SAP FIORI

Sap Fiori is a modern User Experience Product which is owned buy SAP which is used to
build sap applications. These Sap Fiori is a package with collection of standard business
application for common business activities.

We all know that SAP is known for inventing new names and terms. We direct you
through the maze of terms. SAP Fiori is the new client experience(User Experience) for
SAP programming. It applies modern design plan standards for a totally reinvented client
experience.

In general Fiori UX represents to a customized, responsive and straightforward client

experience across all the devices and deployment options.

There are more than 400 role-based SAP Fiori apps for various business units, for
example, HR, finance, manufacturing, assembling, acquisition and sales.

Some of the standard sap fiori apps are apply leave, fill time sheet, create sales order,
change sales order, tracking sales order, tracking purchase order, approve/reject purchase
order, approve/reject sales order and more.

Navigate below To get to know more about what is sap fiori? and sap fiori 2.0,


o What is SAP fiori.
o SAP fiori apps.
o Advantages of fiori Apps.
o Fiori Architecture.
o SAP Fiori Demo.
o Sap fiori library
o Prerequisites for Fiori.
o How to Learn SAP Fiori.

Fiori Sap apps are internally developed by using sapui5 and OData services. First of all
these fiori apps are stateless applications due to this almost all the functionalities except
database operations are executed at client side browser.
Apps performance is good as compare to ABAP screens. You can access any fiori apps
from your desktops/Laptops/Tablets and Mobiles.

Fiori SAP is have browser based screens and they have more than 150 screen elements.
Fiori apps is Light Weight Screens that is consumes the less memory during execution.

We can able to access sap fiori apps through internet and intranet. As a result its
performance also good due to it supports CSS (cascading style sheets).

What is SAP Fiori?

SAP Fiori is accumulation of applications with basic and simple involvement for
comprehensively utilized SAP programming capacities that work consistently crosswise
over gadgets – desktop, tablet, or cell phone.

The primary arrival of SAP Fiori incorporates 25 applications for the most widely
recognized business capacities, for example, work process endorsements, data queries,
and self-benefit undertakings.

SAP clients can begin with SAP Fiori quickly and convey moment incentive to every one
of their representatives.The primary adaptation of SAP Fiori (accessible in May 2013)
incorporates the accompanying applications.

Examples of APP :

Manager Apps – Approve Leave Request,Approve Time sheets

Employee Apps – My Leave Request,My Time sheet

With this you can Customize and make easy the client experience (UX) for your SAP
applications. Utilizing present day UX plan standards, SAP Fiori conveys a part based,
shopper review client encounter over all lines of business, assignments, and gadgets.

Utilize SAP Fiori applications, or exploit new arrangements that locally consolidate the
UX – for example SAP S/4 HANA, Ariba Portable, and SAP Hybrid Cloud for Client.

Fiori is a package with collection of standard business applications for common business
activities. Sap Fiori apps supports multiple languages for accessing
apps(Internationalization).
Fiori apps supports all types of data services (odata ABAP service, Odata HANA
Service, Odata External service).

For customizing and enhancing front end fiori apps the recommended tool is “SAP WEB
IDE”. Both sap fiori standard and SapUI5 custom apps integrated in “SAP FIORI
LAUNCHPAD”.

Fiori apps will access using,

 Browser Via Launchpad (Mobiles/Tablet/Desktop/Laptop)

 MobileClient via Lauchpad (Mobiles)

Fiori apps we can import fiori app from ECC ABAP UI5 Repository (server) to SAP
WEB IDE TOOL. And Fiori apps are developed using sap.m Library for screen
designing.

SAP Fiori Apps:

Basically Sap Fiori apps categorized three types and they are as follows,


o Transactional
o Fact Sheet
o Analytical
Transactional apps:

Transactional Apps

Sap Fiori transnational apps contain a bunch of transactional apps for SAP ERP that
executes on SAP FIORI LAUNCHPAD.

Transactional apps mainly deal with transactional requests like Apply Leave, Fill Time
sheet, Purchase order, Sales order etc.

Transactional Apps executes on SAP HANA Database. Sap Fiori first comes with 25
transactional apps. These apps gives access to each user to run SAP transactions on
desktops as well as mobiles and laptops or tablets.
Examples Of Transactional apps are : Fill time sheet, Create Sales order, Purchase
order, Tracking Sales order, Approve/Reject Purchase order etc.

