Application Development

SAP'

Business

_ByDesign

Studio

Foreword 15

AboutThis Book 17

Introduction 21

1.1

_Introducing

Site

_Management

37

1.2

_Introducing

SAP Business

_ByDesign

Studio 42

1.3 The First

_Development

_Project

43

1.4

_Summary

46

2.1 Architecture Overview 47

2.2

_Repository

54

2.3 Business

_{Object Engine}

56

2.4 User Interface

_Engine

60

2.5 Search

_Engine

64

2.6

_Integration

of Add-ons with SAP Business

_ByDesign

66

2.6.1

_Component

Model 68

2.6.2 Public Model 71

2.7

_Summary

73

3.1 Introductionto Business

_Objects

76

3.2

_Defining

Business

_Objects,

Nodes,

andAssociations 79

3.2.1

_Defining

Business

_Objects

79

3.2.2

_Defining

Business

_Object

Nodes 80

3.2.3

_{Defining Object Relationships}

81

3.3

_Defining

Elements andData

_Types

88

3.3.1 Core Data

_Type

89

3.3.2 Global Data

_Types

90

3.3.3

_Important

Data

_Types

92 3.4

_Adjusting

Business

_Object

Datafor the User Interface

3.5

_Defining

Actions 100

3.5.1

_Defining

the Status and Action_Management 101 3.5.2 Site Reservation: Status and Action Model 103

3.5.3

_Defining

Actionsthat Do Not

_Belong

to

Status andAction

_Management

110

3.6

_Defining

Queries 111

3.7

_Defining

_Messages

117

3.8

_Example:

