Name: SAP Fiori: Implementation and Development
Brand: SAP
SKU: BOOK-SAPPRESS-EBOOK-2023-9781493222056

SAP Fiori: Implementation and Development

Language

🇺🇸 English

Publisher SAP PRESS

Year / Edition 2023 / 1

Pages 570

Authors Souvik Roy, Aleksandar Debelic, Gairik Acharya

SAP Fiori: Implementation and Development

Take your UI to the next level with this all-in-one resource to implementing and developing SAP Fiori apps! Start by configuring the SAP Fiori components and setting up the necessary security measures. Then it’s time to dive into applications: enabling them, developing them with SAP Business Application Studio and SAP Fiori elements, extending them for SAP S/4HANA, and more. With step-by-step instructions and screenshots throughout, this guide is your one-stop shop!

Implement SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA
Develop and extend applications with SAP Fiori elements and freestyle templates
Work with OData, SAP Business Application Studio, SAP Screen Personas, and more

You'll learn about:

Getting Started:
Get to know SAP Fiori’s architecture. Then install and configure SAP Fiori components using step-by-step instructions and task lists. Upgrade to the latest version of SAP Fiori, before implementing authentication and authorization.
Enabling and Developing Apps:
Walk through frontend and backend tasks to enable standard SAP Fiori applications. Learn to work with the SAP Business Application Studio and model OData services. Then practice developing and extending custom applications with SAP Fiori elements and freestyle templates.
Related Technologies:
Configure SAP Fiori launchpad to provide users with a central access point for SAP Fiori applications. Customize your classic SAP screens to look like SAP Fiori using SAP Screen Personas. Create workflows with SAP Business Workflow and SAP Workflow Management.

Key Highlights:

Installation and configuration
Standard application implementation
SAP Fiori elements
Freestyle apps
Analytical apps
SAP Business Application Studio
OData services
Extensions
SAP Fiori launchpad
Security
SAP Screen Personas

