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SAP NetWeaver® Business Client 3.5

SAP NetWeaver Product Management

November 2011

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1. Short Intro to SAP NetWeaver Business Client

2. What‟s New in SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5?

Agenda


SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.0

NWBC for HTML (Zero footprint client with Web 2.0)

NWBC for Desktop (Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7) SAP NetWeaver

Business Client (NWBC)

provides a role-based

single point of entry to

SAP business applications

such as SAP GUI

applications, BSP pages

and newly developed

applications based on

Web Dynpro.

NWBC for HTML is a browser-based

shell (available only against ABAP

systems) for casual use scenarios.

Within this environment, all SAP GUI

transactions will be rendered using the

SAP GUI for HTML rendering engine.

It offers

• A well-structured, visually

attractive workplace

• Intuitive, consistent and

harmonized user

interactions across

different SAP UIs

•Desktop integration

capabilities such as

integrated search

NWBC for Desktop is a Windows

based application that targets the power

user. In this scenario, the SAP GUI

itself is used as rendering engine if I

nstalled. NWBC effectively “replaces”

SAP GUI as main entry point to SAP

applications; however, it uses SAP GUI

to run existing applications.


SAP NetWeaver Business Client & ABAP Backends

The SAP NetWeaver Business Client enables direct connectivity to the ABAP backend system and PFCG role repository centrally holding SAP GUI, Web Dynpro and various web content applications. This ensures that all the rules, roles and investments made are preserved in the SAP NetWeaver Business Client allowing for a uniform user-centered environment.

ABAP backend

SAP NetWeaver Business Client


SAP NetWeaver Business Client: History

time

Rolled out as part of

SAP NetWeaver 7.02

and shipped with SAP

Business Suite 7i2010

Only used internally

by SAP Business

ByDesign

Will be supported until

end of 2011

Future releases NWBC 3.5 NWBC 3.0 NWBC 2.0 NWBC 1.0

Rolled out as part of

SAP NetWeaver 7.03

and shipped with SAP

Business Suite 7i2011

Short Intro to SAP NetWeaver Business Client

What’s New in SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5?


SAP NetWeaver Business Client 3.5

New Features at a Glance

Flexible Top Level Navigation Size

SAP Menu switch

Easy Access Favorites

Multiple Shell Windows

Navigation SAP GUI WDA

for Suite Renovation

Data exchange with Side

Panel applications

Side Panel to add

value to delivered

applications


SAP NWBC 3.5 for Desktop – The Side Panel

Improve SAP GUI integration

Enhance existing applications without modification

Navigate from SAP GUI WDA

Pass data from main to side panel applications using new tagging infrastructure

Content

Pre-defined content from SAP Financials (with SAP ERP EhP 6.0)

Integrate other existing content using Role Maintenance (Transaction: PFCG)

Create your own content using:

HTML / JavaScript

Web Dynpro ABAP

Page Builder for Web Dynpro ABAP (Wiring)

Common use cases

• Notes and attachments relating to main report

• Master data details

• Analytics and charts


Side Panel for NetWeaver Business Client

Main application screen Side Panel

Loose Coupling: Application and Side Panel do

not know each other

They can be built with different

technologies and run on different

servers

Enhance SAPGUI or Web

Dynpro applications

without modification


SAP NWBC 3.5 for Desktop - Navigation

Lean Top Level Navigation (TLN): Small screens and/or complex applications

require options to enlarge the canvas area.

TLN with small navigation tabs

Switch off TLN

Full Screen Mode


Business can open a new shell windows in order to start a different navigation sequence to

a new transaction without being forced to close my current application

No need to previously leave the current session.

Enterprise Search Enabling

All ES connectors configured and active on the Web AS are automatically offered as search

providers in the Desktop Client„s searches


Lean Top Level Navigation (TLN)

Small screens and/or complex

applications require options to enlarge

the canvas area:

– TLN with small navigation tabs

– Dynamically hide TLN if user has only

one Work Center

– Switch off TLN

– Full Screen Mode

TLN with large navigation tabs TLN with small navigation tabs

Ctrl-Alt-F11 Full Screen Mode

Hidden TLN



Example: User in FI/CO on Accounts

Payable gets a telephone call. She wants to

see the Customer Cockpit and the POWL

for credit check.

These screens are in other menus and the

user does not want to leave the current

session.

Solution: Multiple shell windows

“As a business user, I want to open a second

shell window to start a new transaction

without closing my current application.”


Enterprise Search Enabling

All ES connectors configured and

active on the Web AS are

automatically offered as search

providers in the Desktop Client„s

searches.


SAP NWBC 3.5 for Desktop: SAP Easy Access,

Personalization

SAP Easy Access Consumption

Full Integration of Standard SAP Menus

– For large areas of SAP, especially on older systems and also in development systems, no individual

roles are created. Users just use the standard SAP menus (refer transaction SE43). These SAP

Menus must also be supported and made available within NWBC.


– Many customers extensively use the favorites concept in the Easy Access menu to build their own

custom navigation trees, some of which can actually be very complex. The Desktop Client can be

configured to display those favorites in the menu or as a work center.

Personalization

Persist User Sort Sequence and Hiding of Work Centers

Enable Technical Names for Transactions via Shell

– Allow the end user on the client side to toggle this behavior.


SAP Easy Access Consumption

Full Integration of Standard

SAP Menus

For large areas of SAP, no individual

roles are created. Users just use the

standard SAP menus (transaction

SE43). These SAP menus must also

be supported and made available

within NWBC.


Many customers extensively use the

Favorites concept in the Easy

Access menu to build their own

custom navigation trees. The

Desktop Client can be configured to

display those favorites in the menu or

as a work center.


SAP NWBC for HTML, Embedded Use Case

Branding Image and URL

SRM in particular are using NWBC for HTML

extensively in scenarios where a customer wants

to manage their relationships with their suppliers.

Here, customer branding is very important for the

customer to his suppliers.

Non-SAP Portal Integration (IBM

WebSphere, Microsoft Sharepoint)

using NWBC embedded mode

Market demand to integrate ESS (biggest

revenue application) into dominant portal on the

market. Integration via a single URL approach

that lands on a service map from where all

applications can be started.


SAP NWBC 3.5 for Desktop: Other Features

Window mode configuration in role maintenance

Stand-alone

– When integrating some types of applications - for example SAP CRM, SAP ByDesign or a corporate

portal - the starting point of each application must still be displayed within NWBC. However, the

application must be launched stand-alone in a separate browser. NWBC is here only the single point

of entry.

Application window

– In Some use cases, users need a transaction within the navigation tree that will always launch in an

application window. The idea is to have the folder with the home page standing, and have the

applications, especially SAP GUI based applications, run standalone.

Enhanced Test Automation Framework

Improved performance and supportability through new C# Runtime

Improved NWBC runtime performance (Server Caches)

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