Update on the SAP GUI Family

Q4/2015 Public
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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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Technologies Covered in This Presentation

This presentation is about the Dynpro-based front end technologies.

Dynpro is the abbreviation for

DYNamic PROgram

In English DYNPROS are

Usually called screens

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The members of the SAP GUI Family

SAP GUI for Windows SAP GUI for Java

SAP GUI
Family

SAP GUI for HTML

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The Fundamentals of the SAP GUI Family

Separation of user interface and SAP system

Changes in the GUI do not affect business rules and logic
Business data reside in the back end system

Why are there multiple GUIs for the same applications?

Different client operating systems (Windows, Linux, )
Different user experience (power user, plant worker, )
Different tasks (developer, clerk, worker, )
Different environments (standalone client, portal integration, )

Best fit into the existing infrastructure

Low or high bandwidth available
Use of terminal servers possible
Available for all supported back end releases

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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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Whats new in SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 (1/5)

The following new features are included

New SAP GUI design Blue Crystal (only for Windows 7 and higher)
Support for SAP Screen Personas 3 (planned see note 2080071 for details)
Unified SAP Service Landscape
Font based Icons
DPI awareness
Several GUI settings can now be pre-set on the installation server
Closer integration between SAP GUI and NWBC

Not new but still remarkable

SAP Signature Theme Colors
Customizable permissions in the SAP GUI Options dialog

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Whats new in SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 (2/5)
Available Themes
Blue Crystal Theme

Corbu Theme

SAP Signature Theme

Enjoy Theme

The older themes are also still available

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Whats new in SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 (3/5)
Unified SAP Service Landscape

Unified SAP Service Landscape

Configuration of SAP Logon is now unified with SAP GUI for Java and NWBC
Configuration is based on XML Files
Optional for SAP GUI standalone, mandatory for use with NWBC
Existing files will automatically be merged when installing NWBC together with SAP GUI
SAPUILandscapeGlobal.xml contains the Message Server and SAP Router information
SAPUILandscape.xml contains the SAP Logon entries
No need to have sapmsXXX ports maintained in /etc/services
From 7.40 PL5 on also available in standalone mode

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Whats new in SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 (4/5)
Font based icons & DPI awareness

Font based Icons DPI awareness

Instead of pixel based icons they are now font based DPI settings of Windows will be taken into account
One TTF file instead of >1200 single PNG files That means that e.g. with high resolution on a
Scalable small screen and DPI settings greater than 100%
SAP GUI for Windows will be shown as large as
according to the DPI settings

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Whats new in SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 (5/5)
SAP Signature Theme

SAP Signature Theme is the default

In standalone mode SAP GUI is using SAP Signature Default SAP Purple SAP Red
SAP Signature as default
When running within NWBC we use the
same theme as NWBC
SAP Signature is available in colors
SAP Signature is available as High
Contrast theme for the visually impaired

SAP Gold SAP Green

High Contrast

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Support timeline for SAP GUI for Windows

Today

Planned
SAP GUI Next Version Beta phase
Planned

SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 Beta phase Maintenance (EOL 9.1.2018)

SAP GUI for Windows 7.30 Beta phase Maintenance (EOL 14.7.2015) Restricted Maintenance till October 31st

SAP GUI for Windows 7.20 Maintenance (EOL 12.4.2013)

October

January
April

July
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Refer to SAP Note 147519 for details

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Supported operating systems and Office versions

SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 is supported on

Windows Vista (Business Editions), 32 and 64 (AMD64, EM64T) bit versions
Windows 7 (Business Editions), 32 and 64 (AMD64, EM64T) bit versions
Windows 8 and 8.1 (Business Editions), 32 and 64 (AMD64, EM64T) bit versions
Windows 10 (Business Editions), 32 and 64 (AMD64, EM64T) bit versions
Windows Server 2008, 32 and 64 (AMD64, EM64T) bit versions
Windows Server 2008 R2, 64 (AMD64, EM64T) bit version
Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 64 (AMD, EM64T) bit versions
Details can be found in note 66971

