Gain Technical Knowledge on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition

Unit 7: What You Need to Know About SAP Fiori

What you need to know about SAP Fiori
Question 1

What does SAP provide as a

starting point for SAP Fiori?

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SAP Fiori starting point in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition

SAP Fiori architecture installed SAP Fiori launchpad foundation Plus a limited selection of apps
▪ SAP Fiori front-end server installed activated activated
in embedded mode, by default ▪ Selected standard SAP Fiori ▪ For example, to confirm main UI
features activated technologies and main floorplans
▪ SAP Fiori foundation roles are technically working
generated – administrator role +
user role
▪ Review what has been activated in
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SAP Activate guidance for User Experience

Choose SAP Activate roadmap: On the Content and Accelerators Task Content and Accelerators
SAP Activate methodology for tabs, select the tag: are provided to guide your
RISE with SAP S/4HANA User Experience scoping, fit evaluation,
Cloud, private edition extensions, transport, and
deployment activities for User
Experience

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SAP Activate – Major decision steps for User Experience adoption
Business

WHO will change

1. Scope your target business roles

2. Get to know your users

WHAT will change

3. Envision the future

Technical
HOW to change
4. Explore and fit

5. Lay it out for me

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SAP Activate – Decide WHAT to change by aligning User Experience to business outcomes

Be more MOBILE GUIDE me better RESPOND faster

COLLABORATE better Be more INSIGHTFUL REACT faster

Be more AUTOMATED Be more PROACTIVE Be more ADAPTABLE

More Information: SAP Activate – Introducing UX Value Goals for your UX adoption roadmap
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SAP Activate – Deciding WHEN to change by planning your UX adoption roadmap

EXAMPLE
NOW NEXT LATER
Procurement Officer

Be more
REACT PROACTIVE
faster

Be more Be more
AUTOMATED ADAPTABLE
GUIDE me
RESPOND
better
faster
Customer Call
Center

Be more Be more
MOBILE INSIGHTFUL

Retail Staff Member Finance Specialist Others

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Question 2

What do we need to do before

exploring SAP Fiori?

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How to deploy SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA efficiently

Scope and Prepare Activate and Explore Refine and Support

Sandbox Development
then move to
Quality Assurance & Production

Initial scoping Rapid activation of your Adjust launchpad content and

Identify business roles selected business roles layouts to meet your needs

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Scope the business roles you want to explore

Scope and Prepare

Select your SAP business role templates from either/or:
▪ SAP Best Practices Explorer scope items
▪ SAP Fiori apps reference library
Include the SAP recommended business roles for configuration,
adaptation, and extension
▪ Administrator
Initial scoping ▪ Analytics Specialist
Identify business roles ▪ Business Process Specialist
▪ Configuration Expert – Business Process Configuration

For highest value intelligent use cases refer to:

▪ Situation Handling in the SAP Help Portal section “Use Cases for Situation
Handling”
▪ Machine learning scenarios in SAP Best Practice Explorer scope items or
in the SAP Fiori app F4469 Intelligent Scenarios
▪ Robotic process automation use cases in the SAP Intelligent Robotic
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Activate the business roles you want to explore

Scope and Prepare Activate and Explore

Sandbox Activate SAP business roles using
transaction STC01 task list
SAP_FIORI_CONTENT_ACTIVATION
▪ Optionally generate test users
▪ IMPORTANT: Requires FES embedded
mode

Initial scoping Rapid activation of your

Identify business roles selected business roles Assign the Key User role to selected
users
▪ Explore hidden fields/features of your
apps and other in-built key user
extensions
▪ For example, by assigning role
SAP_UI_FLEX_KEY_USER

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Question 3

How do we configure SAP Fiori

for our needs?

