IIS102
SAP Fiori Launchpad:
What’s Hot and What’s New
Sibylle Brehm, SAP
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Agenda
What is SAP Fiori launchpad?
End-user experience
▪ Get to know SAP Fiori launchpad spaces and pages
Administrator experience
▪ SAP Fiori launchpad admin tool renovation
▪ SAP Fiori launchpad app manager
▪ New apps: Manage Launchpad Spaces and Manage Launchpad Pages
Building a central entry point
Road map and outlook
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What is SAP Fiori
launchpad?
SAP Fiori launchpad: Your entry point to the world of SAP S/4HANA
Single entry point
The SAP Fiori launchpad is the single
entry point to access all apps.
One look:
Domain-specific information and actions
SAP Fiori theme
▪ Overview for all apps
▪ Quick actions
Enter details and explore in depth
* Today, w ithin one SAP S/4HANA system
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SAP Fiori launchpad
Single entry point for SAP business apps across platforms and devices
SAP Fiori launchpad is a role-based,
personalized, real-time, and contextual
aggregation point for business apps and
analytics.
It runs on multiple devices, using the adaptive
design paradigm.
It is designed according to the simple and
intuitive SAP Fiori user experience, while
supporting classic UI technologies.
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Recommended SAP Fiori deployment options
SAP Cloud Platform:
Central launchpad
SAP Fiori: FES
SAP Fiori: stand-alone / hub
Front-end server Central entry point scenario
(FES) embedded
Recommended for SAP Business Suite
Recommended for SAP S/4HANA
Custom SAP Fiori
launchpad content
SAP Fiori launchpad SAP Fiori UIs
content
SAP Fiori launchpad
SAP Fiori UIs
content
SAP Fiori UIs
SAP Fiori SAP Fiori
launchpad launchpad
SAP S/4HANA SAP Business Suite
Back end
Detailed documentation: SAP Fiori deployment options and system landscape recommendations
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End-user
experience
SAP Fiori launchpad – Home page with groups
Anchor/tab navigation for Color-coded notifications
direct access to groups alert users to any overdue,
new, or immediate actions.
Edit mode for instant Collaborate with other
personalization of groups users and your digital
and tiles assistant for quick results.
Launch SAPUI5, Web Search across and
Dynpro ABAP*, SAP GUI for within apps to get
HTML*, Web client UIs, and immediate answers.
arbitrary URLs
Dynamic charts provide
Link lists providing access to a high-level, real-time
a large number of apps overview.
Group tiles for personalized
content organization
*on selected devices
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Administrator
experience
Administration depends on the platform
Different degrees of effort required to set up SAP Fiori launchpad for one product
Cloud application products Out of the box
▪ For example, SAP S/4HANA Cloud You only need to adjust roles with their
respective end-user experience and assign
to your end users.
On-premise products
Need to set up roles, navigation,
▪ SAP products, such as SAP S/4HANA
search, notifications, user assistance
▪ Custom development
For SAP S/4HANA: Rapid
SAP Cloud Platform implementation tools available
▪ Custom-developed products/apps
▪ Consumption of preconfigured content
from SAP S/4HANA
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Understanding SAP Fiori content
How the content entities of SAP Fiori launchpad fit together
Business role
User
Spaces/pages Home page
(Business)
Catalog
Space Group
Target
Tile/link
Page Intent mapping
in sections
Reference
Application
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Maximizing reuse when creating custom launchpad content
Create/configure original tiles and Reuse tiles and target mappings of
target mappings centrally in technical catalogs by referencing them in
technical catalogs business catalogs
Technical catalog Business catalog
Target refer Target
mapping(s) intent mapping(s) intent
refer
Tile(s) Tile(s)
refer
App*
* SAP Fiori app, GUI transaction code, Web Dynpro ABAP application, Web client UI, or URL
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New implementation experience of SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA
Experience SAP Fiori “out of the box” – Faster, with less effort
Rapid SAP Fiori activation Copy and adjust to customer specifics
Content Roles Content manager
Foundation task Generate
activation task ready for SAP Fiori
list custom roles
list for test launchpad
Basic configuration Activate apps for Create custom catalogs Generate PFCG
selected business roles based on SAP’s authorization roles based on
