SAP Mobile Platform - Product and Roadmap

Kiran Karunakaran, Product Management - Sep 2013
SAP Mobile Platform – Product and Roadmap

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SAP has the broadest, end-to-end mobility solution
A comprehensive and open mobile portfolio
Support for All
Devices
Instant Mobilization
and Ecosystem
Full Service Platform
Cloud or On-Premise
Backend Agnostic
LoB/Industry Apps Customer/Partner Apps Analytics Apps
SAP Store and Mobile Apps
Cloud
SAP Mobile Platform SAP Afaria
SAP Mobile
Documents
SAP and Third Party
Development Tools
SAP Mobile
Services
3rd Party
Systems
SAP Systems 3rd Party
DBs
SAP HANA
End-to-EndSecurity
Rapid
Deployment
Services
Customization
and Services

Industry’s first unified mobile application development platform
SAP Mobile Platform
B2E
B2B
B2C
Standards-based
approach
Tools for rapid
development
Native
Hybrid
MDD
Mobile Web
SMS
Common auth
framework
Offline with sync
App
Services
Platform
Services
Linux and
Windows OS
Back-end
Agnostic
Simplified
Admin
Analytics and
Reporting
Apps for:
Employees
Partners
Customers
From proprietary
to open-standards
and open-source
Tools,
components,
SDKs to speed
development
The right tool for
the right job
Protect the
enterprise
OData, MDD and
MBOs for offline
support

SAP Mobile Platform v3.0 - at a glance
• Best in class, full spectrum mobile platform
• B2E, B2B and B2C on one platform
• Native, Hybrid, MDD and Mobile Web Apps on
popular operating systems and device types
• Open and easy
• Any back-end, development tool, 3rd party SDK and
industry standards support
• Secure
• Strong authentication, data encryption, application
wrapping
• Flexible and scalable
• Start small and grow to millions of users
SAP Mobile Platform
Native HTML5
Meta
Data
SAP Non-SAP
Mobile
Web

Value of SAP Mobile Platform to all mobile stakeholders
Total Cost of Development
Developer
Total Cost of Ownership
Admin
Always On – Never Seen
User

Mobile application development market requirements
Flexible, yet Powerful
Build simple apps quickly, yet have the flexibility and extensibility to
build sophisticated and complex apps
Mobile as a Service
Build mobile apps without worrying about deployment infrastructure
End-to-end Enterprise Solutions
Not just a developer toolkit. Supports enterprise security, application
lifecycle management, cross platform capabilities, etc.
Platform embraces open standard
BYOT = Bring your own Tools, the way that developers want to
build, reusing their skillsets and tools, reducing dev time & cost
Provides for advanced capabilities.
Differentiated capabilities for the next gen of apps. MAF, 3D,
hardware/sensors integration, and more
1
2
3
4
5

Aligning SAP Mobile Platform with market to deliver real value
Flexible, yet Powerful
Build simple apps quickly, yet have the flexibility and extensibility to
build sophisticated and complex apps
Mobile as a Service
Build mobile apps without worrying about deployment infrastructure
End-to-end Enterprise Solutions
Not just a developer toolkit. Supports enterprise security, application
lifecycle management, cross platform capabilities, etc.
Platform embraces open standard
BYOT = Bring your own Tools, the way that developers want to
build, reusing their skillsets and tools, reducing dev time & cost
App Development: Faster, Lower TCD
App Maintenance: Easier, Lower TCO
End User: Consistent and Better UX
IT: More robust, scalable, and manageable
Provides for advanced capabilities
Differentiated capabilities for the next gen of apps. MAF, 3D,
hardware/sensors integration, and more
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2
3
4
5

Mobile leader
for over 20
years
Sybase
Unwired
Platform
Complex
Business
Applications
Syclo
Agentry
Access to
your data
SAP
NetWeaver
Gateway
Robust
Consumer
Applications
Sybase
Mobiliser
SAP Mobile Platform “Best of Breed”
SAP
Mobile
Platform
Utilities
Field Service
Contractors
Non-SAP
Cloud
Business
Customer
Retail
Convergence of Three Leaders: SAP, Sybase, Syclo

