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Saturday, March 28, 2020

SAP Fiori Overview


SAP Fiori is a new user experience (UX) for SAP software and application.  When first introduced in 2013 SAP licensed Fiori separately, but customers quickly pointed out "why should I pay for better interface?" and in 2014 SAP announced that Fiori apps now free of charge to SAP customers.  Today SAP Fiori now the forward face of SAP S/4 applications. 

The Big Picture

  • Importance of SAP Fiori to User Experience (UX)
    • Optimizes usability and simplifies business UX
  • SAP Fiori - What it is and what it is not
    • Suite of online mobile Web apps
    • Future direction native and offline support
  • How SAP Fiori fits into SAP’s UX Strategy
    • New -> Renew -> Enable
    • Renew with role base simplification in mind
    • Enable most widely used functions (200+) and tcodes (1200+)

App Types, Launchpad and Roles

Application Types



  • Transaction – Any DB
  • Analytical / Factsheet – Requires HANA

Launchpad

  • Shell that hosts SAP Fiori apps (tiles) organized into groups
  • Role-based - Only tiles allowed for your roles displayed here.

  • A tile is a container that represents an app.
    •  Built around 1-1-3 Concept
      • 1 User
      • 1 Scenario
      • 3 Screens
    • Reduces having to memorize transaction codes

Architecture



  • Consists of three parts:
    1. SAP Backend Systems
    2. User Interface (SAP Fiori Apps) - Runs SAP Netweaver Gateway consumes SAP backend systems and renders them for user presentation.
    3. UI Consumption Layer

Installable Components


  • Consists of small, non-modifying add-on's to expose business data in OData format
  • Fiori has add-on's for each target back-end business functionality
  • SAP HANA
  • Deployable in any SAP supported environment (ERP, CRM, SRM)
  • Easy to implement with no major HW investments depending on deployment option.

Deployment Options
  • Central Hub recommended for production environments
    • Decouples UI apps from backend
    • Requires additional HW for SAP NW Gateway
  • Embedded recommended for sandbox / Dev environments

Installation & Configuration

  • Prerequisites
    • Infrastructure in-place
    • Solution Manager recommended
    • Identify SAP NW Gateway release
  • Installation
  • Configuration

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