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Dirk Becker, TIP Core UI

July, 2014

Big data @ WDA / FPM

Analytical content and productivity features

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Content

1 FPM in a Nutshell

• Basic FPM concepts / Floorplans & GUIBBs

2 Developer Efficiency & Flexibility

• Configuration / Tooling

3 Extensibility & Consistency

• Customizing, Enhancements / Unification

4 Timeless Software & Big Data

• SADL Engine, Integrated Data Access / Analytics on BICS Demos

5 Rich UI & Productivity Features

• HTML Island / Search, Find & Filter Demo

6 Tablet, Theming & Branding

• Multiple Platform Support / Beautification Demo

FPM in a Nutshell

Basic FPM concepts

Floorplans & GUIBBs


FPM in a Nutshell – Basic FPM concepts

Basic concepts:

Web Dynpro UI Construction

Transactional Applications

Floorplans & Patterns

Configuration & Reuse

Adaptation & Enhancements

Modern & Rich UIs

Big Data & Analytics


FPM in a Nutshell – What to use and when

SAPUI5

• Lightweight apps

• Mobile & desktop

• Stateless

• External facing and mainly casual users

• Native HTML5 development, Java Script

Floorplan Manager for Web Dynpro ABAP

• Fully-functional applications

• Desktop mainly

• Stateful & transactional

• Data creation & maintenance

• Efficient, configurative, ABAP-based


General layout & interaction

Application composition & UI assembly

FPM in a nutshell – Floorplans

Overview Page Floorplan (OVP) Guided Activity Floorplan (GAF)

• Object maintenance & overview

• Highly personalizable

• Rich functionality (Page master & page types)

• Step-by-step processes

• Roadmap with standard buttons

• Step-specific buttons


Generic UI patterns, fully integrated into FPM

Feeder classes & generic access (BOL, BOPF, …)

FPM in a nutshell – Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs)

• Pixel-perfect alignment

• Flexible layouts

• Dynamic control

Form & Form Repeater

List & Tree

• Smooth scrolling

• ABAP Table Services

Search & Filter

• Select Options &

Saved Searches

• Attribute Filter

• Charts based on CVOM

• Maps based on VisBiz

• Carousel based on SAPUI5

Modern Controls

Developer Efficiency & Flexibility

Configuration

Tools


Developer Efficiency & Flexibility – Configuration

Create code-free UIs by pure configuration

Work efficiently with complex applications

FLUID (Flexible UI Designer)

• WYSIWYG editor with D&D support

• Expert configuration of UI patterns

• Undo, redo, save as draft

• Individual layouts are persisted


Developer Efficiency & Flexibility – Tools

Application Creation Tool (ACT) FPM Workbench

• Start page for all FPM-related activities

• Wizards, tools, demos, tests, …

• Transaction & WD application: “FPM_WB”

• Code-less generation of applications

• Object models (BOL, BOPF, …) supported

• SADL support for queries and transactions

(SADL = Service Adaptation Description Language)


Developer Efficiency & Flexibility – Advanced Tools 1

Context-Based Adaptations

Adapt / exchange configurations

• Based on runtime context

Unlimited number of dimensions

Static CBAs

Context values are passed at appl. start

Dynamic CBAs (only for GUIBBs)

React on changing context

New Dimension: Device

Allow adaptations for mobile devices


Developer Efficiency & Flexibility – Advanced Tools 2

Additional Tools

Application Hierarchy Browser

• Including Deep Copy

Configuration Comparison Tool

Compare adaptations and configurations

Runtime Analysis Tool

Based on WDA Trace Tool

Analyze & delete user customizing

FPM Message Mapper

+ entire set of ABAP tools (versions, transport, …)

Extensibility & Consistency

Customizing, Enhancements

Unification


Flexible adaptation of delivered UIs

Modification-free enhancements & adjustments

Extensibility & Consistency – Customizing & Enhancements

Adaptation options

• Customizing in FPM and WDA

• Same editor & options as configuration

• Stored as Delta in Customizing tables

• WDA Enhancements

• Based on inheritance concept

• Field / table extensibility

• Personalization

• Outlook: SAP Screen Personas

• Presumably available Q1/2015


Full guideline compliance

Coherent suite of applications

Extensibility & Consistency – Unification

Unification

• Uniform look & feel

• Consistent behavior of all applications

• New Fiori theme (sap_bluecrystal)

• Seamless integration with SAP Fiori

• SAP Fiori Launchpad integration

• Interaction with SAPUI5 apps

Timeless Software & Big Data

Integrated Development & SADL

Integrated Data Access

Analytics on BICS


Optimize efficiency & transparency

Generic access to UI layer

Timeless Software & Big Data – Integrated Development

FPM and Object Models

• Define business lLogic in models & relations

• Low development effort – no UI coding

• Fast UI generation

• Flexible UI configuration

• Optimal life-cycle

• Simple end-to-end extensibility

• Early tests & easy maintenance

• Supported frameworks

• BOL, BOPF, SPI

• SADL (see next slide)

Consumer

UI Technoloy UI Technologies (e.g. FPM, SAPGUI, …)

Database

UI Technoloy Web Services

Business Logic

Uniform Facade

UI Technoloy Business Objects


Timeless Software & Big Data – SADL

Data access in a model-driven, declarative way

Available as Query Engine & CRUD Engine

• SADL = Service Adaptation Description Language

• SADL Entity

• Business model metadata & data interface

• Implemented for BOPF, CDS, DDIC tables & views, and others via BAdI

• Query Engine (read-only) & CRUD Engine (transactional)