SMP 2.3 Enterprise Edition
Today 2H 2013 Key value points
One product for B2E, B2B and B2C apps
Open and flexible development for: Native,
HTML5, MDD, SMS apps
Reusable components
Simplified back-end integration for SAP, SAP
HANA, and third-party systems
Open HTTP-based services
Key value points
One-day deployment
Same SDK as on-premise
Apps run on-premise and cloud
Open development for native or HTML5
Simplified back-end integration for SAP,
SAP HANA, and third-party systems
Open HTTP-based enterprise and
application services
Access to SAP HANA Cloud services
SMP 2.3 Consumer Edition
(Mobiliser)
SAP Mobile Platform
Cloud Version*
SAP Mobile Platform
On-Premise Version
Syclo Apps
SUP Apps
Mobiliser Apps
Native/HTML5
Apps
Cloud
Deployments
On-Premise
Deployments
Run B2E, B2B, B2C apps
Single install/upgrade
Capabilities based on licensing
Run B2E, B2B, B2C apps
Capabilities based on licensing
SAP Mobile Platform roadmap
*Only the online REST services from SUP 2.2 were moved into the SMP cloud

Native or HTML5
JSON/XML
HTTP REST
JSON/XML
Convergence of three leaders
Open and standard
None
OData
HTTP REST
ABAP
Native or HTML5
MBO
Mobilink or iMO
JCO/XML
Syclo Meta-Data
Syclo SMART Data
Model
ANGEL Messaging
Backend
Add-On
Presentation
Data Model
Transport
Protocol
Backend
Integration
SAP
NetWeaver Gateway
Sybase Unwired
Platform (B2E)
Syclo
Agentry
Sybase 365
Mobiliser (B2C)
Common Data/Process Integration Framework – OData
Standards Based Transport Protocol – HTTP REST
Standards Based Data Model – OData
Native (MAF) HTML5 (Cordova) Meta DataSMS
Open Development Framework Architecture
Mobile Web

SAP Mobile Platform enhancements for 2013
AgentryMobiliserSUP
SAP Mobile Platform
ConsumerEnterprise
SAP Mobile Platform
SAP HANA 3rd Party
SAP
Business
Suite
Unified Development Tools
Native Hybrid MDD SMS
2013 Focus Areas Benefits
Open standards
Developer tools
Scalability
Platform unification
Data/process
integration
Industry standard data model
Complex back-end integration
Optimized for SAP systems
Enhanced interoperability
Developer efficiency
Familiar technology
Flexible methodologies
Scale to millions of users
Reduced TCO
Deployment options
Web

SMP3 – An Open Platform
HTML5
use any web tooling
you want on SMP3
HTTP REST
standard protocol that
decouples the dependency
on SAP released SDKs
OData
standard model that decouples
backend and frontend developers
Cordova
combine SAP’s enterprise
plugins with any other
plugins from 3rd party
OSGi Spring
reuse dynamic updates,
versioning, and models to
simplify complexity

SMP3 architecture
No State in Mid-tier
Staging in backend or optionally in SQL Anywhere
(or SAP HANA)
Runs on Windows and Linux
Combines B2E and B2C capabilities into a single
server – Agentry, SUP, Mobiliser
OSGi based server
Seamless Server upgrades and patches – without
having to bring down the server
OSGI Container
App Resources
( Meta-data, Web
Resources)
Lifecycle
Management
Data Encryption
Push
Notifications
Supportability
(Logging, Tracing,
Solution Manager)
User
Management
SSO
Data End Point
Management
Persistence
(HANA) (Configs,
Cashing, Queues)
Dispatcher
(single Point of Entry)
Admin Portal
Brand Mobiliser
(SMS Process
Management)
Banking &
Payment
(Mobiliser)
SMS Handler
On Device
Charging
Agentry Data
Services
App
Management
(MAM)
Onboarding
Enterprise App
Store Provisioning
(Settings/Certificat
es)
SAP Business Suite Other SAP Backend
(SAP HANA/XS, BW,BI,
SF, NW, Cloud, JAM,
Ariba) 3rd Party Backend
Machine
Mobile Client
Ui5 3rd Party
Agentry
Container
Custom App
Browser
(Mobile Web)
Development
Tools
AppDesigner
Native
Apps
Web Apps
UI Components/Extensibility Framework
Connectivity SDK
Web Container
(Cordova/PhoneGap) Brand
Mobiliser
Agentry
Designer
3rd Party
Device
Management
NW
Gateway
Syclo
ABAP Add-
on(s)
Core services
Application Services
Proxy to other
services
Mobile Platform Services
HTTP(S) / SMS HTTP(S) / SMS
MAW
GW Modeler
Core Services

One SDK – decoupled from server
SMP SDK
“Rapid Innovation without Disruption”
SMP cloud
SMP3
SMP 2.3
One common SDK to span across
different deployment platforms and versions

