3 RoadMap For ABAP

Build and Extend Customer Specific Solutions with
SAP NetWeaver ABAP

Thomas Jung, SAP HANA Product Management
Dr. Wolfgang Weiss, SAP NetWeaver Product Management
December, 2012
Disclaimer
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2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
Overview of Product Roadmap:

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP
Further extensions for:
ABAP in Eclipse
FPM and NWBC w/ Sidepanel
Optimized for enterprise

ready solutions
50,000+ customers of
ABAP-based products
Millions of developers,
SCN as community
UI Development Toolkit for HTML5
SAP NetWeaver in 2013

SAP NW
AS ABAP
CLOUD
SAP NetWeaver Gateway
MOBILITY
BRFplus (*)
HANA
Collaboration frameworks (*)
ABAP Test Cockpit
Solution today
Planned innovations
(Quarterly shipments)
Future direction
(*) Included in ERP license
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ABAP
Why should you care?
Time to Market
Low TCO and TCD
Excellent user productivity and

compelling user experience
How can I benefit from

SAP NetWeaver
Application Server
ABAP?
Extensibility: Enable flexible

business processes by de-coupling
of LoB extensions and IT
Scalability and performance:

Proven at 50,000+ customers
and with BW on SAP HANA
Millions of developers
World class developer productivity
Agile E2E development and delivery processes
ABAP Today
TRADING
INDUSTRIES
CONSUMER
INDUSTRIES
PROCESS
MANUFACTURING
SERVICES
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
DISCRETE
MANUFACTURING
PUBLIC
SERVICES
ABAP Today:
Well known as a domain specific programming language
TRADING
INDUSTRIES
CONSUMER
INDUSTRIES
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
PROCESS
MANUFACTURING
SERVICES
DISCRETE
MANUFACTURING
PUBLIC
SERVICES
ABAP Language
Optimized for enterprise ready solutions in almost all

industries
50,000+ customers of ABAP-based products
Millions of developers, SCN as community
ABAP Today:
Much more than a domain specific programming language
TRADING
INDUSTRIES
CONSUMER
INDUSTRIES

FINANCIAL
Agile E2E development and delivery processes
SERVICES
Extensibility: Enable flexible business processes by
de-coupling of LoB extensions and IT
Scalability and performance
DISCRETE
MANUFACTURING
Excellent user productivity
Integrates with non-ABAP & non-SAP solutions
Embedded in
SAP NetWeaver
PROCESS
MANUFACTURING
SERVICES
PUBLIC
SERVICES
ABAP Language
Optimized for enterprise ready solutions in almost all

industries
ABAP: Much more than a domain specific language

Details
World class developer productivity and support for agile E2E development and delivery processes
ABAP Workbench and ABAP in Eclipse
Built-in abstraction layers and large number of re-usable components: FPM/WDA, Chips, Sidepanel, BOPF,
Test driven development: ABAP Test Cockpit (ATC)
Lifecycle Management
Extensibility: Enable flexible business processes by de-coupling of LoB extensions and IT
Personalization and LoB extensions: FPM (Personalization), NWBC, Collaboration, Business Rule Framework
plus (BRFplus), Decision Service Management, Master Data Governance (MDG)
IT: Facilitates switchable multi-layer adaptations by Customers and Partners (EHF), Solution Manager, FPM
Configuration, Roles, NWBC, ECM-I
Scalability and performance: Proven at 50,000+ customers and with BW on HANA
Multi-layer architecture, powerful Transaction Management, Connectivity (bgRFC etc.)
Built-In vendor independent Database Support
Optimized for SAP HANA
Excellent user productivity and compelling user experience
FPM/WDA, NWBC with Sidepanel, POWL etc.
UI5, Mobility and Collaboration
Integrates with non-ABAP and non-SAP solutions
PI, BPM, Connectivity infrastructure, Portal,
ABAP Today and Tomorrow
Future direction
TRADING
INDUSTRIES
CONSUMER
INDUSTRIES
Extends into HANA, Cloud and Mobility

