SAP FIORI
Sap Fiori is a set or collection of mobile applications for the most commonly or often used SAP business transactions. Users can get access to a huge variety of customizable applications for the most frequently used business works such as Time sheet approvals, Leave Approvals, Track purchase order etc. SAP offers an easy UX (user experience) for the users of SAP and also provides users with personalized experience that can be accessed by multiple devices; smartphones, tablets or desktop computers. SAP Fiori was set up to improve the user experience of core SAP software functions and thereby enhancing the productivity of users by handling the most frequent business tasks/functions. It allows users to commence a process on their desktop and keep those processes running on smartphone or tablet. SAP Fiori is the best option/ selection for users who need simple, easy, quick, pre-build applications that are compatible for mobile devices.
SAP Fiori is role-based and offers apps for each role displaying the information/data that are applicable for a particular task and understandable in a format that is useful to the users. Users can be sure that they have accurate, relevant and update information available from sap systems, crucial for the users to sustain in the competitive business environment. SAP Fiori shows only those applications which users are allowed to see as it is based on the concept of responsive design. Personalization is possible in SAP Fiori where users can personalize by easily rearranging the layout of the tiles being displayed by putting fiori in to rearrange mode (drag and drop the tiles). Moreover, notifications and alert are used to provide the relevant info on the main page.
Users need some of the following prerequisites in order to install and run SAP Fiori:
- SAP UI5 for NetWeaver
- SAP NetWeaver Gateway
- Appropriate SAP NetWeaver Patches
- SAP HANA
- SAP Application Patches
With all the above prerequisites, users can take the advantage of SAP Fiori’s pre-build applications which are incorporated in to SAP software. ESS services are available in SAP Fiori along with Customer Invoices app and common business app.
Three Types of SAP Fiori Apps:
- Transactional apps- users can perform SAP transactions on mobile devices as well as desktops. Approval of leave requests, Approval of purchase contracts, Purchase order approvals are all examples of transactional apps.
- Fact sheets and Contextual Navigation-users can use the fact sheet to get the information about fundamental business objects in SAP. For example-fact sheet for application of funds displays information such as general administration information, accounting and controlling document, there is a fact sheet for bill of material which displays information such as bill of material header data, item data etc.
- Analytical apps- grant users to display key performance measures and other combined business information. Some of the analytic apps used in Fiori are Cash Flow analysis, day payable outstanding analysis, due project milestones etc.
Why consider SAP Fiori?
Fiori should be considered if the user has the requirements such as usability issues with SAP GUI based applications and the Fiori apps meet business needs/requirements, users want simplification of some existing key SAP process so he brings Fiori apps to SAP users and for the most part have online mobile requirement with limited offline requirements.
Key features and benefits of implementing SAP Fiori into the enterprise:
- User can manage transactions such as approvals, requests and reporting
- Improves productivity and user satisfaction through an easy, simple and intuitive interface.
- Encourages better business decisions by sanctioning quicker approvals
- Fact sheets can be viewed and other contextual information
- Enhances efficiency of employees with a lower Total Cost of Ownership
- Can conduct daily role-based business functions through an interface
- Can get insight into key data and carry out actions
SAP Fiori applications are web apps and have a mostly online mobile requirement i.e. only available when internet is connected. Offline is not promptly supported because there is no support for offline compatibility. SAP Fiori doesn’t provide any kind of layer for additional security, user or app management and there is also a limitation on customization. SAP Fiori is designed to run with SAP back-end only and there can be number of overlaps between Fiori and existing SAP solutions.
SAP Fiori is continually growing collection of applications created with the user experience enhancement in mind. SAP Fiori is not a platform rather designed to bring employees, managers, purchasing, and sales a new, intuitive, consumer-grade interface for popular SAP software applications. SAP Fiori is the best option for any user who is looking for an immediate solution to expand the common business tasks/functions to mobile devices.