Generate generic
business catalogs SAP Fiori launchpad content
administrator and
(front end and back end)
end-user roles
Find out more on this blog:
[Link]
Rapid activation available with SAP Notes:
SAP S/4HANA 1709 FPS01 or higher: [Link]
SAP S/4HANA 1809 FPS00 or higher: [Link] PFCG = Profile Content Generator
SAP S/4HANA 1809 FPS01 or higher: [Link]
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Configure business catalogs with content manager for
SAP Fiori launchpad
▪ Easily maintain and efficiently copy
business catalogs
▪ Clearly display tile-target mapping
combinations
▪ Check catalog-role assignments
▪ Search launchpad content
▪ Analyze SAP Fiori launchpad content
and detect and correct problems
▪ Check service activation status
▪ Better suitable for mass operations than
SAP Fiori launchpad designer
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SAP Fiori launchpad – Renovation of content design tools
1st generation 2nd generation
Back end
navigation
Apps and
Mass App manager
maintenance App developer
(MMT) for SAP
tool (MMT) Fiori launchpad Technical catalogs
Business apps
Content
and roles
Catalogs
SAP Fiori manager for Content administrator
Front end
launchpad SAP Fiori
launchpad
Business catalogs
designer
Business roles
Manage
launchpad
Layout
Groups replaced by spaces
spaces and pages
Content manager
Manage launchpad or key user
pages Spaces and pages
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Building a central
entry point
Vision
Increase user productivity and efficiency by providing a central and intuitive point of
access to applications and services that users need to get their jobs done. Enable
administrators to smoothly integrate content from SAP and third-party solutions
(cloud and on premise) in a unified way.
… other SAP, custom,
SAP Analytics Cloud and third-party apps
SAP SuccessFactors SAP Cloud Platform
SAP S/4HANA Cloud SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP S/4HANA SAP Business Suite
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Key qualities
▪ Central launchpad with harmonized user experience
▪ Role-based access to content
▪ Integration of applications and content
(cloud and any premise solutions)
▪ Navigation across apps and solutions
▪ Integration of central services
(for example, in-box, notifications, help, digital
assistant)
▪ Convenient single sign-on to connected products
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Goal: Establish a central entry point on SAP Cloud Platform
High-level architecture
Cloud solution
Cloud Foundry / multicloud environment as content provider
SAP S/4HANA Cloud
SAP SuccessFactors
…
Launchpad
Related central services Integration content Standard
(local and remote) apps
On-premise solution
as content provider
UI theme
In-box Notifications
designer
Custom apps and SAP S/4HANA
extensions SAP Business Suite
(for example, SAPUI5
…
Security and Cloud
Help Other services
SSO connector
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Road map and
outlook
Main strategic directions
▪ Extend central SAP Fiori launchpad story on
SAP Cloud Platform
– Integrate additional content providers
– Integrate additional service providers
– Ease administration tasks, especially for the
creation of cross-application content and
handling of multiple content providers
▪ Continue adoption of SAP Fiori 3
– Additional tile visualizations and capabilities
▪ Further enhance SAP Fiori launchpad
administration tools
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time w ithout notice.
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More information
Related SAP TechEd sessions
▪ DEV211 – Recommendations for building a central entry point on SAP Cloud Platform
▪ DEV805 – SAP Cloud Platform Portal and SAP Cloud Platform Work Zone - Roadmap
▪ IIS268 – Implement SAP Fiori efficiently for SAP S/4HANA
Get started with SAP Fiori launchpad on SAP Cloud Platform
▪ Get your own SAP Cloud Platform trial account
▪ Tutorial: Deliver Your First SAP Fiori Launchpad Site (with integrated apps)
Blogs and information about SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA
▪ [Link]
▪ Leading SAP S/4HANA UX blog series
▪ SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA – Best UX Resources for Functional Consultants
▪ SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA – New Rapid Content Activation on SAP S/4HANA 1909, 1809, and 1709 Blog Series
▪ Configuration section in SAP Fiori Overview Guide
General
▪ SAP Fiori product page
▪ SAP Fiori Deployment Options and Recommendations
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