SMP server services to build apps
Lean Java Server (LJS)*
E2E trace
Onboarding
Authentication/SSO
Lifecycle management
Usage reporting
Performance metrics
Core Services
Coupons
Payments
Geo-location
SMS services
Push
Sync/offline
Customer and partner developed
App Services
Value Add to DeveloperValue Add to Administrator
*SAP’s Tomcat

SMP3 – extending your application’s capabilities
Scale the complexity of mobile apps with one architecture, many services
Connectivity to OData service
Code generation for native platforms
Easy access to SAP data and workflow
Connectivity to SAP Systems
Online application
Connectivity to non-SAP sources
App usage reporting
Logon for different auths
Push Notifications
Cross platform hybrid apps
Offline capabilities
COMPLEXITY
ODataApp
Services
SAPMobilePlatformServices

Bridging the technology divide with OData
Bob from the SAP Department,
been here for 20 years coding
ABAP.
Tristen from the newly formed
Mobility Department. Just
graduated from College.
OData specifies CRUD and Query over HTTP OData
Service
Provider
Atom (XML) or JSON Results
OData is a bit like
mini-ODBC or
JDBC for the web
OData Run-Tim
Resources,
e.g. SAP
ERP
OData – Open Data Protocol
HTTP-based data services
Resources (data) identified using URIs
Operations executed using HTTP verbs

Developer features
Services overview

Developer experience
Open, Lower TCD, Faster
Development, Vertically Scalable
Developer
Common standards (HTML5, REST WS, OData, Cordova)
Faster to onboard developers, easier to build/debug
Enhanced functionality through platform services and SDK
OData offline, encrypted storage, app LCM, multiplatform push
Rapid application development (AppBuilder)
End-to-End application development in HTML5
Consistent multi-platform support (client SDK, MAF)
Common API and SDK stack across different device platforms

SMP – client
Logging/Tracing
Security
(Vault/AES 256-bit
Encryption)
Persistence
(OData Doc Cache
handling with delta
support)
Synch Support
Offline DB and
Outbound Queue
Connectivity
Native Kapsel Player
Push Notifications
Authentication
(SSO2 ,
Certificates)
LCM
(Resource
provisioning)
SMP Client Core components
Data Access Layer

Support for all major operating systems*
SDK available REST API only
iOS 6.x Win8
Android 4.x BlackBerry 10
*Mobiliser apps continue to support older versions and
feature phones and Agentry apps continue to be supported
on ruggedized devices. Details will be published in the
support matrix on service.sap.com/pam at product release
SAP Windows8 apps running on SMP

Native OData SDK
Integrated Logon Manager with Client Hub enables
apps to share credentials with co-signed apps in
same security group on the device
Platforms Supported: iOS 6.x+, Android 4.x+
* Requires NW Gateway 7.3 SP07
OData makes our gateway
much more than just a
proxy for other services
Adds metadata model
Data paging (a must for "real" apps)
Data response reshaping
Both missing from plain-old-REST
Features
Benefits
Developer APIs
Offline OData APIs for seamlessly caching data and merging
delta update*
Request API enhanced to support Batch processing
OData Parser support for JSON format

Kapsel Architecture
Cordova Container with 7 SAP Plugins
Cordova
AppUpdate
AuthProxy
EncryptedStorage
Logger
Logon
Push
Settings
3rd party plugin
3rd party plugin
KapselPlugins

“Kapsel” – Cordova HTML5 container with SAP plugins
SAP Mobile Platform
Plugin Description
AppUpdate
Used to provide server-based updates to the web application content running in the Kapsel application. Replicates some of the lifecycle management capabilities provided by the HWC.
Kapsel applications can currently only contain a single web application.
HTTPSProxy
This plugin is used to proxy HTTP and HTTPS requests on behalf of the application. The plugin will automate the process of accepting SSL certificates returned by a call to a web
resource (without the user’s involvement).
HTTPS requests can be done with no authentication, basic authentication, or with certificates. Supported certificate sources are: from file, from system key manager, or from Afaria.
Logging Provides a Cordova plugin wrapper around the SMP logging API.
Logon
Implements a Cordova plugin wrapper around the Mobile Application Framework (MAF) Logon Manager component. Provides a skinnable UI for an application’s login form plus
manages the complete process of logging into the SMP server.
Push
Provides a Cordova wrapper around SMP server-based push notifications. The plugin allows an application to register for push notifications, process push notifications and update the
local application UI to indicate that push notifications have been received.
Secure Storage Implements an asynchronous interface for the W3C web storage API plus provides a mechanism for encrypting data written to storage.
Settings
Exchange
Provides the ability for an application to trigger a Setting Exchange operation with server. This will allow an application to store device and user settings for later use.