Sales Order 118

3.9

_Naming

Conventionsand Useful Guidelines 122 3.9.1

_Naming

Conventions for Business

_Objects

and

Nodes 124

3.9.2

_Naming

ConventionsforBusiness

_Object

Node

Elements 125

3.9.3

_Naming

Convention for Data

_Types

126

3.9.4

_Naming

Convention forQueries 127

3.9.5 Order of Elements ina Business

Object

Node 127

3.9.6

_Messages

127

3.10

_Summary

128

4.1 UserInterface Fundamentals 131

4.1.1

_Floorplan

_Types

131

4.1.2 Generation and

_{Configuration}

ofScreens 133

4.1.3 Ul Model View 137

4.1.4 Data Model 140

4.1.5 Controller 141

4.2

_Configuring

aForm Pane 143

4.2.1

_Configuring

Field

_Properties

and Action

Properties

143

4.2.2

_Adding

aUserInterface Field or aButton

to aForm 150

4.2.3

_Adding

and

_Removing

Panes 153

4.2.4

_Configuring

the Identification

_Region

154

4.3

_Configuring

a List Pane 154

4.3.1

_Configuring

a PreviewPane 158

4.3.2

_Defining

_Query

and DefaultSet 159 4.3.3

_Configuring

FindForm and List Pane Variant 164

4.4

_Using

Frontend

_Scripting

165

4.4.1

_Implementing

_{Dynamic Properties}

166

4.4.2

_Filling

Data Lists 169

4.5

_{Configuring Object-Based}

_Navigation

171

4.5.1

_Configuring

aCreate Scenario 174

4.5.2

_Configuring

aShow DetailsScenario 175

4.5.3

_Configuring

aCreate with Reference Scenario .... 177

4.5.4 OBN

_{Troubleshooting}

181

4.6

_Configuring

Work Centerand Work Center View 182

4.7

_Defining

Authorizations 185

4.7.1 Authorization Fundamentals 185

4.7.2

_Defining

anAuthorization Check 188

4.7.3

_Defining

an Instance Authorization Check 190 4.7.4

_Defining

_Segregation

of Duties 194

4.8

_Configuring

Embedded

_Components

195

4.9 Mobile User Interfaces 201

4.10

_Analyzing

Issuesin UserInterfaces 202

4.11

_Summary

207

5.1 SAP Business

_{ByDesign Scripting}

_Language

209 5.1.1

_Scripting

_{Language Syntax}

Basics 210 5.1.2 Write Accessto Business

_Objects

219 5.1.3 Read Access to Business

_Objects

226

5.1.4

_Messages

232

5.1.5 Functions 233

5.2

_implementing

aBusiness

Object—Fundamentals

234

5.2.1 Transaction 234

5.2.2 Locks 237

5.3

_Implementing

a Business

Object—Example

239

5.3.1 Event:

_AfterModify

239

5.3.2 Action: Check 242

5.3.3 Action:

_Copy

244

5.3.4 Status Action: Release 245

5.3.5 StatusAction: StartSales

_Processing

246

5.3.6 Status Action: Confirm Sales

_Processing

247

5.3.8 Action: Pick 250

5.3.9 Action: MaintainSalesOrder 251

5.3.10 Event: BeforeSave 255

5.4

_Recording

and

_Evaluating

aTrace 256

5.5

_Implementing

a Number

Range

260

5.6

_Summary

264

6.1 Business

_{Configuration}

Fundamentals 267 6.1.1 Business

_{Configuration Implementation}

and

Change Project

267

6.1.2 Business

_{Configuration}

Architecture 269 6.1.3 Business

_{Configuration}

Use Casesfor

Add-On Solutions 271

6.2

_Defining

Business

_Adaptation

Content 274

6.3

_Defining

Business

_{Configuration}

Sets (BC Sets) 278 6.3.1 Business

_{Configuration}

Sets Basedon

New BCOs 278

6.3.2 Business

Configuration

Sets Basedon

BCOsfromSAP 280

6.4

_{Defining Scoping}

Rules 281

6.5

_Defining

an

Implementation

_Project

Template

282

6.6

_Summary

283

7.1

_{Extensibility}

Fundamentals 285

7.2

_Adding

Extension Fields 290

7.2.1

_Adding

an Extension Field to a

Business

_Object

290

7.2.2

_Adding

Extension Fieldsto User Interfaces 293 7.3

_Implementing

Business

_Logic

Extensions 297 7.4

_Adding

Embedded

_Components

and

_Mashups

to User

Interfaces 302

7.4.1

_Adding

Embedded

_Components

302

7.4.2

_Developing

a

_Supplemental

Business

_Object

304

7.5 OtherUser Interface Extensions 320 7.5.1

_Renaming

a Label or

Hiding

aUl Element 320

7.5.2

_Adapting

Work Centers 321

7.5.3

_Adapting

WorkCenter Views 322

7.6

_Summary

324

8.1 Business

_Analytics

Fundamentals 327

8.2

_Defining

Basic Data Sources 332

8.3

_{Defining Reports}

336

8.3.1

_Defining

a

_Report

336

8.3.2

_{Key Figures}

337

8.3.3 Characteristics 344

8.3.4

_{Report Assignment}

345

8.4

_Adjusting

Business

_Object

Data for

_Analytics

345 8.5

_Defining

Joined and Combined Data Sources 346 8.5.1

_Defining

aJoined Data Source 347

8.5.2

_Defining

a Combined Data Source

(Union)

350 5.6

_Adding

Extension Fieldsto Data Sources and

_Reports

351

8.7

_Summary

352

9.1

_Output

Management 358

9.1.1

_{Output Management}

Fundamentals 358 9.1.2

_Installing

Adobe

_{LiveCycle Designer}

360 9.1.3

_Creating

a Print Form fora

New Business

_Object

361

9.1.4

_Adopting

_Existing

Form

_Templates

366 9.1.5

_Adding

Extension Fieldsto

_Existing

Form

Templates

368

9.1.6

_Extending

an

Existing

Form Data

Type

369

9.2 Business Task

_Management

370

9.2.1 Business Task

_Management

Fundamentals 370 9.2.2

_Implementing

an

Approval

Scenario 372

9.3 Internal Communication 378 9.3.1 Internal Communication Fundamentals 378

Implementing

Integration

Choreography

388

9.3.4

_Defining

the Conflict and Error

_Handling

and

Monitoring

394

9.3.5

_Adding

Extension Fieldsto an

_Existing

Process

Integration

397

9.4 ExternalWebServices 398 9.4.1

_Defining

an External WebService 399

9.4.2

_Defining

Authorizations foraWeb Service 400

9.4.3

_Using

Web Services 403

9.4.4

_Implementing

Conflict and Error

_Handling

407

9.5 File

_Input

409

9.6

_Summary

410

10.1 SAP Business

_ByDesign

PlatformOverview 413 10.2 Business Partner,

_{Organizational}

Unit,

Party,

and

_Identity

417

10.2.1 Business Partner 417

10.2.2

_{Organizational}

Unit 419

10.2.3

_Party

422

10.2.4

_Employee

and

_{Manager Assignment}

422

10.2.5

_Identity

424

10.2.6

_Summary

424

10.3 Reuse Servicesfor

Address,

Text, and Attachment 425

10.3.1

_Managing

Addresses 425

10.3.2

_Managing

Texts 428

10.3.3

_Managing

Attachments 430

10.4 Cost

_Objects

431

11.1

_Preparation

Phase 436 11.1.1

_Getting

Detailed Information on

SAPBusiness

_ByDesign

andSAP Business

ByDesign

Studio 436

11.1.2

_Deciding

onthe Solution

Type

438

11.1.3

_Designing

a Solution 440

11.1.4

_Installing

SAP Business

_ByDesign

Studio 441

11.1.5

_Creating

Users and Test Data 442

11.2

_Development

Phase 445

11.2.1

_Creating

aSolution 445

11.2.2

_{Getting Support}

445

11.3

_Deployment

Phase 447

11.3.1

_Testing

the Solution (Test

_Deployment)

449

11.3.2

_Quality

Review 450

11.3.3

_Listing

the Solutionin the SAP Store 451 11.3.4

_{Deploying Customer-Specific}

Solutions 453

11.4

_Operation

and

_Support

Phase 454

11.4.1

_Purchasing

and

_Activating

aSolution 454

11.4.2

_Working

withCustomerIncidents 455

11.5 Continuous

_Improvement

Phase 456

11.6

_Summary

458

A Information Sources 461

B

_Glossary

469