关于SCP环境（Neo/CF）、SDK选型及服务可用性的技术问询
Hey there, let’s cut straight to the chase—your assumption that Document Services and Workflow Services are exclusive to the Neo environment is incorrect. SAP has fully migrated and enhanced these services for the Cloud Foundry environment, which is now the primary strategic runtime for SAP Cloud Platform.
Workflow Service in Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry offers SAP Workflow Management, a successor to the Neo workflow service with expanded capabilities:
- Native multi-tenancy support (a perfect fit for your project’s requirement)
- Deep integration with other Cloud Foundry services like SAP Document Management Service, HANA Cloud, and SAP S/4HANA connectors
- Advanced features such as process visibility, decision automation, and seamless integration with SAP Cloud SDK for custom extensions
Document Service in Cloud Foundry
For document management needs, Cloud Foundry provides SAP Document Management Service (DMS), which replaces the Neo document service:
- Supports document storage, versioning, access control, and direct integration with workflow services (exactly what your project requires)
- Works smoothly with HANA Cloud for metadata persistence and SAP S/4HANA for end-to-end business process integration
- Built-in multi-tenancy support to scale across your tenant base
Guidance for Your Project
Given your full set of requirements—OData service development, S/4HANA read/write connectivity, HANA DB persistence, workflow/document service integration, and multi-tenancy—Cloud Foundry is the better choice for your project:
- Multi-tenancy is native to Cloud Foundry, eliminating the need for custom workarounds required in Neo.
- The SAP Cloud SDK and Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) streamline building OData services, integrating with S/4HANA, and persisting data in HANA Cloud.
- SAP’s long-term strategy prioritizes Cloud Foundry (and Kyma runtime) for new cloud applications, ensuring you’ll receive ongoing support and feature updates.
If you have existing Neo applications, SAP provides migration tools and documentation to help transition to Cloud Foundry, but for a greenfield project like yours, starting with Cloud Foundry is the optimal path.
内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者OliM