• Both supported by FPM


Timeless Software & Big Data – Integrated Data Access

Optimized for HANA databases

Code and service push-down mechanism

Integrated Data Access

• Intelligent paging & smooth scrolling

• Minimized traffic between UI & server

• Table services pushed down by SADL

• Group, sort, filter, aggregation

• Various drill-down capabilities

• List ATS, Charts, Attribute Filter, …

• Code-less UI

• Generation wizards & configuration

• Work with mass data in real-time

• > 1M records supported


Timeless Software & Big Data – Analytics using BICS

Leverage BW queries within FPM

Based on WDA Data Grid (Planning table)

Analytical UIBB

• Data analysis

• Drilldown, sort & filter

• Charts as visualization option

• Insight to action

• Combine analysis with FPM transaction

• Data sharing

• Bookmarks or XSLX export

Rich UI & Productivity Features

HTML5 Controls

HTML Islands

Search, Find & Filter

Maximize Mode


Rich UI & Productivity Features – HTML Controls

Modern user experience with HTML controls

HTML Controls

• Chart GUIBB

• Based on CVOM chart library

• Visual Business GUIBB

• Interactive maps

• 3D visualization options

• Carousel GUIBB

• Modern object selector

• HTML Container

• Available in Form & Form Repeater


Rich UI & Productivity Features – HTML Islands

Bring HTML5 content into your application

Introduce more client side interaction

HTML Islands

• Include custom HTML, CSS, JS

• Also support of custom styles

• Seamless integration into FPM/WDA

• Communication

• Via JS Calls, WD Context or WD Actions

• Possible use cases

• WebSockets (Push Channel)

• Usage of jQuery

• Drag & drop file upload

• Own forms or other alternative visualizations


Rich UI & Productivity Features – Search, Find & Filter (1)

Search & filter data that is relevant for you

Attribute Filter GUIBB

• Fast filter mechanism

• Alternative search functionality

Search GUIBB

• Simple free-text search

• Also as „Easy Mode“

• Personalization

• Saved Searches

• Start default search

automatically

• Multi-Paste option

• Multiple entries from

external sources



List / Tree ATS GUIBB

• ABAP Table Services

• Group, sort, filter, aggregation

• Search & Find functionality

• Navigate through the results

• Also as Search & Filter

• Conditional Formatting

• And display of large texts

• Integrated Data Access

• Mass data in real time

Powerful services for data restriction and retrieval



Explore relevant data

Intelligent & fast data retrieval

Simplify complex scenarios


Rich UI & Productivity Features – Maximize Mode

OVP: Maximize / minimize assignment blocks

Tablet, Theming & Branding

Multiple Platform Support

Beautification


Tablet, Theming & Branding – Multiple Platform Support

Tablet / Device Support

Run FPM/WDA on any device

• Tablet support conditionally released

• Note 1853087

• Reuse standard scenarios on iPad

• Allow some restrictions

• iPhone not recommended

• Android / Win8Touch not yet supported

• Device detection

• Adapt configuration in FPM depending on device via CBAs

• Device type: Desktop, tablet, phone


Tablet, Theming & Branding – Beautification

SAP Theme Designer

Adapt all UIs to your company brand

Apply contemporary theming options for all supported technologies

• Quick theming

• Easy handling – fast results

• Expert theming

• Detailed changes to all parameters

• Grouping of similar styles and colors

• Add custom CSS and LESS

• Support for major SAP UI technologies

• WDA/FPM, WD Java

• SAPGUI for HTML

• SAPUI5 (incl. Fiori)

• Portal, NWBC


Tablet, Theming & Branding – Beautification (outlook)

WDA @ Personas

Enable new role ‘Business Expert’

Intuitive screen adaptations for non-expert users

• Common Editor with GUI Personas

• Flavor Handler / Flavor Gallery

• Editor (based on SAPUI5)

• Admin Tools (central functionality)

• Reuse of flavors possible

• First delivery Q4/2014

• Styling & Formatting

• Insert, Hide, Drag & Drop elements

• Further Plans

• Scripting

• Extensions & FPM specifics

Instance Styling

Common Editor

Flavor Handler

Page Styling


Summary

Key Takeaways:

FPM is a powerful and flexible application framework

Transactional and analytical applications

Rich end-user experience & productivity services

High developer efficiency with integrated tool chain

Full integration into any transactional object model via SADL

Modern controls and integration into SAP theme designer


Further Information

SAP Public Web:

SAP Community Network (SCN): http://tinyurl.com/sapscn4fpm

- Including FPM Developer’s Guide (aka Cookbook) – until 7.40 SP07

- Including document Getting Started with FPM

- Including document How to Create, Adapt, and Enhance FPM Applications

SAP Help: http://tinyurl.com/saphelp4fpm (Version 7.40)

- Now (since 7.40 SP08) including FPM Developer’s Guide (aka Cookbook)

Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunities

SAP Education: http://www.sap.com/education/

NET 313: 5-day classroom training on Floorplan Manager for Web Dynpro ABAP (7.02 & 7.31)

http://tinyurl.com/sapscn4fpm



http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-ui

http://tinyurl.com/saphelp4fpm



http://www.sap.com/education/

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