Evolves continuously w/o disruption (supporting
quarterly shipments of SAP Business Suite)
Enables hybrid on-premise/on-demand scenarios

FINANCIAL
SERVICES Agile E2E development and delivery processes
Extensibility: Enable flexible business processes
by de-coupling of LoB extensions and IT
DISCRETE
Scalability and performance
MANUFACTURING
Excellent user productivity
Combination with non-ABAP & non-SAP solutions
Embedded in
SAP NetWeaver
PROCESS
MANUFACTURING
SERVICES
PUBLIC
SERVICES
ABAP Language
Optimized for enterprise ready solutions in almost

all industries
The bigger context - SAP NetWeaver planned innovations

SAP NetWeaver Main constituents
SAP NetWeaver
(on premise and on demand)
Coherent technology platform

for on-premise and on-demand solutions
Contains SAP NetWeaver 7.4
S c e n a r i o s
NetWeaver 7.4
Scenarios
Support and leverage HANA
Bridge between on premise
and on demand offerings
End to end product and user experience
Platform capabilities
SAP UI5
Gateway
Identity Mgmt
SSO
Business Continuity
Cloud provisioning
One login
MOBILE
NW Cloud
Portal
BPM
Process Integration
Business
Warehouse
Application Servers
ABAP and JAVA
IN MEMORY
NW Cloud
Portal
NW Cloud
Integration
Landscape
Virtual Mgmt
CLOUD
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ABAP optimization for SAP HANA

Performance analysis: Improved
tools
SAP Business Suite 7 on SAP HANA

Re-use components optimized for
SAP HANA (ALV etc.)
Using SAP HANA artefacts in ABAP
Apps
AS ABAP 7.31 as basis for SAP

NetWeaver Hubs and SAP
Business Suite Innovation 2011
Declarative definition of rules
(BRFplus)
AS ABAP as basis for On-Demand
offering SAP Business ByDesign
Multitenancy support incl. tenant
Lifecycle Management
Eclipse-based IDE
Integration of semantic business object
layers in Floorplan Manager & Gateway
NWBC 4.0 with Sidepanel
Flexible deployment of rules
Enables On-Premise/On-Demand
hybrid scenarios
Integration of collaboration platforms
such as SAP Streamwork
LoB: Easy extensibility with further

decoupling of rules & coding
IT: Business Continuity, easy admin of
higher security levels for connectivity
Eclipse-based tools: Web Dynpro ABAP
Extend existing ABAP ecosystem to
Cloud offerings
Access SAP NW Gateway OData
services from SAP NW Cloud
SAP UI Development Toolkit for

HTML5 optimized for mobile platforms
Security and LM extensions for mobile
usage
Expose SAP Business Suite data for

mobile devices through SAP NW
Cloud
Mobility
SAP BW on SAP HANA

SAP Business Suite
Accelerators
Cloud
In-Memory,
Analytics
Product Roadmap: SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

Empowering classic & new SAP products and Custom Development
Lightweight business data

consumption via SAP NW
Gateway using OData protocol
Solution today
Planned innovations
Future direction
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SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

Empowering classic & new SAP products and Custom Development
50.000+ customers of ABAP-based products
MOBILITY
Millions of ABAP developers, SCN as community

Proven, robust and scalable
Extends into HANA, Mobility and Cloud
SAP NetWeaver
Application
Server ABAP
CLOUD
A thriving partner ecosystem
SAP NetWeaver in 2013
Evolves continuously w/o disruption
Enables hybrid on-premise/on-demand scenarios

HANA
SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP, a strong pillar In SAPs product strategy
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Quarterly innovations
Overview
Key needs
Key innovations
User Interface
Support for modern browser technology

Support for emerging standards such as HTML5
Design time support for UI development
Extensions to Floorplan Manager and Web Dynpro

Release independent shipment of SAP UI5
Design time tools based on Eclipse
Custom Development
Modern development tools