FactSheets:

Factsheets apps

Fact Sheet gives you a quick view and immediate information of master data, transaction
data and statistical data taken from SAP CRM, SAP ECC and SAP Net Weaver.

With the help of fact Sheets you can deal with customers on phone with proper sales
order meetings. From fiori Launchpad you can derive fact sheets.

Fact sheets are also used to show the key information of master data. Fact Sheets
executes on SAP HANA database along with an ABAP Respository.

In general Fact Sheets allows us to explore from one fact sheet to another like Analytical
Apps by using one app to another app navigation in FIORI LAUNCHPAD.

Analytical Apps:
Transactional Apps

Sap Smart Business is another name for analytical apps of fiori. Analytical apps run on
SAP HANA database and VDM (virtual data models). At Real time Business Operations
this type of apps are mainly useful.

SAP Smart Business is one of the unique name for Analytical Apps. With the help of
Analytical apps you can nearly observe the key Performance Indicators KPIs. The SAP
FIORI Analytical Apps are excepted to build a SAP Smart Business Cockpit

Advantages of Sap Fiori apps:

  You can able to access Fiori Apps from anywhere and also from any device like
from example Desktop/Laptop/Tablet/Mobile.
 Except Database operations all functionalities executed at client side only, due to
this Fiori apps are stateless.
 Performance wise fiori apps perform fast compare to ABAP Apps due to server
didn’t overload during Execution.
 Under browser based apps fiori apps will come.
 In general Fiori apps supports almost more than 150 screen elements for screen
designing like Table, Text, Radio button, Road map, Panel, Autocomplete, Combo
Box, and Shell etc.
 Screens of fiaori apps are light weight .
 Fiori supports 3 types of OData services for data base interaction such as OData
External, OData Hana and Odata Abap Services.

SAP Fiori architecture:

 Fiori apps developed with sap ui5 screen elements
 These apps supports in all formats like Tablet/Mobile/Laptops/Desktops.
 This Fiori applications interact with database with the help of Net weaver
gateway.
 MVC is implemented in building Fiori Apps.
 The Meaning for MVC architecture is Model, View, Controller in model deals
with data base operations.
  View represents the screen element like table, text, radio button, combo box, shell
etc.
 Controller acts as a mediator between model and view for sending and receiving
data by consuming odata service.
 Controller contains implementations under Event Handlers and also it contains
front end validations.
 We can achieve re-usability using MVC architecture.

Check more information about fiori architecture here.

SAP Fiori Demo:

Fiori apps are available in Sap Hana cloud platform. Fiori apps are coming with rich in
GUI (graphical user interface). In Sap Hana cloud we are having a number of demo apps
available for the user according to their business requirement.
If you wish to access Fiori apps then you should register with fiori trail demo cloud
edition. At this stage you have to provide your user name and password and then login
to the sap cloud edition and use the demo apps that are available in the cloud edition.

At first you need to register in Fiori Cloud to access “SAP WEB IDE” tool. Form here
you can logged into WEB IDE with the help of login credentials and access fiori apps
that are available in the sap cloud.

Check Sap fiori demo in below video

Fiori Library :
The Fiori applications reference library empowers you to investigate, plan and execute
Fiori, the new client encounter for SAP programming.

 Find all the Fiori applications accessible today

 Discover key data for each application, including all the specialized information
you requirement for establishment and arrangement
 Discover design data required to coordinate great SAP GUI and WebDynpro
applications into the SAP Fiori launchpad
 See the information for past application renditions
 Demonstrate accumulated establishment and design data for a determination of
applications
 Explore specifically to related assets, for example, application documentation,
Item Accessibility Grid, and Upkeep Organizer.

Fiori Prerequisites:
 SAP WEB IDE TOOL
 NET-WEAVER GATEWAY FOR DATABASE OPERATIONS
 SAP FIORI LANCHPAD FOR ACCESSING THE FIORI APPS
 ABAP
 ODATA
 SAP UI5 SCREEN ELEMENTS.

In WEB IDE Tool apps are designed and at first you need to deploy fiori app in to SAP
ABAP repository and then you can make any changes if needed and access it from Fiori
Launchpad.

How to Learn SAP Fiori:

Before understanding fiori concepts and topics one should have knowledge about
following concepts.

 OData and SAP NetWeaver Gateway

 ABAP program and objects
 ERP Implementation experience
 SAP UI5
 JavaScript
 SAP HANA
 HTML5