Planned innovations
Platform SDK – Mobile Application Framework
Calendar
Localization Authentication
System
logging
LoginTable
Production Capabilities Key Benefits
UI components
Primitives (textbox, labels, checkbox, tables, etc.)
Advanced (logon & settings screens, tree views, etc.)
App infrastructure components
System logger, logon manager
Localization / globalization converters (e.g. address, phone #,
currency, etc.)
Over 50+ components in MAF 1.1
Reusable, customizable and extensible building blocks to enable
consistent user experience across a set of applications
Structural extensibility and styling via configuration meta-data (no
code changes)
Uniformly change UI / UX and core functional capabilities across
all MAF-enabled applications simultaneously
Reduce cost of application upgrade, maintenance and change
management
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time

Examples of reusable user interface
components within Mobile App Framework
MAF Tree View component MAF locale aware controls MAF Calendar component

Planned innovations
Platform SDK - developer productivity
Example: Mobile Applications Framework login manager
InitLogonManager();
MAFLogonManager logonManager = MAFLogonManager.GetInstance();
58Lines of code (MAF)
1756Lines of code (native)
vs.
This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

Open UI framework
Open UI Framework allows developers to implement their own custom UI representation of an Agentry Screen
Device OS Interaction Layer
Screen Set
Screen
Controls Controls
Custom UI
Control using
Open UI
Agentry Core
Native UI
Agentry Client Extensions

Mobile analytics kit
Mobile Analytics Kit
Developers have two choices for embedding analytics in their apps:
– Use XML document to automatically configure a chart or dashboard, map the data
series, and pick from out-of-box controls
– Use the library to construct charts from components—allows even greater degree of
customization
Extra Features (out-of-box controls)
– Drill-down (tap to zoom)
– Semantic Zoom (pinch to zoom; axes automatically drill-down to narrower data series)
Mobile Analytics Kit (MAKit) is a set of charting libraries co-developed with the Business
Objects and SAP UX teams for the development of the ‘Mobile BI’ application release

Device
Offline OData
BusinessSuite
DeltaExchangeTables
NWGateway2.0SP7
OData
SMP
OData Model
OfflineODataAPIforcachingdataand
mergingdeltaupdates
HTTP
Offlinewrite-backqueue
No state in middle tier
Request/response based
OData is the programming
model
OData delta supported
Client libraries provide a secure
document cache

Integrating different backends
SMP
OData
JPASOAPJDBCNon-OData
REST services
Avatar / Gateway Java* *Gateway Java provides data integration capabilities
and is deployed on the same SMP server
SAP and non-SAP back ends

SMP
SMP B2C module
Mobiliser
Money Mobiliser
Consumer
Mobile Banking
Loyalty
Social
…
SMP Core
PushLCM ODataConsumer
Loyalty
MobileBanking
NewServer
Extension
Banking App New App
Social
…
Framework
Framework
Mobiliser App
3rd Party

SMP B2C module
Customer ID, name, type
Addresses
Identifications (username, email, …)
Identities
(passport id, driver license, …)
Free-text attributes
Binary attachments
Entitlements
Core Consumer Model
Registration/self-care
Account lifecycle management
Login/Session management
Temporary password/password reset
Security based on privileges/roles
Social integration
Notifications
Core Consumer Services
Payments
Banking
LBS
Alerts
Coupons
Optional Application
Services Related to Customers
Third parties can provide additional
Application Services

SMP3 B2C web portal
Web portal for consumer signup, customer support,
operations dashboard, consumer self service, partner / merchant.

Developer features
Tooling overview

SMP3 tooling
APNS/GCM
Gateway Java
3rd Party System
GW Add-On
Syclo Add-On
(Exchange Tables)
OData Modeler
OSGi Custom
Server Extension
SMP 3.0
Event
Data
Transformation
Tooling
OData
OData
SAP Backend
ERP, CRM, BW,
HANA, etc.
Agentry
Agentry Editor
Mobiliser
Mobile Web
Value Add:
User Onboarding
Online OData Calls
OData Delta Queries
Batch OData Calls
Push Notifications
Kapsel
Tooling in
NetWeaver
(transaction
SEGW) XCode
Android
Development Tools
MobileApp
Workbench
Blackberry
Win8/phone
One Click
DeploymentApp
Builder
Browser
Based
SMS Builder

AppBuilder – designing your UI5 app
Leverages
UI5 control
Predefined application
templates
Click together
app in mins
1 Click to deploy to
“Kapsel”
Drag and drop
designer
Open HTML5 Tool that Interoperates with Popular Web Design Tools