Task orientation
Agile methodology
Frameworks
Business Rule Framework plus (BRFplus)

Decision Service Management
Integration of collaboration platforms
such as SAP Streamwork
Declarative definition of business rules without ABAP coding knowhow

Decision support
Flexible deployment of rules
End to end application integration
Support for collaboration
Feeds
Eclipse as tooling platform

ABAP in Eclipse
Test driven development tools
ABAP Test Cockpit
Quarterly innovations
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SAP Netweaver Development

SAPs Eclipse Strategy
Eclipse is SAPs strategic platform for highly
integrated design-time and development tools.
SAP HANA
Studio
Design-Time for
Analytical Models
UI Development Tools for

HTML5
Design-Time for
HTML5 User Interfaces
ABAP Development
Tools
ABAP IDE
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Developer productivity with ABAP in Eclipse

Developer productivity
Native Eclipse features
Type ahead search
Integrated development
Multi system access
Easy navigation
Where used analysis
Testing and debugging

Direct launch of applications
Integration of SAP GUI sessions

Fully integrated ABAP debugger
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ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver

SAPs new ABAP IDE built on Eclipse
The ABAP Development Tools integrate tightly with all Eclipse-based development tools of SAPs strategic
product areas cloud, mobility and in-memory providing a highly productive E2E development environment.
Highlights
Evolution of the ABAP workbench built on Eclipse
offering excellent user experience and assistance
One IDE for all development tasks: SAP HANA
modeling, ABAP development, HTML5 UI, ...
Powerful search and navigation, advanced source
code editing and refactoring capabilities
Built-in extensibility: ADT SDK (lab preview)
More Information
SCN: http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse
Trial: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29607
Youtube: http://youtu.be/BXg7xXrEAUw
Related Sessions
CD201: ADT Overview (1h)
CD164: ADT Hands-on (4h)

CD206: ADT SDK Preview (1h)
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Demo - ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver
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The Brand-New ABAP Test Cockpit

A New Level of ABAP Quality Assurance
Designed with customers for customers
Code Inspector compatible no migration is needed

Tightly integrated into ABAP Workbench and Transport Tools
New level of checking quality:

Quality gates
Regression runs
Flexible exemption process
i
Planned release:
SAP EhP 2 for SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Support Package 12

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.03 Support Package 05
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Experiences
SAP NetWeaver Gateway - People centric content from multiple sources
Sybase Unwired Platform
Web
Social
Enterprise Software
OData + SAP Annotations

SAP NetWeaver Gateway
SAP Business
Objects
SAP
ByD
SAP
BPM
SAP
MII
SAP
HANA
SAP CRM
Explorer
Web
Intelligenc
e
Xcelsius
Crystal
Reports
SAP Business Suite

SAP ERP
SAP SRM
SAP SCM
SAP PLM
SAP Business All-in-One
SAP BOE
SAP NetWeaver
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SAP HCM New user interface based on SAP UI5

Beautiful and intuitive UIs
Any screen on any device
Cutting edge UI controls
Standards and openness

Follow web standards (CSS, JS)
Embrace open source

Eclipse based design time
Adaptation and flexibility

Theming and branding
SAP data consumption (OData)

Extensibility
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Occasional User, Manager
Scenarios
Expert Usage
Data Complexity
User Types
limited transactional
Highly interactive
Collaboration , Feeds
Expert
User
Transactional
Summary
Positioning of SAPUI5 technology
Supervisor
Business
User
Occasional
User
Requirements
Manager
Information
Seeker
Task Simplicity
Analytical/BOBJ
Intuitive with low entry barrier

multiple devices
Casual Usage
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Key Capabilities
Features and Benefits
Built with Leading Web Technologies
HTML5
jQuery
CSS3
OData
OpenAJAX
LESS
D3.js
ARIA
Runs on Various SAP and Non-SAP Platforms

