Sap net weaver business client

1. SAP NetWeaver Business Client
Peter Barker
NetWeaver, Product Management

2. An Internet ‘Trend’ Makes it into Enterprises
& Co
Enterprise 1.0: Enterprise 2.0: Web 2.0:
Robustness & Efficiency “We want both !” Usability & Communities
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3. Transition to Enterprise 2.0:
Many Flavors
BUSINESS PROCESS ANALYTICAL DOCUMENT WEB NATIVE
ORIENTED WORK DRIVEN WORK CENTRIC WORK WORK
ENTERPRISE 1.0
Transactions 1.0: Analytics 1.0: Office 1.0: Web 1.0:
Complex screens, Basic reports, Email, write, Monolithic
No separation of UI queries, planning present, store Web pages and sites,
and business logic poor personalization,
mostly read-only
Transactions 2.0: Analytics 2.0: Office 2.0: Web 2.0:
ENTERPRISE 2.0
Simplified screens, Embeddable BI, Productivity services Network effects via
work centers, work dashboards, w/ built-in social media,
lists, UI building “what-if" analysis, collaboration and wikis, tagging,
blocks, enterprise accelerated BI … process support … forums, maps …
services, search …
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4. Usage Scenario
SAP NetWeaver Business Client and Portal Web Client
Maximizing your users’ productivity
SAP NetWeaver SAP Portal Web
Business Client Client
Power User Casual User
 Individual contributor w/ structured tasks  Knowledge worker or manager, rarely works
 Routine, transactional work with transactions
 Uses only one or two enterprise applications  Needs a lean environment
 Mainly works with structured data  Flexible, varied type of work
 Demands fast access  Multiple information sources, devices
 Sample roles: payroll clerk, customer service  Works mainly with unstructured data
rep, financial analyst  Sample roles: product manager, sales executive,
first line manager, CEO
Business Requirements
 Intuitive, consistent and harmonized user interactions across all SAP UIs
 High-performance desktop client for frequent, high-volume and expert tasks
 Zero-footprint, browser client for occasional tasks and B2B / B2C scenarios
 Quick access to data and information that is pushed to users, or pulled via search
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5. UI Technology Overview
Empowering and Connecting People
Power User Casual User
UI Clients & Access Channels
Web Dynpro
Islands SAP GUI
Enterprise
Duet &
Search Access
Alloy
Adobe Forms Mobile &
Voice
UI Roles Navigation Personalization …
Services
Document Page Building Collaboration Search
UI Portal
Web Dynpro Visual Composer
Infrastructure
Runtime
SAP Business Suite
ERP Non-SAP Enterprise
CRM PLM SCM SRM
Application
SAP NetWeaver Foundation
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6. Usability – SAP Signature Design
Harmonized Look and Feel
SAP NetWeaver Portal
SAP NetWeaver Business Client
SAP CRM
SAP GUI for Windows
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7. NWBC: History
SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver SAP NetWeaver
Business Client 1.0 Business Client 2.0 Business Client 3.0 Business Client 3.x
time
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8. NWBC: 3.0 Version
Rich, Unified Environment, Desktop Client maximizing the SAP Transactional User Experience:
In addition to existing capabilities:
SAP harmonized and intuitive Signature Design
Unified environment for legacy and new SAP
applications
High fidelity UI with increased graphical capabilities –
Microsoft C# WPF-based client
Multi-window-based navigation model
Leverages desktop client capabilities
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9. NWBC and SAP GUI
The SAP NetWeaver Business Client is an environment that hosts SAP GUIs to provide a unified
environment with a more efficient, intuitive and complete user experience. Within the SAP
NetWeaver Business Client you can move seamlessly between Web Dynpro and SAP GUI transactions.
For SAP GUI to run within the SAP NetWeaver Business Client, SAP GUI must be installed (as part of the SAP
NetWeaver Business Client installation or separately).
SAP GUI with SAP NetWeaver Business Client
SAP GUI Standalone
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10. Connections
SAP NetWeaver Business Client & External Applications
The SAP NetWeaver Business Client enables any external Web content application connectivity. This
means that the SAP NetWeaver Business Client can be enriched with external user-centric content
such as various dashboards, Web home pages, productivity charts, upload tools, maps, Web 2.0
media… needed to maximize end user productivity.
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11. NWBC: Power Lists
 Power lists are
 Created using Web Dynpro ABAP
 Provided predefined by SAP
 Power lists support:
 Simplified access applications
 Direct visualization of several business objects on the overview screen
 Work pushed to the user via automatic update
 Easy personalization of the selection criteria and layout of the list by end users
 Easy creation of new power lists by partners/end users with the Power List Framework
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12. The Power List
Users can easily access all Application related Queries can be created,
queries (pre-delivered and user buttons provide object changed, categorized or
specific) via tab navigation based functionality temporarily hidden as needed
Query
Area
List
Area
Selection criteria of a A filter allows filtering within
query can be changed the data table.
temporarily (as long as Further settings can be made
Power list is open) and to personalize the data table
quickly without changing (e.g. shown columns, number
the whole query of rows, sorting)
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13. Prerequisites
SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.0
General:
Microsoft .Net runtime 3.0x or higher
SAP GUI 7.10 with at least patch level 15
For Microsoft Windows: hotfix 919477
For WTS installation: hotfix 955692
Desktop Prerequisites:
Windows platform (XP SP1 and higher, Vista, Windows 7)
Hardware:
Identical to those of SAP GUI
Recommended:
Same hardware requirements as for
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) applications
At least 1GB of memory
Minimum screen size of 1024 x 768
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14. Summary: NWBC
> ■ Rich desktop client that offers a single point of entry to business apps
■ Seamless evolution from SAP GUI-based apps
■ Maximize the productivity of power users
 SAP harmonized and intuitive
Signature Design
 Leverages desktop client
capabilities
 Role-based user settings and
interaction
 Work item-driven navigation
 Central personalized access
to all relevant individual work
lists
 Work pushed to the user via
automatic update
 Easy personalization
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15. Q&A

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