Microsoft Office Support for Desktop Office Integration

Since SAP GUI for Windows 7.40 patch 5 we support the 32 bit and the 64 bit versions of the Microsoft Office
2016. The use of the 32 bit version is also supported on 64 bit versions of the operating system.
Since Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus (msi or Click2Run) now installs Office 2016 it is also supported in the same
way.
Details can be found in note 722513

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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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Whats new in SAP GUI for Java 7.40

The following new features are included

New SAP GUI design Blue Crystal
Font based icons
New embedded browser component based on WebKit which
provides a better user experience and richer feature set
Unified UI landscape (aligned with SAP GUI for Windows and
NWBC)
Enhanced search in F4 (HANA)
New controls (DDLB, input & search field) for toolbar in IDA ALV
Localized texts in 35 languages (SAP Logon, preferences, etc.)

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Supported operating systems

SAP GUI for Java 7.40 is supported on

Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Linux Fedora 21, 22
Linux openSuSE 13.1 & 13.2, SLED 11 & 12, SLES 11 & 12
Linux Ubuntu 14.04
OS X 10.9, 10.10
Windows 7 (Business Versions, 32 & 64 bit)
Windows 8, 8.1 (Business Versions, 32 & 64 bit)
Windows 10 (Business Versions, 32 & 64 bit)

Java 8 is required

Detailed requirements regarding supported operating systems and Java Virtual Machines for SAP
GUI for Java are documented in SAP note 2059424.

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Limitations of the SAP GUI for Java

Limitations compared to SAP GUI for Windows

Office integration into SAP transactions is not available
Some GUI components like the BEx explorer are not available
Some controls in SAP GUI for Windows used for special purposes are not available as JavaBean in SAP GUI
for Java, for example
SAP SmartForms
advanced ABAP Editor Control
Graphical screen painter is not available
To see if a transaction is supported for use with SAP GUI for Java check in transaction SE93
Anyway most of the transactions work perfectly

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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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What is the SAP GUI for HTML?

The SAP GUI for HTML is an application running on the SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS)
It extends the reach of SAP systems into the web
It generically maps SAP Dynpro-based screens to HTML
It has almost zero footprint on the client PC
Drives transactions within the SAP system
Can be used with all SAP releases currently supported

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What do I need to get it

Good news, everyone!

Virtually nothing. Its already in your ABAP system
HTTP infrastructure must be activated (ICM, ICF)
Webgui service must be activated (TA: SICF)
And we require a few technical services (see note 2213657 for details)

However
If you have more than one application server you need some kind of Load-
Balancing device
You can either use the SAP Web Dispatcher
Or any other HTTP Load-Balancer

Which Version of SAP GUI for HTML do I have?

Most of ITS and SAP GUI for HTML is part of the ABAP Kernel
The version of your ABAP Kernel is also the version of ITS / SAP GUI for HTML

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How does it work?

You start the Webgui service just like any other SAP web service
Default URL: http(s)://host.domain/sap/bc/gui/sap/its/webgui
ICM is executing the responsible ICF node
ICF calls the ITS handler
ITS executes the called Dynpro screen and hands over the response to
SAP GUI for HTML
SAP GUI for HTML creates the HTML code needed to paint the screen
in the browser and passes that code all the way back to ICF / ICM
Browser paints the HTML page created by SAP GUI for HTML

ITS
HTTP(S) Task
Request ICM ICF Web Dynpro
Handler
BSP

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SAP GUI for HTML: Client platforms

Internet Explorer on Windows

Internet Explorer (by Microsoft supported versions only)
Mozilla Firefox
Supported version see note 990034
Windows; Linux; OS X
Safari
OS X (by Apple supported versions only)
Google Chrome
Current version on Windows
See note 2208040 for limitations in Chrome
Required Java runtime
For some operations SAP GUI for HTML needs a Java
runtime version 7 or 8 on the client PC
See note 980772 for details