AppBuilder continued Design Time Code Gen/Edit
User Defined
Events
Generated Event
Handler code
SMP3 Services for App
Management
Enterprise Data for Easy
consumption

SMS builder – building SMS based apps

Tooling installer contents and options
Native SDK
OData framework (2.x OData SDK, Client Hub, Logon Manager Core)
Mobile Application Framework (Reuse and Extensibility)
Mobile Application Workbench (Eclipse Plugin)
Kapsel SDK
Kapsel framework
Kapsel command-line tools
Agentry Toolkit
Agentry Editor (Eclipse Plugin)
OpenUI SDK
Branding SDK
Test Client
SMS Toolkit
Brand Mobiliser Tooling
Charting Framework
Mobile Analytics Kit for iOS
Mobile Analytics Kit for HTML5
Object API (MBO) Framework
Client Libraries
Unwired Workspace
Hybrid Web Container
HWC framework
Hybrid App Designer
Hybrid App Packaging tool
Installer Experience
Two identical installers will be available for Mac and Windows (.dmg, .exe)
Developer will be able to select which SDK components to install
If a SDK box is checked, required components will automatically be selected, and other components can be added

Admin experience
Simplified, Lower TCO,
Lean Architecture
Admin
Simplified OSGi architecture w/o mid-tier staging DB
More flexible and scalable, lower TCO, upgrade w/o downtime
Common platform services to unify all applications
Unified authentication framework, policies, user/role
management
Modernized and simplified Admin UI
Faster deployment, onboarding, and configuration
Simplified user onboarding and configuration (Client Hub)
Easier and faster strategic enterprise-wide deployments

Mobile application management
Authentication
Business application integration
Security – devices, data, content
Offline access and synchronization
Administration
Application versioning and lifecycle management
Push notifications
Proxy
Reporting and analytics
Multi-platform support
SAP Mobile Platform value-add
20%
80%
Business and Consumer Apps
Devices Platforms (iOS, Android, Windows and Windows
Phone, BlackBerry, others …)
Native/HTML5/UI Frameworks

Manage apps: Simplified admin UI
HTML5 based
Radically simplified - "Apple-Easy”
Combining Agentry and SUP
Application centric UX design
Context sensitive help
Context sensitive
help

PUSH notification
Configure push notifications for:
iOS
Android
BlackBerry
Windows 8, Windows Phone

Authentication and SSO
Authentication and Single Sign On
Configure end-to-end authentication from the client to
the backend without a VPN
Supported Authentication
– Anonymous
– Basic Auth
– Siteminder
– SSO Token
– X.509 Mutual Auth
– X.509 Mutual Auth through intermediary
Client
Settings
Network
Edge Settings
Identity
Provider Settings
Backend
Identity Mapping

Integrating with your security policies
Supported authentication mechanisms
CA Siteminder
SSO
Basic Auth
Certificates
Web
Reverse
Proxy
SM
Agent
SMP Server
HTTPAuth
LoginModule
Siteminder
Policy
Server
SAP
Backend
NW Java SAP
SSO2
Generator
SM Session
Cookie
Basic
Auth
Valid()
SAP SSO2
SMP3 fits in –
without
disruption
SAP Mobile Platform uses standard HTTPS
protocol to integrate into your existing security landscape!
Existing
Security
infrastruct
ures can
be
complex

App analytics
Usage reporting by:
User
Device type
Application
Vendor
Version
Timeframe

Simplified App Onboarding
SMP 3.0 Experience
Before SMP 3.0

User onboarding for SAP standard apps
Client Hub
User name
Password
Connection String
SAP Mobile
Platform
App Registration
Backend
Data
Vault
App CID
Client Hubon Device
(use phone)
Mobile
App
Mobile apps get their
logon information from
the Client Hub client
Platforms Supported: iOS 6.x+, Android
4.x+
Client Hub enables apps to securely share
credentials on-device, simplifying end-
user experience
Client Hub integration in Logon Manager
adds SSO features to apps with zero
code change
Logon Manager in Kapsel provides
skinnable HTML5 UI set to match native
UI’s
Logon Manager hides connection and
configuration details

Trace and runtime analysis
Graphical display of runtimes - per app or across all
apps
Detailed Logging and Tracing
Runtime
Analysis
Detailed
Trace
Error Logs

Public SMP3 info
Ramp-up info, hands-on training and an overview of the TechEd / ASUG activities around
SMP3.0 can be found at:
http://scn.sap.com/community/mobile/blog/2013/08/20/get-your-hands-on-sap-mobile-platform-
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