.Image in UI5 doesn't work despite sending the request correctly with the image/* accept header. I receive the following error message from the service:

Resource not found for segment 'BA'

Not sure why the service responds with that error message. The request URL  https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/IWFND/RMTSAMPLEFLIGHT/CarrierCollection('BA')/$value is syntactically correct according to the OData V2 specification. Why can't the service find the resource for the 'BA' carrier?

[gregorw]

Hi Andre,

does the ES5 System expose any CDS View with parameters? In the metadata the attribute:

sap:semantics="parameters"

should be set for this parameters. Would be great to have a public ABAP based endpoint to compare it's behaviour with parameterized views provided by CAP.

Best Regards
Gregor

[Andre_Fischer]

Hi Gregor,

Try out the following:

https://sapes5.sapdevcenter.com/sap/opu/odata/SAP/Z_TEST_CDS_WITH_PARAM_SRV/zdemo_cds_parameters(p_d...

It is the following CDS view

@AbapCatalog.sqlViewName: 'ZDEMO_CDS_PARA'

@AccessControl.authorizationCheck: #NOT_REQUIRED

define view  zdemo_cds_parameters 



with parameters p_distance_l:s_distance,

                  p_distance_o:s_distance,

                  p_unit:s_distid

  as select from spfli   

 {

   key carrid,

              key connid,

                  cityfrom,

                  cityto,

                  distance,

                  distid }

            where distid = :p_unit and

                           distance between :p_distance_l

                                        and :p_distance_o; 

published via the reference datasource approach.

In the $metadata you will find:

<EntityType Name="zdemo_cds_parametersParameters" sap:semantics="parameters" sap:content-version="1">

<Key>

<PropertyRef Name="p_distance_l"/>

<PropertyRef Name="p_distance_o"/>

<PropertyRef Name="p_unit"/>

</Key>

<Property Name="p_distance_l" Type="Edm.Decimal" Nullable="false" Precision="9" Scale="4" sap:parameter="mandatory" sap:label="Flugentfernung" sap:creatable="false" sap:updatable="false" sap:sortable="false" sap:filterable="false"/>

<Property Name="p_distance_o" Type="Edm.Decimal" Nullable="false" Precision="9" Scale="4" sap:parameter="mandatory" sap:label="Flugentfernung" sap:creatable="false" sap:updatable="false" sap:sortable="false" sap:filterable="false"/>

<Property Name="p_unit" Type="Edm.String" Nullable="false" MaxLength="3" sap:parameter="mandatory" sap:label="Entfernung in" sap:creatable="false" sap:updatable="false" sap:sortable="false" sap:filterable="false" sap:semantics="unit-of-measure"/>

<NavigationProperty Name="Set" Relationship="Z_TEST_CDS_WITH_PARAM_SRV.assoc_5278852283020E243D156BD8A056507D" FromRole="FromRole_assoc_5278852283020E243D156BD8A056507D" ToRole="ToRole_assoc_5278852283020E243D156BD8A056507D"/>

</EntityType>

Kind regards,

Andre

[aimee01]

Hello,

Is ES5 Gateway trial is down? Cannot access to register form...

I had trouble loging in on three days and now I try to register new account and unable to register...

[rdvnatcnibm]

Hi andre.fischer

seems like the page is down again... We were going to have hands-on exercise the upcoming days.

 

[rdvnatcnibm]

Hello everyone and andre.fischer

the registration page has been unreachable for the past couple days again.

We were going to have a hands-on exercise to work with the SAP BTP on Friday and colleagues would have to sign up for an account on the SAP ES5 demo system.

Is it possible to get the registration form up and running again?

 

Best regards,

Ridvan Atacan

 

[Andre_Fischer]

The registration form was down. It should be up again.