Service Key Creation in SAP BTP
A service key is a set of credentials generated for an SAP BTP service instance that allows remote applications to authenticate and connect to that service. Developers create a service key — for example, for an ABAP system — to retrieve the credentials needed by external or remote applications to securely access the service. Service keys are commonly used across SAP BTP services such as Document Management, SAP Document AI, and Personalized Recommendation to enable programmatic access from client applications.
Tutorials that teach this
- Tutorial Use Free Tier to Create a Service Instance for Data Attribute Recommendation
- Tutorial Set up SAP Translation Hub
- Tutorial Use Trial to Set Up Account for SAP Document AI and Get Service Key
- Tutorial Create a Service Instance and Service Key for Document Management Service.
- Tutorial Use Free Tier to Create a Service Instance for SAP Document AI
- Tutorial Use Free Tier to Set Up Account for Personalized Recommendation and Get Service Key
Docs explaining this concept
Prerequisites
- Concept SAP BTP Service Instance and Service Key Creation The concept provided is `undefined`, and the supplied sources do not contain sufficient content to ground a meaningful definition of any specific SAP developer concept. Without a valid concept name or substantive source snippets, a documentation-quality definition cannot be written accurately or responsibly.
- Concept SAP BTP Cockpit Instance and Subscription Management The concept name is missing or marked as "undefined," and the provided source snippets do not contain enough detail to accurately define a specific SAP developer concept. Based on the available sources — which touch on [updating Kyma environment plans](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/64fa95aa7d214cba8ab06c815006842e?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), updating service plans, SAP Document AI, and SAP HANA Cloud — no single, clearly named concept can be reliably identified and defined without introducing unsupported claims.
- Concept SAP BTP Service Instance and Binding Creation The provided sources do not contain sufficient information to write a grounded definition for an **undefined** concept. Source [S1] references a troubleshooting scenario involving the SAP Service Manager binding on SAP BTP, while the remaining sources ([S2]–[S8]) are tutorial titles only, with no descriptive content. Without a clearly identified concept name and supporting source content, a factually grounded definition cannot be produced.
- Concept SAP Destination Service Configuration The concept name is not defined in the provided sources, so a grounded definition cannot be written. The sources cover related topics such as [inbound communication via principal propagation](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/387b3deb12474762b593d4b1f2b392ad?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), OAuth 2.0 SAML Bearer Assertion Grant, client certificate authentication, and [routing via destination](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/97d7a02cd6fd4f579fd96f41ee0d0c1d?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud) in the ABAP environment on SAP BTP, but without a defined concept name, no accurate definition can be produced from these snippets alone.
- Concept BTP Service Instance Creation The provided sources do not contain enough information to define a specific SAP developer concept, as the concept supplied is "undefined." The sources cover topics such as [service instances](https://help.sap.com/docs/btp/sap-business-technology-platform/5516f912bae84922ba8c8eb46b8bfce5?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=Cloud), the SAP BTP Operator Module, customer-managed encryption keys, and resource consumption APIs on SAP BTP, but no single named concept is identified for definition.