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Learn the Nuts and Bolts of Using GuiXT ACCESS

The simplest smart phone solution for SAP

Host Speaker:
Daniel Nunes, Product Marketing, Synactive

Technical Speaker:
Aparna Desai, Solutions Engineer, Synactive

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Agenda
• About Synactive:
• GuiXT Technology
• GuiXT Activation
• GuiXT Solutions

• GuiXT Access: Smart Phone Solution


• What? Why? Who?
• Technical Information
• Product Demonstrations

• FAQ
• Benefits
• Questions & Answers

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Synactive: GuiXT Technology
Simplify, Clarify, and Optimize SAP
• GuiXT Technology
• Embedded in SAP
• Certified by SAP for NetWeaver Portals
• No backend code changes

• Benefits
• Faster SAP Data Entry
• Input sets automatically fill in common information in SAP fields
• Set default values
• Less manual entry for users means fewer mistakes
• Streamline business processes, remove unwanted fields, and consolidate screen tabs

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Synactive: GuiXT Activation

Embedded
within SAP!

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Synactive: GuiXT Solutions
• GuiXT Technology is a
Desktop
mature, risk free
enhancement which has
been bundled with SAP for
ACCESS Offline
the last 10 years.

• Deployed to hundreds of
thousands of users
worldwide, GuiXT is fast to
develop and easy to Web UI Mobile

customize.

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GuiXT ACCESS: What Is It?
• Mobile solution that blends into smart devices

• Mobile solution that is:


• Economical
• Intuitive
• Reliable
• Robust
• Scalable

• Mobile solution that can be


tailored to business needs
of different functional groups
in a single deployment

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GuiXT ACCESS: Why?
Why does your business need GuiXT ACCESS?
• Better Efficiency: Greater access for mobile SAP users equals greater
productivity
• 70-percent increase in operational efficiency through simplified mobile SAP interfaces

• Creates a rich user experience and buy-in that will reduce employee turnover by half

• Fast Development: Less development effort to produce a rich user experience


• 60-percent development and deployment efficiency through predefined framework

• Easy to Customize: ACCESS can very easily be customized to fit specific


business needs

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GuiXT ACCESS: Who Benefits Most?
• Planning Supervisor:
• View and release Work Orders during commuter train rides

• Executive Officer:
• Approve Purchase Requisitions at the airport during a business trip

• HR Director:
• Approve Expense Reports during lunch break in a restaurant

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GuiXT ACCESS: Platforms

Coming soon:

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GuiXT ACCESS: Architecture

GuiXT Access Client


Applications GuiXT Web Server
XML PM MM Javascript /
Parser WS engine config.js
http
SD HR https

SAP ERP

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GuiXT ACCESS: How It Works
• Communicates through web services

• Native SAP Communication method between GuiXT Access Server


and SAP backend

• Screen translator on client side

• SSL

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GuiXT ACCESS: Installation/Configuration
• iPhone – Apple App Store
– Settings - > GuiXT Access
• Host, client, username, password

• BlackBerry – BlackBerry App World


– Menu - > Server configuration
• Host, client, username, password

• Android – Android Market


– Menu - > Settings
• Host, client, username, password

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GuiXT ACCESS: Client System Requirements
• BlackBerry - OS version 4.5.0

• iPhone - iOS 3.1.2

• Android – OS 2.1

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GuiXT ACCESS: Server System Requirements
• Windows OS

• 12-15 MB per user

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GuiXT ACCESS:

Product Demo

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GuiXT: A Powerful Customization Tool
GuiXT Developer Suite
• GuiXT Designer (WYSIWYG SAP Screen Editor)

• GuiXT Studio (Interactive Script Workbench)

Automatically
generates
customization

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GuiXT Designer:

Product Demo

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GuiXT ACCESS: Framework
• Design Rules: Created to translate the SAPGUI screens natively on
clients.
– Types of screens: Predefined layout
• List Screen
• Regular Screens

– Toolbar push buttons in iPhone


– Context menu in BlackBerry
– Menu in Android
– Integration with other apps
• Email, maps, etc…

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GuiXT ACCESS: Technical Info
Creation of buttons in client
• pushbutton([TOOLBAR], '@\\Q:TBProcess List@Back (F3)', "/n");

• pushbutton([TOOLBAR], '@0P\\Q:BBNotifications@',"/niw22",{"process":determineLayout,
"size":[1,15], using:{"l_lyt":"details","l_olyt":z_dtllyout,"l_rec":z_iw22_dtlnotfno}});

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Ease of Development & Deployment
Smart Devices
Web Browsers SAP GUI Win Mobile Devices
(Native Apps)

GuiXT Designing &


Scripting Tools

GuiXT server

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GuiXT ACCESS: Applications
SAP Applications include:
• [PM] Work Order & Notifications

• [MM] Purchase Requisition

• [SD] Sales Order (Variant Configuration)

• [HR] HR Approval & Expense Approval

Runs as a NATIVE APPLICATION

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GuiXT ACCESS: FAQ
• Will ACCESS work with my Firewall and/or VPN?

• How secure is the communication?

• How does Access licensing work?

• What is the estimated time for development?

• Who can create an App?

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GuiXT ACCESS: Benefits
• Better performance (than browser) and specific to business task

• Minimized network traffic (as compared to web application)

• Integrated with device (call up maps and upload pictures)

• Optimized for smart phone


• Field calls in the middle of SAP operation

• No expensive programming effort required (No ABAP, Java, Web


Dynpro, Objective C)

• Optimized 64-bit

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GuiXT ACCESS: Try It Out Today!
• Available at these download centers:

• Free access to Synactive server to run demo screens

• Contact us at: 650-341-3310 or rfi@guixt.com

© 2010 Synactive, Inc. www.GuiXT.com


Next Webinar: October 13, 2010
NuVasive, Creative Spine Technology

A Customer Case Study:


How GuiXT Viewer was used to manipulate complex data for sales orders.

Time & Date


• 10:00 AM (Pacific)
• October 13, 2010

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Upcoming Events: GuiXT Exhibiting
SAP for UTILITIES
• When: September 19 – 22, 2010
• Where: Huntington Beach, CA
• Booth#: 25
• Registration / Details at:
www.sap-for-utilities.com

SAP TechEd
• When: October 18 – 22, 2010
• Where: Las Vegas, NV
• Booth#: TBD
• Registration and details at:
www.sapteched.com

SAP Projects
• When: October 27 – 29, 2010
• Where: Orlando, FL
• Booth#: 205
• Registration and details at:
www.projects2010.com

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Questions & Answers

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Thank You Very Much!

For more information contact us at:


Synactive, Inc.
Website: www.GuiXT.com
Phone: 650-341-3310
Email: rfi@guixt.com

© 2010 Synactive, Inc. www.GuiXT.com

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