Run an SAP Lens review in your AWS account - SAP Lens

Run an SAP Lens review in your AWS account

A common request from our customers has been to enable them to run a self service SAP Lens review in the AWS Well-Architected Tool (AWS WA Tool).

The SAP Lens is now available as a custom lens for the AWS Well-Architected Tool in the AWS Management Console. Custom lenses, such as the SAP Lens, are defined in a JSON file and allow you to tailor your workload reviews to particular technologies, help you meet governance needs, and extend the guidance already provided by the Well-Architected Framework and the AWS lenses.

To add the SAP Lens to the AWS Well-Architected Tool:

  1. Download the SAP Lens JSON file. This file is used in Step 5.

  2. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Well-Architected Tool console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/.

  3. In the left navigation pane, choose Custom lenses.

  4. Choose Create custom lens.

  5. Choose Choose file and select the JSON file you downloaded in Step 1.

  6. (Optional) In the Tags section, add any tags you want to associate with the SAP Lens.

  7. Choose Submit & Preview to preview the SAP Lens, or Submit to create the lens without previewing.

    If you choose to Submit & Preview, you can select Next to navigate through the SAP Lens preview, or select Exit Preview to go back to Custom lenses.

  8. Select the SAP Lens and choose Publish lens.

  9. In the Version name box, enter a unique identifier for the version change. This value can be up to 32 characters and must only contain alphanumeric characters and periods (".").

  10. Choose Publish custom lens.

    After the SAP Lens has been published, it's in PUBLISHED status.

The SAP Lens can now be applied to workloads in your AWS account, and shared with other AWS accounts and users. If your account is managed by AWS Organizations, you can share the lens with all accounts in the organization or in an OU without having to enumerate each account.

As you work through the SAP Lens checklist, risks can be identified and comments can be captured. A workload report is available in PDF format for sharing with stakeholders to document risks and future recommendations. Open risks can be managed and assigned in the tool and periodic milestone reviews can be performed.

For more information on using the AWS WA Tool, custom lenses, reports, and the risk dashboard, see the AWS Well-Architected Tool User Guide.