Floorplan Manager Overview

Introduction to FPM

TIP Core UI
March, 2012
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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
FPM applications are: assembly of all UI parts of an
• Configurable application:

• Customizable
 Header Area
• Personalizable  Forms
• Reusable  Lists
 Trees
• Guideline compliant  Searches
 Freestyle UI
 Page Layout

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In More Detail: Floorplans
Floorplans ...
... are design templates for applications
... accomplish certain activities
... are highly configurable
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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 End user only

3 Personalization
Runtime

Administrator All users

in client
2 Customizing
Runtime

Developer All users

in all
1 clients
Configuration
Design time

Hierarchy
exclude
define Valid for
override

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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

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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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