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SAP Fiori Revolutionizes User Experience
For decades, SAP users have had to memorize a long list of cryptic transaction codes—such as ME23N, VA01, VF03, MB52—to interface with their SAP software. SAP’s user interface based on SAP GUI is complicated and non-intuitive, which often leads to errors, slow onboarding, and employee dissatisfaction. SAP changed that in 2013 with the introduction of SAP Fiori.
SAP Fiori provides an intuitive, simple, and new user experience for SAP software, with thousands of pre-configured applications that replace legacy transaction codes used in SAP overlayed with “persona-based” user experience.
SAP Fiori Revolutionizes User Experience
For decades, SAP users have had to memorize a long list of cryptic transaction codes—such as ME23N, VA01, VF03, MB52—to interface with their SAP software. SAP’s user interface based on SAP GUI is complicated and non-intuitive, which often leads to errors, slow onboarding, and employee dissatisfaction. SAP changed that in 2013 with the introduction of SAP Fiori.
SAP Fiori provides an intuitive, simple, and new user experience for SAP software, with thousands of pre-configured applications that replace legacy transaction codes used in SAP overlayed with “persona-based” user experience.
SAPInsider’s research Application Strategies and Development for SAP S/4HANA and Cloud found that almost 90% of SAP clients have either deployed (33%), are deploying (30%) or are planning to deploy (24%) SAP Fiori apps.
The SAP Fiori Difference
The design principles used in SAP Fiori make it simple and user friendly, especially for the new or occasional SAP user. These are:
- Role-Based− SAP has rendered various SAP transactions into easy and attractive applications that are tailored to each role (persona).
- Responsiveness− SAP Fiori, when combined with SAP HANA, provides rapid application response and query execution time.
- Simple− SAP Fiori simplifies each transaction in a 1-1-3 scenario, i.e., 1 user, 1 use case, and 3 screens.
- Seamless Experience− SAP provides all Fiori apps with a similar look-and-feel, whether on-premise, in the cloud, or on any device or mobile.
- Flexible− SAP Fiori makes it easy for the users to work in either their legacy SAP or in SAP S/4HANA. Users can start a process on one device and continue it on another.
The more than 2,000 SAP Fiori apps are divided into three categories based on their functions and infrastructure requirements:
- Transactional apps: these allow users to complete frequently used SAP transactions on both mobile devices and desktop computers.
- Fact sheets: they show the user information about important business objects in SAP.
- Analytical apps: users can view aggregate data about the business, such as key performance indicators.
How to gain value from SAP Fiori
Companies using SAP Fiori see many benefits, including an increase in productivity, seamless workflows, improved mobility, easier onboarding of employees, and better employee satisfaction.
While the benefits are clear, the best way to gain value is to identify the top SAP transactions and top personas. For companies starting on their SAP Fiori journey, this video with SAP expert Arghadip Kar offers some foundational steps: Top three quick win SAP Fiori Apps.
Also, learn from SAP’s Thomas Reiss on how companies can enhance employee experience using SAP Fiori for SAP S/4HANA: How to Get the Most out of SAP S/4HANA with SAP Fiori.
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How SAP Fiori Impacts SAP HR Functionality: Q&A with Jeremy Masters on the Roadmap for HR Renewal and SAP SuccessFactorsDec 1, 2016 — SAP Fiori is an SAP UI5 platform to make the user experience more modern and consumer-grade. What is the user experience roadmap around new HR functionality for HR Renewal and SAP Fiori applications? How does it fit within SAP’s overall cloud strategy with SAP SuccessFactors? HR 2017 speaker Jeremy Masters, Managing Partner at Worklogix, answered […]
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Look Deeper into SAP Fiori: It’s More Than a Pretty UINov 30, 2016 — Open Data Protocol (OData) services power the back end of your SAPUI5 applications. Because OData is a web standard protocol, its flexibility makes it useful above and beyond Fiori applications. In this article, several alternate uses for OData are proposed, with examples to illustrate expanding your use of OData services. Key Concept Open Data Protocol […]
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How a Queensland Government Agency in Australia Leverages SAP Screen Personas for Improving the User Experience of HR ResourcesSep 14, 2016 —
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Case Study: How a Queensland Government Agency in Australia Leverages SAP Screen Personas for Improving the User Experience of HR ResourcesSep 14, 2016 — Discover how you can improve the user experience of your on-premise SAP system using SAP Screen Personas. Get an inside look at three real-life HR use cases designed and built for HR professional users at the Department of Transport and Main Roads, part of the Queensland Government – Australia. Key Concept In SAP Screen Personas, […]
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Why Mobile Is Central to the Digital DiscussionApr 26, 2016 —
Today, organizations — no matter their industry or size — are discussing their mobile strategy. But even as they do so, the concept is becoming obsolete; soon, mobile strategy will be as commonplace as an IT strategy, or even a business strategy. The world is going mobile, and SAP has taken note, rolling out a number of technologies organizations can take advantage of to expand their mobile capabilities. Learn how your organization can incorporate mobile-first thinking into every aspect of its SAP strategy.
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How to revolutionize your warehouse and inventory management with an SAP Fiori-based solutionApr 4, 2016 — This conference session video is hosted by SAPinsider and sponsored by Neptune Software. This session, presented at SAPinsider’s Logistics & SCM 2016 conference in Las Vegas, demonstrates how you can use SAP Fiori apps powered by Neptune Software UX Platform to revolutionize your warehouse and inventory management, leveraging low-cost Android and iOS devices. Watch to […]
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Tutorial: Build an SAPUI5 Application for SAP CRM or SAP ECCFeb 1, 2016 — by Lukas M. Dietzsch, CEO, Blackvard Management Consulting, LLC This integrated example by Lukas Dietzsch of how to build an SAP Fiori application provides a step-by-step approach for how to transfer SAP materials management data onto a mobile device. This real-world business case, which is similar to any user’s Open Data Protocol (OData) service request, […]
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Generations-Old Company with a Modern Twist on SalesJan 6, 2016 —
The local sales team at global bitters and rum manufacturer, Angostura Limited, wanted to spend less time on the manual, paper-based process for fulfilling orders out in the field and on the road – writing out orders and traveling back and forth to the office – and more time actually selling products. Angostura wanted to supply its local sales representatives with a mobile application that would streamline processes, eliminate order inaccuracies, and provide the team with updated, real-time inventory information. Learn how this custom application fit their specific needs and find out how Angostura’s sales team and its bottom line has benefited from a complete suite of mobile applications in the field.
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