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SAP Fiori launchpad is a landing page or we can call it a home page for all Fiori apps. A Launchpad will be single window to access and navigate to any applications, making customizing changes, changing default values, adding or removing Fiori apps and so on. SAP Fiori launchpad provides easy way to organize your daily tasks and provides upfront information in the form of pending items or quick charts. SAP Fiori Launchpad has following components – Catalogs – Buckets of apps to choose from Group – Organizing apps into visible groups to users based on role/processes Tile – Clickable area to access Fiori apps. There can be dynamic or static tiles Shell Area – This area is on top of Fiori Launchpad to access profile settings, notifications, search etc. Search Bar – Search bar on Fiori Launchpad is used to access Factsheet apps and searching apps within the scope of the user access App Finder – This screen will let user add any apps accessible to him as per the role assignment. User can also find apps Pages and Spaces – Alternative to Catalogs and groups, pages and spaces provides advance and better way to access Fiori apps and organize them Pages and Spaces — Pages and spaces are major improvement over business groups which has been used till now. It gives you cleaner view, better apps management capabilities, accessing frequently used apps quickly. The major improvement is in security authorization area, earlier with business group which is assigned in roles, modification in roles needed for any changes. With spaces, only spaces are assigned to the roles and sub elements such as groups, sections can be changed as per the business needs without having to change roles. Spaces – Spaces is similar to business group. They serve as an entry point to enter into pages within spaces. There can be multiple pages within one space. A space is represented as a navigation item in the top level navigation. A user may have multiple spaces assigned, which results in multiple entries in the top-level navigation. A space consists of one or multiple pages that are used to further structure the content of a space. Pages – A page is part of a space, and a space may have one or multiple pages. Multiple pages allow users to structure the space into multiple self-contained work-contexts. Business roles with fewer apps may use one page per space, whereas business roles with more apps may use multiple pages per space. A page consists of sections that are used to further structure the content.

There are several sample apps available which will give you very good idea on the capability and intuitiveness of SAP Fiori technology. SAP Fiori Team Calendar SAP Fiori Elements App with smart controls Custom UI5 Admin Tool Sample Chart capability of SAP Fiori Credit – https://sapui5.hana.ondemand.com/#/demoapps

SAP Fiori is a product designed to help increase productivity and enhance user experience and engagement with business transactions which are typically perceived to be redundant, boring and complex to train. SAP Fiori removed the pressure of training and user resistance to adopt ERP system which is traditionally difficult to use and implement. SAP Fiori considered to be the transformative force to optimize and reduce time taken for user to complete any business activities. SAP Fiori has following advantages – Simple – Easy to understand, learn and use Coherent – All Fiori apps screens are similar in design and follow same design patterns, This makes any new apps easy to be launched and adapted by user community Responsive – All Fiori screens are designed to be responsive on multiple devices such as Mobile, Desktop and Tablet. There are some exceptions where apps are designed only for desktop apps Multi – Platform/ Multi – Browser – All Fiori screens are based on HTML5 framework which supports almost all devices, browsers and multiple OS Role Based – Standard Fiori apps and custom Fiori apps are developed role based as a principle. All apps are segregated based on user persona and role Performance – SAP Fiori provides fast user interface based on features such as smart controls, oData V4 support, Fiori elements, CDS etc.  

SAP Fiori is UX technology owned by SAP to develop next generation User Interfaces native to SAP. SAP Fiori UX is intuitive and award winning user interface which is simple and easy to understand. SAP has launched several different products and services under SAP Fiori which follows SAP Fiori principles, platform, design principles and technology. These tools are SAP Fiori standard app library, SAPUI5 language based custom app development, SAP Fiori elements based Apps, SAP Screen Personas, SAP UX based native app development, Mobile services, SDK etc.  With a focus on an intelligent, consistent, and integrated user experience, SAP Fiori can help you redefine the way you work in the age of digital transformation. SAP Fiori follows below basic principles — Role Based – Designed for you, your needs, and how you work Adaptive – Adapts to multiple use cases and devices Coherent – Provides one fluid, intuitive experience Simple – Includes only what is necessary Delightful – Makes an emotional connection SAP Fiori supports two architectures for SAP system as mentioned below. Embedded Architecture In this architecture type, all Fiori(gateway) components and services are in the same system as business data. There is no separate Gateway system Central Hub Architecture In this architecture type, Fiori components and services are installed and setup in separate gateway server called Fiori FES(frontend server). There are different types of applications Fiori platform supports as mentioned below. SAP Fiori Transaction Apps SAP Fiori Analytical Apps which includes Fiori Elements App SAP Fiori Factsheets SAP WDA Apps SAP Design Studio Apps SAP WebUI Apps   For more information on SAP Fiori standard out of box apps, please refer to this App library link – App Library For more information on SAP Fiori Design principles, please refer to this link – SAP Fiori Design