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TIP Core UI
March, 2012
Floorplan Manager Overview Introduction to FPM
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FPM - Summary
What is Floorplan Manager (FPM)?
Framework to create UIs
Based on Web Dynpro ABAP
Widely used in Business Suite 7
Mandatory for creation of new UIs
As of BS 7i2010
More than 1000 FPM applications
Throughout BS in 7i2011
Ideal for Customer, Partner, and Industries
Easy adaptation of existing UIs
Modification-free
New development of customer UIs
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FPM – Main Aspects
Guideline Compliance
User Interface and Accessibility
Generic and Reusable UI Components
Patterns for common use cases
Central Control of Application Functionality
Event Loop, navigation, messaging, …
Fully Configurable, yet Adaptable
WYSIWYG, also by customers
“Code-free” UI
End User Personalization
Individual screen layout
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FPM – Basic Idea
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FPM – Basic Idea
FPM Framework
Support of configuration and
assembly of all UI parts of an
application:
Header Area
Forms
Lists
Trees
Searches
Freestyle UI
Page Layout
FPM applications are:
• Configurable
• Customizable
• Personalizable
• Reusable
• Guideline compliant
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In More Detail: Floorplans
Floorplans ...
... are design templates for applications
... accomplish certain activities
... are highly configurable
Overview Page Floorplan (OVP)
Designed for object overview & maintenance
Available with NW 7.02
Guided Activity Floorplan (GAF)
Designed for step-by-step processes
Available with NW 7.01
Object Instance Floorplan (OIF)
Designed for object maintenance
Available with NW 7.01
Also available: QAF (Quick Activity Floorplan)
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Overview Page (OVP) Floorplan
Highly personalizable
screen layout
Sections &
various layout variants
Stackable panels:
Collapsible & moveable
Additional page types:
Suboverview, Edit, Confirmation
& Page Master
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Guided Activity Floorplan (GAF)
Clickable roadmap
with optional subroadmap Toolbar with standard buttons
& step-specific buttons
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Object Instance Floorplan (OIF)
Extended header area
& toolbar
View switches (tabs)
& subviews
Variant concept
(depending on parameters)
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs) – 1
Basic Idea
Guideline conforming content templates
Full integration into FPM framework
Generic configuration based on feeder classes
Generic feeder classes available (e.g. for BOL)
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs) – 2
Available GUIBBs:
Form
List
Tree
Search
Launchpad
_______________
Reuse UIBBs:
Attachments
Notes
POWL UIBB
Analytic GUIBBs
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Interaction of FPM / WDA Adaptation Layers
End user
Runtime
Administrator
Runtime
Developer
Design time
define
End user only
All users
in client
All users
in all
clients
Valid for exclude
override
Personalization
Customizing
Configuration 1
2
3
Hierarchy
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Further Information
SAP Public Web:
SAP Developer Network (SDN): http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/nw-ui
- Including „Developer‟s Guide‟ (Cookbook)
- Including document „How to create, adapt and enhance FPM applications‟
+ SDN Forum
Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunities
http://www.sap.com/education/
NET 313: 4-day classroom training on Floorplan Manager for Web Dynpro ABAP
Thank You!
Contact information:
Dr. Dirk Becker Dr. Jens Böckenhauer
Development Project Manager Senior Developer
SAP AG – Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16 – 69190 Walldorf - Germany
+49 6227 7-45061 +49 6227 7-62899
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