Backoffice employees need data from multiple sources to do their daily work. The last thing they want to do is switch through multiple browsers, transactions, and other sources. In the business client, we can use the sidepanels to bring information to the user, when he needs it and where he needs it. We’ll explain you how to use SAP-standard sidepanels, extend them, or even build fully custom sidepanels. Most importantly, we’ll explain you how to support them, and which skills you have to build on.

1. An upgrade to usability

2.  Keynote
 Mobility: cMobile
 Microsoft meets SAP
 Feeding information: Business Client
 Simple & Sexy: Screen Personas
 Straightforward and mobile-proof: SAP Fiori
 The journey of UX
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Tom Van Doorslaer
SAP Mentor

3. Your personal assistant
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It’s like a Butler, serving you Whisky, when you didn’t know you
needed it

4. Context aware information
 Demo scenario
 Alert us about
 Credit limits
 Open invoices
 Notes and attachments
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5. DEMO NWBC

6. Business perspective
 So many sources of information
 Too many screens
 We want the system to tell us what we need to know
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7. IT perspective
 What with all our roles?
 Yet another front-end client
 How do we support that?
 It looks different!
 How do sidepanels even work?
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8. SAP ERP
Pre-requisites
 The business client still requires the
SAP Gui on the frontend
 Although you could go full-browser mode
 The backend needs proper patching
 Enable Scripting in system parameters
 Enable tagging
 Properly setup your roles
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NWBC
frontend
NWBC
runtime
Scripting
enabled
Roles
Classic
SAPGui
Tagging

9. Need Help? – Patches & notes
 Massive note for all patches
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10. Need Help? – Roles
 NWBC uses the menu tab to
create the,…
menu
 Classic roles/profiles,
containing authorizations do
not necessarily have to be
impacted
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NWBC
uses this
bit

11. Need Help? - Roles
 Hide your classic roles from NWBC
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12. Need Help? – NWBC Roles
 Top Tip: look for role
SAP_BSSP_SIDEPANEL_ALL
 Contains all standard sidepanels
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13. Summary
 NetWeaver Business Client is transparent
 What works in the SAPGUI, works in the business client
 Available tools from your roles
 Integration for web-apps
 Context aware information
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