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1. CREATION OF CATALOG ............................................................................................................. 2

2 CREATION OF GROUP .................................................................................................................. 4
3 VARIOUS APP CREATION ............................................................................................................ 6
1. ANALYTIC APP ............................................................................................................................. 6
2. TRANSACTIONAL APP ............................................................................................................. 15
3. WEBDYNPRO APP ..................................................................................................................... 16
4 HOW TO BUILD ROLE FOR FIORI APP ................................................................................. 19
4. DEFINITIONS.................................................................................................................................. 27
4.1 CATALOG: - ............................................................................................................................. 27
4.2 GROUP: -.................................................................................................................................. 27
4.3 APPS/TILES: - ........................................................................................................................ 27
4.4 SEMANTIC OBJECT: -......................................................................................................... 27
4.5 TECHNICAL CATALOG: -.................................................................................................... 27
4.6 BUSINESS CATALOG: - ...................................................................................................... 27
4.7 TARGET MAPPING: - ............................................................................................................ 27

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1. CREATION OF CATALOG

What is Catalog: - A catalog is a set of Tiles / Applications you want to make available for one
role. Depending on the role and the catalogs assigned to the role, users can browse through the
catalogs and choose the Tiles / Applications that they want to display on the entry page of the
SAP Fiori launchpad.

1. Create Catalog: - Logon to SAP GUI system and hit t-code /n/ui2/flpd_cust

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Click on the + icon.

Click on SAVE.

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2 CREATION OF GROUP

What is GROUP: - A group is a subset of Applications from one or more catalogs. It is used to
determine which tiles will be displayed on a user’s Home page depending on the groups
assigned to the user’s role.In addition, the user can personalize the entry Fiori Page by adding
or removing Applications to pre-delivered groups or self-defined groups.

1. Create Group: - Click on GROUPS tab

Click on + icon

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Click on Save

Note: -The Catalog and group created will be inserted in the roles. Tiles will be grouped in
Catalog from where it will be mapped to Groups.

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3 VARIOUS APP CREATION

1. ANALYTIC APP: -
Analytical apps are used to provide role-based real time information about the business
operations. Analytical apps integrate the power of SAP HANA with SAP business suite. It
provides real time information from large volume of data in front-end web browser.

Using Analytical apps, you can closely monitor Key Performance indicators KPIs. You can
perform complex aggregations and calculations of your business operations and react
immediately as per the changes in the market condition.

STEP1:- Search the app id in

https://fioriappslibrary.hana.ondemand.com/sap/fix/externalViewer/#/home

Click on the app. The required information is on the right side of panel. Click on
implementation information and click the relevant support pack and then click on
configuration.

NOTE:- All the required service and ODATA services needs to be activated by
BASIS(Marked in Yellow)

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Once the basis activated the services, we can start building the apps.

The app will be available either in Technical Catalog or Business Catalog.

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Login into SAP GUI (FIORI) and execute t-code /n/ui2/flpd_cust

A new screen will open in internet explorer. There in search window put either the
technical catalog or business catalog and hit enter.

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Before adding the tile make sure to check app Launcher name on SAP FIORI LIB

Hold the Tile and drag upward until Create Reference comes up

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Once you drag and drop, a search screen will appear enter the catalog name and hit
enter and once your catalog appears select the same.

Once this is complete, we must create target mapping. In FIORI APP LIBARAY, you
can see semantic object and semantic action

Now go back on your development screen, and click on target mapping

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Select the relevant semantic object and action and then click on Create reference.
Again, a search window will pop up and search for the catalog created and click on it

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The tile is now added to Catalog

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Now we will map the tile to GROUP

Search the group in GROUP TAB and then click on the group name you created and
then click on + sign

Click on the F4 button

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Search the catalog created by you

Click on the + sign

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Tile is added successfully to group

2. TRANSACTIONAL APP: -
Transactional apps in SAP Fiori are used to perform transactional tasks like a manager
-employee transactions such as leave request, travel requests, etc.
Transactional Apps run best on SAP HANA database but can be deployed with any
database with acceptable performance. These apps allow a user to run simple SAP
transactions on the mobile devices as well as desktop or laptops.

