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UX261 – Simplifying Screens in SAP ERP with
SAP Screen Personas

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Speakers
Bangalore, October 5 - 7
Chinthan Yajamaan
Kranthi Kumar Muppala
Las Vegas, Sept 19 - 23
Sebastian Steinhauer
Tobias Queck
Peter Spielvogel
Barcelona, Nov 8 - 10
Sebastian Steinhauer
Klaus Keller

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Agenda
• Product overview
• Hands-on exercises
1. Create dashboard
2. Move data with scripting
3. Use templates to speed flavor creation
4. Merge tabs to simplify screens
5. Trap errors to streamline user experience

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SAP Screen Personas 3.0 is a fast way to deliver the Fiori UX
Built into SAP GUI for HTML
 Full HTML5 editing with no Silverlight
dependency
 Render in SAP GUI or Web GUI
JavaScript-based scripting engine
 Simple recording and playback of
keystrokes with full scripting power
Easier SAP Fiori integration
 Embed flavors into SAP Fiori launchpad
 Build Fiori designs
Simplify S/4HANA screens
 Apply Fiori design to custom transactions
 Simplify complex GUI screens
Edit Web Dynpro ABAP screens

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How does SAP Screen Personas work?
Deploys as a layer on top of an
underlying SAP screen
• The existing functionality and
authentication model are retained
• Changes are applied as a delta to the
existing screen
• It is possible to remove, change or add
controls or scripts
Easy to create and simple to deploy
• WYSIWYG HTML5 editor to create
flavors with drag-and-drop
• JavaScript executable across SAP GUI
for Windows, HTML and Java
• Full integration with SAP roles and
authorizations

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Personalization for classic SAP ERP interfaces
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1 Basis
Kernel2
3 Screen Personas
4 Web GUI
SAP GUI5
Java GUI
Web Dynpro ABAP
S/4HANA
Fiori UX
RDS
SAP Screen Personas 3.0 architecture
also:

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Where SAP Screen Personas fits into UX vision
Any database HANA
On-premiseCloud
Fiori UX
SAP
Screen
Personas
S/4 HANA
Cloud
Business
Suite Business Suite
on SAP HANA
LOB
Solutions
S/4HANA

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Where is SAP Screen Personas running?
• If not logged on – please logon to student desktop
• Open Chrome (link should be on the desktop)
• Enter url:
• http://link.personas.help/UX261-00
• http://link.personas.help/UX261-01
• http://link.personas.help/UX261-02
• Logon with table number and secret password: “welcome”

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Hands-on Exercise 1 - Dashboard

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Hands-on Exercise 2 – Basic Scripting

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Hands-on Exercise 3 - Themes

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Hands-on Exercise 4
Merge Tabs

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Hands-on Exercise 5 – Error Trapping

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SAP Screen Personas is part of a broader UX improvement process
Simplify Processes*
Analyze Data Requirements*
Build Screens*
Identify Problem to Solve*
Iterate With End-Users
* Validate with your users!

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The right team ensures a successful project
Business Process
Expert
SAP Screen
Personas Expert
Design Expert /
User Researcher
• Understand data
• Simplify flows
• Build screens
• Write scripts
• Observe users
• Create designs

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Works on
SAP GUI transactions
Web Dynpro applications (SAP_UI 750)
Requires
SAP Business Suite (ECC 6) with Unicode or SAP S/4HANA
SAP Screen Personas 3.0 SP3; Kernel 7.45 PL 201 or higher*
SAP Screen Personas 3.0 SP2; Kernel 7.42 PL 401 or higher*
SAP Screen Personas 3.0 SP2; Kernel 7.22 PL 100 or higher*
SAP Screen Personas 2.0 SP4; Kernel 7.21 PL 415 or higher*
Not Now
CRM, iPad, iPhone, Android
SAP Screen Personas: productivity through personalization
* Accurate at time of
submission to TechEd.
Subject to change without
notice

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Productivity Power Play video series focuses on best practices
Tips for improving productivity with SAP
Screen Personas. Topics include:
• Release strategy
• Project planning
• System administration
• Theming
• Editor tips
• Scripting
• Building Fiori screens
http://videos.personas.help

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SAP Screen Personas Flavor Gallery accelerates deployment
Gallery holds assets to build flavors more quickly
• Flavors for SAP Screen Personas provide a starting point for
transactions
• Themes for SAP Screen Personas provide visual changes
across transactions
• Templates for SAP Screen Personas offer a floorplan for
quickly building flavors with a consistent appearance
• Content provided as-is with no further support
• Mostly Fiori-designs on SAP Screen Personas 3.0
http://link.personas.help/SAPScreenPersonasFlavorGallery
More information on SCN:
http://scn.sap.com/community/gui/blog/2016/
05/14/announcing-content-flavors-themes-
and-templates-for-sap-screen-personas
i

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Further information
Related SAP TechEd sessions:
<UX209> - <SAP Screen Personas as part of the Fiori User Experience (1-hour lecture)>
<UX201> - <How Freeman Transformed UX with SAP Fiori and SAP Screen Personas (1-hour lecture)>
<UX114> - <SAP Screen Personas at Maxim Integrated Products (1-hour lecture)>>
<UX124> - <Update on SAP Business Client and the SAP GUI Interface Family (2-hour lecture)>
<UX601> - <Scripting for ABAP in Web Dynpro with SAP Screen Personas (1-hour CodeJam)>
<UX101> - <UI Technologies and Clients from SAP in Times of SAP Fiori and SAP S/4HANA (2-hour lecture)>
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