SAP NetWeaver Cloud
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP
Sybase Unwired Platform
SAP NetWeaver AS Java
SAP HANA XS
Open Source Platforms
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Key Capabilities
Development Environment
Homogeneous Set of Eclipse Tools and Editors
Small learning curve for web developer

UI Screen & Application development
HTML5 templates support
Shipped via SAP release train for Eclipse (SRTE)
NWDS support
Outlook:
WYSIWYG Design of HTML5 Applications
Web based IDE
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Demo SAPUI5
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BRFplus Workbench: New user experience

DragnDrop
DragnDrop
Flow
available with NW 7.03/7.31 SP6
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BRFplus Workbench: Test Driven Rule Development & Deployment
Test Tool
Create, run and admin tests
including expected test results
Deployment of new rules

dependent on successful test runs
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SAP NetWeaver Decision Service Management (Add On)
Decision Service Manager
Connector
Managed System 2
Connector
Managed System 1
Service deployment
Transfer of the decision service into one
or many managed systems (e.g. first into test systems)
Hot deployment and as-off deployment - immediate and
planned use with no downtime
Overview of all decision services in all systems,
deployment and execution logs
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Demo: BRFplus
DragnDrop
Flow
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Integration of frameworks for collaboration
SAP StreamWork in the Side Panel

Add collaboration features without modification
to your NWBC tasks
Perform collaborative tasks
in any business context
Keep up-to-date with feeds and microblogging
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New Features Web Dynpro ABAP in NetWeaver EhP2 and EhP3

(Link)
NetWeaver 7.0 EhP2
NetWeaver 7.0 EhP3
Value Suggest
Enhancement of Configurations
Accordion
CTable
FormLayout
LayoutContainer
IconButton
Input History
PanelStack/Panel
Quick Views
TableMultiEditorCell
Copy n paste from Excel, Lists
SilverlightIsland
Corbu Theme (SP04)
DragnDrop for MatrixLayout
HTML Standards Mode (SP05)
Delta Rendering enabled
HTML Island (SP05)
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Demo Web Dynpro ABAP
CopynPaste from Excel
CopynPaste from Excel MultiValuePaste
Paste (Ctrl+V)
TABLE data
Assign event handler

to Input Field
1.
2.
Select data in Excel

Copy to clipboard (Ctrl+C)
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CopynPaste from Excel Types

Generic paste for Tables
Works for Table and CTable
InputField, DropDownBoxes
MultiValuePaste
Standard browser paste
Works for InputField
Works for InputField
WD built-in
Application Coding
Browser built-in
Fills only visible cells
Provides all pasted data
Paste a single value
Example: CTable
Example: Select Options
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DragnDrop
DragnDrop
Drop:
- Drop Element
- DropSourceInfo
Drag:
- Drag Element
- DragSourceInfo
match
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[BackUp] DragnDrop: Supported Elements

Drag Elements
Drop Elements
Table & CTable: row(s)
Table & CTable: before/after/at rows
CTable: column header
CTable: before/after column header
Tree: node/leaf
DropTargetCellEditor: at (C)Table cells
Caption: caption or as drag handle
Tree: before/after/at nodes & leaves
Image: image or as drag handle
DropTarget: at arbitrary elements
ItemListBox: items
ItemListBox: before/after items
Accordion: item
Accordion: before/after/at itema
Grid-/MatrixLayout: cell (requires drag

handle)
Grid-/MatrixLayout: before/after cell
Panel: at Panel
Panel: Panel
PanelStack: before/after/at Panel
PanelStack: Panel
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HTML5 with HTML Islands
HTML Islands: Overview
Embedding HTML into a

Web Dynpro application
Web Dynpro ABAP

Application
Executing JavaScript from

Web Dynpro
Sending data from context to client
Use of 3rd party JS libraries possible
HTML
Island
Note: Works only for Standards Mode
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HTML Islands: UI Element API