For details please check the Platform Availability Matrix: http://support.sap.com/pam

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New in SAP GUI for HTML

The following new features are included

New SAP GUI design Blue Crystal
SVG based icons
Back-End notifications using Web Sockets (for e.g. Progress
Indicator, System Messages, Timeout Notification, etc.)
Support for new screen element Type-Ahead Control
SAP GUI for HTML is the central client for using SAP Screen
Personas 3.0 (editor is only available here)

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What is SAP Screen Personas

SAP Screen Personas

SAP Screen Personas provides a simple, drag
and drop approach to modify many common
SAP GUI screens to make them more usable
as well as more visually appealing.
Productivity through Personalization
Personalization without Programming
Based on Dynpro programming model
Reduce training costs by making SAP screens
more intuitive

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SAP GUI for HTML is the main GUI

Why?
It contains the editor
It is required to create Flavors and Themes
It is general available
Editor is fully integrated using HTML5
No additional front-end installation required

Prerequisites
Installed Personas Add-On (back-end)
SAP Kernel 7.42 and higher

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Limitations of the SAP GUI for HTML

Because of the technical attributes of HTML or the Web Browser, the use of SAP GUI for
HTML is somewhat restricted as compared to the use of a GUI, which works on operating
system level.
The controlling of an OLE automation server is not possible
Keyboard navigation is limited as known from other web applications
Office integration is view only
It does not support multiple sessions. If you need multiple sessions you have to do multiple logins.
To see if a transaction is supported for use with SAP GUI for HTML check in transaction SE93
Anyway most of the transactions work perfectly
For detailed information see note 314568

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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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Unified SAP UI Landscape

Unified SAP UI Landscape

Configuration of SAP Logon is now unified with SAP GUI for Java and NWBC
Configuration is based on XML Files
Optional for SAP GUI standalone, mandatory for use with NWBC (will also become default for SAP
GUI for Windows with the next release)
Existing files will automatically be merged and converted when installing NWBC together with SAP
GUI
SAPUILandscapeGlobal.xml contains the Message Server and SAP Router information
SAPUILandscape.xml contains the SAP Logon entries and Shortcuts
No need to have sapmsXXX ports maintained in /etc/services

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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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Choosing the right GUI

There are three different GUI for different purposes. Not every GUI is the right for every use
case. This list shall give you some examples how to select the right one.
User working only rarely in the SAP system
If your company has many users like this the use of SAP GUI for HTML is an option for you to save effort
and money for client deployment
User working most of the day in the SAP system
Power users are usually better off with an installed GUI like the SAP GUI for Windows or the SAP GUI for
Java
ABAP developers
For ABAP development you should use the SAP GUI for Windows
Users using non Microsoft operating systems
For those users you can choose between SAP GUI for Java and HTML or consider to use the SAP GUI for
Windows on a Terminal Server
Integrating Dynpro transactions to the Portal
With the SAP GUI for HTML you are able to seamlessly integrate classic Dynpro based applications into the
Enterprise Portal
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Choosing the right GUI (2)

One size fits all approach usually does not work

If you have several operating systems
If your users have highly different levels of experience
If some users need features not covered by all GUIs
If you have difficulties rolling out client installations
If you want to run applications introducing their own visual design like SRM

A better approach is to divide your users into groups with similar demands or experience levels and
define the right GUI for each group.

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Agenda

1.What is the SAP GUI Family

2.SAP GUI for Windows
3.SAP GUI for Java
4.SAP GUI for HTML
5.Unified SAP UI Landscape
6.Choosing the right GUI
7.Summary

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Summary

There is more than one way to access your SAP system

To find out which way is the right one for you, you have to evaluate your demands and
your infrastructure

If you upgrade your SAP system take a minute to think about an upgrade of your GUI

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