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Preface
- Objective
- Target Audience
- Structure of the Book
1 Introduction
- 1.1 User Experience with SAP
  - 1.1.1 SAP’s User Experience Strategy
  - 1.1.2 Design Principles
  - 1.1.3 Evolution of SAP Fiori
- 1.2 SAP Fiori Architecture
  - 1.2.1 Frontend Server
  - 1.2.2 Backend System
  - 1.2.3 SAP Web Dispatcher
  - 1.2.4 SAP Fiori Launchpad
  - 1.2.5 Cloud Components
- 1.3 Application Types and the Application Library
  - 1.3.1 Transactional Apps
  - 1.3.2 Analytical Apps
  - 1.3.3 Object Page
  - 1.3.4 SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library
- 1.4 Development Tools and Technology
  - 1.4.1 Integrated Development Environments
  - 1.4.2 SAP Fiori Tools
  - 1.4.3 UI Technology
  - 1.4.4 Rapid OData Service Development
  - 1.4.5 Mobile SDKs
  - 1.4.6 Conversational User Experience
  - 1.4.7 UI Adaption and Extension
- 1.5 Summary
2 Installation and Configuration
- 2.1 Prerequisites
- 2.2 Deployment Options
  - 2.2.1 On-Premise Deployment
  - 2.2.2 Central Launchpad on SAP Business Technology Platform
- 2.3 Installation
  - 2.3.1 SAP Fiori Frontend Server
  - 2.3.2 SAP Web Dispatcher
  - 2.3.3 SAP Fiori Client
- 2.4 Configuration
  - 2.4.1 SAP Fiori Initial Setup
  - 2.4.2 Communication Channels
  - 2.4.3 Setup of SAP Fiori Launchpad
  - 2.4.4 Setup of SAP Fiori Search
  - 2.4.5 Optional Configuration
- 2.5 Getting the Latest SAP Fiori Design in Your System Landscape
  - 2.5.1 Preupgrade Considerations
  - 2.5.2 Upgrading an Existing SAP Fiori Landscape
- 2.6 Summary
3 Security
- 3.1 Authentication
  - 3.1.1 Kerberos and SPNEGO
  - 3.1.2 X.509 Certificates
  - 3.1.3 SAML 2.0
  - 3.1.4 SAP Logon Tickets
  - 3.1.5 Choosing a Single Sign-on Mechanism
- 3.2 Mobile Application Security
  - 3.2.1 Communication Security
  - 3.2.2 User Authentication and Single Sign-On
  - 3.2.3 Secure Storage of Data on Device
  - 3.2.4 Access to Native Device Capabilities
  - 3.2.5 Data Protection and Privacy
- 3.3 Summary
4 Enabling Standard Applications
- 4.1 Configuring Users and Authorizations
  - 4.1.1 Concept
  - 4.1.2 Authorization Prerequisites
- 4.2 Frontend Implementation Tasks
  - 4.2.1 Activating the SAPUI5 Component
  - 4.2.2 Activating the OData Services
  - 4.2.3 Frontend Roles
- 4.3 Backend Implementation Tasks
  - 4.3.1 Assigning RFC Authorization to Users
  - 4.3.2 Creating Authorization Roles for Catalogs
- 4.4 Rapid Activation of SAP Fiori Applications in SAP S/4HANA
- 4.5 Running Applications
  - 4.5.1 SAP Fiori Launchpad from End User Perspective
  - 4.5.2 Personalizing and Adapting Apps
  - 4.5.3 Personalizing the Launchpad
- 4.6 Summary
5 Enabling Analytical Applications
- 5.1 Architecture and Overview of Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA
- 5.2 Embedded Analytics Tools
  - 5.2.1 View Browser
  - 5.2.2 Query Browser
  - 5.2.3 Custom CDS Views
  - 5.2.4 Custom Analytical Queries
  - 5.2.5 Multidimensional Reporting
  - 5.2.6 Manage KPIs & Reports
  - 5.2.7 Analysis Path Framework Applications
- 5.3 Enabling Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA
  - 5.3.1 Configuration of the Analytic Engine
  - 5.3.2 Configuration of Hierarchies for Time Characteristics
  - 5.3.3 Configuration of Design Studio Template
- 5.4 Summary
6 Creating OData Services
- 6.1 Introduction to OData
  - 6.1.1 Overview
  - 6.1.2 Query Options
  - 6.1.3 OData Versions
- 6.2 SAP Gateway Service Builder
- 6.3 Modeling OData Services
  - 6.3.1 Defining a Data Model
  - 6.3.2 Importing Data Model
  - 6.3.3 Redefining OData Services
  - 6.3.4 Including an OData Service
- 6.4 Service Implementation
  - 6.4.1 Redefining Methods of the Operations
  - 6.4.2 Mapping a Data Source
- 6.5 Registering an OData Service
- 6.6 Testing an OData Service
- 6.7 Generating an OData Service from a CDS View in SAP S/4HANA
  - 6.7.1 Autoexposure Using Annotations
  - 6.7.2 Based on Reference Data Source
  - 6.7.3 OData Service Based on Mapped Data Source
- 6.8 ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model and OData
- 6.9 Annotations and Their Importance in SAP Fiori
- 6.10 Summary
7 Working with SAP Business Application Studio
- 7.1 Overview
- 7.2 Capabilities
- 7.3 Setting Up SAP Business Application Studio with SAP BTP
  - 7.3.1 Subscribing to SAP Business Application Studio
  - 7.3.2 Managing Authorizations
- 7.4 Developing Applications
  - 7.4.1 Creating a Project
  - 7.4.2 Adding Source Code
  - 7.4.3 Testing the Application
  - 7.4.4 Deployment Options
- 7.5 Migrating Projects from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application Studio
- 7.6 SAP Fiori Tools in SAP Business Application Studio
- 7.7 Summary
8 Methods of SAP Fiori Application Development
- 8.1 SAP Fiori Elements Framework
