SAP Fiori Introduction

 SAP Fiori

                SAP Fiori is the common design paradigm for SAP. The SAP Fiori design language affects the appearance of everything in SAP, not just the interface of the new SAP S/4HANA system.

               To create apps in SAP Fiori, use the SAPUIS framework. This framework is in turn based on the open-source framework Open UIS, with some additional SAP-specific tools. The most important development tools for working with SAPUIS include HTMLS, CCS3, jQuery, and JavaScript.

SAP Fiori Design Principles

The 5 design principles of SAP Fiori form the core of every SAP Fiori application to achieve these goals:

 1.Role-based

          A role-based user experience means that end users get all the information and functionality they need for their daily work-but nothing more. By comparison, the classic SAP user interface often provides a single complex transaction for many user roles.

           SAP Fiori breaks these large transactions down into several discrete applications tailored to user roles. All apps are interconnected so that all tasks of the transaction can still be performed. However, they are only executed when the user really wants to perform them. The SAP Fiori launchpad then serves as a central entry point for all the user's apps.

 2. Responsive

             The application interface is responsive and adapts to the size and device of the user accessing it.

 3. Simple

            The application is simple: one user, one use case, and up to three screens for each application.

 4. Coherent

            Applications are developed with a coherent structure. All applications speak the same language and can be implemented in multiple landscapes and environments.

 5. Instant value

            Instant value is gained through low barriers to adoption, both on the IT system side and on the user acceptance side.

 SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA

               SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA refers specifically to the applications available for the system. SAP development teams are constantly creating new native applications for SAP Fiori, replacing the traditional and usually more complex SAP GUI applications that SAP S/4HANA has inherited. The native applications can also use all the new technologies available with SAP S/4HANA, such as conversational UI, machine learning, and so on.

          In addition to the native SAP Fiori applications, you can also launch SAP GUI applications via the SAP Fiori launchpad. These applications are launched in the web browser with a design theme in the SAP Fiori look. The scope of SAP ERP applications is huge, and since it is not necessary to replace everything at once, SAP has some latitude to create new useful and simpler native applications without compromising coverage of the application area.

 SAP Fiori applications fit into one of the following 3 categories:

 • Transactional apps

Transactional apps offer task-based access to functions such as changing, creating, and displaying data (e.g., documents, master records) or to entire processes with guided navigation.

 • Analytical apps

Analytical apps provide insight into the actions. They are detailed reports used to drill down to finer details, for example, and they give you a visual overview of complex issues for monitoring or tracking.

• Factsheets

These apps give you the opportunity to search and explore your data. They provide a 360-degree view of essential information about an object (e.g., master data or documents) and contextual navigation between related objects.