Example − Leave Request, Travel Request, Purchase Order

The build of this apps is like Analytic app

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3. WEBDYNPRO APP: -

If you see here, there will no SICF path and ODATA Service. Only Target mapping
and semantic objects. So, when u map the app in catalog and group, you need to
do only target mapping.
The required authorization object will be pulled from WEBDYNPRO
CONFIGURATION which will be pulled when u add the catalog in the role (in
embedded system).

For central system you need to manually add the configuration like we add other
services.

Search technical Catalog in your development window

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Here app is Manage Customer – Governance

Select the semantic object and action mentioned on SAP FIORI LIBARARY and click on
create reference

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Once tile and target mapping are done, add the same in the group.

So, all the required steps are done in EXPLORER OR CHROME to make this tile enable
for user.

To give the access to user we need to create role in SAP GUI.

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4 HOW TO BUILD ROLE FOR FIORI APP

Roles are built on frontend (catalog and groups) and backend(service and auth object)
in case of centralized system and in case of embedded system roles are built only in
backend system(catalog, groups, services and authorization object)

Example of role build in EMBEDDED system: -

Step1: - Login to SAP GUI and hit t-code PFCG

Step2: - Enter the role name which you need to create and click on the arrow

You will get the below screen

Step 3:- Click on SAP FIORI TILE CATALOG

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Step 4:- Hit F4 in Catalog id and search for the catalog you created

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Step 5: - Double click on the relevant Catalog and then you will below screen. Click on
CANCEL

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Catalog is now added to your role

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In the same way add the Group as well

Step1:- Click on SAP FIORI TILE GROUP

Step2: - Hit F4 and search for the group you created

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Step 3: - Double click on the group you want to add and click on

Now groups and catalog has been added to the role

Once you save the role and click on Authorization tab, you must adjust the value according to
business needs.

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Once the role is created, you need to assign it to user so that user can see apps on FIORI
LAUNCHPAD.

To assign the role, create user via SU01 and assign the roles to user

To launch FIORI launch pad there are two ways

1. Through t-code: - /n/ui2/flp

2. Through link: - provided by basis team.

As we can see user is able to view the app for the GROUP – G/L ACCOUNT: -

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4. DEFINITIONS

4.1 CATALOG: -
A catalog is a set of Tiles / Applications you want to make available for one role.
Depending on the role and the catalogs assigned to the role, users can browse through
the catalogs and choose the Tiles / Applications that they want to display on the entry
page of the SAP Fiori launchpad

4.2 GROUP: -
A group is a subset of Applications from one or more catalogs. It is used to determine
which tiles will be displayed on a user’s Home page depending on the groups assigned to
the user’s role. In addition, the user can personalize the entry Fiori Page by adding or
removing Applications to pre-delivered groups or self-defined groups

4.3 APPS/TILES: -
A tile is a container that represents an app on the SAP Fiori launchpad home page. All
apps have at least one tile. Tiles are only used for launching apps and presenting them
on the launchpad. Tiles can display different types of content. They can contain an icon,
a title, an informative text, numbers, and charts. The information shown is based on data
supplied by the app, such as key performance indicators (KPIs). Users can personalize
their home page by selecting the tiles for the apps they want to use from a tile catalog.
The apps available in the tile catalog depend on the user’s role

4.4 SEMANTIC OBJECT: -

Represents a business entity such as a customer, a sales order, or a product.

4.5 TECHNICAL CATALOG: -

Technical catalogs contain all target mappings and app launcher tiles relevant for an
application, for example, SD or SAP SRM. As an administrator, you can use them as a
repository to create your own role-specific business catalog

4.6 BUSINESS CATALOG: -

Business catalogs contain a sample collection of target mappings and app launcher tiles
relevant for a business role. The content of the business catalog is a subset of the content
of the technical catalog. This subset reflects the authorization requirements of a certain
business user.

4.7 TARGET MAPPING: -

Target mapping is part of the SAP Fiori launchpad configuration. It defines the target application,
which is launched when clicking on a tile, on a link or within an app-to-app navigation

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