Rene Glavanovits is an SAP consultant and developer at CloudDNA GmbH, an SAP partner in Austria. He specializes in the latest SAP technologies, specifically in the development of full-stack applications with SAP Fiori, SAPUI5, OData, core data services (CDS), and SAP Cloud Application Programming Model.

Deploy and extend SAP Fiori elements applications

· ... Preface ... 15

· ... Objective and Target Audience ... 15

· ... How to Read This Book ... 16

· Basics ... 19

· Why SAP Fiori Elements? ... 21

· 1.1 ... Historical Development of User Interfaces at SAP ... 22

· 1.2 ... Requirements for User Interfaces in SAP On-Premise and Cloud Products ... 32

· 1.3 ... Low-Code Development ... 35

· 1.4 ... Example Application ... 36

· 1.5 ... Summary ... 37

· Overview of SAPUI5 and SAP Fiori ... 39

· 2.1 ... Introduction to SAPUI5 ... 39

· 2.2 ... Standardized Development with SAP Fiori ... 43

· 2.3 ... Summary ... 63

· OData: The Basis of All SAP Fiori Elements Applications ... 65

· 3.1 ... Introduction to the OData Standard ... 66

· 3.2 ... CRUDQ Methods ... 70

· 3.3 ... Filtering, Sorting, and Other Functions ... 78

· 3.4 ... Managing OData Services in the SAP System ... 85

· 3.5 ... OData and Core Data Services Annotations ... 92

· 3.6 ... Summary ... 95

· 4 ... Programming Models ... 97

· 4.1 ... Why Do We Need New Programming Models for the Cloud? ... 98

· 4.2 ... SAP Cloud Application Programming Model ... 100

· 4.3 ... ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model ... 110

· 4.4 ... Summary ... 115

· 5 ... Development Tools ... 117

· 5.1 ... Cloud Development Environments ... 117

· 5.2 ... Local Development Environments ... 134

· 5.3 ... Summary ... 147

· Part II ... Developing Applications with Floorplan Templates ... 149

· 6 ... Introduction to Floorplans and Application Scenarios ... 151

· 6.1 ... Available Floorplans ... 151

· 6.2 ... Use Cases for the Floorplans ... 159

· 6.3 ... Generic Annotations ... 160

· 6.4 ... Summary ... 162

· Overview Page ... 163

· 7.1 ... Introduction ... 163

· 7.2 ... Annotations for Overview Pages ... 172

· 7.3 ... Core Data Services Views for Overview Pages ... 173

· 7.4 ... Developing an Overview Page in SAP Business Application Studio ... 175

· 7.5 ... Developing an Overview Page in SAP Web IDE ... 193

· 7.6 ... Summary ... 198

· List Report and Worklist ... 199

· 8.1 ... Introduction ... 199

· 8.2 ... Annotations for List Reports and Worklists ... 209

· 8.3 ... Development of a List Report in SAP Web IDE ... 211

· 8.4 ... Developing a List Report in SAP Business Application Studio ... 222

· 8.5 ... Developing a Worklist in SAP Business Application Studio ... 227

· 8.6 ... Summary ... 235

· Analytical List Page ... 237

· 9.1 ... Introduction ... 238

· 9.2 ... Annotations for Analytical List Pages ... 245

· 9.3 ... Core Data Services Views for Analytical List Page ... 249

· 9.4 ... Developing Analytical List Pages in SAP Business Application Studio ... 252

· 9.5 ... Developing an Analytical List Page in SAP Web IDE ... 264

· 9.6 ... Further Development of the Analytical List Page ... 267

· 9.7 ... Summary ... 270

· 10 ... Object Page ... 271

· 10.1 ... Introduction ... 271

· 10.2 ... Annotations for the Object Pages ... 277

· 10.3 ... Core Data Services View for an Object Page ... 288

· 10.4 ... Development of an Object Page in SAP Web IDE ... 289

· 10.5 ... Development of an Object Page in SAP Business Application Studio ... 297

· 10.6 ... Summary ... 302

· Part III ... Additional Concepts ... 303

· 11 ... Deployment ... 305

· 11.1 ... Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery ... 305

· 11.2 ... Deployment Options ... 307

· 11.3 ... Configuring SAP Fiori Launchpad ... 316

· 11.4 ... Summary ... 337

· Extensions ... 339

· 12.1 ... Developing with Guided Development ... 340

· 12.2 ... Extending Overview Pages ... 345

· 12.3 ... Extending List Reports ... 355

· 12.4 ... Extending Object Pages ... 361

· 12.5 ... Extending Analytical List Pages ... 364

· 12.6 ... Implementing an Adaption Project ... 370

· 12.7 ... Summary ... 383

· Navigation ... 385

· 13.1 ... Internal Navigation ... 385

· 13.2 ... External Navigation ... 391

· 13.3 ... Summary ... 396

· A ... Important Annotations ... 397

· A.1 ... User Interface Annotations ... 397

· A.2 ... Analytics Annotations ... 399

· A.3 ... Consumption Annotations ... 399

· A.4 ... Common Annotations ... 400

· A.5 ... Semantics Annotations ... 400

· The Authors ... 403

· Index ... 405