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Refining your SAP Fiori User Experience for SAP S/4HANA

Refine and Support

Copy SAP business roles to create your own custom Development
business roles using the Launchpad Content Manager then move to
Quality Assurance & Production
Refine launchpad content in your custom business roles
▪ Activate via task list SAP_FIORI_FCM_CONTENT_ACTIVATION
▪ Refine data authorizations as needed
Apply key user extensions identified in fit evaluation, for
example: Adjust launchpad content and
layouts to meet your needs
▪ Custom fields
▪ Custom analytics
Add additional launchpad content using the Launchpad
App Manager, for example:
▪ App variants created using Adapt UI
Adjust launchpad layouts for your custom business roles
using SAP Fiori apps Manage Launchpad Spaces/Pages
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Demo – Quick tour of where to find the tools you need

▪ Scoping tools and references

– SAP Fiori apps reference library
– SAP Best Practices Explorer
– SAP Help Portal
▪ Activation tools
– Task lists – run and review
▪ Configuration tools – SAP Fiori Administration Role
– Launchpad Content Manager & Launchpad App Manager
– Manage Launchpad Spaces & Manage Launchpad Pages
▪ Extension tools
– Adapt UI
– Special roles, e.g., Analytics Specialist, Administrator,
Configuration Expert – Business Process Configuration
▪ Support tools for every user
– About and App Support
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Understand your extension options for SAP Fiori apps

ADAPT EXTEND BUILD

Standard built-in adjustment options Breakout options for the Build your own custom apps and
via in-app extensibility tools for the Developer include your own intelligent use
Key User* cases for the Developer

Example: Make hidden fields visible Example: Extension project by Example: SAP Fiori elements app
using Adapt UI; add custom field in developer – side-by-side built side-by-side on SAP BTP
SAP Fiori app Custom Fields (preferred) or classic

EASY MODERATE COMPLEX

* Key User = whoever you authorize to make changes on behalf of other users
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Optimize your launchpad features

Centrally configure SAP Fiori features:

▪ Launchpad configuration parameters via
SAP GUI transaction /UI2/FLP_CUS_CONF
▪ Launchpad plug-ins via SAP GUI
transactions /UI2/FLP_CONF_DEF and
/UI2/FLP_CUS_CONF

Refer to the SAP Fiori launchpad guide

for your SAP S/4HANA release in the
SAP Help Portal for:
▪ Available launchpad configuration
parameters and their values
▪ How to develop and activate launchpad
plug-ins
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Question 4

How do we support and

troubleshoot SAP Fiori?

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How do we support and troubleshoot SAP Fiori?

Educate users on providing support information

▪ via the About and App Support features in the SAP Fiori
launchpad User Actions menu

Educate your support team on available tools

▪ Refer to blog post Support Best Practice Recommendations
▪ Check the further advice in blog post Performance
Optimization and Best Practice – Part 1 Tools and Tracing

When reporting incidents to SAP...

▪ Include the technical app ID from About and/or App Support
▪ Assign the application component of the app from About and
App Support

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Question 5

What else should we consider

before going live with SAP Fiori?

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Before you go live, make sure you...

Transport your UX Optimize end-to-end Test your solution thoroughly

▪ Through your system landscape performance ▪ On multiple device types
▪ Plus make a run sheet of any one- ▪ Performance tuning is a customer ▪ Especially test any peak system
off manual “per system” activities responsibility scenarios such as high volume
▪ SAP provides optional analytics, mass uploads, and
performance optimization printing
services on request

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Question 6

Where can we find resources

to help us?

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Resources to help your SAP Fiori journey in SAP S/4HANA

From the SAP Help Portal SAP Community topic OpenSAP Microlearning
product page for SAP S/4HANA SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA ▪ https://microlearning.opensap.com
▪ https://help.sap.com/s4hana_op ▪ https://community.sap.com/topics/ – SAP S/4HANA User Experience
includes: fiori/s4hana ▪ How-to videos for SAP S/4HANA
– SAP Fiori launchpad guide for ▪ Blogs, videos, links to official User Experience
administrator, developer, and user references, links to crossover
– SAP Fiori Overview guide topics
– SAP Security guide
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Key takeaways

▪ Your SAP Fiori installation, architecture, and

launchpad are delivered ready-to-use
▪ Scope and activate the SAP business roles you want
to explore
▪ Refine your custom business roles and apply your
extensions where needed
▪ Prepare for go-live and business-as-usual support

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