Context
Binding
Script and Style

Sources from
MIME
Repositories
HTML Island
Properties
staticHtml can also be
created via ABAP API
IF_WD_HTML_WRITER
to ensure proper
escaping
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HTML Islands: Communication
Communication between Web Dynpro and HTML Island is done via JavaScript calls, that are
created by: CL_WD_HTML_SCRIPT_CALL=>NEW_CALL( )
org_chart.js
ABAP Code
See Interface
Documentation
WD framework
generates
JavaScript Call
That way we ensure a correct escaped JavaScript call

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HTML Islands: Communication
Communication from HTML Island to Web Dynpro is done via a JavaScript callback reference,
which can be passed to the HTML Island
ABAP
JavaScript
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HTML Islands: Life Cycle
Instantiation
Runtime
Finalizing
Interaction and communication

between Web Dynpro and HTML
Island (JavaScript calls)
HTML Island stays alive and keeps

its state,even if a roundtrip occurs or
it gets inivisible
If Web Dynpro View component is

destroyed or HTML Island UI
element is removed, a registered
JavaScript call will be executed
Clean up of JavaScript resources
Show Web Dynpro View that

contains HTML Island
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HTML Islands: HTML Writer API

ABAP API CL_WD_HTML_WRITER can be used to generate HTML code
ABAP Coding
HTML
Browser Output
contains
Correct escaping is ensured.

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HTML Integration Scenarios

HTMLIsland
HTMLContainer
IFrame
Use Case
Rich client side functionality

e.g. Charts
Add custom HTML from server;

Also around existing Web Dynpro
Controls
e.g. Custom Background Image,
Custom simple controls
Integration of content as isolated

document
Rendering
HTML to be produced on
Client Side; not touched by
WD framework
HTML to be produced on Server

Side; possibly re-rendered with each
roundtrip
Stable IFrame
Eventing
JavaScript Event API for Web

Dynpro
JavaScript Event API for Web

Dynpro
JavaScript Portal Eventing
Embedding
Within Web Dynpro DOM
Within Web Dynpro DOM
Isolated in IFrame
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The new SAP NetWeaver Theming Tools

Planned Features
HTML5 based Theme Editor
Two views: Quick Theming and Expert Theming
Supports Web Dynpro, SAPUI5, NWBC
Runs on WebAS ABAP, Portal and plain web servers
External editing (open source theme format) and custom CSS
possible
Migration of existing portal themes, CSS3 support
Old Theme
Format
Import
Theme Editor
(IE9+/Firefox/Safari/Chrome)
HTTP/WebDAV
SAP Enterprise
Portal
Load
Save
SAP WebAS ABAP
LESS
Format
HTTP Server
(WebDAV)
UI Extension
Theme
Repository
Web Resource
Repository
File System
HTTP
Web Dynpro
SAPUI5
NWBC
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Outlook Web Dynpro ABAP Development Tools
Web Dynpro ABAP Development Tools is planned to be available with ABAP in Eclipse in a future release
Key Capabilities
WYSWYG UI Layout
Graphical context mapping
ABAP Code editor with code completion
and templates to code faster
Integrated debugging
More Information
ADT on SCN:
http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse
ADT Trial Version:
WYSIWYG UI Layout
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29607
ADT on Youtube:
http://youtu.be/BXg7xXrEAUw
Related Sessions
CD201: ADT Overview (1h)
CD164: ADT Hands-on (4h)
CD206: ADT SDK Preview (1h)
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Web Dynpro ABAP

Outlook Web Dynpro ABAP Runtime
Planned Developments
ARIA Accessibility Support
SAPUI5 Integration
Windows 8 support
Future Outlook
Client Side Rendering and Progressive

Enhancements
Optimized UIs for HANA
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SAP NetWeaver Business Client for Desktop: Feature set overview

Role-based access to SAP business applications
Roles can be loaded from
PFCG (Web AS ABAP role repository)

