Slides from SAPPHIRE NOW / ASUG 2014 presentation by Peter Spielvogel and Sebastian Steinhauer about how we worked with Personas 2.0 customers to develop the requirements for Personas 3.0. Date of presentation was June 4, 2014. List of all SAP Screen Personas sessions at SAPPHIRE NOW: http://scn.sap.com/community/gui/blog/2014/05/16/sap-screen-personas-sessions-at-sapphire-now-2014

1. Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida | June 3-5, 2014
How customer feedback shaped the
future of SAP Screen Personas
Sebastian Steinhauer, SAP Imagineering
Peter Spielvogel, SAP Imagineering

2. SAP Screen Personas

3. Current Personas Architecture

4. Planned Personas Architecture

5. Developing Personas is a Team Effort
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6.  This is a boon to end-users of SAP GUI screens who are
not quite SAP literates. Makes screens simple and
enjoyable to work with, besides increasing the
throughput to the Organization.
 Geetha Makireddy
Fortescue Metals Group Western Australia
 SAP Screen Personas allows us to customize the
functionality and the look and feel of transactions to
better meet our own individual needs. The result is a
more streamlined, easier to use interface that end-
users are eager to adopt.
 Business Systems Analyst - User Experience & Mobility
Technology company
Customer Feedback

7. We Solicit Feedback Through Several Channels
 SAP Screen Personas Practitioner Forum
 Monthly SAP Connect web conference
 Focus on deployment strategies, best practices
 Round table format, peer-to-peer sharing
 Invitation-only to Personas customers
 Typical agenda:
 Customer demo with interactive Q&A
 Open discussion
 SAP Tutorial
 More information at:
http://scn.sap.com/community/gui/blog/2013/06/
25/maximize-your-investment-in-sap-screen-
personas-free-practitioner-forum-best-practices

8. What We Heard From Customers
 Improve performance
 Enhance scripting - nested if statements & looping
 Make editing more user friendly and dynamic
 Remove Silverlight dependency without losing
functionality
 Run on iPad

9. What We Heard From Customers
 Improve performance
 Enhance scripting - nested if statements & looping
 Make editing more user friendly and dynamic
 Remove Silverlight dependency without losing
functionality
 Run on iPad
Themes for planned release

10. Current Performance

11. Follow Best Practices For Optimal Results
Download:
http://scn.sap.com/co
mmunity/gui/blog/201
4/03/21/optimizing-
performance-in-sap-
screen-personas

12. Planned Performance
Current: Tab Caching
System pre-fetches entire
contents of every cached tab
Planned: Tab Merging
Selectively retrieve only elements
that are rendered on the screen
Lab Preview

13. Current Scripting

14. Planned Scripting
Lab Preview

15. Current Design

16. Planned Design
Lab Preview

17. Planned Migration

18. Recommended Preparation
 Use updated kernel
 Make sure screen/control overrides are in place
http://scn.sap.com/community/gui/blog/2014/04/12/sap-
screen-personas-screen-id-and-control-id-overwrite-rules
 Test flavor to ensure it works
 No hacks

19. Where to Learn More
www.sapscreenpersonas.com

20. Personas Sessions - Today
Time session # Location Details
1:00 - 1:20
PM
TE14064 Theater 2 Theater Presentation
Personalize and Simplify the User
Experience with SAP Fiori and SAP Screen
Personas
Nestle
2:30 - 2:50
PM
TE14076 TE303 Demo Theater
Increase Productivity with Simplified
Screens using SAP Screen Personas
Peter Spielvogel (SAP)
4:30 - 5:30
PM
Services Lounge
Transformation
Room
SAP Screen Personas Roadmap Discussion
and Readiness Workshop
The workshop will focus on how to prepare
your current Personas environment and
flavors for a smooth migration.
Sebastian Steinhauer (SAP), Peter Spielvogel
(SAP)

21. Personas Sessions - Tomorrow
Time session # Location Details
11:30 -
11:50 AM
TE16350 Theater 3 Theater Presentation
Elevate the User Experience to Increase
Productivity with SAP Screen Personas
Cheryl Sutton (Freescale)
2:30 - 2:50
PM
TE14076 TE 303 Demo Theater
Increase Productivity with Simplified
Screens
Peter Spielvogel (SAP)
Show
hours
TE326 Expert Table
Demo of SAP Screen Personas and
SAP Fiori

22. FOLLOW US
@SAPImagineering
Peter Spielvogel
SAP Screen Personas
Product Marketing
Sebastian Steinhauer
SAP Screen Personas
Product Owner