sap net weaver business client introduction

SAP NetWeaver Business Client

Peter Barker NetWeaver, Product Management

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An Internet ‘Trend’ Makes it into Enterprises

Enterprise 1.0:

Robustness & Efficiency

Web 2.0:

Usability & Communities

Enterprise 2.0:

“We want both !”

& Co


Transition to Enterprise 2.0:

Many Flavors

Transactions 1.0: Complex screens,No separation of UI and business logic

Transactions 2.0: Simplified screens,work centers, work lists, UI building blocks, enterprise services, search …

BUSINESS PROCESSORIENTED WORK

ANALYTICALDRIVEN WORK

DOCUMENTCENTRIC WORK

WEB NATIVEWORK

Analytics 1.0: Basic reports, queries, planning

Analytics 2.0: Embeddable BI,dashboards,“what-if" analysis,accelerated BI …

Office 1.0: Email, write,present, store

Office 2.0: Productivity services w/ built-in collaboration and process support …

Web 1.0: MonolithicWeb pages and sites,poor personalization,mostly read-only

Web 2.0: Network effects viasocial media,wikis, tagging, forums, maps …

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Usage Scenario

SAP NetWeaver Business Client and Portal Web Client

Maximizing your users’ productivity

Business Requirements

Intuitive, consistent and harmonized user interactions across all SAP UIs

High-performance desktop client for frequent, high-volume and expert tasks

Zero-footprint, browser client for occasional tasks and B2B / B2C scenarios

Quick access to data and information that is pushed to users, or pulled via search

Knowledge worker or manager, rarely works with transactions

Needs a lean environment

Flexible, varied type of work

Multiple information sources, devices

Works mainly with unstructured data

Sample roles: product manager, sales executive, first line manager, CEO

Casual User

Individual contributor w/ structured tasks

Routine, transactional work

Uses only one or two enterprise applications

Mainly works with structured data

Demands fast access

Sample roles: payroll clerk, customer service rep, financial analyst

Power User


SAP Portal Web Client


UI Technology Overview

Empowering and Connecting People

UI

Services

UI

Infrastructure

Portal

RuntimeVisual Composer Web Dynpro

Roles PersonalizationNavigation

CollaborationDocument Page Building

…

Search

Mobile &

Voice

Duet &

Alloy

SAP GUI

UI Clients & Access Channels

Adobe Forms

Enterprise

Search Access

Web Dynpro

Islands

SAP NetWeaver Foundation

SRMSCMPLMCRMERP

SAP Business SuiteNon-SAP Enterprise

Application

Casual UserPower User

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Usability – SAP Signature Design

Harmonized Look and Feel

SAP NetWeaver Portal


SAP CRM

SAP GUI for Windows


NWBC: History

SAP NetWeaver

Business Client 3.x

SAP NetWeaver

Business Client 1.0

SAP NetWeaver

Business Client 3.0

SAP NetWeaver

Business Client 2.0

time


NWBC: 3.0 Version

In addition to existing capabilities:

SAP harmonized and intuitive Signature Design

Unified environment for legacy and new SAP applications

High fidelity UI with increased graphical capabilities –Microsoft C# WPF-based client

Multi-window-based navigation model

Leverages desktop client capabilities

Rich, Unified Environment, Desktop Client maximizing the SAP Transactional User Experience:


NWBC and SAP GUI

The SAP NetWeaver Business Client is an environment that hosts SAP GUIs to provide a unified environment with a more efficient, intuitive and complete user experience. Within the SAP NetWeaver Business Client you can move seamlessly between Web Dynpro and SAP GUI transactions.

For SAP GUI to run within the SAP NetWeaver Business Client, SAP GUI must be installed (as part of the SAP NetWeaver Business Client installation or separately).

SAP GUI Standalone

SAP GUI with SAP NetWeaver Business Client


Connections

SAP NetWeaver Business Client & External Applications

The SAP NetWeaver Business Client enables any external Web content application connectivity. This means that the SAP NetWeaver Business Client can be enriched with external user-centric content such as various dashboards, Web home pages, productivity charts, upload tools, maps, Web 2.0 media… needed to maximize end user productivity.


NWBC: Power Lists

Power lists are

Created using Web Dynpro ABAP

Provided predefined by SAP

Power lists support:

Simplified access applications

Direct visualization of several business objects on the overview screen

Work pushed to the user via automatic update

Easy personalization of the selection criteria and layout of the list by end users

Easy creation of new power lists by partners/end users with the Power List Framework


The Power List

Users can easily access all

queries (pre-delivered and user

specific) via tab navigation

Queries can be created,

changed, categorized or

temporarily hidden as needed

Application related

buttons provide object

based functionality

Selection criteria of a

query can be changed

temporarily (as long as

Power list is open) and

quickly without changing

the whole query

A filter allows filtering within

the data table.

Further settings can be made

to personalize the data table

(e.g. shown columns, number

of rows, sorting)

Query

Area

List

Area


Prerequisites

SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.0

General:

Microsoft .Net runtime 3.0x or higher

SAP GUI 7.10 with at least patch level 15

For Microsoft Windows: hotfix 919477

For WTS installation: hotfix 955692

Desktop Prerequisites:

Windows platform (XP SP1 and higher, Vista, Windows 7)

Hardware:

Identical to those of SAP GUI

Recommended:

Same hardware requirements as for

Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications

At least 1GB of memory

Minimum screen size of 1024 x 768


Summary: NWBC

■Rich desktop client that offers a single point of entry to business apps

■Seamless evolution from SAP GUI-based apps

■Maximize the productivity of power users

>

SAP harmonized and intuitive

Signature Design

Leverages desktop client

capabilities

Role-based user settings and

interaction

Work item-driven navigation

Central personalized access

to all relevant individual work

lists

Work pushed to the user via

automatic update

Easy personalization


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