PCD (SAP Enterprise Portal role repository)
Navigation frame hosting

Dynpro (embedded and reused SAP GUI for Windows)
Web Dynpro ABAP
HTML-based content
Harmonized user experience through integration of

SAP GUI and WebDynpro based applications
Side Panel
Enhance SAP GUI applications without modification
(SAP NetWeaver Business Client for Desktop 3.5 or 4.0)
Generic functions
e.g. Quick Launch search field, menus and branding
(customer logo)
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SAP NetWeaver Business Client Version overview

SAP NetWeaver
Business Client
for Desktop
Version 3.0
Version 3.5
Version 4.0
Tabbed browsing
OpenSearch
integration
Corbu design
inside
Multi window
Signature design
Quick Launch
Windows-based
Side panel feature

SAP ECC 6.0
SAP NetWeaver
EhP 1
EhP 2
7.0
EhP 3
EhP 4
7.0 EhP 1
EhP 5
EhP 6
7.0 EhP 2
7.0 EhP 3
7.3 EhP1
* Required for
usage of NWBC
SAP NetWeaver
Business Client
for HTML
Browser-based,
restricted functionality
From SP03 on:

Alternatively
Corbu design
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Browser-like navigation in NWBC for Desktop 4.0

Options to find and launch applications
Overview pages
Index page
New Tab page
Service map
Start pages
Panels
Navigation panel
Favorites panel
Quick Launch
Launch applications
Search for applications
or content
Personalized navigation
Favorites
Pinned tabs
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Quick Launch and Type Ahead

Different sections
Directly start a transaction or launch a web address
Search results in
ABAP transactions and WebDynpro ABAP applications
available in the WebAS
Favorites and Recent Items
Navigation items coming from the users menu (PFCG
roles)
OpenSearch results of the selected OS providers
(new with NWBC 4.0)
Start a search using search providers in general

Options for the display of the search providers
(new with NWBC 4.0)
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Session objective: Building a users workplace

Corporate/organization-wide
content such as
Company entry page
Help/information/collaboration
Access to employee self

services
On entry pages
In NWBC menu
In the side panel
In the branding area
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3
4
3
2
Role/job function-specific
Expose in Work Centers
Extend functions in Work

Centers for users with more
authorizations and tasks
Provide recurring structures
NWBC for Desktop 3.5

NWBC for Desktop 4.0

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Demo NetWeaver Business Client
Introduction: What is FPM?

UI framework based on Web Dynpro ABAP
Fully integrated into a standard technology
Widely used in the Business Suite

More than 1,400 applications with EhP6
Optimized user experience

Guideline-conforming applications
Timeless software by configuration

Separation of business logic and UI
Highly adaptable by customers and partners

Coherent suite of applications
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Introduction: Main Aspects of FPM

FPM provides UI components
Floorplans application composition
GUIBBs reusable UI patterns
FPM takes over central application control

Event loop, navigation, messaging,
UI definition in WYSIWYG editor

Business logic in feeder classes
Code-free and flexible UI
Multiple adaptation options

Modification-free tuning of UIs
Personalization of end-user screens
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FPM: Basic Idea
FPM applications
Run in canvas area
Agnostic to any shell
Floorplans
Application composition
UI assembly
Building Blocks
Content interaction
Common use-cases
Free-style components
Break-out scenarios
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In More Detail: Floorplans
Floorplans ...
... are patterns for applications
... define general layout & interaction
... accomplish certain activities
... are highly configurable
Overview Page Floorplan (OVP) Object overview and maintenance (since SAP Net Weaver 7.02)
Guided Activity Floorplan (GAF) Step-by-step processes
Object Instance Floorplan (OIF) Object maintenance and overview
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Overview Page Floorplan (OVP): Personalization Options
Personalize your screen

as you like it
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... with Drag & Drop

with Expand & Collapse
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Choose your layout

fit it to your needs...
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Overview Page Floorplan (OVP): Page Master
Master /detail behavior

