SAP Fiori: Implementation and Development

by Souvik Roy, Aleksandar Debelic, Gairik Acharya

Overview

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!

Highlights:

• Installation and configuration
• Security
• OData services
• SAP Business Application Studio
• SAP Web IDE
• Freestyle apps
• SAP Fiori elements apps
• Analytical apps
• SAP Fiori launchpad
• SAP Screen Personas
• Conversational UIs
• Workflows

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493222049
Publisher:	Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc.
Publication date:	01/17/2023
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	570
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Souvik Roy is currently working as Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft with more than 16 years of  experience in SAP. Before joining Microsoft , he was a Senior Managing Consultant in IBM and architected solutions for multiple global implementations for IBM's top-tier clients . He has worked extensively on the design and development of technical solutions on the SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, SAP Mobility. His areas of interest include Artificial Intelligence and Integration of SAP solutions with other open source technologies. Souvik can be found on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/souvik-roy-b77396149

Gairik Acharya is a senior technical architect and associate partner at IBM with more than 22 years of IT experience. He is a recognized expert in ABAP, SAP HANA, OData, SAP Gateway, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, and SAP Business Technology Platform. In his role as senior architect at the IBM SAP S/4HANA Center of Excellence group in North America, he has architected solutions for several global implementations for IBM's top-tier clients. He's a certified and recognized expert in SAP application consulting and is responsible for building new capabilities within the group. He's a frequent speaker at SAP TechEd, covering a variety of new technical areas.

Table of Contents

... Preface ... 15

... Objective ... 15

... Target Audience ... 15

... Structure of the Book ... 16

1 ... Introduction ... 19

1.1 ... User Experience with SAP ... 19

1.2 ... SAP Fiori Architecture ... 23

1.3 ... Application Types and the Application Library ... 32

1.4 ... Development Tools and Technology ... 43

1.5 ... Summary ... 57

2 ... Installation and Configuration ... 59

2.1 ... Prerequisites ... 59

2.2 ... Deployment Options ... 63

2.3 ... Installation ... 70

2.4 ... Configuration ... 77

2.5 ... Getting the Latest SAP Fiori Design in Your System Landscape ... 93

2.6 ... Summary ... 99

3 ... Security ... 101

3.1 ... Authentication ... 101

3.2 ... Mobile Application Security ... 107

3.3 ... Summary ... 110

4 ... Enabling Standard Applications ... 111

4.1 ... Configuring Users and Authorizations ... 112

4.2 ... Frontend Implementation Tasks ... 118

4.3 ... Backend Implementation Tasks ... 154

4.4 ... Rapid Activation of SAP Fiori Applications in SAP S/4HANA ... 156

4.5 ... Running Applications ... 162

4.6 ... Summary ... 164

5 ... Enabling Analytical Applications ... 165

5.1 ... Architecture and Overview of Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA ... 166

5.2 ... Embedded Analytics Tools ... 168

5.3 ... Enabling Embedded Analytics in SAP S/4HANA ... 178

5.4 ... Summary ... 183

6 ... Creating OData Services ... 185

6.1 ... Introduction to OData ... 185

6.2 ... SAP Gateway Service Builder ... 192

6.3 ... Modeling OData Services ... 195

6.4 ... Service Implementation ... 216

6.5 ... Registering an OData Service ... 221

6.6 ... Testing an OData Service ... 223

6.7 ... Generating an OData Service from a CDS View in SAP S/4HANA ... 225

6.8 ... ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model and OData ... 232

6.9 ... Annotations and Their Importance in SAP Fiori ... 236

6.10 ... Summary ... 236

7 ... Working with SAP Business Application Studio ... 237

7.1 ... Overview ... 237

7.2 ... Capabilities ... 238

7.3 ... Setting Up SAP Business Application Studio with SAP BTP ... 238
7.4 ... Developing Applications ... 243

7.5 ... Migrating Projects from SAP Web IDE to SAP Business Application Studio ... 253

7.6 ... SAP Fiori Tools in SAP Business Application Studio ... 255

7.7 ... Summary ... 256

8 ... Methods of SAP Fiori Application Development ... 257

8.1 ... SAP Fiori Elements Framework ... 257

8.2 ... Freestyle Application Development ... 265

8.3 ... Freestyle Development versus SAP Fiori Elements ... 267

8.4 ... Summary ... 268

9 ... Building and Extending SAP Fiori Elements Applications ... 269

9.1 ... Building SAP Fiori Elements Applications ... 269

9.2 ... Extending SAP Fiori Elements Applications ... 323

9.3 ... Summary ... 337

10 ... Building and Extending Freestyle SAP Fiori Applications ... 339

10.1 ... Building Freestyle Applications ... 339

10.2 ... Extending Freestyle Applications ... 361

10.3 ... Summary ... 375

11 ... Building and Extending Analytical Applications ... 377

11.1 ... Creating Analytical Applications ... 377

11.2 ... Extending Analytical Applications ... 403

11.3 ... Summary ... 409

12 ... Configuring SAP Fiori Launchpad ... 411

12.1 ... Key Components ... 412

12.2 ... Initial Setup on ABAP Platform ... 414

12.3 ... Setting Up Content ... 420

12.4 ... Personalization ... 431

12.5 ... Extensions ... 439

12.6 ... Security ... 443

12.7 ... Summary ... 447

13 ... SAP Screen Personas ... 449

13.1 ... Architecture and Components ... 450

13.2 ... Navigation to SAP Screen Personas–Enabled Screens ... 451

13.3 ... SAP Screen Personas versus SAP Fiori ... 455

13.4 ... Applying Elements of Screen Personas ... 456

13.5 ... Enabling SAP Fiori–Like Applications ... 465

13.6 ... Maintenance and Administration ... 471

13.7 ... Summary ... 473

14 ... Integrating Conversational User Interfaces with SAP Fiori ... 475

14.1 ... SAP Conversational AI ... 475

14.2 ... SAP CoPilot ... 500

14.3 ... Summary ... 502

15 ... Creating Workflows for SAP Fiori ... 503

15.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Flexible Workflow ... 503

15.2 ... SAP Workflow Management ... 514

15.3 ... Summary ... 524

... Appendices ... 525

A ... Working with SAP Web IDE ... 527

B ... SAP Fiori Development Using In-App Extension ... 545

C ... SAP Programming Models ... 555

D ... The Authors ... 561

... Index ... 563