vocabulary:
  provider: SAP API Management
  description: >-
    Domain vocabulary for SAP API Management covering API lifecycle management,
    developer portal concepts, policy management, and SAP BTP integration.
  created: '2026-05-02'
  modified: '2026-05-02'
  terms:
    - term: API Proxy
      definition: >-
        A managed API facade in SAP API Management that sits in front of
        a backend service. It applies policies for security, traffic management,
        mediation, and monitoring before forwarding requests to the target system.
      tags:
        - Core
        - API Lifecycle
        - Gateway

    - term: API Product
      definition: >-
        A bundle of one or more API proxies published to the developer portal
        as a cohesive unit with defined access levels and usage plans.
      tags:
        - Core
        - Developer Portal
        - Monetization

    - term: API Provider
      definition: >-
        A registered backend system in SAP API Management that acts as the
        data source or service for API proxies. Can be on-premise or cloud-based.
      tags:
        - Backend
        - Integration
        - Core

    - term: Developer Portal
      definition: >-
        The self-service portal (API Business Hub Enterprise) where developers
        discover, subscribe to, and consume API products. Provides API
        documentation, test console, and application registration.
      tags:
        - Developer Experience
        - Portal
        - Self Service

    - term: Policy
      definition: >-
        A configuration block in SAP API Management that enforces behaviors
        on an API proxy, such as OAuth authentication, rate limiting, response
        caching, data masking, or request/response transformation.
      tags:
        - Security
        - Traffic Management
        - Configuration

    - term: Key Value Map
      definition: >-
        A persistent runtime store for configuration values in SAP API Management.
        Policies can read KVM entries at runtime to inject credentials, URLs,
        or other environment-specific values.
      tags:
        - Configuration
        - Security
        - Runtime

    - term: API Business Hub Enterprise
      definition: >-
        SAP's self-service developer portal for API Management (previously
        API Business Hub). Provides API catalog browsing, documentation,
        sandbox testing, and application subscription management.
      tags:
        - Portal
        - Developer Experience
        - SAP BTP

    - term: SAP BTP
      definition: >-
        SAP Business Technology Platform — the cloud platform hosting SAP
        API Management alongside Integration Suite, HANA Cloud, and other
        SAP cloud services.
      tags:
        - Platform
        - Cloud
        - SAP

    - term: OData
      definition: >-
        Open Data Protocol — an OASIS standard for RESTful APIs. The SAP API
        Management management API uses OData v2 conventions for entity
        set operations with $filter, $top, $skip, and $select support.
      tags:
        - Standard
        - Protocol
        - API

    - term: API Lifecycle
      definition: >-
        The full cycle of API management activities in SAP: design, import,
        test, publish, secure, monitor, deprecate, and retire. SAP API
        Management provides tooling for each lifecycle stage.
      tags:
        - Governance
        - Process
        - Core

    - term: Traffic Management
      definition: >-
        A category of SAP API Management policies controlling request rates,
        quotas, spike arrests, and concurrent connection limits to protect
        backend systems.
      tags:
        - Policy
        - Security
        - Operations

    - term: SAP Business Accelerator Hub
      definition: >-
        SAP's public API marketplace (api.sap.com) where SAP and partner
        APIs are published for discovery and evaluation. The central catalog
        for SAP API packages including APIMgmt.
      tags:
        - Marketplace
        - Discovery
        - SAP