  - 8.1.1 List Report
  - 8.1.2 Object Page
  - 8.1.3 Analytical List Page
  - 8.1.4 Overview Page
  - 8.1.5 Worklist
- 8.2 Freestyle Application Development
  - 8.2.1 SAP Fiori Worklist Application
  - 8.2.2 SAP Fiori Master-Detail Application
  - 8.2.3 SAPUI5 Basic Application
- 8.3 Freestyle Development versus SAP Fiori Elements
- 8.4 Summary
9 Building and Extending SAP Fiori Elements Applications
- 9.1 Building SAP Fiori Elements Applications
  - 9.1.1 Determining Floorplans
  - 9.1.2 Determining Data Sources
  - 9.1.3 Developing a List Report and an Object Page
  - 9.1.4 Developing Analytical List Pages
  - 9.1.5 Developing Overview Pages
  - 9.1.6 Deploying Applications to the ABAP Backend Server
  - 9.1.7 Deploying the Application to SAP BTP
- 9.2 Extending SAP Fiori Elements Applications
  - 9.2.1 Enhancements in Applications Specific to End Users
  - 9.2.2 Enhancement of Application for Group of Users
  - 9.2.3 Complex Enhancements that Need Changes in Business Logic
  - 9.2.4 Deploying the Extended Application
- 9.3 Summary
10 Building and Extending Freestyle SAP Fiori Applications
- 10.1 Building Freestyle Applications
  - 10.1.1 Floorplans
  - 10.1.2 Data Sources
  - 10.1.3 App Overview: The Basic Files of the Application
  - 10.1.4 List-Detail Application
  - 10.1.5 Worklist Application
  - 10.1.6 SAPUI5 Application
- 10.2 Extending Freestyle Applications
  - 10.2.1 Extending SAP Fiori Applications in the SAP S/4HANA Application Layer
  - 10.2.2 Extending SAP Fiori Applications in the OData Service Layer
  - 10.2.3 Extending the UI Layer of a Freestyle SAP Fiori/SAPUI5 Application
- 10.3 Summary
11 Building and Extending Analytical Applications
- 11.1 Creating Analytical Applications
  - 11.1.1 Creating CDS Views
  - 11.1.2 Creating OData Service
  - 11.1.3 Creating Custom Analytical Queries
  - 11.1.4 Manage KPIs and Reports
  - 11.1.5 Creating Analysis Path Framework Applications
  - 11.1.6 Creating Multidimensional Reports
  - 11.1.7 Manage Date Functions
- 11.2 Extending Analytical Applications
  - 11.2.1 Extending CDS Views
  - 11.2.2 Extending OData Services
  - 11.2.3 Configuring Analytical UIs
- 11.3 Summary
12 Configuring SAP Fiori Launchpad
- 12.1 Key Components
- 12.2 Initial Setup on ABAP Platform
  - 12.2.1 Embedded Deployment
  - 12.2.2 Hub Deployment
- 12.3 Setting Up Content
  - 12.3.1 Entities
  - 12.3.2 Scopes for Adapting Launchpad Content
  - 12.3.3 Spaces and Pages
  - 12.3.4 Groups and Catalogs
  - 12.3.5 Setting Up Navigation for a Custom Application
- 12.4 Personalization
  - 12.4.1 End User App Personalization
  - 12.4.2 Adapting SAP Fiori UIs at Runtime—Key User Adaptation
  - 12.4.3 Personalizing the Classic Home Page
  - 12.4.4 Personalizing a Page
  - 12.4.5 Adding Apps using App Finder
- 12.5 Extensions
- 12.6 Security
  - 12.6.1 Role Configuration to Start Launchpad
  - 12.6.2 Role Configuration for Catalogs, Groups, and Spaces
  - 12.6.3 Additional Security Considerations
- 12.7 Summary
13 SAP Screen Personas
- 13.1 Architecture and Components
- 13.2 Navigation to SAP Screen Personas–Enabled Screens
  - 13.2.1 Accessing SAP Screen Personas Using SAP GUI (SAP GUI for Windows/Java)
  - 13.2.2 Accessing SAP Screen Personas Using Web GUI
- 13.3 SAP Screen Personas versus SAP Fiori
- 13.4 Applying Elements of Screen Personas
  - 13.4.1 Creating a Flavor
  - 13.4.2 Creating and Applying a Theme
  - 13.4.3 Scripting
- 13.5 Enabling SAP Fiori–Like Applications
  - 13.5.1 General Guidelines
  - 13.5.2 Letterbox Theme
  - 13.5.3 Floorplans
  - 13.5.4 Themes and Floorplans in Action
- 13.6 Maintenance and Administration
- 13.7 Summary
14 Integrating Conversational User Interfaces with SAP Fiori
- 14.1 SAP Conversational AI
  - 14.1.1 Configuration
  - 14.1.2 Developing a Chatbot
- 14.2 SAP CoPilot
- 14.3 Summary
15 Creating Workflows for SAP Fiori
- 15.1 SAP S/4HANA Flexible Workflow
  - 15.1.1 Create a New SAP S/4HANA Flexible Workflow Scenario
  - 15.1.2 Configure Flexible Workflows
  - 15.1.3 Configure and Use My Inbox
- 15.2 SAP Workflow Management
  - 15.2.1 Setup SAP Workflow Management
  - 15.2.2 Workflow Application Development and SAP Fiori UX
  - 15.2.3 Enterprise Workflow Strategy
- 15.3 Summary
Appendices
- A Working with SAP Web IDE
  - A.1 Overview
  - A.2 Architecture
  - A.3 Benefits of SAP Web IDE
  - A.4 Setting Up SAP Web IDE with SAP BTP
  - A.5 Developing Applications
- B SAP Fiori Development Using In-App Extension
  - B.1 SAP S/4HANA Extensibility Scenarios
- C SAP Programming Models
  - C.1 SAP Cloud Application Programming Model Overview and Use of Annotations
  - C.2 SAP Fiori Applications Based on ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model
- D The Authors
Index

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