... with slider
2 visualization options
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Guided Activity Floorplan (GAF)
Roadmap
... with optional sub-roadmap
Standard buttons
also step-specific buttons
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In More Detail: Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs)
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): Form
Pixel-perfect alignment
... grid positioning
Variety of layout options
Dynamic behavior supported
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs): List
Client-side rendering
... smooth scrolling
ABAP table services
grouping & aggregation
sorting & filtering
paging & scrolling
export to spreadsheet
Personalization
variant concept
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs): Tree
Client-side rendering
... conformity with List
Master column
optional icons
Personalization options
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs): Form Repeater
Repeating forms
alternative display for tabular data
configurable forms
dynamic behavior supported
row actions in upper-right corner
Swap UIBB
distinct visualization for processing
modal behavior supported
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs): Search
Main features
saved searches
grouping of criteria
exclude parameters
inclusion of result list
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Generic UI Building Blocks (GUIBBs): Others

Launchpad UIBB
start pages; different views

Quickview UIBB
Thing preview & dataset
Analytics UIBB
analytics tables, charts,
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FLUID: Configuration Editor

General Settings
Preview
WYSIWYG
Schemas
also Menu & Toolbar
Navigation
Wiring
Repositories
UIBBs
elements
buttons
Attributes
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FLUID Graphical Wire Editor
UIBBs
linked by wires
according to their relations
Repository
available UIBBs
Plugs
Collection
Lead Selection
Selection
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Application Creation Tool

Easy creation of applications
main entities
Support of BOL & OData

generic feeders available
generate entire applications
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Demo Floorplan Manager
ABAP for HANA: Key Benefits

Why bring your SAP system to SAP HANA?
Accelerate Innovate Simplify
SAP NetWeaver BW
Boosted Performance
Lower TCO: replace BWA and
traditional DB by SAP HANA
Simplified modeling
ABAP Custom Development
SAP NetWeaver 7.4 Hubs
Speed up existing customer

programs
Develop new applications
that leverage SAP HANA
optimally
Extended Product
Availability Matrix
Support system-wide SAP
HANA deployments
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SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.4 optimized for SAP HANA
ABAP based applications using SAP HANA

Guidelines and best practices
Improved
tools for
performance
analysis
Re-use
components
optimized for
SAP HANA
Using
SAP HANA
artefacts in
ABAP
Transparent optimizations
SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP 7.4
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Code pushdown principle
Calculation
Data to
Code
ABAP runs on SAP

HANA
SAP NetWeaver
AS ABAP
SAP HANA
database
Code to
Data
Calculation
ABAP optimized
for SAP HANA
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Sample patterns for code pushdown

Delegate to SAP HANA and independent UI Layers
New UI
Technologies user-friendly UIs
Highly interactive, flexible,
AS ABAP
SAP HANA
Manage and integrate

business processes
High-performance
access to mass data
Native mobile scenarios

Simple highly interactive UIs for casual users
Basic input validation
UI adaptation & formatting

Customizing
Output Management / Reporting
Application Orchestration
Leading LM processes
Connectivity
Single record modifications
Mass modifications
Aggregation / filtering on top of large
data sets
Simulations / planning
Predictive algorithms
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SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.4 and SAP HANA

Dedicated SAP NetWeaver Enhancement
Package (SAP NetWeaver 7.40)
Application
Basis for SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse and SAP

Business Suite powered by SAP HANA
ABAP optimized for SAP HANA

Consumption of SAP HANA development artifacts
via ABAP
new Kernel
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.4
Common Lifecycle Management ABAP / SAP HANA

Improved tooling for performance analysis
Relational
database
OR SAP HANA DB
SAP HANA enablement for SAP NetWeaver Cloud

Guidelines and Best Practices for developing
ABAP applications optimized for SAP HANA
Existing code
new Kernel
new Kernel with innovation mode
Innovations: optimized code for SAP HANA
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ABAP Platform Capabilities

SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP
Whats NEW
Whats NEXT
SAP HANA
SAP Kernel 7.20 allows usage of SAP HANA as

secondary persistence
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse 7.3 supports
SAP HANA as primary persistence
Next enhancement package for AS ABAP is

optimized for SAP HANA
SAP Business Suite and other standard applications
adapt the new enhancement package
Development Environment
ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver (aka

ABAP in Eclipse) 1.0 released June 2012
Improved and additional tools for Eclipse-based

ABAP development (Web Dynpro ABAP, native
debugger, transport management, Web Services)
Connectivity
Central Web Service Configuration

SAP NetWeaver Gateway released October 2011
Enhanced connectivity programming model

Basic OData support as part of AS ABAP
Business Continuity
SAP Certified HA-Solutions of partners

Near zero Downtime Management
Further HA-awareness in MMC, LVM

Further reductions of downtime
Security
SMIME support
Security Policy
Support for OAuth2, SPNego

Read Access Logging
Unified user management for ABAP on SAP HANA
Trial Systems
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.03 Trial version

released June 2012
SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP 7.4 Trial version running

on SAP HANA (delivered in the Cloud)
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Release Date: June 25, 2012
Release Note with Installation Guide:
https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1718399
GA Version at Software Download Center (Windows), ~260 Downloads

https://service.sap.com/~sapidb/012002523100012959202012D/SAPBASISAIE00_4-20009671.ZIP
ADT Trial Version on SCN (Windows, Linux, Mac OS), ~3000 Downloads
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-29607
Teaser Trailer on SAP Youtube Channel, ~1200 Views
http://youtu.be/BXg7xXrEAUw
Technical Brief on SAP.com
http://download.sap.com/platform/netweaver/brochures/download.epd?context=30BA6C7483595D0138E4D62525A781B5818C7D77D18CC2EB79EC3D15842F
09DAF7305309AB65CD0B0757133C8C24C86EE9148492628ADB49
ADT Space on SCN (Blogs, Discussions, Guides), ~4600 Visits

http://scn.sap.com/community/abap/eclipse
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SAP NetWeaver ABAP

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Overview of Product Roadmap:

Optimized for enterprise

UI Development Toolkit for HTML5

SAP NetWeaver in 2013

SAP NetWeaver Gateway

ABAP Test Cockpit

Excellent user productivity and

How can I benefit from

Extensibility: Enable flexible

Scalability and performance:

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Optimized for enterprise ready solutions in almost all

World class developer productivity

Optimized for enterprise ready solutions in almost all

ABAP: Much more than a domain specific language

ABAP Today and Tomorrow

Extends into HANA, Cloud and Mobility

World class developer productivity

Optimized for enterprise ready solutions in almost

The bigger context - SAP NetWeaver planned innovations

Coherent technology platform

ABAP optimization for SAP HANA

SAP Business Suite 7 on SAP HANA

AS ABAP 7.31 as basis for SAP

LoB: Easy extensibility with further

SAP UI Development Toolkit for

Expose SAP Business Suite data for

SAP BW on SAP HANA

Product Roadmap: SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

Lightweight business data

SAP NetWeaver Application Server ABAP

50.000+ customers of ABAP-based products

Millions of ABAP developers, SCN as community

A thriving partner ecosystem

SAP NetWeaver in 2013

Evolves continuously w/o disruption

Enables hybrid on-premise/on-demand scenarios

Support for modern browser technology

Extensions to Floorplan Manager and Web Dynpro

Modern development tools

Business Rule Framework plus (BRFplus)

Declarative definition of business rules without ABAP coding knowhow

Eclipse as tooling platform

SAP Netweaver Development

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UI Development Tools for

Developer productivity with ABAP in Eclipse

Type ahead search

Testing and debugging

Integration of SAP GUI sessions

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ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver

CD164: ADT Hands-on (4h)

Demo - ABAP Development Tools for SAP NetWeaver

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The Brand-New ABAP Test Cockpit

Code Inspector compatible no migration is needed

New level of checking quality:

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